What has quickly became an annual tradition.
Completing the Trilogy that begun with Genius 2.
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.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
It’s all in the title (hahahahahahahaha).
16 year-old Sean Parker has never known his Dad and wants to change that.
Alastair returns to the magical Canongate Kirk for a special celebration of the Scottish fiddle tradition, featuring a stellar cast of top performers.
Music that makes people wanna shake their bones! This trio are known for their unique live show, transporting the audience to a bygone era when witches and black magic were rife.
Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise.
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
In I Don’t Have a Maths GCSE, Mia Borthwick takes us on a laugh-out-loud musical comedy journey through her own insecurities and low self-esteem after being diagnosed with Dyscalcu…
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.
One day you’ll be in M&S and you’ll suddenly go ‘Ooh, a beige cardigan with elbow patches.
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.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian cellist/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
Orange Claw Hammer, following their triumphant appearance at the Zappanale Festival in Germany, continue to rework the music of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band for the 21st ce…
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nat…
Old Git (Jim Bryce) has had enough! Having inhabited an increasingly wizened body for 74 years, he blows the gaff via a head-banging ride powered by comedy, songs and non-sequiturs…
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
Hot Chocolate in Old Saint Paul’s: an evening of classical music by candlelight, accompanied by a cup of hot chocolate.
Packed full of memories, photographs and memorabilia relating to everyday life in Edinburgh over the last 100 years. Come and join us to reminisce!
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
A coincidence or an act of a god? Are the children who created a god as a game truly responsible for the unexplained events unfolding around them? Ten years after their last plea, …
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…
Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers.
In 1916, Christabel Mennell writes a letter of apology to Katie Marsh.
Making its UK debut, a celebration of the 100 million record-selling giants of music.
Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, to Hendon and beyond.
Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later.
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
Title says it all! *Evil laugh*.
Ring-a-ding-ding, you’ve got the King! Master of the crowd and slave to the laugh, Kyle Legacy is back with more riffs and less hair.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Second great year! Old-school jokes meet lived experiences.
The award-winning, 7th highest rated comedy of the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 returns! When disaster strikes in Gary’s brain, it’s up to his brain cells to try and fix everything.
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…
For over 30 years Hegley has brought a show to the Fringe with a spattering of favourites, alongside new work, to present to festival-goers.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
Comedian Michael Welch returns with a new show filled with jokes, mischief and perhaps stuff he will later regret saying.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Who’s your go to? Your ride or die? Your best friend? Your mum? Not David.
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 …
A second show has hit Paddy Young.
In February 2023 a letter hit the world news cycle and captured imaginations across the globe.
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular.
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.
Orange Works is proud to present Locusts - a powerful new play exploring the impact of past traumas on present day life.
Old Movies Saved My Life: 2.
Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, multi-award-winning Police Cops return with their latest comedy blockbuster.
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.
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…
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
The Curator puts his flasks down to tell you his life-story.
Clive Copeman (BBC New Act competition runner-up) and Arna Spek (99 Comedy Club Female bursary Winner) are this year teaming up with Michalle Paker (Go New York Finalist)! All 3 …
Set in the head office of TPL inc.
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.
Growing up in 1980’s rural Wiltshire requires more than a little patience, especially when you’re gay and trying to be a good Christian, with a love for George Michael.
Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it …
Love Mooves In Mysterious Ways.
Prepare to be swept away as We’ll Have Nun of It emerges as a poignant, genre-defying coming-of-age musical that fearlessly tackles the profound struggles of Irish emigration, sexu…
What has quickly became an annual tradition.
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.
Politics as you have never seen it before.
The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,…
“He talks about going to Switzerland, to that place where you pay them to kill you… And I say “go! It’ll do you good.
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.
A sincerely told story, a captivating performance and a wealth of humour make for a well-spent eighty minutes upstairs at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre with David Patterson, who makes…
The contribution of Stephen Sondheim to musical theatre was commemorated in a one-off tribute show last year, following his death in 2021.
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.
Improvising a whole rom com style comedy show around audience suggestions is not for the faint hearted, and this group’s approach is relaxed and confident.
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve… But now Jimmy’s in deep, partnered up with a renegade Police Cop and leaned on by a r…
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.
Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith dons the checked shirt again as he returns with his 2022 smash-hit stand-up show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
‘Broadway’s greatest comic storyteller’ (Deadline.
Old movies saved Mel Byron’s life a few Fringes ago and they can save yours too.
This year, celebrating his 50th birthday, one of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents presents an extra-special journey of classic folk music accompanied by his closest collaborator…
Every show starts by asking the audience: Why can’t we have nice things? What are the little everyday niggles that irritate you? Does your flatmate squeeze the toothpaste from th…
Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry.
Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong.
Returning after two sell-out runs at Soho Theatre, global sensation Jazz Emu is back with his virtuoso musical spectacular.
Come and enjoy our blend of Scottish traditional instruments! In decades of developing our sound we’ve brought together fiddles, concertina, clarsach, wire-strung harp, flute, smal…
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape.
The Polis are Scotland’s No.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension.
A young couple meet by chance by Stari Most, the bridge which unifies the multicultural city of Mostar.
We begin, as most trauma does, in the distant past.
The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow is a compelling story told with an intoxicating blend of musical styles, set against the fetid backdrop of 18th-century Paris.
Join Tony Law as he warms you up for 25 minutes of some recent classic routines featuring ww2 bombers and finishes the hour with brand new forays into Space, serial killers and som…
Join Tony Law as he warms you up for 25 minutes of some recent classic routines featuring ww2 bombers and finishes the hour with brand new forays into Space, serial killers and som…
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.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia.
Raymond will lead you on a comedy walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
This trio are known for their unique live show, transporting the audience to a bygone era when witches and black magic were rife.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle).
When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between …
Award-winning entertainer Kyle D Evans leads a frantic hour of mind-blowing maths for children and their families.
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
50 years on the planet.
The young intellectual Nico is uncontrollably addicted to museums.
The exhibition features people, street images and architectural details, all taken in the area surrounding the studio in Blackfriars Street.
Ever fancied telling the crew in the House of Commons a thing or two, or giving the gang in the Scottish Parliament a piece of your mind? This is your best-ever opportunity to play…
There is secret connection among all of us.
Janitor/Manager: Inspired by the expression ‘If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere’, Sean Conrad booked a one-way flight to NYC to become a stand-up comedian and quickl…
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…
It’s Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, from Hendon and beyond.
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.
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
In Greek mythology, the Muses were the daughters of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, by her nephew, Zeus.
10th great year! Edinburgh’s funniest, and most successful ever kosher comedy show.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
Edinburgh solo debut from London’s favourite 75-year-old stand-up comic.
Winner of Best Kids Show at Adelaide Fringe 2023.
A unique new musical with a fully actor-muso cast, this Charlie Hartill Award finalist blends contemporary pop, soul, and folk music in a dynamic story of convent school life.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
This is a brilliant show.
Vault Festival People’s Choice Award nominee 2023.
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
CHOO CHOO! (Or.
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don't have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I've almost made my mind up, but I'm more interested in what you …
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.
It’s another Sunday at the sleepy parish for Father Pete, until he meets James, an oversensitive priest with a penchant for tofu.
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.
Hot off the back of SELL-OUT runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Francisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their sell-out comed…
Hot off the back of SELL-OUT runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Francisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their sell-out comed…
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
Award-winning comedian Lara A King brings her unique brand of clever observational comedy, uplifting melodies and lyrical wordsmithery, to her spiritual home of Brighton with this …
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
If you had the opportunity to be your most authentic self.
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.
OLD BONES, by Jen McGregor, is the debut production of Third Pier Theatre.
It’s 1936.
It’s 1936.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Francisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their SELL-OUT, Sci-…
Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Francisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their SELL-OUT, Sci-…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
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.
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant.
A new comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens.
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…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Kelly wants change.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
In her solo show Adventure of an Old CxNT or Living my Dream Helen Prior tells a hilarious story of life with the help of her own curated gallery of art masterpieces.
“Blindness isn’t sexy.
Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King.
Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Fransisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their sell-out comed…
Gary is in an accident and his condition is worsening by the minute.
Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five…
The Mill at Sonning is a quaint venue that provides all the amenities for a great theatre trip.
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…
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Dennis and Gina Woodman, a long-married couple, reflect on their lives together in two interwoven monologues.
Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage…
Plosive Live presents… Nick Helm: What Have We Become? As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebu…
1st Show: 18:30 2nd Show: 19:30 Cultural Comedy Tours returns to the Grant Museum for a wonderful Halloween special evening of discovery and laughter with a one of a kind look …
Join storyteller Laura Sampson, accompanying sound artist Sam Enthoven and special guests for a selection of grown-up folk and fairytales on the theme of mortality.
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.
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
Join us at the Museum of Comedy for the funniest Quiz night in London.Starts 7pm - Just turn up and take a seat!
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…
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns …
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
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 …
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
A chance meeting changes Annika’s life forever.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, renowned South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…
Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises.
Integrity, fairness and respect.
Back by popular demand, Scotland’s No 1 Police tribute, The Polis bring their high energy, live music show to Merchants’ Hall celebrating their fourth appearance at the Edinburgh F…
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…
Sacred Arts Festival 2022 Opening Service High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated in accordance with the Scottish Liturgy of 1970 in the beautiful setting of the hist…
One of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents returns to the wonderful Canongate Kirk with a spectacular line-up and new 2022 album release.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
After his last sell-out tour, Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith returns with a brand-new show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death.
Have you ever considered how much easier it would be to stop trying to be a nice person and just be a dick to everyone? You will after watching this show.
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.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
‘Superb and fun’ ***** (TheWeeReview.
Old Town – New Perspective is a collection of contemporary photographs of Edinburgh taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard, founders of Tete-a-Tete Photo.
A college student offers a scattered recollection of her childhood, her perceived trauma and the chaos leading up to her mother’s recent disappearance.
Curtains drawn, lawns burnt brown; a townscape is melting.
A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show.
2019 Pick of the Fringe award sell-out sensation.
Jon Pearson – crowned Best MC in the Midlands, 2022 – presents his unscripted, unfiltered and unplanned award-winning Leicester Comedy Festival performance plus his brand-new S…
Title says it all! (Evil laugh).
Shetland comedian Marjolein is back with her brand-new hour.
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Sometimes you’ve just got to listen to your balls.
As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebuild society, what is left of them and who amongst them dares to lead them to the light? …
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.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s darkly comic tale brought to the stage for children and adults to share.
Life begins at 56 and 3/4s – having raised four kids and divorced twice, Jojo is starting life all over again with the emphasis on living and Don’t Stop Me Now as her funeral mus…
Clara Darcy is fit! She’s also (almost) carefree, (kind of) happily single and joyously dancing through life but, little does she know, her world is about to be turned upside down …
John Hastings has had to deal with the shit life has thrown at him since 2019… He got a divorce during Covid, his best friend got a terminal diagnosis, he got bed bugs, he nearly…
A fascinating insight into Edinburgh’s past, hear incredible stories of royalty, writers, sieges, battles and plagues.
This entertaining tour will take you through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town covering history, culture, folklore and much more.
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…
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
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.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
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.
Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot.
Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot.
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’).
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Have you always wanted to go to a presentation about ADHD that veers off into the wacky and wonderful world of Neuroscience, Julie Andrews, Cher and Dolly Parton? Well n…
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
When Michał Piwowarski’s granddaughter, Tasha, finally moves out, Michał's whole world changes.
Following a successful debut tour culminating at The Leicester Square Theatre and a recording of a sold-out hometown sell-out, Andrew is back with a brand new show.
Welcome to the Museum of Marvellous Things, where the impossible can happen! Make stars in jars, catch moons like balloons, dance with Doo-Dahs in cages, sing with Noo-Nahs on sta…
ANTHEM - OLD SKOOL REUNION - LOVE MUSCLE CLASSICS A SPECIAL EVENT PAYING TRIBUTE TO LOVE MUSCLE DJ LEGEND MARC ANDREWSWith DJsSTEVE BENNISONANDY ALMIGHTYPlus live PA from MOTI…
SIMPLY THE BREAST - Drag King Fundraiser The m*n, the myth, the legend, Jamie Fuxx, is undergoing some gender affirming surgery this October.
Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
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Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
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…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Pick of the Fringe award winner (2019).
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
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…
For regular fringegoers this year, there are markedly few of the regular staple performers returning to contribute to the semblance of normality the festival is offering up.
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq…
ITS GREAT TO BE BACK.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Pick of the Fringe award winner (2019).
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show.
Visit the largest network of 1700s Old Town underground vaults and hear tales of how the poor and unfortunate lived in these former slums.
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.
1976: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson is out to avenge his brother’s death.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is our original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
Discover the sinister side of Edinburgh’s Old Town from villains to aristocracy; slums, prisons, execution sites, and the architecture of its famous sons.
Exploring Flow Experiences.
Exploring Flow Experiences.
I was five when I first heard them.
I was five when I first heard them.
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
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.
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…
Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, multi-award-winning Police Cops return with their latest comedy blockbuster.
Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, multi-award-winning Police Cops return with their latest comedy blockbuster.
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.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work.
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
“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…
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends.
A story told through movement and voice, To Have and to Hold explores how one makes decisions, forms relationships and chooses to live based on the notion of influence.
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…
Learn how archival material can inspire your next creative project in this live virtual event.
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps; his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
The sell-out smash-hit show returns! Following acclaimed runs in London, New York, LA and San Francisco, multi-award-winning Police Cops are back with their new and improved 90s in…
A unique hands-on reminiscence museum in a shopping centre with an exhibition full of memories.
In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad.
Jeremy Herrin (This House) directs Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Long Day’s Journey into Night) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings) as former …
If you want to be a ‘successful independent woman person’ you better have something you want to say and you better be wearing a Serious Black Jumper™.
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.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
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 …
Straight from Edinburgh 2019 where it was selected in Editors’ Top Ten Pick of The Fringe’ by Three Weeks.
Forget any notions of political correctness, civility or polite drawing room conversation.
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…
A couple confront impending death with bawdy humour and burgeoning sadness in Ridiculusmus’s unsettling two-hander, set in a future cursed by eternal life without eternal youth.
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, lowland pipes, Scottish small-pipes, double bass and percussion has captivated audiences a…
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The Scots Musical Museum, an enormous pop-song survey produced by enterprising publisher James Johnson with Robert Burns, who, enlisted as editor, became crazed with compiling, fix…
Alastair, together with long-time collaborators Euan Drysdale (guitar/piano) and Iain Crawford (double bass), celebrates Scotland’s proud fiddle tradition.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Come and hear a lunchtime recital with music written by strong women as well as arias about the power of women.
Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! Ridiculusmus.
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
Beth Vyse returns as Olive Hands in this work in progress show: The Hands Have It! where she finds herself running for leader of the Western world.
Two girls take on the world of app store dating.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen.
Last year I weighed 24 stone and was a Finalist in Old Comedian of the Year 2018.
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.
Fringe Fridays at the museum are a magical experience! There’s a plethora of acts which span the genres available at the festival, each act performing a 15 minute taster on a mai…
Misha Rachlevsky and the multi award-winning Russian String Orchestra return for seven special evening concerts, each totally different, showcasing major works from the 18th centur…
Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church just off the Royal Mile.
The Polis are Scotland’s No 1 Police tribute act, performing an energetic and dynamic live set with all the urgency and angst of The Police at their very best.
Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown…
Enjoy a relaxed walk through the historic Old Town with a bona fide Scottish Historian.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen.
This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui.
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game.
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.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nati…
Help Michelle celebrate her first time.
‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those that little bit older.
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…
Fresh from his recent roles in Channel 4’s comedy Ministry of Justice and numerous BBC Three Quickies, loveable Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman brings his barrel of laughs to the Edin…
At 32 Kate should have so much more: a great career and perfect family.
Hot off the back of total sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, 2017 and 2018, and Soho Theatre, multi award-winning Police Cops return with their sci-fi comedy blockbuster.
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…
This tour will take you into parts of Edinburgh that you did not know existed, off the tourist trail.
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
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…
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.
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help.
Seventh consecutive year for the UK’s longest-running and most successful ever Jewish comedy show.
‘I reiterate my request for a full refund and look forward to your theatre’s explanation [for] why you chose to market this show as suitable for 16-year-olds’ (Audience review).
We are living through a renaissance of plays in verse, and if you need proof I can furnish few better than Fires Our Shoes Have Made by Fringe newcomers Pound of Flesh Theatre.
Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills.
Rebecca Perry’s one-women tribute to four icons of the Golden Age of cinema is a cheery and bouncy hour celebrating Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Lucille Ball.
Jayde Adams is back and this time it’s serious.
Gird your loins and suspend any disbelief for the weirdest, rip-roaring adventure you’ll ever experience.
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.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
The Grand Old Uke of York will twist your perception of the tiny ukulele.
The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
June 25th 2018 - weight was 22 stone.
Sometimes the best education comes from the most unexpected places.
Toucan: Have a Party.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
4 April 1968.
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.
Set in a dingy two-bed flat in London, ‘Have You Heard About Guy?’ is the story of Frank and George, two struggling actresses living in a pre-#MeToo world.
Back by popular demand for the second year running! TotRockinBeats throw down an amazingly funky, three hour, outdoor, family-friendly, hip-hop, funk and soul block party.
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
A pole-esque tale, telling the story of one woman’s journey through pole, from the seedy underworld of Brighton, to her respectable reinvention as a drag king.
A funny and fragile farce about ageing, dying and mourningExpect fumbling, coffee, call centres and cat food… rants, dribbles, pills and cough bombs… symbolist mysticism and sy…
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.
In this show of songs and character vignettes, Nigel Osner casts his perceptive and somewhat mischievous gaze over the poignance and ridiculousness of clinging to the illusion of y…
Frenetically comic dystopian drama.
Multi-award-winning company, Police Cops, fresh from a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe and winners of ‘Amused Moose Outstanding Show Award 2018’, bring you a comedy bl…
KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
Old Clown Wanted is a show produced by a young group of international people called The Void Theatre Company in their first collaboration with Ementior Dance Company.
Join Mark Thomas for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop museum of the nicked.
A brand new nostalgia show, taking you back to the good old days of variety entertainment.
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an…
Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an unforgettable afternoon of magic for children and families alike! Fea…
ANGER IS AN ENERGY! Old punk rocker Annie and young African Dub Dave strike up an unlikely friendship in this tale of marginalisation, alienation and regeneration.
Paul McCaffrey has recently appeared on major UK tours with two of Britain’s foremost stand ups, Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges – playing to more than half…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
ManologueA one-woman show about masculinity Have You Seen This Girl?One Small Town.
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.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins More information to follow
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
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…
It was only towards the very end of last year that it was announced – or rather whispered, hidden away as it was somewhere in the list of actors always included in the National T…
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.
A festive feast of magical entertainment for the whole family.
With three drummers, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison and Jeremy Stacey, as well as the return of multi-instrumentalist Bill Rieflin on keyboards, guitarist and original founding mem…
An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static.
The packed audience at The Old Market leant in expectantly towards an ordinary looking closed shipping container dominating the stage, oblivious to the surprises enclosed inside.
To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, clarsach, lowland pipes, Scottish smallpipes, doublebass and percussion has captivated aud…
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…
Do you remember when we used to go camping? And when you helped me make an ATM out of cardboard for my school project? Do you realise what a big impact you’ve had on who I am? Fr…
Nigel Osner takes a quizzical look at the challenges and opportunities for those no longer young.
And we can learn from them.
The Polis are Scotland’s number one Police tribute act.
The Police Sting Show in concert: Re-worked, fresh versions of all the iconic Police and Sting solo album songs in a 70-minute show featuring an acoustic Sting section.
End your Fringe day with relaxing classical music by candlelight in this beautiful historic church.
Three Northerners and three Southerners residing in one nursing home.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected.
Free (ticketed).Sellout expected.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
Official sell-out show 2016.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen.
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen.
Alastair celebrates Scotland’s magical fiddle tradition in the glorious Canongate Kirk acoustic.
An Almighty Night Out with PA JILL SAWARD, the voice of Almighty’s JACKIE ‘O’DJs ANDY ALMIGHTY and SEAN SIRRS will play all the big Almighty remixes and productions.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
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…
A series of very special evening concerts which combine the wonderfully vibrant playing of the Herald Angel Award-winning Russian String Orchestra with the atmospheric and historic…
Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John.
When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king.
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
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.
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).
In a fantastical world where weather is rigidly controlled by the Shipping Forecast, an individual weather pattern dares to question their assigned role.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Weaving through courtyards, kirkyards and vennels, hear poems about Edinburgh past and present written by residents, tourists and those who visited only in imagination, including R…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
A heart-warming comedy play following Rosie and Vera who are brought together through a ‘befriend the elderly’ scheme.
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…
Sometimes the best education comes from the most unexpected places.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…
Original photographs of the people, streets and architecture of Edinburgh’s Old Town taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged.
Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special.
One of the most valuable functions of theatre is to offer us a way to explore difficult issues without fear of blame without fear of censure.
Some people plan their murders meticulously.
Welcome to the Roadshow – it’s just like your favourite antiques-based telly programme off the telly, just not on the telly, and devoted to Tat.
Something’s up with Lewis Schaffer.
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
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 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…
Millennial anxieties are unpacked and explored in devised comedy I’ll Have What She’s Having.
Sixth year of the UK’s most successful ever Jewish comedy.
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.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
It's obvious from the loud, excited audience in Assembly Studio 3 that London-based comedy theatre trio The Pretend Men – Nathan Parkinson, Zachary Hunt and Tom Rose – have…
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
Free speech is a right fiercely protected in today’s society.
In For A Penny is Libby McArthur’s true-life tale of the unforeseen consequences of an unpaid parking ticket - how one person can fall foul of a system that sees only the facts a…
With the advent of the internet, smartphones and social media, today’s politics happens under an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
Home is a powerful concept.
More stories-in-song from this multi award-winning Jewish songwriter and Fringe favourite.
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.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
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…
The final resting place of the work and artefacts of Scotland’s most creative writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Unhook your mindbras.
For those who pertain to be students of the Theatre of the Absurd movement prevalent in the 1950s and 60s, there is nothing of value to you in this review.
Trump.
King Courgette is an old-time vegetable string band Featuring Wild Zucchini Bill from international trash-bashing phenomenon STOMP! Expect a righteous mix of fiddles, ba…
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an…
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic cong…
★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.
Returning to the Fringe for the third time, this 13 strong ukulele collective began playing together 7 years ago.
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.
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…
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
“Hello” La Voix is the brand new show from ‘Ab Fab the Movie’ star La Voix! La Voix’s new show is a feast for the senses, with a show featuring her amazing live musicians, side-s…
It’s the scandalous drinking game that reveals all the dark secrets about you and your friends.
A temporary museum of new exhibitions celebrating the ripples that ordinary people leave behind, created through a series of workshops held for members of the public where they lea…
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
In his new show Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those, shall we say, just that little bit older.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
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.
An amazing, three-hour, outdoor, family-friendly, old-school, Hip-Hop, Funk and Soul block party.
Folk tunes, stories and song inspired by the Scottish, Irish and English folk music traditions come alive with the immaculate fiddle and cello mastery of An Dhá.
Rarely do we get a chance to change someone else’s life, be it for a moment or forever.
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…
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Forget Spaceballs, there is a new sci-fi comedy champion in town.
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.
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.
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
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…
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
A reflection on our obsession to ‘heal’ what cannot be cured; manage what is none of our business and ignore what makes us uncomfortable.
AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU.
It’s their world now – what will they do with it? The bomb’s gone off, & this rabble of young “leaders” are the only ones left.
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
As seen on The Project.
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
Our fab disco for Under 7s returns! Grab your pink leg warmers, don your ankle boots and make you hair as big as can be! It’s our retro disco for the digital generation to party …
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Penetrating Europe, or Migrants Have Talent is a mix of verbatim theatre and talent show based on real-life stories of undocumented migration to the UK.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy.
The legendary retired football manager turned alcoholic pundit from hell is back with a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Wembley 1967.
Ivor Dembina is very funny and manages to entertain the audience for an hour by conforming to as many stereotypes of a Jew as he can.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
A selection of favourites, old and new, from those (ouch) fifty years of performance poetry, theatre pieces and bittersweet, polemical, comical, in-character monologues by the form…
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Debut stand-up hour from Ben Shannon about cats, growing up and being easily distracted.
Alastair presents his annual celebration of the Scots fiddle tradition in the Canongate Kirk’s vibrant acoustic.
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,…
Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed.
Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen.
Join us for traditional Choral Evensong and Benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We love ‘A’s! ‘A’s in Alphabetti Spaghetti! ‘A’s in the Alphabet and the ‘A’s at the start of something… Something big! Like a programme… Be here at the start of something!
Everyone has secrets.
Through refreshing and unexpected comedy, Museum by Tina Howe explores the humanity that connects each of us as we journey through our vastly different and unpredictable lives.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Old Town – New Perspective is a collection of contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope.
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
Greet the midnight hour with Dutch comedian Arna Spek and special guests.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
The Old Men, Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair return for a 6th year, joined again by the fantastic and slightly more youthful Raymond Mearns.
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.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Debut stand-up hour from Ben Shannon about cats, growing up and being easily distracted.
Raised a devout Christian, Kevin knew sex was meant for marriage only.
Extra performance on the 21st at Laughing Horse @ Counting House with full run from 3rd to 27th (excluding Tuesdays) at Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake.
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…
When a Fringe show sells out on opening night, you know it’s doing something right.
It’s difficult to know when Phoebe Walsh is being ironic, and when she is simply revelling in being a stereotypical millennial.
A two-woman show starring only one woman – not a typo but the conceit at the centre of the latest show by Canadian actress and interactive artist Laurence Dauphinais.
Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps.
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.
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.
Australian comic Lauren Bok has a joke toward the beginning of her show about Australia being a country stuck a few years in the past; what she doesn’t achieve in her hour-long s…
This show is described as an ‘unrehearsed show-and-tell’ from ‘the best comedians from across the globe’.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland.
There’s a lot wrong with the world at the moment, but I reckon if you gave everyone a ukulele then you could go a long way to curing all that’s troubling.
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.
A story of optimism and resilience.
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Old people, eh? A bunch of forgetful wasters who always have a hatchet to unbury or a cup of tea going cold.
Indie theatre legends David Woods and Jon Haynes of ‘Ridiculusmus’ as two crustaceous elders putting off death in a snail paced farce.
Escaped psychiatric patient Kevin Haggerty is not pleased about his diagnosis, even less pleased about being on a section of the Mental Health Act and distinctly upset about being …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
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…
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This famous traditional music ensemble has thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the USA, with their unique blend of fiddles, smallpipes, harp, flute, concertina, doub…
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…
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.
Molodyi Teatre combine verbatim accounts of migration from the Ukraine to the UK with a Britain’s Got Talent pastiche in a bizarre satire of modern-day xenophobia.
‘Downton Abbey with gardening tips’ (Guardian).
Do zoos still have a place in society? If so, what is it? asks esteemed biologist Mary Bownes.
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
James VII (reigned 1685-8), Scotland’s last Catholic king, was overthrown by his son-in-law William of Orange in the revolution of 1688-9.
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
Cinema screening of live performance.
Older, wiser, funnier.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Ranging from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s former national poet and recent recipient of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry weaves a spellbinding and beguiling …
Delighted to turn 40, Julia is having a breakthrough, not a breakdown! Typically a time to reflect, re-assess.
An autobiographical play about hope.
After Fringe sell-out shows in 2014 and 2015, plus releasing their debut EP This Old Guitar this year, the trio return to AMC for two shows.
Join us for traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church.
Alastair presents a concert of music from Scotland’s proud fiddle tradition in the wonderful ambience of the Canongate Kirk.
Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
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…
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.
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche.
A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring.
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.
Lancaster’s Kriss Foster returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his new show The Very Small Museum.
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…
Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited.
There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe.
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature stand-up comedians return for the fifth year in a row with their successful Old Men show.
Released from the family basement after 300 years, alleged cannibal James Douglas (1697-1715) invites you to join him and his guests for a depraved late night horror show splattere…
In a world of increasing crime, someone has to fight back against villainy, someone with abilities beyond comprehension: fire breathing, super strength, or the power to produce pot…
New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so.
Vesna Tominac Matacic’s adaptation of the works of Croatian poet Vesna Parun is an impassioned and beautiful spectacle that somehow still manages to feel lacking in substance.
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 -…
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…
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…
This show doesn’t disappoint.
Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy.
Join the best comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in an improvised set prompted by genuine objects found in the National Museum o…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
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 unique exhibition telling the little known but inspirational story of socks.
My name is Lara and I broke the law.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
In its second year at the fringe, Police Cops is a spoof boys-in-blue parody along the lines of Police Squad.
A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe.
Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless.
Puppet pioneers Flabbergast Theatre have made an interesting move this year, establishing their own dedicated performance space, The Omnitorium, within the confines of Assembly Ge…
I’m sure we’re all used to growing the Fringe brochure and seeing shows with enigmatic titles which tell you nothing about the eventual content.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
After Banquo’s murder, his son Fleance is adrift in Macbeth’s brutal new Scotland.
She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big…
Winner! 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical! Tony Award® winner Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) and Jose Llana (Here Lies Love) star in a magni…
It’s a dangerous move to end your fringe show with a cover of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? as you run the risk of audiences leaving with that very question ringing in…
With tight abs, even tighter moves and slick choreography, Police Cops runs at a pace that will make your head spin and is silly, fun and very entertaining.
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 …
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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.
London comedian Heather Jordan brings her debut show to Brighton Fringe.
Those without a snide, self-deprecating, sense of humour, step away from the Thermos Museum.
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.
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back and tougher than ever! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out over three heats to make their way to the final.
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
At the risk of sounding ageist, an immediate concern with any student theatre company taking on Shakespeare’s tragedy of tragedies, King Lear, is that it is in many respects a …
Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr…
Mike Bartlett’s beautifully worded imagining of a constitutional crisis without a constitution invites us to witness the starkness of the Royal Family stripped bare whilst presen…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
(previews start on Jan.
Intended for audiences as young as 13, this tranquil and enveloping play by the European company New International Encounter seeks to examine suicide and loss.
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 …
Winner: The Stage Award for Acting Excellence (Ensemble), at Edinburgh Fringe 2015 Present day: 1976.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov.
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This annual concert has built up a wide and loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty of melody and power of rhythm growing from the group’s blend of Scottish smallpi…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Alastair returns to the wonderful surroundings of the Canongate Kirk for his annual celebration of the Scottish fiddle tradition.
At 70, Virginia Ironside writes a regular agony column for the Independent and the OIdie, and her latest comic novel is Yes! I Can Manage Thank You! In her one-woman show she expla…
This show is reviewer proof.
I have returned.
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 …
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ.
How can you review Barry Cryer? He’s a British comedy legend, practically an institution.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Free morning films for the whole family.
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 …
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
Outdoor cinema returns to the Fringe with a season of classic films in the iconic Old College Quad.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
Ursula K Le Guin, noted author of A Wizard of Earthsea, is visited by an alien adopting her form.
Culver Academies Theatre performs Luigi Jannuzzi’s collection of short acts and monologues based on art on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
‘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.
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
He’s a true-blue, straight-talking Aussie and he’s in town for some old fashioned stand-up, knock-em down comedy.
One-woman comedy character show, written and performed by Abbie Murphy.
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
We May Have To Choose is a one-person show performed by Emma Hall.
Present day (1976) straight-laced rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson is out to avenge his brother’s death, and he’s got to go it alone.
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature comedians, return for a fourth year with their Old Men show, for a longer run after last year’s full houses.
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.
Old Town – New Perspective, is a collection of contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
The second ever Scots Makar (national poet) Liz Lochhead has teamed up with saxophonist Steve Kettley for this nostalgic selection of her favourite poems from a 50-year career.
This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’.
Last year I used the word Schadenfreude in my description, and it seemed to frighten off dumb people as I had lovely audiences.
A man who’s recently had a heart transplant thinks that his new heart is talking to him.
Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary.
Return of last year’s brilliant hit kosher comedy show.
Have you ever been surprised to receive a phonecall from a friend that you were just thinking about? How many times have you felt so in tune with a person that you knew what they w…
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…
Like every other animal on the planet, humans need to eat in order to survive, but arguably no other species has developed such complicated social etiquettes around the consumption…
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
Boris: World King is a giddy, silly and savagely satirical delight.
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
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.
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
They say 50 is the new 30, if that’s true then I am only 27.
Feeling spiritual? Sara Pascoe has invented her own religion and we’re all invited! Eschewing the other faiths on offer, Pascoe takes to the stage with her “scripture” professing…
An all-new, all-female production of Shakespeare’s war play, King Henry V follows Henry and her band of brothers as they face the challenges of life on the front line, exploring …
(previews start on July 13; opens on July 27) The career of a sport agent is a high-testosterone avocation, but Liz Rico does it a as well or much better than her male colleagues.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
Austerity has devastated public services and increased inequality.
Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance.
You are invited to our opening exhibition of curiosities in this quinky and quirky Victorian museum.
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…
Drag Queens are over and the boys are back in town! Strap on a strap on, bang on a beard and join your hosts for the Drag King competition of the century! Be amazed by the figurati…
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks.
At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair.
Join improv comedy group Do Not Adjust Your Stage as they create stories, scenes and characters inspired by the Ted-style talks from Museum scientists in The Wunderkammer.
(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…
Keisha Zollar, one of the Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers, hosts this fund-raiser for the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which is seeking to reform New York̵…
Shannon O’Neill, artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater New York, and the veteran improviser Tami Sagher invite some of their improv friends for a night of…
Flesh-and-blood muses rule at this museum.
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th…
Rona Munro’s comedy drama, originally produced for Radio 4 in 2008, tells the story of a period in the life of Walter Scott when he was tasked with commissioning a kilt for King …
‘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.
Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the Catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Following his sell-out fringe debut, John and curator Dan Schreiber host a live version of the BBC Radio 4 hit in which guests donate their favourite items to an infinitely large a…
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
Could you tell your life story in the space of a moment - the length of a sonnet? Award-winning playwright Jose Rivera’s thoughtful investigation of what it means to be alive takes…
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…
There is a character in Old Gristle who carries a bin bag and, within it, the liquefied remains of his dead dog.
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Virginia Ironside writes a regular agony column for the Independent and the OIdie and her latest comic novel is No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses! In her one-woman show she explai…
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.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ.
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.
As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task.
Famed for their obsession with brains zombies have long been part of the mainstream.
Rod Hunter, John Purves and Les Sinclair, three of Scotland’s more mature comedians, return to the Fringe for the third time with their popular Old Men show.
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…
WHYS is the BBC’s global conversation show – tapping into the most talked about news stories each day and getting the people involved to discuss them across radio and social me…
I’ve often wondered how Edinburgh locals truly feel about the Fringe - is it a huge party or just a massive disruption? Given the wealth of subjects from around the world being d…
There’s a sort of delicious irony to queuing for a show about rationing whilst watching one of the cast frantically stuffing their face with crisps.
Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
A very ambitious performer, Guy Combes was not content with the idea of simply telling jokes.
Strap in, it’s joke time.
Katy Schutte (Maydays, Who Ya Gonna Call) has an idea for a film that she would like to share with you.
This show will be a Fringe Favourite! When Glasgow gangsters mysteriously acquire the pandas from Edinburgh Zoo Malcolm gets the blame.
The Edinburgh premiere of this exciting new work from InterAct (Wales).
Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
My first clue should have been the warmup.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
There perhaps could not have been a more timely play than We Have Fallen.
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
As a card-carrying, paid-up member of the Grumpy Old Men squad, I occasionally look at all those fresh-faced stand-ups staring out from the posters plastered across the city like S…
There is no doubt that an audience of a certain age will fondly remember the two famous actors starring in You’re Never Too Old, although audiences of any age could not fail to e…
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.
Liz Lochhead’s solo spoken word show at Assembly Rooms opens with songs from Joni Mitchell’s delicately moody album ‘Blue’ on the sound system; appropriate not only for her…
The Birmingham Footnotes Have A Plan provided ample entertainment for a student sketch group.
Ivor Dembina cut his teeth on the alternative comedy circuit with original material, so I was surprised to discover him performing a show called Old Jewish Jokes for the third y…
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this.
One of the best things about the Fringe is the energy and ingenuity of the young companies performing here and these are both words that apply perfectly to Double Edge Drama, creat…
It’s hard to imagine an audience that won’t enjoy this show, based (exceedingly loosely, one hopes) on the boarding school experiences of WitTank’s cast of three: Mark Cooper…
Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).
As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’.
David O’Doherty is one of those rare stand-ups who is a familiar face without being plastered everywhere, who is successful without being packaged.
A stand-up show about feeling bamboozled by the modern world.
In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man.
Edinburgh stalwarts Dan and Jeff are back for another energetic hour and, following Potted Potter, Potted Pirates and Potted Panto, it’s the turn of Baker Street’s own Sherlock…
Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like.
It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues.
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.
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.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Unfortunately, the likeability of these two ladies wasn’t enough to reject the notion that they should have, to quote an age old cliché, ‘stuck to the day job.
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.
Puppet shows each followed by a treasure hunt.
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.
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
‘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…
Directed by Patricia McGregor, José Rivera’s drama uses the micro (family ghosts, turbulent love triangles) to explore the macro (Puerto Rico’s future), but the la…
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.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln, Brian Blessed.
Based on Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel Norwegian Wood, There We Have Been explores the relationship of the novel’s main character and his late best friend’s girlfriend,…
American song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown is not content to have just one show at the Fringe (The Ray Charles Experience), or two (an interactive workshop Tap into Health -…
A driving mix of celtic, jazz, folk and blues.
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…
Double act comedy is very difficult.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change.
For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right.
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
It is very difficult to appreciate a show when the performer alienates you from the rest of the audience.
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.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
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.
Lee is a very naughty cat .
Virginia Ironside is witty and sparky as she discusses the triumphs, as opposed to the tribulations, of growing old.
Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band celebrate 20 years with our favourite numbers from Prima, Porter, Martin, Sinatra and Naples.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church.
Kourtney Kardashian.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
The affably natured Rod Hunter, John Purves and Les Sinclair bring their charming stand-up routine of one-liners galore and light observation to the Bee Hive Inn.
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.
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.
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 …
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader.
Through the darkness of a subterranean music bar, in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, glimmers a gem of theatrical history.
Christian Reilly is on a mission to save the world through music.
Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland.
King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend.
Stand-up legend and Red Dwarf star returns to continue The Sugababes debate plus much more.
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
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…
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.
For his second solo show, Silky sweetly sings and softly swears.
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…
Often high marks are awarded to those companies who create a new world in the theatre through their use of advanced set, puppetry, props or movement so it is good to sometimes be r…
A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t…
We see a lot of Rich Hall on panel shows these days: QI, Have I Got News For You?, Eight out of Ten Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Fiedlen Cannon is one of the founders of Dublin based theatre company Brokentalkers.
Jokes that everyone’s heard before are always the hardest to make funny, so spare a thought for that most venerable of comedian: the ‘Jewish comic’ who has decades of comedic folkl…
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.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers.
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…
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.
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 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.
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
Set in Oyo, Nigeria in the middle of World War II, Wole Soyinkas Death and the Kings Horseman centres around the battle between British colonialist views and the local traditio…
There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years.
Stand-up comedy can be awkward when the audience is small.
I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way.
As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show.
Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality.
‘Andrew and the Pony’ is, oddly enough, the story of how performer Andrew Bridges has always, since early childhood, desperately wanted a pony and of all the bizarre situations…
Right, listen here.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
With her phenomenal voice and subtle and sexy ambiance, Ali McGregor knows how to make an entrance.
I haven’t been to the circus for a while and there’s a reason for that.
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…
Looking for emotional charge? If so, this new musical blows everything else out of the water.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic.
The Old Spice Boys make their debut on the Fringe with a fun show that will get your toes tapping to swing, jazz, reggae and blues rhythms.
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown.
Everyone remembers storytime – that happy time at the end of the day when the hard work of colouring in and sticking bits of paper to other bits of paper could be safely put behi…
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
The highest tribute I can pay to this one man play about the notorious Robert Maxwell is that I really felt I had spent ninety minutes in the media tycoons presence.
To get to the point, this play is woefully average.
If given the chance to spend an evening with any individual beyond the grave most would be reluctant to pick the obnoxious, multi-millionaire newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell unl…
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent.
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge.
Ava Vidal was first on my list for this years Fringe.
It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently.
Hayley Shillito and Laura Taylor spend the whole of this piece from Horizon Arts dressed in black and joined together by a piece of long elastic.
I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a childrens show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w…
This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs…
Be prepared, the caption warns, to laugh and cry, probably at the same time! This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent…
A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre…
Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day…
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.
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…
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
I must start with two clear statements.
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.
Deja Vu, according to a very quick Google search I just did, means ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
There’s basically no-one who doesn’t like Roald Dahl – he’s been a cornerstone of kids’ literature for 50 years and with good reason.
Memory Cells written by Louise Welsh and directed by Hannah Eidinow is a chilling psychological thriller centred on the relationship of a young hostage, Cora (Emily Taaffe) and her…
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…
A modern interpretation of Macbeth, with atmospheric effects, bright lights and the songs of Frank Sinatra.
Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair.
Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
Disembodied voices are not what you need to hear in a venue that’s already as spooky as the Old Town’s Underbelly, but that what you get at the start of Ed Aczel’s comedy set as he…
Dave Levinsohn and Loyiso Gola are billed as South Africa’s premier comedians, and Barely Legal does not disappoint as a platform to bring both these talented men together.
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward.
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
In these increasingly cash-strapped times putting on any musical on the Fringe is worthy of praise, even if — with a cast of six accompanied by electric piano and drums — the d…
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.
Citymoves Productions’ ‘GOD (Grumpy Old Dancers)’ combines two contrasting personalities in a darkly comic exploration of grumpiness.
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.
One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes.
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
Possibly the most famous and pervasive of Science Fiction authors, Arthur C Clarke’s three ‘laws’ states that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from m…
A popular nursery rhyme gets a reality check: just like in real life, the story of the children of the old woman who lived in a shoe, whom she whipped black and blue, did not just …
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
Tania Edwards is a strange sort of stand-up for the Fringe.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
To Have Done With The Judgement Of Artaud.
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.
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…
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
I live in Edinburgh and choose to go to this throughout the year because it is so good week after week.
As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre.
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
Lara A.
We all live our lives within walls.
Graham Woolnough’s lusciously bizarre backstage peek at the lives of royalty is a theatrical treat for those with any political disposition.
Taking up the action with Kate’s harassment by the rakish Sir Mulberry Hawk and Nicholas and Smike’s return to London, this second half of Space Productions’ revival of the R…
Kings Hall has been taken over by Summer Hall and transformed into the Canada Hub over the festival, showcasing a series of Canadian acts exploring the issues surrounding Canada’…
Achtung! Achtung! Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland are bringing their highly acclaimed World War II podcast to the Edinburgh Festival.
Greenside makes a dramatic move to The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) on George Street for 2024 Fringe.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues.
The third of our pub crawls, the Old Town North trail has an extensive list of both core and optional bars to choose from.
The Old Market are excited to announce that they have managed to raise £1,057 for Brighton Women’s Centre throughout their Reigning Women season.
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.
The Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) is a pop-up museum, running for one week only, as part of The Spire’s secret Fringe programme.
Do you ever find yourself singing The Bare Necessities? Or breathily repeating David Attenborough’s iconic narration? If so, the Ensonglopedia of Animals is the show for you.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And...
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
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.
A beautiful show incorporating theatre, live music and song.
Today we have a little chat with Rachel Pedley-Miller, writer and performer for Killer Cells, about #optimism and hope for the future.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Following a successful run at Brighton Fringe in 2015 and two previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at the King's Head Theatre, 5 Guys Chillin' returns this February.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
It’s the iconic Edinburgh film and book - and now nearly 21 years since the film opened - a young theatre company brings Trainspotting to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Actor William McGeough was terrified to perform a sexually explicit extract from his one-man play Mistaken to the august Edinburgh establishment that is the Scottish Arts Club.
The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more.
There's something funny going on under St George's Church in Bloomsbury.