John Mackay & Sally Homer, in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present Stewart Lee vs The Man-WulfIn this brand-new show Lee shares his stage with Louie…
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.
THE ONLY UK TOURING SHOW DEDICATED TO THE MAESTRO AND LEGEND- BARRY WHITE! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Will…
The only UK touring show dedicated to the maestro and legend - Barry White! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Wil…
Daliso did his first show Feed This Black Man 20 years ago.
Sungho Kim, the South Korean tenor, in a world-premiere recital with Llyr Williams on piano.
William Alexander returns to the Fringe to perform a recital of popular piano pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt in the glorious setting of this Georgian building.
UK PREMIERE Director Christiane Jatahy fuses the qualities of cinema and theatre to explore structural racism and the legacy of slavery in her native Brazil.
Japanese pianist Akiko Okamoto returns to the Fringe after some years’ absence to play Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2.
In 2018, Simon’s father performed a play about his imminent death to cancer and, to Simon’s horror, it was quite good.
World-leading pipa player Wu Man unveils the magic of traditional Chinese music.
From Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City to Mozarthaus in Vienna, Polish pianist Igor Lipinski presents a one-of-a-kind show of piano and magic in his 2024 Edinburgh Festival…
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
The Moonlight Sonata and Für Elise are among Beethoven’s most popular works.
When I am on stage performing stand-up comedy I feel like a wild horse galloping through the plains of Ohio, the wind running through my mane, the hot sun shining down on my sturdy…
Hear our innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together.
Celebrate this beautiful evening with romantic piano by Chopin, Liszt and Debussy – by candlelight.
From Chopin and Messiaen to the music of New Orleans, Charles Whitehead’s 2024 piano recital offers a fascinating array of musical colours and contrasts, drawing on the instrument’…
Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride.
Relax and unwind as tonight’s artist plays contemporary piano classics by Ludovico Einaudi – by candlelight.
‘Beautifully crafted melodies… telling stories behind each tune… light-hearted and humorous… lively interactions with the audience’ (BroadwayBaby.com).
Wanna spice up your dating life? Ready to mingle while having a laugh? We’re here to help! This show presents the ambassadors of the United Nations of Spicy Food Appreciation and d…
At first Man & Board is an unlikely pairing of Rob’s moving body with a ritualised wooden board with which he sings, he dances, he wins and he loses.
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.
Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man is a racy, whimsical one-woman show exploring the perils and thrills of sex and singledom in the post-pandemic era by actress, writer and comedien…
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.
Scotland’s original viral The Wee Man returns from the jail in a new one-man play written by Rab C Nesbitt creator Ian Pattison.
Prière.
Reinvigorate your musical soul with classic jazz piano including Joplin’s The Entertainer, Brubeck’s Take Five and Gershwin’s iconic showstopper Rhapsody in Blue – by encha…
Andrii Kymach, baritone – a unique recital celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Edinburgh-Kyiv twinning (1989-2024).
The Leonore Piano Trio mentors last year’s rising stars of classical music.
A selection from Books One and Two of the Twenty Etudes for Piano written between 1991 and 2012 by veteran American composer Philip Glass.
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
One of the UK’s most accomplished chamber groups showcases music from Clara Schumann, Helen Grime and Antonín Dvořák.
16-year-old Brit School pianist, guitarist and singer.
Using The Trojan Women by Euripides as a starting point, After Troy interweaves the stories of those women left behind, awaiting their fate with the stories of the women who have s…
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Laureates of international competitions return to Scotland after nine years.
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, …
Embark on a journey through the enchanting realm of dreams and moonlit melodies! Exploring classical works for viola and piano in this concert, the Kosonen Ranieri Duo will evoke t…
A marathon of the macabre.
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…
Critically acclaimed Quebec City-based circus company, Machine de Cirque, present the award-winning Maxim Laurin (Guinness World Record holder) performing a spectacular duet with G…
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of traveling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian whi…
Midlife gets a dose of music and magic in this transformational take on Oz.
Upbeat, hilarious magic with heart from Fringe legend David Alnwick.
Winner of Best Magic Award at Adelaide Fringe, 2024 and weekly Theatre Award at FRINGEWORLD, 2023.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? Back for a seventh year at the Fringe, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City.
Indulge in the ultimate comedic cult experience! Trevor Lock, renegade cult member turned critically-acclaimed comic, invites you to join a cult (for an hour), whether you aspire t…
Inspired by 90s VHS horror board games, can you beat the Necromancer? ‘Pure horror… Pushing the boundaries of magic as a genre’ ***** (WorldMagicReview.
Edinburgh’s iconic independent and award-winning music venue showcases the city’s phenomenal local talent with nightly danceable live funk, soul, blues and special jazz performance…
Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers.
A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr…
‘She comes towards me on the floor; always approaching; never coming nearer; always visible as if by moonlight whether the moon shines or not.
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.
The tumultuous life of Richard III: not the villain of Shakespearean lore, but loyal brother to a king, devoted husband and father, and eventually reluctant monarch.
After 10 years in the UK, Canadian stand-up comedian David Tsonos is taking the test: The Life in the UK test.
A double-bill show.
Renowned classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver returns to Edinburgh for a dazzling piano recital featuring Rachmaninoff’s Mighty Sonata No 2, Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, Ravel’s Jeux d…
Get thee to a…Nursery? In this absurdist comedy, a band of four-year-old rascals are cursed by the spirit of Shakespeare for shredding his beloved folio.
Cambridge Footlight Lily Blundell’s sinful dark comedy musical full of greed, fraud, 1920s jazz and drink.
Direct from his sell-out run at Durham Fringe Festival, join Magic Circle member Tom Bolton as he shares with you what it’s really like growing up as a magician in the 21st centu…
Firefighter Micky and investment banker Andrew are choked by their respective blue and white collars.
Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships Winner 2022.
Voices of Israel and Palestine.
The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where comedian Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an un…
A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable.
Gritty, powerful and daringly revolutionary, Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein is a transgender reimagining of Shelley’s seminal novel, set in the year of our Lord 1980.
Award-winning David Hoare returns with another bumper show, brimming with silliness.
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
Can one man recreate live on stage, the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ever? Laurence Tuck is that man.
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.
Comedy Central featured comedian Devin Gray is ready to wow you with his new show How To Get Away With Marriage.
Join us at the world-renowned tapestry studio after hours.
You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (scrub!) from the internet.
Returning after a total sell-out run in 2019, Fragility of Man follows one man’s epic, lifelong battle with the justice system.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
‘Nobody on this planet makes me laugh as hard as Ross McGrane’ (Jordan Gray).
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Enter Edward Tripp’s bottomless mind as he straddles comedy and spoken-word, like a genre-defying slut.
Teachers know the feeling all too well.
After their sell-out sensation at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Insane Magic are back.
An hour of wall-to-wall laughs from two of Scotland’s most exciting new comedians – Liam Jackson and Grant Barr! Liam dissects his mishaps in the job market, travels and Scottish…
‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ ***** (ThreeWeeks).
An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
After Endgame masterfully combines the strategic nuances of chess with the uproarious comedy of life.
Turn on the radio, have a cup of tea – and don’t forget to take your pills! Get ready for an action-packed journey through the imagination of a playful, solitary old man as he di…
Nick Cassenbaum’s two-hander comedy heist, directed by Emma Jude Harris, romps through 2018 Jewish Essex.
Andrew Silverwood will be alive on stage in a dead man’s shirt (don’t worry, the man doesn’t want it back).
Multi award-winning comedian and star of three Amazon Prime specials on finding fun in a chaotic world.
‘Hilarious.
Bone Man has returned to ride once again.
‘Incredibly powerful.
A fully packed hour of entertainment.
We all know the fairy tales and their immortal final line: happily ever after… But that isn’t real life.
The adventures of blind comedian and folk singer David Eagle: accosted by faith healers, bamboozling aggressive Australians and escaping arrest after a nocturnal accordion-based an…
A sell-out season at 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, shortlisted for Best Show in Comedians’ Choice Awards 2023.
This is a show where Josh tidies up.
You’re born, you’re in it, you’re dead.
Gareth’s desperately trying to be a modern man, but it isn’t easy.
One man.
Claud’s stuck.
Sherlock Holmes confronts his deadliest enemy yet: a man who hates him, his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Daliso performed his first show Feed This Black Man in the 2000s.
Award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan present their own original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman.
BC:AD (Before Children, After Diapers) is a stand-up comedy show and one mad, mommy’s take on how the definitions of words change before and during motherhood.
The Wee Man is your MC for a night of no-rhymes-barred showdowns as some of the best comedians at the Fringe clash in banging bouts of hip-hop wits.
The award-winning TMB transports Gogol’s Inspector General to 1970s small-town America.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Doktor Kaboom! The good Doktor’s newest show fuses astonishing live science experiments, stand-up comedy, and lessons in empowerment, for an…
A new solo performance by Funny Women finalist Natalie Bellingham using comedy, storytelling, movement and interaction to celebrate being human in all its banality, sprinkled with …
Josh Glanc is back with a brand-new show.
Irishman Andrew Ryan is finally living the life he always thought he would.
Charlie played by the rules, married the right woman, took the right job.
This women-created news satire stars comedian Maggie Metnick in drag as Chip Johnson, a red-blooded American male pundit on a mission to mansplain the news to women.
The David O’Doherty of comedy is back! Having trained his body and mind to the point of peak perfection, he has used a very nice pen to write a new concert of talking and songs.
The incredible true story of missing WWII soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew David William Bryan.
Trumpets: parp parp parp paaarp, Fringe favourite and Disney Prince heartthrob of Extraordinary (Disney+) descends from his ivory (Fairtrade) tower to glisten your eyes with this m…
‘American labour icon!? Ridiculous.
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 …
Join comedian Eddy Dibs as he gives a comedic spin on his daily struggle to fit into a tall person’s world.
Multi award-winning comedian Mark Nelson returns with a new show exploring whether it’s really possible to become a new and improved person.
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of travelling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian wh…
This is a show where Josh Thomas tidies up.
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off my birthday celebrations! With 44 years in the business I thought it about time I put a bit of …
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular.
David Nicholls is guilty of murder, but can DS Stecklen prove it and bring him to justice?
“If that makes sense” Common Phrase.
One King. One Kingdom. And literally no time to rule. Based on historical events, House of the Onion debuts the untold story of the world’s shortest reigning monarch.
Better get your tickets quick because this is going to be one big hit once word gets around.
After 10 years in the UK Canadian stand-up comedian David Tsonos is taking the Test, the Life in the UK test.
A musical puppet show with mischief and mycelium! When Ivy answers a call for help from a stranded worm she is led on a wild adventure! Soon she is battling birds, meeting mystica…
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021.
After a sell out season at 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, Furiozo was shortlisted for Best Show in Comedians’ Choice Awards.
Sid has experienced loneliness, grief, trauma, and homelessness since their mother went into a coma and, more recently, the death of their father.
King John - Terrible King, Even Worse Play? Well, that’s not the view of Rendered Retina theatre company who, in their own words, have cut two hours, added plenty of songs, and t…
A mother bequeaths her beloved piano to her children in a will, insisting that they keep it.
All of us have been on our own respective journey individually, focusing on healing from heartbreak, trauma, loss and a rediscovery of self.
You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet.
The Max Miller Appreciation Society presents John Mann, Britain’s No.
Naughty Ever After has been ruining childhood memories at festivals around the world since 2017 .
After selling out last time David Nihill is back with his new show, Shelf Help.
After selling out last time David Nihill is back with his new show, Shelf Help.
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.
Join David Ingram, a 40-something retired twink, as he discusses his life as a gay man, the ups and downs, the tops and bottoms of growing up in a small town in Scotland in the 80�…
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
Are you single (again) and feeling unlucky in love? Do you love your partner but occasionally plot how to bury them under the patio? Don’t despair, help is at hand from the Queen…
The Teeny-Tiny Library from Beyond the Binary is a doll’s house-sized library of queer mini-zines.
An unlikely six, with clashing personalities, arrive for their weekly support group sessions: There’s Denial, Anger, the Bargaining’s, Depression and of course, the group leade…
Join the team from World Fringe and National Rural Touring Forum to find out what’s next for you post-Fringe.
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…
David has undergone changes and is happier than he looks, promise.
After its hit run at last year’s Brighton Fringe, Chet Baker: Let’s Get Lost comes to The Bridge House.
This debut show weaves together the insightful storytelling of David Sedaris and the clever stand-up of John Mulaney, welcoming you to the world of Renata, a non-native speaker bol…
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
Jody Kamali is Jeremy Irons in Ironing Board Man.
Join hairy Indians Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat as they join forces to provide you with pure laughter for an hour! They’re a bit like the Hairy Bikers but they’re not allowe…
Best Stand-up Winner Brighton Fringe 2022/23 (The Brighton Seagull) with the first of his two new stand-up shows for 2024.
Before Tom Cruise, Cary Grant or Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks was the King Of Hollywood! Now virtually forgotten, Doug was a remarkable actor and gifted visionary.
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet.
Matt Mathews’ live show is nothing short of a bona fide barn burner, guaranteed to provide bountiful belly laughs for all who attend.
Mathews’ live show is nothing short of a bona fide barn burner, guaranteed to provide bountiful belly laughs for all who attend.
A man about to kill himself falls asleep and dreams of a beautiful, future earth, where people live in harmony with each other and nature.
An one-man adaptation of the Fyodor Dostoevsky short story of the same name, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man comes to the Marylebone Theatre stage with all the pertinent of its day: …
A one-man show by Christopher Lieberman.
Let's Try Swingin' A group sex comedy of manners Canoe Butter Your Muffin, Diddle Miss Daisy Let's Try Swingin' - anseo|anois theatreTwo couples.
BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up.
2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show (Nominee).
2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show (Nominee).
Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber.
Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Freckle Productions present STICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheff…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off our festive celebrations! With 43 years in the business I thought it about time I put a bi…
What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure for Stick Man: a dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him, and he even ends up on a fire! How…
Relaxed performances are specifically adapted for families with children with an Autistic Spectrum Condition, individuals with sensory and communication disorders and th…
The Ironic Bionic Man We can rebuild him! Jason is, officially Bionic, “ironically” of course, as Jason, the accident-prone, general unfortunate gobshite (t…
Aïda Lahlou presents Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano.
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.
One little line of Lemo never ruined anybody’s life, did it? James Kinsella, aka Jaybomb, loses his job at the Giro in Bootle after a long three weeks.
Broadway’s greatest comic storyteller” (Deadline) Mike Birbiglia plays a strictly limited run in the West End this Autumn with his hit show The Old Man & The Pool.
A recital presenting some of the varied piano textures and rich harmonies of the Romantic period: Handel in the Strand (Grainger); a delightful miniature from Greig – his opus 1/…
Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.
‘Broadway’s greatest comic storyteller’ (Deadline.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Enjoy an hour of beautiful music from Beethoven sonata no 3 op 69, Schumann Fantasiestucke, and Nigel Don Bits and Pieces played by two remarkably talented musicians.
David Rivera and La Båmbula will make you dance with their Caribbean sounds from Puerto Rico and Cuba.
On his annual visit to the Fringe, William Alexander performs a piano recital of popular pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Ravel and Liszt.
Join us in a sensational visual performance from an object-theatre master.
The SCO’s brilliant classical cellist Su-a Lee is continually reaching beyond the classical genre.
With a decade in the biz, Wellingborough Community Gospel Choir have firmly established themselves as local choir superstars and delight audiences nationwide with performances that…
Christine and Nancy invite you to a lunchtime recital of beautiful music including the joyous Beethoven Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Cesar Franck’s passionate Sonata for pian…
Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong.
A programme with Gypsy roots, including music by, among others, Haydn, Bartók, Sarasate, Doppler, Falla, Liszt, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
New Zealand classical and jazz pianist Charles Whitehead returns to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Piano Masterworks Recital: La Valse, featuring works by Mozart, Bartok, …
These London-based performers team up again this year to perform a programme of music for cello and piano by Boccherini, Schumann and Richard Strauss.
Let’s just get this out the way: Colin Cloud’s After Dark is the most powerful, impressive and poignant magic and mentalist show I’ve ever seen.
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Join us for The Piano Supper With Daniel and Sean From The Channel 4 Series The Piano.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
The thought of invisibility, and the advantages it could bring to someone, has captured the imagination of millions since HG Wells’ classic story was first published.
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? The Fringe confuses you – where to go, what to choose? Worry not! After a sold out BlundaGarden show A Divination in 2022, Dr K…
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
Sander Klaus is an underage soldier in America’s Civil War.
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
A stand-up comedy show in BSL by the funniest deaf actor in the world, David Sands (aka Chris Baker from Small World). Come and laugh with… or at… David Sands.
Join comedian and writer David Baddiel for an informal and unscripted audience Q&A exploring ideas in his bestselling books Jews Don’t Count, and The God Desire.
Piano Music of Erik Satie by Peter Bream.
Edinburgh-born pianist and composer Ben Shankland is, despite his young age, already gaining recognition on the UK jazz scene.
A selection from The Twenty Etudes For Piano composed by Philip Glass between 1991 and 2013: these pieces occupy a uniquely representative place among the works of one of the world…
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…
This expressive Edinburgh duo return once again with another passionate programme of music for violin and piano including; Schubert Duo Op 162, Debussy Sonata, Bartok Romanian Danc…
Witness first-hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia.
Director Dennis Corsi writes “At the end of a play, a gay couple celebrates their one-year anniversary.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
If with if and a washing machine We walk through it to the mood Have a scene which would bring if with if And take a look at the part you devoted to What is the difference betwee…
If with if and a washing machine We walk through it to the mood Have a scene which would bring if with if And take a look at the part you devoted to What is the difference betwee…
This brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform an eclectic mix of music with infectious enjoyment - French, jazz, Jewish, traditional, Balkan, tango, etc.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level.
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level.
Voloz Collective’s production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is a masterclass in physical theatre.
Join us in a collective trance state as we explore the connection between music, meditation and mental health with live orchestra, piano, tea ceremonies, bells and guided meditatio…
The pianist and composer, winner of several national and international competitions, will play an exciting program including pieces by Beethoven and Rachmaninov, as well as her own…
It is genuinely difficult to keep track of all the wellness tips that you’re supposed to follow to have a healthy body and mind.
‘Nobody on this planet makes me laugh as hard as Ross McGrane’ (Jordan Gray).
Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle).
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? Back for a sixth year at the Fringe, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC.
Winner of awards at FRINGEWORLD Perth, Prague Fringe, and National Arts Festival South Africa.
Inspired by 90s VHS horror board games, can you beat the Necromancer? ‘Scary, especially for the easily frightened.
Upbeat, hilarious magic with heart from fringe legend David Alnwick.
David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to.
How To Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World – With a Piano! is a self-help, group-therapy show that really doesn’t tell us anything that we haven’t seen before.
Brand-new original musical drama comedy based on the true stories of Jill Morrell and John McCarthy.
The title, Dead Man’s Suitcase, doesn’t give much away and even at the end it’s a little unclear what the message of Felix Westcott’s musical is supposed to be.
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
What happens to Shakespeare’s best-loved heroes and most reviled villains after the curtain falls? Come and join a host of familiar Shakespearean characters as they reflect back on…
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…
Quirky, surreal, highly original stand-up.
There is secret connection among all of us.
Country-rock crooner Sebastian Saint performs a selection of songs exploring what it means to be an American man while sharing intimate stories about life, loss, addiction, sex, an…
In this multi award-winning show, Kerry Hiles – accompanied by Germaine Gamiet – shines the light on Judy Garland, the undisputed queen of cabaret.
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…
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
A disturbing yet absurdly funny portrait of toxic masculinity.
Stuck in Free Fall is a show about Nothing.
The internationally renowned classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver makes a welcome return to Edinburgh for a dazzling piano recital of great pianistic masterpieces, including the g…
Jay Sodagar returns with his brand-new stand-up show.
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.
David Ellis is a terrible Jew.
In his debut hour, David Ian attempts a huge feat: to answer the question that many gay men think about their entire lives.
Lovable scamp Alex Hylton has done stand-up for a third of his life.
Returning for another year, God Damn Fancy Man is the critically acclaimed show from internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise.
Lucas (Comedy Central) built his career talking about his family on stage.
At times hard to follow and at others uniquely resonant, Maggie Widdoes’ one-woman show Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em is the perfect example of how the Fringe brings what you least e…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Northern Ireland’s comedy superstar brings the noise (and the LOLs) with his all-new show.
Jon Lawrence has entertained thousands of children all over the world over the last ten years with his collection of silly songs which encourage the children to sing, dance, laugh …
We can rebuild him! Jason is officially Bionic – ironically of course – as Jason, the accident prone, general unfortunate gobshite (to no want of his own) is now half man, half…
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them.
Telling five short tales from the mystical fictional world of Jianghu, Fall and Flow showcases the beauty and physicality of Hong Kong theatrical traditions in combination with Th�…
After The Act (A Section 28 Musical) is an eye-opening performance about Section 28 a series of laws introduced to the UK in the 1980s that prohibited the “promotion of homosexua…
In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder…
Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian.
Australian comedian David Quirk quit comedy in 2017.
I quit drinking in 2019.
An improvised comedy extravaganza of tales of gods and monsters, heroines and heroes, mundane and mythological beings all made up on the spot each day from audience suggestions.
Put the fun back into funeral! Award-winning writer-performer Niamh Denyer is funeral celebrant Áine Reilly, here to teach you the art of the perfect send off.
Where do you go when your role models let you down? Join award-winning comedian and jumped-up pantry boy Sian on a journey through masculinity and gender identity via Salford Lads …
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
Mozart, via blues, tango and rock’n’roll.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
The dishevelled prince of £10 eBay keyboards tries to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair.
According to Google, Eva’s boobs weigh the same as: two and a half bottles of tequila; two bricks; or the average newborn baby.
Do you have a critical inner voice? Join Alexander as he interrogates his own, tries to kill it, then comes for yours.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Janine thought she knew her family.
Join comedian and writer David Baddiel for an informal and unscripted audience Q&A exploring ideas in his bestselling books Jews Don’t Count, and The God Desire.
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…
How does a man find his purpose when he grows older and all the major life events come thick and fast? Should he retire to the solitude of The Shed as usual and escape from the wor…
Cathal is 30, flirty, and having a breakdown at his best friend’s wedding.
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
Simon David brings Dead Dad Show to the Fringe this year and it is insane, an absolute piss-take, but also very emotional.
What connects two seemingly unrelated killings, 27 years apart? In 1993, Steve’s mother dies suddenly; can he trust GP Harold Shipman’s ‘Natural Causes’ diagnosis? And in 2020, whe…
Do you have a critical inner voice? Join Alexander as he interrogates his own, tries to kill it, then comes for yours.
Do you have a critical inner voice? Join Alexander as he interrogates his own, tries to kill it, then comes for yours.
After a SELL OUT run at Durham Fringe 2022: Magic Circle Magician & Star of The Magic Corner Tom Bolton is back.
Magic Circle Magician & Star of The Magic Corner Tom Bolton presents: GROW UP MAGIC MAN.
The Lavender Theatre opens its gates from 17 July 2023 for its inaugural summer season with Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun.
Mark Robert Petty presents Don’t Tell The Bishops! The After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church on Sunday 2nd July at 7.
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.
Poet Alceste is disgusted with French society & life at court.
Graham Greene’s brilliant story – which was made into a landmark film and published as a novella – now comes to the stage in a new musical written by Christopher …
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
A show about hating yourself and, amongst other things, choosing not to.
A show about hating yourself and, amongst other things, choosing not to.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
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.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
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 …
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
Two Comedians give their view on a number of topics; whoever you are - you will relate.
Who Let Him In? Paul Merryck re-emerges from the Essex Swamplands with a new show telling a lot of stupid jokes and daft short stories, tenuously held together by the narrative th…
Who Let Him In? Paul Merryck re-emerges from the Essex Swamplands with a new show telling a lot of stupid jokes and daft short stories, tenuously held together by the narrative th…
Orion Lewis is a quick, no-filter comedian who’s turned out way worse than she expected as a kid.
Winner of ‘Best Show’ at Leicester Comedy Festival, Alex Hylton returns to Brighton Fringe with a brand-new show for 2023.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Winner of ‘Best Show’ at Leicester Comedy Festival, Alex Hylton returns to Brighton Fringe with a brand-new show for 2023.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? The Edinburgh Fringe Favourite comes to Brighton, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? The Edinburgh Fringe Favourite comes to Brighton, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC.
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
Silly, dark and surreal character comedy in Ben Macpherson: Bonfire Man.
Silly, dark and surreal character comedy in Ben Macpherson: Bonfire Man.
Meet the Man in the Shed, a man of his (own) time.
Mixture of music and dramatic monologue.
“If you want to put your brain in the blender, have a listen - it’s a bit like if Aphex Twin wrote British music hall songs.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Meet the Man in the Shed, a man of his (own) time.
Mixture of music and dramatic monologue.
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Way out west there was this fella, a fella by the name of Bax.
When 30 years of family silence is broken Helen begins a detective-like quest to discover the hidden story behind her brother’s suicide.
Way out west there was this fella, a fella by the name of Bax.
When 30 years of family silence is broken Helen begins a detective-like quest to discover the hidden story behind her brother’s suicide.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
“Very dark, very funny clown”- Metro “What a great act.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The legendary fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, David Hoyle, stares into the abyss of the unprecedented times we find ourselves in and says ‘there has to be a point to carrying…
The friendship between Carole King and James Taylor played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
After last year's sell-out run and in preparation for it's run at The Brighton Fringe, The Man In The Shed returns for 2 nights only.
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It’s 1936.
Nominated Reviews Hub/Brighton Fringe Best Show 2021.
It’s 1936.
Sian loves men.
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus present their annual Fringe Festival show - After Dark.
UPDATE: Tickets for tonight’s performance are no longer available through the Fringe Box Office.
Sian loves men.
The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th…
The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement.
Smash hit musical Annie Get Your Gun is to be celebrated with a special one-night only concert production at The London Palladium.
Premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2021, After Love is a powerful exploration of love and loss.
“The Passmore Edwards Legacy: The Man Who Built Libraries and Much More” - a talk by biographer Dean Evans on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth.
Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant.
Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to.
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…
Ever been so angry you couldn’t breathe? Poignant, funny and uncompromising, Chat Shit, Get Hit, is a brand-new show about female rage, the pain of betrayal, and getting better …
Even Therapists have bad days. A dark, funny, and unpredictable new play about Therapy, Self-awareness, and coping with your problems.
This is the story of the greatest Black Briton to have ever been forgotten.
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
Kelly wants change.
Abseiling lesbians! Queers in classrooms! Perverts panicking parents! And an act of oppression that inspired a generational riot.
‘I’m going to show you I can get happy.
Rona and Sophie are identical twins.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
Red Lines Female relationships explored through contemporary circus.
“Blindness isn’t sexy.
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of comedy and music in the Royal Court Studio.
“I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here” Is an intense durational performance focused on desire, gaze, and hysteria.
Feathered Again, I beg.
Bonjour, bitch! Gorgeous girlie and monolingual comedian Simon David (“A hoot” - The Guardian) hosts a joyful 5 hour, cabaret spectacular featuring the best burlesque, drag, D…
Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King.
David Ferguson: Nice Bum is a show for people who like a little tragedy with their comedy.
According to google Eva’s boobs weigh the same as an average newborn baby and that’s quite a weight to have on your back, metaphorically, and physically.
“Ripe tomato.
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…
Freckle Productions present STICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler&rsq…
Renowned as The Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
George has had a tough week.
There’s a delightful anecdote about George Bernard Shaw at one of the early performances of Arms and the Man.
Freckle Productions presentSTICK MANTouching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s&…
Playing 100 distinct characters in a one hour performance, writer-performer Saul Boyer delivers the rip-roaring tale of Sir Paul Dukes, a child runaway who, after just three weeks’…
Using original texts from the 1840s, Stephen Smith faithfully brings Edgar Allan Poe’s words to life on stage, performing four of the most terrifying examples of gothic literature:…
Cathal is 35, renting, eternally single, and has just spent the last three years watching all of his friends settle down, get married and have kids.
If you missed Esther Manito on Live at the Apollo, this is fantastic chance to see the Lebanese-British stand up in person.
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café.
The intimate and sensual Tango After Dark delves into the world of authentic Argentine tango.
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…
Let Me Count the Ways is a spoken word solo show which draws on speculative and realist storytelling to explore love, care and intimacy.
A mixed-bill comedy, cabaret and variety show to celebrate the life of maverick producer David Johnson who died in 2020.
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
The 19th century was a time of seismic developments for the piano, and Paris was at the epicentre of these as many virtuosi made it their home.
Does emotion help us make moral judgments? Alfie will address this question using jokes.
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 …
Two Truth and a Lie.
Two musicians.
Get Off Live Comedy Gala! Get Off Live Comedy is an industry born and funded independent HR that aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the industry we love.
Two musicians.
In 1973, aspiring serial killer Rodney Buzzard sits in his thatched bungalow apartment, skinning spuds for practice… He waits for a knock at the door but hears nothing – the No…
Elliot Wengler, host of Lolbot Wars (‘Nice ideas, likeable performer.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
What would you do if you reached a moment in your life that made you question everything about yourself? Walk almost 1,000 kilometres across northern Spain? Well, that’s what one m…
You’ve been up late with them, but now it’s time to be honest with The Tin Knees.
William’s dream comes true, chosen to play at Mozart’s birthday celebrations.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
Surrealist stand-up comedian George Bricher will take you on a path of bizarre thought experiments, strange rants and lessons in how to stay optimistic in the face of middle-class …
Àirigh Orchestra celebrates the amazing depth and variety of the classical piano concerto genre: Bach D minor (BWV1052), Koželuch concerto for piano duet and a recently composed …
A sparkling programme of classical piano music, from Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata to the magnificent Norma Fantasy by Liszt.
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
A selection of music by Ludovico Einaudi, performed by talented pianist Ailsa Aitkenhead. Contemplative and beautiful classical piano in a gorgeous ambience.
Joyful, daring and undeniably sharp, God Damn Fancy Man is the hotly anticipated new show from critically acclaimed, internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise.
It’s 1932, prohibition has swept New York, and Tony Morino owns a small underground speakeasy in the Bronx, selling bathtub gin so steeped in ethanol it could easily kill you.
It’s 1932, prohibition has swept New York, and Tony Morino owns a small underground speakeasy in the Bronx, selling bathtub gin so steeped in ethanol it could easily kill you.
A Polish migrant, David Tasma, is dying from cancer in post-war London.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to.
The brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform much-loved favourites from the musicals with their legendary skill and infectious enjoyment.
Algorithms are art.
A musical and a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! One man’s award-winning celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class g…
Stefan Warzycki’s solo recital at last year’s Fringe was rated five out of five and described as a dramatic, compelling recital.
In 2017, I was raped.
Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’s just a nicer word for different.
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…
When people are attacked by criminals, terrorists, or despots, we feel an urge to respond.
It’s a day like any other.
Rarely off our screens and about to embark upon a 35-date Scottish tour of his new one-man play, Time’s Plague, Scottish acting’s national treasure revisits a highlight-strewn …
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…
Come and hear William Alexander perform, on the piano, a selection of popular pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt.
A century of great jazz tunes from 1922 to 2022 and the stories behind them. From two jazz award winners.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Experience the romantic passion of the music of Rachmaninov, performed by the best young classical musicians out there – all ROSL prizewinners.
The most high-brow show about blow jobs you’ll ever see.
Programme marking the 85th anniversary of Philip Glass, Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding returns with a programme of compositions from six decades performed at the piano.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death.
Enjoy a relaxing concert of music from one of the kings of jazz and his contemporaries as performed by ROSL prize-winners; some of the finest international classical musicians arou…
Caliban needs to leave Liverpool and get back to London.
Caliban needs to leave Liverpool and get back to London.
Oh no! The piano has lost its music! But a little girl wants to help the piano find it again, and together they set off on a magical adventure.
A post-lunch concert of romantic and passionate music of Chopin and his contemporaries, performed by the finest international classical talent from ROSL’s renowned Annual Music C…
A Mighty Fall from Grace follows the life of a Bradford Bulls fan, who over several years watches his club deteriorate on and off the field and whose mental health deteriorates thr…
The After-Dinner Joke doesn’t quite land.
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.
New Show for 2022.
The sequel concert to 2018’s A Really Short Introduction to Scotland’s Piano Music exploring the work of 19th and 20th-century Scottish composers.
Fringe legend David Alnwick performs his favourite tricks.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? Back for a fifth year at the Fringe, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC.
As seen on BT Sport’s DIY Pundit, the Amused Moose Comedy Award winner Danny Ward returns to Edinburgh with his seventh solo show.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? Back for a fifth year at the Fringe, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Gecko’s playful story-songs will take you on a journey via ignored characters in Italian renaissance paintings, pig outlaws and tooth fairy admin.
An experimental reimagining of Shakespeare’s great play.
A Romantic Comedy.
A musical and a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! One man’s award-winning celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class g…
Tom Waits depicted the poor, the punks, the hobos and the lost.
It is difficult to work out exactly who this play is for.
Living legend, world-class entertainer returns with Broadway version of a five-star journey through Black music and his incredible life, with songs, tap dance, stories, comedy.
Boiler suits, beanies and a barrow! That’s what was waiting for this musical duo when lockdown hit! From a sunny party land in Gran Canaria to the cold, wet, windy Western Isles …
Let Them Eat Cake! Through the lens of one of history’s most eminent, enigmatic females, Let Them Eat Cake explores Marie Antoinette’s relationship with the public, with the pr…
Jacky shares her top 10 reasons why she wants to leave the planet, all through performance poetry.
100,000 characters.
The Edinburgh Fringe may have a porn addiction.
Fringe debut for brand-new comedy improv panel show, OK, Let Me Explain.
After touring all over Europe, Mike Rice brings his electric hour show to Edinburgh.
If someone happened to wander into the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh knowing nothing about Puppet State Theatre Company’s The Man Who Planted Trees, they’d certainl…
A recital of virtuosic piano music given by the popular London-based classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver.
MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London.
Witness first–hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
The Dumb Man is a dark comedy about the man who lives inside a psychedelic world he created for himself to cope with grief.
Pat and Pete live happily in their tiny botanic bathroom, so happily they don’t remember any ambitions they’ve had in life.
The Dumb Man is a dark comedy about the man who lives inside a psychedelic world he created for himself to cope with grief.
Filed mistakenly under E for Mystery: unscripted episodes of the television anthology known as The Twilight Zone.
A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show.
Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist 2021.
The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes.
Joyful, daring and undeniably sharp, God Damn Fancy Man is the hotly anticipated new show from critically acclaimed, internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise.
An improvised comedy extravaganza of tales of gods and monsters, heroines and heroes, mundane and mythological beings all made up on the spot each day from audience suggestions.
A Google search is possibly the most used thing out of all the things you use after toilet paper, but what’s it like to work there? And are the people all weirdo IT people? And are…
Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to (NB you’ll still have to).
Choir of Man is the best night in your local you’ve ever had.
He’s a stand-up and a clown.
Not ready for the night to end? Neither are we! So head on over to The All Irish After Party, where the craic is only just beginning!! A true late night show, this show is always b…
Under Covid, every day is like Groundhog Day.
High-octane character comedy from one of the UK’s foremost TV sketch comedians, as seen in the BAFTA-winning series Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed and People Just Do Nothing…
After two sell-out Fringes, Tessa Coates is beside herself with excitement to be back with a brand-new show.
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.
New show from Edinburgh-based piano virtuouso Will Pickvance (Anatomy of a Piano, Pianohood, First Piano On The Moon).
Many of us can relate to the concept of families not talking about things – but Helen Wood (The Usherettes, The National Trust Fan Club, The OS Map Fan Club) shows us the extre…
Can a man find his purpose when he grows older and all the major life events come thick and fast? Should he retire to the solitude of The Shed and escape from the world, or get out…
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s darkly comic tale brought to the stage for children and adults to share.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) and with over 10 million views online, comedian Luke Kempner has found out he is to become a father, but can he b…
One performer.
Here he comes, trotting back onstage with all of the misplaced confidence of a waiter with no pad.
When 30 years of family silence is broken, Helen begins a quest to discover the hidden story behind her brother’s suicide.
This is an engaging exploration of the friendship of two of the most iconic British Prime Ministers of all time.
When 30 years of family silence is broken, Helen begins a quest to discover the hidden story behind her brother’s suicide.
We’ve all been there.
Physical comedy meets Hollywood.
Never Let Go is a thrilling, hilarious one-man show the New York Times calls ‘a feat of ingenuity’.
Simon David belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive (and annoying!) demographic there is: the white gay.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
Named to honour the city of his birth, Tehran Von Ghasri is a true comedian of the world.
Sold-out run: Off-Broadway, Asylum NYC (2022).
Andy’s an ideas man and he’s got ideas, man.
Does emotion help us make moral judgments? Alfie will address this question using jokes.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (nominated for Best Spoken Word and winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 20…
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (nominated for Best Spoken Word and winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 20…
The world has been driven to it’s knees once again.
The world has been driven to it’s knees once again.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
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…
Magic Circle Magician & Star of The Magic Corner Tom Bolton presents: GROW UP MAGIC MAN.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
Comedian Jacqueline Novak’s GET ON YOUR KNEES is the most high-brow show about blow jobs you’ll ever see.
Fasten your seat belts – The Car Man is back! In a spectacular new staging for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 2021) is one man’s attempt to celeb…
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 2021) is one man’s attempt to celeb…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
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…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
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.
The event might fall short of the hype that The Man Behind the Mask would be a ‘confessional evening – seasoned with highly personal, sometimes startling, and occasionally outr…
Mime duo DeRonde/Deroo explore the struggle and the beauty of melancholy in this award-winning, visually stunning physical performance.
Mime duo DeRonde/Deroo explore the struggle and the beauty of melancholy in this award-winning, visually stunning physical performance.
The legendary fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, David Hoyle, stares into the abyss of the unprecedented times we find ourselves in and says ‘there has to be a point to carrying…
The legendary fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, David Hoyle, stares in to the abyss of the unprecedented times we find ourselves in and says ‘there has to be a point to carryin…
In this electric, pulsating autobiographical solo-show, Majid (Hollyoaks, War Horse) traces the origin of his own personal struggles with anger and probes the unspoken anxieties, d…
Simon David belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive (and annoying!) demographic there is: the white gay.
Simon David (“A hoot”, The Guardian) belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive and, frankly, annoying demographic there is: the white gay.
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.
‘Mémoires d’un Amnésique: A piano, a film and Erik Satie, in his own words’ is, in equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique t…
‘Mémoires d’un Amnésique: A piano, a film and Erik Satie, in his own words’ is, in equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique t…
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’).
(In addition to this online show, John Callaghan will be performing LIVE at the Spiegeltent on 14th June 2021!) https://www.
New material from the blogging comic.
New material from the blogging comic.
You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none.
You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none.
Nominated Reviews Hub/Brighton Fringe Best Show 2021.
Hi, I’m Gemma.
Hi, I’m Gemma.
If you looked up the dictionary definition of a variety show, Johnny MacAulay’s Man of a Thousand Farces should be there.
The Man In The Shed is a highly amusing and at time hilarious solo rant by actor Alex Dee, co-written as Alex Donald with Tim Connery.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’: a twisted musical tale inspired by the likes of Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’: a twisted musical tale inspired by the likes of Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
He’s back! He’s a clowny comedian, he’ll do almost anything for a laugh, he’s been around for long enough to have lots of material.
He’s back! He’s a clowny comedian, he’ll do almost anything for a laugh, he’s been around for long enough to have lots of material.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
A roller coaster comedy full of colourful characters and uplifting Cuban-inspired songs.
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…
Come and join us for an evening of burlesque from new-on-the-scene performers.
Star of Spitting Image, Steph’s Packed Lunch and with over 10 million views of his online videos, Luke Kempner is one of the UK’s hottest mimics and stand-up…
Star of Spitting Image, Steph’s Packed Lunch and with over 10 million views of his online videos, Luke Kempner is one of the UK’s hottest mimics and stand-up…
There’s something truly life-affirming about theatre that entertains and makes you think.
All his friends are getting married, and he’s really happy for them.
Two Strangers, One Interview, and You.
The (Not So) Quick Murder of Man Death over a bag of crisps Sorry, Denny's Dead.
Sir David Suchet makes his eagerly awaited return to the West End in POIROT AND MORE, A RETROSPECTIVE this New Year.
Freckle Productions present STICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler&rsq…
It’s time to fall in love again with “Mr Christmas” – Andy Williams – in this family-friendly spectacular featuring Andy (Colin Savage) and legendary special guests as he…
Algorithm After Party is Roy’s first headline show.
Freckle Productions presentSTICK MAN - Relaxed PerformanceTouching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and A…
Join us for a United in Anger screening and UK launch reading of Let the Record Show along with a World Cafe style event on cabaret tables where everyone gets to mas…
When Michał Piwowarski’s granddaughter, Tasha, finally moves out, Michał's whole world changes.
Ladies, Gaydies, Theydies, straight people who can take a joke Fashionista, and musical comedian, Simon David is back at The Glory trying out some horrible new songs LIVE! Fro…
This programme contains depictions of nudity, violence and drug-taking.
Welcome to the Jungle! The appropriately named fictional pub that is set within the walls of the Arts Theatre.
One man.
Freckle Productions present STICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler&rsq…
Chop Me Up Or Let Me Go is a one-act dark, sexy comedy thriller about survival and obsession, set in the near future.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre.
A marathon of gothic horror masterpieces. One actor performs Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-chilling classics
SIMPLY THE BREAST - Drag King Fundraiser The m*n, the myth, the legend, Jamie Fuxx, is undergoing some gender affirming surgery this October.
DAVID HOYLE: REBELLION Out of the darkness and loneliness of life in lock-down David Hoyle returns to the stage lights of his beloved RVT to create an opportunity for healing,…
Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
What’s scarier than a slice of gothic horror? Four slices, that’s what.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
Devine Tension Presents Dumfries & Galloway Pride 2021: After Party at The Theatre Royal, Dumfries An exclusive spectacle of camp drag performance of a variety of s…
Biting political satire The Guardian Observer”The perfect mash-up of drag, political satire, catchy music and entertainment” - Broadway Baby The critically acclaimed LIKE A S…
Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences.
Special After-Party Party.
DAVID HOYLE: REBELLION Out of the darkness and loneliness of life in lock-down David Hoyle returns to the stage lights of his beloved RVT to create an opportunity for healing,…
Simon David (A hoot - The Guardian) belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive and, frankly, annoying demographic there is: the white gay.
Farmers-turned-entertainers David & Sam are ploughing up to George Square with their rambunctious family comedy, littered with the absolute best showmanship they can muster.
After a critically acclaimed debut hour, Ollie Horn returns with a new hour of stand-up about what happens when you let yourself try new things.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
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…
This multi-award-winning adaptation of Jean Giono’s classic environmental tale toured for almost 14 years, with repeat appearances at the Sydney Opera House and off-Broadway.
Most of us have experienced absence to some degree during the past eighteen months, even if it’s solely the life we once knew.
MC Hammersmith (aka Will Naameh, the tall skinny posh one from Spontaneous Potter) is a freestyle rapper straight outta middle-class west London.
Something special happens when you play piano for yourself at home.
Edinburgh-based pianist, William Alexander, plays a recital of popular pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt.
LET US RAZE YOU - Artist ShowcaseA night of Queer Cabaret Debuts! New talent, New ideas & New perspectives.
MAN UP! - The Grand Final is finally here! After 8 weeks of heats featuring over 120 of London & the UKs finest DRAG KINGS, The Glory brings the final of its ground-breaki…
Stefan Warzycki presents a programme of piano music for the left hand including Godowsky’s studies on Chopin’s Op 10 Études, Scenes of Iceland by Thordur Magnusson and Scriabin’s …
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…
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field As seen/heard on BBC One, Radio …
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
Patricia has been concocting the perfect speech in her head over the last year, of what she would say if she were ever to face her ex-abusive boyfriend again.
Does emotion help us make moral judgements? Alfie Brown is performing a work-in-progress show (which are often a lot more fun) that will attempt to answer this question.
It’s been years since anyone has been allowed outside, mandated by the Executives.
JONJO JURYJACQUI POTATOJANET DISTRICT COUNCILGINROSY ROSSTED ROGERSANT CJOYLESSBONKSPECIAL GUESTS ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
After an outstanding premiere at VAULT Festival 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing across to Islington with their rambunctious family comedy, littered wi…
Concerts include: Saxophonist Jonathan Radford and pianist Ashley Fripp perform with some brilliant arrangements of some of Gershwin’s contemporaries, culminating with a show stopp…
Join Miss Carmen Aurora for ‘An Hour With The After Dark Cabaret & Burlesque’, offering a glamorous evening right in the heart of Camden.
Chopin is the inspiration for our post-lunchtime recitals.
Ross Cullum (Bridgerton) plays villainous English bastards on TV, depicting the cis-het-masc-posho-twat demographic.
A ghost story told with magic.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill's debut stand-up show covers every single US President, and one man's recovery from a mental breakdown.
Glenn has burned his party lifestyle to the ground and from the ashes emerged a phoenix of personal responsibility that includes a wife, two kids and a nice little house in the cou…
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.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
After a critically acclaimed debut hour, Ollie Horn returns with a new hour of stand-up about what happens when you let yourself try new things.
Half-man half-piano, Will Pickvance combines storytelling and musical madness in this rollercoaster show about Mozart, music and the moon! Will daydreams of playing in front of a b…
Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show.
You are on an island.
A couple whose relationship just isn’t working.
A lighthearted comedy about university student Sophie, and her journey of discovering what it means to be a woman in this world.
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.
It’s been years since anyone has been allowed outside, mandated by the Executives.
A couple whose relationship just isn’t working.
Show about family, taking risks, and embracing change.
Michelle’s second solo show and sequel to 50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh.
You’re invited to celebrate Annabelle’s 10th birthday, hosted by everyone’s favourite MP candidate, Janet Crumb! (Almost) everyone is welcome… that is, everyone apart from …
The runaway international hit comes to London! Known across the globe as “the ultimate-feel good show,” THE CHOIR OF MAN offers up one hour of indisputable joy! It&rsqu…
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…
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
A personal performance of a woman’s struggle growing up in a man-made world.
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
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…
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…
After the flood we hold the crystals, emerged from the mud.
Time has a habit of taking its revenges.
After the flood we hold the crystals, emerged from the mud.
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
This compelling one-man show by Mark Stratford charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the 19th Century.
Unless you have studied the history of theatre it's easy to imagine that performances on stage have always been very much as they are today.
Michelle’s second solo show and sequel to ‘50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh’.
Michelle’s second solo show and sequel to ‘50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh’.
Show about family, taking risks, and embracing change.
Show about family, taking risks, and embracing change.
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
The burst of applause did not mark the end of the performance.
Nadia is a veteran journalist of The Balkan and Iraq wars.
The legendary fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, David Hoyle, stares in to the abyss of the unprecedented times we find ourselves in and says ‘there has to be a point to carryin…
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work.
Drag Bingo is BACK at the 2 Brewers and this time, it’s permanent!Pulling your balls is the ever wonderful Topsie Redfern with her right hand man, David Robson over on sound and vi…
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream.
A 20-minute two-man version of the Oscar Wilde classic play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, adapted and performed by Jon Haynes and David Woods of Ridiculusmus and directed by J…
Jake Thompson is a West Yorkshire based actor/writer, who’s debut play ‘A Mighty Fall from Grace’ tells a gritty, relatable story, about the demise of the Bradford Bulls rugby leag…
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…
Simon David (“A hoot”, The Guardian) belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive and, frankly, annoying demographic there is: the white gay.
‘Finneys Ghost’ is a a ghost story and maybe a love story told through the photographs left by a dead boy.
‘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…
Jake Thompson is a West Yorkshire based actor/writer, who’s debut play ‘A Mighty Fall from Grace’ tells a gritty, relatable story, about the demise of the Bradford Bulls rugby leag…
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…
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
‘Finneys Ghost’ is a a ghost story and maybe a love story told through the photographs left by a dead boy.
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…
Spiegeltent regular John Callaghan has performed his thoughtful and spiky electronica for record labels like Warp and as one half of comedy duo Eccentronic.
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
“Donor Conceived Person? Honestly I think I prefer Test Tube Baby” Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’…
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
This show has been rescheduled from 09 April 2020.
You are on an island.
In the mockumentary ‘Happily Ever After’ we meet Frank and Gary, a couple who were inspired by their own Disney themed nuptials to go into business planning the weddings of oth…
Internationally acclaimed concert pianists Worbey & Farrell present astounding arrangements that mimic a full symphony orchestra! Regulars on BBC Radio 3 and television, including …
“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…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends.
Get started with writing that story you’ve always dreamed of telling in this interactive one-hour workshop.
A light-hearted afternoon of trios, duets and solos from opera and musical theatre, encompassing Mozart to Sondheim.
A century of great jazz tunes from 1920 to 2020 from two jazz award winners.
This brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform much-loved favourites from the musicals with their legendary skill and infectious enjoyment.
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…
Enjoy a relaxing concert of music from one of the kings of jazz and his contemporaries.
A ridiculous four-octave vocal range, tear-jerking songs, stage acrobatics and trademark wit; all of these helped propel Angus Munro into one of Scotland’s most exciting singer/s…
Experience the romantic passion of the music of Rachmaninov.
A post-lunch concert of the romantic and passionate music of Chopin and his contemporaries, performed by the finest international classical talent from ROSL’s renowned Annual Mus…
Edinburgh’s iconic independent and award-winning music venue showcases the city’s phenomenal local talent with nightly danceable live funk, soul, blues and special jazz performance…
Five years after the tragedy of Bly Manor, the world wants answers.
Two friends, Jack and Phil, meet in a hotel, bringing a video camera.
‘Wonderful silliness’ ***** (GlamAdelaide.
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends.
A feast for all the senses.
Patrick McPherson returns to Edinburgh with The Man revamped following its sold-out run at the Fringe 2019 where it received exclusively five-star reviews.
Here he comes again, trotting on to the stage with all of the misplaced confidence of a waiter with no pad.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
After an outstanding premiere at VAULT 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing up to Bristo Square with their rambunctious comedy spectacular decorated with t…
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps; his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Carrying David, which is the dramatic story of how David McCrory inspired his bother Glenn to become the cruiserweight champion of the world, will play the Canal Cafe Theatre in Li…
In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl…
In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl…
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.
Mrs Puntila and her Man Matti is that relatively rare thing for the Royal Lyceum Theatre—a star vehicle, rather than an ensemble production, that happens to have two audience fav…
Paquito Forever, performed by Joan Vázquez, is an intimate, personal (and musical!) and fun account of the real-life adventures of Paquito (Paco) Alonso, a gay Catalonian growing …
Matt Hoss is a man on a mission.
Join us, farmers, David and Sam, under the watchful eye of our rumbustious Gran, as we courteously portray to you our untold and epic adventures right here at VAULT Festival, in th…
Gurnwah Productions - one of the most creative, prolific and downright hilarious production companies from Wales, embark on their first World Tour with their new hysteri…
Gurnwah Productions - one of the most creative, prolific and downright hilarious production companies from Wales, embark on their first World Tour with their new hysteri…
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 …
by Peter Quilter 22 January – 1 MarchMain House Thomas wakes up surprised and naked in a young man’s bed, and memories of last night’s one-night-stand …
Two distinguished musicians – violinist Krysia Osostowicz (Dante Quartet) and cellist David Waterman (Endellion Quartet) – bring their own interpretation to Bach’s profound wor…
Touching, funny and utterly original, Scamp Theatre’s delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s STICK MAN is back at Leicester Square The…
What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure for Stick Man: a dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him, and he even ends up on a fire! How…
What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure for Stick Man: a dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him, and he even ends up on a fire! How…
It’s a Thursday afternoon, and I’m sat comfortably in the stalls of Brighton Theatre Royal amongst an absolute army of five-year-olds.
There is a limit to how much you can love your child.
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is.
London’s answer to Marie’s Crisis Cafe, operating every Thursday through to Saturday, doors open from 7.
Join Anna and four madcap characters, old and new, each on a heroic quest to find happiness; an overly competitive vicar, a social media influencer, a mischievous granny and a retr…
Christian Patterson returns as the clumsy schemer Francis Henshall! Written by Richard Bean| Directed by Peter Doran| Designed by Sean Crowley This Autumn, the Torch Theatr…
Following the huge success of the first season of Sunday Favourites at The Other Palace, Lambert Jackson are thrilled to return with another star-filled line-up of intimate West En…
Touching, funny and utterly original, Scamp Theatre’s delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s STICK MAN is back at Leicester Square Theatre! What …
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK!TWO more classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
DRACULA: ONE BLOODY FANG AFTER ANOTHERWritten and Performed by John Hewer Whitby, England, 1897.
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…
After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry.
Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon return to the West End to star in the world premiere of the classic Ealing comedy THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, adapted and directed by Sean Foley.
by Don Cotter FREE EVENT London.
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
A Tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, the Man Behind and Beyond Sherlock Holmes with a discussion by New York author, Elizabeth Crowens and Tania Henzell, a relation of the Doyle family…
Year 2099.
Acclaimed pianist Nicholas Ashton plays the beautiful music of Debussy, Daquin, Rameau, Liszt and Ravel in celebration of the natural environment – a programme inspired by the ex…
19-year-old Connor has just signed for a Premier League team.
Part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2019 and presented by Contact and STUN.
Wait.
This award-winning writer’s powerful one-man show tears through the curtain of manners to reveal the wildlife of neo-liberal Britain.
Maggie Taylor has the ideal life as an ageing dominatrix.
Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U.
‘When did no become a turn on? No.
Notes 3; Prélude de la Porte Héroïque du Ciel; Dances gothiques; Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois; 6 Gnossiennes.
Following their recent cycle of Tchaikovsky concerts, the Orchestra of the Canongait brings together a selection of the finest local amateur, student and semi-professional musician…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
International, award-winning concert pianist Veronica Yen returns to Edinburgh.
It’s Friday night.
How many years does it take to unspool a man? An odd king sails the waves of the wine dark sea in a bathtub.
Back to Broadway: returning for their fourth annual evening of (decidedly secular) cabaret, the members of St Giles’ Cathedral Choir head Back to Broadway with a glittering progr…
If you have ever wondered how contemporary dance choreography is created (as opposed to classical ballet) this fascinating show, CoisCéim Dance Theatre’s Body Language directed …
Join Willis & Vere for three evenings of live comedy podcast recordings with special guests.
See the Proopcast Live in hot Edinburgh.
Rob Carter’s cult hit creation is back with a glossy revamp of his 2016 debut show.
Lisa Klevemark, though Swedish, Lutheran and very boring, went to renowned clown school Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.
Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through.
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man’, Phil Green.
After playing to packed houses at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe with a return to his greatest triumph Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Tony Slattery is back with a no-holds-barred reflecti…
Why is it when we think of the piano it is always men at the forefront? ‘Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
This multi award-winning adaptation of Jean Giono’s classic environmental tale by Puppet State Theatre Company has been touring internationally for the past twelve years, with repe…
Broccolini’s creation is a darkly raw absurdist comedy about Red Lady, a symbol and exploration of the female identity.
Fresh from touring The Benny Lynch Story, completing the film comedy Fisherman’s Friends, and playing Private Frazer in the remake of the lost episodes of Dad’s Army (and a few…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
I need to preface with this review with a disclaimer – this is either a one-star or a five-star show, depending on your sense of humour.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Enjoy a relaxing concert of music from one of the kings of jazz and his contemporaries performed by Royal Over-Seas League prize-winners, some of the finest international classical…
Carole King, Amy Lee, Nina Simone, Judith Weir, Clara Schumann… Historically, it was believed women did not have the required strength to really play the piano and that it was no…
Luth’s on an action-packed circus adventure – but she needs your help! She’s looking for giggle-ready three to seven-year-olds to help her solve a whole host of fun physical chal…
The magic of David Attenborough live on stage! A blue whale swims through the ocean depths.
Doron Perk is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City and Danielle Friedman is a pianist and composer based in Berlin.
Oh no! The piano has lost its music! But a little girl is sure she can help the piano find it again.
For the 16th year, this brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform their world music mix with virtuoso skill and infectious enjoyment.
Join David Rudolf, defence attorney for Michael Peterson in the hit Netflix documentary series The Staircase, for an evening of discussion into the intimate details of the case and…
Experience the romantic passion of the music of Rachmaninov and his contemporaries, performed by the best young classical musicians out there, all Royal Over-Seas League prize-winn…
A post-lunch concert of the romantic and passionate music of Chopin and his contemporaries, performed by the finest international classical talent from Royal Over-Seas League’s r…
Icelandic folk songs and bits of Icelandic culture.
The world’s population continues to grow at an alarming rate, putting an enormous strain on food systems and production.
Accidentally On Purpose (sponsored by Goldsmiths Drama Society) presents Piano Man, a short play in which four characters discover the true meaning of acceptance and understanding …
The World premiere of a breathtaking new Cuban dance show, created in Havana.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Man From Verona – The Trouble with Harry is that he’s hanging from a Rope by the Rear Window.
Left-handed international pianist Christopher Seed performs Beethoven’s Sonata Op 109 and Schubert’s Drei Klavierstücke D 946 on his unique backwards fortepiano (high notes to the…
Billy Joel: Piano Man Live showcases the very best of the dynamic songbook of the legendary Billy Joel.
Research has got to the point that researchers like Stephen Lawrie (University of Edinburgh) can predict who will get some major mental illnesses years before they develop.
This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui.
Witness a magical extravaganza where you will marvel at The Biggest Balloon in the World and risk your dryness at the ultimate game of Water Pistol Roulette! All live on stage in f…
Character comedian David McIver’s Teleport takes us on a deliciously low-budget, self-deprecating, dynamic quest through the online fantasy character games he used to play as a c…
Chris Read is a talented singer-songwriter performing his debut solo hour at the Fringe this year.
Sean expects a quiet night alone in the pub, but Lisa catches his eye.
There may be trouble ahead.
When you are given a class project of Flat Stanley who better than your stand-up comedian Uncle Dave to do it for you.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? Back for a fourth year at the Fringe, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC and Yuk Yuk’s in …
Magic.
Award-winning Irish comedian Aidan Greene is a person who stutters.
Though the characters may be familiar, these favourite storybook fables are uproariously derailed in this children’s play of fractured fairy tales.
If you’re a parent looking for a show that you can enjoy as much as your children, you may be looking quite hard.
After travelling the world with her first solo show 50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh, a lot had changed in Michelle’s life.
David Kilimnick puts on his rabbi hat and brings the rabbinical mind to the stage as he expresses his irreverence for what is wrong.
The Rise and Fall of Patti Superb.
Six actors.
Show about family, taking risks and embracing change, Michelle unexpectedly fell into the world of comedy.
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.
Edinburgh’s only dedicated comedy open mic and best kept comedy secret – Mirth Meltdown – comes to the Fringe and we are after hours! Come see the finest comedians of the Fring…
Following her critically acclaimed debut show Woman of the Year, meet Anna’s brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all trying to Get Happy.
Niall McCarthy is obsessed with the duality in all of us: he looks confident but feels anxious, he loves questions but hates answers, he has a restless leg and a lazy eye.
Psychologists claim answering 36 questions can make two strangers fall in love.
Is Britain happy? Are we trapped in a bubble of despair? Comedian Aidan Goatley is on a mission to find out by going to the centre of all 105 counties in the UK and asking a simple…
‘An interpretive artist fully immersed in the subtleties and considerable technical demands of each composer’s writing.
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…
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…
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
Dress up for a special night at the Grange Club in trendy Stockbridge (following the Vibe Revue Supper Club) – live music and dancing from a range of jazz, pop and funk performer…
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown! 1946: Charlie Brown is born in the mind of his creator, Charles Schulz.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
As a teenager, Calum asked a famous comedian how to get into comedy.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Award-winning classical pianist Ingrid Cusido will give a piano recital with works including Mozart’s Fantasy in D minor, Beethoven Pastoral Sonata and works of Brahms and Granad…
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…
You never know what’ll change your life.
A half-hour from half a man (her father was a man).
Surely the German comedy ambassador Henning Wehn hasn’t bosched out yet another new show? And what’s he still doing here anyway? Well, his lack of transferable skills keep him …
Following a sell-out 2018 Fringe and debut UK tour, the ‘utterly hilarious’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
A debut hour of material from one of the fastest-rising acts in the UK.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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…
Vegan Jesus is arguably the greatest creative and artistic force of the century.
A poetic and poignant piece of storytelling; Choir of Man hit all the right notes in a story of brotherhood, the archetypical pub and the importance of community.
Have you ever felt you’re not tough enough? Well two problematic fools are here to teach you how to grab life by the knackers.
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
A story of a man who decides to be a dancer.
In 1961, Hannah’s mum, Angela, was in the Australian premiere production of The Sound of Music.
A brand-new hour of improvising genius from cult-in-the-making duo Róisín and Chiara.
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings his much-anticipated debut hour to the Fringe.
How personal is too personal? What topics are off limits? American comedians Jeanne Whitney, Carter Morgan and Mike Lemme met in Paris trying to answer those very questions.
David Kay, one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit, laconic, quirky, surreal, unexpected and awesome.
Here Comes Your Man is a lovely hour of storytelling from a bright new talent Matt Hoss.
David Tieck is a big absurdist, idiotic, teddy-bear type person.
The recovering songwriter now hooked on happiness, the sketch show absurdist with an identity crisis and the deadpan(sexual), Manson Family-friendly entertainer: Keith Carter is do…
After dropping 10 stone in weight Michael Livesley, the man described by Stephen Fry as an ‘outrageous talent’ is half the man he was but still just as funny.
Following the overwhelming success of this performance last year, it’s back – and this time with a full cast of professional actors.
Adrian Tauss and Sasha Ellen are stand-ups who have been inappropriately funny in public and have been told to get a room.
Australian comedian Ray Badran recently moved to the UK and is performing his debut Fringe show.
The Man is a sketch comedy and one-man performance piece from the side-splittingly funny Patrick McPherson, returning to Edinburgh after 2018’s five-star, Fringe sell-out Camels.
Benson shares his fascination with the infamous plot to murder Lord Liverpool’s entire cabinet and the grisly aftermath on the gallows at Newgate.
After a total sell-out run in 2018 with In Loyal Company, David William Bryan returns with a brand-new solo play exploring the effects of one man’s lifelong battle with the justice…
Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills.
Her name means Snow.
Apparently, Richard Stott got into comedy “for all the wrong reasons”; at least, that’s what the aforementioned Richard Stott says.
Two provincial louts perform grotty comedy sketches.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed ‘Lie-in King’, Seann Walsh returns to Edinburgh.
Last year’s ‘chaotically enjoyable’ (Spectator) sell-out hit Shakespeare adaptation returns.
There’s only one person who could compel people from their homes on a day when the rain is coming down in sheets and thunder crashes less than three Mississippi’s away.
Hopefully, you know the kind of show you’re in for, with a deliciously meaningless title like this, and crafted surrealism is exactly what is in store.
Umbrella Man is the story of a young man from the north of Scotland who tries to prove the Earth is flat.
It’s hard to make a comedy about the murder of 45,000 women but Holly Morgan does just that, and then some.
A Maori boy’s musical about his Hollywood hero.
The Saturday Night Live writer and former editor-at-large of online satirical women’s magazine Reductress comes to the Fringe for the first time with a show all about true crime, t…
Have you ever been to a comedy show by someone who can travel through dimensions, from one world to another? No, me neither.
Mutch returns to the Fringe with a hilarious new hour chock-full of his trademark comedic tales of personal woe.
A twisted, gothic musical tale inspired by Tim Burton and the Brothers Grimm.
Hold On Let Go sets out to address memory loss and forgetting on both a personal and political scale, asking the question: 'What if we forget something important?' Despite …
Focus people! Shit’s about to get real.
Adapting Mozart, Chopin and Scott Joplin for outer space requires a specially equipped pianist.
Joyful, daring and undeniably sharp, God Damn Fancy Man is the hotly anticipated new show from critically-acclaimed, internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise.
Leaping barriers of age, sexuality and gender, Gloria prepares to dance the can-can one last time.
Smart and funny observations on a new-found, middle-class lifestyle with ski holidays, through the prism of poor, immigrant, living-in-a-caravan roots.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Theatre @DraperHall and Founding Fall Theatre kindly invite you to the Summer edition of their fantastic and unique scratch Theatre evening: Free FallLive music, improvisation arou…
You couldn’t make it up; surely the German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn hasn’t bosched out yet another new show? And what’s he still doing here anywa…
Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in candid conversation with Comedy Historian Robert Ross In a preview of his Edinburgh Fringe appearance, a festival which also s…
The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
Following her critically acclaimed debut show 'Woman of the Year', meet Anna's brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all tryin…
Six actors, six parts and the roll of a die.
Our current understanding of the evolution of man comes from evidence based on archeological digs.
A debut show from a comedian who was born with Poland Syndrome, making him lopsided with a misshapen hand.
This is a solo character/physical grotesquerie, with a bombardment of illusion, puppetry and sideshow.
Award-winning comedian returns to the Canal Cafe Theatre with a brand new character show all about finding happiness.
This is a solo character/physical grotesquerie, with a bombardment of illusion, mask, puppetry and sideshow.
Agatha Christie’s The Rats - one of her perplexing shorter plays in all its intrigue and deceit.
Previewing his eagerly anticipated return to the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in conversation with comedy historian Robert Ross.
It’s about Medea, the woman who killed her children.
Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest.
Two artists, a stage technician and a musician are waiting to start their show.
Assertiveness training and self-defence for the contemporary woman.
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man,’ Phil Green.
“A renaissance man in a suitcase.
When you’re used to holding the whip hand, Death can be an unwelcome distraction.
Canadian stand-up comic David Tsonos has been auditioning for acting roles for 20 years.
The brilliant British pianist Jonathan Powell returns in a colourful programme of works by Granados: his Goyescas and Szymanowski: his Masques, Metopes and Mazurkas.
Bill Grundy’s fall from grace due to that interview with the Sex Pistols on Thames TV’s ‘Today’ programme and what he did next.
Show about family, taking risks, and embracing change.
Michelle’s second solo show and sequel to ‘50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh’.
Another triumphant show from Ciadhra McGuire and Erik Igelström or, as they’re better known on stage, Earnest and Wilde.
Fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, avantguardian, all singing, all raging wonder.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
4 April 1968.
It is the year 2030 and our hero encounters a crack in the fabric of space and time.
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
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.
One man.
Lisa is always on time.
The lives of an eclectic community living in abandoned shipping containers are thrown upside down when a mysterious man arrives.
Canadian comedy veteran David Tsonos has had pet cats for the last 20 years, from the early days of Mittens to his new cat Mitzy, come watch him as he deals with problems of adopti…
Politics, celebrity, the media, technology, our 24-hour reality television cartoon dystopia.
Irish comedian Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Showtime’s Live from Amsterdam) brings us a stand-up show that celebrates failure and loss and incompetence and…
The brilliant British pianist Simon Ballard returns to play works by Schubert, Ries, Dvorak, Smetana, Ireland, Moszkowski, de Severac and Sydney Smith.
The Brighton Beach Boys turn their laser-sharp gaze towards this classic of 70s Rock.
‘Map Man’ charts the monumental tale of a lonely giant, told by a man who loves pretending to be bigger than he is.
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
The daily blogging comic presents a work in progress for his new show.
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.
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.
Nia’s found her true love, and it isn’t her fiancé.
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.
The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to Brighton with a powerhouse mash-u…
A fun space to connect with music and dance! DJs playing vinyl only, hosted by Nin Warrior guesting local legends.
Is it wise to ask the questions you always wanted to ask? ‘Let’s Summon Demons’ is a semi-immersive folk horror play in the round.
Come! Escape into the Kingdoms of Ashgorn, where you can level up, complete quests, defeat monsters and watch a very cheeky young man doing some really stupid character comedy.
The Hired Man has been doing the rounds since 1984 and now finds a home at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch.
A rousing overture, with blasting brass and pounding percussion raises hopes at the Coliseum for the first London production of Man Of La Mancha for over fifty years.
KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price.
Following on from their successful visits with The Nutcracker and Storyteller Storyteller, StoryPocket return with David Baddiel’s ANiMALCOLM the Musical.
What’s it like to be the 11th most famous BBC Jeremy, behind Paxman, Clarkson, Vine and the rest? Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings his succe…
Terence Rattigan personifies the maxim that you can’t keep a good man down.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed “Lie-In King”, Seann Walsh is “unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation" (…
The sketch show can be a difficult beast to tame.
£68 for 5 week courseWednesdays 4pm – 5.
Yerloo UndergroundDeep dark subway.
Can you tell a Herdwick from a Hebridean? Know your needles from your niddy-noddy? It’s time to get quizzical at Unravel’s first fibre themed trivia night! H…
In this class, you will make a condensed version of an Ess Shawl from Marlisle: A New Direction in Knitting in order to understand all the techniques you will need for a…
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Unhook your mindbras.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
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All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
As Brexit screeches towards a nightmare climax that not even the Prime Minister can predict, the REMAINIACS podcast crew return for an evening of high-end Brexit talk an…
Critically acclaimed companies Feral Foxy Ladies & Kaleido Film Collective (★★★★ ‘totally engaging’ - A Younger Theatre) return to VAULT after a sell-out run of Balancing A…
Tuesday 5th February, 1.
Director: David Lowery Cast: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Q…
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…
Saturday 26th January, 10.
A fabulous and fun filled piano-bar evening in celebration of the musical theatre, presented by Dr Nick, the students of the MA Musical Theatre programme at LJMU a…
A classic story of good versus evil, law versus the gun, one man versus Liberty Valance.
Come and explore an ecosystem of balloons: universes in miniature.
Farnham Maltings, in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, presents another popular series of lunchtime recitals from young performers at the …
Freckle Productions present - STICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, this delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is …
Freckle Productions presentSTICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, this delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is back!Wha…
You couldn’t make it up; surely the German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn hasn’t bosched out yet another new show? And what’s he still doing here anywa…
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…
Let’s Summon Demons is a semi-immersive folk horror play in the round.
An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static.
Freckle Productions presentSTICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, this delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is back!Wha…
Award-winning singer songwriter David Gibb returns with a brand new musical show for families and children, after sold out performances in 2017.
Gúna Nua presents the internationally acclaimed and multi award winning, The Morning After The Life Before, at The Liverpool Irish Arts Festival.
A crazy look at a not altogether crazy world!
Across four limitless, unplanned evenings of hilarity, protest and misrule, cabaret terrorist and avantguardian David Hoyle RETURNS, supercharged and offroad, to the R…
Stand-up comedian and star of Arrested Development and Mr.
Jean Genie are the ultimate tribute to David Bowie, fronted by John Manwaring and his band, expect a 2 hour show packed with all the hits from the Ziggy and White Duke e…
Following James Hurn’s sell-out 2017 tour, he is back by popular demand with his stunning one-man, many voices, show, celebrating over 60 years of Hancock’s …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Queer NYC comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Second City, The New Yorker) attacks conservative Christian parents, contemporary gay culture, and hunts for a husband in this provocative an…
Piano music of Erik Satie.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The widely acclaimed ex-Young Pleasance physical theatre ensemble Spies Like Us returned to the Festival Fringe this year with not only one show but two brilliant shows in an adapt…
Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.
Kevin Jones qualified in Medicine from Liverpool University.
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…
Step into the glamorous Roaring Twenties as the inimitable Hester and Ruby bring their speakeasy spirit to Edinburgh.
Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene.
This unbelievably ambitious, deluded, multiple job-applicant failure attempts to inspire his audiences to become the best they can be.
‘Combined blistering pace with beautifully crafted melodies’ (BroadwayBaby.
A badly planned polar expedition in 1912 led to the Russian ship The Saint Anna to be locked into the ice of the Kara Sea.
‘Laughs, heartbreak, war, regeneration, scented breezes, sparkling wit and the best dog puppet ever.
Alasdair returns with another Romantic programme.
Is porn misogynistic or female empowerment in action? Why don’t we talk about porn? What impact does porn have on teenagers, adults and children? Is porn ultimately a good thing …
Returning for this their third annual evening of cabaret, the members of St Giles’ Cathedral Choir shirk their choir robes once more to perform a sparkling cocktail of (decidedly…
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, rhythmic New Orleans piano, hard bop classics with searing guitar evoking the good-time speakeasy atmosphere.
Eivind Ringstad ViolaDavid Meier Piano Tartini Sonata in G minor ‘Devil’s Trill’Schumann MarchenbilderPeder Barratt-Due Correspondances (world premiere)Franck Sonata in ASchu…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back after their smash-hit Fringe debut, serving up their dirtiest, most disturbing and patently misguided VHS finds from 25 year…
Comedy legend Tony Slattery reveals all in conversation with comedy-historian Robert Ross.
One man’s intimate story of escape from religion, to love, loss and triumph.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
Every year I have to write a 100 word blurb for a new show and basically I’ve now been doing this long enough to know that none of this bullsh*t makes any difference.
The world’s biggest girl band Get Rreel are on the brink of collapse.
When age and illness takes hold, sometimes there is a burning desire to tell the disturbing truth of life’s great triumphs and sadness.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected.
Free (ticketed).Sellout expected.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang navigate the joys and pitfalls of childhood. Humorous, full of fun and fabulous musical numbers.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Billy Joel: Piano Man Live! showcases the very best of the dynamic songbook of the legendary Billy Joel.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
In a bar in Cambodia, a young Scottish tour guide is telling stories to travellers.
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
A crazy alphabetical journey through the life of a modern vaudevillian loon.
Set in the heyday of glam rock and science fiction, Rocket Man is the story of a young man with bipolar disorder.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
World premiere.
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…
International award-winning concert pianist Santa Ignace began her studies with her father, a jazz pianist and conductor.
Poetic and creative Taiwanese pianist, Veronica Yen, presents two solo recitals featuring a combination of Beethoven’s sonata The Tempest, Mozart Concerto K466, Chopin, Granados an…
Enjoy an hour of relaxing and evocative music from one of the greatest jazz composers and his contemporaries.
Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John.
When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king.
Experience some of the most virtuosic classical music ever written by Rachmaninov and his contemporaries.
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
Renowned Scottish pianist Christopher Guild offers listeners the chance to become acquainted with a burgeoning force in Scotland’s culture: its classical music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A post-lunch interlude with one of the greatest composers for piano, exploring the fire and gentility of Chopin and his contemporaries.
Come get silly with Willy Cannelloni and his many alter egos, as they take you on a mind-bending visionquest – an evening of trance-inducing stories, songs, raps and monologues b…
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.
This talented, international Japanese-born pianist returns to the Fringe to perform Mozart’s piano concerto No 12 and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 1.
Prévert: Piano and Poetry is a concert-show created and performed by the young French concert pianist Alexandre Prévert (21 years old) graduated from Conservatoire de Paris.
The end of the world is nigh.
There’s a better universe next door. Let’s go! Award-winning Fringe veteran brings all the feels. ‘An incantatory state of near-constant laughter’ **** (List).
Europe.
Find out what life is really like as a local newspaper reporter in a rural town, covering hard-hitting stories such as parish council meetings, charity bike rides and dogs winning …
Man Down emerges from three years of research and hours of interviews and discussions with people in Baltimore, USA.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Watch Zillions of Comedians squeezed into just one hour.
Somewhere between who he is, who he thinks he is, who he wants to be, who he wishes he wasn’t and who he suspects people want him to think he is… you’ll find the child in adu…
Canadian comedy veteran David Tsonos returns with his sequel to his solo show 2015 Walking the Cat.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? As seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC and Yuk Yuk’s in Toronto – ‘exceptionally funny’ (Ma…
Henry found himself in a Travelodge, lunching on a can of John West Mediterranean Style Tuna Salad.
Experience authentic light jazz by our in-house pianist, while also enjoying the Scottish Cafe’s award-winning afternoon tea.
The Man of Mischief makes his Fringe debut with a one-man variety show! Having headlined at large theatres and performed for the BBC, Mark brings you his full evening show.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Look, it’s David McIver, the nicest little man in town giving it a good go with his debut hour of riffs, bits and skits.
William Whitehurst’s savage and unflinching examination of abuse and isolation is given wings in the shape of Arthur Cork, performed by the award-winning Corin Rhys Jones.
Upon retirement, Corporal Liam Drury returns to be confronted with sudden and debilitating flashbacks to his time in combat.
Texas Beauty Pageant Murder: The Fall of Don Swan is a devised, one-act, absurdist, film noir comedy set in the 1980s that investigates the myth of Don Juan in the current wake of …
In this mixture of drama and black comedy, we meet TV presenter Bill Grundy some three years after his profanity-littered, car-crash interview with the Sex Pistols live on teatime …
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…
Following last year’s debut, the internationally acclaimed, London-based pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver makes an eagerly anticipated return to the festival.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
A story of love, self-discovery, mental illness and ultimately taking responsibility for your own life.
Gordon Southern has successfully avoided winter for ten years, a feat only previously achieved by bees, some birds and most bears.
Bare Productions are a new, fresh Edinburgh-based company comprising of some of the best local talent who have all performed in multiple five-star sell-out shows at the Fringe.
**** (TimeOut).
August 1916, the great explorer Alexandra David-Néel has been in her hermitage cavern in the Himalayas for two and a half years, following the teachings of her guru, the Lama Gomc…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special.
David Kay, one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit, quirky, surreal, surprising and awesome.
A sexier, more violent Waiting for Godot, Definition of Man is a physicalised post-apocalyptic decreation myth that won Best in Dance and Physical Theatre and Ripest Show at the 20…
Award-winning Lucky Dog bring their acclaimed Mr Merrick, the Elephant Man to Edinburgh for the first time.
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.
In 2010, the island of Herm (the Channel Islands’ smallest island) declared a state of emergency.
The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Surely the German Comedy Ambassador hasn’t bosched out yet another new show? And what’s he still doing here anyway? Come and find out.
An interactive technological comedy adventure with comedian David Callaghan.
***** (Scotsman, 2017).
In six years of stand-up, Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones has met great comedians from every continent (except Antartica, they’re rubbish).
The Choir of Man was the runway hit and ‘the ultimate feel-good show of 2017 Fringe’ ***** (Edinburgh Evening News).
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.
As seen on Ricky Gervais’ Derek, Sky’s Rovers and Channel 4’s Gittins.
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…
Joe Foster (Winner of South Coast Comedian of the year 2015) presents his eagerly anticipated debut stand-up show.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor in possession of a woman’s story must be in want of a wife – to help him adapt it.
Multi-award winning performer and artistic director Stewart D’Arrietta (My Leonard Cohen, Fringe 2016-17) returns with a new show for 2018.
Entering the Underbelly Fresian, we were enticed by the melodious notes of a live band playing.
The 1991 holiday camp talent show winner, frontman of Best Hertfordshire Band 1998 and Most Promising Student 2002 pinpoints where things went wrong.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Join Willis & Vere for their live comedy podcast recording with a new guest comedian every day.
He is Generation X.
Show about family, taking risks and embracing change.
After a severe case of writer’s block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a child write his show for him.
Sony Award-winning broadcaster Jeremy Nicholas brings his hilarious debut hour.
One man.
David Mills is always well turned out: sharp-suited, finely tuned, sitting on his stool like some Easy Listening Singer from a bygone age.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
What happens to the women that men can’t write? In this showcase of strong female characters, a group of Cambridge’s finest lady and non-binary comics will endeavour to find out.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
When George was 12 he fell for the most beautiful, orangest girl in Stockport.
Produced by Raw Material, in association with the Beacon Arts Centre.
I was unsure what to expect from this performance, but "a musical about Robert Burns" already had my interest piqued.
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…
Charles ‘One-Man Star Wars’ Ross and Canadian Fringe legend, TJ Dawe, parody the Netflix smash series, Stranger Things.
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.
Malcolm doesn’t like animals, which is a problem because his family love them.
After last year’s sell-out run, Paul returns to Edinburgh with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Direct from its hit New York season, Trump meets Lear in this ‘biting political satire’ (Theasy.
If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles.
If there’s one thing the majority of people at the Fringe can empathise with, it’s how hard the life of a jobbing actor can be.
An enigmatic title is the hallmark of many Fringe shows – I’m sure no one knows quite what to expect from Duckpond: An Element of Mystery in Umpteen Samples or Lights Over Tesc…
Knowledge = Belief and Truth.
Here is something special and unusual: the life and death of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, remixed into a cabaret history lecture b…
New Zealand’s David Correos has blown away audiences from Auckland to Adelaide, now he returns to Edinburgh with his debut solo show.
Unhook your mindbras.
After last year's sell-out show, Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.
A raunchy rude ride through the carnal minds of BiBi Crew.
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
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.
Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in candid conversation with Comedy Historian Robert Ross.
Trump.
An interactive technological comedy adventure with comedian David Callaghan.
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.
Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in candid conversation with Comedy Historian Robert RossAfter playing to packed Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 houses with a retu…
After a severe case of writer's block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a child write his show for him.
Award-winning UK comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to the Fringe with a powerhouse mash-up of comedy and poetry abo…
Who says stand-up and poetry don’t go together? Sarah Callaghan was told it wouldn’t work, that it just wasn’t, well, fun enough.
Leading US Humorist, David Sedaris, is coming to London for his 2018 UK tour supporting the release of his book of essays ‘Calypso’.
Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings you his hilarious debut hour.
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…
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…
Dennis, 32, is perfect according to his best friend and Nan, Elsie.
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’; a twisted musical tale inspired by Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
Two little cripples sitting in a tree k-i-s-s—Wait! How did two cripples get up a tree? Come see Spring Day, voted Brooklyn’s Best Comedian, tell true tales of a spastic Sid and …
A rare chance to see a uniquely talented pianist/composer.
Mind-blowing escapology and magical mayhem are unleashed by Covent Garden’s cheekiest and funniest street performer! For humans 8-80+ Having escaped from chains at festivals in …
A renaissance man in a suitcase.
24th May 2015 was the day that Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.
If you want a wonderful retelling and reimagining of the classic tale, told by two talented performers on a deliciously simple, yet complex, set, then look no further.
‘The Man of a 1000 Farces’ is the new touring show from that international man of misery, Johnny MacAulay.
In 2010 the island of Herm declared a state of emergency.
Blackadder meets Milton Jones.
Comedian David Callaghan brings his newest interactive technological comedy adventure.
EXTRA PERFORMANCES ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND Louis Pearl has thrilled audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Pianist Rachel Fryer plays the Aria and 30 Variations that make up J.
After a severe case of writer’s block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a six year old child write his show for him.
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.
Nothing interesting has ever happened to gay comedian Will Dalrymple.
Creating your own kingdom is what life’s all about – one where you can live by your own rules, make your own choices, and be the person you truly are.
Post-drag, post-gender, impossible to beat, performance avalanche and avant-garde legend ‘David Hoyle’ returns for unmissable evening of high comedy, sound, vision, paint and song.
For the first time ever in the UK…TWO classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
Pianist Jonathan Powell performs the 24 Preludes & Fugues of Dmitri Shostakovich.
The daily-blogging comic presents a work in progress for his new show.
A mother asks her daughters, “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?”.
Set in an apocalyptical world, After feels like a theatrical experiment on many levels.
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…
In an intimate piano recital Jean Angliviel returns to Brighton Fringe to celebrate the centenary of Claude Debussy. Playing the Preludes Book 2, plus works by Schumann and Chopin.
Wow, it’s time for the debut hour of comedy from hot ticket and nice friend David McIver! That’s right girls and boys, your special little man is all grown up and raring to do some…
Friendly Cornish Giant Matt Price was going out with a woman.
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Imagine designing your own planet.
Focus people! Stand-up comic David Mills is back with another free hour of sharp and hilarious rants.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional, work in progress stand-up comedy show.
Remember when Nazis were only found in Germany, Austria, and Clacton-on-Sea? Well now they’re in the White House, Downing Street, and Clacton-on-Sea.
Eagerly anticipated debut show from the South Coast Comedian of the Year 2015.
All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp…
Helen and Gordon spend their retirement on their Mediterranean balcony, reading and drinking gin, quite a lot of it.
Direct from Paris, multi-award-winning magician David Stone presents his unique brand of comedy & illusion live in Leicester Square.
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.
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…
A comedy about family, taking risks, and embracing change.
Dance the night away with Adelaide’s hottest party boat and live acts on the Inner Harbour of Port Adelaide.
Make Believe - children’s songs for grown-ups! Like the lovechild of Noni Hazelhurst and your loveable drunk uncle, kid’s entertainer David Salter slurs his way through a songbo…
Inspired by some lesser known writings of the great novelist, poet and playwright, Jules Verne, The Man in the Mail tells the story of a lovelorn fellow who decides to send himself…
Damian Callinan, renowned character and stand-up comedian, suffers from OTTDS (Over The Top Dance Syndrome).
The Choir of Man was the runaway hit of the Edinburgh Fringe 2017 the team behind The Magnets! and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
Claire has never had a real job.
Ragtime, Chicago Blues and classical concert pianist Tim Barton performs: Toccata by J.
Lowe is no 50 Cent but he has been tryin’ to get the dollar.
Basketball Man is an artist from New York that performs a variety of basketball tricks such as dribbling, spinning, juggling, and freestyle with basketballs all while telling s…
After School Hours is an outrageously fun, wonderfully wacky cabaret for kids! Set in a whimsical vaudeville style world let Australia’s best entertainers show you things you’ve ne…
Rich acapella singing opens this show as Melvin Brown takes to the stage.
Inspired by the memoirs of Whoopi Goldberg, RuPaul and Shannon Noll.
A man and his case in a world of chance and opportunity, creates a happening of interactive participation, acute absurdity and mesmerizing manipulation.
Want to be Instagram famous? Or want to know what’s really happening on social media? Get inside the head of an out of control ‘influencer’ and her perfectly curated life throu…
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
TOM WAITS, RANDY NEWMAN, JOE COCKER, TIM BUCKLEY, IAN DURY & more… Stewart D’Arrietta (‘My Leonard Cohen’, ‘Lennon Through A Glass Onion’) & his band present this world…
‘AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER’ - I remember listening to it & then again & again .
For over 10 years by luck or design Southern has only really experienced summer and autumn.
Welcome to the After Hours Cabaret Club.
An international gross of $1.
Woody and friends’ musical party will inspire all children (and their parents).
Billy T Award winner David Correos has developed a reputation for delivering full noise, powerful, messy comedy defying genre and labels.
Aerobics gained worldwide popularity in 1982 with the release Jane Fonda’s game changing exercise videos.
AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU.
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
As seen on The Project.
When the night falls, the tango is revealed in its most authentic and pure form.
An honest tale of one man’s modern escape from the prison of belief.
Fusing her songwriting talent with stand up to great effect, Jude Perl’s Let’s Hang Out is an hour of social commentary, catchy tunes, and ever so graceful lamenting of weird thing…
The bawdy, the dirty, and the downright horny - The Towers of Song are going to rock’n’roll their way through the lustful side of Leonard’s music.
InU (formerly In Unitate) returns for its 11th Fringe show with a great selection of acapella arrangements of fantastic rock, jazz and pop songs you know and love from the 20th cen…
Winner – Best Comedy at 2016 Sydney Fringe Festival ★★★★ - Herald Sun ★★★★ Theatre People ★★★★ The Australia Times Rose Callaghan (ABC, triple j, Nova…
Experience the sublime harmonies of Adelaide’s acclaimed a cappella group Allegria, in the intimate surrounds of a unique underground venue - Adelaide’s Treasury Tunnels.
Two opposing presidential party candidates are neck and neck in an unscrupulous battle for the nomination.
On a spring day in 1939, The Prince of Soul, Marvin Gaye, was born to loving parents in Washington DC and became one of the elite few who shaped the sound of Motown in the 1960’s…
With Science telling us the prospect of life everlasting is just around the corner, Mike Rudd’s 1st BASE in Life after Life sees piano accordionist George Butrumlis and bassist J…
With seats at the back reserved for the adults, the children are encouraged to sit on the floor right up against the stage for this lovely show that aims to educate and entertain i…
Sit back, close your eyes and enjoy the symphonic sounds of Fusion Pops Orchestra & Choir as they take you to the underworld, outer space and somewhere in between.
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
The Maydays present a tale of black comedy and music, inspired by Tim Burton Sitting in a Tin Can - Two astronauts kill time in a space capsule The Deconstruction - See our players…
A strange new act has arrived at the fairground.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs.
EPIC is a theater troupe for actors living with (and without) developmental disabilities such as autism.
Award-winning artist; Bafta-winning TV presenter; Reith Lecturer and bestselling author with traditional masculine traits including having the desire to “always be right and …
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by Tim Burton.
There were a lot of expectation around this new Wales Millennium Centre production of Manfred Karge’s one-woman play, Man to Man.
Celebrating 30 years since its UK première and following rave reviews and a sold out run at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival, Maggie Bain delivers a tour de force performance in …
I have been to Paradise and this is what I saw.
Set in the heart of Scotland, The Man Who Couldn’t Dance is a story of first love, broken promises and surviving suburbia in the aftermath of a broken heart.
Polly Toynbee and David Walker join Professor Chris Carter to discuss their dream government, constructing an imaginary cabinet from politicians of the past half century.
Songerie vers Jack.
David O’Doherty – the Ryanair Enya, the Aldi Bublé – returns to the Fringe with last year’s hit show Big Time, an hour of talking and songs in a haunted hall on a hill fille…
O’Doherty is back with his mini-keyboard, flopping hair, and uninhibited attitude, but this time in one of the most prestigious venues that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has to o…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
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 …
Ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Want to showcase your work to a fresh audience? If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, this is the event for yo…
Men have all the power.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
The orchestra of the Canongait and conductor Robert Dick make their 10th consecutive Fringe appearance with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular first piano concerto, with p…
David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins is an utter prat and according to the Sussex Argus, ‘The World’s Worst Comedian’.
Returning after their first immensely popular After Dark outing last year, the multi-talented Cathedral Choir singers return with another sparkling cocktail of decidedly non-sacred…
One of Scotland’s great contemporary artists discusses his career.
As a white Irish person, reviewing a person of colour’s experience of their treatment in the UK feels disingenuous.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A mind reading show based on the true story of America’s psychic spies.
‘Theatrical knock-out’ (Times).
Hanane Hajj Ali is a Lebanese performer with French citizenship who jogs daily to prevent osteoporosis, depression and obesity.
‘It’s not every day that a delicatessen has a boogie named after it, even amid the Fringe, but audiences at Lee and Kellock’s intimately convivial romp through more than a century’…
Anne and Dick with support from their recorded selves – duos, quartets, octets and more.
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,…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Skyfall and Love Actually: three films President Trump will encourage the Prime Minister to stream during his state visit to the UK (probab…
At the all-male, male retreat for men, Guru Nigel will show you how to grasp the long, hard, curved (and, occasionally, in a periodic design) doorknob to your life.
The History of Jazz Piano is now expanded into a journey over three nights taking in the greatest jazz pianists from Fats Waller to Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans.
Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed.
New Zealand pianist Charles Whitehead returns to the Fringe with a compelling programme of classical masterworks from Schumann’s Fantasie, Op.
Adam Kay used to be a doctor and he wants to tell us all about it.
This original one-man show entitled Prévert: Piano and Poetry, was created and interpreted by the 20-year-old French concert pianist Alexandre Prévert.
Alasdair Cameron ‘one of Scotland’s foremost’ (Glasgow Cultural Services).
An ear-opening recital of music for Horn and Piano – including an Elgar first – by leading Edinburgh musicians, Neil and Gill Mantle.
Elspeth Wyllie plays Elgar’s own transcription for piano of his ‘Enigma Variations’ and a selection of short pieces by other English composers.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
If you’re feeling adventurous after lunch, come along to these virtuoso performances of the great Romantic composer, Rachmaninov.
Brian makes a triumphant return to the Fringe to perform his hit album A Better Man in its entirety.
Powerful like a dragon, supple like a dancer.
On a cliff edge somewhere, a man is about to jump to his death when he is stopped by a psychology professor.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Superfans of Greg Proops will enjoy the intimate feel of being in the room at the time of his Podcast live recording.
‘From tango to polka, Bulgarian Horo to hot New Orleans jazz – great skill.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Glasgow Central is a play based on true events, written and directed by Lauren Dowie.
A post-lunch interlude with one of the greatest composers for piano, exploring the fire and the gentility of Chopin’s works.
How long will your adult child be staying? Should you make an ultimatum? Can you steer them away from war games and into the archives? What’s the point of it all? Will the story of…
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano, hard bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
Violin and Piano.
This exciting American cello and piano duo returns to the Fringe for the second time to perform works by Mendelssohn, Louis Vierne and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Piano four-hands programme by two young French artists.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
There’s only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand on piano and Ed Kelly on double bass.
David McIver is a refreshing breath of air in every sense.
Grieving is a universal human experience, and The Other Half Lives is a play which analyses grief in the years after someone’s passing.
Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? Fresh from performing at the world’s biggest comedy clubs, including Caroline’s on Broadway, NYC and Yuk Yuk’s Toronto, Scottish baldy Gary Sa…
Though common in film and literature, it is rare to see a play which fits the bill of psychological thriller.
The laws of stand up hold that childhood diaries are always good for a laugh.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
It’s every child’s (and adult’s!) dream job isn’t it? Join this professional LEGO artist as he explains how he turned a hobby into a full-time career, building models out of LEGO b…
‘Engaging comic.
When a man and a woman… or a woman and a woman… or a man and a man… or any combination really, love each other very much, they come together – well, not always together.
Man And Boy is a perfectly poetic way to punctuate an otherwise hectic day at the Fringe.
The Medea of Euripides is a story of love, of life, of murder and of how all three interlink.
Floating in deep space, an astronaut pleads with his lover to let him back in the airlock.
Manwatching is a monologue written by an anonymous woman to be performed by a famous comedian.
Part of Summerhall’s Big in Belgium season, Working Method is an interactive piece which explores the process of making art.
Written by award winning playwright Elinor Cook, Out of Love is a stunning piece of new writing which conveys the absolute power of female friendship, something which is often over…
With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope.
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
Javier is talked about as surreal, absurdist, observational, daft, satirical: he doesn’t stand as a novelty, nor does he mirror what you know about stand-up comedy.
The Californian pianist and composer’s improvisational flights through bebop and beyond – sometimes highly structured, sometimes wild – are rhapsodic, heartfelt and boldly melo…
Founded by Avalon Rathgeb, Fall Out is tap-dancing like you’ve never seen before.
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.
If you are in search of some polite 1930s garden-party-esque comedy mixed in with a hilariously self-aware performance, this is certainly a play to catch.
Marcos Madrigal is one of Cuba’s best young concert pianists.
In Korea when somebody dies, people say they have gone ‘over the moon’ or ‘crossed the river’.
Emotive, impassioned and poetic, Evocation uses puppetry and poetry to tell the story of Marie-Anne, a young girl in fin de siècle Brighton.
Stampin’, stompen’ coming through the trees, shuffling through the swamp grass, blowing in the breeze.
The internationally acclaimed pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver gives his Edinburgh debut recital with a spectacular programme of Bach/Busoni Chaconne, Beethoven’s dazzling Waldstein S…
Sometimes, when comedians are interviewed, they talk about how they have a responsibility to talk about the issues.
Cockamamy is an adjective meaning ludicrous or nonsensical.
At 36, David is still unable to function in society.
Created, written, directed and performed by author Angela Jackson, The Darling Monologues is a series of three darkly comic monologues which interweave the lives of three women: Li…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Presented by Eva Price and co-written by Josh Koenigsberg, a writer for Netflix’s award-winning hit Orange is the New Black, comes a world premiere.
‘Flat-out hilarious.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heartfel…
Take a deep breath and join me on a multimedia rampage.
The tricky thing with a show like The Man On The Moor is balancing the personal, fictional story being told with the larger, true-life event it is connected to.
Let’s chat about your race relations issue.
After a sold out debut season, Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton returns to Edinburgh in 2017.
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by the warped imaginations of Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket an…
If Moonlight After Midnight were easier to follow, I’m sure it would make for an incredible piece from Concrete Drops Theatre.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from two hugely successful shows and tours of Australia, returns with a show inspired by an incredibly lucky escape, forcing her to re…
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Winner: Piece of Wood (Comedian’s Choice) 2012, Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Skyfall and Love Actually: three films President Trump will encourage the Prime Minister to stream during his state visit to the UK (probab…
There is something remarkably welcoming about being handed a free pint with a smile as you walk into a show.
Jason Byrne is no stranger to festival stand-up, or festival audiences, and he has returned once again to Scotland’s capital with his new tour, The Man with Three Brains (althoug…
David Huntsberger’s stand-up show is problematic as a comedy show as it has very little resembling a joke.
Have you ever dreamt about what it would be like to escape Debra from accounting? Bob from payroll? Candice from HR? Leave your life behind and start anew? Michelle went from sling…
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…
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee and Buxton Fringe Best Show winner (and triple nominee) explores bravery in a volatile world.
In a month where white supremacists have marched through the streets over Charlottesville in protest against the removal of a Confederate statue, there could not be a more relevant…
The Unmarried is an original piece of writing making its Fringe debut.
Join David Edwards as he gives advice concerning how to navigate the messy world of modern-day dating.
The cast and crew of The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Plays coax their audience into starting their day bright and early with coffee, croissants and strawberries.
Oh no.
Recently I have become a bit disappointed after seeing a few household name comedians as I feel that some of them have become a little out of touch with their audiences in the mate…
BlundaBus infamous and intimate late-night knees-up that probably isn’t for you.
Deploying sketch comedy in its pinnacle form, Pelican, made up of ex-Footlights Guy Emanuel, Sam Grabiner and Jordan Mitchell, have put together a cohesive and hilarious narrative …
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.
Join visionary character comedy maverick Tom Skelton on a wild gallop through the history of blindness and his own sight loss.
Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps.
This show is a mixed bag.
‘Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to show you how to change the world…’ The world’s most notorious terrorist tells his remarkable, provocative and multi award-winnin…
Spies Like Us Theatre’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel is, quite simply, a joy.
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.
Poignant and humorous, this is a semi-autobiographical piece of writing which roots itself in Co-coism director Hung Chien-Han’s upbringing.
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.
Thought-provoking theatre and assured acting are on offer at this show, which is split into two plays, both written by the late playwright James Saunders, a one-time mentor to Tom …
DIGS, devised by newly formed company Theatre with Legs, offers insight into how the millennials of ‘Generation Rent’ think about community and belonging.
A problem that a lot of shows face is an inability to commit to tone, or to perform in agreement with the tone that the show sets forth.
The technical choreography from Flabbergast Theatre that delivers this consistently joyful, yet bleak, puppetry extravaganza is exceptional.
Did you know that when you go through a break-up you become 25% uglier? Newly single and living in the trendy part of town, Tamar is nervous about leaving the house.
Uplifting, fast-paced and heart-warming, Todd & God tells the tale of how God selected an atheist as her chosen one.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Can I get an Amen?! Is the subtitle of Aussie Comic Kaitlyn Rogers’ show and I do feel like yelling ‘Amen’ by the end of the show, because I’d been praying for it to be over.
From the team behind Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs comes a brand new adaptation of David Walliam’s children’s book The First Hippo on the Moon.
Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
Starving Artists are back with a compelling show about homosexuality in which Mark Pinkosh shares how being gay has affected his life.
At the opening of a new art exhibition, rakish aristocrat and gentleman detective, Charlie Montague, is presented with a double-threat: murder and modern art.
Two strangers on a bridge in the dead of night, a game of dominoes & a value ready meal – this is a story of humanity, desperation & hope.
Impromptu Shakespeare improvise a new & unique Shakespeare play on the spot from audience suggestions, while The Maydays present Happily Never After – a dark, twisted musical tal…
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.
Solo autobiographical show exploring app dating - incorporating original song, spoken word and projection
Publican.
Sarah Callaghan brings you a brand new hour of comedy .
Nathan Cassidy is pretty angry about a three star review he once received.
Three idiots spoof Noel Coward in a unique and ridiculous vision of ‘Blithe Spirit’.
Renowned American pianist and conductor Joel Sachs (Juilliard School, New York) performs piano music by three of America’s greatest composers: Charles Ives’ First Piano Sonata, pio…
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes pushing the set to another level.
Skyfall, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Ghost, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast, Notting Hill, 50 Shades Darker and Beetleju…
Written by Williams in the period before his death, Fox and Hound take on two of his most difficult one act plays.
Be different! Join the Meebles on their madcap adventures in a circus van, racing against time to save the children from all being made the same by Von Zalatan and his virtual o…
Award-winning stand-up comedian David Mills struggles to stay modern in a world quickly reverting to more medieval tendencies.
Duo Spianato [now renamed Duo Terra Nova], Pierre and Elodie, impressed our audience last year, and so we are delighted to welcome back one of the young French pianists for a solo …
A musical story for children where each character is a musical instrument .
See the act that has been thrilling audiences around the world for 30 years.
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
A dog is man’s best friend, and is for life.
One Board Man is one of the most unique shows I have ever seen.
St Michael’s are pleased to welcome the Brunswick duo to perform Bach’s 6 Flute Sonatas.
We are pleased and delighted to be welcoming the return of Pianist Rachel Fryer performing the Goldberg Variations.
A refreshingly innovative take on Mary Shelley’s 19th century novel, Augustus Stephens’ one-man performance effortlessly portrayed mental illnesses through the depiction of Vi…
Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Being inspired by fairy tales, Gothic themes and the warped imagination of Tim Burton was all-too-clear in the wide and undeniably impressive range of sketches, theatre troupe The …
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 …
Prepare for a schlock’n’roll explosion of magic, sideshow, physical comedy and a new high in lowbrow.
A light-hearted mind-reading show with amazing and impossible mind stunts! No dead relatives will be contacted throughout the evening, however they may be interrupted with the laug…
St Michael’s is pleased to welcome the return of pianist Stefan Warzycki.
St Michael’s is delighted to welcome the return of pianist Raija Walker and violinist Ellie Blackshaw.
What is the meaning of life? Do aliens exist? And how many is too many raisins? This show will answer a maximum of one of these questions.
Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever.
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 …
In a world of adultery and vanity can a lazy idealist be forced to confront what he really feels? Banned in 1926 the play appears in the west end for the first time.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
Post-drag, post-gender, impossible to beat, performance avalanche and avant-garde legend David Hoyle returns for an unmissable evening of high comedy, sound, vision, paint and song…
A new hour of stand-up from comedians Amy Gledhill and David Callaghan as heard on BBC Radio’s ‘Jesting About’, **** (The Scotsman), **** (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine), **** (Th…
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
David McIver is one of the most fun guys around these days.
“This parable of limiting life down to human usefulness is as beautiful as it is bleak” (Exeunt).
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.
Opus Clavicembalisticum is perhaps Sorabji’s best known work, even if more talked about than played until the 1980s.
The utterly hilarious and utterly heartwarming debut hour of stand-up from Robin Morgan (Writer of ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Newzoids’, ‘The News Quiz’ and the ‘Now Show’).
This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve…
The premise of Get Fit With Bruce Willis promises a fun-packed frivolous hour of disco, Jimmy Somerville songs, fitness and a Faustian pact with the devil but sadly fails to live u…
Children’s entertainer Jango Starr is a total clown, but that’s certainly not meant as a criticism; sans white-face, he instead relies on a pair of trousers just sufficientl…
Back by popular demand following a critically-acclaimed West End run and sold out residency at the Menier Chocolate Factory, My Family: Not the Sitcom is a massively disrespectful …
Start with a few cold-reading tricks, dash in some sleight of hand, add in a heavy dose of comedy on top and you’ve got the recipe to make any mind-reading show come out well.
“Please don’t be charmed, he’s not a lovable rogue.
The Royal Ballet celebrates contemporary ballet with a programme that includes a world premiere from Crystal Pite and works by Christopher Wheeldon and David Dawson.
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…
Will Pickvance presents Anatomy of the Piano (for beginners) Part recital, part dissection, this unforgettable show features whirlwind piano playing, songs and stories as well as h…
A Dance Umbrella Orbital London Tour in partnership with the Albany, artsdepot, Stratford Circus Arts Centre, and Watermans, with The Broadway and the Unicorn Theatre.
A darkly comic and dangerously dreamlike tale of past and present history colliding.
A new production of the award-winning National Theatre comedy play.
It’s not just the eponymous seldom heard, often bullied, fragile young girl LV who struggles to be heard in Jim Cartwright’s classic tragicomedy The Rise and Fall – finding he…
Following a critically acclaimed, complete sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, My Family: Not The Sitcom comes to the Vaudeville Theatre for a strictly limited 5 we…
Playful Productions have confirmed a West End run for Harold Pinter's No Man's Land starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.
When Goalen, Greenland and Wilkie sweep, commandingly onto the stage of the Soho Theatre, they announce their identity as goddesses ‘who know everything’.
Alasdair Cameron, in his second Fringe recital, plays a potpourri of masterpieces by Marcello/Bach, Mozart’s Fantasy in C minor, Debussy’s Moon pieces and Schubert Impromptus.
Renowned pianist Martin Cousin performs a recital of Rachmaninov to fill the post-lunch relaxation mood. Tea, coffee and pastries included afterwards.
Join this young Edinburgh-based pianist in his solo Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut as he performs an exciting programme of piano music including works by Liszt and Bach.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Two piano students from Edinburgh Napier University perform a 45 minute recital of lesser known masterpieces by Franz Schubert, Alban Berg and Claude Debussy.
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…
Would you like to get hands on with some of the latest digital technologies? From Microbit to Minecraft, Mindstorms to Makey Makey, this hour-long session will give you the opportu…
The Fringe debut of new Edinburgh-based father and son French horn duo James and David Goodenough.
The award-winning trio with a big band sound, Barrule elevates the Isle of Man’s native music to a new level of performance and musicianship; a knockout live act performing Manx …
Cinema screening of live performance.
Brilliance, sensibility, joy and mastered technique are the inspiring forces of the Volt & Potenza duo.
Fusing storytelling, rich imagery and dynamic movement, Murphy scales down and examines his opinions, insecurities, ambitions and the tricky nature of keeping a long-term relations…
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.
One performance only. Turn up early – sell-out expected.
In the name of safeguarding and security, British counter-terrorism legislation is becoming increasingly restrictive of expression that is deemed to support non-violent extremism.
You’ll Never Get This Time Back is a zany, absurd and irreverent hour of fun that casts a comic eye over the darker regions of the human soul.
Like a mythological creature comprising equal parts gameshow and man, Les Ismore straddles the enraged bullock of Ulster Light Entertainment.
The shape-shifting comedy double act return with their live, comic existential meltdown that takes place as two comedians attempt to stage an epic, historical, romance novel in und…
Get hands on with Microsoft Blocks.
Conductor Robert Dick and Orchestra of the Canongait’s wider 2016 project encompasses performing nine Beethoven symphonies and five piano concerti.
Experience the multi-talented Cathedral Choir singers as you’ve never heard them before in this decidedly non-sacred cabaret programme.
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 …
Robert Dick and his Orchestra of the Canongait’s wider 2016 project encompasses performing nine Beethoven symphonies and five piano concerti.
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.
Mendelssohn and Webern, peformed by the Solem Quartet. Tea, coffee and other refreshments afterwards.
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.
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 …
Do you like to design and make things? Do you have a creative imagination? Could you combine your ideas in a virtual Minecraft world? This practical session is a taster into creati…
USA-based, New Zealand pianist Charles Whitehead programmes an intriguing recital of Bach, Chopin, the grand Liszt Sonata, plus Persian-influenced music by fellow New Zealand piani…
Cinema screening of live performance.
As hilarious as it is poignant, Lost in Blue is an individual and gripping story from one of the UK’s top storytellers.
On October third, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.
Most will only know Colin Hay from his time as the frontman for Men at Work and appearing in an episode of Scrubs.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
A stunning programme for violin and piano including Handel’s Sonata No 1, Dvorak’s popular Sonatina, Prokofiev’s Sonata No 2 and other violin favourites.
Satellite images now cover every inch of the world.
Cinema screening of live performance.
In this innovative and original piece of immersive, improvised theatre, we are invited to step inside The Mindspace to talk to the personified projections of the human mind.
What if punctuation marks were superheroes? During this show, we follow Question Mark Man as he tries to rescue his love interest Becky from the evil Captain Conundrum.
Do you like computer games? Do you have a creative imagination? Then this is the workshop for you.
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…
Hey! Ever wondered what happens to TV reality stars when they stop being famous? On the slippery slide from celebrity to no-mark they have some wonderful adventures.
Conductor Robert Dick and Orchestra of the Canongait’s wider 2016 project encompasses performing all nine Beethoven symphonies and five piano concerti.
Having assembled a crack team of musical legends from across the globe, notorious rock stars Rayguns Look Real Enough are now heading into space to bring home the Best Band in the …
Current affairs can be baffling, and we have all been overcome with the need to turn off the news and pretend that horrific acts of terrorism around the world aren’t happening.
It’s always disappointing to see an interesting concept marred by poor execution.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
An ageing cabaret singer needs a new act when his Jimmy Somerville impersonation loses its appeal.
Karl Jenkins’ compelling anti-war work charts the descent into and the consequences of war and the hope for peace.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Confederate States of America lost its quest for political independence in 1865, but its symbol, the Confederate flag, lived on, long after the nation it represented cease to e…
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, music, comedy, bars and entry to our spe…
The Japanese piano duo returns to the Fringe with a programme of works ranging from classical pieces of Mozart, Schubert and Rachmaninov to Alexander Rosenblatt’s visually vibrant …
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.
Simon David is the next big music sensation but what makes him unique? He’s a virgin! Co-written by Fringe First Winner Chris Larner, Simon & his live band tell the story of his di…
Lord David Steel joins Professor Chris Carter to reflect on an illustrious career in public life.
David Kay, returning to the Edinburgh Fringe 2016 as one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit.
You couldn’t make it up if you tried! The hilarious, heartwarming true story of how The Fabulous TT came to write Robert Burns: The Musical.
This brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform an eclectic mix of music with infectious enjoyment – French, jazz, Jewish, traditional, Balkan, tango etc.
This American cello and piano duo, on their Fringe debut, will perform two glorious masterpieces: Beethoven’s Viennese classical Sonata in A major, op.
Following her third year of successful, sell-out shows, Ann Treherne, Chairman of The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, talks about this famous man of literature – and spiritualism!…
There’s something wonderfully uncluttered and unpretentious about this particular wander down literary lane from the Mercators, one of Edinburgh’s oldest amateur drama clubs.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Chopin and the romantics.
Prière; 3 Gymnopédies; 3 Embryons Dessèchés; 6 Pièces Froides: 3 Airs à Faire Fuir; 3 Danses de Travers.
From street musician to concert artist and back again, the man who was Marvin Hanglider is celebrating his 60th birthday by becoming a fundraiser for Children in Need.
Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche.
Harbouring secret feelings for Geoffrey Boycott? Fantasising about Edwina Currie? Join David as he deconstructs the cult of celebrity with a collection of love songs, poems and let…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Great live music followed by some blasts from the past and current gems.
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.
Meet Frankie.
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano, hard-bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
In a darkly comic, brutally honest and extremely current piece of new writing, Martin Murphy depicts the life of one woman who is striving to make a difference in the world.
Oh boy, this looks good! David McIver is a silly little man and he’s got a bit of fun for you.
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…
In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy.
Comedy with the blues – risible recollections of festivals, musicians, stolen instruments and the influence of morris dancing.
A semi-improvised stand-up show about mental illness and pest control.
It’s pretty clear what kind of show we’re about to see when – as it becomes obvious that there isn’t actually a sufficient number of seats for all of the audience that’s …
There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe.
In the wake of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, Allison struggles to come to terms with losing everything.
After Magritte is a rip-roaring comedy about ordinary people in a most bizarre situation: a senile woman obsessed with the tuba may or may not be the mother of anyone in the room; …
Leo Kearse, in his guise as Pun-Man, has a simple mission: to save the world of comedy from banal observational stand-up and self-righteous, long-winded anecdotes.
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 -…
Science fiction is a rare thing to find at the Fringe; even rarer is finding it done well, but the Sundial Theatre company has little to fear with their latest offering, After the …
In this thought-provoking, inventive and touching piece of new writing, we hear about the lives of ten individuals, linked only by their mode of transportation.
Do you like to tell stories? Do you have a creative imagination? Do you love Lego? Then this is the workshop for you.
Anybody who finds themselves rooting for a couple in a film or show will love the responsibility handed out by Ae-Ja Kim in Our Man.
One soldier’s patriotism, as he battles both for his country and with himself, is pushed to the breaking point in this clever and current piece of new writing.
Racial identity, puberty, sexuality and childhood trauma may not seem like the ideal topics for a one man camp cabaret, but here in Edinburgh anything is possible.
The Six-Sided Man is a tense and funny drama, based on Luke Rhinehart’s cult novel The Dice Man, which has toured the world for the last 30 years.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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…
A very well-structured and well-performed show, delivered from a fantastic up-and-coming comedian.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
Experience the shocking, beautiful true story of Tahirih, a Persian poetess and the first female suffrage martyr.
Oy! Everyon’es favourite Yiddish girl Candy Gigi, Malcome Hardee Award winner 2014, has transformed Fiddler on the Roof into something truly bizarre and outrageous.
Returning to the city of my momma’s birth, my life’s story about everything that led me back to Edinburgh.
‘Classic nonsense… Stand-up comedy at its best’ (Scotsman).
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…
Part stand-up show, part planetarium experience.
Charlotte Jones’ debut play, Airswimming, is a poignant, one-act portrayal of the lives of two women in St Dymphna’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
If you think you have seen and done it all, try John Pendal on for size.
The Man of Mystery comes on stage looking like something out of a classic James Bond film: strong jawline, handsome stubble and a black turtleneck — topped off with an orange shi…
Wahoo! And also hooray! It’s David Stanier’s Silly Party – the party based comedy show.
Will asks Father Christmas for a spaceship – he gets a piano! An adventure into the world of piano – where they come from, how they evolved and why they make a pretty cool Chri…
David Ephgrave enters the room in an endearing manner, commanding the audience’s attention with music and his upbeat persona.
David Longley’s act is structured almost like Shakespeare, summarizing the course of the evening in its first moments: “I’ve always wanted to do standup that’s like talking…
Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy.
Born in New York to an Irish Catholic immigrant family, Maureen Langan has been brought up to think that traditional values matter, and that life rewards hard work.
Stop.
Gabby is nearly 30 and has achieved absolutely nothing apart from a string of failed relationships, a lot of debt and a few unwelcome pets along the way.
Underbelly’s largest venue is the huge tent – shaped like an purple cow tipped onto its back – that this year has been transplanted into the western half of George Square Gar…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Enter a world with its veil drawn back, where good and evil battle in darkly hilarious style.
As seen on Showtime’s Knock, Knock, It’s Tig, and featured in Roxanne Gay’s Bad Feminist, Ever is bringing her debut show to Edinburgh.
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 …
A gunshot on New Year’s Eve on a beach in Thailand changed musical theatre artist Nils Bergstrand’s life forever.
Based on a gauge adapted from his previous call-centre telemarketing experience, David O’Doherty rates being a professional stand-up as an eight out of ten, with two points dropp…
Alistair Williams is a bit of a lad.
Through raw emotion, compelling stories and snippets of reality, we learn the story of Holly, a woman living on the streets in Edinburgh.
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.
Approaching Perfection is the new film¹ by award-winning director² David Quirk.
Hamlet transported to a slaughterhouse in modern-day South Korea.
Publican.
Living in the trendy part of town, Tamar has become uncharacteristically nervous about leaving the house.
Set at some point in a dystopian, not so distant future, one Scottish man is trying to go about his day to day life, living each moment as it comes, not in search of anything that …
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Though Shakespeare is something which has been revisited and reproduced time and time again, it is rare that one of the minor characters is given a starring role.
It’s possible you’ve seen the likeness of ‘Big’ Mike Geier’s character Puddles before.
A dark and twisted musical tale inspired by the warped imaginations of film director Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice) and the Brothers Grimm.
Six and a half stone of vegan fury.
If you cosy up in the Turret of Teviot’s Gilded Balloon with Wendy Wason, you’ll get a stand-up comedian who’s got a friendly, motherly attitude and whose stories are complet…
My name is Lara and I broke the law.
“You come in like a lion and you leave like a lamb”.
Will Duggan is an angry man and it’s not entirely clear why.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
I like Sarah Callaghan.
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Carl Donnelly has reached peak age, he’s a vegan, he recently took up yoga, and he’s content with his life – I know it doesn’t sound like a good recipe for stand-up but som…
Scott Agnew is looking good, these days; whether that’s down to him drinking less is unclear, though it’s clearly a bit of a culture shock on the night of this review as it’s…
Adam Kay sits at a grand piano and sings ‘bracingly intelligent, enormously funny songs’ (Times) in the key of A minor.
The sharp-suited David Mills is already seated on stage when his audience comes in, chatting with us, riffing along to a Barry Manilow hit; while he later insists that the role in …
En Folkefiende, in English, translates as An Enemy of the People, and in this clever and modernised adaptation of Ibsen’s classic tale, Brad Birch has written a scandalous piece …
A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe.
Neil Frost can’t speak, so his audience must tell his tale and help this nervous man change the monotony of his life by taking a risk.
Striding onto the stage accompanied by thunderous fanfare, taking his place on a podium and decrying the evil of tyrants and the chains of authority, Dominic Allen’s blistering a…
Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless.
Andy Askins lives in blissful ignorance, at odds with rational thinking.
Both touching and humorous, It Folds is an experimental exploration of grief, death and the human condition.
Once upon a time on the Western Front, Dinki Di had a foxhole.
This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic.
Devised from the diaries of Fredrick Treves, Fringe Management and Canny Creatures Scotland present The Elephant Man.
Come Get Some! is a rather energetic title, as titles go, but its excitement about Nick Cody is absolutely justified.
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.
Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience.
Wave After Wave builds on a reputation for presenting new frontiers in digital art, cyanotype and screen print.
Lucky pup Elms is back chasing his tail again; he’s learning about sacrifice, guilt, and, as always, love.
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…
Comedy can be incredibly effective as a vehicle for delivering a message.
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.
As a father of four, Ali is well versed in dodging difficult questions or just making up the answers.
Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson is a forgotten giant in education.
In this irreverent performance masculinity is examined from the perspective of a white, middle-class, straight western man as he picks at the history and culture that has made him …
A mind reading show based on the true story of the Cold War’s psychic spies.
This ground-breaking stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual ‘Inter…
Pianist and organist Carl Bahoshy performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert and Rachmaninoff in aid of Iraqi Christians in Need (ICIN) charity.
Award-winning comedy songwriter Tamar returns with a brand new show about walks of shame, the hangover blues and forever blaming everything on the Backstreet Boys.
A funny and high-energy dance duet about friendship and sharing.
Clown, dance and sketch collide as multi-award-winning Australian comedian, Tessa Waters, unleashes her new hour of stupidity.
Let your freak flag fly at Brighton’s own Studio 54 by the sea.
Beautifully-crafted comedy from one of the country’s masters of anecdote and timing.
Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Back by popular demand! Pinned on the arse-end of a night out, ‘Eggs Collective Get A Round’ is a show with lipstick on its teeth and Wotsits on its face.
Quirky, wistful, witty, jubilant songs; dynamic performance; unique arrangements; ingenious costumes.
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…
Blue Man Group features three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and …
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…
Jacky Fong, piano, performs works by Brahms, Horowitz and Volodos on 20 May.
Never, ever underestimate the stupidity of the rich and powerful; that’s certainly one of the obvious lessons you can get from Liz Lochhead’s brilliantly funny take on the sc…
Stranded by severe snowstorms, three identically dressed strangers disturb the rural calm of a young woman in a remote Sussex cottage.
Post-drag, post-gender, impossible to beat, performance avalanche and avant-garde legend David Hoyle returns for unmissable evening of high comedy, sound, vision, paint and song.
Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, secret agent 007, stands before the audience, pink gin in hand, a terrified look in his eyes.
The back end of the comic duo Doggett and Ephgrave turns the spotlight on himself for an hour of solo stand-up.
From the ashes and ruins of long dead earth and the infinite blacknesses of what will be the year 2116, emerges the Funeral Doom Spiritual.
Neil Frost has a story to tell.
Mr.
Beautiful relaxing classical music for piano duet, including pieces by J.
This solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual ‘International …
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 …
Debonair.
Especially for you, Sarah Blanc recounts her past dating life through the songs of her first love – Jason Donovan.
Who is the one with social disadvantage? The severely deformed John Merrick, or the upright, conformist Doctor Treves who rescues him from a carnival freak show? Quick wit, pathos,…
Who is the one with social disadvantage? The severely deformed John Merrick, or the upright, conformist Doctor Treves who rescues him from a carnival freak show? Quick wit, pathos,…
Surreal one-liners, flights of fancy and a totally absurd storyline from the NATY 2013 winner.
Free alternative comedy from Matt Hutson (Runner-up in Preston Comedian of the Year) and David McIver (Selected for the BBC New Comedy award 2015).
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.
Pianist Stefan Warzycki performs works for piano left hand.
Louis thrills audiences with bubble art, magic and science.
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
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.
Composer Frank Loesser has become a Broadway giant, and it takes a brave man to revive what is, arguably, his best known work.
Take an extraordinary journey in the dark.
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
By turns whimsical, campy, hallucinatory and poignant, Laura Zlatos’s candy-colored play about gender identity begins as a rom-com about a couple who expect their new baby wi…
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.
Regina Decicco is the guest host of this free weekly comedy show that mixes stand-up with improv.
(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…
This ground-breaking debut solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th an…
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…
With a performance and choreography career spanning more than half a century, David Gordon has accumulated a lot of mementos.
Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course.
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko begins this festival on Monday at Judson Memorial Church, a dance venue that for him raises questions about history, memory and space.
Dream the impossible dream with this inspiring Broadway musical.
“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness.
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 …
This program of seven short plays by David Ives is presented by New York Deaf Theater and employs both spoken English and American Sign Language to tell its comedic tales (2:00).
Mr.
This bi-monthly stand-up show presents a special performance in honor of New York Super Week and New York Comic Con.
This elegant young French pianist has attracted attention in recent years for his insightful performances and recordings of Schubert.
While this troupe normally presents acts based on stories written by and for children, “After Dark” draws from the same material for an adults-only performance.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov.
Mr.
This spooky show about a child-abducting fiend is sometimes performed in complete darkness, and is admirable for the many chances it takes even when the grim mood threatens to beco…
Peter Seivewright brings the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to a thrilling conclusion with his performance of Messiaen’s 20 Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, one of the very greatest pi…
Prélude de la Porte Héroïque du Ciel, 6 Gnossiennes, 3 Sarabandes, Dances Gothiques.
Cellist Feargus Egan is accompanied by David Hamilton in this programme, featuring two outstanding works for cello and piano from World War I: Delius’ Cello Sonata (1916) and the…
Polly Toynbee and David Walker are two of Britain’s leading social democratic commentators and policy analysts.
Two Japanese-born pianists based in Tokyo and Berlin perform a wide variety of brilliant duets covering Grieg’s much-loved Peer Gynt, the classic duets of Dvorak and Debussy as wel…
A sage said ‘nothing can be certain but death and taxes’.
A riotous non-verbal comedy about a nervous man who decides to change the monotony of his life by taking a risk.
Sonata in E major by George Frideric Handel, Violin Concerto in E minor by Jules Conus, Suite from Much Ado About Nothing by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and an arrangement of Deep Rive…
Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that.
Bobby Nitro hosts After Dark, a comedy chat show and showcase.
Stand By Your Man: True Crime Cabaret presents chilling, thrilling true stories of regular women with one thing in common: they all fell in love with serial killers.
It’s just Proops and you.
There are scissors, pens and other tools for lefties, but a lefty piano? Melodies on the piano are often confined to the right hand, supported by chords in the left.
For those who like their dance without frills, Last Man Standing provides an hour of unrelenting raw movement.
Channel 4 celebrates the excellence of female writers and performers in 2015 with great comedy commissions from Sharon Horgan, Jessica Knappett, Caitlin and Caz Moran and Julia Dav…
Three of Scotland’s most exciting young professional musicians unite to perform ravishing repertoire for voice, viola and piano, including Brahms, Poulenc, Rubbra, Falla and Loeffl…
There are scissors, pens and other tools for lefties, but a lefty piano? Melodies on the piano are often confined to the right hand, supported by chords in the left.
Man-ish has taken seven popular pantomimes, filled them with adult jokes and made a challenge to perform the whole show in under an hour.
‘This is a piece told with such brutal honesty that many wept with laughter.
Piano Transcriptions of Irish and Scottish Music by Mary McCarthy.
A new musical from award-winning director Zhao Miao.
Julian Layn is a classical composer and pianist.
This show is reviewer proof.
Exciting, young French pianist Louise Cournarie will give a recital on the Cathedral’s Steinway, including music by Handel, Schubert and Mendelssohn.
‘O, that way madness lies.
Coffee house layabout, armchair revolutionary and poet Jonny Fluffypunk has become a dad.
Mikel N’Dong will play the solo piano part and the orchestra part will be played live by a sequenced virtual symphony orchestra.
Matt has been losing his best friend Sam to sport for years.
Let England Shake is a dark and funny performance full of good ideas and performed by a great all-female ensemble.
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 …
Flickering digits.
Charlotte Rowan is recognized for her compelling, commanding performances, delivered with dazzling virtuosity and technical assurance.
How can light bulbs be smart? Could LED light bulbs really be used for wireless data communication? Here at the Li-Fi Centre at the University of Edinburgh, we are developing the e…
The David Latto Band bring their brand of celtic-tinged Americana to AMC@St Bride’s and the Fringe for the first time.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore our galleries after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, music, comedy, bars and entry to our …
A new comedy about gender conformity and sexual identity.
Alasdair Cameron, former student of Louis Kentner and Joyce Hatto, debuted in London’s Royal Festival Hall’s Purcell Room.
Mendelssohn, Schumann and romantic composers performed by international award-winning musicians Solem Quartet, Ruben Palma (cello), and pianists Jan Hugo, James Sherlock, Alexander…
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
This comedic beat poetry duo have spent the last seven years successfully entertaining festival audiences across the land.
Jimmy Shand to Johnny Dodds, a virtuoso mix of music unfolds before you: French, jazz, Jewish, traditional, Balkan.
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…
If you give a quick flick through the Fringe programme, it will be fairly obvious that puppetry is on the rise in the theatre section this year.
Music by Chopin and other romantic composers performed by international award-winning musicians including cellist Matthew Sharp, Catherine Kwak, pianists Jan Hugo, James Sherlock, …
This talented, Japanese-born pianist returns to Edinburgh to perform two delightful programmes of piano works from Bach to Bartok, Mozart to Prokofiev, and including Beethoven, Cho…
Award-winning pianist Sasa Gerzelj-Donaldson returns to the Fringe for Bach’s French Suite No 5, Medtner’s Fairy Tales and Schumann’s Humoreske.
I wouldn’t normally mention a show’s venue in a comedy review, but David Mills is performing in a gorgeous space in the Voodoo Rooms.
For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance.
Daniel Smith Blues Piano.
Modern man needs a positive role model, and Howard has the external genitals, a moustache and a suit.
Great live music followed by some blasts from the past and current gems.
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…
‘Did you know that the German word gift means poison? It used to mean present – like in English – but then people started using it sarcastically.
A Little Man’s Holiday tells the tale of an office worker with a big imagination.
UK Pun Champion Leo Kearse, aka Pun-Man, is here to save humanity from observational comedy with a pun party! But he’s having a bit of trouble adapting to your planet.
Thrown together by quirk of fate and sticking together though necessity, Nicola James and Ian Seaburn present Piano Chocolat, a fun-filled journey through modern life, touching on …
This comedy show started with a question: why is it that conspiracy theorists will chew your ear off explaining that 9/11 was an inside job, global warming is a hoax, and chemtrail…
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
Mind that video? Know how the one wi the ned? A work in progress detailing the emancipation of a meme.
This comedy show started with a question: why is it that conspiracy theorists will chew your ear off explaining that 9/11 was an inside job, global warming is a hoax, and chemtrail…
What is it like to fall under the spell of the piano? Genre-defying pianist Will Pickvance (creator of Anatomy of the Piano) spent years trying to refine his tendency to go off on …
Told through the story of a young male character, Sphiwe, this musical takes the audience through the ups and downs of youth life in Soweto.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
“I don’t fall in love, I tumble”Tumbling After is a modern day love story and commentary on the ways we stumble in and out of relationships.
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…
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.
Following a bad break-up (although is there ever a good break-up?), David somehow gained custody of the cat, Mittens.
After We Danced depicts a love affair between two people, cut short before unexpectedly rekindling sixty years later, Love in the Time of Cholera-style.
Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez have once again brought their surreal blend of comedy and physical theatre to Edinburgh, and this time they’re taking on a classic of world literatu…
Hailing from the rolling hills of Devon, The Bluebelles are Exeter University’s finest female a cappella group.
Uncle Sam Wants You For U.
Persuader.
Job losses, painful break ups and junk food - set to music! Get Your Shit Together is the perfect pick me up for 20-somethings in a similar situation, or just a nice dose of Schade…
Act One’s Things Can Only Get Bitter takes its name (with a slight twist) from the now infamous campaign song used by New Labour in the 1997 election campaign.
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 highly anticipated Fringe debut from London comic Gurpal Gill.
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
Mr Children Man (The Beta Males’ Adam Blampied) is the acclaimed children’s author of Fabulous Fergus Goes to the Circus and is embarking on his debut reading tour.
Jean is sitting in a cafe enjoying a lobster bisque when a phone nearby starts to rings.
Celebrating the life and work of Wales’ most revered writer, Hannah Ellis journeys to the heart of her genius grandfather’s story featuring rare images, his poems, stories and lett…
The Man Who Planted Trees was originally a tale from French author Jean Giono in the 1950s, now pieced together onstage with cloth hangings, felt animals, and wafting lavender (yes…
What’s living in the garden, among the grass and in the trees? Is it a bird, or is it a bee? Maybe it’s the Garden Man? Come along today and see! The Garden Man is a story insp…
Every serious actor wants to do his Hamlet.
Imaan is in Love.
Speaking to those of us in her audience who have never seen her perform before, Tiff Stevenson says ‘You’re so lucky… I remember seeing me for the first time.
‘A raconteur extraordinaire! One of a kind! Sunshine is star!’ (Japan Times).
You’d imagine that it’s quite difficult to write an hour of stand up about owning a cat, and apparently it is, because about half way through David Tsonos’ Walking the Cat he p…
Okay, he doesn’t promise much - the title was his son’s butchering of the ‘one-man show’ term.
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.
An adventure through a moral maze.
Conceived and directed by Guillaume Pigé, Blind Man’s Song follows the imagination of a blind musician at the speed of thought.
Bob Monkhouse was a complicated and enigmatic man.
George McNeill came from a small mining village called Tranent where he started out as a professional soccer player.
Following the success of Anatomy of the Piano last year, Will Pickvance is back with an enthralling adaptation of his work for younger theatre-goers.
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
Whilst on tour, Angus was facing certain death.
Jen Carnovale has been living out of a suitcase for three years.
The first solo show from David Callaghan (BBC New Comedy Awards 2012 and 2013).
Come see the birth of a true modern jester, a voice for the people.
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Callaghan lives at home with her mum – and for this hour we are transported to her three-by-five-metre bedroom in her home in working-class London.
David Elms brings his muted comedic style in the form of musical vignettes.
Sixty episodes.
As the bombastic theme tune starts playing, waves of nostalgia roll across the audience.
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.
As the beat of an ear-blistering house track pumps into the venue, Goldstein races onto the stage, adorned with neon bracelets, a glowing headdress and a ridiculously small pair of…
Australian comedian John Robertson has become a well-known Fringe regular with his hit interactive gameshow, The Dark Room.
When he was 16 The NHS asked Jonny if he wanted cosmetic surgery to improve his appearance.
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
Manfred Karge’s Man to Man is described as a modern fairy tale that follows the life of Ella, a woman who disguises herself as her dead husband in order to survive under Nazi …
This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty.
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.
Following his sell-out Edinburgh 2014 run Matt Forde, now widely acknowledged as the country’s leading political comedian returns with a brand new show tackling some of the many …
Fear is the ultimate fantasy.
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
With over two million subscribers to his YouTube channel and fifty two million views and counting for his first Disney parody video After Ever After, Jon Cozart is something of a s…
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
A lively new musical telling the life story of Robert Burns, starring BBC award-winning traditional Scots singers Claire Hastings and Robyn Stapleton, and introducing Kieran Bain a…
You’ve got to hand it to him, Louis Pearl aka The Amazing Bubbleman is a crowd pleaser.
When Breaking Bad came to an end at season five, everyone thought that this would be it for the franchise.
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 …
An all-new, all-female production of Shakespeare’s war play, King Henry V follows Henry and her band of brothers as they face the challenges of life on the front line, exploring …
(previews start on July 13; opens on July 27) The career of a sport agent is a high-testosterone avocation, but Liz Rico does it a as well or much better than her male colleagues.
In a cavernous corner of the Dragonfly Brewery in Acton, London, Franz Schubert ponders life, death and music.
(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…
Prize-winning young pianist Madelaine Jones presents an eclectic programme of music, from Georgian keyboard sonatas to contemporary Norwegian pieces.
Local housing stock is old, insufficient and often of poor quality, while strong demand means we suffer some of the highest private rents and house prices in the country.
Part piano recital, part fantasy lecture, pianist Will Pickvance presents his sell-out EdFringe show of virtuosity, dissection and humour.
Orford, the Suffolk coast, 1167.
Will asks Father Christmas for a spaceship but gets a piano, sending him on a voyage of discovery.
Join Little Man as he leaves his boring office job behind him and begins a swash-buckling adventure on the high seas.
Lovers of Romantic piano.
On the 24th, sublime soprano Marianne Wright sings Haydn, Rimsky-Korsako, Poulenc, Satie, Debussy, and Milhaud songs with music by local composer Andy Murray and pianist Gabriel Jo…
The hugely popular Lucky Dog return to Brighton for a third time after two years of many five star reviews and sold-out shows.
Work in progress.
In 2005, a suited man washed up on the Kent coast with no recollection of where he came from, how he got there and who he was.
Poet.
On the 17th, after Bach’s Goldbergs, the brilliant pianist Simon Ballard will perform Mozart, Poulenc and his own compositions.
Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance.
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this recital.
Matt has been losing his best friend Sam to sport for years.
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…
For those who haven’t seen David Hoyle perform before, throw out your preconceptions and definitely expect the unexpected; for David is not your typical drag queen, and I’m s…
Julian Layn is a classical composer and pianist.
Twenty pianists playing over 13 hours of music in six concerts: It must be another Beethoven sonata smorgasbord, presented by WQXR and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Free stand-up comedy: Focus people! David Mills is back with brand new razor sharp rants, cocktail swagger and a biting, acerbic wit.
Cello recital of Prokovief and Michael Finnissy Chi Mei Ricercari with the composer himself.
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…
Pinned on the arse-end of a night out, this is a show with lipstick on its teeth and Wotsits on its face.
Stunning young Pianist Yllka has been taught by masters Ben Kaplan & Vanessa Latarche & is a Steinway Artist, has performed for the Bosendorfer Series & also at Kennedy Centre Wash…
Mr. Proops, a 30-year veteran of stand-up, hosts this “salubrious soliloquy” of a podcast, in which he explores current events and any other topics that interest him.
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…
A show about a man known as Benjamin, who created a comedy character known as President Obonjo of Lafta Republic.
Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks.
Elephant - impossible to overlook and the biggest brain of any land mammal.
A stand-up tragedy show about great expectations, ambition, resilience and, ultimately, the horror of failure.
David James, senior comedian and master story-teller, brings his baby-boomer show to Brighton Fringe for one night only.
The music programming at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new building downtown begins, in a collaboration with Issue Project Room, with four concerts over three days.
(previews start on Thursday; opens on June 11) Woodie King Jr.
You will sing.
At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair.
(in previews; opens on May 19) The actors Amanda Seyfried (“Lovelace,” “While We’re Young”) and Thomas Sadoski (“The Newsroom”) shouldn…
An internationally renowned Irish comedian, Mr.
Magnet Theater continues its 10th-anniversary celebrations with this all-star improv show; scheduled performers include Ed Herbstman, Rachel Dratch, Jon Glaser and Scott Adsit.
David Carl and Katie Harman star in their new play about a couple who have decided to remarry after their “violent and expensive divorce.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on May 3) Sibyl Kempson, a playwright of indelible and unforced weirdness, launches a new theater company, the 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr.
Mr.
The American pianist David Witten, currently the coordinator of keyboard studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey, has long been curious about overlooked piano repertory…
The title of Schumann’s piano piece “Davidsbündlertänze” takes some explanation.
This eminent ensemble offers a program featuring Beethoven’s “Kakadu” Variations and Brahms’s Piano Trio in B (Op.
(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…
Taut direction, a spirited cast and marvelous turn-of-the-century costumes animate this revival of George H.
Joseph Merrick owes his existence to those who exploit his horrible deformities for their own ends.
The Guggenheim’s behind-the-scenes series usually features new works and creative collaborations in their incubator stage.
Little Man is leaving his dull office life behind and going on an adventure on the high seas.
Joseph Merrick owes his existence to those who exploit his deformities for their own ends.
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…
(previews start on Jan.
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 …
Dive head first into the absurd world of the Russian poet, iconoclast and false moustache wearer Daniil Kharms.
What lengths would you go to to put the next meal on the table? As the Nazis come to power in Germany, a young widow discovers that her only means of survival is to take on her de…
Ahead of her next premiere — coming in February to Works & Process at the Guggenheim — Ms.
‘John and Mark’ is a new play about a musical legend and his killer that sees prisoner Mark David Chapman visited by John Lennon, the man he shot dead years earlier.
Joseph Merrick owes his existence to those who exploit his horrible deformities for their own ends.
The comedians and storytellers Myq Kaplan, Nick Vatterott, Giulia Rozzi, Ophira Eisenberg, Joe List, Adam Wade, Chris Sullivan and Nick Turner perform in this show, whose title say…
The first program of this frequently sold-out festival features, on Wednesday and Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet; the New Zealand company Black Grace; a premiere by the Mark Mo…
In the surrounds of St Cecilia’s Hall, my view of pianist Peter Bream is through a glass case displaying a set of tartan-clad bagpipes.
In the lavish surroundings of the Assembly Rooms, Guardian journalists Polly Toynbee and David Walker dive straight in at the deep end.
In the beautiful candlelit setting of St Mary’s Cathedral, come and join internationally renowned concert pianist Mira Rajan for an evening celebrating great romantic music, perf…
Sasha returns to Fringe with an all new programme: Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Schumann’s Fantasiestucke Op.
Julian Layn is a classical composer and pianist.
I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea…
Successful stand-ups usually have a memorable on-stage persona; it may be manic, taciturn or just ‘nice’, but it’s what they’re remembered for.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected.
The Man, the Music, the Panj is a conversational songwriting showcase by wheelchair bound singer/songwriter Shaun Shears and the stories that have created his work.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a Broadway musical based on the Peanuts comic strip, featuring familiar characters like Lucy, Snoopy and Schroeder.
Latymer Theatre Company’s Flight of the Lawnchair Man is the sweet tale of an average man who dreams of something more.
Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970).
The Orchestra of the Canongait and their conductor Robert Dick are joined for their annual Fringe concert by internationally-renowned pianist Murray McLachlan in one of the most po…
Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West with a programme of popular piano favourites by Bach and Chopin.
I first saw Chris Ramsey live in 2011 as a supporting artist for Russell Kane.
Mr.
Following last year’s enthusiastic reception, husband and wife duo Margaret Wakeford and Simon Coverdale look forward to presenting this year’s programme at St Andrew’s and St Ge…
Practical workshop about making experimental multi-artform performance.
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
In January 2014, Mercury Music Award nominee Kenny Anderson (AKA King Creosote) completed his first ever film soundtrack for Virginia Heath’s poetic documentary, From Scotland With…
Follow dark figures down winding streets into a world of masque, deceit, status and desire.
Sixty Episodes in 60 Minutes.
You’ll laugh, he’ll cry.
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Hamell has been working diligently on both a new album and a one-man show for the last couple of years after winning the prestigious Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Festival F…
You’ll laugh, he’ll cry.
Jonathan and Anne look forward to welcoming you to their celebration of the piano duet! Two daily, alternating programmes will include music by Bach, Mozart, Schubert and lesser kn…
Finlay can engage his house in conversation.
With over two million YouTube views for their wicked takes on Atomic Kitten, Kylie, Girls Aloud, Steps and Taylor Swift among others, Queens of Pop take over stylish Edinburgh nigh…
Music by Chopin and other romantic composers performed by international award-winning musicians including cellist Yelian He, pianists Carson Becke, Sophia Dee, Yasmin Rowe, James S…
This is a solid performance of a classic play which, while it doesn’t amount to a re-telling in anything but the literal sense, does a creditable job of rendering the whole thing w…
King Ubu was performed only once in playwright Alfred Jarry’s life.
Violin and piano recital: Gudrun Edwards (violin) and Christine Gough (piano).
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.
Alex Rossi and friends roll a mash-up of traditional blues, the swagger of hip-hop and the high energy of rock’n’roll into three funky hours of music. Special Fringe guests!
As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task.
Come and hear this Japanese born international soloist perform a delightful series of two concerts of works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel and Rachmaninov.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the magnificent National Museum after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, cabaret, music, bar…
Hear the greatest jazz pianists come alive through keyboard virtuoso Richard Michael, BEM.
The Man Who Almost Killed Himself is a funny and tragic true story inspired by the work of anthropologist Andrew Irving in Uganda and Eastern Africa.
Al Murray’s One Man, One Guvnor is only in its preview stages, but already it is a spectacularly funny set.
Proops greets every guest that enters the theatre with a personal handshake, a touch that shocked and pleased the audience.
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…
With such a wonderful title, it’s a shame that The Bee-Man of Orn is not as thrilling as it sounds.
Looking After Norman by Scottish writer Stewart Brown, tells the beautiful story of eight-year-old Georgia and her elderly neighbour, Scottie.
An original piece of theatre documenting the struggle of one group of Midwestern American kids trying to mount a show that shares their truth only to realize they may not know what…
Mary McCarthy and friends have fun at the piano: traditional music, classical music, duets…
Award winning spoken word artist Kevin P.
This brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform a highly enjoyable eclectic mix.
Down-home blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano/vocals, hard-bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
A new hour of stand-up from Amy Gledhill and David Callaghan.
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.
Like many Free Fringe shows, this one is hard to categorize.
Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
After a lifetime studying hustlers, conmen and other thieves, ‘the world’s number one pickpocket’ (Time Out) is still an honest man.
This story concerns two workers at a coffee factory, their profit-focused/self-regarding employer, and the struggle for beauty or joy or play in an everyday life that has lost its …
Vide sopra! Alasdair returned to Scotland after 14 years in Europe to be hailed as ‘a master’ (EdinburghGuide.
One Man Breaking Bad is impressionist Miles Allen’s attempt to squeeze 60 Breaking Bad episodes into 60 minutes.
This comedy show started with a question: Why is it that conspiracy theorists will chew your ear off explaining that 9/11 was an inside job, global warming is a hoax, and chemtrail…
‘Knob jokes with depth’ are the words that fifty-six year old Frank Skinner himself uses to describe his new stand up show Man in A Suit.
‘Laughs, heartbreak, war, regeneration, scented breezes, sparkling wit and the best dog puppet ever.
Free Fall is Luca Cupani’s first stand up show and an hour of comedy similar in its rambled, improvised form to Ross Noble’s earlier work.
Forget Justin Bieber and his legions of ‘beliebers’.
A show which does not allow us to forget the contradictions of a civil and democratic society.
Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself.
Part piano recital, part fantasy lecture, Will Pickvance returns with his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2013 show of virtuosity, dissection and surreal humour.
It’s satisfying when a show delivers what it promises, but it’s a delight when a show gives more than it seems to offer.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
What happens to the thousands of people who go missing every year? And what happens to the people left behind? How can anyone accept they might never know what happened to their lo…
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
Chris is 18 years old, gay, and in search of fun and attention.
My first clue should have been the warmup.
In Australian comedian Lisa-Skye’s “love letter to the sex-and-drug-soaked 70s” she tells the tale of Melbourne hedonism in the 1970s star-crossed hippy lovers Bunny and Mad Do…
Does anyone else remember Tom Deacon on BBC Switch’s daily online programme The 5:19 Show? Just me then.
Sarah Callaghan wants to tell us a secret in her first one hour Fringe show.
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
In 1912, Captain Georgy Brusilov sailed to the Arctic.
Race first opened on Broadway in 2009 and ran for almost 300 performances, directed by its Pulitzer Prizewinning writer, David Mamet.
How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…
Patrick Mulholland and Paul McDaniel return to Edinburgh, and this time they’re full of beans.
It’s William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and everyone’s invited! But will the celebrations go to plan.
Are you a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings? If so, look no further, this will be the highlight of your Fringe experience.
Internationally infamous comedy concert for fun and freedom flying to the future fantastic.
Children will love this fun spectacle of bubble-blowing and even grown-ups will be impressed by the Amazing Bubble Man’s feats; not ten minutes into the show, I heard a Dad in fr…
Ali James, George Kemp and John Oakes comprise Giraffe, a hysterical sketch comedy trio bent on filling an hour of your lives with their own brand of hilarious original comedy.
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.
Not sure what colour you are? Join us.
The Comedy Store King Gong winner and Comedy Cafe New Act winner explains why his dad says things like: ‘Now that we own Afghanistan why can’t we get them in the Commonwealth Games…
A spectacular variety show featuring a plethora of unforgettable characters, performed and hosted by one man from Bristol.
Katie Mulgrew’s show about Disney Princesses is exceedingly well suited to her venue, The Turret at Gilded Balloon.
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this.
It’s tempting to say that Lear’s Daughters feels like two different plays.
David Morgan has two obsessions in his life: TV and the Internet.
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…
Seriously.
As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’.
After much consideration and persuasion, Tom Craine became a columnist for Cosmopolitan where he writes about love and dating.
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.
In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man.
Sitting in the Comedy section of the Fringe guide, this is a quirky piece of storytelling theatre by new company Five Wits and starring last year’s So You Think You Write Funny …
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…
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.
During this peculiar hour, David Elms takes a different approach to the usual bravado of musical comedy in a consciously quiet, ungainly performance.
The night that challenges comedians to be honest to the point of regret.
The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost…
Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like.
Belfast Songstress Ursula Burns is the most dangerous harpist in the world.
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.
Much of Ross’s childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again.
This contest, organized by the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation, prides itself on its reasonable, ethical rules: there is no elimination until the final round, and jurors are not al…
There is a lot going on here, in the orchestra’s last subscription concerts of the season.
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.
UK SHOW DETAILSCelebrate the world’s most successful rock’n’roll band, live in London’s West End.
Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, the husband-and-wife playwrights behind this supple production about the towering comic book artist Jack Kirby, deftly compressing much informa…
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
These internationally acclaimed concert pianists bring you an exuberant evening suitable for every age and all musical tastes.
Only one man can own the circus.
A poignant, defiantly lo-fi expedition to the heart of late-onset responsibility and the struggle for self-belief, with a nationally renowned stand-up poet, a cardboard suitcase an…
Since winning the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2007, Deacon has hosted his own BBC Radio 1 show, done some telly (‘The Rob Brydon Show’, ‘Fake Reaction’, Dave’s One Night Stand’…
The brilliant pianist David Greilsammer, who is also a conductor, has a gift for devising programs and recordings that juxtapose old and new music.
A startling and original portrayal of the fallibility of relationships in a technological age, Brewers Fayre demonstrates how theatre can be used to critique contemporary societal …
How does a hazelnut end up in a walnut tree? Who wins the duel between a Mexican bandit and an American cowboy? And most importantly: does it hurt more to be hit by an imaginary st…
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
The pianists Natalia Lavrova and Vassily Primakov established a duo in 2010 and have even started their own record label, LP Classics, devoted to uncovering overlooked works for tw…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
‘Space and Time’ is an exhibition of unexpected landscape photographs.
11th May: Simon Ballard - piano performs Mozart & Beethoven.
59-year-old Terry of ‘Brighton the Musical’ fame, Sony Gold award-winner for his ‘Last Bus to Whitehawk’ radio show and Guinness World record holder, happily sings and chats about …
Touted as the next big thing in comedy, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist and One to Watch Winner 2013, Sarah asks you for at least one more year of anonymity by keeping this …
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.
This is not your typical childish ghost walk filled with tales of ghouls, beasties and ghostly little girls in their pyjamas.
Part piano recital, part fantasy lecture, pianist and entertainer Will Pickvance presents the physical, emotional and spiritual anatomy of the piano, with stories about, songs arou…
Andrew Biggs (violin), Beatrice Sales (viola), Nick Cooper (cello), Kevin Allen (piano) and work for strings (tba). Admission free including refreshments, retiring collection.
“The Twilight Zone” meets media critique meets psychological portraiture in this thought-provoking experiment from 3-Legged Dog, a company known for …
London-based American comic David Mills combines a sharp-suited cocktail swagger with tremendous fire-and-brimstone rants.
‘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…
Less Than Rent’s current production Little Mac, Little Mac, You’re The Very Man! is billed as ‘an adventure-capitalist rodeo.
The Concert Artists Guild, founded in 1951 to discover and promote gifted young performers, presents the Weill Recital Hall debut of the Lysander Piano Trio, which won the organiza…
Take a 2004 Swedish vampire novel that was made into a subtitled horror film as your starting point.
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.
After being “sent off” the Soccer AM sofa last year for misbehaving, Chris wonders whether he really is the Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning TV – not to mention, whethe…
The hue of blue is immediately recognizable, as are the characters, thanks to the ubiquity that comes with commercials, Jay Leno and the like.
In this solo show, Jim Brochu blends cabaret, theater and scrapbooks to recall stage colleagues and inspirations like David Burns, Jack Gilford and Barney Martin (among many others…
The stars of this tribute to the Harlem jazz clubs of the 1920s and ’30s are the 16 virtuosic musicians who perform — with verve, style and a good splash of sheer joy &…
Eric Satie: 3 Sarabandes, 3 Gnossiennes, 3 Danses de travers, 3 Gymnopedies. www.peterbream.com
It has always amazed me how classical musicians are able to perform a twenty-minute long sonata without a note of music in front of them.
This concert from Cadenza (an amateur choir founded in 1992) at Greyfriars Kirk proved to be a beautiful evening of accomplished music from both the choir and orchestra.
Every summer artists around the globe come to Australia’s biggest open-access arts festival.
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
Given that Edinburgh is something of a Glastonbury equivalent for guardianistas, Steve Bell’s show seethes with lively, middle-aged enthusiasm.
A riotous evening of laughter, live music and a magical story that may or may not be true. A real-life fairy tale followed by a right old knees up.
Big, bold, bible-black, bilious .
The life story of Jimmy Boyle, who in his younger years was a notorious criminal, was first staged back in 1977 at the Traverse.
The fireball of Scottish comedy, ‘uniquely dry, understated performer’ (Chortle.
Comedian David Schneider, you know, him from Alan Partridge, tries to justify those wasted hours on Twitter with a funny show about the internet.
Smart new parodies plus sweary classics from the Fringe’s favourite musical anaesthetist.
The mischievous musical medic showcases some of the most popular parody songs from the former duo’s fourteen years together (made suitable for a lunchtime audience).
Music, slapstick comedy and romance lift this abridged production of Shakespeare’s Tempest beyond the ordinary.
What could be cooler than hanging out in the Nation Museum of Scotland, having a few drinks, seeing some top notch performers and seeing some cool new exhibits? Maybe my expectatio…
David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers.
Learn some tricks of the trade from Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Mancub, Promises Promises).
Come and savour the intimate soundworld of the Edinburgh Piano Duo in two consecutive afternoon recitals which will include Schubert’s mighty Grand Duo D812.
Society has crumbled, zombies are on the loose - what do you do next? A) Search for food, B) try to find other people or C) go see some bad comedians late at night with an underwri…
A witty hour with Observer restaurant critic and One Show regular Jay Rayner as he takes apart the conventional wisdom in foodie-circles on how we’ll feed ourselves in the 21st C…
Double act comedy is very difficult.
Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert.
The stories of the Brother’s Grimm are world renowned and loved by generations.
Stage One, the charity dedicated to developing the next generation of commercial theatre producers will be putting together an industry panel to discuss the producing profession an…
Like other communities in Europe that have historically suffered political repression the Celtic peoples of the British Isles have for centuries expressed their culture through mus…
Page to stage adaptations are nothing new but a sixty-three year old comic strip developing into a stage musical is certainly unconventional.
For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right.
Sondheim’s Assassins sounds like a show that should not work; a musical exploration of some of the United States’ most famous attempts (and successes) to kill the President.
This concert was part of the first in a series of 30 at the Royal Overseas League that showcase the talents of musicians supported by the ROSL.
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
Wouldn’t you love to see a socially awkward stick-thin man tell jokes and play you funny songs? Rick Wood returns after last year’s four-star show with observational stand-up and h…
UK’s No.
I have to admit, I was not convinced by Gavin Crawford to begin with.
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…
Before this show, every time I walked past the nondescript sign on Nicolson Street imploring me to give the Scientologists a try, I was tempted to stop.
I’m not sure what Chopin had for lunch, but it would appear it was full of beans.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
What ever happened after they lived happily ever after? When Red Riding Hood (not little) is sent to a psychiatric ward and told that she cannot be who she says she is, we realise …
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.
Gramophone describes their working relationship ‘as close and meaningful as Brahms had with Joachim’.
Richard Wiseman hosts an evening of ectoplasm and uncanny spectacle as we cross to the other side and communicate with the deceased. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
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…
Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter showcasing new songs and old favourites: ‘Jenny and the Cold Caller .
Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter showcasing new songs and old favourites.
A beautifully imagined and powerful performance telling the story of David Livingstone from the perspective of his African friends.
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.
Folk-inspired piano jewels from Scotland, Ireland, the Balkans and South America; including music by Ronald Stevenson, Alberto Ginastera, Eddie McGuire, Percy Grainger and Miroslav…
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.
This brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform their eclectic worldwide musical mix and also pay tribute to the giants of British Trad jazz: Ball, Barber and Bilk.
This accordion and clarinet duo based in Edinburgh gave a showcase of different music styles from around the world.
Certainly adhering to it’s name, Todd Gordon and a multitude of talented musicians played well into the night.
Undertaking the staging of David Copperfield is a tricky, if not impossible, task for any theatre company.
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 …
International Breakin’ Showcase featuring some of the best dance crews, boys and DJs worldwide as they battle it out for the top spot at this year’s Edinburgh festival.
Time Out’s One to Watch 2013; Chortle Best Newcomer nominee; second place in Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Mark is ‘an exhilarating new voice on the comedy circuit’ (Spoo…
Get Involved Charabang! A brand new showcase of only the very best in emerging talent, from breakdancing magician Magical Bones to world champion beatboxer, Reeps One.
3BUGS Fringe Theatre presents a rare production of Tennessee Williams’ one-act play The Pink Bedroom as part of their Morning After Season with fairly limited success.
Paul McDaniel and David Callaghan’s free show hits the Fringe in a less than impressive style with a low quality humour that does little in the way of entertainment.
One of a trio of pieces that make up the Czech dance showcase at this year’s fringe, One Step Before the Fall uses a contemporary style to explore the life of Muhammad Ali.
Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader.
Is Greg Proops the smartest man in the world? Well, his 2013 Fringe show would certainly make you believe it.
Christian Reilly is on a mission to save the world through music.
There’s social unrest in the North, disease in the South.
Imagine a gang of thugs with knives. Now replace the knives with jokes and the thugs with three best friends that want to stab you into fits of laughter. That’s us.
King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall.
Alex Holland and Ben Barker present a show on manliness, providing a clichéd but amusing take on what it means to be a man from two self-professed ‘unmanly’ men.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
One imagines that the members of the Principio Attivo Teatro are absolutely lethal at charades.
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.
Few novels of the nineteenth century convey as powerful a passion as Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, a high-Gothic family saga of destructive, toxic love on the Yorkshire Moors.
To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend.
After What Comes Before is a Dr.
Part piano recital, part fantasy lecture, pianist Will Pickvance presents the physical, emotional and spiritual anatomy of the piano, with stories about, songs around, the playing …
Theatre SanTuoQi bring their famed blend of dance, physical theatre, puppetry and Nuo Opera to the fringe for their exploration of everyone’s favourite Norse deity.
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
A sketch show delving deep into the heart of what it means to be a man with feelings.
An hour long comedy show featuring five different acts talking about sex? After a few pints this starts to seem like a great idea and I would recommend the show to any finding them…
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
Comedy duo James Cottle and Kevin Kennedy take their audience through a series of hilarious scenarios verging on the absurd in this sketch show.
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.
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…
Award-winning stand-up from two of the country’s best newcomers Adam Hess and David Elms (as seen on BBC3).
The venue Worbey and Farrell play in looks like it is reserved for an austere classical performance, with the solemn black piano dominating the stage.
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.
Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity.
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 debut stand-up show from Irish comedian Daniel McLaughlin.
In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him.
From America to Asia and Australia this hairy Irishman has travelled around.
Droll, stylish stand-up! Inspirational rants! Mills dissects celebrity, relationships, politics with cutting accuracy.
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…
Reg has skeletons in his 106-year-old closet but they fall out as Julie searches for her own future.
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.
H to He, a solo show presumably named after Van de Graaf Generator’s third, physics referencing album, is loosely based on Kafka’s tale of transformation, The Metamorphosis.
Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina **** (Guardian) chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guest and surprises, news and reviews all in collusion with the Orchestra of An…
American Television audiences have always enjoyed the chat show genre, from the likes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson to David Letterman and of course Oprah.
Only Markus Birdman can talk about the most taboo of topics and get away with it.
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.
The lunchtime concerts at St Mary’s take place every day of the festival and the programme changes day by day.
Critically acclaimed Scottish sketch trio Chris Forbes, James Kirk and Kevin Mains make their debut at the Gilded Balloon, showcasing the best of their sell-out Glasgow Festival sh…
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
‘Fame is a mask that eats into the face’.
The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers.
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…
Stars of BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama, Scotland’s most exciting live sketch group bring their critically acclaimed show to the Fringe.
When I worked at C venues, the Bubble Man had an almost legendary status: he was a guaranteed sell-out every year.
In his new Fringe show, Stephen Carlin sheds light on a unique problem that comes out of gambling addiction; while most addicts can feasibly avoid their choice drug for evermore, g…
Nick Helm has endured pain and suffering to become the greatest living example of not giving up the world has ever known and he will entertain you until it kills him.
Company Man is a joy to watch, with professional clowning and circus skills woven into the stories of office workers.
It is difficult to critique a show that is raising awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research, but I will try my best.
The Man in the Moone, by the clearly passionate Rhum and Clay Theatre company, tells the story of Man’s fascination with the moon and his struggle to reach it.
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.
Other stand-ups stand up.
Though a wayward arachnid hanging from the ceiling threatened to steal Walsh’s show on the night I was there, his genuine reaction to it – ‘HOLY SHIT’ – turned into ten m…
Katie Goodman absolutely delivers – a gutsy comedian with a satirical side and a fairly foul mouth.
I often revisit companies and venues at the Fringe, simply because I know that their work works for me.
David Quirk, an unapologetic child of the ‘80s, paints the scene immediately with his passion for Guns N’ Roses, leather trousers and idolatry of Slash.
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No…
David Morgan is someone you want to be friends with.
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
Fringe regulars, Puppet State Theatre Company return to tell the allegorical tale of Elzéard Bouffier - the titular man - based on a book by French author Jean Giono.
Is there a more delightful way to start the 2013 Fringe than with Edinburgh’s own Puppet State Theatre Company? This nearly pitch perfect production of The Man Who Planted Trees,…
The National Portrait Gallery hosts the first major exhibition of Man Ray’s highly-influential photographic portraits.
The scene a producer’s office in that place where men sit waiting to throw money at the moon.
Fourth Monkey theatre group are impossible to ignore this Fringe with an impressive total of six shows on offer.
American Gothic: The Poetry of Edgar Lee Masters has an interesting premise.
David Trent calls live comedy ‘the only true spontaneous art form’.
There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead.
I didnt know what to expect from a show with the title Naked Boys Singing.
Bach before breakfast is a rather lovely, if bleary way to start the day.
A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood is a show ‘about men’ or, more specifically, it is a show about one man - St George the dragon slayer.
Advertised in the Fringe guidebook as ‘David Kelly is Shameless’, the show turned out to be rebranded as ‘David Kelly and Laura Carr Have No Shame’.
Behind the cheap gloss, sexual innuendos and hyper-kinetic jazz hands there is a whiff of melancholy to this instantly likable quartet.
The format for this show is very simple.
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…
It is easy to lose St Giles’ Cathedral in the haze of the Mile, where every square inch is covered with thespians still needing to sell the last few tickets.
There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years.
Here in a school’s performance hall is one of the best shows of the festival, in this humble reviewer’s opinion.
I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way.
Everyone loves a good scandal and this is probably why Sheridans most famous play has stood the test of the time for the last two hundred and thirty years.
There is a moment a third a way into Fergus Fords play when the lights dim, the comedy darkens and the plot takes a sharp and unsettling swerve into territory already occupied by…
At first glance, Tissue is an exploration of a fascinating topic: breast cancer.
Tom is a modern boy living an openly gay life but unable to get it together.
Ah, the piano bar; a place where you might go to relax with a few friends and a few drinks, with the piano bar lady softly accompanying your conversations.
Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality.
Jazz is a study of madness, perhaps.
An am-dram production in a church hall, this show comes from another world entirely to even the worst of fringe shows: a world where a serviceable witch’s hat can be made from a …
At the age of 18, Allegra Levy is already a considerably more compelling performer than handfuls of Parky regulars.
Songs For a New World is a perennially popular Fringe favourite, a revue of cabaret numbers by Jason Robert Brown loosely themed around the American experience.
‘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…
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I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them, is a great way to introduce a song.
The duo of Ian Millar on tenor and soprano saxes and Dominic Spencer on (electric) piano play a standards-based set at the Radisson Hotel every lunchtime (though, 12:30 is breakfas…
Based on Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent, transplanting its protagonist to modern-day Soho, attaching the story to a real alleged bomb plot on the London Eye, incorporating so…
David Longley’s opening skit is enough to put you off children’s television for life.
I caught this troop of budding young comedians last year and was mightily impressed by their ingenuity, their sense of comic timing, and the wonderfully risqué formula of getting …
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
Touring for two years without a home technically makes Glenn Wool a hobo.
I stumbled into FxP2 in Trouble out of an Edinburgh drizzle and initially thought to myself, oh well, another shower of rain, another comedy sketch show.
I have been to Walberswick and I never caught crabs, but Im glad I caught this new play by Fringe First Winner Joel Horwood.
It is easy to forget that in the tempest of the Edinburgh Festival, between the international plays and the famous comedians, there is still a strong Scottish backbone to many of t…
The 2012 edition of Strictly Songtime’s film song series for the Edinburgh Fringe was organised around the theme of Oscar-winning music.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
This concert proved to be a bit of a gem.
With a razor-sharp tongue and ever sharper wit – think 1940s American reporter meets cocktail bar swagger – David Mills delivers an hour of comedy that you may mistake for an h…
It is unclear why, forty years after the release of the original, Get Carter requires a transfer to stage.
The two performers Kevin McMahon and Alan Hudson take as their starting point their discovery of a book Tricks 4 Chicks: How to Pull Girls with Magic.
The Sitcom double bill has a pleasingly simple premise: the hour long show is divided into two and a sitcom is performed in each half.
This is a sketch show occupying a very special niche in the imagination of the Fringe.
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.
The audience looks into a living room where a wife has just demanded of her husband Lets have sex! Her stale spouse remains unconvinced, insisting that sex for pleasure is in…
The Loch Parry players have had a disaster: it is 24 hours until opening night and their lead of their upcoming musical extravaganza - The Wickerman - has disappeared.
Three young lads in search of comedy gold, No Poofs No Piano comprises of sketches and quips with typical schoolboy humour.
Planet Lem is a captivating and sometimes baffling exploration of the sci-fi works of the author Stanislav Lem.
When she sees a stranger die in a café, Jean hardly thinks before answering his ringing phone.
On first reading, the show’s title may sound almost childlike, reading like the name of a children’s music book.
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…
Struggling to Evolve ‘promises a guide to sex, drink and violence’ – which sounds like prime material for an edgy comedian seeking to unsettle his audience.
When a show advertises itself as involving ‘heavy music, headbanging and a smidgen of angst-ridden poetry’, it does not sell itself well to a punter like myself, especially as …
In this hour long lunchtime concert, the Wordsworth Singers verified the health and vigour of the contemporary choir scene in England.
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
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.
It feels important to say before we discuss a show about such a sensitive issue that its engagement with the topic of women being raped is sensitively handled and that the dancer i…
A comedy show based entirely on pictures.
King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic.
Meanwhile Theatre Company present Mick Martins Frog Man, a physical piece of blackly comic theatre that premiered at the Fringe two years ago.
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
The boardroom proved a bold and equally bloody way to shake up old Macbeth in Entita Theatre’s adaptation of Fall to the Top.
This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown.
Imagine if David Starkey did a Fringe show.
The show starts with a projection poorly shone onto the back wall; ‘Lie Back And Think Of Sodom’.
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…
Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers.
Where in Edinburgh can you get a three-tier stand of scones and cakes and sandwiches that would do justice to Jenners, a glass of bubbly, and a Victorian thriller all for the price…
To hear that a company is performing a classic poem like The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner with dance, acrobatics and music is the sort of combination of ideas and media that can lea…
An entertaining hour of fairy tales drawn from Hans Christian Andersens collection.
When I was a small boy, they filmed some of the outdoor scenes of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in my grandmothers street in Edinburgh.
My abiding memory of this show is that I have no abiding memory of this show.
Maff Brown’s Parade of This present the audience with a tight, irreverent and thoroughly silly sketch show.
It is often easy to think that a top quality set and good technical support can make a performance great in and of itself; shows like Turandot exist to demonstrate that this is not…
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
Portmanteau’s production of Let’s Get Angry was an immersive piece that shared real life adolescent experiences and tried to look at reasons behind adolescent angst.
I love Ontoerend Goed; whether it’s their audience-dividing masterpiece that was Audience last year or something life changing and unique like A Game Of You, I have been a massiv…
Elis James bounds onto the stage with wonderful energy and a poetic way with language; there is something wonderfully friendly about this Welshman that gives you the feeling that r…
Billed as a ‘drama’, Heaven’s Gate, which explores the Titanic disaster (this year is the centenary of the sinking), proved to be a seemingly unintended comedy.
After the bustle of Princes Street and the Royal Mile with their American Indian/Celtic/Oriental drumming combos and hundreds of flyers, the last thing I expected in the middle of …
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
It seems ironic that a show about heroin lacks so much speed.
David ‘Perrier Award winning’ O’Doherty has grown a beard especially for his role as the intrepid – read: inept - explorer Rory Sheridan.
This version of Hamlet is set in a high school classroom, where a group of schoolchildren decide to act out the play, partly to prove to their more sceptical colleagues that plays …
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
Davie and Geordie are two teenage boys, the best of friends, just getting to the point in their lives where they begin to establish relationships with girls.
The excitement in the audience is palpable as the lights dim in St George’s West, a beautiful venue that lends itself well to theatrical transformation.
This lively bunch of performers from Kett Sixth Form College in Norwich have put together a piece of theatre about the dangers of over indulging in alcohol.
After the Bomb, ostensibly a 1950 spy piece, is presented by Cicero Productions at the Zoo Southside.
After Magritte is a very short, surreal comedy by Tom Stoppard, inspired by the paintings of Rene Magritte.
Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent.
Six Ways is one of those small musicals that sends you out into the Edinburgh rain with a big heart.
In a festival filled with shows about wonderland and Lewis Carroll, Ontroerend Goed’s new production, the latest in a long line of probing pieces, stands tall as the true master …
The man looks like a comedian.
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge.
The first thing you notice is that David Reed really has created a Shamblehouse in the Pleasance.
It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently.
It’s an intriguing concept, though not a new one: if you could write a letter to your future self what would you want to tell them? Henry Raby, poet and performer, uses the idea …
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…
Terezin Concentration Camp is an utterly fascinating story; built in the Czech Republic, it was inspected by the Red Cross, and during the visit the Nazis turned the camp into a ho…
Theres always a plethora of musicals on the most unlikely subjects at the Fringe.
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…
St Giles’ cathedral, built in honour of Giles the Hermit, is certainly grand and the atmosphere is an appropriate one for an organ concert.
Britpop band Cast’s live performances have been compared to a ‘religious experience’ by the Gallaghers.
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…
What is Hamlet if not a man that stands alone and, in his isolation from others, tries to discover truth where validation is impossible?If you think about it this way, perhaps the …
Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day…
Sordid Lives is the story of the overwhelming weirdness of small-town American life and the empowerment of its women, through the discovery of pink sequins and two-barrelled shotgu…
Greshams have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way.
Andre King’s style is an endearing one.
Straight out of Cambridgeshire and truly embracing the spirit of the fringe, Get It On is a stand-up comedy show that showcases two up and coming performers called Ben Hustwayte an…
You know when you come out of a show that its going to sell out fast.
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…
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…
Clout Theatre have hit on something good with this dusty, grotesque and wonderfully pointless piece of physical theatre.
Catie Wilkins works in a call centre, has a gay brother and parents who are both completely normal and yet very unusual - all great topics for a comedy set.
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
Matt Forde’s latest show - Get The Political Party Started - is a continuation of his unique brand of political analysis meets lad culture.
An amnesiac is being interrogated.
The Oxford Belles are a small set of seven, performing upon a dauntingly massive black stage but as soon as they burst into song they fill the entire space with life.
Rash Dash are a theatre company to watch.
A one man experiment into the nature of humankind, Womb Man is an interesting idea which does not ask any new questions or indeed answer any.
Man-Go Unshaved, a take on ‘Django Unchained’, say they are ‘the good, the bad and the ugly of stand-up comedy’.
An honest, telling, but ultimately flawed piece of one-man theatre, Walk Like a Black Man is an autobiographical work by writer and performer Rafiq Richard, exploring the challenge…
Chihuahuas always look terrified.
Based on the true story of a man who emerges from the sea in a suit with amnesia, who then draws a picture of a piano and proves he can play as a virtuoso, Piano Man is a play abou…
Andreas Grassl is the piano man who washed up in Kent.
In 1966 the American government wanted to build a military base in the Indian Ocean.
It is difficult for a fan of Ontoerend Goed to try and compare their output this year with their previous work, and that is mainly because they have little in common.
‘You’re a funny crowd tonight aren’t you? For the first ten minutes I was sure this gig had bombed’.
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.
First, a confession: I am a Lord of the Rings film fanatic, nay zealot.
We’ve all seen or heard about that infamous point in a man’s life where he starts to feel out of sync with the world - it usually results in a fancy new car or ridiculous hobby…
When everyone is trying to push the boundaries in their performances at the Fringe it’s refreshing to watch simple and beautiful talent carry a show on its own.
Nathan Caton is possibly the most amiable comedian you will ever witness on a stage.
A word of warning: if an hour of explicit homosexual phone sex is the sort of thing that sends you running to complain to Mary Whitehouse, then look away now.
Music Bugs is a company which provides music classes for ‘babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers’, an age group whose three primary occupations seem to be screaming, laughing and f…
We are in a strange building in an unidentified city, and not even the country is clear.
This play is a newly written sequel to Eugene ONeills Mourning Becomes Electra.
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.
Patrick Combs once deposited a junk mail cheque for $95,093.
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.
Arj Barker, lackadaisical pawnshop owner and fount of urban wisdom Dave in ‘Flight of the Conchords’, is a frustrating figure.
Cloudia has been searching for Cloud Men all her life; on this journey she’ll finally find one on an expedition up Cloud Mountain but more importantly, she’ll learn a valuable …
Given the cult status accorded to the B movie riff Return to the Forbidden Planet, any adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” that place a hefty reliance on music can see…
Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play has a script that dazzles, full of wordplay and witty one-liners.
Necessity and determination are the watchwords for Man to Man, an intriguing story about a woman who takes up the identity of her husband following his death to keep his job.
Recursion is a play that explores a plethora of different and fascinating themes, tapping into some intriguing sections of psychology in the process; a man who has lost his memory …
There is one word that, quite deliberately, is never uttered by anyone on stage during the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In—vampire.
The show gets off to a slick and simple start by introducing each member of HyHo Productions to the stage.
In the beautiful St Mark’s ArtSpace, Arash Bazrafshan improvises pieces of piano music inspired by a set of four pieces of art provided by his sister, Roza, which sit next to the…
‘We can’t all overthrow the government through tweets but we can all unbuckle our seat-belts on a plane before they tell us to.
You could be forgiven for thinking that Jim Campbell was Mark Watson’s twin brother.
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.
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
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…
Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair.
The Ugly Sisters should not work.
Graham Whistler’s show from last year’s Fringe returns, again mainly focusing on his cerebral palsy.
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
Ants successfully colonised the world; Britain didn’t.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
‘Do you like bubbles?’ asks Louis Pearl of the audience, which was mainly comprised of families with small children.
The Hired Man is set during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century when many country people worked on the land or in the pits.
Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy.
It can be difficult, in a festival crammed with a cappella acts, to tell the talented from the dross.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
The Fall Of Man is a reinvention of Miltons Paradise Lost, set in a bedsit in 2006.
Their regular slot on the Johnathan Ross show goes a long way to explaining the largely heterosexual audience in tonight.
The Unexpected Items come with great credentials: they are the team responsible for the famous ‘Gap Yah’ videos on YouTube and have a poster covered in recent reviews decrying …
Full disclosure: I was dreading this show.
Medieval dramas are an odd beast and very difficult to put on.
It is incredible how the Internet can expose and produce brand new superstars.
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Here was the biggest audience yet.
What a bizarre hour of my life was spent watching this musical - bizarre, but not wholly unpleasant.
If you saw Stephen Frears movie My Beautiful Launderette, made way back in the mercifully distant days of Thatcherite Britain, or even if youre too young to remember it (like m…
Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward.
This interpretation of Sophocles’ much-repeated tale of incest and murder isn’t as radical a departure from the original as I was expecting, given the hijacked authorship of the ti…
Stephen Schwartz, long before he became famous for Wicked, collaborated with fellow student John-Michael Tebelak to create a highly experimental show that combined the parables of …
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
The show begins in a Greek restaurant.
When the original version of Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind was shown in New York City in 1917 it was closed down, on the grounds that it was too pornographic.
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
George’s Marvellous Medicine had the children in the audience bemused at some points and enthralled at others.
Sarah Hamilton relates a story drawn from the annals of her family history.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Its a perennial problem in plays where the actors are continually taking their clothes off: how do they get them back on, or off the stage cleanly between scenes? Theres a lot …
In the perfect setting of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, sixty or so children of varying ages and sizes sat enraptured by the accomplished storytelling and puppetry of the Theat…
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
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.
This show is exactly what it is.
It is rare that, as a reviewer, to see a show that struggles even to reach the praise of a single star.
One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes.
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
Part lecture, part concert, Richard Michael takes us on a whistle-stop tour of jazz, from its humble beginnings in the tunes of Scott Joplin to the more experimental Dave Brubeck a…
A play littered with second guessing, false pretences and a lot of alcohol would be the most apt generalisation of Brighton Little Theatre’s- or should that be Harold Pinter’s-…
This is not a prospect faced with every day: a musical journey through the history of the Papacy.
Much celebrated world-class performer Melvin Brown, better known as Movin’ Melvin Brown, gives another uninhibited, inspiring and entertaining performance at the Edinburgh Festiv…
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
Edinburgh can be a lonely place in August, as I found out turning up as the solitary audience member for Masses Man at C aquila.
Searching For Stevieman is a show based on a promising and absurdly amusing concept; a parody of recent documentary film Searching For Sugarman focused on the bizarre rise to fame …
If reindeer could really speak, what awful tales would we hear? My hackles rose in the lobby when I was confronted with early November shiny baubles and other such Christmas frippe…
Just before the lights went down at the start of this production of Athol Fugard’s 1972 play, a front of house person barked at an audience member clambering over a seat ‘Stop …
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…
Oleanna is David Mamets unflinching and controversial portrayal of power relations as viewed through the prism of a potentially fraudulent allegation of sexual harassment.
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I have always been of the belief that children’s shows require an element of the surreal for both the captivation of the children, and piquing the interest of the parents that pa…
Hurt, the theatrical offering from Aztikeria Teatro feels a little all over the place.
I used to know a guy with a small penis.
The Man Who Planted Trees is a consummate piece of children’s theatre.
Peter Tate writes, directs and stars in this cacophony of self-indulgence.
There are few good things about international terrorism, but this show is one of them.
In a squat in Edinburgh in the midst of the riots, Miles and Kristy have set up their own little home of pillaged potpourri and Wetherspoons sauce sachets.
For centuries scholars have disagreed about the authorship of the most famous plays in the world.
Mr Price (Scott Baxter) has had a very significant role in an election or so it would seem.
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
Having recently lost his best friend to unforeseen circumstances, Jim Smallman is on a mission to find a new number one pal.
It takes a lot of courage to put on a tribute composed entirely of musical numbers from shows which flopped.
Mod Girl tells the story of a young prostitute’s evening with an older and, as it turns out, psychopathic man.
You can almost smell the testosterone coming off the stage in this raunchy and sexy play, an all-male take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
It takes some pluck to produce, write, direct and star in your own play.
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…
The first thing that was instantly noticeable about this ensemble was its intelligent manipulation of the acoustics of the St Mary’s Cathedral to create appropriate sounds for th…
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 …
The Three Gaga men wear full body tights to produce a show of circus value that balances between being a little bit freakish and providing unique entertainment.
Updating Shakespeare into modern dress may be de rigeur, but it takes a lot of nerve to do the same with restoration comedy, much of the appeal of which for modern audiences - and …
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
Warzycki proves that having a disability is no hindrance to virtuosic piano playing.
I firmly believe Ben Woolf is one of the most originally talented writers in the world.
Elephant Man was born in Benoit Hattet’s mind some 25 years ago and his devotion to the project - he is the writer, director, designer and actor - is clear in every aspect of thi…
Piazzolla Late proved to be a charming evening of classical music performed by two rising stars of the classical music scene.
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.
Longley quickly explains the plan for his show, that he calls A Joke is Just A Joke.
A Little Night Music is one of Sondheim’s most exquisitely written shows- somewhere between Wilde’s comedies of manners and Chekhov and Ibsen’s simpering naturalism.
Harriet Kemsley and Sarah Callaghan may be just starting out, but at least they have each other.
One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises.
Sammy J is an Australian comedy singer-songwriter who interweaves stories from his own life with jaunty numbers on the piano, occasionally sipping on his carton of juice as a Frenc…
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…
A concert in a modest and handsome Unitarian church situated underneath the castle sounds like a perfect way to spend lunchtime.
The creator of One Man Star Wars returned to the Fringe last year to put on One Man Lord of the Rings - a certain hit for all who are fans of the book, and one that clearly has had…
Restoration comedies need restoring, and, contrary to what their name might imply, Braindead Theatre Company have made some very intelligent choices here.
David ODoherty has been going from strength to strength since winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2008, and this show is a total delight.
The history of Edinburgh opens up so many opportunities for brilliant site specific work, which is rarely properly realised.
As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre.
Everything’s absurdist these days.
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
Grit tells the tale of Amy, a girl whose father has recently died in the Middle-East whilst photographing the conflicts.
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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.
Centre College presents After Orpheus, a devised piece of theatre that deals with the many differing experiences of, and approaches to, love.
Stand & Stare Theatre Company create immersive theatre, which is like gold dust for me at the Fringe.
This debut show from Danny Buckler is a resounding success.
We all live our lives within walls.
If you revel in the musicality of the 1930s, take pleasure in performance poetry or wish to be swept away with some old world charm, then push the boat out and go see this show.
I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb…
Chris Dugdale is an instantly likeable magician.
The weather’s been good for an outdoor performance.
While undoubtedly a good show by anyone’s standards - apart from someone who doesn’t like American men with high, nasal voices reading comic but ultimately touching stories, presum…
At theatre festivals there are often two types of show; dark and serious theatre that achieves acclaim, and theatre that acts as the tonic.
The Man Who Planted Trees is a story by Jean Giono about one man making a huge difference to the lives of thousands through planting enough trees to change a climate.
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.
Returning after bringing all of the noise in 2018, David’s had time to reflect on one heck of a year.
Franck Piano QuintetDvořák Piano Quintet No 2 Op 81 The Netherlands-based Amatis Trio is one of the leading chamber groups of its generation, formed as recently as 2014 but exa…
Making his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Michael Kunze talks with Katerina Partolina Schwartz about his show - Infinity Mirror - his character – Mitch Coony - and the nature of comedy ...
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Part animation, part-visualisation technology, a live camera and a toy train, Everything That’s Me is Falling Apart promises to be a unique comedy show at Edinburgh this year.
James Macfarlane chats with stand-up comedian David Ian about his debut Fringe show (Just a) Perfect Gay, queer role models and just what it means to be 'a perfect gay'.
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...
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
Betrayal, money, power, politics and love.
By any account, Dominic Holland has had a successful career.
Let Me Go is a feature film based on the true life of Helga Schneider (Juliet Stevenson) - whose mother was a Nazi war criminal.
Sarah Callaghan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, with the show, 'The Pigeon Dying Under The Bush'.
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.
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
Will Pickvance returns to the Fringe this year with his whimsical Anatomy of the Piano (for Beginners), an anatomical lecture about the piano.
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience has been a fixture of the Edinburgh Fringe for nine years and counting.
In a world boiling over with police invasion of privacy, romance and rising sea levels, what could possibly go wrong? Part eco-political rally cry, part meditation on the collapse ...
He prefers getting up early, likes music and isn't adverse to a man in a kilt. We take Canuck Christopher Wilson on a first date (and we quite liked it).
Iona Lee was born in Edinburgh and brought up in East Lothian.
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
Neil has a story to tell.
Comedian David Ephgrave is getting straight to the point in this wonderfully innovative comedy that aims to make powerpoints more exciting than you've ever seen them before.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Following a successful run at Brighton Fringe in 2015 and two previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at the King's Head Theatre, 5 Guys Chillin' returns this February.
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.
If you have never dipped your toe in the Fringe waters as a performer, now is your chance to take part in England’s largest arts festival
Part nursery rhyme, part domestic drama, Tumbling After charts the story of two young couples as they 'stumble in and tumble out of love'.
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 their companion piece to 2013’s Fringe First Award-winning Dark Vanilla Jungle, writer Philip Ridley and director David Mercatali tell the story of Donny, a boy who has commit...
Brigitte Aphrodite describes herself as a punk pop poet showgirl who was on the 2009 shortlist for the Musical Comedy awards - but she’s almost impossible to categorise.
BBC Slam champion David Lee Morgan is Building God at the Banshee Labyrinth this Fringe with a show about the great revolutions of history.
The Bluebelles are an all-female A Cappella group with a taste for jazz. They promise singing, solos and dancing to boot. Broadway Baby has a natter.
Focus people! David Mills returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with brand new, razor sharp rants delivered with his signature cocktail swagger and his biting, acerbic wit.
After We Danced is a story about love, mystery and tragedy bundled up into one neat package. Broadway Baby finds out more.
Broadway Baby talks to Rich Batsford, the pianist behind the keys in Classically Chilled Piano.
The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more.
Broadway Baby is chatting to Kate Goodfellow of RedBellyBlack and the show she is bringing to Ed Fringe, Tumbling After.
Comedian David O'Doherty will host a one-off gig tomorrow to pay the temporary theatre license fee for his friend’s site-specific comedy horror show in a six-seater caravan.
MargOH! Channing and MAN-ee Champagne are two delightful queens bringing fermented realness from New York to Edinburgh this August for a late-night run at The Laughing Horse.
Described as a “theatrical maverick” with “a propensity for fearless experiment” by the Financial Times, writer-director David Leddy returns to Edinburgh with two productio...
Broadway Baby are thrilled to introduce a new regular date for West End Wendys and Dagenham Divas.