The Brighton Academy (TBA) Musical Theatre Degree Showcase.
Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical - direct from a record-breaking four-y…
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.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is coming to The London Palladium in concert for a night where wit and charm collide with scandalous deception!Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is set to sizzle …
World War II is at its height in this inventive new staging of Donizetti’s opera buffa, or romantic comedy, The Elixir of Love.
Tom Ball is a 25-year-old singer, songwriter, and teacher hailing from West Sussex.
‘Who you gonna call?’ The beloved ‘80s sci-fi comedy, Ghostbusters, will join the Royal Albert Hall’s Films in Concert series to celebrate the movie’s 40th anniversary.
“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one” Abraham Lincoln1865.
Following the huge success of her UK Concert Tour, ‘An Open Book’, actress, author, vlogger and award-winning West End sensation Carrie Hope Fletcher returns to The London Pall…
London prepares to host the highly awaited premiere of "Lazgi," a ballet performance like no other, on September 14.
Alex Newell first garnered attention on screen in FOX’s critically acclaimed series GLEE as transgender student, Wade “Unique” Adams.
Festival Director Nicola Benedetti performs a mesmerising violin solo in a classical programme that explores the animal kingdomSome of the world’s best classical music pieces are…
Malin Byström leads superb cast for Richard Strauss’ final opera.
An evening of good, old-fashioned Scottish entertainment, featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers.
Horror! Madness! Secrets! It’s Call of Cthulhu, played live on stage.
Treasure Planet – James Newton Howard; Mendelssohn – Concerto No.
Interested in fashion? Loved Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte? Then we have the talk for you! Frances Burney (1752-1830) once said of a concert ‘though everybody seems to admire, hardl…
Taiwan is a country located in Asia, and many people say that the most beautiful scenery in Taiwan is its people.
New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024).
Full of heart, this powerful new play is both about young people and by young people.
John McLaughlin (hit singer/songwriter/producer of Johnny Mac & The Faithful) performs songs of his friend and genius Shane MacGowan (The Pogues and The Popes).
You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up.
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
Durham University’s national musical theatre champions are bringing a show full of of iconic musical songs, characters and silliness to Edinburgh this summer! Laugh yourself silly …
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
Misty Last: Academy Award Winner, Buzzfeed ‘where are they now’-er.
Inspired by the style of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads and that of traditional storytelling by a single narrator, this play weaves four humorous and moving narratives into one man…
With less than a day until curtains up, the techies must band together to save a show that is falling apart! Will they manage to make the Director’s dream come to life? Will Ligh…
Tim toured 10 different places last year.
Hilarious epic 50s rock musical following Shakey Sean (Elvis character) working in an Arbroath egg’n’roll van.
Japanese pianist Akiko Okamoto returns to the Fringe after some years’ absence to give a solo recital of music by Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven and others.
A poignant journey, through chequered showbiz career of Eddie Garrity, interspersed with songs from the new album Wild ‘n’ Free and anecdotes from early glam rock, punk to cabaret.
If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, …
Sir Love E Dove is a grand actor of legendary status.
Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy.
You don’t know North Sea Gas?! Where have you been? Over four decades touring around the world with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary folk music.
Looking for love at the Edinburgh Fringe? This show is for the singles, the wannabe singles and the pretending-to-be singles.
Join Delhi maestro Manmohan Dogra for a journey through soulful Hindustani classical music, featuring vocal ragas and a tabla solo in Banares style.
Calling all Dancing Queens! Featuring an all-star cast of the UK’s finest musicians and vocalists, ABBA Gold The Concert is packed with all of ABBA’s greatest hits, stunningly auth…
Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life.
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky …
‘Love Bridge’ fully shows the characteristics of the Shanghai opera ‘singing the news we talking about’.
Moscow 2001.
‘What is my story? Will you remember me?’ In an ancient land full of legendary heroes and the monsters they fight, how do regular folk live? Beowulf the Musical presents two mediev…
It’s Chump’s time! Having exploded onto the scene less than 18 months ago Chump’s has quickly gained a reputation as one of the coolest and most-exciting comedy nights in the UK.
A huge gala show with all proceeds going to the Sepsis Trust, celebrating 20 years of the Laughing Horse’s Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
Comedy with an Accent, comedy with a different point of view! Join your host the mischievous Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen for an hour of brilliant international comedians and the tr…
A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Two performers armed with a single scene – a customer orders a drink from a waiter.
Dr.
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Join us for a raucous night of laughter, raising much-needed funds for Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona.
Three of a Kind follows Sam as she juggles her responsibilities as a daughter in modern-day America.
Malcolm Windsor is a scientist and jazz singer who explores love, loss and new thinking on the chemistry between couples through their life events, illustrated by story and song.
Love and Freindship (fear not, deliberate misspelling) is a Regency romp through the adventures of Laura, a young woman on the quest for love.
Love Your Work is a bi-annual work-in-progress showcase dedicated to facilitating dance and mental health.
A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family-run hairdressing salon in Essex.
A love story.
Lucy Henderson has been murdered.
Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed.
In an afterlife, Gilbert and Sullivan decide to acknowledge Helen Carte’s contribution to their legacy.
Shapiro is a new musical based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro.
Omigod You Guys! Viva Arts are back with their usual brand of high-quality, energetic musical theatre – this time with this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good comedy.
How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage.
The Gardening Club is a new musical that takes place in 1960, Georgia, USA.
Hundreds entered, now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
For Your Entertainment enters its third year in the Fringe, with the same aim to raise awareness and funds for the Scottish Huntingtons Association.
Alright, stop, collaborate and listen! Safety expert Ian Crawford is back with a brand-new presentation.
Big beats and stand-up comedy join forces for Fringe afterparty antics.
Wet Mess Wet Messifies the messiness of life; exploring transitions, testosterone, edges of drag, blur between performance and reality, magical in the mundane.
Joined by two musicians and two dancers, Brazilian singer/songwriter Giulia Drummond takes us through a ritualistic performance exploring the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot.
Is it so crazy to imagine that ‘all we need is love’? What would a world where people felt the power of love look and feel like? A world where people could act out of love for one …
Chaos Theory specialises in sketch, character and general off-the-wall comedy.
Six years in, bigger, better and blacker! Back with top black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get.
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…
Legendary artist and composer Joni Mitchell turned 80 on 7 November 2023, and Brian marked her milestone birthday by recording his second love letter volume of his favourite songs …
Written and performed by comedian Grace Aki, the award-winning solo show makes its international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe! She weaves a blend of storytelling and stand-up for …
Four comedians and one psychiatrist come together to solve your problems! After becoming a box office hit, selling-out major theatres in Europe the format is coming to Edinburgh.
Take Note Choir returns to the Fringe for a second year with a performance celebrating life, love, dreams and fantasies.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Comedy and therapy for PTSD have a lot in common: both deal with the absurd and rely on authenticity to be good.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
‘When I started this thesis, I had no idea I’d end up where I have.
Edinburgh Festival Chorus revives Mendelssohn’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sublime piece about Christ’s last days on earth before his resurrection.
Come and join us for the original free walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town and enjoy the stories of the many colourful characters who lived here.
Comedy by EU’s best comedians.
A lush greenhouse for comedy’s finest weirdest blooms, and literal good gig, back for our thirteenth Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a bountiful …
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…
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
SCOTTISH PREMIERE Latin American music meets Afro-Cuban and contemporary classical in this bold interpretation of Christ’s Crucifixion.
The Grumpy Magicians present: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
Not for the easily offended, this hilarious brand-new dating show sees the audience play naughty games, five guys compete for a date, and overall chaos.
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Fringe (2017-2023).
Join Alex as he makes his fourth consecutive appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and finally answers the question of how he became a magician.
Based on a little-known Grimms’ fairytale, Godfather Death is an award-winning and gleefully macabre new musical exploring mortality, healthcare and class.
A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr…
Join Bev Gray for her clean-ish, Scot-ish comedy as she discusses things like an ethnicity identity crisis, old sharks and dangers of parenting.
Astrophysicist Dr Julian Mayers asks whether studying the Universe gives us any insight into earthly matters of life, death and love.
Returning to Edinburgh for the third year in a row! Liars and Clowns is a jam session for comedians, with a revolving door showcasing the best alternative comedy from around the fe…
Captivate Theatre’s Matilda is back after a sell-out run in 2023.
Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic.
‘A flawless blend of Broadway, games, pop and comedy bliss!’ (Fame Magazine).
Join team captains Aaron Wood and Hannah Campbell as they pit top comedians against each other through a variety of games chosen by you! Expect stand-up, absurd challenges and a wh…
Comedy for Witches is a night with the stars and some comedians too.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue, Chortle Awards 2023 and 2024, welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2024! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barr…
After a gold medal run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Coach Mon is pumped for a spectacular sports extravaganza, but her athletes have disappeared! How can The Com…
Ready to have your strangest phobias, wildest gossip, and most unusual dramas investigated – by two nosy comedians? Lukas Arnold and Gabby Jordan Brown of the acclaimed Two Nosy …
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
The biggest laughs from the biggest little-person-friendly comedy stars! We drove our clown car around town and picked up the funniest in family-friendly comedy to make one enormou…
BANNED is a modern-day musical that follows a group of gender misfits through the events leading up to their debut at a local performing arts festival.
A double-bill show.
Six comedians.
Biblical characters David and Jonathan feature quite prominently in present discussions about the Bible and same-sex relationships.
A showcase of up-and-coming Scottish stand-up featuring Chris Scott (Best Newcomer nominee, Scottish Comedy Awards).
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon at one of the North West’s premier comedy clubs featuring Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Coleman.
Beryl & Clive, a wildly funny comedy about a fabulously unconventional couple breaking all the rules to fulfil their creative dreams.
Calling all musical lovers! Clara, an employee of furniture store, helps people establish their homes but wrestles with the idea to create a home of her own.
Lonely musical composer Randy Thatcher has finally found the confidence to share his magnum opus (to an imaginary audience in his bedroom).
Following the loss of a childhood friend, Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns 23.
Laughter! Excitement! Learning! Comedian Frisco Fred performs then teaches you – the audience – to juggle! It’s fun, and great for annoying your downstairs neighbours.
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
The best, most daring stand-up comedians from the festival showcase their skills but if they can’t make you laugh.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
Here There Be Dragons is a musical that premiered at the Players’ Theatre off-Broadway in 2022.
Up the Antics (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) bring a showcase of some of their best sketches.
Scotland’s best comedians in the club that started it all.
Real people.
A hilarious and heartfelt musical that tackles modern love in all its forms.
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical and completely original comedy walking tour.
Since 2005, Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups, sketch acts and cabaret stars from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged…
Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday).
The world’s best late show comes to the Fringe for the first time! Altitude Comedy Festival (Winner of Best Overseas Festival) boasts previous performers that include.
Guilty or innocent? You decide! The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns to the Fringe for its eleventh year! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and to…
Think your emotional baggage is heavy? Wait ‘til you see ours! Join us for a night where anxiety and depression duke it out, comedy style.
Stick your tongue out, do a peace sign, and tilt your head.
Wanna feel loved? Honestly, I’m no magician.
Part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Celebrating 25 years at the Fringe! Excellent value Irish showcase returns for 2024.
Award-winning David Hoare returns with another bumper show, brimming with silliness.
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
You’ve had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3’s Comedy: Afternoons.
The night is young and 3’s Comedy: Late Nights is going to bring you an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy.
Top professional stand-up stand up from the Irish comedy scene and beyond.
Irish Comedy Showcase is going lunchtime! We’ve been rocking Edinburgh since 2014, so we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary.
Warning: Dark comedy zone! Enter at your own risk! Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping…
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.
Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023.
Irish Comedy Carnage is coming to the most Irish venue in the whole Fringe! Irish Comedy Carnage is your chance to catch the best Irish acts at the Fringe, at a (semi)civilised ear…
Fresh from the hugely popular TV show The Craic Den Comedy Club, two of Ireland’s top comedy MCs, Eddie Mullarkey and Brian Gallagher, present the best line-ups of Irish stand-up c…
In and Out Comedy is a compilation show made up of the most exciting up-and-coming talent that the comedy circuit has to offer.
What would you do with an hour? What if it was your last hour ever? For James the answer is easy: he wants to tell you a story.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
The sun has gone down and the lights have come up so that means it’s time for comedy.
Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca…
A stand-up split bill with a difference: It’s set in the teen-magazine sleepover dream world.
Big Value Comedy Show is an established showcase of the best new comedic talent.
A spicy mix of queer comedians, cabaret and drag.
Have you ever wondered what your life would look like without the memory of the person who changed the way you see the world? After buying and consuming a pill online, Gina and Fra…
Irish Comedy Invasion has been visiting the Fringe since 2012.
As a teacher, if you don’t laugh you’ll cry, so come and cry with laughter! Award-winning comedian Daniel Delby, an ex-teacher turned full-time comedian as he shares hilarious stor…
Prateek’s been on the top comedy stages, from Comedy Cellar in NYC to top clubs across Europe.
Fringe 2023’s sell-out, interactive dating chat show returns for more jaw-dropping real encounters and hilarious dating war stories.
Winner: Best Comedy, Shaftesbury Fringe 2023.
Get ready to experience the extraordinary as Willy Wonka’s son, Andy Wonka, takes centre stage in Edinburgh for the world premiere of the Pure Imagination comedy magic show! This p…
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a 2024 showcase of new acts to Edinburgh for the eighth year – after seven sell-out years! Award-winning …
The perfect way to start and end your Fringe day with late and afternoon shows consisting of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians from a…
The Comedy Connection: A Stand-up Comedy Game Show.
After losing wife Mina to a sudden accident, Gyujin suffers from memories of his wife that remain throughout the house.
Stand-up Comedy Brunch, a delightful compilation show with top comedians serving you up a hilarious feast.
Unmissable live music, mayhem and laughter! Every night is opening night as this team of top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions.
Chris Dinwoodie is a five-time Scottish magic champion.
A stand-up comedy compilation showing off some of Edinburgh’s funniest family-friendly faces.
Welcome to the dark side of laughter, where our comics don’t give a damn about your comfort zone.
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
A comedy show that is perfect for date night with friends or partners.
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh guide you through tasting five wines and at least five jokes.
And you can too.
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
Four top comedians try to beat the buzzwords in this hilarious and exciting comedy gameshow.
Some of Ireland’s top comics come over from the old country to bring you laughter.
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places? Toby was, until he discovered the ancient lost Gaelic secrets to love, life and the universe.
Cheryl-Lee Fast invites you on a comedic journey of hypnotic love.
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Back for a second year, catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts…
The Comedy Rooms New Act of the Year 2022 and without doubt one of best musical acts currently on the northern comedy circuit is bringing his solo show to Edinburgh for the first t…
Michael sheds light on the everyday challenges of his condition, from the struggles of memory loss and impulse control to the comical mishaps that ensue when navigating social inte…
A comedy game show where four comedians battle each other using their childhood trauma and the audience decide which one of them had the worst parents.
Come and experience the globe-trotting international Irish storyteller, Ronnie Neville! From Cork to Edinburgh via New York and Melbourne with a suitcase full of stories.
The world is ending.
‘Funny.
Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have.
Need a laugh? Need to relax? Check us out.
Following on from it’s success in previous years, this delightful, funny show returns with a revolving line-up of the best and up-and-coming female comedians from around Edinburgh …
Join Uxbridge’s third-hardest man, Mad Ron (Reginald D Hunter tour support) and special guests for an hour of character-comedy stand-up.
Start your day off with a laugh at 3’s Comedy: Mornings.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Shiny Things is a comedy variety show hosted by a delightful and mischievous duo, presenting guest acts performing improv, character and stand-up, as well as audience prizes, and a…
It’s not late.
The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) brings her delusional new show to the Fringe.
After an encounter with a wildlife enthusiast, the Funny Women Award finalist explores what it means to be a human animal (nightmare, tbh).
What is anything? The basically-award-winning*, ‘real WTF comic’ (Chortle.
Claud’s stuck.
Award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan present their own original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman.
Imagine a bar owned by Love itself.
One morning, Gregor Samsa awoke to discover he’d caught the musical theatre bug.
Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback.
Catch four of the best up-and-coming comedy acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance, in the 20th year of the Comedy Reserve.
Phil O’Shea, ‘utter, delicious nonsense’ (Fest), is a clown/comedian with dreams.
A quest that began at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, and completed a sold-out run, returns for a sequel – the popular Dungeons & Dragons podcast team lands at the Fringe with …
As she prepares for the audition of a lifetime (playing Anna May Wong in a biopic about Hollywood’s first East Asian starlet) China Doll must confront and untangle the ingénue�…
Finally, a musical about gene editing technology! Two struggling genetics researchers are determined to create the world’s first super-soyabean, but a rival lab will stop at noth…
A poetic anthology.
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
Get your boogie shoes ready for the official KC and the Sunshine Band musical.
Returning to Fringe for our ninth year, smash-hit production The Improv Musical is coming back to take the Fringe by storm.
Baby Wants Candy’s total 2023 sell-out hip-hop hit returns! We improvise an epic musical based on a historical figure/celebrity of your choosing (Genghis Khan, Paul Hollywood, Kim …
Chantelle Duprée always dreamed of becoming a star! From her “humble” upbringing in an American mid-western town, she decides to travel across the pond to perform a one-woman show…
Time to decide once and for all.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w…
A magic show meets a Pixar movie! The annual comedy-magic extravaganza in Happyvale takes an unexpected turn into a thrilling adventure to rescue the forest! Experience awe, laught…
Improv legends Racing Minds return to Edinburgh for their 11th year of unscripted escapades! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help, a myst…
What happens six months after your five minutes of fame? Cyrus and Ben are the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality show.
Chris Grace returns to Fringe after his 2023 sell-out show, Scarlett Johansson.
‘American labour icon!? Ridiculous.
The English-American writer/comedian returns to the UK with the world premiere of this ‘improbably funny, life-affirming, bright bauble of a piece’ about love, loss and hope (Berks…
Embark on a raw, transformative journey through one man’s battle with cancer.
SILENCE! The Musical is the unauthorised musical parody of the Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs.
Take a bunch of tuneful strangers.
Fest Magazine Top Theatre Picks 2024! Winner: 2024 Adelaide Fringe Award.
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 …
Watch comedy scripts come to life, live on stage! This exciting new show, from the company behind My Family, gives audiences a rare glimpse behind the TV development curtain, as or…
Erika Ehler navigates the disturbing reality of what it’s like to be young, hot and yet so alone; platonic relationships and the bittersweet transition of hangouts becoming reuni…
Nazereth Love Jones the number one representative for Hip Hop an RnB performing live.
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is set to take the roof off The Other Palace this summer.
Two actors create a play to clarify “the events.
You don’t have to go Far Far Away to find an unforgettable experience at London’s legendary Eventim Apollo; Shrek the Musical – a Shrektacular stage adaptation of the blockbu…
The tale of hope, redemption and the power of love comes to the Royal Festival Hall for one night only.
Stamptown presents Stamptown Comedy Night Sold Out Run: Soho Theatre (2021-2024) Sold Out Run: Edinburgh Fringe (2017-2023) A raunchy, chaotic, full-on fe…
This is a comedy show by the Japanese comedian "TONIKAKU," who made it to the finals of competed in Britain's Got Talent in 2023.
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular.
__Love is An Open Door With You!__ Kick off Pride in London weekend with an exhilarating night at Disney’s Frozen The Musical.
In the lead up to Refugee Week, Refugee Action are bringing together some of the UK’s top comics for an evening of stand-up comedy, raising money to support the im…
London’s favourite sex-positive live comedy experience, as seen in Time Out, Metro and Londonist.
This brand-new production of the award-winning West End and Broadway musical tells the inspiring true story of Carole King’s rise to stardom.
Inspired by the real-life experiences of Kyle Falconer (from Scottish indie-rock sensation The View) and Laura Wilde, this powerful story follows two new parents grappling with the…
It's like "Mrs.
Andrew’s plan: to sail the Atlantic, find ruined rainforest, rewild.
SPRING AWAKENING, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy award-winning musical returns to London for one night only on Sunday 2nd June at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
Ada & Bron present the good, the bad, and the ugly of romance, in this fever dream of weird soulmates and tragic co-dependents.
Marie Curie is certain that she can make a name for herself and change the course of science in the progress as she arrives from her native Poland to study at Sorbonne University i…
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
What’s wrong with you? Self-described shortcomings inspire darkly hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt new musicals every show from the co-creator of five star, multiple Fringe se…
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Copernicus Now is a joyful and surreal caper in which the Renaissance-era astronomer reshapes the sola…
A stellar night of live comedy set in the city’s favourite local hang-out, Edinburgh Street Food.
René was raised in London and returned to Germany in 1996.
What do Shakespeare, thermodynamics and biochemistry have in common? The somewhat surprising answer is Love.
Fest Magazine ‘Top Theatre Picks’ 2024! WINNER 2024 Adelaide Fringe Award You’re cordially invited to the wedding of the year! Whether you’re a fan of Amelie or When Harry…
From Sussex With Lunch takes an extended tour of growing up in Australia in the 90s, being president of the Only Dans Fanclub, dreaming of interrailing across Europe, and featuring…
Ollie Horn returns to Brighton with an unmissable hour of highly-interactive, energetic and laugh out loud stand-up comedy.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists - coming together …
The best way to discover your new favourite comedian! We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
*Part of Lamb Comedy’s Big Queer Weekender* Jen Ives (Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party, and Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared) returns with her new stand up comedy hour I’m Straight Now, a show…
Experience the first on-screen adventure of everyone’s favourite archaeologist/action hero, with live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
If Shakespeare were alive today, he would very likely have a lot to say about the state of the world currently.
Greetings and salutations! Following smash hit runs in London’s West End, two record-breaking national tours and sell out seasons at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStag…
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Motherhood is a moment in which it is life changing for a woman.
Join trailblazer Suzi Payton on a comedic journey into the depths of her uniquely neurodivergent mind.
In May 2023, a group of strangers took part in Brighton and Hove’s first stand-up comedy course for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary/gender non-conforming people.
If Ben Elton's Blackadder met Oliver Cromwell and musical theatre, then you would have a funny musical extravaganza called B*rst*rds.
Following 7 different sell out shows over the past 10 years the puppets are back for one last year at The Brunswick, to celebrate their unique brand of silliness, songs, mess, magi…
Expect funny sets from diverse comedic genres, lovingly introduced by your genial compere, giving you a tantalising taste of the breadth and depth of the city’s comedy scene.
Join Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones for an alternative night of stand-up comedy with special guests.
From the East to Brighton, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the BB…
Leicester Comedy Festival 2024 Awards Finalist and “without doubt one of best musical acts currently on the northern comedy circuit” Alex Camp is bringing his new solo show to …
Ali Jay brings a Work In Progress show to Brighton Fringe 2024.
Taking A Love Pill at the End of the World is a play about existing at the end.
There’s no future for Igg and Tom.
Musical Mayhem Unleashed : Silent Disco, Showdance & Line Dance Extravaganza.
Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun.
Fresh from a critically acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Southampton’s Thrown Together Theatre present a wild ride through their collective mind - a channel-flicking, rico…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
The Other Side Comedy Brighton Fringe Showcase @ The Snug, 3 Jolly Butchers.
International award-winning actor Benjamin Kelm brings his personal story of his time in New York to the stage.
Actor and writer Benjamin Kelm taps himself repeatedly about the face as he repeats the mantra, “You can do it, you can do it , you can do it.
Presenting our new comedy night @ Sea Lanes, Yeah Buoy! Live Comedy hosted at Bison Beach Bar.
Serious comic Ryan Hill and loveable idiot Ben Jones present their Sketch Show Goes Wrong play combining original material, tributes to comedy greats and much more silliness! Hill…
You Can Call It Confirmation Bias is a performance about how fortune-telling miracle fish and trees that look like women’s legs helped us to predict the future.
‘A born comic.
Step into the glittering yet tyrannical world of Crown Cabaret this May with the extended premiere of Call Me Daddy - The Musical!This dark comedy musical follows the staff of a bu…
Step into a world of laughter and celebration! Our comedy show is not just about jokes—it’s a vibrant celebration of LGBTQ+ humour and talent.
A BDSM Comedy Show.
Have you ever been on several failed dates and lived to tell the tale? Sexy Rude Harp Concert explores the idea of trying to find the perfect match and a happy ever after in an hon…
Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey.
A feast of Music Bites at Depot, Lewes, under their Dalliance event.
Discover the power of laughter with life coaches extraordinaire, Sydney and Silvana! What are the chances that two talented and passionate life coaches who also happen to be hila…
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
COMEDY HYPNOSIS SHOW - Presuming Ed’s A mesmerising and hilarious Comedy Hypnosis Show where volunteers from the audience have their imaginations unlocked through the power of hypn…
Rumourville: Have You Heard the Gossip? The story of a small village community in which a single rumour ruins all! Romance, reputations, and revenge! Improvised Comedy - a totall…
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe and around Brighton in a late afternoon show full of fun and laughter.
Duncan Poulton, Juliusz Grabianski and James Critchlow present a series of digital collages and sculptures that have been shaped by their experiences of scrolling and clicking.
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
**Winner: Best Comedy, Shaftesbury Fringe 2023** Can we do life better using science? Join marine biologist turned award-winning comedian Robyn Perkins as her globally touring sho…
Welcome to The Secret Comedy Club’s “Best of the Fest” shows throughout Brighton Fringe Festival 2023! Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt as we bring you a hilarious lineup o…
This festival concert is a highlight of the year.
Giulia would like to leave the stage and cancel the show dates.
If Emily Burns’ immaculately realised Love’s Labour's Lost is anything to go by, there is a fresh new breeze whispering through the corridors of the RSC.
A chaotic cavalcade of comedy featuring some of Ireland’s tip top improv groups.
After 10 sold-out West End performances of ‘Death Note the Musical in Concert’, its producers are to stage the European premiere of one of the most popular romantic stories and…
Enter the realm of laughter with “The Courtyard Comedy” series at The Courtyard Theatre! Each month, we bring you 6 hilarious comedians who are all set to hit the stage and keep yo…
Be part of the emotional journey of Zack Mayo, a fearless young officer candidate, and the captivating Paula Pokrifki, whose fiery spirit matches his own.
There’s magic to do in the 50th anniversary concert production of PIPPIN at the iconic London Palladium starring Tony Award-winning Broadway star of Shucked, Grammy nominated Ale…
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun.
Award winning comedian and Ireland's "queen of the offbeat" Áine Gallagher, is on a mission to prove that speaking Irish can be both …
“If you want something done, ask a busy woman…” Inspired by a true story and based on the hit film, MADE IN DAGENHAM is a powerhouse musical comedy about friendship, love an…
Fashion Loves Comedy, a dynamic fusion of fashion and comedy, will illuminate London this March, blending two worlds in a thrilling spectacle.
Fashion Loves Comedy, a dynamic fusion of fashion and comedy, will illuminate London this March, blending two worlds in a thrilling spectacle.
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
SIDE SHOW comes to the London Palladium in a special, one-night-only concert spectacular on Sunday 3 March 2024.
A new-wave comedy musical in space!Work is normally boring for best friends Thordan and Fourdee, until a new co-worker shakes things up at Ralph’s Space Deli!Writt…
Safety In Sequins Exploring the power of drag Platonic Love Let's show platonic love more love Safety In Sequins - Rob Murphy Productions A piece of a…
Happen/Chance Honestly.
DeValera - Republican? Jazz loving spy! Is DeValera a Republican hero? We reveal the REAL Eamon, jazz lover, Reich spy, transformed with his Himmler glasses.
A laughter-filled evening of sky-rocketing talent - featuring Sikisa, Alexandra Haddow, Bec Hill and Jen Brister. Part of Reigning Women 2024.
A spot-on musical done on-the-spotEver seen an improv show where everything is made up on the spot? Or a musical? NO!? Whelp, 2 birds, 1 stone, all that jazz.
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Written by the film’s screenwriter Robin Schiff Score: Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay Director: Kristin Hanggi Musical Director: Emily Marshall Based on the Touchstone fi…
Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns twenty-three.
Exploring the idea of what it means to grow up, let go, and discover your own identity, Now & Then: I Think of You follows two women as they sort through memories of what once was.
Before the titular, double-Grammy-awarded opening number begins, we are exposed to a soundscape of cheesy 80s commercials for domestic products that serve to highlight some of the …
A wildly-funny musical about a very serious issue, Rehab the Musical deals with the subject of mental health, fame and addiction, with warmth, compassion, humour and heart.
From the producers of smash-hit Heathers the Musical… A must-see experience in New York and Los Angeles and following a sold-out, critically-acclaimed production in the Asse…
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
Experience the award-winning La La Land projected in HD with the film’s original composer Justin Hurwitz conducting the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra live-to-picture.
A host of West End rising stars have been announced to join the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) A Christmas Celebration at the iconic St Johns Smith Square, all alumni of this …
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
Love, Conditionally, an experiential podcast foregrounding Queer Arab and British stories, made in the UK and Palestine, is now available to downloadAvailable online for free from …
For one day only on 12 December 2023, Theatre Royal Drury Lane plays host to My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, featuring a 40-piece orchestra …
The West End’s number one concert series is back with another feel good, all singing, all dancing Christmas extravaganza! Brought to you by an incredible cast of West End stars, …
Bridget Christie is headlining a night of comedy in aid of Women and Children First, joined by her funny friends.
It’s Christmas Eve 2009: seven years into the world-famous boy band’s indefinite “hiatus”, *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has until midnight to make a wish that could change his life f…
21st Century Cox brings you a Night of Cosmic Comedy! Once again, the land of Monstopia is under threat, and it’s up to Monster Enthusiast Osric Omand and his ex-Nazi caretaker Ha…
The must-see comedy of 2023 hits London this Christmas.
GOLDA is the remarkable true story of Jewish Ukrainian musician, Golda Amirova, who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
Truth, Love and Madness asks each of us to take back responsibility of our emotions; and find acceptance in the fact that we are all, in our own way: mad… off-kilter… i…
Epic and yet intimate, Titanic: The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams In the final hours of 14 April 1912 the RM…
Sam Tallent (“the absurd voice of a surreal generation”- The Denver Post) is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast.
SuperYou Musical, starring Lucie Jones, is an uplifting musical, written and composed by Lourds Lane, that centers around the transformative journey of a comic book artist who disc…
This hilarious new dance fuelled comedy follows burger bar employees, Natalie and Kyle, as they fall in love with Northern Soul.
The brief descriptor of Treason the Musical as “a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality” reads like a modern-day newspaper headline.
To some fans, he’s the Tony Award-winning revolutionary from Evita who grew into a bonafide Broadway star in Sunday in the Park with George.
In his youth, Osric, a stylish and sensitive courtier at Elsinore Castle, witnessed Prince Hamlet and several other members of the Danish Royal family meet their untimely end.
An Olivier Nominated and multi-award-winning performer, Rachel Tucker will present a concert celebrating her most iconic roles, some of her favourite tunes in musical theatre and s…
In English and in Spanish on the same performance, with two casts and two different stagings.
Do you find yourself scrolling though dating apps looking for the perfect trade yet keep falling for the same fuckbois? Have you ever been so dick-deprived you’ve settled for…
The cult classic Bat Boy: The Musical descends on the London Palladium for a Halloween concert with Jordan Luke Gage (Bonnie and Clyde, Heathers) appearing as fans have never seen …
What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park than seeing the film projected in HD, with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performing John Williams&rsqu…
Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter as we bring three legendary Egyptian comedians from all over the world to London.
Memory is a strange thing.
Antisemitism: (((a musical))) is an outrageous new show by writer Uri Agnon in his UK theatre debut.
Aïda Lahlou presents Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano.
For sale: feet pics, freshly painted.
The story of a skinny kid from Neasden who became the most famous teenager on the planet and the ‘face of the 1960’s may seem like the stuff of fairy tales, but there i…
A celebration of the music and lyrics of legendary American composer -Stephen Schwartz, by stars of the West End.
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…
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this ground breaking musical (Winner Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) has a s…
Strategic Love Play offers a tragic and often hilarious mirror to the fears and hopes of the vast majority of us who harbour a fear of dying alone.
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents a brand-new production of the award-winning Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, featuring a re-imagined book and new music…
One of the magpie people is here. Though there’s no point in searching for him. He’s going to tell you stories. But he won’t tell you if they’re true.
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus are joined by three vocal soloists for this powerful finale to the Usher Hall programme.
A unique collaboration between musicians from Kazakhstan and Drake Music Scotland – the only place you’ll find iPads and kol-kobyz, alongside cello, flute and piano.
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Four of the West End’s leading names join the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra in Battersea Park for an evening of showtunes like no other.
Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser is a masterful exploration of the many aspects of love, and of the struggle to reconcile the sensual and the spiritual.
The orchestra rehearses each Monday evening from October to April, and is well-supported by Perth and Kinross Council.
Nashville-based international singer-songwriter Stephanie Staples has shared her passionate and contemplative music for over two decades, performing all over the world.
The true story of a Queer, British, South Asian sex worker under pressure to marry his cousin.
Four loudmouth lords vow to study for three years to win fame for denying their desires.
Fresh off her 1961 Academy Awards triumph and a recent brush with death, Elizabeth Taylor is struggling with her hardest role yet: herself.
Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can!
Join four friends weighed down by their past and frightened of their future as they take a trip around a natural history museum and explore the big bang, loving difficult parents, …
A musical reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s beloved story, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original score and soundtrack.
Dave’s relationship with art is not going well, in more ways than one.
When our young hopefuls enter the villa looking for love, they are faced with a whirlwind journey of romance.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic Love Never Dies returns to London’s West End this August in a star-studded concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans.
Join some of Manchester’s finest comedy improvisers for a show that’s different every day.
Two of the comedy circuit’s loveliest boys, Joseph Parsons (‘one to watch’ (Times), shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award) and Joseph Emslie (Runner Up Leicester Mercury Comedian 20…
Love and Other Occult Phenomenons is a witty bizarre stand-up comedy show by debut comic Lizzie Anne Rose (hailing from the Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama).
Have you ever wondered what your life would look like without the memory of the person who changed the way you see the world? In the depths of heartbreak, Gina takes a pill that sh…
A ridiculous interactive combination of musical comedy, ventriloquism and fingering.
Do you like to argue? Well, I disagree to whatever you just said.
The first Cantonese show at this festival is coming! 2011’s funniest person in HK, Tim’s Instagram has 50k+ followers.
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Following sold-out shows at the Adelaide Fringe, Comedy of Terrors is coming to Edinburgh.
An NHS staff room.
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
An exceptionally enthusiastic and talented youth theatre put on a revival of the 2013 version of Pippin.
A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year.
Barry Ferns has been performing life-affirming comedy shows on Arthur’s Seat since 2007.
Approaching her 30th birthday, after ten years of failed romances, Laura meets with the six ghosts who have broken her heart to exorcise them for good.
An evening of good, old-fashioned Scottish entertainment, featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers.
Our fifth year! Back with top Black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get.
A song recital of music by British and French composers – Reynaldo Hahn and Roger Quilter.
The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present.
Christine and Nancy invite you to a lunchtime recital of beautiful music including the joyous Beethoven Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Cesar Franck’s passionate Sonata for pian…
Catch top comedians from the US, UK, China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Australia and Canada in this packed showcase, hosted by stand-up comedian Leah Renee.
How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky …
Dicks and Tricks is an old-school comedy and magic variety show featuring the puns and knob gags of the Pundance Kid and the magic tricks and illusions of the Flamboyant Chesney Ge…
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
In this fast-paced storytelling journey, Marina reminisces about university and being told by her lecturer that she dances like a sack of potatoes.
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comics at this year’s festival.
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
Follow Bug the dog on a surreal journey of music, dance, hypnotism and experimental visual effects.
In this fast-paced storytelling journey, Marina reminisces about university and being told by her lecturer that she dances like a sack of potatoes.
Stuart Laws (‘A one-man episode of Arrested Development’ (Fest)) and Matt Sandstorm (unreviewed) are a new two-man comedy duo.
When Death calls for Liv, she doesn’t expect her to be such a bitch. Call Me Suicidal is an exploration into the inconvenience of being alive.
Featuring songs, skits and nonsensical moments, And Now.
It’s Come Dine With Me with a twist, and that twist is murder because apparently that’s what it takes to spice up a dinner party these days.
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
Inspired by the greatest rom-coms and love songs in history, this hilarious show conjures the golden age of Hollywood, improvised live before your eyes by an award-winning supergro…
Big Smoke Comedy is stand-up comedy with a fully improvised finale and the only show of its kind.
It Won’t Be Long Now is drawn from first-hand accounts of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation.
Open Comedy: The Chortle Award-winning open mic from the Edinburgh comedy circuit comes to Monkey Barrel Comedy for one night, and one night only! A compilation of some of the show…
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Join us for a raucous night of laughter, raising much-needed funds for Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
An exclusive stand-up comedy show starring three iconic comedy drag stars.
A powerful and multidisciplinary show exploring intersecting stories from Eastern European folklore and contemporary experiences of migrants in the UK.
2020 the musical follows main characters Emily Goodhand and Adam Pictor, two musical theatre performers who have faced a lot of rejection, finally get their big break in a show tha…
The Talentz Musical Theatre Company are bringing all the sparklejinglejolly magic of Elf The Musical.
Hypnotist Jason Simmons returns to the Camden Fringe to take you on a magical mystery tour into the depths of your own mind in this hilarious, fast-paced, interactive experience.
Twice nominated for Young Musician of the Year, acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Thirteen-year-old Chrissie is a budding climate-change campaigner, but her family just don’t get it! When a huge storm hits her seaside town of Skiddle, Chrissie reluctantly gets…
Hypnotist Jason Simmons returns to the Camden Fringe to take you on a magical mystery tour into the depths of your own mind in this hilarious, fast-paced, interactive experience.
Palindrome is Cambridge University Musical Theatres Society’s latest Edinburgh Fringe offering.
A powerful and multidisciplinary show exploring intersecting stories from Eastern European folklore and contemporary experiences of migrants in the UK.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
Vix Leyton is hosting five of Liam GreenJacket’s favourite comedians in this one-off showcase! And for no justifiable reason, prizes for the best audience members.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
A wonderful and varied selection of concert band music from 40 musicians featuring music from stage and screen! A free concert with donations to support Edinburgh Direct Aid.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson are calling an AGM to discuss their comedy careers with you, their beloved shareholders.
Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson are calling an AGM to discuss their comedy careers with you, their beloved shareholders.
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
Featuring an all-star cast comprised of some of the UK’s finest musicians, dancers and vocalists.
Join a cast of exciting singers and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, led by their Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, for a concert performance of Mozart’s enchanti…
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Poppyscotland are proud to introduce to the Fringe an inspirational group of Armed Forces veterans.
A stand-up comedy show in BSL by the funniest deaf actor in the world, David Sands (aka Chris Baker from Small World). Come and laugh with… or at… David Sands.
Formed in 1983 to revive and promote the playing of Scotland’s ‘other’ bagpipes, the LBPS achieved this aim.
Behind every addict is someone traumatised by loving them.
One night only! Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians at the legendary Biscuit Factory in Leith.
Top quality stand-up comedy talent from the Irish comedy scene and beyond.
Featuring material written and refined in London’s famed Free Association comedy school and theatre, the ORCA Comedy Sketch Spectacular promises an eclectic variety hour of sketch …
What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby).
Two queer Jews.
What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby).
Featuring material written and refined in London’s famed Free Association comedy school and theatre, the ORCA Comedy Sketch Spectacular promises an eclectic variety hour of sketch …
After his much younger girlfriend leaves him for a better-looking, richer, more successful friend, Searles dissolves into a gibbering, chain-smoking, suicidal insomniac! In despera…
Edinburgh Music Theatre is delighted to present a selection of wonderful songs from newer and lesser-known musicals that have broken out and broken new ground within the last two d…
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie…
MTO Zendeh Delan’s Journey of Love, inspired by the Sufi allegory of Leyla and Majnun, is an enchanting blend of modern Sufi music and the graceful motions of Sama.
Experience a full-on comedy attack of the senses as Frank brings his unrelenting mix of dark humour and extreme renditions back to the festival, in his new home within the vaults o…
The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
We bring you some of our favourite comedians to our sessions with a different line-up each show.
Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie…
The multi-Grammy® Award-winning singer gives a solo performance at the Usher Hall.
A new dramatic musical with music by Tim Nelson and lyrics by Vincent Aniceto tells the story of a group of everyday people working on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center on …
2 nights of hilarious stand up comedy in aid of the Scottish Huntingtons Association, with excellent Scottish up and coming comedians at the ready to make you laugh whilst raising …
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
Story of two friends who find themselves facing extreme climate events.
Lewis Carroll is turning in his grave at Tim Nelson’s Alice in Wonderland.
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
A crucible in which we will forge comedy’s golden future and literal good gig, back for our 12th Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a ludicrous, bount…
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
A split-bill stand-up comedy show featuring a daily selection of the best up and coming comedians from Ireland and the UK.
Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can!
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Come and join us for the original free walking tour, packed with the rich historical sites and tales of the many colourful characters around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Raymond will lead you on a comedy walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Written and composed by Bethany, Cameron and Natasha Lythgoe, Pandemonium is a biblical musical of mundane proportions built upon a confusing amalgamation and re-telling of stories…
Sean Craig-Turner Not-So-New Comedian of the Year 2019 finalist.
When Florence walks into the music shop, all she wants is a new string for her guitar.
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Think ‘n’ Grin is a solo comedy show featuring Chicago-style narrative improvisation.
An all-American line-up show, featuring the very best comedians from across the pond! Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts this sum…
From the moment Zach Zucker's comedy alter ego Jack Tucker walks out on stage to introduce Stamptown, the audience knows they're in for something truly special.
Tan Dun conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus in the Scottish premiere of his own Buddha Passion.
Two of the hottest, freshest comics bring their best jokes to Edinburgh.
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a new script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
How does a former DJ turned stand-up comedian cope with a landmark birthday? Well.
A one-off comedy extravaganza! For the past 38 years, the Pleasance has been the home of new comedy talent in Edinburgh.
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
Comedians of Europe is a co-operative set up in 2020 by the best european comedians working right now.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
June 2021, I had a stroke.
A memoir in song by the Earl of Caladan, trusted adviser to the Padisha Emperor and beloved troubadour-warrior, the bard Gurney Halleck.
Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family.
In this mixed-media comedic play, two young New York City comedians pull back the curtain on the dark side of comedy.
Hertfordshire-based choir, Classical Chorus look forward to performing a short concert in the beautiful setting of Greyfriars Kirk.
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights!
Young British guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright, together known as The Showhawk Duo, have dazzled audiences worldwide with their spectacular approach to playing the guita…
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
London bachelor Monty Button-Purse spies Gracie at his friend’s New Year Ball 1922, and is determined to woo her through the flourish of his penmanship.
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from around the Fringe in a late show full of fun and laughter.
Whisky and Witches sees the combination of Danish-born Christine Kammerer’s musical forte with the whimsical storytelling of Jane Ross.
An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show.
Bristol’s biggest comedy night is coming to Edinburgh! Harry Allmark shall present the best comedy acts the Edinburgh Fringe has to offer! White Bear Comedy Club is THE space for…
By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead: expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption.
The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princes…
The best, most daring stand-up comedians from the festival showcase their skills but if they can’t make you laugh.
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
Queer Comedy Brunch unlike any other! Strap-in and strap-on because Alphabet Soup is taking over Le Monde Hotel’s Shanghai Nightclub and serving up world-class LGBTQIA+ comedians, …
Drawing from their expertise in commedia dell’arte, mime and Argentine tango, Los Guardiola use the universal and timeless language of movement to tell stories inspired by the wo…
Celebrate all things bitch and high-pitch! After winning Best Cabaret Weekly Awards in 2020 and 2021 at Adelaide Fringe, the queen of falsetto and stiletto is storming into Edinbur…
Situated in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty.
On a whim, a young businessman buys the deed to a ghost town in the California desert, hoping to turn it into a tourist attraction.
The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game.
Everyone knows about the code-breaking genius of Alan Turing, but behind the mathematical genius lay a man of great passion.
A Fringe institution since 1999.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
From the crazy mind of Sid Singh (Comic Relief, Muzlamic) comes the most diverse show on the whole Fringe! Its half comedy show and half game show as every night a brand new lineup…
The little iceberg holds a secret.
Chicago duo, ‘true masters of improvised comedy’ (List), ‘work effortlessly in the straight man/funny woman comic pairing using their unrivaled familiarity to brilliant comedic eff…
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
Set in a mythical once-upon-a-time sort of land, Shrek the Musical Jr is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that cross…
It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in …
A one act tragi-comedy about a man trying to come to terms with the loss of his brother.
Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades.
Right Here, Right Now.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
Join Aaron Wood – one of the North West’s fastest-rising stars as he hosts this hour-long compilation show featuring some of the best acts at the Fringe this year! Each night up …
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
We’re bringing the best Irish comedians to this late-night show for some non-pre-watershed comedy.
The story of a girl dreaming of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.
A call-center call girl struggling to make in-person connections, discovers intimacy and requited love with a mannequin man she rescues from drowning.
Written/directed by Amanda Bothma; musical direction/piano by Germaine Gamiet; starring Daniel Anderson.
American comedian Ryan Wingfield is bringing his international comedy show to his new home in the UK.
A showcase of up-and-coming Scottish stand-up featuring: Chris Scott (Best Newcomer nominee, Scottish Comedy Awards): his ‘why not?’ attitude has seen Chris perform in a underw…
Liars & Clowns returns to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative comedians from around the festival.
Nunsense is a hilarious talent show staged by the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Si…
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
Canada produces some of the best comedians in the world.
The Sauchiehall Comedy Club is proud to present their first full run at the Fringe, with a series of compilation shows, featuring the finest up-and-coming comedians, plus guest app…
Come and revel in the earthy tones of this low member of the clarinet family.
Join renowned vocalist Jacqui Dankworth for an unforgettable evening of music, with classic songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, …
Stuck in Free Fall is a show about Nothing.
‘He was a traitor boy, he killed a dictator boy.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
If you still chuckle at those Twilight memes making fun of Kristen Stewart’s awkward portrayal of Bella Stark, or harbour some nostalgia for the immortal (and problematic) YA ser…
A proper Bradford lass born 1959, Shelly is a firecracker.
Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe.
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is the hysterical, historical and completely original walking tour of Edinburgh led by professional local award-winning comedian Daniel Downie.
Woah.
A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Fringe in a hilarious early evening showcase guaranteed to raise more than just a few…
We spend a third of our lives in bed.
‘Funny.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
***** (Dircksey.
Gigl run some of the best comedy gigs in London, and it’s now time for their Edinburgh debut! Come along and see some of the best, up-and-coming comedians gigging in the UK right…
WPB are six rising comedy stars who’ve been performing in prisons across Scotland since November 2022.
Do you like musical comedy? Do you like non-musical comedy? Do you not care, as long as it’s good? Then come enjoy either the first half, the second half, or even all of this show,…
Returning for its fourth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy fro…
The Oxford Revue is turning 70 years old! From Monty Python to Mr Bean to Love Actually, the alumni of Oxford’s premier comedy troupe have been polluting the UK cultural landscape …
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh.
Comedy Caper’s a mixed-bill show with an ever-changing and always exciting line-up.
International, crowd-favourite vagabond, Marcus Ryan (BBC, ABC, Amazon, WatchMojo, SiriusXM), has sold out tours on six continents and 50+ countries.
An electric, joyful hour packed with fun and skewering takes on society, Right About Now is the brand-new show from the award-winning James Nokise.
Hey kids and kidults, cool cats and dancing dogs, Jarred and Hobbit are back with an all-new action-packed hoopla! Guaranteed LOLs and interactive fun for the entire family (OK, ma…
Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new …
Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca…
Sameer Katz brings his seventh show to the Edinburgh Fringe! Sameer’s gotten to the age where everyone who says they love him seem to want something in return.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Gong Shows have launched the careers of several famous comedians.
Craig Wilson is a nice boy.
Comedy for the Curious is a comedy panel show with a science twist, where comedians perform very different stand-up comedy sets around the same theme.
They say a picture can tell a thousand words, but it turns out that if it is drawn on cardboard, it can tell a thousand more.
Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts.
Sounds Proper Comedy’s Hot Picks is a fast-paced one-hour stand-up showcase, featuring a diverse range of comedians, all performing their own shows at the Fringe.
Returning for another year, Free Footlights brings the group for an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and more.
Michael Porter is an incomparable comedy talent with an unmistakable Irish flair! ‘Fearless in ever sense of the word.
The night is young and 3’s Comedy: Late Nights is here to make you laugh with an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy.
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
Philipp Kostelecky brings the festival’s best acts together for a late-night extravaganza! No rules, no regulations – it’s late night so anything goes.
A late night version of the sell-out unique show.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Back for our 18th Fringe, we remain adamant that just because you’re six, you shouldn’t miss out on the festival’s best stand-ups and sketch acts! And just because you’re an adult …
Longest running mixed-bill, star-finding show on the Fringe.
A performance grounded in friendship and a desire for objects to predict the future.
Get ready for a night of cutting-edge humour and entertainment as Prism Comedy presents The Many Colours of Comedy: A Prism Comedy Variety Show.
You’ve had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3’s Comedy: Afternoons.
A debut show from an established act on the UK circuit.
Shropshire’s crazy-named grassroots comedy club comes to the Edinburgh Fringe with a daily line-up of five different comedians.
Hello, asalaam alaikum, bienvenido and welcome to RVG’s International Comedy Club! Resident MC of Malaysia’s first comedy cub Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central) introduce…
This is Oddity Comedy: A show so funny, even the name is fun to say! We are a comedy showcase featuring the best alternative acts on the UK circuit.
A stand-up comedy showcase featuring the very best comedians from Australia and New Zealand at the Fringe.
After The Act (A Section 28 Musical) is an eye-opening performance about Section 28 a series of laws introduced to the UK in the 1980s that prohibited the “promotion of homosexua…
Irish Comedy Invasion – We’ll be bringing together the best Irish acts, all of whom are performing their shows at the Fringe, and getting them to do their funniest club sets.
Start your day off with a laugh as 3’s Comedy: Mornings brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and Ben Searle, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a new hour of hi…
The night is dark and full of laughs with Black Widows, where the boldest female comedians come to push boundaries and tackle taboo topics.
Wagner turned up to 11! A hilarious dive into the ridiculous world of opera and life as a Valkyrie and Rheinmaiden, peppered with hits from Puccini and Verdi from Berlin’s thrill…
I gave you Politics for Bitches and What Would Beyonce Do?! Now brace yourself for my female Book of Mormon.
Comedy’s best nepo baby (and there’s a lot) returns.
A new gig-theatre show featuring songs by Kyle Falconer of The View.
Gaslighting Is My Love Language by Fielding Edlow (Bojack Horseman) is about an intimacy-avoidant woman who just wanted a boyfriend but ended up in a 13-year marriage/light hostage…
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Phil Ellis.
After a three year hiatus, Tom Skelton, Daniel Roberts, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their critically-acclaimed improv show, Aaaand Now For So…
The Northern Irish Comedy Protocol is a showcase highlighting the best brand-new comedy talent from the new explosion in Northern Irish comedy (that is probably more of a triggerin…
From the sweatshops of Wuhan to the stages of Berlin, Moni Zhang is bringing you a show that’s equal parts comedic and cathartic.
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the B…
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
The UK’s first permanent LGBTQ+ comedy club comes to Edinburgh Fringe and we’ve got a bunch of queer comedians who we know you’re going to love! Every night join us for an hour sho…
Step, if you dare, through the portal of metamorphosis and into this curious kids quest! A quest, around the entire room! Together we scale the majestic bean-bag mountains.
Robin’s first solo show was a disaster, but a disaster that ended with him punching a melon with Vernon Kay’s face drawn on it before singing Mustang Sally (still no cruise shi…
The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul…
The Improv Musical returns to Fringe as strong as ever with a silly, fun, toe-tapping show.
The holiday meal gone wrong is a classic sitcom episode and genre of comedy, as surprise revelations and drama abound.
50% Bristolian.
Live comedy with live animals.
City trader, Olly, still recovering from the death of his boyfriend, Sam, has a chance encounter with homeless teenager Aaron.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
I’m sick of everyone moaning all the time, so I’ve written a show about how bloody great everything is.
If you think that opera is performed by a bunch of clowns, this is the show for you.
Catch four of the best up-and-coming comedy acts in the 17th year of the Comedy Reserve, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartill Fund.
‘You have to look back to see the way forward.
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
Mr and Mrs Love is a jukebox-esque musical that would work a lot better if it relied more on the strength of its actors as singers rather than force a plot on them.
Public looks like it could be the next big musical phenomenon to have passed through the Fringe.
Catch four of the best up-and-coming comedy acts in the 17th year of the Comedy Reserve, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartill Fund.
Goya Theatre’s new musical Actually, Love manages to find the sweet spot between being softly tender and incredibly rousing, as it pokes fun at and dismantles various rom-com tro…
Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA.
‘Such a discovery is playwright Lia Romeo’ ***** (TheaterMania.
Can love survive when someone dies? ‘No bastard ever warned me that your love life goes down the shitter when someone dies.
Tartan Tabletop: The Neverending Quest is not your average improv show.
Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus.
Comedian Mamoun Elagab will not kiss your ass.
What makes a footballer a hero? What makes a hero a legend? Locality? Loyalty? Skill? Players like Bobby Walker appear once in a generation.
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve.
So they’ve both swiped right.
‘I felt this pressure to be sexy from the second I got tits.
Australia’s premier First Nations comedians bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land.
From the award-winning company behind SiX comes INVASION! An Alien Musical.
Approaching her 30th birthday, after ten years of failed romances, Laura meets with the six ghosts who have broken her heart to exorcise them for good.
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Evita returns to the West End this summer in an all-star concert at the iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane, accompanied by …
From the award-winning company behind SiX, On Your Bike and The Man Who Wouldn’t be Murdered comes INVASION! An Alien Musical.
A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year.
Approaching her 30th birthday, after ten years of failed romances, Laura meets with the six ghosts who have broken her heart to exorcise them for good.
The remarkably unacclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use o…
The remarkably unaclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use of…
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Who lives in a pineapple on a tour of the UK? Well it’s Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical based on the cartoon series by Stephen Hillenberg.
KEITH.
SpongeBob and his friends in Bikini Bottom face the total destruction of their undersea world.
Amarpal had the fortune and misfortune of being brought up in Bradford by working class parents but falling into the bland trapdoor of middle aged and middle class monotony.
KEITH.
Amarpal had the fortune and misfortune of being brought up in Bradford by working class parents but falling into the bland trapdoor of middle aged and middle class monotony.
Worshipped Opera Singer.
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
In the weeks before her 30th birthday, Kelly is facing an ultimatum.
Star of Mock the Week, QI and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Olga Koch, got a master’s degree and she won’t shut up about it.
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches)As Kaelan Trough and his husband celeb…
You sense the presence of an Extravaganza.
How to achieve a powerful and radiant sexual allure.
If any staff or patrons see Comedian Sean Morley on the premises of festival grounds please go to red alert.
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 …
An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs.
Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London, a member of Weirdos Comedy Collective and winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
Lulu Popplewell is a recovering addict, failed 'Love Actually' child actor, and hilarious comedian.
Adam has set off for the wilderness, determined to find meaning in solitude, embracing a new life of nothing but moss-covered rocks and the sound of crickets.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
Monopoly is a terrible game.
‘Run to the Nuns’ is a new, queer musical set in a fictional, modern ‘Nunnery’.
About the show Featuring a large cast and orchestra of young people, NYMT IN CONCERT showcases outstanding UK youth talent in vibrant, staged performances of extracts fr…
About the show Join Whole Lotta Comedy where the comedians of the future perform for you today.
About the showTHE JUNGLE COMES TO LIFE IN THIS NEW AND SENSATIONAL MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!WILD (The Musical) is an award-winning Broadway-style musical set in the jungle, with story …
Mark Robert Petty presents Don’t Tell The Bishops! The After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church on Sunday 2nd July at 7.
Starring Alice Fearn, and directed by Julie Atherton, Then, Now & Next is a heartwarming, original musical from writers Christopher J Orton and Jon Robyns.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl’s best known books, which is why the expectations are high for James Brining’s tour.
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL’S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – The Musical.
From the extraordinary story of Cecilia Giménez (Mary Tillett), writer Joe Wiltshire Smith has created a beautifully crafted play that embraces her innocence and resilience, while…
The Scouting movement is an established and respected institution, that hangs on the edge of our cultural understanding, even if we were never a Scout ourselves.
Welcome to the annual Scout Games! Scouts from around the world have gathered to compete but when an intruder threatens to sabotage the competition, it is up to Joe and Ayesha to p…
When Leo leaves for university his relationship with his long-term girlfriend falls apart.
Back the budding comics standing up for charity.
Five microphones and music stands, a coat rack and assorted instruments.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
Pebble Trust and Bird&BlendTeaCo bursary winning play ‘Can I Be Bored Now? is a theatre piece in which through dialogues, music and movement, two performers lead the audience on a …
Pebble Trust and Bird&BlendTeaCo bursary winning play ‘Can I Be Bored Now? is a theatre piece in which through dialogues, music and movement, two performers lead the audience on a …
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
Comedy is very subjective, and despite reviewing predominantly Birtish comedians who occasionally test the limits of my sensibilities, I have never felt particularly excluded by B…
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
A very special evening of music, poetry and dance performances reflecting the diverse creative talents of the late Irene Mensah.
A very special evening of music and poetry performances celebrating the life and creative talents of the late Irene Mensah.
Elf Lyons will perform an hour of anarchic comedy.
The Comedy Hole is a standup comedy collective based in Warsaw, Poland.
The Comedy Hole is a standup comedy collective based in Warsaw, Poland.
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
Your 20s are glorious; your 30s are a joy.
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
Experience the European Premiere of Black Panther in Concert as part of the Royal Albert Hall’s Films in Concert series.
Komedia Comedy Club joins Brighton Fringe Festival’s exciting new pop-up stage Caravanserai! Experience Komedia’s award-winning live comedy show, featuring two top stand-up acts …
Komedia Comedy Club joins Caravanserai, Brighton Fringe Festival’s exciting new pop-up stage, Luna Parc, and presents Komedia’s Comedy Caravan! Experience Komedia’s award-wi…
A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway…
Your 20s are glorious; your 30s are a joy.
Scared of commitment? Drink too much coffee? Own an NFT? Audience problems become a unique and oddly uplifting musical on the spot.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Welcome to Drag Therapy Theater where drag artist Indie Nile plays therapist & patient in a lipsync theatre show that is part therapy session, part pop spectacle.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Welcome to Drag Therapy Theater where drag artist Indie Nile plays therapist & patient in a lipsync theatre show that is part therapy session, part pop spectacle.
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith” Bruce Dessau (The Times) This is Arthur Smith’s love letter to the world of comedy and the playground of the…
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith’ Bruce Dessau” (Times).
International award-winning actor Benjamin Kelm brings his personal story of his time in New York to the stage.
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for another live crisis conference on Sunak, Starmer, Brexit, the Culture Wars and everything el…
Witness the greatest cast ever assembled live on stage, as the world-famous Spitting Image puppets tread the boards of London’s theatreland for the first time ever in IDIOT…
Step right up to the glamorous and chaotic world of Crown Cabaret! Although the cabaret and burlesque shows are exciting and salacious, ruling the underbelly of the exotic nightcl…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities.
Step right up to the glamorous and chaotic world of Crown Cabaret! Although the cabaret and burlesque shows are exciting and salacious, ruling the underbelly of the exotic nightcl…
Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do…
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest returns to the West End.
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
An alternative night of stand-up comedy hosted by Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones!
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
In this year’s Eurovision, Europe didn’t give the UK much love, but do the Brits still love the EU? Apparently so, at least judging by the cheerful welcome Cabaret Continentale…
Three comedians performing dark, vulgar and irreverent stand-up comedy from the very depths of their damned souls.
Three stand-ups performing twenty minutes of comedy from the very depths of their damned souls.
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
Who hasn’t sung along to “Hey, Big Spender?” Now, there’s a unique opportunity to hear the songs of Dorothy Fields - “I Can’t give you Anything but Love,” “A Fine Romance,” an…
Who hasn’t sung along to “Hey, Big Spender?” Now, there’s a unique opportunity to hear the songs of Dorothy Fields - “I Can’t give you Anything but Love,” “A Fine Romance,” an…
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
*TICKETS SELLING FAST* Moni Zhang is the WINNER of Berlin New Standup Award and founder of Berlin Mental Health Festival.
Moni grew up in a sweatshop in Wuhan.
Speakers’ Corner is like Twitter but hardcore.
A stand-up phenomenon that’s highly likely to be deported by the Government.
A stand-up phenomenon that’s highly likely to be deported by the Government.
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Project COMEDY: Gag’s Army.
Project COMEDY: Gag’s Army.
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Watch award-winning short spoofs brought to you by The DAFTAS - an annual short spoof film challenge.
The DAFTAS brings their award-winning short comedy films to Brighton Fringe.
Jody Kamali: Things we do for love 50% Bristolian.
50% Bristolian.
A brand new collection of up and coming comedic talent from around the south of England and Wales.
‘Nothing in the world will ever be the same’ 34 years after having starred in the original West End production, Michael Ball returns to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cele…
See double this summer as The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s madcap comedy about long-lost siblings and mistaken identities, unravels in the Globe Theatre.
A brand new collection of up and coming comedic talent from around the south of England and Wales.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Join us for The Horsies - the awards show filled with character comedians where everyone’s a winner and nobody knows what’s going on.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Join us for The Horsies - the awards show filled with character comedians where everyone’s a winner and nobody knows what’s going on.
BLUE was Derek Jarman’s final film.
Returning after the spectacular success of the 2019 concert, Doctor Zhivago will play The London Palladium for one-night-only in May 2023.
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun.
Meet Eddie, a successful failed actor, now a rap star in the making - except maybe he’s not as talented as he thinks he is.
Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun.
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Meet Eddie, a successful failed actor, now a rap star in the making - except maybe he’s not as talented as he thinks he is.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
The award winning Forge Comedy Club (Best Comedy Club - South 2023 Chortle Awards) is the hottest comedy ticket in Brighton all year round (#1 Comedy Club in Brighton - Trip Adviso…
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 4th year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
The award winning Forge Comedy Club (Best Comedy Club - South 2023 Chortle Awards) is the hottest comedy ticket in Brighton all year round (#1 Comedy Club in Brighton - Trip Adviso…
Brazen Hodgepodge: A Sketch Comedy Show The Lion & Unicorn Theatre Brazen Hodgepodge is a brand spanking new sketch comedy show! A fast-paced hour of original sketch comedy scene…
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 3rd year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
I was intrigued to see who would choose a regular Saturday night comedy club over the spectacle of the Eurovision final being shown all around Brighton.
Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia …
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia …
In its second Festival year, Extra Topping Showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Join us for an unmissable full-length concert performance of Bizet’s most celebrated opera, Carmen.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all …
With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country.
Smash hit musical Annie Get Your Gun is to be celebrated with a special one-night only concert production at The London Palladium.
Premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2021, After Love is a powerful exploration of love and loss.
Disney's iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don't forget Tigger too!) have come to…
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Two main questions flit through your mind as you watch SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat - firstly ‘God it’s brilliant,’ followed quickly by, ‘how are they allowed to do that…
“I am the Jesus Christ of politics.
Comedy Bloomers returns in 2023 with a lovely lineup of comedy talents.
Áine Gallagher is proud to be Ireland’s only guerilla Irish language teacher.
Usually avoid public bathrooms? Here’s one you won’t want to miss! PUBLIC is a pop/rock musical by new and exciting theatre collective, Stroud & Notes.
Carrie Hope Fletcher and Jamie Muscato reunite in a one-night-only concert of this achingly beautiful musical.
An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists.
Calling all chill seekers.
In 2022, Olga Koch wrote a master’s thesis about reply guys. This is a work-in-progress of a musical based on that thesis. ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph
Football, politics and the labour of love.
Abseiling lesbians! Queers in classrooms! Perverts panicking parents! And an act of oppression that inspired a generational riot.
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
On 25th February 2023, a remarkable event will begin in London’s West End.
Myths, mystical music and a magpie.
The Buzztones are back! Following smash-hit shows in 2019 and 2020, the pop-comedy maestros return to VAULT with a brand new, feel-good set of tracks and nonsense.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Tweedy’s Musical Mayhem! TWEEDY - the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham Everyman pantomime returns…
Tweedy’s Musical Mayhem! TWEEDY - the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham Everyman pantomime returns…
Noise From The Attic brings you improvised tales of terror inspired by your irrational fears.
It's a doggie-dog world out there Up Up UpIt takes us longer to figure it out.
This is a solo show about femininity and trauma.
FEET PICS AREN'T FREE! For sale: feet pics, freshly painted.
Happy CapitalDon’t bet on the wrong horseHEAR + NOWAn improvised, synthesized garden of sound Happy Capital - Tommy Harris Mark believes he's found his golden…
Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus.
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an evening of high quality analysis, low quality jokes, and recrimination and blame allocati…
“Being black is about fighting a white world.
Valentines? Palentines? Galentines? Whatever you’re celebrating on the 14th of February, join us for a feel-good evening packed with live music, songs and a whole lot of love! C…
Farting at a funeral.
Prawn CocktailAn ode to the singular crisp.
Stand up comedy showcasing top comedians from minority backgrounds.
This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the one you love at Love Songs by Candlelight in the heart of Covent Garden.
MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN A Film School Dissertation-Induced Meltdown Sentimental: A New Gig Musical Speaking of break-ups, the world’s ending.
Come on in, the water’s fine.
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
Join Faith, a young woman addicted to Love, on her quest into the dark heart of its enchantments - and if there’s any life worth living without them.
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
Finding love post pandemic isn’t easy.
Comedy UnRepped is a curated mixed bill show with selected acts who are at the early stages of their careers performing in VAULT Festival 2023, and most importantly, currently with…
Step into Love In and take your place amongst history’s revolutionary lovers: those who understood the transformative power of dedicating space and time to humanity’s simplest desi…
6 months after winning TV’s biggest reality dating show, Ben and Cyrus are fed up with fame.
Owen and Sarah haven’t seen each other in two years.
NICE showcases fantastic up and coming comics alongside funny people you’ve probably seen on the telly! With comedy ranging from the bizarre, to the silly, to the embarrassingly pe…
Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre.
Nina was going through life quite nicely, when POW! Suddenly! she wasn’t! Fear and Anxiety crept into normal every day situations.
Over a decade after winning RTE’s ‘Fame the Musical’ TV Show, West End stars Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi are returning to Dublin with a brand new show…
Over a decade after winning RTE’s ‘Fame the Musical’ TV Show, West End stars Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi are returning to Dublin with a brand new show…
A Chinese New Year charity party that transcends language and culture.
A Chinese New Year charity party that transcends language and culture.
Sunteţi aşteptaţi la un concert extraordinar de Crăciun, organizat de Diaspora Events.
Sunteţi aşteptaţi la un concert extraordinar de Crăciun, organizat de Diaspora Events.
Stand up comedy at St Elmos, the next hub of music and arts, located just a stones throwaway from Kings cross station.
Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli…
“A tantalising look at the world of Rita Hayworth” The Times Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her day, Fred Astaire’s all-time favourite dance…
Blippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music.
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
Bugsy Malone, the 1976 film by Alan Parker charlestons into Alexandra Palace theatre with a tremendous firing of custard pies! The cult classic of the spoof gangster movie reminds …
Ready to change your life? Start your journey to greatness and join the biggest pack of girlbosses and SHE-ros you’ll ever meet with Paradise! Gabriel’s been low lately…
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Presented by The People’s Players, the Liverpool’s Royal Court amateur theatre company.
Film Concerts Live! proudly presents the third instalment in the James Bond Concert Series, the world premiere of Spectre in Concert, produced in association with EON Productions a…
Film Concerts Live! proudly presents the second instalment in the James Bond Concert Series, Skyfall in Concert.
The James Bond Concert Series is back.
Buddy the Elf discovers he is an adopted 'human' baby from New York City and sets off on an adventure to find his biological father who has no idea of his son’s existence…
Off Broadway Comedy Club by Giggle GaggleThe Off Broadway Comedy Club is Brightons newest comedy night.
Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions.
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run in 2021, Amy Trigg‘s ‘enormously entertaining’ (The Guardian) Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me returns to Kiln…
From hand-jiving to slicked hair, Nikolai Foster’s Grease at the Dominion Theatre is a sprint down memory lane with extra twists.
Need a little help becoming the CEO of your life? Kick start a new ‘healthy’ relationship with yourself with this tool kit for confidence and success.
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 …
You are invited for a lively afternoon of debate and discussion on the versatile and diverse role of the dramaturg in Irish theatre making hosted by the Dramaturgs'…
Join us at the Museum of Comedy for the funniest Quiz night in London.Starts 7pm - Just turn up and take a seat!
Kirsty Taylor’s politically charged rap musical about the cost of living crisis in broken Britain opens in a recreated pawnbroker shop in Bradford.
1929, New York.
Maestro Qian Junping leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra at this Image China Concert with featured prize-winning soloists Ning Feng and Yang Xuefei.
Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns …
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Taking over Woolwich Works for the first time, get ready to be dragged through a catalogue of Gateau & Woo’s favourite musical hits, from Gypsy to Grease, Little Mermaid to The S…
Grant Black and Murray Lachlan Young’s Rehab is an entertaining musical that is full of potential.
Join Sir Andrew Davis and the RSNO for the finale of the 2022 International Festival with music to exhilarate, invigorate, calm and console.
This stunning masterpiece and Tony award-winning musical, based on the 1911 novel of the same name, returns to the West End for a one-night-only concert celebration.
Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife staff choir, is delighted to be returning to the Edinburgh Fringe following a two-year break.
Farting at a funeral.
Principal Clarinettist of the SCO and international soloist Maximiliano Martin accompanied by Scott Mitchell comes to St Mary’s Cathedral to perform works by Poulenc, Saint-Saens, …
Scottish singer/songwriter Gill Bowman shares a collection of songs, mostly self-penned, looking at the many aspects of love we encounter through life and set to her unique pared-b…
Aww, sookie sookie now! There’s a disco, a stand-up comedy disco, featuring the hippest comics in town, can you dig it? Hosted by Tom Lawrinson.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
A quality line-up of the hottest new acts in town.
Get Off Live Comedy Gala! Get Off Live Comedy is an industry born and funded independent HR that aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the industry we love.
One of The Guardian’s top five shows of 2021 returns for a limited run! Join The Duchess of Canvey on a hilarious journey of self-discovery as she reclaims her place in the heart…
Self-described musical genius James Love and his sequin-clad showgirl wife Stephanie have been married for 12 years.
Fiction’s greatest villains, from Hannibal Lecter to Cruella de Vil, are in court for their crimes in a rip-roaring musical comedy that will challenge everything you know about l…
Last year’s hit show is back with a new variant which will once again have you laughing, crying and talking about how lockdown was for you, for your neighbour and for your friends.
Lighthouse is an upbeat Irish-American musical full of original drinking songs and step dancing numbers.
The year is 1925; the place is New York City.
Treason is the explosive new musical about the gunpowder plot, set to completely blow you away, featuring stunning music by Ricky Allan and book & lyrics by Ricky Allan & K…
A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show.
The Late Shift is the one Fringe stand-up comedy show you do not want to miss! New York City is the stand-up comedy capital of the world.
Ancient Greece.
An evening of good old-fashioned Scottish entertainment featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers.
Paul Robeson is a world-famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner.
Maryellen barrels through fiercely feminist and seriously silly stand-up and storytelling littered with laughs (an alliteration).
‘Awesome late-night hilarity’ (ThreeWeeks) will be too good to miss.
Acclaimed choreographer Kyle Abraham’s newest full-length work tells stories of love, solidarity and friendship against a rich score of R&B and soul music by D’Angelo.
This is a show on top of Arthur’s seat, every day at 2pm.
In the 2022 Nicolas Shackleton concert supported by University of Edinburgh, Calum Robertson, Sally Carr and Juliette Philogene present an exciting programme of music for clarinet,…
Join Colin MacLeod and friends for an hour’s musical journey through the centre of Edinburgh to discover some of the Celtic music delights, tunes, their stories and the musicians…
Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…
Music from across the ages marking important royal events from deaths and funerals to weddings and coronations, sung by ‘one of Scotland’s (indeed the UK’s) musical jewels’…
This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled.
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…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
‘100% my type on paper.
Blippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music.
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Join us for a raucous night of laughter, raising much-needed funds for Waverley Care – Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
France’s greatest love guru, Pierre, swam from Paris to Edinburgh in the hopes of finally finding.
‘100% my type on paper.
Four acts, hosted by a sketch show? Late-night comedy, celebrating different acts each night from across the Fringe! Biscuit Barrel’s twist on the comedy night, based in Bristol si…
Worshipped opera singer.
Award-winning musical theatre company The Talentz are bringing festive sparkle to you for our eighth year at the Fringe.
Hundreds entered, 11 survive; now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
A musical reimagining of one of Oscar Wilde’s most beloved stories, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original score and soundtrack.
The Smell of Love is an autobiographical story about an anosmic’s search for love.
Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, Matilda tells the story of a precocious five-year-old girl who loves books, hates bullies, and is revealed to have telekinetic p…
The Smell of Love is an autobiographical story about an anosmic’s search for love.
‘Perspectives.
Warning: I want to be worldwide performer. I hope you do not mind but this show will pretty much just involve me going up there and being nice with it.
Based on the popular Scottish folk song, we follow the comic adventures of Maggie played by Jacqueline Hannan, a bus conductress in Fife in her new job.
A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle.
The rhythm of the tango underpins Los Guardiola - The Comedy of Tango in this superb production from Musique et Toile, but the show is much broader than the one dance form.
A rock concert in a courtroom.
We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ…
Ancient Greece.
A special school assembly harking back to the grand old days of the bawdy British boarding school, hosted by drag king and self-proclaimed “Head” Master Mr Brake Down.
Farting at a funeral.
Love and Piss is both a carnival of rebellion and a celebration of queer identity.
Almost everyone has lost someone, has loved someone.
Growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India and then being thrown into the West with no language, culture, personality, looks or even a clue. Standup Comedy Show by Joe Bains
Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings).
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Back by popular demand, Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh with all-new comedic competitors! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisati…
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Taskmaster star Sophie Duker is bringing Wacky back for two unmissable festival specials, joined by psychotically talented one-man white-man hous…
Comedians Nigel Lovell (twice UK Pun Championship finalist) and Pete Merre (talkSport, SoccerAM) love Wordle and Leyton Orient and so are used to comedy, tragedy and heartbreak.
North Sea Gas are a much-travelled professional trio.
Variety E-Seo is a young company taking the Korean traditional performing arts in a new direction: this concert takes the form of four pieces of yeonhee music and dance, with rhyth…
Award-winning Scottish marimbist and percussionist Calum Huggan performs a captivating and eclectic programme in St Mary’s Cathedral, including works by French composers Séjourné…
Dare to be different.
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
Top Comedy Pick, NY Times (2022).
The America’s Got Talent winner brings his latest smash-hit show to Edinburgh for the first time.
A Scottish/African group presenting original songs by composer/playwright, Neo Vilakazi, based in Edinburgh.
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Join the South African soprano and winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2021, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, with Simon Lepper at the piano in…
Enjoy an hour of classical music performed live by the talented ensemble Classical.
The Mystic Chorale have interactively brought their audiences into the singing experience, creating living communities of world song for more than 30 years.
Manchester’s award-winning free comedy club comes to Edinburgh for the first time! From the scene that produced the likes of Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas comes four rising stars, e…
Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh…
Clara tells the story of 19th century piano star Clara Schumann.
I never felt unwelcome at the Fringe until this performance.
Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots is the exhilarating true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift you higher than any platform boot…
A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee…
Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist…
Join hypnotist Jason Simmons as he takes you on a journey into the depths of your mind, stripping back the layers of your reality, in this highly interactive family-friendly unforg…
Join hypnotist Jason Simmons as he takes you on a journey into the depths of your mind, stripping back the layers of your reality, in this highly interactive family-friendly unforg…
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from all your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to t…
This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled.
Come join us for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Start the day with a riot of cray kid-friendly laughter for the whole family. Zany sketches, acrobatics, cirque skills and mayhem.
Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra launch the 2022 Festival with the spectacular Carmina Burana.
Music is magic.
Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez presents a beautifully intimate flamenco guitar concert.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
A one-off comedy extravaganza! For the past 37 years the Pleasance has been the home of new comedy talent in Edinburgh.
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
Clandestina is a queer women, trans and non-binary-led comedy show.
A beautiful, moving one-act play based on poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the sixth consecutive year – after five sell-out years! Awa…
Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography.
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival, and this year he’s been thinking about the future.
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
Before audiences step foot into the SpaceUK’s Annexe, a tune from a nearby keyboard drifts out of the theatre and floats down the hall to greet the audience.
Manchester’s award-winning free comedy club comes to Edinburgh for the first time! From the scene that produced the likes of Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas comes four rising stars, e…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as: ‘the relationship.
Comedians Nigel Lovell (twice UK Pun Championship finalist) and Pete Merre (talkSport, SoccerAM) love Wordle and Leyton Orient and so are used to comedy, tragedy and heartbreak.
The only place to see top Black comedians and cabaret acts from around the globe (who are still able to get in the country or afford travel).
Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music …
On the sand of his seaside home town, Myles Wheeler monologues about home, hospitals and let’s say hope for the alliteration.
Drop in daily to enjoy emerging and established artists playing for free at our specially curated lunchtime concerts.
Scotland’s Adult Comedy Show.
Having written over 200 songs during lockdown exploring some of the more comical aspects of the pandemic, Siobhan Argyle is bringing her sold-out show from Glasgow to the Edinburgh…
A sassy-ass show hosted by Richard and Greta: risque alter egos of multi award-winning, Fringe favourites Nina Conti (British Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star and more)…
Paul Robeson is a world-famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
Let’s talk about sex, maybe? Or, maybe not? After having radically different experiences with Sex Ed, Lindsay and Lea try to figure out exactly what they were supposed to learn, …
New York comedians Wyatt Feegrado (Bettor Days on Hulu, Amazon Prime), Lukas Arnold (2 million+ followers on Tiktok) and Otter Lee (Fairview on Comedy Central) present an afternoon…
Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy? Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly comedy and…
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Love, song, dance and murder – Domitius retells the tale from an unbiased viewpoint paving the way for audiences to experience that particular reign in Ancient Rome.
Rhythms of India by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students. Storytelling using complex footwork set to rhythmic music along with facial expressions.
Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art.
Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.
Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t…
Gethsemane has a wide selection of new, fresh, and contemporary music with rock, acoustic and classical themes.
Carr Crash is an hour’s comedy by Leslie Carr (father and Professor of computer science) and Ruby Carr (daughter and stand-up comedian) exploring the human side of Artificial Intel…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
Tuesday morning, 3am.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set list.
From the company that brought you the sell-out Fringe smash, Sunshine on Leith, Captivate Theatre presents a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.
‘I call myself an octogenarian, but I cannot prove it.
Join Faith, a young woman addicted to Love, on a quest into the dark heart of its enchantments – and if there’s any life worth living without them.
Named one of the 19 Unmissable Online Theatre Experiences by American Express Essentials Magazine, Lag: A Zoomsical Comedy is the world’s first original musical created to be perfo…
Let Philip Simon keep your little ones giggling more than that time they saw their teacher’s dirty washing on Google Classroom! Created during lockdown to entertain the children bo…
A Fringe institution since 1999.
Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical, and completely original comedy walking tour will take you through the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town with comic inspiration coming from…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Showcase of Scotland’s best comics.
The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
‘Oy Gay! is hilarious, clever and filthy! These talented comedians charm and entertain whilst exploring faith, community and life, with some classic material that still makes me la…
The cult hit stand-up panel show where the audience can join the fun without being picked on! Enjoy three top stand-ups answering the daft questions that have been picked using our…
A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show.
Eve’s eyes are green like guacamole, she has posh hair and a freckle on her chin and when she puts her hand on Elle’s arm… This heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story i…
Sharlin Jahan (BBC 4’s The Now Show, BBC Essex Radio) is a Bangladeshi, British, Canadian Comedian.
A comedy showcase for hotties! No uggos allowed! Previous acts have been Alfie Brown, Olga Koch, Phil Ellis, Stephen Bailey, Aurie Styla, Aaron McCann and Sophie Duker.
Following last year’s sell-out run, the return of the extraordinarily original and marvellously funny comedy about about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
UK Pun finalist and writer of one of Dave’s Best Jokes of the Fringe, Roger Swift resurfaces into the post-lockdown world with an updated version of his whirlwind roller-coaster …
Moni grew up in a sweatshop in Wuhan.
Written by Max Dickins (The Man on the Moor, Kin, The Trunk) and directed by five times Fringe First award-winner Hannah Eidinow, Love Them To Death explores Fabricated and Induc…
Two teams of comedians – one team depressed, one team anxious.
Part game show and part chat show.
It’s four years since George Steeves brought his Magic 8 Ball show to Edinburgh, winning the heart and mind of at least this reviewer with such an honest, bold theatrical collage…
‘Funny.
Stand-up philosophy is like stand-up comedy – except it’s philosophical.
The book-themed comedy compilation hit is back! If you’ve ever: paused after reading something to take a moment and collect yourself, read naked, thought the book was way better …
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
The best Estonian comedians are at the Fringe for the second time and they have their own show! Come and listen to an hour of Estonian stand-up, performed in English, that is relat…
A mother keeps pulling her ill son out of school.
Nina was going through life quite nicely, when – pow! Suddenly she wasn’t! Fear and anxiety crept into normal everyday situations.
Canadians are easy to get a long with and most importantly, funny.
Leicester Square’s Not So New Comedian of the year 2019 finalist Sean will talk about life experiences.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
From Mozart to Muddy Puddles! Peppa Pig – My First Concert is a fun interactive introduction to a live orchestra with everyone’s favourite Pig family! Join Peppa as she discovers…
As seen at festivals across the UK.
The 2018/19 cult, sell-out queer kiki returns! A spicy late-night mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts.
Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t…
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then grab your pet adult and join us! Award-winning c…
A delightful mess of a show combining the electrifying skills of award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and the vocal genius of world-champion beatboxer Hobbit.
In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Two internationally touring Canadian comedians, Andrew Packer and Jacob Balshin, perform a blend of stand-up and musical comedy with an emphasis on improvised crowd interaction.
Unfiltered compilation show, where the hecklers are being heckled.
That’s not an Australian comedy show, this is an Australian comedy show! Don’t miss this rotating line-up of the best Aussie and Kiwi comedians at the Fringe with host Daniel Muggl…
The best Irish comedians performing their own shows at the Fringe, will showcase their best club sets, with different acts in each show.
Comedy with an accent; comedy with a different point of view! The show is curated by your mischievous Taiwanese comic Kuan-wen and features comedians from all over the world who a…
A potty-mouthed romp through this bizarre-but-true story, from cult internet phenomenon and two-hit-wonder Kunt and the Gang.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.
After selling out at the Adelaide Fringe, Liars and Clowns comes to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative, underground and weird acts from around the festival.
Gabe Mollica brings New York-style comedy line-ups every night to Bar 50.
Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe.
One of London’s most exciting stand-ups and online stars (Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist 2018, Banana Cabaret New Act winner 2020, Radio 4), examines low-brow pop…
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comedians at this year’s festival.
An original, comedy musical set in a 5 day self-help retreat following a group of people with all sorts of first world problems; such as Paul, a man with severe toxic masculinity, …
Fresh, off-beat comedy from two former Cambridge Footlights.
Irish Comedy Showcase – The best Irish comedians at the Fringe will be starting your morning with some belly laughs, hopefully before breakfast.
You never know who Tehran Von Ghasri’s bringing to his stage.
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) for an hour of stand-up, sketch, song and much more.
An original, comedy musical set in a 5 day self-help retreat following a group of people with all sorts of first world problems; such as Paul, a man with severe toxic masculinity, …
Join Paul Mccaffrey and Seann Walsh for a live version of The UK’s Top 10 Comedy Podcast. Comedy’s two angriest friends just got angrier.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand up.
Alex Hylton is almost absolutely certain he’s in love.
Comedy for the Curious is a comedy panel show with a science twist.
A stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Tom Mayhew, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
Sometimes you’ve just got to listen to your balls.
‘A festival mainstay, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
Oh wow, the last two years have been awful haven’t they? So what do we do now? Laugh and pretend it’s definitely fine? Or deal with the trauma of multiple lockdowns, emotional shut…
Fladam (Florence Poskitt and Adam Sowter) are ‘the most amazing hilarious musical comedy duo’ (Harry Whittaker, BBC Radio York).
Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm.
Where do you start if your ultimate goal is a West End and Broadway musical? Revivals often start at Chichester and new concepts here at the Fringe.
Are you a love warrior? Turns out, I am!Hallmark movies might be cheesy and predictable, but they’re the kind of films that help people escape their lives, and during the pandemi…
Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…
Making A Murderer: The Musical is created by Phil Meaney, and tells the heart-wrenching story of the Avery family and the injustice they suffered at the hands of the American legal…
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
Love, Loss and Chianti stages two of Christopher Reid’s poetic works A Scattering and The Song of Lunch, both, as the title suggests, explore the liminal space where love and los…
Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music.
Alex Dawson (Róisin Bevan) is a successful social media guru.
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
Come and celebrate the start of this year’s Free Festival! See samples of all the top shows from this years Free Fest, the night before it begins – and party with the performers,…
A one-man performance spoken directly to the audience.
Yummy Mummy (and Headmaster’s wife, just for extra grown-up points) Louise runs the school choir and helps her teenaged daughter with her homework.
Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down.
Alexander S.
The most iconic film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, Interstellar and many more) played live in a unique, e…
The best film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Game of Thrones and more) played live in a unique classical-electronic performance featuring violin, …
This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio…
An investigation into Welsh and queer identity or a show for anyone with a complex relationship to home.
Neanderthal Canadian Trinidadian Norn Iron loon Law brings his half-baked thoughts on the last couple of years and a little time travel to boot.
This wacky, vaudevillian comedy extravaganza takes you on a journey led by the two Irish mayors of Laughtown, USA, where you’ll find absurd characters, silly skits, dynamite music …
Never Let Go is a thrilling, hilarious one-man show the New York Times calls ‘a feat of ingenuity’.
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 16th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Char…
An absurd comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread, and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
A brand new stand-up show from the Fringe favourite.
With sell-out seasons and five-star reviews in the UK and throughout Australia, the Allstars bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land.
Mama Love is a one-woman show in which Lea Blair Whitcher plays with the absurdities of the idealised and toxic images of motherhood in which she finds herself enmeshed.
WORSHIPPED OPERA SINGER.
A one-woman performance about knitting through grief, heartache and depression. All in a pandemic. Knitting or crocheting is encouraged.
WORSHIPPED OPERA SINGER.
Every night at 11:20pm this Fringe, we bring you the very best in live podcasts, stand-up specials, cabaret and clowning, compilation shows and much more.
PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STREAM FROM 8th AUGUST.
Thrust into power, Nero, a young Roman Emperor, seeks life as a musician and performer, but a series of threats against his life may prove to be his final act.
With music by ABBA legends Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics by the incomparable Sir Tim Rice, the iconic musical Chess returns to the West End for the first time …
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
MTS presents: The Addams Family Musical in Concert! The elite young performers of Musical Theatre Studio Ltd give you an exciting performance of The Addams Family.
Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene.
‘My Kind of Musical’ is a collection of original songs and comedy on being a chunky, musical-loving hoe in a world of perfection and exclusivity.
Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene.
A wonderful journey of song, celebrating some of the most iconic female singers and songwriters of the 60s-90s.
A wonderful journey of song, celebrating some of the most iconic female singers and songwriters of the 60s-90s.
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! tells the story of 8 gay men, friends and lovers, who all gather at a country house in upstate New York over 3 long weekend.
When three desperate housewives in small town America wish for the man of their dreams, they get more than they bargain for in this bewitching musical comedy returning to the West …
There has been much said in books and films about the life and times of Harvey Milk.
Cynthia is 23.
Award winning comic drama by Ioana Goga. If Fleabag and Bridget Jones had a baby this would be it!
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Need some Euro cheer? Never fear ‘Cabaret Continentale!’ is here! Join us for three nights of sensational and sexy variety Spiegel acts from around Europe, to really make your Fri…
“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?” Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly com…
“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?” Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly com…
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2022 Brighton Fringe.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
The affable comedian brings a unique and colourful show to Brighton Fringe consisting of his inimitable style of comedy combining with cartoons and caricatures drawn by his own han…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Come along to see Psychic Stu in his Phenomenal Stand Up Show! You may be lucky and get your fortune told by the man himself.
Ruby’s dad is the last of the Boomer generation, she’s the first of Gen-Z, they’re both stand-up comedians.
Ruby’s dad is the last of the Boomer generation, she’s the first of Gen-Z, they’re both stand-up comedians.
One decision creates two wildly different lives in this hilarious, uplifting and 100% improvised musical from top UK performers.
How much can one choice change your life? One decision creates two wildly different lives in this hilarious, uplifting and 100% improvised musical.
Psychic Stu takes on the world of fake mediums and not only stands up for the holistic world, but unwittingly educates others on what to look for so as not to get conned.
Join the Sussex Symphony Orchestra for a truly rousing evening full of inspiring and evocative music.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
A comedy show with games for single party people! Bring a mate, bag a hot date - it might be fate! Kirsty Munro will hook you up even if you’ve been ghosted more times than Patrick…
A comedy show with games for single party people! Bring a mate, bag a hot date - it might be fate! Kirsty Munro will hook you up even if you’ve been ghosted more times than Patrick…
Since 2005, the ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Join the Sussex Symphony Orchestra for a truly rousing evening full of inspiring and evocative music.
Since 2005, ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
An award-winning musical, ‘Clean!’ is a rousing play about the women of laundry hill, Brighton.
Clean! The Musical is as unique a musical as you'll find at the Fringe.
Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs.
Scared of commitment? Drink too much coffee? Own an NFT? Audience problems become a unique and oddly uplifting musical on the spot.
Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway…
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
Guava Palava Arts present an award-winning comedy theatre show.
How lovely to be back at St Peter’s Old Church.
Antipholus and his slave Dromio are searching for Antipholus’ brother Antipholus, who was lost in a shipwreck.
The sweet journey of an unlikely pear of lovers.
Watch up to ten award-winning short spoofs in one place brought to you by The DAFTAS - an annual short spoof film challenge.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’: a twisted musical tale inspired by the likes of Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun.
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’: a twisted musical tale inspired by the likes of Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
Violin and piano concert with discussion
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
Phunky physics, catchy chemistry and bangin’ biology.
Phunky physics, catchy chemistry and bangin’ biology.
The Forge Comedy Club is Brighton’s Flagship Stand Up Comedy night.
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 3rd year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
The Forge Comedy Club is Brighton’s Flagship Stand Up Comedy night.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
Violin and piano concert with discussion
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
A late-starter comes out about her first kiss, desires, and strawberries.
In our world of fast fashion, the buy-now-pay-later mentality fed to us by banks like Klarna and the rising cost of living, Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money will truly resonate with…
Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
Discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top acts and an MC! Boasting the hottest line-ups including; Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jordan Brookes, Olga Koch, Barbara Nice, Jarr…
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
A late-starter comes out about her first kiss, desires, and strawberries.
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
Dennis Kelly is one of the UK’s most extraordinary and original writers working today.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajun…
A night of conversation and song with Joshua Morgan (Ain’t Too Proud, Les Misérables), hosted by Off-Broadway actor Patrick Oliver Jones and his top 25 theater podcast Why I’ll …
Join Love Ssega at the National Gallery for Love Ssega’s HOME-zero, a promenade performance exploring themes of sustainability and social housing, uplifting young voices through …
Kathleen loved to write.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief.
Has he gone yet…? As the Government teeters on its foundations and the council dog warden comes for Boris “Big Dog, Honest” Johnson, the cult politica…
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…
Back again and bigger than ever - Roles We’ll Never Play arrives at the Lyric Theatre for a night of musical theatre madness.
The musical gameshow sensation with Chris Hide - spin the wheel to pick a theme or win a big prize!Wednesdays from 9pmTicket link
A farmer, singing cabbages and magicHow do you teach cabbages to sing? Why is magic so dangerous? How did a group of strangers find their way onto a hidden farm? Find ou…
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
Never Not Once by Carey Crim tells the story of Eleanor, who attempts to find her biological father - uncovering a traumatic family secret in the process.
Unrivalled in their ability to present exciting and new international choreography as well as some of the most memorable masterpieces from the past 100 years, Rambert Dance Compa…
Join author, campaigner and podcast host Ruairí McKiernan, Senator Lynn Ruane and special guests for what is guaranteed to be a lively and inspiring conversation …
Bringing top improv comedy to Shoreditch “Sprout”, veterans of two sell-out Edinburgh festivals shows, will be presenting “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games, scenes and sto…
We never get off at Sloane Square is an adaptation of Helen DeWitt’s novel, The Last Samurai – the story of a mother, Sibylla, who singlehandedly homeschools her son, Ludo, whi…
Deck the halls with Customs Manifest Forms and don’t expect any turkey – it’s the end of year festive live special from Oh God, What Now?, the hi…
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Call Mr.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
‘I’ve had enough of keeping my eyes down, mum.
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.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Shakespeare’s ever popular fairy-tale farce of everyday miracles, mistaken identity and double vision, directed by comedy master Phillip Breen.
Based on Baz Luhrmann’s epic love story, Moulin Rouge is a larger-than-life electrifying musical.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
PICTURE IT!MANCHESTER 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally on TOUR!We’ll thank you for being a friend for two nights on…
It is the True Crime Convention at the Museum of Comedy and fans have gathered to see their favourite True-Crime stars, get autographs and watch live podcast recordings …
Queer bxbes,We are delighted to be back at Kindred on Thursday October 24th with another incredible lineup celebrating comedy, queerness and Halloween.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
A delightfully funny and touching musical
Anything For Love – The Meat Loaf Story: It’s all about the music! Following his sell out 2019 national tour, the highly acclaimed Steve Steinman brings you …
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…
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Doll and Ted are storytellers.
For the first time in the UK you can now celebrate the music from three of the most iconic artists of all time.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Comedy Bloomers is back for October with an As seen on TV Special Edition featuring a selection of professional acts who’ve appeared on TV and Radio!Supporting them are the usual c…
Stand-up comedy! Drag! Games! Prizes! Camp! Welcome to the third edition of Queer Comedy, The Glory’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive comedy night.
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Corinthian King Sisyphus is tired of the holy powers-that-be controlling his humdrum and repetitive life.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
A comedy about love, marriage and the family you choose.
Known from Soho before Corona and on Zoom during Corona.
THESE GROOVY WITCHES ARE BACK! The bewitching event from Coco Femme Fontaine & Daisy Puller returns to Fontaine’s Bar for a COVID considerate, magical lounge performance.
Detroit comedian Mike Geeter is coming bringing the funny to MoC! As an Ivy League dropout and community college graduate from Pontiac, MI, Mike brings a po…
Another lovely comedy evening, this time with Russell Arathoon, In 2018 Russell made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed show The Curious Incidents Of The Gay …
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
When it comes to what we deem sensual or erotic, we can be tempted to start with the performative.
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Out of hard times, something magical can rise.
Love, Genius and a Walk, at Theatro Technis, a venue billed as ‘one of London's best-kept secrets’, is an ambitious exploration of how artistic individuals struggle with ma…
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
PICTURE IT! BRIGHTON 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally off on it’s long anticipated tour to Brighton!This September …
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Comedy Bloomers returns for 2021 with a lovely lineup to get the rest of the year started.
https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/
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The mother of all mistaken identity comedies, The Comedy of Errors gets a lockdown makeover in the hands of the bilingual theatre group The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company.
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Hey queer bxbes,We are delighted to be back at Kindred on Thursday September 9th with another incredible lineup celebrating comedy & queerness.
PSA is a small collective of visual artists, performers and musicians formed in the wake of the pandemic to bring people together after so long apart.
Presented by Tylor and Vincent & Alissa Anne Jeun YiAlissa Anne Jeun Yi: Daddy IssuesDaddy Issues is a drag king, comedy and performance art show about how I was called to move out…
Mother’s Comedy Ball is a new monthly comedy night bringing you the funniest and most diverse of London’s up and coming comedians.
Queer Clash Diary - Where are we now? Tuesday 7th SeptemberThe Yard Theatre11am - 6pm 10 (15 Solidarity Ticket) Bringing together promoters, producers, venues, performers…
PICTURE IT! LONDON 2021!Following the announcement of our Brighton shows, due to popular demand we have decided to add a one night only London Preview, exclusively at The Two Brewe…
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our MIGHTY gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
In its 6th year of drunk comedians.
Stand-up comedy! Drag! Games! Prizes! Camp! Welcome to the second edition of Queer Comedy, The Glory’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive comedy night.
Spirit of the Fringe, multi-award-winning, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comedian, author and explorer Tim FitzHigham is here for one solo show only.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
Monkey Barrel Comedy’s alternative comedy night, Project X presents, all the way from Tennessee (US of America), The Chuck Wagon Chuckle with Dusty Rambusky! Join Dusty and his ban…
After the year we’ve had, we all need a bit more love.
Farting at a funeral.
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
A musical adaptation of the masterfully satirical novel Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov: When Sergei Leontievich’s bid to take his own life fails, they dramatises their novel whose …
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
Part game show and part chat show.
A musical adaptation of the masterfully satirical novel Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov: When Sergei Leontievich’s bid to take his own life fails, they dramatises their novel whose …
Elspeth McVeigh’s an accomplished singer of baroque and early Scottish music with performances described as having a haunting, ‘entrancing voice.
One night in a dimly lit alley way Molly meets a sinister stranger with a terrifying secret called J.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
Love Me is one of three plays bought to the Edinburgh Fringe 2021 by York DramaSoc.
Prepare to fall in love with Disney’s FROZEN all over again, as a brand-new theatrical experience arrives in London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane this August.
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and stand-up, Paul Dennis brings his music and comedy together for the first time.
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot” - Charlie Chaplin.
Directed by Christine Devaney and featuring an ensemble of Edinburgh-based performers, Field is an immersive, uplifting work that has Arthur’s Seat as its backdrop.
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot” - Charlie Chaplin.
Celebrating 40 years on the road, North Sea Gas are back at the AMC again.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings Fauré’s moving and famous work.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
Welcome to Hill Valley! Take an electrifying ride back in time as the 1985 blockbuster film and pop culture phenomenon arrives in London’s West End as a groundbreaking new musical …
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Tony returns without understanding or any idea of what comedy was and it is.
Pick of the Fringe award winner Ivor Dembina, presents a revised and updated version of his solo Jewish comedy show – a story with jokes about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
A fabulous selection of outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
Tony returns without understanding or any idea of what comedy was and it is.
What is love? Perhaps we can work it out together? LOVE YOU is a solo show that blends storytelling & dance written & performed by Samantha Morrish.
What is love? Perhaps we can work it out together? LOVE YOU is a solo show that blends storytelling & dance written & performed by Samantha Morrish.
So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field As seen/heard on BBC One, Radio …
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
The Dust Behind the Door: A midsummer’s dream for Hermia? More like a mid-life crisis.
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Hosted by Pierre Novellie and featuring Mark Watson, Rachel Fairburn, Njambi McGrath, Joe Thomas and Eshaan Akbar.
ICCA UK finalists Sweet Nothings bring you a battle of the ages.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
The Scottish-African choir present upbeat, vibrant songs from a new musical set in Scotland and Zimbabwe.
From appearances Mock The Week and QI and others, Eshaan Akbar comes to Edinburgh for three nights only.
IRL Queer Meditation Sunday 15th August 1pm Finsbury Park.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Stand-up comedy show featuring acts that are positively freaky.
Workshop : Being of InfluenceDate : Saturday 14th AugustTime : 15:00 - 18:00 UKT / 10am - 1pm ESTLocation : VirtualAudience : LGBTQ+Cost : FREE (Donations accepted) ‘Bei…
The grannies in the show will tell you their life stories through singing and playing the moon guitar.
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
‘Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (SingOut USA), who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots-based songwriting and…
Inspired by the music of Leonard Cohen, this piece examines the truth behind love songs.
Inspired by the music of Leonard Cohen, this piece examines the truth behind love songs.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to dazzle children (aged 6+) and their families.
Stand Up Comedians who all trained at London’s Best Comedy Venue; The Bill Murray, all come together to bring you a night of fun! You’ll laugh, cry and have something to chat t…
Stand Up Comedians who all trained at London’s Best Comedy Venue; The Bill Murray, all come together to bring you a night of fun! You’ll laugh, cry and have something to chat t…
Roll up as Britain’s two most addictive political podcasts face off in a show of two halves.
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
When the red-suited moustachioed plumber goes missing, the Princess realises she has to break the cycle of her role as “damsel in distress”, turn the tables and go on an advent…
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
When the red-suited moustachioed plumber goes missing, the Princess realises she has to break the cycle of her role as “damsel in distress”, turn the tables and go on an advent…
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
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.
Comedy for the Curious is the comedy chat show where curiosity and stand-up comedy are combined.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Hosted by Colin Etches and Rachel Morton-Young, the Sounds Proper Comedy Showcase presents a variety of high-quality stand-up comedians every Sunday.
Join the Violin Orchestra and the violinists of ViolinSchool for a summer extravaganza of wonderful violin music, including: The Blue Danube, Largo from Xerxes (Handel), the Weller…
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
We’re proud to present our evening of summertime hilarity, mirth and merriment for your pleasure.
The spectacle marks the 50th anniversary of Tubular Bells, the debut studio album by English multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter Mike Oldfield.
Pick of the Fringe award winner Ivor Dembina, presents a revised and updated version of his solo Jewish comedy show – a story with jokes about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a colourful concert that features PIVOT, a new work by New York-based composer Anna Clyne.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show.
The Manchester Revue are proud to present their new sketch show, Free Shot On Entry! Bringing you the best comedy The University of Manchester has to offer, prepare to question eve…
‘Sensational’ is how one viewer described this high-quality filmed version of Mark Wheeller’s moving play.
The Big Show returns to the Fringe! Monkey Barrel Comedy’s top-rated, sell-out weekend extravaganza is on every night at 22:15 (not 12th), with a top mixed-bill line-up each even…
Lockdown has been a universal experience for everyone in this country.
Lockdown Love Story is a UK-based comedy created by Alice Fforde and Charlie Dryden, highlighting the ups and downs of online dating during a pandemic.
Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez presents a truly special guitar concert.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes.
Wallace & Gromit: In Concert.
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.
The original folk music of Glorieta Pines is inspired by the mysticism of the American Southwest.
The story of Emily: brassy, funny and forthright.
Both a rom-com and a serious work, you can treat My Zoom Call with Andre like a game rather than merely a movie.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script and no set list.
Corona Cutie is a student-written-and-produced virtual musical created completely remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fresh off her triumph as Best Actress and recovery from a recent brush with death, Elizabeth Taylor is struggling with her hardest role yet: herself.
Including The Wrong Trousers.
Don’t miss this post-pandemic solo show from the multi-award-winning Scottish stand-up regularly hailed as the best headliner in the country.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! The Stand’s flagship contemporary Scottish comedy show returns! A Fringe institution but this time with four acts, seating, table service …
Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires).
Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice.
Free concerts every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday throughout August.
Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice.
Every Tuesday, come down to Bar CMYK in Wimbledon for South London’s only weekly LGBTQIA+ comedy night.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has been a rip-roaring success since the show started in 2008.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Mistaken identity, two sets of twins and lots of frivolity is what makes this unique bi-lingual production of Shakespeare's classic comedy The Comedy of Errors.
As if so-called ‘Freedom Day’ had not generated enough excitement on Monday 19th July, the Arcola Theatre had its planned reopening that evening and showcased its fabulous new …
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Tom ‘The Haircut’ Ward is back.
Tom ‘The Haircut’ Ward is back.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Multiverse Musical is a show with a twist.
Tarascas Fiasco presents: The Marching Skaletons An 8-piece day of the dead inspired band from Brighton with their celebratory musical fusion of ska, Latin and eighties pop, guara…
Farting at a funeral.
An absurd two-hander comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
An absurd two-hander comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
I was five when I first heard them.
A TOTAL REIMAGINING OF THE CLASSIC STORY.
I was five when I first heard them.
Having performed a series of cabarets at the Barbican Art Gallery and a charity concert for Bono and Chris Martin, “cabaret kings” William Ludwig and Dean Austin return with �…
With colourful characters from across the medieval heavens and earth.
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc…
With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc…
Need some Euro cheer? Never fear ‘Cabaret Continentale!’ is here! Join us for three nights of sensational and sexy variety Spiegel acts from around Europe, to really make your Fri…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
Running through different eras of history, Clean - The Musical wiped the floor with its heartfelt, touching overlapping of stories of seven women who lived in Roundhill, Brighton.
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
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.
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are back together again thanks to a sensational musical experience, Judy and Liza.
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are back together again thanks to a sensational musical experience, Judy and Liza.
Since 2005, the ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
Heavy drinking, with all its attendant chaos, can be a sobering experience.
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC THOMAS GREEN fresh from a sell-out Australian festival season with NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighting Talk’, ‘The Blame Game’, ‘The Michael Mc…
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC STEPHEN GRANT (Brighton’s own award winning compere) with CALLY BEATON (‘QI’, ‘The Apprentice You’re Fired’) NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighti…
Heavy drinking, with all its attendant chaos, can be a sobering experience.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Char Brockes and Jack O'Neill (Ava Cardo) brought the Rialto Theatre to life with their unique styles of drag and slapstick comedy, in order to explore the theme of Romantic Co…
This new comedy musical is based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte.
Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful.
After many long months of closure, we are now absolutely delighted to bring back Komedia’s renowned (and now socially distanced) live stand-up show, Krater Comedy Club! Discover…
After many long months of closure, we are now absolutely delighted to bring back Komedia’s renowned (and now socially distanced) live stand-up show, Krater Comedy Club! Discover…
After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here.
‘It’s not all that glitters is gold, half the story has never been told’ - Bob Marley Lively up yourself and celebrate the story of Jamaica’s global superst…
Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
I love Krishna is a compilation of videos of songs performed by Shashika Mooruth in which she sings about her love for Krishna, the flute player God of India.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
I love Krishna is a compilation of videos of songs performed by Shashika Mooruth in which she sings about her love for Krishna, the flute player God of India.
Signature Sound Acapella is a music group with a passion for experimental acapella.
Based on the winner of Brighton Fringe 2019’s Best New Play, ‘Clean: The Musical’ tells the tales of women of laundry hill area, Brighton since 1870 and is a rousing celebration …
Signature Sound Acapella is a music group with a passion for experimental acapella.
Based on the winner of Brighton Fringe 2019’s Best New Play, ‘Clean: The Musical’ tells the tales of women of laundry hill area, Brighton since 1870 and is a rousing celebration …
Following two previous Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows, Coily Dart Theatre present another brand-new comedy musical, based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte.
After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here.
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you! Performances on 6 days per week, 4 to 6 times per day, from 17:30 until 23:00 on weekdays and 14:3…
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajun…
Tickets: £16Duration: approx 2hrs.
We could all do with a distraction.
Kill The Cat Theatre invites you to play what seems to be a simple game of blackjack in the “The House”.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
Deck the halls with holly because Christmas has come early as the biggest stars from London’s West End celebrate the festive season in WEST END MUSICAL CHRISTMAS – LIVE…
There’s no stopping The Showstoppers! With twelve years as an Edinburgh Festival must-see phenomenon, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, …
Love Letters first opened in New York in 1989 and was a finalist in the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
A newlywed couple find themselves in a caravan honeymoon in the West of Ireland.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajuns pân�…
Detroit comedian Mike Geeter is coming bringing the funny to MoC! As an Ivy League dropout and community college graduate from Pontiac, MI, Mike brings a pointed look at…
Three short plays exploring those moments that may alter the course of love and life.
An evening of good, old-fashioned Scottish entertainment, featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers.
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Billy’s 12th Fringe appearance.
Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa…
Through song and improvisation, Bookends follows two people’s relationship as it changes over time, delving into life and the intricacies of human connection.
A powerful musical about living with dementia.
Known for their exciting ensemble and physical theatre work, students from North London Collegiate School are delighted to return to the Fringe to perform Caryl Churchill’s 2012 ka…
When exes Claire and Niamh bump into each other for the first time in years while out with their current partners, they have no idea just what they’ve gotten themselves into.
Enthusiastically vote alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2020’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and shiny moose trophies.
Over the last 40 years, North Sea Gas have travelled the world taking their very own distinctive blend of Scottish music far and wide.
What would happen if Ludwig van Beethoven met Albert Ammons!? They might play classical and boogie-woogie piano for each other, exchange anecdotes and musical facts, or perhaps eve…
They’ve cycled 1500 miles to get to the Fringe, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes they need for their brand new show.
A brief story with three songs, rejoicing in new-found love during lock-down after the pain of personal bereavement.
Love, Loss and Cake premiered at the Fringe last year.
The Edinburgh satirical smash hit returns newly revised and updated! Election 2020.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Two fit guys discover they can earn big bucks from tickling.
This show is a musical comedy with adult themes and scantily clad men! It contains steam and lots of bubbles! Billy is a young man, looking for love.
A brand new hour of jokes from Alfie Brown; the country’s best non-famous comedian.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? Grab your pet adult and join us! Direct from a UK tour and last year’s sell-out run; we’re back …
Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
A fabulous selection of outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
The only fast-paced, pun-tastic comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for an incredible 13th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is creat…
The perpetrators of 2019’s satirical smash hit Now That’s What I Call Brexit – ‘Searing satire’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide.
Fresh from sell-out performances in London and Los Angeles, two of the co-creators of Fringe sell-out smash-hit Thrones! The Musical bring you a Harry Potter parody musical that is…
LOGAN MURRAY’S COMEDY SUMMER SCHOOL ‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
A NEW INTERACTIVE GAME THEATRE PIECE THAT YOU CAN PLAY FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.
Academy Award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is back as Deloris Van Cartier with BAFTA Award winner Jennifer Saunders in the role of Mother Superior as the newly adapted product…
Olivier Award-Winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) leads the cast of Sammy, the major new musical based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
Five-time Latin Grammy Award-winner, Tomatito is recognised as one of the leading guitarists in contemporary flamenco.
PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
An introduction to comedy writing for the beginnner.
A brand new musical celebrating the very best of Essex What happens when an unposted love letter meant to be sent between a passionate young couple dating, only gets delivered ten…
Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is a surreal 2-handed comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick…
Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is a surreal 2-handed comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick…
Stephen Schwartz is the multi-award winning creator of an extraordinary catalogue of songs for stage and screen.
A team of top improv comedians are bringing a new monthly show to Manchester this month with The Totally Improvised Musical.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today.
Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today.
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 …
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but why are Eric & Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd so fondly r…
The heritage of comedy is a troubled one - littered with the shells of those whose genius is inextricably linked with struggles with mental health.
Q The Music Show James Bond Concert Spectacular has been a huge success all around the world with its energetic and exciting performance by some of the UK’s leading musicians.
Winner: Best New Writing, Buxton Fringe.
It’s 1895 and 24 year old Annie Londonderry has returned victorious to America, hailed as the first woman ever to cycle around the world.
“A Little Comedy”by A.
A comic valentine to musical theatre.
Thirty/20 Theatre, Assembly Festival and Suzanna Rosenthal Ltd presents Love, Loss & Chianti Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast Of London, Downton Abbey) and …
Based on the story of Grace O’Malley, the personification of Ireland, The Pirate Queen is a sweeping epic of love, honor, and piracy in Renaissance Ireland.
Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent.
One of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time is now coming to the West End! Pretty Woman: The Musical features direction and choreography by two-time To…
Gurnwah Productions - one of the most creative, prolific and downright hilarious production companies from Wales, embark on their first World Tour with their new hysteri…
Gurnwah Productions - one of the most creative, prolific and downright hilarious production companies from Wales, embark on their first World Tour with their new hysteri…
To have or not to have children – but when?! That is the question and the choice is yours.
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
Have your mind blown as you laugh yourself silly! A line up of the funniest, scariest, and freakiest, conjured up for your delight in our magic comedy club.
Rod Stewart is extending his 2019 UK summer tour into a winter arena tour, which will culminate in two massive shows at The O2 on Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 December.
The post-Election post-mortem.
Don’t miss the exclusive world premiere of Sleepless, the enchanting romantic musical comedy based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle.
2016 Brighton Fringe Audience Choice Award Winners: Steve Adams, Colin Galletly & Johnny Murph, collectively known as “AGM Comedy”.
Are you eager to discover the better comic who is lurking inside you? Do you need a push to break out of a rut with your comedy routine? Are you looking for support to u…
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teen-agers, a young girl, and an immortal cat …
At the Edinburgh Fringe this year, the Scotsman made this show pick of the musical comedies, declaring it a “must-see” - “beautifully crafted, cleverly…
Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest lead the laughs in this wild comedy that insists you don't have to be a woman to be a mother.
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are in the heart of the West End for three shows only.
Steve Steinman brings you his brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf’s greatest hits with special guest star Lorraine Crosby, the female lead vocalist on Meat Lo…
As a horror fan, I approached this performance with high expectations; I wanted to be scared, disturbed or mildly agitated at the very least.
Dark dreams, voodoo cults and undying gods from the forgotten deeps! Lovecraft’s classic gothic horror tale is brought to life through performance storytelling as a cold case…
Everyone hates bastards right? We agree.
Get into the Hallowe’en spirit and be the first to see Zombies: The Musical, a homegrown comedy in development about star-crossed lovers trying to find each other even in death.
While browsing some of the more risqué websites you may discover some titillating videos of various people trying to get each other to laugh, moan and groan simply by tickling.
Adrian Naidin revine la Leicester Square Theatre, duminică, 29 septembrie, de la ora 19:00, cu un concert extraordinar, pentru publicul român și nu numai.
Set in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge on a shabby corner, Brooklyn The Musical is a play-within-a-play staged by a rag-tag bunch of street performers who call themselves the Ci…
Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent.
Jon Robyns returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to celebrate the release of his new album, Musical Direction.
This is a Showcase, presenting excerpts from the full show.
Beginning in 1978, aspiring musician Daniel (Dylan Wynford) meets wannabe comedian Greg (Freddie Woodyatt) at an open mic night.
The heart-warming and hilarious Broadway show based on the classic movie starring Tom Hanks, comes to The Dominion Theatre for its West End Premier.
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Join us every Saturday night for a huge line up of the best comedy talent on offer.
The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Theatre legends Jon Haynes and David Woods of Ridiculusmus are back with Give Me Your Love, a funny and profound fable informed by groundbreaking research.
Alasdair Cameron ‘the Master’ (EdinburghGuide.
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCAs have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman …
Insightful compositions from ‘One of Scotland’s best singers’ (Tom Paxton).
Everyone’s favourite Pig family is back, leading an interactive introduction to live orchestra.
Kenneth Wilson performs a solo show of dramatic poetry from his 2019 collection, The Definitions of Kitchen Verbs, abetted and illustrated with solo airs, ballads and Bach beautifu…
Be spellbound by our magical musical tour conducted by Edinburgh’s very own Capital Concert Band.
Wind down and immerse yourself in an intimate, candlelit performance in this evocative location.
As part of his work on a film, Yorkshire composer Gavin Bryars recorded a homeless man’s song in 1971.
The cruelties of social media could have broken a girl’s spirit.
The popular From Shanghai with Love fashion show and exhibition will come back this year for the third time, bringing silk garments from China’s famous Silk Road combined with cu…
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
Acknowledged as ‘a forerunner in the new generation of classical guitarists’ (BBC Radio 3) and a graduate of the Royal College of Music, Michael Christian Durrant presents a progra…
The award-winning Aussie comedian is back with a brand-new show, taking on the end of the world.
At the turn of the 16th century, the first music ever to be printed was published by Ottaviano Petrucci in Venice.
From the management of Micky Flanagan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney and Hal Cruttenden, don’t miss the chance to see some of the hottest up-and-coming comedy acts of the mo…
A contemporary reimagining of classic horror characters.
Charlotte was a legendary Hollywood props mistress who disappeared from public view decades ago.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Looking for something really different? Have a look at our line-up of brilliant and original alternative comedians strutting their stuff in an intimate venue at the Fringe.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns! Book early to avoid disappointment.
This award-winning writer’s powerful one-man show tears through the curtain of manners to reveal the wildlife of neo-liberal Britain.
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…
100% my type on paper.
French-born Marianne has spent most of her adult life in the UK.
We are a professional, Scotland-based classical music ensemble – a flexible group that explores and performs a variety of pieces from solo to chamber orchestra repertoire.
All the way from the land of sun, sea and Mexican* sombreros (*not Spanish!) these intrepid comedians have made their way to Edinburgh by sea, air and Megabus, to show the world th…
‘I ate the divorce papers, Charles.
This show follows the journey of a team of podcasters setting out to investigate the disappearance of an iconic infomercial grifter.
Hoist the mainsails and prepare for a thoroughly ridiculous adventure.
What is anything really worth? Tony Law (Chief Auctioneer) and his team of “experts”, Ed Aczel, Thom Tuck, Ben VanDerVelde and Katy Schutte plan to find out.
Friz Frizzle, the self-proclaimed ‘Song-Ruiner’ has a dream: to ruin your childhoods by bastardising well known songs that you grew up with.
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
Imagine Bandersnatch with less clothes, more STDs and an instagram filter over the screen.
Folksy Theatre describe their touring, and frequently open air, production of The Comedy of Errors as being ‘Filled with Folksy's wonderful live music, audience interaction a…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, grew out of the conviction that singing is good for the soul.
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but while Eric ‘n’ Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd are still celebrated, some of the gr…
Two Scotsmen and an Englishman welcome you to a concert of mostly Scottish traditional music and songs played on guitar, mandola, Scottish small pipes, fiddle and whistle.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
Experience a slice of West End in Edinburgh, with a musical theatre showcase presented by Goldsmiths, University of London’s Musical Theatre Summer School students! Featuring new a…
An evening of poetry and music given by John Coutts and Ayman Jarjour.
‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record review).
‘Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer/songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (Sing Out!, USA) who’s developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots-based songwriting and…
The Importance of Being Earnest meets A Mid Summer Night’s Dream in this original classical comedy.
Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
After last year’s sell-out shows, Scotland’s foremost folk entertainers are back.
You see a person, she sees the colour blue.
Love & Tigers is a one-man show exploring what it is to be a brother, a son, and a man.
Join everyone’s favourite dynamic duo as Wallace prepares to perform his musical masterpiece My Concerto in Ee Lad with help from his faithful canine companion Gromit.
Mark Knight had the honour of performing to a packed-out room, clearly up for a fun Friday night of Mind Reading and Hypnosis – any Edinburgh performer’s dream scenario.
Dorian Ford, internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, performs Keith Jarrett’s brilliant 1975 iconic improvisation.
The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill.
This mystical dance performance is about the connection between what we see and what we believe.
The best night of comedy on the Fringe, with all proceeds going to Waverley Care: a charity the Pleasance has supported for the last 28 years, providing care and support to people …
The tenor/countertenor duo of Hugo Mallet and Fritz Spengler perform famous airs and arias of the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919).
Coming off their sold out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City and Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles, this concert version of Dahan and D’Angelo’s emotional and exp…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
Complete sell-out 2017 and 2018.
Based upon an idea by David Gest and Michael Jackson, Robert Burns the Musical by Tish Tindall is the story of love, Scotland and one man’s struggle to redefine his pride of worth.
Official launch of Ireland’s premier comedy festival, featuring top acts from the 2019 programme, including Andrew Maxwell, Terry Alderton and Danny O’Brien.
Les Miserables – The Staged Concert opened to critical acclaim at the Sondheim Theatre in December 2020 and was extended twice by public demand.
Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s Funniest Student 2019.
Smelling: there’s an app for that.
Screening the best quick-fire sketches and shorts by the next big undiscovered talents.
Join West End Producer as he auditions special guests for his Free Willy musical.
Call Me Blondie are a Southampton-based Blondie tribute act with one of the most accomplished and experienced line-ups working on the tribute circuit today.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
Ciara Harvie is an impressively talented mezzo-soprano from Edinburgh.
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Talented but troubled Clio has three months to go until the biggest boxing match of her life.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
A spontaneous play in the style of Caryl Churchill.
Most academic research needs to be more relevant, produced more quickly and for less money.
Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band based on the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Join us for a magical, marvellous hour of songs from your favourite movie musicals including Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman and some Disney classics.
‘Your children are not your children.
Behold, beware, behave! A brand-new sketch show from some comedians you don’t know! Join the Sheffield Revue in an adventure in time and sketch comedy.
Hey, you! Don’t watch that! Watch this! Another stand-up show from some comedians you don’t know! Featuring an amalgam of stand-ups from diverse backgrounds and influences and an M…
The Discount Comedy Checkout have been wowing crowds for over 10 years on the UK comedy circuit with 100% raw and unscripted comedy improvisation shows.
The Laugh 4 Change Comedy Fundraiser features some of the best comedians on the circuit who will come together for an hour of stand-up comedy in support of refugee action.
This five-star show returns to the Fringe following last year’s success.
Whitechapel, 1888.
This year’s Shackleton memorial concert, featuring horn player Andy Saunders playing the Courtois horn from circa 1840.
It’s the smallest comedy show in the smallest venue at the Fringe.
The comedy panel show NO ONE is talking about - but they should be! Two teams of two comedians compete in a series of ridiculous quiz rounds to win a very ridiculous prize.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Based on the classic Scottish folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Exuberant, vibrant, energetic, youthful! Black Never Die is a 10-piece rap outfit from Conakry, Guinea in West Africa creating seductive, colourful solid, groovy urban music.
Sold-out run: Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2019).
Grief is a tricky business and can make you do irrational things.
Join us for an evening of stand-up comedy to raise funds for Barnardo’s.
In this special one-off event, Plastic Elvis will thrill you with an evening of full throttle charisma, unstoppable rock’n’roll and jaw-dropping excitement.
A celebration of wonderful wildlife in songs and poetry with Joan Busby (mezzo-soprano), Brian Bannatyne Scott (bass), Walter Blair (piano) and Joshua Manning (reader).
The Langonet String Quartet plays a programme contrasting a late work by Haydn, the inventor of the string quartet; an early quartet by Beethoven, the great revolutionary; and Dvor…
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A cabaret with songs and stories about love, and loss of love (and cake crops up too).
For the romantic, the cynic, and the sick of heart – Love/Sick is a play about the kind of love you won’t find in fairy tales.
This International Japanese pianist gives two recitals of music mainly by Chopin, to include his second Piano Concerto with the Fyrish String Quartet.
Craig and Darren are some nice boys who hit the jackpot when their venue agreed to let them give away free nachos at every performance they do.
Pianist John Bryden, joined for one of the performances by St Mary’s Cathedral Assistant Master of the Music Joseph Beech, plays music by Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart…
Stephen Hough wrote: ‘The music of Federico Mompou is the music of evaporation.
Left-handed international pianist Christopher Seed performs Beethoven’s Sonata Op 109 and Schubert’s Drei Klavierstücke D 946 on his unique backwards fortepiano (high notes to the…
Last seen on the Fringe with their 2017 adaptation of Cymbeline, Shakespeare on a Shoestring is the next generation of the Fringe First Award-winning Shoestring Players.
Join Project X in welcoming the weird, wacky and the downright hilarious to the stage.
Back in Edinburgh for its fifth year, We’re Sorry! A rotating showcase of Canadian comedians in town for the Fringe.
Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay.
Queer, political theatre that tells a tale of feminist self-empowerment and delivers a powerful manifesto of self-realisation, erotic positivity and physical fulfilment.
A show about knitting.
Venture into a magic land of epicness with this film music concert.
This is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
Organists Duncan Ferguson, Joseph Beech and John Kitchen perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘Father’ Willis organ.
Brought to you by the folk orchestra of Hangzhou Jiangnan Experimental School of Zhejiang.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and mooch about and make you laugh at midnight.
Coming to The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol in the summer holidays, The Bird Show uses live music, puppetry and lots of silly bird puns in this heart-fluttering physical comedy about…
Research has got to the point that researchers like Stephen Lawrie (University of Edinburgh) can predict who will get some major mental illnesses years before they develop.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five-test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
A hothouse bursting with dazzling new comedy blooms (metaphorical), we present a ludicrous, bountiful plenitude of guests, hosted by an ever-changing line-up of Thom Tuck, John-Luk…
Undeniably nice young man stands around for 45 minutes, prompting a good time and the temporary approval of himself.
Ever been to a really well-run comedy club? Watch an hour of pro comedy for free instead of the £10 charge outside of the Fringe.
The comedy heist of the year! Hot off the London circuit, Will Preston (South Coast Comedian of the Year semi-finalist) and Ben Peel (So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist and s…
Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Venue in the UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the fourth consecutive year – after four sell-out…
This show is not cancelled! The debut solo show from American Gaulier-trained clown Darius Emadi, this energetic, anarchic show combines clown, bouffon, subversive audience interac…
Early Mornings – The Musical is a show about writing a show.
Essays about growing up a Texan cattle-raising milk-drinking gay baptist, to become a barefoot plant-based health coach.
How do you find love if you’re too ugly for Love Island? According to Nicola’s mother you contact the Daily Mail.
A one-off comedy extravaganza! For the past 35 years, the Pleasance has been the home of new comedy talent in Edinburgh.
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival – and this year, he’s been trying to escape.
After sell-out shows last year with The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back once again and the third times a charm.
What’s better than one stand-up comedian for free? That’s right, two stand-up comedians for free.
From ‘mercurially witty’ (Spectator) creator of YouTube smash 17 Million F*ck Offs – A Song About Brexit come comic songs, stories and stand-up for people who think the governmen…
Five years ago, at his best friends Sarah and Emma’s engagement party, James met the love the love his life.
Free Fringe Music.
Learn the skills and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Afternoon concerts have long been a feature of our day-to-day activities at St Giles’ Cathedral, and each year we continue to welcome artists from all over the world to perform in …
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and H…
Following on from their success in London, Blazers Comedy brings you an outstanding mixed bill from a plethora of hot-to-trot, up-and-coming, award-winning stand-up comedians, seen…
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Ireland’s best joke-teller returns to the Fringe with his new show full of one-liners and silly observations.
The rising cult comic presents a show for those without hope, looking for some.
The news is too horrible to joke about, so Joe’s looking for a new shtick.
The first man in space is back on Earth and facing new temptations.
Bringing you the funny part of life in Israel and perspective of Jews in the Middle East.
After a baffling 2018 run (The Wee Review Fringe Experience Award: ‘most memorable experience – be it good.
The Eastern European Comedy Festival presents English Speaking Comedy Borsch – the series of shows where some of the biggest acts from Eastern European countries translate their …
Always a source of top-quality musical theatre at the Fringe, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, brings us perhaps one of the best ways to spend a morning at Fringe.
Award-winning comedian and radio presenter Philipp Kostelecky brings the best acts of the Fringe together for one of the latest shows of the festival.
Madame Komondor Will See You Now is a wildly interactive solo comedy show that probes everything from excessive male masturbation to enhancing a woman’s pleasure.
I didn’t know what to expect walking into Chalk.
Asterglow theatre is a new amateur company focused on new writing centered on female and non-binary individuals.
FOC It Up is a comedy collective aiming to showcase the talents of women and non-binary people of colour, in a comedy world that is mostly made up of straight white men.
Free Love is the latest manifestation of the Scottish experimental pop duo formerly known as Happy Meals, known for their extraordinary sensual live ceremonies.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
The true story of how a group of Croydon kids.
Maggie Lalley’s one-woman musical comedy tells the true story of her demented stint as a teen witch.
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…
Scathing satire and winner of three Tony Awards, Urinetown takes us to a time of permanent drought.
Colt Cabana Is a world-famous wrestler who has wrestled around the world from Dundee to Japan and back including a short, not so successful, run in the WWE as Scotty Goldman.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
Psychologists claim answering 36 questions can make two strangers fall in love.
A powerful drama interspersed with original songs, looking at the lives of the main protagonists involved in the struggle for the vote between Emmeline Pankhurst’s Suffragettes a…
This starts off as stand-up, then becomes a pub quiz.
How did everyone’s show go at the Fringe today? Who tanked? Who triumphed? Who was bang average? Gavin Webster and guests discuss the day’s comedy news in a lighthearted way.
This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou…
This comedy duo started working together over 20 years ago, touring all over the world with companies including The Lady Boys of Bangkok.
In the house on the corner of our street lived an old man.
In an afterlife, Gilbert brags to Sullivan that, as fathers of the modern musical, all new musicals are basically just variations on their own plots! Sullivan challenges him to tel…
Like 50 Shades Of Grey, but funny on purpose.
This is a quick-fire compilation show featuring the rising stars of comedy each doing five minutes.
Love.
Operatic soprano Louise Geller debuts her innovative show with pianist Alex Norton.
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
The night is young and some of the best stand-up comedians at the Fringe are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Montreal, Canada’s premiere stand-up comedy show for tourists visiting Edinburgh.
Pip Utton returns with last year’s smash hit.
From the West Side to the Wild Side, Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, join New York vocalist Jess Abrams as she sings A Love Letter to New York.
Global Comedy Club: showcasing some of the best up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
Start your day with a third installment of comedy from Neil Harris, a quickly ascending comedian who finished runner-up in Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2017 and supported Tom…
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe.
At Westerberg High everyone worships the Heathers, the exclusive clique, including misfit member Veronica.
See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind…
A completely unique, side-splittingly hilarious walk of Edinburgh’s Old Town with local comedian Daniel Downie that promises to be more hysterical than historical.
You’ve been craving Canadian comedy.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
For those who want more from their comedy than one guy standing still on a stage with a microphone.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies and a fish.
What is love? An unknown quantity, a mesmerising spiritual gift or a song by Haddaway? Love guru Dr Lara Love heals our loveless society in one enlightening hour.
The Duchess of Canvey returns with a new show and new songs! Join her on a hilarious journey of self-discovery as she reclaims her place in the heart of a divided Britain.
A revolving line-up of hilarious female comedians from around the Fringe with an hour of stand-up comedy to be enjoyed by all.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our mighty gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh now with the best of the best competitors, each show! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisation, …
The best, most daring comedians of the Fringe showcase their skills, but if they’re not funny enough they must perform a striptease dance.
Returning for its second year, Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act of the Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainl…
With millennial nostalgia at its peak, there can be no better time to head to the Edinburgh Fringe and experience Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical.
That’s not an Australian comedy show, this is an Australian comedy show! A sell-out hit at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and a monthly show in London, catch three of the best Aussie and Ki…
The cream of the crop from the University of Salford showcasing the future faces of British comedy.
Your first stand-up show of the day, serendipitously happening within the best breakfast joint in Edinburgh! Grab a coffee and join a rotating cast of BBC New Comedian of the year …
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show.
The Ghillie Dhu’s very own local artists performing every night of the week with a mixture of traditional and popular classics. Come and join us for drams, jigs and reels!
Tara has two children under two (yes they were both planned, thank you for asking.
Last year Bruce spent an hour telling hilarious stories about how he looked into the abyss of middle age with the maturity of a teenager.
Phoebe Traquair’s vivid arts and crafts murals (painted 1888-1892) include allegorical and religious images, portraits of leading figures, choir and clergy of the day and images of…
Maggie Kowalski (Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2018 runner-up, Funny Women Regional runner-up 2018) and Davina Bentley (Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year final…
Expect a fun night of sharp, well-crafted and mischievous stand-up that will tickle your fancy and your heart if you have one.
Amy loves it.
What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords…
Following a sell-out 2018 Fringe and debut UK tour, the ‘utterly hilarious’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Showbiz stalwart and Wheezing Dragon Best Newcomer (1980, 1982), Whobblers returns for one last debut show.
Never-before-seen nonsense on stage.
How am I doing? Never Better.
In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home.
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
‘If you put me in your show, change my name.
Classically trained in musical theatre, comedian, writer and actor Jenny Bede is tired of waiting around for her perfect role.
UK Pun finalist and writer of one of Dave’s Best Jokes of the Fringe, Roger Swift returns with his whirlwind rollercoaster ride of non-stop corny jokes, puns, one-liners, wordpla…
What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, …
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Which life would you choose if you had a second chance? Luca managed to narrow the possible answers down to a few options (legionnaire in the French Foreign Legion, Japanese swords…
Back for its fourth year, Tom Short (Funhouse Champion of Champions 2014, Harrogate Comedian of the Year finalist 2018) presents a selection of short comedy sets from some of the b…
Croydon’s sixth leading conspiracy theorist attempts to debunk the big myths: JFK, Twin Towers, why British Bake Off went to Channel 4.
An hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more, from the Cambridge Footlights – alumni include Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, David Mitchell, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade, the ca…
Have you ever wondered: what is Russia like? Do they laugh there? Why is it run by a shirtless man on a horse? Let some of Russia’s finest comedians answer these questions and a fe…
Dear reader, you may know me from such tragedies as Dead Dad (Radio 4’s Good Grief) and Dead Friend (BBC Three’s Happy Man) but this year I’m dead chuffed to perform comedy about s…
Beach Comet return with a double bill of batshit, smash-hit B-musical comedy featuring never-before-seen material, a live band, nuns and the end of the world.
London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta…
**** (Advertiser).
Following sell-out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning comedian Zach Zucker returns with a new hour of absurdist stand-up! Important: Jack Tucker is a very funny stand-…
Join Those Big Bois for the award-submitted, The Human Show – a journey inside the mind of one confused specimen and the two voices in his head as they navigate a day in this wei…
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily.
Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic.
Irish Comedy Invasion – Gary Lynch tours all over Europe with The Good The Bad and The Irish.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a supersized cup of comedy with TV names, the very best new comedians and brilliant guest MCs.
The 2018 sell-out show returns.
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
The best comedy and cabaret at the Fringe! Six sell-out years.
Award-winning actor, writer and composer AJ Holmes makes his Edinburgh debut with an hour of stand-up, storytelling, and songs! Known from The Book of Mormon on Broadway, London’s …
Join us for a wunderbar time at Cosmic Comedy Berlin hosted by Dharmander Singh and Neil Numb.
Seven comedians: you, the audience, decide their fate.
We are the top-rated walking tour company for English tours in Edinburgh on TripAdvisor and we have put together a special festival friendly walking tour of the Old Town for you to…
Bored of mindless comedy shows? Then come to Stand-Up Philosophy.
Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle: exploring new cultures, travelling light and relying on booze to socialise.
An exquisitely silly variety night, featuring an assorted selection of comedy, cabaret and musical acts from around the Fringe.
***** (Dircksey.
Free concerts every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday throughout August. Wide range of music from classical to contemporary, traditional Scots and jazz. Full details at cathedral.net
Vauxhall Comedy presents two of the brightest up-and-coming comedians on the UK circuit: Tom Elwes and Ali Woods (as heard on BBC Radio 4).
Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome, regardless of age or ability.
Three middle-aged, middle-class, Middle England, genuine vicars performing comedy.
Lewis Schaffer is a New York Jewish comic.
‘Funny.
Returning to the Fringe for another year Thrones! The Musical Parody is exactly what it says on the tin.
We live in a divided world and we want to cross that divide.
‘His stand-up is some of the cleverest, funniest and most unassuming comedy I’ve encountered’ ***** (AYoungerTheatre.
Just cos you’re a kid doesn’t mean you should miss out on the best stand-ups and sketch acts of the Fringe! Just cos you’re an adult at a kids’ show doesn’t mean you can’t also hav…
A tale of love, loss and exploration, this is an intrepid exploration of physical theatre and storytelling.
Ahoy! Join John Silverman and the crew of The Maiden’s Ruin on their quest for pirate booty in a bawdy tale of love, betrayal, murder and incest! This five-star adult musical-comed…
Following on from his sold-out, ‘solidly entertaining debut’ (Scotsman), Jake Lambert returns with a brand-new show packed full of ‘brilliant one-liners’ (Chortle.
‘There’s no humour in having so many tumours’.
Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Andrew Maxwell (Live at the Apollo; winner: Time Out Live Award, ***** (Herald, for Showtime)) makes his theatre debut playing.
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
May.
Everyone is at the Gilded Balloon to catch a glimpse of Alistair Campbell’s daughter, and Grace by name - but not by nature - gives us everything we want and so much more.
Enjoy alfresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
See a selection of performers from the very best of this year’s Free Fringe Festival shows, in the big gala launch night, party and general great start to this year’s Edinburgh Fri…
Daily diet of live highlights from across the festivals.
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for its 12th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created from sc…
Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.
Edinburgh’s 2018 smash hit returns! 2020.
Truly funny, indigenous comedy, Aboriginal Comedy Allstars features three Aboriginal Australian comedians: Kevin Kropinyeri, Steph Tisdell and Andy Saunders.
A twisted, gothic musical tale inspired by Tim Burton and the Brothers Grimm.
One island, split in two with a thundering crack: half for the fishermen and half for the farmers.
This one-woman show, written and performed by Isabelle Kabban, is a tender, thoughtful and deeply moving account of a mother-daughter relationship affected by mental illness.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Ireland’s star of BBC’s Blame Game, Monumental, the General Banter Podcast and fluffer for Netflix show Flinch.
New Yorker Zach Zimmerman packs a breath-taking number of laughs into his 50-minute slot; delivering a narrative about the relationship with his mother at a speed that leaves no ti…
Finally, after years of toil, Gary Tro has perfected quite possibly the greatest superhero movie screenplay ever written.
Ahh, Love Island.
Smart and funny observations on a new-found, middle-class lifestyle with ski holidays, through the prism of poor, immigrant, living-in-a-caravan roots.
The eleven-time sell-out sensation returns for an evening of improvised anarchy with the biggest names in comedy.
Ready to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm for the fifth year running, hit show The Improv Musical returns! Guaranteed to leave you roaring with laughter with musical mayhem and e…
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 15th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, hand-picked by The Pleasance and supported by the Char…
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen that couldn’t talk to girls.
Fat Rascal Theatre should be pleased with their Fringe so far.
EDINBURGH PREVIEW It's 1616.
Fresh from the University of York, this double bill of comedy is the perfect way to celebrate the Great Yorkshire Fringe featuring the infamously impressive improv troup…
Somehow Comedy Historian Robert Ross and Hi-De-Hi star Jeffrey Holland didn't meet until a Comedy Legends cruise in the autumn of 2018, but it was an instant connec…
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Theatre @DraperHall and Founding Fall Theatre kindly invite you to the Summer edition of their fantastic and unique scratch Theatre evening: Free FallLive music, improvisation arou…
This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Beach Comet return with a double bill of batshit, smash-hit B-Musical comedy featuring never-before-seen material, a live band, and the end of the world.
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting the best ‘up-and-coming’ musical, ch…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear…
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane …
A tale of friendship, love and rivalry over thirty years from award-winning playwright Elinor Cook.
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
“Logan Murray’s courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy – his students discover themselves.
Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with a preview of his upcoming Edinburgh Festival show.
Direct from sold-out performances in Hollywood & New York and an extended run in San Francisco, Canal Café and Blue Panther Productions are proud to present American actor Steve B…
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2019 NETFLIX combines the taste profiles of 98 million users to create a perfectly ideal viewi…
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
A prequel, vivid unveiling, of the story of the Mad Hatter from the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland.
This magnetic bond still holds after more than 40 years of attempted escapes and still loved for their total in-yer-face originality, the contrast between the dea…
The critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe hit.
The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music…
Move over Cats - It's time for a mole! This joyous new musical adaptation of Sue Townsend‘s best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ -The Music…
The popular Q The Music Show is coming to Lighthouse and they will be bringing the fabulous and iconic music of James Bond to you in a stunning concert.
COMPERED BY MADELAINE SMITH - LIVE AND LET DIE The spectacular Q The Music was launched in 2004 by the incredibly talented Warren Ringham.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Clare Sales School of Dance is for all age and abilities.
After sell-out shows in 2016 and 2017, Theatre InThe Garden return with an exciting and very funny new production of this well-loved play.
Mange Tout, Mange Tout, my esteemed and honoured guests! For the first time ever, Trotters Independent Trading Company are unveiling their latest venture – The Cushty Pre-Sho…
"Love (to) Bits" is a seriously comedic drama or kind of a dramatic comedy, however you choose to look at it, there will be laughter and some tears.
Set in the world of expressionist painter Otto Dix, as Julia Berber – Anita Berber’s fictional sister, Aletia Upstairs explores Weill, Brecht, and Weimar cab…
Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ is a kaleidoscopic play of short scenes addressing contemporary issues about knowledge, technology and communication, and our capacity fo…
In 2016, Blowfish Theatre made a musical about Boris Johnson and Brexit.
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
2020.
The small English village of Bakewell, Derbyshire is holding its annual baking competition.
“A little comedy”by A.
In it's 5th year of drunk comedians.
Vulvarine is the superhero movie that all teenage girls were missing when they grew up.
“A little comedy”by A.
Award-winning performances of Adolf, Bacon, Chaplin, Maggie and Churchill have taken Pip around the world.
Move over Oceans 8, 11, 12 and 13.
Following the inaugural season success of the ‘EdinBra Fringe Comedy’ north of the border, ‘LassTer Festival Comedy’ in the Midlands and hosted by Scotland’s Jeannie Jones, this we…
Patrick Spicer delivers a work in progress of his first solo show to Brighton fringe.
Award-winning musical comedian and West End song-writer, Gareth Cooper, rocks up to Brighton Fringe with an hour of his annoyingly catchy songs.
Mayor Goodman has been assassinated.
Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time.
WINNER: Best Comedy - Brighton Fringe (Zach & Viggo) Fresh off sold-out shows in New York, London and LA, the bad boy of comedy Zach Zucker returns to Brighton with a brand new ho…
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Stewart Lee returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for a fourth year running to head up a comedy night in aid of community charities North London Cares and South London…
Join Psychological Magician Neb in one final bid to resurrect his past career as a musician, combining music with powerful mindreading!
Stewart Lee returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for a fourth year running to head up a comedy night in aid of community charities North London Cares and South London…
Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre is offering a free meditation on the beach with Buddhist monk, Gen Thekchen.
The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston.
In their Opera Gala Concert, the Sussex Symphony Orchestra is celebrating some of opera’s most iconic heroes and heroines and their wicked stories of lust, passion, death and betra…
In a society of screen dwellers, can we connect to more than just the wifi? Love Lab, a new dating show claims to have the answer.
There is no greater power than love to heal our own heart of hurt and resentment from the past, vastly improve all our relationships and to bring true happiness into our world.
Musicians appearing in the 8th Lewes Chamber Music Festival in June 2019 will perform chamber music by Mozart, Faure and the little-known Lekeu in this special Festival Launch conc…
Wednesday 15th May, 7.
London viewers will meet with one of the most unusual and popular Russian literary and theatrical projects of recent years - “Unprincipled Readings”.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Joe used to do political comedy but recently the news has become so horrible that he can’t bear to do it any more.
Two warring houses.
The only fast-paced pun-tastic bready-brilliant absurd sketch comedy show about a sailor with a beard made of bread that you knead to see this year! Have you taken the time to co…
When BBC Slam Champion, Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
Media OS 5.
Kate is discovering what it really means to be a wife in her close-knit Christian community.
A live dating game! One woman tries out four versions of herself that battle for your love.
‘Love vs Trauma’ combines colourful, experimental shadow theatre techniques with beautiful music, a tender flying hand puppet, and rod puppets in a moving and thought-provoking sho…
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Brits and comedians are big sports fans, but what is the world’s greatest sport? Rugby union or league? Proper football or that American version? Is the Olympics just people runn…
Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun! Jill Edwards…
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
JB Carter, American, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2017 finalist, shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award 2018, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and Northern Irishman, Phili…
AMA Theatre presents a brand-new musical comedy revue celebrating some of the great legends of comedy as well as new and original routines.
A funny, poignant and uplifting account of what cosmology, and those who study it, have to say about the more earthly matters of life and love.
“So if Matt and I have officially had sex then why does it still hurt? I still don’t get what’s so amazing about it, how can women even come from it - when is that supposed to …
A collection of new musical theatre writing telling stories of love, life, adventure and, most importantly, what ‘home’ means to every one of us.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
‘On The Edge’ is a Brighton institution.
Born in 1972, Bitty’s earliest memories were punctuated by the music he would hear courtesy of his father’s sound system, where at the tender age of ten h…
2019 marks 50 years since Joni Mitchell released her album, Clouds, which featured arguably her best loved song, Both Sides Now.
London's finest floating comedy club aboard the Tattershall Castle.
Fancy an alternative variety show? Then they don’t get much better than this! Four award-winning break through acts playing in an intimate venue and all for free!
The 2018 critically-acclaimed Brighton Fringe sell-outs return! Join ‘Do the Thing’ for an unmissable high-risk, high-lunacy, highly (well, entirely) improvised musical.
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
The comedy heist of the year! Hot off the London circuit, Will Preston (semi-finalist, South Coast Comedian of the Year) and Ben Peel (semi-finalist, So You Think You’re Funny? an…
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe evening, as you spend an hour in the company of one of Scotland’s finest comedians, Vladimir McTavish, and his guests in this…
We have over 80 professional comedy acts who applied to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2018.
We live in a divided world, and we want to cross that divide.
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
Following on from their successful visits with The Nutcracker and Storyteller Storyteller, StoryPocket return with David Baddiel’s ANiMALCOLM the Musical.
Join us every Saturday night for a huge line up of the best comedy talent on offer.
When Noel Coward warned a certain Mrs Worthington against putting her daughter on the stage, it's highly likely that he didn't have Matilda The Musical in mind at the time.
Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert II The second of two performances involving pupils from the local Infant schools, this musi…
Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert I The first of two performances involving pupils from the local Infant schools, this musical adventur…
On the back of last year’s highly acclaimed production of Fame, Funky Studios return to the Palace stage this year with their next company musical, Dogfight.
A night of stand up comedy from two of the country’s best up and coming comedians.
It's a dismal day at the Addams family's manse, with the ever-approaching storm clouds reflecting the gloomy atmosphere that has beset the household.
Five women go camping in a remote mountain range.
Guinness, Haggis, Cider + Rock! Tour 2019/Jizzy Pearl’s Birthday Bash. He's been on the road since the 1980's!
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
The popular Q The Music Orchestra is bringing its James Bond Concert Spectacular to the Adelphi Theatre.
Friday 15th March, 8pmTickets: £22Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: all ages, but aimed at an adult audience One of a very se…
Duration: Approx 2hrs 30mins There is no doubt that the swinging 60’s was a very special time and will go down in history as being the most imaginative period of m…
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
Have fun learning French! Set in Paris, 'Pinot! The Musical' follows the adventures of Petrov, a young Russian cyclist who dreams of winnng the Tour de France!…
Follow the lives and family histories of three young men as they grow up in Coolock on Dublin's northside.
What happens when all your wishes come true? A snowstorm in a heatwave.
A rollercoaster journey through African-American actor and singer Paul Robeson’s remarkable life, highlighting his pioneering and heroic political activism.
Tickets: £16Duration: approx 2hrs.
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…
Grand Final on Monday 25th February, 7.
Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught …
The landmark, record-breaking and top-rated television series Only Fools and Horses, written by the late, great John Sullivan becomes a brand-new, home-grown British Musical specta…
The Love ElectricTwo friends.
Shortlisted Showcase on Tuesday 19th February, 7.
HERE WE ARE NOW A Post-Minimalist Opus WireCan we think ourselves into different people? HERE WE ARE NOW - Paul GilgunnAlbum launch and debut performances of a bold and …
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Comedy Club 4 Kids It's a comedy club, right, but for kids.
The UK's undisputed number 1 comedy brand returns to its home, the Broadway Theatre Catford, for another unmissable night of hilarious stand up comedy action.
New parents! You can do a fun thing without ditching your babies! Three great stand up comedians performing in a room where babies are welcome (up to the age where they …
"Bring Your Own Baby Comedy have transformed parental leave" i paper "Guaranteed to leave at least one of you crying with laughter" Mother and Baby M…
Comedy, Craft Beer + Wings Wednesdays - Scene + Heard PresentsSniggers .
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
An evening of stand-up comedy supporting Nerve Tumours UK and helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 in every 3,000 …
An evening of stand-up comedy supporting Nerve Tumours UK and helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 in every 3,000 …
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Sunday 3rd February, 2.
A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WORDS FOR LOVE by James Rowland Three years ago, James met the love of his life.
Rosie sings about dating apps, turning 30 and marrying Batman.
Friday 1st February, 7.
One Love is a joyous exploration of friendship, what it’s like to be in love and have a learning disability.
Pour yourself a cup of ambition, and head on down to Dolly Parton’s rollicking West End musical!9 TO 5 THE MUSICALis clocking in to the West End - with a strictly limited West En…
Based on the real events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident – Five women go camping in a remote mountain range. None return.
Tickets: £26Duration: tbcSuitable for: ages 12+ ‘The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World’ is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy h…
‘If this is what improv can do, you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down.
Free Public Launch Event and Gallery Tour with the Artists: Thursday 24 January, 6.
Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019 From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebr…
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
All places are fully booked but if you would like information for future workshops please email: kasia@watermans.
Come and see the comedy stars of tomorrow film short sets live.
Come and see the comedy stars of tomorrow film short sets live.
Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear…
Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear…
GRAMMY-nominated pop icon Adam Ant returns to our main space this winter due to popular demand.
Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent.
A musical tackling life’s big questions with inimitable humour and humanity.
From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, - A Christmas St…
From the people behind the sell-out Pride Improv Festival comes another Loud And Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night showcasing the most exciting improvised comedy from the city's top…
Hindi-English stand up comedy show by Jagdish Chaturvedi THE ONLY INDIAN DOCTOR STAND-UP COMEDIAN IN THE WORLD * *Who is performing on the 24th November at 8 30 PM at th…
Join us to celebrate the NHS turning 70 years of age all in aid of Young Minds charity.
by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell One story - five mini musicals! This affectionate and hilarious send-up tells one story in five distinctive musi…
Urinetown is a hilarious send-up of greed, love, revolution (and musicals!), in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
Guy and Sam.
An evening of stand-up comedy with stars of many of the funniest shows on TV helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 …
A family on the verge of a momentous decision forms the focus of Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding at the Print Room at the Coronet in a stark production by director Jack McNamara…
Back by popular demand and with new material! The hilarious and sometimes unfortunate results of wrong or mangled messages and mistaken identity, all mixed up in some very human s…
Trapped and powerless to escape, Patrick Fowler is cut off from his regiment and must fight his own war of endurance.
Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première.
A host of West End performers present the greatest songs from shows that bombed, by Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart, Stephen Schwartz, Stiles & Dr…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has reconfigured it’s stage and auditorium to house writer/director Alexander Zeldin’s production of Love.
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.
Ushering in the seasons of mists, Jason will be performing original horror stories from across the world: Dream Eaters from Japan, black necromantic magic from Iceland, and a reima…
A dark and mysterious story of a balloon expedition to the North Pole.
For the first time ever, Studio Canal and Heyday Films will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Paddington with a performance of their charming and ground-breaking film Paddington in…
A blisteringly truthful and darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.
CSzUK in collaboration with Salford University present a night of Improv, Sketch and Stand Up.
The Covent Garden Comedy Club @ Heaven is celebrating 16 years of making London laugh in 2018 and is the biggest and most successful independent comedy club in Central London with …
It is time to laugh out loud as Winchester Comedy Festival rolls back in to Winchester with a stellar line-up of homegrown talent performing at various venues across the city from …
Brexit.
“She’s my best friend.
The captivating sound-world of medieval music, featuring Scottish chant from Inchcolm Abbey, music by Hildegard of Bingen and Thomas, Jewel of Canterbury – an eight-part work by …
Concert starts at 9.
The 38th Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Written by actor Christopher Saul, (currently Pompey in IMPERIUM at The Gielgud Theatre), based this play on recordings he made of his Grandmother, Flo, in 1969.
Its 1969 and Flo looks back on her life in London from the Boer War to the Summer of Love.
Since storming the Edinburgh Fringe in the noughties Gamarjobat (pronounced Ga-ma-jo-bat) have become one of the few acts that can truly claim to be a global sensation, …
Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, together with specially invited guest soloists, is delighted to be returning to the Fringe with a programme of show tunes and popular m…
A rousing musical tour of Scotland conducted by Edinburgh’s very own Capital Concert Band.
Queer NYC comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Second City, The New Yorker) attacks conservative Christian parents, contemporary gay culture, and hunts for a husband in this provocative an…
Join us in the stunning Playfair Library for this combined exhibition and fashion show.
For three nights only, award-winning musical comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris, presents a late-night jamboree of tunes intended to tickle, including so…
The biggest names – Coogan, Evans, Eclair.
A series of sketches and vignettes exploring misunderstanding and mistaken identity, miscommunication, sexuality and people’s fantasies.
Perth Youth Orchestra will perform works by Holst (The Planets Suite), Khachaturian, and Weber conducted by Mr Allan Young – with soloists Shona Rae (bassoon), Sophie Chisholm (x…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Special additional show featuring former Zappa Plays Zappa vocalist/instrumentalist Ben Thomas, who will be opening the show with his own material and then joining the band for.
Call of the Void explores catharsis and connection through ghost stories from around the world.
Re-written rap lyrics that clap back.
CKP and InterTalent present: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special.
Never Mind the Gap: genres, artistes and personalities combine with the old spirit of the Fringe and collide as the talents of three different personalities come together and clash…
One of Scotland’s all-woman comedy improv troupes!
A has-been singer-songwriter tries to summon the spirit of Marc Almond to resurrect his career.
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…
Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene.
Three lovers.
I’d had a conversation with Dan about ecstasy.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
Newtongrange Silver Band (established 1892) is a traditional mining village brass band but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Whoever you are, you’ll only know first love once.
Questing Voles – All’s Well That Ends As You Like It, 2017: ‘a pretty anarchic hour of fun and frolics’ (FringeReview.
Matt Griffo from Chicago is an internationally touring musical comedian, combining music with comedic lyrics.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns.
This is a show on top of Arthur’s Seat.
Join St Andrew’s and St George’s West Choir as they perform a programme of contemporary choral music.
This unique collaboration between two outstanding groups, Glasgow’s Brian Molley Quartet and the Asin Langa Ensemble from Jodhpur, combines music from Scotland and India to create …
Keep mixing up your Judi Dench with your Jeffrey Dahmer? Your Tupac Shakur with your Taylor Swift? Well then we’ve got the show for you! Join Dave Fensome (‘Engaging and energetic.
Fresh new band from London bring their summer 2018 tour to Edinburgh, with members having performed at Love Supreme Festival, Secret Garden Party, and Cambridge Folk Festival.
‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record Review).
Ever wanted a lock-in with the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit in a cool cabaret bar late at night at the Edinburgh Fringe? Hell yeah! Well your dreams have just come true.
Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how…
Prepare for the gay and straight worlds to come together, as unlikely friends James Barr and Dan Hudson bring their hugely successful podcast to Edinburgh – live! James will expl…
Winner of the UK Perrier Jazz Vocal Award, Scottish Style Award and Spirit Of Scotland Music Medal, Niki King has released five albums and performed in leading jazz venues includin…
One in six people suffer from hearing loss.
Another AMC Fringe sell-out in 2017.
Off-the-wall stand-up with sausage.
Janis Claxton Dance returns with this award-winning 2016 Fringe hit.
An Irish stand-up comedy compilation show featuring some of the best comedians from around the festival, for free.
Comedy Night Cap, presented by Artistic Diversity Alliance, is the perfect comedy show to end your night on! Each night will feature a headline actor from the comedy genre that wil…
Orwell That Ends Well is a comedy musical, combining characters and stories from 1984 and Animal Farm.
With recent workshops around the world, this delightful new musical by California composer Tim Nelson is now at the Fringe! Alice’s magical, musical journey with a true Broadway …
13 is a hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that cool is sometimes where we least expect it.
Meet Livia and Perry, two people looking for The One.
Based on the book by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Adapted & directed by Adam Bampton-Smith Aliens love underpants Of every shape and size But there are no underpants in space…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Mis(s)treated – a dark and twisted comedy about human trafficking and prostitution.
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity the Pleasance has supported for the past 27 years, providing care and support to people living with HIV or…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join us for an hour of fabulous comedy as part of the Fringe Free Festival.
Malones Irish Bars Edinburgh hosts a large variety of live musical acts all day every day throughout the fringe. This begins at 12pm and continues until late at night!
What happens when a DNA test gives an adoptee a brand-new view… of herself? Playwright and performer Monica Bauer (The Year I Was Gifted) takes on her own unexpected results, alo…
Comedian Michael Malone (Comedy Central, FOX, Hulu) breaks down the idiotic ways we deal with life, death, love and sex in his new unforgettable and moving show, I Love You.
Big Love – Charles Mee’s adaption of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants is a modern reexamination of western norms regarding gender and sexuality.
Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2018.
What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week.
The story of Romeo and Juliet receives medical treatment in Cepacia from Durham School and Shadow Dreams.
Signing on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, driving an Austin Maxi to Morocco, asylum seekers*, the Treason of the Blue Books, women’s football, Nationalism*, Buck O’Neil, Je…
This epic rock comedy tells the story of a young rocker JB, from Kickapoo, journeying to find his counterpart in rock KG, and together they form the band… Tenacious D! Once forme…
Complete sell-out 2017.
What is your idea of love? There’s a very blurred line between a protective, loving relationship and one that’s abusive.
A new musical by Tish Tindall based upon an idea by David Gest, Michael Jackson, and the life and works of Robert Burns.
Roses are red, violets are blue, The Bristol Suspensions have a show to do – but what happens when Cupid shoots his arrow into the rehearsal room? Fresh from their US tour, join …
Danger! Systems are being corrupted and broken.
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Robert Schumann’s song cycle of a woman’s life, paired with music by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Alma Mahler.
‘Scotland’s pre-eminent singer/songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (Sing Out!, USA) with a unique blend of lyrical, roots-based song writing and instrumental composition.
Ollie has chronic insomnia, a mental and physical illness that affects 10% of people in the UK.
A new piece devised for this year’s festival sees Aletia Upstairs, cabaretist extraordinaire, follow-up her Mata Hari Fringe success with an exploration of Weill, Brecht, and Wei…
Colin’s life has been a series of well-meaning mishaps and misunderstandings.
Fantastic free comedy and spoken word at this established pub in the heart of the Old Town.
It’s the smallest comedy show, in the smallest venue at the Fringe.
Based on the popular traditional folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Love Chapter 2 by L-E-V, choreographed by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, is a twin-piece to OCD Love, both part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Described by his nan as the best comedian in Birmingham, and probably the world, the award nominee and gong show-winning comedian, Liam Jeavons, premieres his new solo show.
A profoundly disturbing show, OCD Love (part one of Love Cycle) is produced by Israeli L-E-V dance company with original and technically difficult choreography by Sharon Eyal in c…
A raunchy, chaotic and full-on Fringe experience, Stamptown Comedy Night is a late-night variety show featuring the best comedy and cabaret on the international scene! Hosted by Za…
Scotland was once considered a soft touch on female genital mutilation (FGM), failing to protect 23,979 affected residents.
Over the years Brian has collaborated with fellow countryman Van Morrison who executively produced Brian’s iconic version of Crazy Love for the soundtrack of the Hollywood blockb…
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Join us for a two-hour comedy extravaganza to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s, whilst previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows.
Uber is launching the most intimate travelling venue at Fringe, hosting a series of Andrew Maxwell comedy performances for absolutely free, from the back of a car.
David Gerrard, the soloist and doctoral student, plays music by JS Bach, favourite composer of the late chairman of the Friends, and by his French contemporary Antoine Forqueray, o…
This young organ scholar at St Andrew’s and St George’s West returns to the Fringe to perform a programme of works by composers including Bach, Widor and Karg-Elert.
Fellswater Celtic music ensemble from Boston, Massachusetts, USA will perform tunes and songs from all the Celtic nations and beyond.
Join Edinburgh trio Curmudgeon for an uplifting evening of songs on the old familiar topics of deception, drunkenness (and dangers thereof), disappointment and lost ways of life in…
Pianist John Bryden plays music by Ravel, Scriabin, Bach and Schubert on the Cathedral Steinway.
Your supermarket knows when you’re pregnant; Google knows what medical conditions you have; Facebook could help your doctor diagnose you.
Little Shakespeare Company returns once again to the Fringe with a talented group of Scottish young actors.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about and make you laugh at midnight.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s finest in a five-test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
Spatz & Co Showband interrupt their theatre roadshow tour to perform music from the 30s to the 90s.
Organists Daniel Cook (Durham Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Joseph Beech (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘Father…
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Fringe hit! A different daily bill of global stand-up comedy stars.
In an alternate universe there lies a place where everything is juxtaposed, where cardboard is classy, where alternative facts become live entertainment while the show is a mere in…
Join us for a one-off comedy extravaganza! Come check out some of the new kids on the block as they make their Pleasance debut in this late-night comedy gala! Best of all, tickets …
New Zealand’s foremost comedy singer-songwriter, when ranked alphabetically, presents original comedy songs.
Find out what life is really like as a local newspaper reporter in a rural town, covering hard-hitting stories such as parish council meetings, charity bike rides and dogs winning …
The hilarious Welsh optimist returns to the Fringe, working through his latest identity crisis the only way he knows how – with 40 minutes of excellent free comedy.
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best young contemporary music talents perform an exciting blend of Scottish pop, traditional Scottish songs and instrumental s…
This worldwide hit show for geeks and non-geeks everywhere returns with a changing line-up of hilarious comedians with a mixture of stand-up comedy and interactive debate to find o…
Scottish Chamber OrchestraEdward Gardner Conductor National Youth Choir of ScotlandChristopher Bell Chorus Director Sarah Tynan SopranoRobert Murray TenorNeal Davies Bass Haydn The…
Award-winning Irish comedian Rory O’Hanlon is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Russia, you’ve heard of it, you know it’s run by a shirtless man on a horse.
When Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
Rosie shares Facts About Love from her own life.
Hi! I’m American comedian Chris Laker.
Irish comedian Keith Fox returns to Edinburgh with another solo stand-up show.
Take a chance on a real free Fringe experience.
In association with PBH’s Free Fringe, veteran chanteuse Woodstock Taylor and her band of aging gits, Dai Lowe, Bev Wright and Max Scratchmann, bring their mixed bag of songs, poem…
After the success of the First Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back – bigger, better and blacker.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
DC’s Marvels of Comedy is a stand-up compilation show with a difference.
Emily Worthington, clarinettist and musicologist, presents 19th-century chamber music on historical clarinets from the world-class Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection,* accompanied …
An hour of stand up comedy from one of Ireland’s best joke writers.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
London’s hottest improv group bring their hilarious comedy back to the Fringe.
Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the …
Dissecting the reality of love in the modern world.
On 12th November 2013, Archie Henderson accidentally reached #98 in the UK Singles Chart.
Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe.
After two sell-out performances in last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra return once again to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting and varied…
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
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The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill.
Born in Scotland, Bon Scott emigrated to Australia and joined rock band AC/DC to become a legend.
These miniature comedians will have you rolling in the aisles! Eight brave mini comedians will don the iconic Stand stage to dazzle you with their comic timing, reduce you to tears…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
For the last 25 years, comedian collective Comedytrain has been responsible for every major talent in Holland.
Come along and enjoy a fantastic sing-along to the musical classics.
Caustic Comedy Nights is a jocular experience featuring the world’s top stand-up comedians, perfect for a lively Edinburgh crowd! This stand-up comedy cultivation-project and the…
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy at this year’s Fringe.
The Diamond Comedy Club is bringing some of the freshest voices in stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for an unmissable late-night party! Each night, a different line…
Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
It’s 2005 and somehow Liverpool are back in the European Cup Final.
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman a…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
This is one woman’s tale of the many heartbreaks in her life and the lessons she learned from each that allowed her to be able to love herself instead of seeking it in others.
As heard on BBC Radio 1! Winners: VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award.
‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (TheCultureTrip.
Berlin, the capital of dark humour, dark history and dark rooms.
A hothouse bursting with dazzling new comedy blooms (metaphorical).
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017, 2018 – Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time.
Highly interactive show that’s part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
Come on then! (To my show.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Just ‘cos you’re a kid, doesn’t mean you should miss out on the best stand-ups and sketch acts of the Fringe! Just ‘cos you’re an adult at a kids’ show, doesn’t mean you can’t also…
A raucous late night show offering a fabulous selection of the most outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
Jerry Sadowitz, comedian, magician and all round scary man, is back in 2018! Actually, he saved petrol and never left! With his unique combination of comedy, absolute hatred and ca…
Life is full of accidents, mishaps, frustrations and disappointments.
An entirely un-erotic journey that begins in a public toilet, then takes strange diversions via a sexy tomato plant and a clap clinic.
Celebrating the enthusiasm and fresh talent of new dancers from across Scotland.
Enjoy a showcase of the best comedy talent to kick-start your day with our hand-picked selection – and watch what you should be seeing more of from around the city.
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: two French musical icons.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
Since the end of the last Fringe, Andy Field has been keeping a diary full of his thoughts, feelings and silly ideas.
‘Funny.
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a different selection each day of four of the best comics at the Fringe.
Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh now with different competitors each show! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisation, heckling and…
An hour long stand-up show from future legends Ben Behrens, Jessie Johnson, Rob Cooper and Jessie Nixon that promises to redefine your perceptions of comedy and launch western civi…
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit.
Bored of mindless comedy shows? Then come to Stand-Up Philosophy.
The cream of the crop from the University of Salford showcasing the future faces of British comedy.
“Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection.
Fun and frenetic cabaret revue combining songs, sketches and observations in a hilarious celebration of the world’s biggest arts festival.
After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free.
In its sixth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
A desk, a pile of papers, a stack of records and a funny, thought-provoking and really quite moving tale exploring love, love songs, and how we all live lives with our own personal…
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Audiences vote daily to determine the winner in the World Cup of Comedy at the Fringe.
‘In my view, best new show at Leicester Comedy Festival’ (Tony Booth, Leicester Comedy Festival Judge).
A newly qualified journalist gets his first big break writing for the Maily Dail just as the biggest upset in British politics is about to occur.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
The debut season of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
That’s not an Australian comedy showcase.
Are you, or someone you love, pretending you’re not losing your hearing? Well at 31, Tom GK is losing his.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish.
An American-Scottish duo performs wild long-form improv developed at the renowned iO Theater in Chicago! Jack and Claire is Chicago-based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden and Jack…
We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price. Hand selected from our year-round auditions, this show is quality talent in its prime.
Following the first space war of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, a lone detective is contracted to find the love in this absurdist, avant-garde, funk opera.
After his last stretch in the slammer, Tony Corleone has become a sit-down comedian.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily.
If you like pina coladas, and deep emotional pain.
Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway's Dreamgirls), and writer Mehr Mansuri, lead this musical about an 1850s Virginia slave who ships himself to freedom in a box.
This is the fourth year of We’re Sorry.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Twice a day, Audrey, the unique 22-seat Vintage Mobile Cinema will become a comedy venue.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day.
Tom Lawrinson and Josh Jones present an hour of stand-up comedy direct from outer space! Jokes that are absolutely raw and positively looney.
Ommmm.
In six years of stand-up, Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones has met great comedians from every continent (except Antartica, they’re rubbish).
Showcasing underrepresented working-class comedy voices.
The Fresh Prince of the comedy is a master of the crowd and slave to the laugh.
May Cause Mild Irritation – The Never Ending Cycle
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle: exploring new cultures, travelling light and relying on booze to socialise.
Aussie globetrotting comedian-storyteller Frank Hadchiti and Italian surrealist entertainer Fico Fellini met one damp autumn night at a West Berlin comedy open mic night.
John Lewis is a computer scientist, father of four, social liberal, atheist, and not a retail store.
Devised, new-writing comedy unlike any other.
Who runs the world? Not this bitch.
Following sell-out shows on the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringes for Never Mind the Cossacks – ‘brilliantly conceived’ (FringeGuru.
Puns! Lots of puns! Spoken puns, visual puns, musical puns, contrived puns and a lot of props.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour.
A rump-shaking stand-up comedy hour of phat beats, funky rhythms, ukulele and fun.
****1/2 (PerthHappenings.
Russell Hicks returns with another free-form explosion that he deems ‘necessary medicine’ for any artist who is trying too hard to make it.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres worldwide, this hit show returns with a changing line-up of various comedians with hilarious material based on sex and relat…
Perhaps it is because of the multi-show venue, or just the financial realities of bringing any production to the Edinburgh Fringe nowadays, but Peter Darney’s production of Charl…
The Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more.
A brand new wacky comedy musical for all ages! How do you keep life exciting when you live forever? Dracula needs to find something to do now that his arch nemesis has been defeate…
Breakfast of champions? Brunch of runner-ups.
Come and join us for a wunderbar time at Cosmic Comedy Berlin.
We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price.
For the 4th year, American atheist Bronston Jones reacts to the chaos of his country with a prayer: God Bless ‘Merica, because it’ll take a miracle to fix it.
The magic of New York is effectively captured in 89 Nights, a new musical from Troubadour Stageworks.
Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety.
What type of comedian are you Gav? Hard-hitting? Are you one of these edgy types that says the unsayable or a modern consumer complaints comedian? Maybe you’re surreal and are on…
Mixing get-on-the-dance-floor music, rap and spoken word, Love Songs explores the personal and political puzzles of our love lives through the autobiographical poems of a hopeless …
George loves reading.
They say ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’.
Both lovely and devastating in equal measure, City Love by Illuminate Theatre Company documents a romance that lives and dies in the bustle of London town.
A massive whale escapes from prison with the help of a small child.
Three headline comedians from different countries battle each other with their best gags to win the audience vote.
“Welcome to Blackpool!” Cockburn beams as her audience files into Summerhall’s Anatomy Lecture Theatre.
It’s the musical they said would never happen! After last year’s award-winning show, he’s back with stories from his life set to music.
Birds of Paradise’s new musical is a hysterical and at times incredibly thoughtful production that takes a wry and insightful poke at the state of inclusion in modern theatre and…
Never Vera Blue is a brave and commendable production, which interrogates the effects of gaslighting in an emotionally abusive relationship.
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016) West End hit returns for its 11th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created fr…
The Free Association – London’s leading improv comedy theatre and school – returns with their smash-hit show Jacuzii.
See a huge selection of this year’s big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh at this one-off launch show and party for the 2018 Free Edinburgh Fr…
Wasabeats Crew present the European premiere of Break Free featuring champion break dancers, each with world titles, who are ready to carve up the floor to reach dizzying new heigh…
2020: Time to make Donald Great Again! But can King Nigel Farage the First of England get his trade deal? When will Kim Jong Un stop messing about with missiles? And why has Vladim…
Sex.
Join Paddington Bear on his adventures as he leaves home, meets his new family and enjoys his first concert – not without causing his fair share of mayhem, of course! The charmin…
As a character actor, Pip Utton is renowned for his depictions of world-famous figures, ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Charles Dickens and everything in between.
Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out.
Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir…
A Belgian pop star moves to London to steal the job of British pop stars.
Demi Lardner feels the need, at one point in their most recent show, to unveil a banner listing their previous accomplishments and awards they have won.
The 10-time sell-out sensation returns to Edinburgh with a jaw-dropping, side-splitting evening of finely-tuned anarchy, featuring a cavalcade of incredible special guests and some…
Total sell-out in 2015, 2016 and 2017! Updated with new deaths and sexcapades from seventh series.
High-energy actors, colourful puppets, amazing characters and fantastic songs combine to create AnimAlphabet: The Musical.
For the first time Little Fish Tours is running our Festival Friendly Tour.
One of Shakespeare’s finest comedies, The Comedy of Errors, in a vigorously fresh and exciting production that offers a delicious mixture of classical text, original musical score,…
The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical.
Traquair’s vivid murals (painted 1888-1892) include religious and allegorical images, portraits of leading figures, the choir and clergy of the day, and images of the natural world…
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Bennett Arron is revealing secrets.
We in the L.
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen at Hogwarts.
Deciding to take on Scientology, the notoriously thin skinned and litigation happy “religion”, as the central subject matter of a comedy rock musical is certainly a brave choic…
Nominated Best Performance, Melbourne Fringe.
From the creators of the sell-out hit Buzz: A New Musical.
Daily diet of live highlights from across the festivals.
A former Times Critics’ Choice.
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 14th year at the Edinburgh Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Harti…
While Henry the 8th fights for his life, his daughter Mary Tudor has a battle of her own: she wants to claim his soon-to-be-empty throne.
I sat through an hour long fever dream yesterday entitled Timpson the Musical, and to get the recommendation out of the way, I would easily go again.
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A deliciously dark musical cabaret exquisitely crushing the American dream, delivered with rare power and visceral beauty.
During the Shoreline project, locals have been exploring the heritage of Edinburgh’s coast.
Following more successful shows at festivals worldwide, the popular show returns with a revolving line-up of acts selected from the best comedians, cabaret acts, children’s ente…
The Time Out recommended Upstream Comedy presents a bill of the best alternative minded comics in aid of the suicide prevention charity CALM.
“I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song.
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting another handcrafted artisanal smorgasbang of the…
Format of a radio show recording.
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane Mo…
Fresh from their regular performances in the drizzly urban wilderness of central Manchester, the “talented performers with an eye for the absurd” (RemoteGoat…
Featuring 3 acts from the comedy circuit performing jokes that are suitable for children, but funny enough to get everyone laughing.
‘Write what you know!’ they say.
Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar - The Musical follows all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s C…
Ealing Comedy Festival is back for its 25th consecutive year with a stellar line up of internationally renowned comedians and homegrown talent to keep you entertained throughout Ju…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream of the…
‘Logan Murray’s courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy – his students discover themselves.
Star of Israel's thriving dance scene, Sharon Eyal presents the London premiere of L-E-V Dance Company, whose name nods to the Hebrew word for heart: 'lev'.
Written by award-winning writer Tim Firth, The Band is a beautiful story for anyone who grew up with a boyband and how those songs became the soundtrack of their lives.
Thespianage Productions are cultivating a reputation in Manchester for being far too suggestible! From Gregorian chanting life advice, to miming how an amorous dragon made a slight…
A spectacular musical celebration of the West End to close the Arts Festival, featuring the very best of musicianship from across the College and concluding with a masse…
If proximity x tolerance over time = relationship then surely there’s a formula for true love? Join Rosa as she uses playground maths and poetry to explore her misadventures in m…
If ‘proximity x tolerance over time = relationship’ then surely there’s a formula for true love?Join Rosa as she uses to playground maths and poetry to explore her misadventures in…
The Junior School pupils of St Dunstan’s College invite you to attend their annual Summer concert.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most successful composer of musicals in history and professional productions of his shows have sold more than 33o million tickets worldwide.
Jason Rouse is a renegade touring stand-up comedian taking the mainstream comedy world and turning it upside down.
In this comedy of manners, double-entendres and double-crossings, an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a dandy, compete for the hand of a rich bachelorette – but is she all…
Homecoming is the word that comes to mind when watching this musical.
A new and exciting improvised comedy show where some of the finest Improvisers around will perform solo! High-risk comedy as our intrepid performers stand alone and spon…
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’; a twisted musical tale inspired by Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
It’s the scandalous drinking game that reveals all the dark secrets about you and your friends.
Ever find yourself singing along to music on the radio and then realising the lyrics are kind of messed up? Do you know the words to all of Eminem’s songs but some bits you rap j…
Brighton Fringe 2016 Audience Choice award-winners Steve Adams, Colin Galletly and Johnny Murph return from their sell out 2017 run as the entity that is: AGM Comedy.
On 12 November 2013, Archie Henderson accidentally reached number 98 in the UK Singles Chart.
Two little cripples sitting in a tree k-i-s-s—Wait! How did two cripples get up a tree? Come see Spring Day, voted Brooklyn’s Best Comedian, tell true tales of a spastic Sid and …
Chris Woodley’s autobiographical solo show ‘The Soft Subject (A Love Story)’ invites us back into the classroom to learn about love, loss and The Little Mermaid.
Everyone had a favourite subject at school taught by their favourite teacher.
With Marc Almond as your spiritual guide, what could possibly go wrong? From the team that brought you ‘Get Fit With Bruce Willis’, ‘Painted Love’ follows a washed up singer-songw…
It has been described as the film of its generation, capturing the hearts of everyone whilst breaking records around the world.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Latest smash-hit show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed, award-winning comedian.
Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
A firm rite of the Queens, the boys from Der Wunderlich Revue have been peddling their own unique brand of chaos, smut, nudity and stupidity for ten years.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
A love story set in World War I follows the lives of three Irish air aces of the Royal Flying Corps against the background of great upheaval and change.
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
What an afternoon we have in store for younger people, along with their parents.
Think you know game shows? Think again, as this new show comes to Brighton, that will make you laugh like a child.
Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio.
Pianist Rachel Fryer plays the Aria and 30 Variations that make up J.
This is a millennial anthem, a confused love song to a ‘lost generation’ that does everything and nothing all at once.
Tom and Bunny Save the World is a folk musical.
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.
Post-drag, post-gender, impossible to beat, performance avalanche and avant-garde legend ‘David Hoyle’ returns for unmissable evening of high comedy, sound, vision, paint and song.
Be more than funny.
Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly stand-up-comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just …
Since 2005, ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Britain is on the brink of nuclear war - how would you spend what might be your last afternoon on Earth? Somewhere in middle-class suburbia, a small group has decided to press on …
An extremely funny yet entirely unerotic journey that begins in a public toilet.
Loves Songs is a little one-woman-show that explores the personal and political puzzles of our love lives through the autobiographical poems of a hopeless romantic - with some rap,…
Comedy Rocket brings you a fantastic show with a selection of the most exciting and diverse comedy performers and some big names thrown in! Resident host, Ali ‘Out There’ Macf…
Despite accidentally catching cancer, lunch poet Daniel Searle was one of the few people to not die in 2016.
A king is forced to choose between love and political expediency.
The sell-out smash hit returns to Brighton with a hefty dose of ‘The Noise Next Door’s’ trademark off-the-cuff madness, two stand-up stars and some once-in-a-lifetime comedy curi…
All aboard! Full steam ahead on SS Freedonia for the craziest show at Brighton Fringe.
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…
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Following our 2016 sell-out, smash-hit show, come with us on our next adventure: pirates, mermaids and the search for buried treasure told through original live music, poetry and s…
How do you find yourself, when you find yourself where you don’t belong? Jonny Fluffypunk grew up in the far-flung, forgotten reaches of outer suburbia.
Gráinne Maguire’s one hour work-in-progress show includes themes around nuns, time travel, ghosts, dating, being a female comedian and writer, culminating in a daydream fantasy …
A multimedia spectacular from Angel Comedy founder Barry Ferns and Alasdair Beckett-King (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the of Year 2017).
A multimedia spectacular from Angel Comedy founder Barry Ferns and Alasdair Beckett-King (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the of Year 2017).
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
Wired Theatre follow on from their show last year, And Love Walked In, with this new sequel, Always, With a Love That's True.
There comes an awkward point in some friendships when going to the pub is no longer quite enough entertainment.
On the Edge Comedy is a Brighton stand up institution.
An hour of pure entertainment from musicians, clowns, and wordmongers of all flavours, local and international, showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer.
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of some top-class comedy hosts, such as Vladimir McTavish, in an early …
It’s a comedy bonanza! A brand-new stand-up comedy selection from Laughing Horse.
The name itself ‘Caustic Comedy’ is based on a particular form of humour: comedy that is acerbic, cutting-edge, even cruel or insulting but always amusing, indeed, corrosive an…
Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians.
Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in a concert of orchestral works on the main stage.
Are you eager to discover the better comic who is lurking inside you?Do you need a push to break out of a rut with your comedy routine?Are you looking for support to upg…
New parents! You can do a fun thing without ditching your babies! Three great stand up comedians performing in a room where babies are welcome (up to the age where they…
Brexit.
It is a movie that has touched millions around the world, and has become one of the most iconic films in history.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
Based on the book by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Adapted & directed by Adam Bampton-Smith Aliens love underpants Of every shape and size But there are no un…
Paul Taylor-Mills, Artistic Director of The Other Palace, will host The Musical Marathon on Sunday 1 April 2018 at 6pm.
Come and join The Banana Bunch – Bex Darmody, Annalea Doyle and Emma Stroud as three bananas on the run from the boring, mundane and downright crazy world we live …
1965.
What do you want from a night out? A bit of dinner? Table service drinks? Some staggeringly good comedians making you laugh? Thought so.
From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them.
Be careful who you wish for… Electric with suspense and with a shocking twist, this edge-of-your-seat, rarely seen thriller by the UK’s greatest crime writer is rediscovered i…
Smash-hit new show from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish comedian.
Cosmo The Clown Presents A Bit of Fun & Magic Roll up, roll up and let Cosmo entertain you with magic, comedy, music and dance.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you award winning family friendly comedy acts from Edinburgh.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
Trust the Scots to come up with the ultimate night of comedy and drinking.
Back for a third year join hosts Marcel and Lewis for an awesome range of comedy acts from across the festival, at the funnest Late Show in town.
Don’t miss this absolutely hilarious, ridiculous and joyful celebration of love and agony expressed through comedy, song, poetry, philosophy and interpretive dance.
MESSIAH The Rock Musical makes its Adelaide Fringe return at the iconic Vogue Theatre featuring an exciting and original score, together with stunning visual projections, to hook y…
Three hilarious one-act comedies - plus a few other bits and pieces that will guarantee a great evening out!!.
Claire is growing into the woman she always dreamed of.
The Original and still the BEST “Best of Fringe”.
A decade since he left Berlin, armed with an accordion, some hotpants and a dream, Hans has decided it’s time to Advance Australia’s Flair! In homage to the country he now calls…
Back by popular demand! Barry Priori - Adelaide’s Funniest Deaf guy, is showing off his oh so Naughty Hands once again for 2 more shows.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO GET WHAT YOU WANT? The all-female camp KILLER cult classic finally makes its way to London following its critical acclaim off-Broadway.
This is an ongoing womanifesto, call to arms, protest party and long hard kiss from surreal showgurl, obscene beauty queen and sex clown - Betty Grumble.
From the group that brought you Jungle Babes Guerilla Music, we invite you to participate in a gutsy collaboration of all things vulnerable.
Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show…
It’s me or the cordial! A story about break-ups and cordial: nine parts fact, one part fiction.
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Randy Newman announces London Palladium show following the release of his new album Dark Matter, his first album of new material in nine years.
‘It’s about the randomness of life … of how you’re here one minute and gone the next, and how you’d better get relationships established because there’s not much else tha…
Start your Tuesday mornings with laughter in the comfort of your favourite cinema.
Kick off your night at the Fringe in the heart & soul of Adelaide Comedy.
Sold-out 2013-2017 A unique day out in the countryside with the Fringe’s best comedians performing in 4 mystery locations.
We can all recall that one special toy which, even in adulthood, puts a smile on our face when we think of it, and ‘The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show’ is about such a toy.
Be ready to be entertained in this hilarious hypnosis comedy show.
A revolving line-up of fine International and Australian comedians that are performing at shows around the Adelaide Fringe in an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
It’s a Discount Comedy Bonanza! An exciting afternoon and early evening mix-bag of comedians, with top headliners and the best up-and-coming performers selected from shows all …
The music of Johnny Cash spanned almost 50 years from the start of his career in 1955 with the legendary Sun Records, through to the now equally famous American Recordings, until h…
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Ha Ha Comedy, Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you their pick of the best multi award winning acts from Edinburgh.
After 7 sell-out years, The Laughing Horse is back with more of the finest UK comedians to hit the Fringe.
Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase returns chock full of some of the best comedians from across the Fringe, both local & International.
Mary Tobin Presents has been producing “Almighty” Comedy for over 30 years, and now proudly presents the best value comedy ticket and a vehicle to reintroduce some of the world…
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
A variety improv comedy show featuring some of the best acts in the world… and the most currently available.
Two comedians compete over four hilarious rounds.
The Skeleton Club are here to save music! Bold claim, they know! Yet, they’re sticking by it and coming at you with their new cover experience.
A comedian walks into a bar.
Demi Lardner is the primary source of nutrition for infant mammals before they are able to digest other types of food.
Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017! The hilarious, razor-sharp audience and critical smash hit send-up of HBO’s phenomenally successful Game of Thrones makes its A…
British comedian Terry North introduces the very best in International Comedy with this rotating line-up of top-notch comedians who are visiting Adelaide.
First time in Adelaide this differs from other kinds of comedy in that the humour comes from the audience rather than a performer on a stage.
Stamptown Comedy Night is a raunchy, chaotic and full-on fringe experience featuring the best comedy, cabaret and circus.
Following two SOLD OUT Fringe Seasons, Promise Adelaide is delighted to bring you more ‘Musical Moments’.
Three Scotsmen walk into a bar.
Rob Broderick, Abandoman’s freestyling frontman, is bringing his new solo show to the Fringe.
Writers of Abbott! The Musical, George Glass invite you to discover the inner workings of the world’s most controversial religion.
Should you come see my show or not? Tell you what, look up my stand-up comedy on YouTube and if it makes you laugh grab some tickets.
Tom Smith dresses as a woman to take us on a musical journey through stories of the marginalised and eccentric.
Prepare to be taken on a musical journey through time.
One in six people in Scotland suffer from hearing loss.
As seen on ABC’s Comedy NextGen.
“Hello everyone my name is Doctor Billy and I’m eight-and-three-quarters and this is my story.
Dave & Kate love to sing for children.
Come meet quiet Ivy, who has amazing ideas, and outgoing Bean, who loves to put ideas into action.
Guess who’s back? From the ashes of early 2000’s Australian politics rises Senator Hanson - one woman, one party, one nation, one dream.
2018 is Etsuko Kawaguchi’s 10th year in the Adelaide Fringe.
The Sherrahs Present - Country Gospel Concert Performing soulful tunes such as Amazing Grace - How Great Thou Art - Bluegrass Keep on the Sunny Side to Hank Williams I Saw the …
Calling all Clipsal Fans! Finally, the biggest question in motorsport is answered! Who is better - Holden or Ford? In a no holds barred, no beg your pardons fight to the comedy d…
Rob Hunter (writer ‘Rosehaven’, ‘Spicks & Specks’, ‘Get Krack!n’, ‘You’re Skitting Me’, ‘Late O’clock’) presents a brand new bunch of oddball stand-up and sketches in a show guaran…
GET READY FOR MAXIMUM FUN! Infinite Jest Comedy creator Jez Watts (The Nasty Show, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men podcast) is coming at your faceholes with a brand new power hou…
In a fast-moving world where no one stays in one place for long, Love Letters to the Public Transport System seeks to find and thank the people who transport us daily; to friends, …
The hottest rising stars of the comedy world (and a special guest), lovingly hand-picked to provide you with the ultimate comedy sampler.
From the Red Right Hand and the Long Black Veil, to Delilah and Miss Otis Regrets, we have told tales of love and murder through song for centuries.
Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S.
The Comedy Gala has been a must see event at the Adelaide Fringe and our 10th Anniversary show will be the best one yet.
Guilt Free Comedy Roadshow! Featuring Clare Morgan, Richo, Shad Wicka, Caleb Day, Lachlan Gordon and Peter James! A riot of comedic talent from Far North Queensland rolls into Adel…
Love is in the air this February! Literally.
The Thebarton Theatre once again plays host to consistently one of the best show’s at The Adelaide Fringe.
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerbe…
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
Adelaide’s premier Open Mic night returns! EVERY MONDAY catch 10 different comedians from across the Fringe PLUS a special guest headline act.
BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show.
The hottest ticket of the Adelaide Fringe Festival is for the opening weekend Comedy Gala at The Royalty Theatre.
An exciting twist on stand up comedy! You, the audience will set the tone of the night by choosing who gets to take the stage to try and get you to belly laugh or fall off your sea…
A hilarious and heartbreaking coming-of-age story that interweaves killer tunes, dance and rap with the autobiographical poems of a hopeless romantic.
Five remarkable individuals take stock of where they are now.
The Laser Comedy Show is a live improvised comic book created using laser reactive technology drawn and voice acted by US performance artist Chris Fair.
Learn laser comedy from US comedian Chris Fair, creator of The Laser Comedy Show! Use laser reactive tech to draw pictures & voice acting to bring them to life! No art/acting exper…
Selladoor’s touring production of Flashdance continues to shine light and pizzazz with a strong fusion of two worlds moulded into 80s’ pop glitz and grit.
Exploring subjects that affect us all: body image, bullying, photoshop, exercise, selfies, diets, weight, beauty treatments, photoshop.
The 2016 Olivier Award-winners for Best Entertainment and Family Show return to Oxford.
The Maydays present a tale of black comedy and music, inspired by Tim Burton Sitting in a Tin Can - Two astronauts kill time in a space capsule The Deconstruction - See our players…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh…
Your favourite festive film is now a major new musical adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator of the much-loved films.
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
Selladoor Family presents Guess How Much I Love You.
The raucous & uproarious musical that reveals inner secrets & truths of recording audiobooks by star Sarah Naughton incorporates stand-up comedy, dance, immersive theater, and trad…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
In a Brighton basement eight young women sit on stools, waiting, the audience in a semi-circle around them.
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs.
Comedian & hoop-dancer Mimi Fischer (from The Chris Gethard Show) is 64 years young & announcing her first solo show: A Late Bloomer.
Free Stand-Up comedy show with all donations given to Lady Parts Justice! Come join at Local 138 on Thursday, 11/2 at 8pm.
ROLLERS THEATRE COMPANY are delighted to present Tony Award-winning Urinetown: a hilarious satire of bureaucracy, big business and musical theatre itself.
ROLLERS THEATRE COMPANY are delighted to present Tony Award-winning Urinetown: a hilarious satire of bureaucracy, big business and musical theatre itself.
Pippa Evans Presents… – Join Pippa Evans (founder member of Showstoppers) and some of her favourite improvisers as they explore the world through your eyes and theirs.
“It is a pitch perfect performance and a beautifully-written, perfectly-paced comedy script.
An evening of comedy featuring some of the top comedians from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe including some of the winners and nominees of the lastminute.
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by Tim Burton.
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
“Lavender Menace”, according to Wikipedia, were “an informal group of lesbian radical feminists formed to protest the exclusion of lesbians and lesbian issues from the fem…
A much-loved and highly respected BBC journalist, Victoria Derbyshire has spent 20 years finding the human story behind the headlines.
On Wednesday, September 27 at 7:30pm comedian/actor/writer Gianmarco Soresi (SeeSo’s New York’s Funniest, TruTV’s Hack My Life, Comedy Central), will be headlining Carolines on Bro…
Michael Grandage Company and Headlong present the world première of James Graham's new play LABOUR OF LOVE, starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig.
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
Given that she’s such a much-loved public entertainer, an all-too-obvious challenge in creating a musical based on the early life of the late Cilla Black—born Priscilla Mari…
A great night out with some of London’s best improvisers - presented by City Impro and the Just Us League. Improv comedy like you have never seen it before.
A night of stand-up comedy and improv featuring love stories unfolding in front of your eyes – every one new and made up on the spot!
Dante’s Divine Comedy is a journey to hell and back.
Glittering pyrotechnics illuminating Edinburgh’s iconic Castle.
The 2017 International Festival’s Usher Hall concerts come to a resplendent conclusion in a very special concert celebrating 70 years of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
One of Scotland’s leading folk’n’roll bands entertain you with traditional songs and their own material.
Join us in the stunning Playfair Library for this combined exhibition and fashion show.
The final anarchic annual two-hour charity variety show celebrating the life and random irresponsibility of the godfather of British alternative comedy, filled with bizarre acts, e…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
Two pairs of identical twins cause havoc in Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy of mistaken identity.
Following sell-out UK shows and a recent stint at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, disability rights activist and actor Liz Carr (BBC’s Silent Witness) brings you her TED t…
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
An earthquake is erupting, but not in Orange Street.
I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is earnestly performed by a youthful and small cast – the reason for scraping the second star – but the uninspired script and the overa…
Join Outstanding Canadian Comedy Award winner Rachelle Elie in her boisterous, bawdy romp through the multiple manifestations of love and relationships.
This playful, innovative and interactive play follows a young engineer trying to follow her heart and fall in love for the first time, against the ever-present pressure from her st…
If you like profanity, women and very catchy tunes then Meat Market is for you.
Sex clown, wild woman and surreal showgirl, the award-winning, head-spinning Betty Grumble returns to Edinburgh with her flesh riot of laughing love and ecosex.
In view of the recent violence in Charlottesville, KKK sympathisers in the White House and, even on our end of the pond, much of the sentiment behind Brexit, a discussion of the in…
Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy.
After five Fringe successes, celebrated vocalist James Lambeth returns with pianist Steve Hamilton.
Irish mind reader Tomas McCabe is back with a new show for 2017! Following a hugely successful tour of Ireland, Tomas is bringing his abilities across the sea to the Edinburgh Frin…
Grab your hottest tickets to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe shows in this prestigious final.
It was the race they said Clinton couldn’t lose.
With nearly £500,000 raised for Waverley Care, Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast and special guest hosts Rob Beckett and Russell Kane.
The three stars of Israeli comedy: Shahar Hason, David Kilimnick and Yohay Sponder.
The three stars of Israeli comedy: Shahar Hason, David Kilimnick and Yohay Sponder.
‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record Review).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The unique & uproarious musical returns to The PIT after a sold out run for ten upcoming performances from August 17th to September 18th.
Poet and Makar Jackie Kay, singer-songwriter Ghetto Priest, bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and renowned countertenor David James come together with members of the Scottish Ensemble for…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The contribution of travelling composers and performers to the music of Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group in the vibrant …
The greatest assets of 13 are also the greatest pitfalls.
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity the Pleasance has supported for the past 26 years, providing care and support to people living with HIV or…
John Bryden plays music by Haydn and Schubert in a series of recitals on the Cathedral Steinway.
‘Catchy riffs and rapid-fire word play’ ***** (Kryztoff.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
A dirty, disused room, empty except for a box with lots of holes in it.
A celebration of song and dance, this is an international phenomenon that has swept across the globe like a tidal wave of soaring voices and stomping feet.
Period production set in India in the 1940s, staging a spiritual journey two people take as they step foot into the theatre of life.
We’re in a karaoke bar somewhere in Asia.
The spooky and kooky Addams Family comes to life in this outrageous musical comedy.
The idea of taking a serious topic and turning it into a musical is not a new to the Fringe.
Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2017.
A spectacular night of comedy to celebrate the middle of the festival from award-winning production company Berk’s Nest, featuring festival favourites, the best new acts and specia…
Henry’s Show Aaaah The Growing Pains of a Neurotic Jew and Joe’s The Confused Sikh Who Loves Curried Mustard.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
This original one-man show entitled Prévert: Piano and Poetry, was created and interpreted by the 20-year-old French concert pianist Alexandre Prévert.
A reinterpretation of some of William Shakespeare’s best scenes woven together to create a new story about two young lovers.
Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making.
Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
The title of Hegley’s show refers to his latest book, Peace, Love and Potatoes, a perfect example of the juxtaposition between the common and the conceptual found throughout his …
Join Aaron Ayjay as he takes a comedic and sometimes musical journey through dating, marriage, divorce, death and other life experience stuff from his point of view…
Different top-tier comedians take to the stage each night to deliver five to ten minutes of their material.
The Werbeck Ensemble sings folk and religious repertoire from around the world including Barber, Britten, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Rheinberger and Stravinsky.
Showcasing some of the best international acts currently based in Asia.
Come one, come all – come join us, the University of Sheffield’s comedy society, in this wonderful Basement Bar at 48 Below, as we dazzle you with our sketch comedians and stan…
A free lunchtime showcase of established and up and coming acts offering tasters of their shows. Six acts plus MC Alastair Sadler.
‘Dazzling wit.
With the combination of classic melody and innovative performing methodology, the concert will demonstrate the charms of traditional Chinese music and dance with the spirits of the…
This subtle and witty play tackles the breathtaking economic transformation of China, the dreams it enables and those it crushes.
The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals.
Jamaya come from Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv and have been playing together since they were 16.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join us for a bumper-length comedy extravaganza to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s, while previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows.
‘Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (SingOut USA) who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots based songwriting …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Lucy and Jim are on their own.
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a showcase of the most powerful songs ever written on love and loss, within blues and jazz.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This Japanese-born international pianist returns to the Fringe with a charming programme of music by Chopin, Bach and Mozart and finishes with Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorg…
Vibrant Scottish early music group Ensemble Marsyas under dynamic director Peter Whelan has fast made its name with thrilling, captivating music making since its founding in 2011.
Nominated for best play by the Anti-Trafficking Foundation in 2016.
Can’t cook? Imagine having to come up with a three-course meal, completely from scratch, every week for a year.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
Billed as a uniquely grotesque combination of satire, horror and comedy, Bat Boy: The Musical has a small but dedicated cult following.
A keen observer may initially notice that Thom Tuck and John Luke Roberts, who host ACMS together, aren’t exactly a traditional double act.
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Nicholas Wearne (Birmingham Conservatoire) and Joseph Beech (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mi…
Suicide: The Musical is a one-man show that discusses male depression and disconnection due to social media.
Once you open the door there’s no going back… A late night band rehearsal in Aberlladd goes badly wrong with deadly consequences in this spine-tingling horror musical.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
Based on the international bestseller, Pinkalicious the Musical is a delicious romp for children of all ages.
Been over a decade since this multi-award winning comedian played the fringe.
Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue…
Join the former King’s singer and renowned choral director Simon Carrington and the Reformation Festival Chorus as they present an hour-long programme of inspirational choral music…
A Comedy Tapas lets you see 40 acts for four minutes each over a four day cycle.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best contemporary talents take inspiration from our Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites exhibition to perform traditional …
The man who fooled Penn & Teller hits the Edinburgh Festival to assert himself as the pimp among magicians – or so he thinks! With over 20 years of experience as a professional m…
Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy.
Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue…
Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy.
City Love provides an honest and hard-hitting look at relationships, starting with a chance encounter between two young London professionals on a night bus.
A jolt of surprise and a joyful choral celebration launch the 2017 International Festival Usher Hall concerts with an evening of wit and warmth.
President Obonjo returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe to perform his new show, The Rise of a Comedy Dictator.
Come watch and be part of this interactive, fun mixture of stand-up and interactive comedy debate as a compere and a number of the best comedians from around the Fringe converge in…
Join us as we celebrate our 33rd year at the Fringe with a one-off comedy extravaganza on our opening Saturday! Come check out some of the new kids on the block as they make their …
Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay…
Back for its second year, Tom Short (Funhouse Champion of Champions 2014, Hot Water Best New Act Runner-Up 2014) presents short comedy sets from some of the best acts at the fringe…
The underground hit of the Fringe returns to Edinburgh after sell-out shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Award-winning comedian off telly and radio dabbles in the occult.
We are Edinburgh Skeptics.
London’s hottest improv group present an hour of hilarious, fast-paced improvised comedy.
Marcel Duchamp was an artist who is famed for creating work in the cubist style and had a huge impact on the conceptual art movement, particularly Dadaism – He’s the one who fa…
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
The premise of Alex Love - How to win a Pub Quiz is that the audience become participants in a quiz, having been taught how to actually win it (you get the answers right!).
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience.
Daniel Audritt will be joined each evening by three of his favourite acts on the circuit. Stand-up, sketch, improv, musical comedy… every night will be a different bill.
In Shit, I’m in Love with you Again, Canadian comic Rachelle Elie relates her life story through the mediums of story, stand-up and song.
Written by award winning playwright Elinor Cook, Out of Love is a stunning piece of new writing which conveys the absolute power of female friendship, something which is often over…
Bill Beteet, a Laugh Factory comedian from Chicago, will lead you through an existential comedic journey that will have you laugh about life, love, and your inevitable death.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
In the latest text by Mudar Alhaggi, this play is about daily life in the midst of the Syrian war, the waiting and the disappointed illusion that the next day might bring about cha…
Ian was as attractive to women as a drunk rhino so Channel 4 television handed him over to seduction “gurus” who taught him techniques to find love.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
The hit-show in its fifth year! Four international top comedians per night, one against one, no allies.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
‘I collect bags of sugar from cafes and restaurants I’m in.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
A small group of survivors huddle in a bunker, eating beans and reminiscing on their favourite foods.
‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (CultureTrip.
Tragic diva Glenda Campari (Nina Baldini) has travelled the world, searching for her favourite fierce females for this world premiere cabaret.
A monk starts the show.
This famous showcase returns with a dazzling array of the best comics from the Fringe.
If you are hoping to find your comrades in arms and chant the internationale alongside like-minded people I regret to inform you that you will be disappointed.
Camille is the Fringe.
Back in the 1960s there were seven of these mobile cinemas made for the Ministry of Technology.
Join an expert local guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time.
Napier University Drama Society returns to the musical stage after selling out last year.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: two French musical icons.
There is nothing more personal that the truth, and to present the truth of stage is an invariably brave act.
What it says on the tin.
‘Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Tom Allen and Bec Hill are among the big-name comics giving up an hour of their time to bring comedy to the juvenile masses; an inspired idea, and it’s …
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night, mixed-bill shows.
Robert S J Lucas’ new show, X The Musical is set in a vaguely sketched-out dystopian future where politics are the most important thing in the world and everyone is required to v…
People watching is bloody brilliant, isn’t it? Let’s take a good look at those spectacular nobodies, anybodies and busybodies.
The summer is coming.
The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year.
At 36, David is still unable to function in society.
Today’s class is about love, heartbreak and The Little Mermaid.
Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection.
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Looking past the sweltering hot and humid room that the Laugh Train Comedy Showcase takes place in, this show is enjoyable enough for a night out.
For the third year, American atheist Bronston Jones sees the state of his nation and mutters ‘God Bless ‘Merica.
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
The Irish are known for many things around the world.
Communist crooner Des Kapital (Gulag’s Got Talent, The Ex-Soviet Republic Factor) is glasnost all over to present the history of the Soviet Union using the music of Taylor Swift …
The UK-based comedian returns with new and hilarious anecdotes and jokes from his many comedy journeys around the world.
With sold out shows internationally and abroad: this comic has mastered blending stand-up, improvisation and talking to the crowd.
A near-immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering addicts.
Wakey, wakey! Start your day with two 30 minute sets from two of the North East’s rising stars of comedy.
Named after a brand of gumboot, this terrific show is loosely linked by an old man’s memories of his days in the mines, where many men were drawn from the townships.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
The sell-out unique comedy experience returns.
Join the funniest acts in Edinburgh as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family.
The comedic equivalent of a no-holds-barred cage fight.
How does one describe Betty Grumble? No really, I’m at a loss.
Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his debut hour.
“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself.
The 23rd year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
A selection of five of the hottest up-and-coming comedians at the festival in this stand-up comedy showcase extravaganza, with a different line up daily featuring your headliner Ro…
Sir Michael Caine Award-winning writer and comedian’s new one-man theatre show – a perfect love story in a swimming pool.
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. Four comedians, different to the early show. Two hours with tomorrow’s comedy stars. ‘Top value, top comedy’ (List).
The Oxford Revue present a rotating cast of the country’s brightest young comedians.
This little-known musical is tremendous fun in its own right, but the extremely talented and energetic cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical make it engaging for a full 9…
How board games can change your life and save the world.
After a sold out debut season, Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton returns to Edinburgh in 2017.
You don’t need to be a hippo expert to help Dr Zieffal and Dr Ziegal catch a hippo in Edinburgh – all you need are the right tools and to keep your eyes peeled! The Hippo that …
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by the warped imaginations of Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket an…
A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever so slightly unhinged former C-lister.
Tom Ward (Chortle Award Winner 2017, BBC Worldwide, Comedy Central) returns with a picnic of broken dreams to share! And the dome-haired, exuberant loner brings forth quite a banqu…
Puns.
One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
‘Love is a battlefield’ (Pat Benatar).
‘Dazzling wit.
Critically acclaimed one-man show from award-nominated comedian & award-winning storyteller Marcus Ryan! Sold out Perth, Scarborough and Adelaide 2015, Melbourne 2014/15 and toured…
In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer.
Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers.
One man.
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…
Siân Docksey has given up on politics to join the occult and become a lemon.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
It’s where scores of top comedians started their brilliant careers, from familiar household names to circuit and cult favourites.
‘Funny.
Two Scots and an Irishman walk into a pub… Jay Lafferty, John Scott and Martin Mor are among the very best Celtic comedians working on the global comedy circuit.
Conran’s conversational stand-up tells the story of her biological clock.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Three of Edinburgh’s funniest comedians will have their sets dissected, critiqued, and reviewed, by the toughest comedy critics there are – the comedians themselves.
Tom and Daniel are doing an hour of stand-up.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
Aussie wit vs British banter.
Join Dana Alexander in her fifth Edinburgh Show, as she navigates through the matrix of the modern world of dating.
Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle, exploring new cultures, traveling light and relying on booze to socialise.
The alternative stand-up Sean Turner has natural comedic instincts that lead him to areas most comics wouldn’t ever find themselves.
Vicki is done with degrading retail jobs, fed up of waiting around for Mr Wrong and ultimately ready to get out of bed.
Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th…
The Oxford Imps open with a voice-over introducing them as ‘world famous wits of England’ and other slightly odd hyperboles.
The translation of the word utopia, if my Ancient Greek (and Wikipedia) haven’t let me down, is “no-place”.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after four sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never is exactly what you want from a cabaret.
Within the last few years, the improvised musical has become a standard of the Fringe, with at least four in Edinburgh this summer.
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Michelle returns to the Festival with her debut one-woman show, which received five-star reviews across the board on its first sell-out run.
Comedy Cabaret hosted by ‘supremely talented comic’ (Time Out) Abigail Burdess and her glamorous assistant Dave! Abigail wrote for the BAFTA-winning That Mitchell and Webb Look and…
Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person…
Jacuzzi may have been a random title for the Free Association to use for their improvised comedy show, but this hour is indeed relaxed, warm, and bubbly.
Winner of the 2016 Eddies Award, the sell-out hit Buzz returns; a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest t…
Bracing maritime sketch show from Eggbox Comedy.
“I’m aware there isn’t much art made about love, so I thought I’d nip in and nail the definitive article before anyone else could.
Ray Bradshaw boasts of being the first comic ever to have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in both English and British Sign Language, and after seeing this hour show it’s a cala…
Two cultures have thrived, one on each side of an impenetrable wall.
A one-man show about fish, forgetting and the fear of dying single.
Poignant and humorous, this is a semi-autobiographical piece of writing which roots itself in Co-coism director Hung Chien-Han’s upbringing.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh.
Colin the Country Cockatoo is on a mission to reunite all the notes of the stave and save his friends from the dastardly plans of Calando the duck who wants to bring eternal silenc…
It’s time to paint the rainbow and unleash the world’s first one-man gay rom-com cabaret! Hilarious and heartfelt songs meet physical comedy and candid storytelling in one man’s fi…
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 13th year at the Edinburgh Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, handpicked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartil…
Following her critically acclaimed 2016 sell-out international tour, The Kardashians Made Me Do It, Shazia’s new show is about lies, lies and more lies; the truth is so 1980s.
Warning: Spoilers, swearing and a hilarious combination of incest and sex jokes.
With breathtaking magic, effortless circus and formidable beatboxing skills, Ongals will have you laughing your hat off.
From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th…
How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha…
A former Times critic’s choice.
On this guided walking tour of Edinburgh, an expert guide will show you all the city has to offer.
Painted 1888-1892 and restored in 1998, Traquair’s acclaimed murals illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year.
With comedy, cabaret and fun for all the family to enjoy, the Huggers show returns to Edinburgh.
Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart.
Prepare to have your joy levels optimised by “the finest female character comic around” (Time Out) as Pippa Evans presents Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and improvisers seen on B…
2016 Olivier Award Winners – Best Entertainment and Family Show With nine years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End…
Two strangers on a bridge in the dead of night, a game of dominoes & a value ready meal – this is a story of humanity, desperation & hope.
Impromptu Shakespeare improvise a new & unique Shakespeare play on the spot from audience suggestions, while The Maydays present Happily Never After – a dark, twisted musical tal…
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Too fat? Too thin? Never exercise? Gym crazy? Addicted to diets? Hate how you look in the nude? Then this musical revue is for YOU! It’s a riotous evening of fun, flesh and f…
“Some stories didn’t make it into the history books” In 1943, young Mid-Westerner Stu serves in the army as a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal ‘f…
Naughty compare LUKE MEREDITH hops into the jacuzzi at The Free Association as their guest monologist! Prepare for a fast-paced and witty evening of titillating banter and scenes! …
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie…
Three hilarious shows all made up on the spot by some of London’s top improvisers! This week we have Leave To Remain, Clusterfox & James And I.
Stand up comedy at the Trafalgar tavern, a place that has seen William Gladstone and Charles Dickens dining side-by-side.
Award-winning writer and comedian Nathan Cassidy’s new one-man theatre show for 2017.
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
This semi-staged professional show is set in the same form as Christ’s Passion.
This show is about two things: home and the body.
Some people might think that setting the Battle of Stalingrad to Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time is somewhat trivialising the matter.
2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Catalan composer Federico Mompou’s death.
Brighton Fringe free mindful Ki and Aikido taster sessions, everyone welcome! Brighton Ki Society.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
A musical story for children where each character is a musical instrument .
Through the use of film projection, plays, and music by Justyna Ponikowska, 7090 and Hana present a concert about the malleability of meaning.
On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London.
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
In this slightly surreal, politically-charged musical cabaret, seemingly wholesome Scottish lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure.
The Duncan brothers came from the same erection, but have since gone in a different direction.
Sussex Jazz Orchestra plays exciting, driving and dynamic big-band music as well as more familiar Jazz standards with a twist.
We are pleased and delighted to be welcoming the return of Pianist Rachel Fryer performing the Goldberg Variations.
“I collect bags of sugar from cafes and restaurants I’m in.
Being inspired by fairy tales, Gothic themes and the warped imagination of Tim Burton was all-too-clear in the wide and undeniably impressive range of sketches, theatre troupe The …
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Inspired by two real stories, the play explores the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families - a journey of love, loss and duty.
Does the perfect man exist, and at age 83, does Lynn Ruth Miller need to find him? Her 70 minute show, autobiographical, takes us on a journey from 1943-2017 (11 years old - 83yea…
It’s hard to attend a performance of Footloose without bringing pre-conceived notions with you.
Old people, eh? A bunch of forgetful wasters who always have a hatchet to unbury or a cup of tea going cold.
Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking, or just for fun! Jill Edward…
Two decades of drought result in a ban on the use of private toilets, and citizens are forced to pay through the roof to use public amenities, a privilege we currently enjoy in the…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Winner of the 2016 Stella Wilkie Award and the 2016 Eddies Award, BUZZ is a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton…
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of genial Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish and guests in an early ev…
Join Dave Edwards as he gives advice concerning how to navigate the messy world of modern-day dating.
“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room .
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network Award winner) and Ria Lina ***** (Mumble Comedy).
Following a sold out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Terence Rattigan’s brilliant comedy Love in Idleness transfers to the Apollo Theatre for 50 performances only.
Every Wednesday night is ‘Quiz Night’ at Brighton Fringe this year! An intimate, original musical portrait of two friends (with benefits) as they try to avoid discussing real life,…
“Venter”-To speak.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Kids, bring your folks to see the international circuit's best comedians, sketch acts and cabaret stars.
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Come to the Brighton Bandstand for some inner peace.
After Muofhe’s thriving musical career in her region in the northern province of Venda in south Africa, she has decided it’s time to introduce her African rhythms to the rest of …
‘Venter’-To speak.
It’s just like regular bingo, but instead of shouting out numbers we play songs! Each round takes on a different theme of song choices, these could be based on either a decade, g…
From National Bulgarian TV to the London stage, we present a musical sketch comedy show taking a unique look at the lives of people who are either in or starting relationships, oft…
‘Super Happy Land’ is the re-imagining of 70’s children’s favourite ‘Tiswas’ relocated to a pub basement.
Did you know that every sound has a colour? What are your true colours? And what happens when all those colours blend together in a choir? Come and discover an amazing choral rain…
The Comedy Store presents the Best of the Comedy Store, bringing you the brightest comedy talent from the UK and international circuit.
Roedean community musicians perform classic choral favourites by Monteverdi, Handel and Parry.
How many times can you fall in love? How many people can you love at the same time? These questions arise when certain uninvited guests call, disrupting the comfortable lives of an…
Brighton’s Favourite, as faded yet not jaded as a seaside pier, Ida Barr returns! This former music hall singer used to be quite the shining star, known for her two big hits, ‘Oh …
When compére Stephen Grant takes the stage, he capably gains control of the large, boisterous audience with his high energy stage presence and quick-witted quips.
An hour of entertainment from musicians, clowns and wordmongers of all flavours, local and international, showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer.
The utterly hilarious and utterly heartwarming debut hour of stand-up from Robin Morgan (Writer of ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Newzoids’, ‘The News Quiz’ and the ‘Now Show’).
Comedy Compilation show of some of the best up and coming comics from the UK Comedy Circuit.
Stand-up comedy in support of Medécins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).
‘Love a Positive Life’ is a multimedia exhibition telling the positive stories of young people living with HIV in Africa and Asia.
Oleg Caetani, renowned internationally for his deep knowledge of Shostakovich’s repertoire, will lead Bard College’s innovative pre-professional orchestra, The Orchestra Now (T…
Calling all hippo expert enthusiasts! Award-winning family comedy that will have kids storming the stage.
Who will be crowned this year's winner of the prestigious WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards? 'Wonderfully entertaining' (Chortle.
1942.
The 30-strong London Musical Theatre Orchestra and a host of West End stars will take to the London Palladium stage under the baton of its first guest conductor, the show’s c…
As part of its Around Town series, The Orchestra Now will be performing a free concert of works by Glinka, Messiaen, and Tchaikovsky.
Join us at the Water Poet in Shoreditch for City Impro’s weekly improvised comedy show.
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…
Urinetown is set in a town that is desperately suffering a water shortage following a 20 year drought.
Multi award nominated comedian and BBC/Virgin Radio Star Inel Tomlinson is relaunching his sell out live roadshow Kinetic Comedy.
As Sara Pascoe explains, the peculiarities of a ‘job’ as a comedian, that is more ‘craft’ than job equally applies to describing whether something is funny or not.
For 9 weeks only, Dirty Great Love Story makes its West End debut! Two hopeful hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other.
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
The Orchestra Now performs a free concert in the Bronx led by conductor JoAnn Falletta.
The Orchestra Now kicks off the 2nd season of its Around Town series with a free concert in Harlem, led by conductor JoAnn Falletta.
In the run up to Christmas, three families are placed into cramped temporary accommodation.
'We lose ourselves to keep our oaths.
Love's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays.
Following the critically acclaimed smash hit productions of The Dazzle, Bug and Unfaithful, Emily Dobbs Productions is excited to present Fool for Love, the thrilling final show at…
Following their sell-out run in the Welsh Millennium Centre’s 10th Anniversary production Broadway to the Bay, The Novello Orchestra comes to the London Palladium for a night…
‘Hooray For Love’ is a musical celebration of our universal quest for love.
The award-winning romantic comedy follows the story of college senior Evie and her struggles when it comes to relationships, gaming and life in the real world.
The Orchestra Now, a pre-professional orchestra in residence at Bard College, performs three orchestral suites and a symphony by three American composers: Bernstein, Copland, and M…
In an incredible career spanning over seven decades Petula Clark is a true international superstar and legend.
A hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest to fall back in love with herself.
Spanning one term at Oxford University, Modern Love follows the story of two sets of best friends - Olivia and Ella, Harry and Jonah - whose lives collide when they all fall for El…
Among the gifts bestowed on the world by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the one-hour slot, into which everything—stand-up, spoken word, circus, dance or drama—has become s…
Join us for the legendary gameshow and comedy night. Take part in hilarious challenges to win prizes and enjoy comedy from some of the funniest alternative comedians in the UK.
Adam Guettel's hauntingly beautiful musical, based on a true story It’s 1925 in Kentucky and fearless cave explorer Floyd Collins dreams of finding fame and fortune de…
City Impro’s Time Out recommended Comedy Sunday Roast show returns to The Water Poet for another evening of fun filled entertainment made up completely on the spot.
Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered.
Every year an absolute sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, grew out of the conviction that singing is good for the soul.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Four Scottish Dances – Malcolm Arnold.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Edinburgh Fringe veteran, Perrier nominee, co-founder of the Comedy Store Players, multiple BAFTA-winning Horrible Histories songwriter, inadvertent creator of the phrase ‘comedy i…
The problem with epic poetry is that it’s just so….
Join us for a bumper-length comedy extravaganza to mark Barnardo’s 150th Anniversary, courtesy of your favourite TV and stand-up comedians.
You’ll Never Get This Time Back is a zany, absurd and irreverent hour of fun that casts a comic eye over the darker regions of the human soul.
Fancy a bit of festive sparkle? Then join Buddy and our cast as we whisk you away to Christmas in New York! Featuring a live band, this promises to be a Sparklejollytwinklejingley …
A unique fun-filled, vibrant and interactive riotous adult five-star afternoon variety show, packed with hilarious mime, comedy, innuendo and magic.
Paul Kelly has recorded over 20 albums as well as several film soundtracks.
Inspired by the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning and the Hatton Garden safe deposit heist this is a dark, psychological thriller being delivered on stage to coincide with its product…
The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a fourth year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals.
You’ve seen the film, now here’s the musical.
Theatre and physical theatre about the contemporary condition of women and farmed animals, created following Carol Adams’ lecture The sexual Politics of Meat.
Funnily enough, Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing is a sort of stand-up comedy thing.
Grab your hottest Fringe tickets, to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars who showcase in this prestigious final.
Saudha, ‘one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country’ (BBC Radio), offers a hypnotic and ‘breath-taking’ presentation (Rhapsody of Soul, Guardian) of India…
Once again the band take the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with great songs taken from their latest album, Fire in the Glen, and material from previous albums.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast, and special guest hosts to be announced! Always a complete sell-out, book early to avoid disappointment.
Romance, passion, joy, heartbreak – all are here in a programme of wonderful music by Liszt, Granados and Chopin, given by a ‘Master’ (EdinburghGuide.com).
Two ladies who like tea, cake, gin and playing ukulele.
LondonTheatre1 says ★★★★★ “Appropriately camp and stagey, but warm and good-humoured, I would happily sit through all of it again.
Born just down the road in Peebles one dark, stormy night in 1944, Eric’s path through life since has been a bit of a twisty one.
As a piece of verbatim theatre, I Love You / It’s Over gives a much more clear headed, down-to-earth view of love than you’re likely to find in a more highly wrought play.
A concert to celebrate the launch of the choir’s Stravinsky CD, including music by Gesualdo, Bach, Stravinsky and Gabriel Jackson.
Hilarious scenes made up on the spot based entirely on audience suggestions.
Scooby-Doo is the only dog that makes scary fun, loves solving a good mystery and is totally cool.
Bel Canto Voices, Fife’s premier youth choir presents The History of The Musical, featuring highlights from shows by Offenbach to Rodgers and Gershwin to Schoenberg, and showcasi…
The International Shalom Festival is a celebration of the diverse culture, music, art, dance and food of Israel aiming to build cultural bridges and develop international friendsh…
The dolphin – a remarkably intelligent animal with uncommon sensitivity, full of wonder and curiosity.
Join award-winning comedian Des Clarke at the recording of a brand new stand-up TV show featuring the comedy stars of today and tomorrow.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s finest in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change takes you through a series of hilarious vignettes that show the roller coaster ride that is relationships.
Does the wistful attitude of Robbie Burns longing for the Highlands have the same resonance today as in 19th century Scotland? Alongside today’s hot topics of independence and na…
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity providing care and support to people living with HIV or Hepatitis C throughout Scotland.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2016.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Following various elements from the classic book by C.
An explosive, brand new musical from platinum selling songwriters Guard and Rice.
spiked, the radical magazine that fights for your right to offend, returns to the Stand for a night of no-holds-barred comedy.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
‘Thought-provoking, visually beautiful and totally engaging’ **** (EdinburghGuide.
A sculptor is awaiting the arrival of an art dealer when the power fails.
A fresh look at the love poems of Sam Shepard using dance, aerial, physical theatre and live video.
Next on the list of unusual inspirations: Casting Call Woe is a Fringe show based on a blog.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
A story of ambition and love, Big Shot captivates with a blend of energy and poignance infused in its music and its characters.
The smash hit, sell out production from Hartshorn - Hook Productions returns for one night only, reuniting the stellar cast of Simon Lipkin, Julie Atherton, Gina Beck and Samuel Ho…
Making international trade deals isn’t easy but it is funny, absurd, ridiculous, stupid, nonsensical, manic, moronic, filthy, terrifying, profane, devastating, and moooo-ving.
The descriptor for this Fringe production should appeal to anyone involved in theatre.
Fresh from Newcastle, Spontaneous Wrecks brings you live improvised comedy in the style of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’.
Join us for the live final of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
A modern-day musical twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with music by Joshua Salzman and book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham.
UCLU Musical Theatre Society’s Fringe production of the Joe Dipietro’s fast paced musical comedy is an incredibly entertaining and fast paced journey into the world of dating, …
Exploring the impact of creeping corporatism and excessive accountability.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Laughter-packed, legendary and unmissable on Saturday nights.
WHITE are a hurtling juggernaut of synth stabs, razor-sharp guitars and even sharper attire.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English.
Luca Villani – Guitar. Isabel Panè – Soprano. Music by Giordani, Monteverdi, Murray, Pergolesi, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Tansman, Troup and Villani.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = Musical Comedy Awards! Fresh from our sold-out final at the iconic Udderbelly on Southbank, ‘wonderfully entertaining’ (Chortle.
Join us for an evening of the best comedy, music and poetry Edinburgh has to offer in the atmospheric environs of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Classically-trained Canadian singer Melanie Gall presents this one hour recital of the music of legendary Francophone singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, with songs presented them…
A late-night spectacular of this Fringe favourite! Acts and audiences are plunged into darkness to create one of the most unique and unforgettable comedy experiences.
SUMMER ROCK a new musical will make its world premiere at the Davenport Black Box Theatre, playing for a limited run from August 11th through August 14th.
With breathtaking magic, effortless circus and formidable beatboxing skills, Ongals will have you laughing your hat off, even if you don’t know why.
With live music and stunning harmonies, join some of Edinburgh’s finest vocal talent and enjoy a selection of hits from the jukebox musical.
Presenting a fast, funny, and engaging take on improv, improvable brings ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ style games into the 21st century.
Will the guys be out of bed in time for their lunchtime show? You bet they will.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
It would be hard to find a piano recital in this year’s festivals better than those by this Japanese-born international soloist.
A captivating piece of storytelling that takes the audience back to 1939 and then through to 1945, telling the tale of two best friends in the army, a night club owner and three al…
Paul Robeson is a world-famous American actor, singer and civil rights campaigner.
What’s a boy to do? Puddlescombe Prep, the poshest school in Britain (and therefore, or course, the world), is going to the dogs.
Ambitious in its intentions, At War With Love uses a selection of thirty-two of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to form a narrative set against the backdrop of the First World War.
Blues – the base root of modern music – presented by popular, in demand Edinburgh four-piece, playing lovable, timeless standards plus some driving originals.
Following its woefully short-lived run at the Adelphi Theatre in 2015, the only opportunity to catch this upbeat musical is now in the hands of amateur theatre companies.
Elizabeth has Downs.
What would your dog say if she could talk? Furry angel philosophers Trinny and Kato share their insights on the travails and foibles of the (not always wonderful) humans they love,…
This group from China’s most famous experimental school blends Chinese and European wind instruments and repertoire.
It didn’t take me long into this show to realise two things: that this as clearly a piece of community theatre and should be recognised as such and that there is clearly somethin…
John Bryden plays music by Bach and his followers, Robert and Clara Schumann and Beethoven, in a series of recitals on the Cathedral Steinway.
South African sensations return.
Whether it’s first love or unrequited love, with accomplished Edinburgh jazz vocalist Pam Lawson and trio (Campbell Normand on piano, Ed Kelly on bass and Dave Swanson on drums) pe…
Award-winning Badger High School Theater presents Tales from the American Midwest, a series of American folk tales centred around the Midwestern states.
ACMS returns for its sixth Sisyphean year at the Fringe, hosted and curated by Thom Tuck, ‘an authoritative and slightly creepy blowhard’ (Scotsman), and John-Luke Roberts, ‘a leve…
Harbouring secret feelings for Geoffrey Boycott? Fantasising about Edwina Currie? Join David as he deconstructs the cult of celebrity with a collection of love songs, poems and let…
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, Call the Midwife, Radio 4) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
Organists Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Peter Backhouse (St Giles’ Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘…
Hi, I’m Yianni Agisilaou.
Come witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows.
Freckleface Strawberry will do anything to get rid of her freckles – from scrubbing them with soap, to caking on makeup and even wearing a ski mask to school! Will her schoolmate…
Shakespeare on Love offers a heartwarming performance given by a group of Milwaukee high school students: the brainchild of their two English teachers.
UCLU Comedy Club’s sketch troupe, The Gower Line, return to Edinburgh with their brand of ‘fast paced madness’ (Pi Media), presenting their favourite new sketches from the past yea…
Hooray for Love follows the success of Nicky’s 2014 Edinburgh hit, Empty Nest.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum with the best contemporary talents from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.
American cop Frank Law lost his partner two days before retirement.
Join us for the semi-finals of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter K…
Words from the heart by award-winning poet, David Lee Morgan (London, UK, and BBC slam poetry champion).
Chris O Neill serves up samples of ten different acts every day so you can pick your favourites.
Comedy, craft beer and curry, all under one roof and served up during the most indulgent lunchtime show Leith has ever seen.
Live music throughout the day and night at Stramash, featuring the best Edinburgh-based and visiting musicians.
Pro headliners, breakthrough acts and our signature dash of circus variety.
In addition to their main show, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and more in association with PBH’s Free Fringe.
Sean Turner takes his one man show to the Fringe for a month-long run.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Fringe after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
Russell Howard, Tim Minchin, Miranda Hart.
Shanghai Culture Week opens with a concert featuring three of the city’s top orchestras: Shanghai Young Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai City Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai City…
See comedians pitted against each other in something almost resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Unrestrained by scripts, our star-studded line-up of irreverent puzzle-bu…
The biggest and brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
St Giles’ Cathedral presents a diverse series of musical performances for all tastes, be it choral, sacred, secular, instrumental or folk.
A short and sweet performance that makes use of popular romantic tracks to tackle the trials and troubles of online dating and the accompanying creeps who come with the app, Love M…
Buzz is a new musical from writer Robyn Grant.
Musical Anthology is a performance of sacred, secular, classical, contemporary and world music with organ, trumpets and voice – Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Galuppi, Boëllman…
The film chronicles the rich and tragic history of the Crimean Tatar people from ancient times to the aftermath of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day.
Call Mr Robeson is Tayo Aluko’s tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most recognisable singers in terms of looks and voice.
Part of the PBH Free Fringe, Malones will play host to a variety of musicians from across the globe.
‘Consistently boasting some of the most interesting line ups in the country’ (Times).
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
The latest craze is literally nothing.
Four top quality foul-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Mission accepted.
Once a day the unique 22-seat Vintage Mobile Cinema will briefly become a comedy venue.
The King School from Stamford, Connecticut is proud to present Shrek The Musical: TYA.
Like many musical theatre fans, I have a love-hate relationship with Rent.
Join a trained festival guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
‘A festival mainstay for 10 years now, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Fiona Crow presents her collection of self-penned songs accompanied by a full band, visual art and dance for a one-off Fringe production.
We begin with a boy meeting a girl.
Showcasing the best the Fringe has to offer.
There is no doubt that Nick Revell is an amusing and witty comic whose capabilities are evident from both long line of positive past reviews and his catalogue on YouTube.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Shaedates is a show about finding yourself – quite literally.
A show about growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India (Southall) and then being thrown into the west with no language, culture, personality or brains.
Think you know charades? Think again! Comedy meets game show meets improv, as two teams of Fringe comics hilariously pit their skills and wit against each other, in this hysterical…
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time. Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, free!
A very well-structured and well-performed show, delivered from a fantastic up-and-coming comedian.
Evan Desmarais explores the concepts of good and bad, and right and wrong.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
South African sensations return.
‘Funny.
In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…
Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love.
A fun-packed hour of stand-up where Saskia Preston and Sarah Iles bring along their comedy chums to have you laughing your bellies off.
The show’s title is accurate in that the two comedians who perform in it are indeed Irish, but the idea that this has anything to do with “championship comedy” is a misleadin…
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it: no rules, no backup, no script, a helter-skelter descent into pure comedy.
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…
Award winners Janis Claxton (choreographer) and Pippa Murphy (composer) join forces with world-class dancers for a series of site-specific performances.
If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�…
Unique comedy double act Brian and Krysstal return to the Fringe.
Devastatingly original character comedy duo Róisín and Chiara are ‘a pair of improvising geniuses’ and Ones to Watch 2016 (Funny Women).
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence.
This highly interactive show is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
It’s a stand-up comedy show from a stand-up gal about confidence and self-sabotage.
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe.
She’s been described as the best African-Czechoslovakian comic on earth.
Twenty second year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
Two years ago Matt spent six hours in a car with Hollywood star Harvey Keitel.
If you’re a real fan of comedy, Crack Comedy’s Pick of the Fringe is the place for you.
Self-proclaimed “Champion of Comedy” Rob Mulholland tells all in this hilarious stand-up show.
Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his debut hour.
Classic late show Festival comedy fare.
Enjoy an hour of the best up and coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
Hosted by award-winning comedian and UK board game champion James Cook, the funniest Fringe performers play classic and new board games.
In its fourth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Shame, sex and shouting back from two of the UK’s best new stand-up comics.
Truth is relative, sure, but as far as I’m concerned I’ve got this shit figured out.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham.
The Oxford Revue present a rotating cast of the country’s brightest young comedians together with headline acts from the comedy circuit.
It’s late.
Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham.
‘Funny.
Despite the commanding tone of his show’s title, John Gordillo doesn’t actually come across as a fan of Capitalism as an economic and social system.
How board games can change your life and save the world. Award-winning comedian James Cook has read the back of the box and is ready to play. Won’t you join him?
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A comedy show with pictures, and probably not what Fox Talbot had in mind.
Enter a world with its veil drawn back, where good and evil battle in darkly hilarious style.
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 …
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest and most beautiful acts participating at …
Three of Ireland’s best up-and-coming alternative comics.
Dressed like a hip hop stereotype and with an accent he describes as “Forrest Gump on crack”, LJ Da Funk is the brainchild of stand-up Zac Splijt.
Carlotta is a romance novelist except she’s never been in love.
I was there when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, when Emu bit Michael Parkinson.
If you want to see comedy that is a little different, this is for you.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club present their Pick of the Fringe, following full houses from 2013-2015.
Fringe newcomers, Dude Looks Like A Lady, bring their award-winning sketch show to Edinburgh with heaps of enthusiasm, a fluctuating quality of comedy and an abundance of false (an…
Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection.
The title song, by Cole Porter, makes an appearance part way through the second half of this narrativised collection of numbers, and really speaks of the character’s ultimate sta…
Aussie wit vs British banter. Two comedians compete over five hilarious rounds. Stand-up, crowd heckling, improvisation, roasting and actual boxing. It’s fun on steroids.
Twisted Edge Comedy presents the participants of their newly founded stand-up workshops.
Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear.
Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the …
A dark and twisted musical tale inspired by the warped imaginations of film director Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice) and the Brothers Grimm.
Ten Storey Love Song may be the greatest Fringe show I’ve ever encountered.
It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production.
Three brilliant, original and hilarious improv acts: DVD Box Set – your new favourite TV show, entirely improvised by a cast of FA players, inspired by an audience suggestion.
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
With a Cambridge Footlights endorsement on their flyer, this is a group already promising great things to an expectant audience.
Erin McGathy (This Feels Terrible, Drunk History, Community) presents a comedy show about love, guts, despair and wearing wedding dresses covered in candy for approval.
Every night of the Festival, Edinburgh’s famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club (Winner, Best Small Comedy Club, Scottish Comedy Awards 2016), brings you a cracking showcase of premier s…
Triple Entendre is directed, created and designed by Emily Cairns and is a comic musical cabaret about “Love, Life and Other Stuff”, consisting of a collection of original song…
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
This decidedly chaotic event includes some of Edinburgh’s best performance artists, with all entertainment at fifteen minutes or less.
This is a show that anyone who has ever been single – and that means everyone – needs to see.
This reference-heavy show fills a key niche for fan fiction comedy at the Fringe.
‘Musical’? Check.
On a hovercraft, no one can hear you bark.
With last year’s Cry me a Liver Lucy Pohl proved herself to be an exceptional actor, throwing herself into each of her characters with impressive resolve.
The Improv Musical from the University of Warwick return for their third stint at the Fringe, and while providing some light and silly entertainment, fails to land any punches eith…
At the end of his show, Mike Ward took a moment to emphasise the importance of free speech, the vital importance that comedians are free to offend; he even handed out badges to hel…
Be Prepared for a Disney-style musical like you’ve never seen before! We’ll take you to A Whole New World full of princesses, witches, and talking animals, starring in an improvise…
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
Do you like improv? Do you like standup? Hate having to choose between the two? Well, at The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In, you don’t have to settle – you can see both! Ye…
This is a pretty great show.
Catch four of the best new acts on the comedy circuit in the twelfth year of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.
Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically …
Australian comedian’s Edinburgh debut.
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.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after three sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious…
The Free Association is London’s leading improv powerhouse, and we’re thrilled to bring you our headline show: JACUZZI.
Comedy Reserve presents a great opportunity to see four of the Fringe’s ‘up-and-coming’ acts in an hour-long compilation show.
Raymond Mearns is one of the best and most consistent performers on the UK and international comedy circuit.
A former Times critic’s choice.
The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year.
Painted 1888-1892 and restored in 1998, Traquair’s acclaimed murals illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the …
The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year.
Three giants of sketch comedy come together to preview their EdFringe shows.
Fresh from updating our Instagram pages, popbox presents Love Letters to Asia.
Jumping from ravaged warzones to recording studios and London’s VIP clubs, Exposure: The Musical sheds a light on the limelight, dissecting the nature of fame and cost of succes…
The Andrews Sisters meets ‘Smack the Pony’ in this new musical comedy cabaret.
A Year From Now Where will you be a year from now? RedBellyBlack sets out to answer this simple question with honesty, empathy and visual dexterity.
There’s a definite shift in the second play in this double bill from Edinburgh-based theatre company Strange Town.
Pianist and organist Carl Bahoshy performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert and Rachmaninoff in aid of Iraqi Christians in Need (ICIN) charity.
‘Now I’m a Big Boy!’ is written, produced and performed by young people, tackling issues of growing up and the problems surrounding sexual consent.
For children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
It’s back! Once again we’re ready to lead you in a sing-along of hits from shows such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, Grease and Oliver and so much more! With a live band backing you and fun…
Izzard, Brand, Hardee - comedian Charmian’s had steaming hot cuppas with them all.
Arrive 14:15 wearing loose, comfortable clothing for the start of the Shin Shin Toitsu Do (Japanese yoga) session at 14:30, where you’ll learn unification of mind and body and natu…
Calling all hippo expert enthusiasts! This weird and wonderful family show for all ages will have kids storming the stage.
A tender and ridiculous show that clambers up your drainpipe with a rose between its teeth.
In the heart of the Garden of England, in the small parish of Pluckley, all is not as it seems.
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…
This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone.
Red wine, jokes, puppetry, pedantry, a few ditties, a short play and a measure of brandy.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family.
The Sussex Symphony Orchestra and BBC’s Alistair Appleton present a fun afternoon of music for children and families.
The Democratic Dictator of Lafta Republic, His Excellency President Obonjo, returns to Brighton Fringe with a brand new show! On the comedy campaign trail to become the first (inte…
The big band sound of 1960s Latin America via the back streets of New Orleans, this irresistibly swinging street music will have the crowd baying for more.
Argus Angel award winners with brightonirish.
As soon as Taylo Aluko, in the guise of Paul Robeson, takes to the stage we know we’re in for a treat.
The half life of love is forever - it remains toxic, poisoning life long after love is over.
Jazz big band, led by effervescent trombonist Mark Bassey, playing exciting contemporary arrangements alongside favourite jazz standards.
Learn how to use stand-up basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking- or just for fun! Jill’s comedy courses are the most established in the UK.
Neil Frost has a story to tell.
Think Tank is a live comedy and debate show where professional comedians propose policy ideas to a panel of politicians and experts.
“Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up sets from grown-up, high-quality acts who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bits,” says The Independent.
Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends.
Pleasing an audience is difficult at the best of times, when they’re on your side you can read the room, and you’re in safe hands if tech and logistics all go to plan.
A day of provocations and presentations: creating a diverse future and raising the profile of disabled artists.
This original musical tells a fairytale about everyday life - the many voices telling us what to do and who to be.
The concert, which is being held in the synagogue, is in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first recorded Jewish family who lived in Brighton at 22 East Street.
One man takes on the concept of love in a raging battle to the death.
Storytelling feast of foolish kings, tree-climbing princesses, and one revolting woman, woven together by chief mischief-maker Damian BB Wood.
We all know the refuge that music and singing can bring.
BBC award-winning comedian Yuriko Kotani headlines an immensely entertaining evening of stand-up acts linked together by the hilarious commentary and super-silly antics of compere …
Award-winning short films from the internationally acclaimed ‘Iris Prize Film Festival’: a collection of the winners and runners-up from the 2015 prize.
“a smorgasbord of different voices finding the funny in new places.
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
LJ Da Funk (New Comedian of the Year 2015 Winner) presents the most hilarious fusion of sex and politics since David Cameron f**ked that pig.
An intimate, audience-collaborative theatre show with projected imagery and text messaging, exploring love, desire and dating with your clothes on.
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network award-winner) and Ria Lina ***** (Mumble Comedy) “fearless, provocative and very funny” (Scotsman) are joined by their …
Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Brighton’s best night out. “THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy” (The Independent)
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl, and they live happily ever after.
Through the use of film projection, plays and music by Justyna Ponikowska, PAND7090 and Hana present a concert about the malleability of identity.
Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between.
Ashley Austin Morris hosts this solid evening of stand-up, with sets from Dan Soder, Subhah Agarwal, Michael Brigante and Guilio Gallarotti.
First lines are important; as attention grabbers, but also as indicators of what’s to come, tonally at least.
In this show Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love story.
Tom Papa hosts this edition of the yearly benefit for City Green, a nonprofit organization that establishes urban farms and gardens in Northern New Jersey.
The atmosphere on New Road was buzzing.
After a near-fatal car accident in 2014, Tracy Morgan has been making a welcome return to stand-up comedy over the last six months.
Halfway through The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, I am laughing so much I have to take a moment to recompose.
Josh Gondelman, a comedian and writer for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” hosts a special show as part of the Jewish Museum’s after-hours series…
If you believe ‘youth is wasted on the young’, then just for a second imagine it was lived by the not-so-young.
As Alice and Ben settle into their beautiful new flat they realise that the family across the hall hope to be more than just good neighbours.
The true story of small-time Old West outlaw Elmer McCurdy, whose body was mummified and became a fixture on carnival sideshows, movies, road races and the TV show, “The Six Mill…
His 20’s were a fist of fun, his 30’s spent deciphering the intricacies of Big Cook and Little Cook’s business partnership, and then, oh fuck!, he was 40.
Everyone has a story about Tom, says the narrator.
Eighty new musicals will have their West End premiere this Autumn, each created on the spot by the incredible, multi award-winning musical comedians The Showstoppers.
This impressive period ensemble continues its series of Handel performances in New York, which last season included a memorable “Alcina.
Marshall Brandon hosts this comedy show at the legendary theater’s Soundstage. Performers include Meshelle, Neko White and Heather Jay Harris, with music from DJ Qool Marv.
In one sense this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena Theatre Company is nothing more than a theatrical game in which writer Jack Elliot creates a succession of…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is the second-longest running off Broadway musical.
Chrissie Mayr and Oscar Aydin present a special edition of this monthly “gay and gay-adjacent” comedy show to benefit NYC Pride.
Keaton Patti hosts this homage to classic stand-up, in which comedians try to “cover” a famous comedy album by performing bits based on the titles of that album…
Steve N Allen (MC): “Apollo-quality live comedy” - ThreeWeeks Rhodders: Award winning radio presenter Rosie Holt: “disgustingly talented” - TheatreWales.
Smoking Hot Comedy is returning to Reading in its new home of RYND. FREE Entry with Lineup: - Thanyia Moore (MC) - Bob Munro - Sam Mitchell - Ed Day - Joel Henderson
It began as one man’s story… became everyone’s music…and is now Broadway’s musical.
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…
A mixed troupe of lost souls find comfort in each other in the enjoyment of telling “silly little stories about silly little things” that are extensions and exaggerations of the…
Bard College’s new training ensemble, led by Leon Botstein, offers a program called “Beethoven’s Likes,” featuring works by composers important to Beethoven…
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
CLOSE TO YOU, a new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, makes its highly anticipated West End transfer to the Criterion Theatre from 3rd October.
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
This worthy festival showcases an eclectic range of composers, including Steve Mackey, beginning on Jan.
(performances start on Wednesday) A tuneful celebration of musical and theatrical experiment, this year’s festival features the world premiere of “Angel’s Bone,…
Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics.
This event promises to be “everything you wish your company’s holiday party was but isn’t.
Rashad Jennings of the New York Giants hosts this celebrity-studded fundraiser, which benefits his literacy and community outreach charity.
Blaktino Dance Concert is the final offering of the month-long BlakTinX performance series, featuring artists – many hailing from the Bronx – who work in a variety of d…
Comedy Central shows off its impressive array of comedic talent with this show, which features performances from Hannibal Buress, Nathan Fielder, Big Jay Oakerson, Jeff Ross and Ro…
Die Doing What You Love is the first (and last) solo show from comedian Tom Holmes.
Comedy Central hosts this annual event, which showcases some of the finest up-and-coming stand-up talent in the country.
This annual event — now in its 12th year — showcases the talents of Arab-American comedians, actors, playwrights and filmmakers.
This musical satire by Fred Sauter and Paul Leschen (“Bedbugs!!!”) commandeers three real-life stories of obsession: the German cannibal who ate his willing victim, the…
Theatrum Vertitatus is very excited to be taking their dark and haunting production of Lanford Wilson’s “Home Free!” to The London Horror Festival this year after 2 successful runs…
Some lives are touched by war.
This touring production from the Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit offers an incredibly mobile take on Shakespeare’s early, antic comedy of identical twins on th…
(performances start on Oct.
(in previews; opens on Sunday) Twenty years ago Hannah and Zvi were a young married couple living in Jerusalem.
Sex, scandal & showbiz 1940’s style.
Gotham Comedy Club plays host to this weekly stand-up show, which broadcasts live on the cable network AXS TV.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on Oct.
This festival — now in it’s second year — gathers some of the city’s finest free stand-up shows under one banner for a week of top-notch comedy at venues in…
Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
A recital by Karen West, Elizabeth Woollven and George Ross, accompanied by Helen Maddox and Alan Graham, to include Schumann’s Frauen-Liebe und Leben and John Maxwell Geddes’ …
Anarchic annual two-hour charity show celebrating the late Godfather of Alternative Comedy.
Back after a year off, Die Roten Punkte take the helm of this fundraiser for Macmillan.
Abi Roberts’ Musical CID is the cult comedy confessional show delving into what big names in comedy have on their iPods! Funny, raucous and revealing, for four nights only! Which f…
Multi award nominated Inel Tomlinson is back with his sell-out show, Kinetic Comedy.
A riotous non-verbal comedy about a nervous man who decides to change the monotony of his life by taking a risk.
As part of Ars Nova’s ongoing Showgasm Spotlight, the comedians and real-life couple Aidy Bryant and Conner O’Malley present this “seminar” on love and sex.
Perth Youth Orchestra is one of the UK’s oldest youth orchestras, having recently celebrated its 50th birthday.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
For one night only, Sing in The City’s premier choir The Aw’ Blacks will be performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
For the Love of Chocolate oozes chocolate from its pores.
Live art every day.
Live art every day.
Receiving mildly ecstatic acclaim at home, this musical comedy duo are proud to present their debut Edinburgh Fringe show.
Do we need to label disabled artists? Join the conversation, see things differently, meet the Unlimited and iF Platform artists, take part and change perceptions in a day of talkin…
Hundreds entered, eight survive, now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.
A composer a day: John Bryden will play music by Elgar, Mozart and Dvorák in three recitals on the Cathedral Steinway.
Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical.
Gilded Balloon veterans Arthur Smith and Steve Frost take you on a tour of their old haunts (or what is left of them).
In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit.
NakedFeet Theatre’s Dust Never Settles in Torchlight is a short and sweet reimagining of a selection of Greek myths.
Based on the script Mountains and Seas by Gao Xing-Jian, the play premiered at the National Theatre in Taipei, 2013.
Grab your tickets to vote for tomorrow’s stars at this prestigious Final alongside comedy cognoscenti.
The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a third year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals.
One man (Ben).
Sketch comedy is making a comeback! If you’re not brave enough to try stand-up yet, then sketch is the perfect introduction to writing and performing comedy.
Following on from Brew’s acclaimed Remember When which recalled his past an elite ballet dancer, For Now I am engages directly with his body as it is now, 18 years on since his lif…
The Big V comedy competition is the search for a new star across Asia, sponsored by Magners cider. The search is over and Matthew Giffen is here to present the winner, Jim Brewsky.
An hour of pure delight.
Powerful music by Haydn in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Cathedral.
Nina has won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, and made a BAFTA nominated film.
ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned.
A culinary conundrum.
Alexei’s varied career spans work as comic, novelist, actor and columnist.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 finalists), Abandoman…
Come and join French singer/songwriter Farah Rigal as she takes you on a special voyage to the world of folk-rock.
Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Mark Thomas, Susan Calman, Bridget Christie, Liz Lochhead, Arthur Smith, Jo Caulfield, Fred MacAulay and Angela Barnes.
The history of Chinese folk music is one of the longest unbroken musical lineages in the world, representing over three thousand years of tradition.
Long established as one of the UK’s best female comics Jo talks about her career in comedy with Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.
A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
After a sell-out run and a Herald Angel Award at the 2014 Fringe, Bowditch returns with her intimate and witty show that explores the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo …
Mark Dean Quinn returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the fifth year running attempting to win the best newcomer award.
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity that has supported people living in Scotland with HIV and Hepatitis C for 26 years.
Award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and actress talks about her career in comedy, with Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.
A bumper-length show giving you the chance to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s while previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows, courtesy of some of your favourite…
What would you do for love? What would you do for money? In our world of pay day loans and credit on tap how easy is it to become overwhelmed? Jess’ craving for more than she can…
Scottish song, music and comedy at its finest.
Setting the evening’s tone from the outset, the audience take their seats while the actors prep onstage, cycling through an exaggerated array of warmup exercises that any perform…
Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a…
Mikel N’Dong will play the solo piano part and the orchestra part will be played live by a sequenced virtual symphony orchestra.
Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility.
Think you know charades? Think again! Comedy meets game show meets improv, as two teams of Fringe comics hilariously pit their skills and wit against each other, in this hysterical…
Follow the fortunes of lovable bumpkins Billy and Eileen as they travel to Shmokey City to audition for the dastardly Pete Popalypse on his new TV talent show Xposure.
From the campaign to oust lad comedian Dapper Laughs from his ITV2 show to the banning of feminist stand-up Kate Smurthwaite at Goldsmiths University, the comic’s right to probe, t…
Based loosely around Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Storybook Musical follows two best friends, two boys and a sadistic narrator intent on ruining their lives.
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
Stephen K Amos has charmed and entertained audiences all over the world with his natural, assured delivery and his honest, original material.
The critically acclaimed classical concert for baby, tot and you returns to Edinburgh! Children can dance, roam about and listen to music while you take a moment for yourself and e…
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast with special guest hosts Adam Hills and Marcus Brigstocke.
Songs of Love and War will touch on poetry and stories from wars in Iraq, Vietnam, Korea, Sri Lanka and the Boer War as well as WWI and WWII, interspersed with love songs from the …
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas talks to Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive, about how his comedy has evolved to embrace both theatre and politics.
You are cordially invited to a show that celebrates two of the best things in life: weddings and bingo.
The Comedy of Errors is a challenging Shakespeare play to stage – it requires a deft touch whether you play it for laughs or more seriously.
Comedians Daniel Kitson, Mark Steel, Mark Thomas and Ivor Dembina join forces to raise money for IMET2000, a charity bringing front-line medical relief to victims of last year’s bo…
Low fidelity musical based on the horror-romantic comic saga by Davide Toffolo with the songs of Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, the popular indie band with the skull masks.
Not So Native Now is a talk about multilingualism as part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, engaging and inviting the audience to consider our preconceptions about bilingualism an…
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
Free Fringe Music all day at the famous Inn on the Mile, at the crossroads at the heart of the Fringe.
Free morning films for the whole family.
Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a…
Legendary stand-up and original punk poet Phill Jupitus hosts two evenings of some of the best comedy Edinburgh has to offer, in the atmospheric environs of the Scottish National P…
Award-winning maths comedian and Rubik’s cube world record holder Matt Parker is once more forming a maths + comedy venn diagram with lively stand-up and mind-boggling maths.
Mr.
Metaphorically, if our afternoon Comedy Club 4 Kids shows are Doctor Who, then this is the Torchwood spin-off.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned.
Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics’ Choice 2014 returns for a limited run.
Stories old and new for anyone over six who enjoys stand-up comedy without rude words from the man who invented the genre.
This is a superb student production from St Edward’s School, under the direction of Jamie Johnstone and co-director Rebecca Clark.
Ever had the moment when you’ve shouted this out? Mark Ritchie’s effortlessly funny storytelling will make you laugh, cry and even make you think about God in this original and…
Join Just Bee Drama as they take you on a fun, emotional journey through the twists and turns of life living with alcoholism.
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
‘Al has one of the best jokes I’ve ever heard’ (Jerry Seinfeld).
The Free Association is proud to present an hour of the finest and funniest improvised comedy on the Fringe.
Need better media coverage? Learn easy steps for generating positive publicity in print, online – everywhere! – from social media pro and arts journalist Elaine Liner.
A place of peace, a sacred space.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
First things first, a notable mention must be awarded to the sterling efforts of the two-piece band.
Banter and silliness are the driving force of this Cheltenham sketch comedy troupe.
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, and the obsessive passion of Janacek’s Intimate letters: a lethal late night musical potion with Stephen de Pledge …
Following last year’s sell-out performance, join Edinburgh trio Curmudgeon for more songs on the old familiar topics of deception, drunkenness (dangers thereof), disappointment and…
Surreal clown, singer and Phil Kay collaborator Cammy Sinclair (38yrs) accidentally took his son Robin (3yrs) to a gig.
A new one-man show from performance maker Josh Gardner.
Dante Alighieri.
Time is the only thing we can’t control, but this is my time so it can be whatever I desire. The 229 is never on time … and there’s nothing worse than being late right?
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti for 2015’s hottest, breakout stars-of-tomorrow: Colin Chadwick, Daniel Audritt, George Lewis, James Loveridge, Jay Hampson, Luke Cou…
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Organists Steven Grahl (Peterborough Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ‘Fath…
Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics’ Choice 2014 returns for a limited run.
Join Chris and Carl, plus special guests, for an hour of unedited nonsense in this live version of what the Guardian listed as one of the Top 10 Podcasts on the Web.
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, or ACMS, is a late-night comedy showcase.
Proud to support the Free Festival, The 99 Club brings a selection of some of the best comics at the Fringe.
I wouldn’t normally mention a show’s venue in a comedy review, but David Mills is performing in a gorgeous space in the Voodoo Rooms.
A showcase of the creme de la creme of the Paris scene! Be prepared for world-class English stand-up comedy in from comics based in Paris! With stories about metro systems, languag…
Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, …
Can’t get to sleep? Can’t wake up and get out of bed? What do you do at night when everyone is asleep? What horrible secrets are we asleep in our lives? What lies dormant in the cl…
An hour of lunchtime comedy could be worse spent than with this quirky collection of occasionally promising comedians.
Love, life, and the Lord.
Britain’s top live political panel show.
Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable every Saturday night.
Izzard, Brand, Hardee – Charmian’s had hot steaming cuppas with them all! Tales of the notorious Tunnel Club, Frank Skinner’s avocado, Arnold Brown’s sandwiches, Glastonbur…
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
Jump on board the late night comedy roller coaster! Where will it go? Nobody knows! Based on audience suggestions, each show is unique and spontaneous.
This show has a bad title.
Annie McGrath and Jack Barry are back with another sketch comedy show for people who hate sketch comedy.
Word shouter Oh Standfast and Cassie Atkinson (E4’s Drifters) offer the absurd observed.
Hilarious 100% raw improvisation is on the menu as some weird and wonderful suggestions are taken from the audience while performing short-form improvisation games.
‘Al has one of the best jokes I’ve ever heard’ (Jerry Seinfeld).
Let these sketch clowns lure you into a world of fractious characters who flirt with the bizarre, as their social facades unravel.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum.
Alex Furrow, the compere for Oxford Revue Presents, has a lot to contend with, La Belle is a big venue and it must be difficult to pack it out with an eager crowd.
All spit no polish, all show no pony, Goldsmith goes back to the source.
Jay Handley’s first show contained ‘.
A daily challenge to realise the best marketing scheme on the Fringe.
Forget karaoke! Join the Massaoke revolution.
Ever wanted to know what a camping trip sounds like through the medium of opera? Yes, I’m being serious, and this is just one of many bizarre performances you will see from The Dis…
Stand up poet Stan Skinny brings up his 2nd show after ‘Tesco chainstore massacre’, Love cynic Stan, tries to grapple with what love is through poems and stories.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
Joy Carter’s stand-up centres around a cute theme that works well for its midday slot.
Join UCLU Comedy Club’s Blank Slates for an hour of thrilling improvised comedy, as they follow the story of a young superhero on their rise to glory.
West Country comedian and MC extraordinaire, Cerys Nelmes, returns to this year’s Fringe with a full run of her popular show, Pick’n’Mix! Cerys MCs an hour of comedy featuring th…
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Joe Foster and Mike Cox team up again for another JAM Comedy! After a successful run in 2013 JAM Comedy returns with a brand new show for 2015 offering the ultimate combination of …
Innovative and playful, the brand new two-part sketch group Beard weave joyful, bizarre and enthralling comedy.
Jim Higo and Miki Higgins present their double act poetry, comedy and sketch show which is intended to be ‘a satirical look at culture and the arts’.
Stand-Up Philosophy is a low-key, quirky little Free Fringe show featuring professional philosophers sharing thoughts, answering questions, and trying their hands at comedy.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
A series of comedy sketches performed by a talented all-female cast from St Mary’s Calne Senior School.
The hotly anticipated solo debut of a multi award-winning sketch comedian is probably happening elsewhere.
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows on offer.
Music all day at the smallest pub in Scotland or probably anywhere. Visit and enjoy.
Bristol Improv return with their hit format Bristol Improv Steals the Show! Everything on stage is completely improvised based on you, the audience! Expect to have your programmes …
Phill Jupitus is a performance poet.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club goes late night, with a midnight show at the Edinburgh Fringe, following two sell-out runs.
After a poor showing at last year’s Fringe, the Free Footlights return this year on top form.
A new human colony, but full of idiots.
Bob Slayer’s infamous late night aftershow that probably isn’t for you.
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is being presented by The Kinkaid School of Houston, Texas, as part of The American High School Theatre Festival.
Part of the American High School Festival, Antigone Now is nothing if not endearing in its attempts to impress.
Big Silly Midnight Mash-Up: Hot prospects, special guests and host Andy Stedman. Laugh, drink and get your party hat on.
Napier University Drama Society presents a musical retelling of the Trojan War as their offering to the gods this festival.
Come and watch three top comedians from the stand up-circuit clean up their act! Two (or more) of the circuit’s best loved comedians will be joining hosts Rob Thomas and Fran Garri…
This production portrays the tempestuous love affair of two teenagers.
California to Scotland.
Kooky, french horn-playing, little Miss K from Massachusetts never imagined she’d become a 1950s-style blonde bombshell with shows in New York and Milan, and a residency at Ronni…
A dark comedy about music, partying and political protest - a group of friends face the turbulent highs and lows of life during the 1990’s.
James Lovelock (Showstopper, Music Box) and his herd of musical improvisers bring you the silliest musicals ever never written, all improvised from your suggestions.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following two sell-out runs.
Oh, hai audience! We’ve got something for youuu! An original parody musical of the funniest disaster in cinematic history, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, adapted by a BBC-award nomin…
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t…
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Every night at quarter to one, we will be bringing the best Irish (and a strictly limited number of) UK and International comedians who will perform the highlights of their solo sh…
Love, life, and the Lord.
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time his stand-up and funny songs will be based on all t…
From now until August 31st, visitors can soak in the buzzing atmosphere at Edinburgh’s premiere music venue.
This is a show with an ambitious script, which shows real emotional intelligence.
Annie McGrath and Jack Barry are back with another sketch comedy show for people who hate sketch comedy.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it: no rules, no back-up, no script, a helter-skelter descent into pure comedy.
‘At the end of a long day’s Fringe-going, this club is Just the Tonic’ (Scotsman).
Chadwick School is proud to have been selected by Zorro Productions to be the first American school to present Zorro, The Musical.
Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Is love a many-splendored thing? History, philosophy, science, literature and popular culture all attempt to explain it: but how close do they really get? Steadfast and headstrong …
Beautiful, Terrifying, Love written and performed by award-winning actress, director and playwright Debra De Liso.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Deciding to paint Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a troubled “anti hero” in a cleverly sarcastic musical romp was always going to be a bit of a treat.
How do we choose what we believe? Do we believe what we see with our eyes? Or do we believe what others find believable? What happens when these two things contradict one another? …
Hilarious 100% raw improvisation is on the menu as some weird and wonderful suggestions are taken from the audience while performing short-form improvisation games.
Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out.
Multiple mistaken identity as confusion and hilarity reign.
A fantastically funny show for all the family.
Working within the rather large shadow of the National Theatre’s verbatim triumph London Road, new Leeds-based company 203 Theatre have hopped on this particular niche musical ba…
Take part in the Festival’s longest running show at no charge at all.
A doctor a teacher and an archaeologist walk into a bar.
With singers from throughout the UK, 200 young musicians from the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain will perform a wide variety of repertoire on their first visit to the…
An hour and a half of top-quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe chosen by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in Lo…
Have you ever wondered what comedy the Leeds and West Yorkshire area has to offer? You haven’t! Well, we don’t have the show for you! Don’t come along and watch a showcase of…
Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen.
Have you ever wondered what comedy the Leeds and West Yorkshire area has to offer? You haven’t! Well, we don’t have the show for you! Don’t come along and watch a showcase of…
Vanessa Smythe has a bit of a ‘downer hobby’: she worries about disappearing.
‘They’ve done it again! The champions of the parody musical genre are back!’ (TheatreBlogOnline.
Suzanne Lea Shepherd is from Kansas, but that doesn’t mean she would pick the same side as Dorothy because who wants to hang around with a tin man when the alternative is a witch w…
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and most beautiful acts participating at…
Lewis Schaffer states that although he normally occupies rooms on one of the free fringes during August, for his 2015 run he’s charging folk a fiver.
The games are back in 2015! Different international acts compete for comedy gold.
Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.
‘The damn sea rolls on as it always has.
‘Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up from grown-up, high-quality acts like John Robins, Stu Goldsmith and Nish Kumar, who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bi…
In its third year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
After a fantastic first Fringe appearance in 2014, we’re back in 2015 for Volume 2.
Ian Macpherson is perhaps best known for a joke he came up with years ago: ‘They say you play at _____ twice in your career.
FanFiction Comedy is a chilled-out hour of laughs that doesn’t try to change the world or do anything radically new with the artform; it’s just having fun, despite a few hitche…
It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart.
London’s Laugh Train Home host Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks, English Comedian of the Year Finalist) and Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network Award winner) are joined by their favourite aw…
Stand-up comedians Carmen Ali and Jake Pickford have decided to put their relationship to the ultimate test by doing a show together.
British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
The Beau Zeaux are impressive in their intensity.
Book of Love is without a doubt a special show: Lindsay Benner is sexy, silly and completely charming.
With the accompanying subtitle, this show becomes God Bless ‘Merica, Because It’ll Take A Miracle To Fix It; whilst that’s quite a mouthful, it certainly encompasses the sent…
Cynical Sunshine.
The show returns after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
Pretty self-explanatory, really.
One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…
Epic storytelling, synchronised swimming and subversively simple songs from this Fringe First nominated maker of mischief.
Seventy years of film, music, art and literature come to life in this interactive exhibition of popular culture, exploring our love/hate relationship with the deadliest weapons on …
Take a punt at lunchtime.
NYC Comic, Abigoliah Schamaun, has devised a talk show where you, the audience, are the star! Armed with a GoPro Camera atop her head, Schamaun will host an hour of games, fire tri…
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! Now in its third year, the Fringe’s free daily improv jam returns for more comedy scenes and games based entirely on audi…
Winner of Best Comedy Show Brighton Fringe awards 2014.
Attention customers: the store will be closing in five minutes.
Forget typewriters, what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? **** (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). **** (Comedy.com).
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Our 21st year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
If you love somebody, let them go.
Funny Women Finalists 2014: Sam Baines and Helen Sorren bring you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
Your friend and mine, multi award-winning comedian Jack Gleadow presents four of the best acts on the Fringe for free! Featuring acts at the top of their game and the best new tale…
Stand-up from award-winning comedians Alasdair Beckett-King (NATYs 2013) and Nick Elleray (Max Turner 2013).
Storytelling as you’ve never seen it! Join in with Meg Harper’s unique stories! Maybe you’ll be a princess, maybe you’ll be a frog, maybe you’ll even be a giant head louse! Fresh s…
Feast on five of the tastiest up and coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham.
There is just something about storyteller Callum Lykan.
‘Demitris Deech is a great story-teller’ (BroadwayBaby.
Sean Turner, alternative stand-up comedian, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his second solo Fringe show.
Join a mixed bill of some of the funniest comedians at this year’s Fringe, at one of the city’s most talked about new venues. Different line-up each night!
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe. Four different comedians to the earlier show. Two hours, four acts for £10 or less. ‘Top comedy, top value’ (List).
A high-octane hilarity blast right in your daft face, featuring two of the funniest new comedians on the circuit.
Protest music night taking on the BBC.
Sunshine! Japanese Rakugo Comedy in English! Come for an hour of laughter and leave with a piece of Japan in your heart! Currently on his world tour! ‘This blonde raconteur with …
I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte…
Spillikin, expertly directed and written by Jon Welch, follows two periods in the life of Sally, a charming and rebellious woman who married her unlikely childhood companion, the c…
“Shout! The Mod Musical” has an exclamation mark in the title, which inevitably garners a certain level of expectation: you want explosive energy and a load of volume.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
A troupe of hopeful Fringe performers get lost in the woods, forced to deliver their starry-eyed show to the “nonexistent” audience.
Now Listen to Me Very Carefully is a semi-autobiographical piece about Andy’s obsession with the film Terminator 2.
A brand new musical is created from scratch at every performance of this multi award-winning show.
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
A cabaret full of birds falling in love with each other? Embrace the madness if you will, and your heart will certainly be warmed by Robert J.
This small group of older singers from the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain will perform a rich variety of works, from the glorious tones of the 15th century Ave Verum …
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…
Scottish Comedian Of The Year Award winner returns to the Fringe with his debut hour.
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised spins out a fully-fledged, one hour show, firmly founded on nothing more than the performers’ wit, charm, comedic reflexes and audi…
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
It’s back… An entirely unique entertainment experience every night with the quickest wits in comedy and their astonishing special guests.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in the 11th year of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.
The opening salvo of this musical Game of Thrones pastiche has such brazen, devilish promise that for a while I entertained the possibility of being blown away by it.
I’m not entirely sure where the title of the show came from, as love handles are never mentioned or a part of any of the sketches that The Cambridge Footlights perform but, frank…
The Great British Bake Off – what’s not to love? Cake, puns galore and HRH Mary Berry showing her soft spot for gin.
In its second year at the Fringe, The Improv Musical is a fun, heart-warming comedy by Music Theatre Warwick, despite failing to live up to its improvised appearance.
To do justice to any of Sarah Kane’s work, you need to not be taken in by the maniacal, despairing nature of her scripts.
Painted 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
A former Times Critics’ Choice.
Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel, and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
Direct from Australia.
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the…
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Aug 24) The final show of A.
Two of Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers, Connor Ratliff and Conner O’Malley, invite some friends for an entirely improvised show.
(closes on Saturday) Presented by the New York Neo-Futurists, this is Colin Summers’s cheerful, affecting, sometimes uncomfortable solo show about an Australian man he’…
The Room is widely acknowledged to be one of the worst movies ever made.
This new indie festival takes over a Southern-style biscuit shop for three nights of stand-up comedy.
Holding the attention of a room full of six to eleven year olds armed with nothing more than a microphone is quite some feat, but for James Campbell – widely acknowledged as t…
Jim Higo and Miki Higgins are, in one word, brave.
We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July.
(performances start on July 7) Villainous ice skaters, superhero pontiffs, a purple platypus and Napoleon congregate at this summer’s incarnation of the New York Musical Thea…
Love’s Labour’s Lost follows the fortunes of King Ferdinand of Navarre and his three friends, who have made a vow that they will eschew women (among other things) for three years…
McQueen Adams brings his dynamic, high-tech blend of music, impressions and stand-up to Brooklyn with this brand new show.
(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…
As part of what Vulture calls its city-wide “pop culture extravaganza,” it presents this jam-packed night of comedy, with performances from Kevin Barnett, Wyatt Cenac, …
Hailing from Leith, and one of the most potent artists to emerge from the Scottish folk-music revival, Dick Gaughan tells it like it is.
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Join us for an hour of Boj-a-boom fun with Dave Benson-Philips! Read, make and play in this musical themed family event featuring Boj (as seen on CBeebies)!
An exploration of the history and relevance of the devil.
For children over six, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
Will Miles, Clark Jones and Kenny DeForest host this free and ever-reliable stand-up show; this week’s comics include Luis J.
Inspired by two real stories, this new play explores the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families with great insight, sensitivity and humour.
Next Best Thing have ‘Never Been Better’.
Love, Life, and the Lord.
From 10am - Exhibition of photographs by Palestinian children.
The sell-out smash hit returns to Brighton with a hefty dose of The Noise Next Door’s trademark off-the-cuff madness, as well as two stand-up stars and some once-in-a-lifetime co…
Novelists Susanna Jones and Sally O’Reilly on why they started writing historical fiction and their publishing experiences.
Have you ever laughed? Learn to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun.
One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the Sussex Jazz Orchestra is a twenty strong big band playing a choice selection of original and familiar tunes.
Please arrive by 9:45am wearing loose, comfortable clothing such as a tracksuit or gi for the start of the Shin Shin Toitsu Do (Japanese Yoga) session at 10am where you will learn …
Award-winning workshops by all-female improv troupe Short & Girlie Show.
An award-winning solo character piece that uses heart-breaking comedy storytelling to evoke the life of librarian Ms Samantha Mann, giving an intricately crafted English twist to a…
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…
The consistently excellent St.
The Cold Heart Revue is a UK solo music act making his Brighton Fringe debut with ‘Where Are The Villains Now’.
Together we will saw your mum in half, lay a golden egg, levitate a baby and make a bogey cake.
West End On Sea bring London’s theatre stars to Brighton.
Jesse Thorn, host of NPR’s pop-culture interview program “Bullseye,” hosts this exemplary night of stand-up comedy, with stand-up from Aisha Tyler, Maria Bamford,…
Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2013, Larry Dean brings his first solo show to the Brighton Fringe.
Join Laura and Jason for an inspirational evening of their live song and music, meditation and chant.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014 pianist Martin James Bartlett plays Mozart Concerto No.
London-based, Australian professional circuit comedians Johnny Kats and Matt Dwyer, introduce an hour of stand-up comedy - with special guest appearances from other London-based an…
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…
Not just an evening of song, but rather the story of a not particularly famous man whose words have been sung everywhere from Hong Kong to Geneva, from the National Theatre to the …
‘Tell Me You Love Me’ explores what life with an alcoholic parent can be like through the eyes of Kath’s daughter, Sam.
The Vikings have a reputation of having been awful people.
VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner.
Our audience creates four new characters - one is dramatically murdered and our hero must go on a journey of adventure and romance to discover whodunnit.
This performance takes a critical look at contemporary trends in Western spirituality.
The Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers are raffling off the chance to improvise with various teams and performers at this show.
Discover some of Brighton’s secular heroes and heroines with Valerie Mainstone, local historian and Chair of Brighton Secular Humanists.
The epic of Greek Mythology performed by Herbie and 7-piece band MUSIC BOX, two solo vocalists, 20-piece choir and narrator.
An eclectic mix of comedians.
MUSICAL BABBLE For twelve years, MJ Paranzino, composer and director has commissioned New Choral Music for Brighton Fringe.
Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
The Fringe’s favourite stand-up comedy club returns.
It is the year 2042.
Joe Foster and Mike Cox team up again for another JAM Comedy! After a successful run in Edinburgh ‘13 and a short run in Camden ‘14, JAM Comedy returns offering the ultimate combin…
Award-winning comedy every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The year is 2042: Hollywood is dead, the film industry buckled under the weight of hefty blockbuster films.
Join our friendly team of eclectic instrument experts in an Aladdins cave of musical instruments! We have a whole range of FREE musical events planned throughout the month of May …
As part of the visual artist Carolee Schneemann’s season at the Artist’s Institute, in which she focuses on the body, Miriam Katz hosts this all-female stand-up show de…
Ms.
The Catalan early-music specialist Jordi Savall leads this period-instrument ensemble in a vivacious program of French baroque music by composers including Lully, Couperin, Rameau …
Thirty years ago there was a late-night drinking spot in Soho called The Piano Bar.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on May 3) Sibyl Kempson, a playwright of indelible and unforced weirdness, launches a new theater company, the 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on April 20) Renée Fleming and her luscious, lyric soprano will make their Broadway debuts in Joe DiPietro’s update of Garson Kanin…
Howard Shore’s score for this blockbuster film trilogy gets the live symphonic treatment at Lincoln Center.
HANK, the mostly online comedy duo of Dan Fox and Betsy Kenney, celebrates its one-year milestone with this live show, featuring new videos and stand-up from Jo Firestone, Carmen C…
This night of stand-up raises funds for Bideawee, an animal welfare organization that rescues and adopts dogs and cats around New York.
There’s one thing I hate about musical theatre, which is especially common with “amateur” productions – there’s seemingly no way of stopping audiences full of family an…
Shaina Stigler and Natalie Wall have assembled this weekend conference in Brooklyn to address underlying sexism in the comedy industry, with panels and many excellent lineups for s…
(in previews; opens on Thursday) Hillary Rodham Clinton has yet to declare a presidential bid, but the Australian brothers Paul and Michael Hodge have announced the candidacy of th…
(previews start on March 19; opens on April 2) Rock ’n’ roll might be here to stay, but its venues come and go.
The musical improvisers Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love sto…
New York’s best comedians honor the memory of Mr.
Sharron Paul and Calvin Cole host this monthly stand-up show, which offers free snacks as well as top-notch comedy.
Nick Thune, a charismatic storyteller and musical comedian, headlines this wonderfully titled stand-up tour, with support from Kate Berlant, an absurdist darling of the alt scene, …
Some of the best writers for “Saturday Night Live” leave the sketches behind for a night of entirely improvised comedy.
John Cariani’s follow-up to his immensely popular “Almost, Maine” delivers nine fairly funny short plays that focus on couples meeting, breaking up or learning to…
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The first ever show to explore objectum-sexuality, an orientation where people are attracted to objects.
Mike Brown hosts this always excellent monthly show, back in its original downtown home. Performers include Ophira Eisenberg, Noah Gardenswartz, Sean Lynch, Josh Homer, and more.
As the cast of Bat Boy: The Musical bowed and smiled at the audience, I tried to ask myself what I had just seen.
Sigmund is drowning in debt, crippled by cocaine addiction and surrounded by madness.
(performances are Thursday through Saturday) The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts has a single stage rather than three rings and its supply of cotton candy is scant.
As an ongoing celebration of –and opportunity for –new playwriting talent, A Play, a Pie and a Pint – originated at the Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End – has decided to m…
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…
It’s about time an ensemble chose Haydn’s exhilarating music for holiday fare.
Attending this bawdy, ridiculous, unauthorized parody of the harebrained sitcom “Saved by the Bell” is a bit like going to a midnight screening of “The Rocky Horr…
The long-ago “Star Search” champion Sam Harris proves again, in his solo show, that he’s a winner, singing and talking about showbiz, outsider angst, suicide atte…
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…
Luis J.
Reverend Mooney will be hearing confessions and offering absolution all night so come and get your soul cleansed, your belly laughs rolling and drink some morality moonshine.
Brooklyn Comedy Festival returns for a night of seasonal comedy, with appearances from Mark Normand, Michelle Wolf, Jared Logan, Kyle Ayers and possibly Father Christmas.
The up-and-coming comedians Griffin Newman and Andrew Tavin host this regular stand-up show in the Peoples Improv Theater underground theater.
The nimble French star soprano Natalie Dessay sings highlights from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” alongside the countertenor Christophe Dumaux in a concert p…
The strapping man inside the shaggy green suit is the Tony winner Shuler Hensley, and his Grinch is magnificent, a charismatic showman of a menace who will never truly frighten the…
Join a cast of 5 dressed as cabin crew yet playing everyone form pilots to passengers, baggage handlers to bits of the Airbus A320 on this charter flight of hell to the Algarve.
The writers Jo Firestone, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson return with another quickly assembled jukebox musical for their audience to perform.
The stand-ups Dave Attell, Jim Gaffigan, Artie Lange and Jamie Kaler participate in this fund-raiser for the National Military Family Association, which assists the families of pas…
A favorite of the NPR crowd for her regular appearances on “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” Ms.
Carolines again hosts this competition of young local comedians.
This host of Adult Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show” is a fearless, energetic performer known for his unpredictable antics and surreal bits.
At 77, Mr. Cosby continues to perform stand-up, and his clean-cut storytelling is dominated by tales of married and family life.
This rare gem of a comedian is beloved within the comedy community for her heart-wrenchingly honest stand-up and precise, carefully constructed bits.
A bright young comedian seen regularly on TBS’s “Ground Floor,” Ms. Heller was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch in 2011.
Mr. Morin, known to some for his turn on the NBC summer sitcom “Undateable,” is a rising star in the Los Angeles comedy scene and an always charming stand-up.
(Friday) A 25-year veteran of the stand-up scene, Ms.
This comedy and music extravaganza is a fund-raiser for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives, which works to protect and support L.
One of the cleverest young comedians in New York, Mr. Rabinowitz performs an hour of material at Stand Up NY.
Ms. Notaro, whose strikingly candid and piercingly funny “Live” album was nominated for a Grammy, performs her new show, “Boyish Girl Interrupted.”
After supporting Jimmy Fallon on his “Clean Cut Comedy Tour,” Mr.
Mr.
Ari Shaffir hosts this popular storytelling show, which is set to debut on Comedy Central next year.
Written by first time playwright, Daniel Ward Garber, The Love Shack is a dramatically dark and tense thriller; a Tequila slammer with a slice of Tarantino, a line of the London Fr…
Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na…
An annual tradition in the New York comedy world, this show, hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand, invites dozens of comedians to perform (in costume) as their favorite comics, fro…
Now in its eighth year, this megastar comedy and music show benefits the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which supports wounded veterans and their families.
Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv.
Cristina Cote hosts this variety show, a fund-raiser for the cancer support charity Gilda’s Club.
Jamie Kilstein promises a night of “smart, non-hateful” improv and stand-up based on the social and political stories from audience members.
This show about two drag queens aboard a cruise ship, pretending to be real women, is a little “Some Like It Hot,” a little “Anything Goes” and a lot of goo…
This on-target revue applies the time-honored principles of improv sketch comedy to the creation of instant song-and-dance shows.
Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show.
US composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt makes a welcome return to London following her sell-out concerts at St Paul’s Church in 2007 and The Hippodrome in 2012.
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
The Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts mixes jazz and burlesque with raw seduction in these heart-breaking, hilarious and taboo tales of sex work, unplanned pregnancy, loss of virginity and…
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
This company presented a Martinu double bill in 2003, and does so again, with different works, to open its season.
8 women, three acts, two hours.
The comedians and storytellers Myq Kaplan, Nick Vatterott, Giulia Rozzi, Ophira Eisenberg, Joe List, Adam Wade, Chris Sullivan and Nick Turner perform in this show, whose title say…
Improvised murder mystery comedy.
Aaron Kheifets hosts this “deeply weird” one-off night of stand-up in a chopped salad restaurant.
The New York mainstay Dave Attell hosts this live version of the Comedy Central stand-up show, with Joe List, Bonnie McFarlane, Kevin Brennan, Dan Naturman and Brooke Van Poppelen.
This entertaining Brooklyn show, hosted by Michael Che, Nimesh Patel and Mike Denny, boasts some of the best lineups in the city.
Hannibal Buress hosts this popular stand-up show in the Knitting Factory’s front room. Seats fill up hours ahead of showtime, with patrons hoping to catch a big-name star.
Bargemusic, New York’s popular floating recital hall that is docked near the Brooklyn Bridge, continues to draw audiences to its Here and Now series of contemporary music pro…
Lizz Winstead, Lewis Black and Kate Clinton meet for a night of comedy, and they’ll also chat about the intersection of humor and politics.
Billed as a “performance event” — expect more talking than dancing, and maybe some cat walking — Mr.
Eugene Mirman, a Brooklyn favorite, brings his eponymous festival back to Gowanus and Park Slope for another eclectic weekend of stand-up, music and a bit of science, as Mr.
(previews start on Sept.
The groundbreaking ensemble Dark Inventions returns to St Mary’s with a typically eclectic mix of contemporary and earlier works, including a Scottish premiere of Philip Cashian …
Critically acclaimed prolific songwriter, Ivor Novello Award winner, recipient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 20 Guitarists of Al…
Wake up to Bach and a little Shostakovich in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Cathedral.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
This will be the most talked about event in Edinburgh history.
Bach to Baby is the critically-acclaimed classical concert series for babies and their carers to enjoy together.
Enjoy a relaxing evening in an intimate venue with a selection of solo and chamber works ranging from Vivaldi to Shostakovich.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
‘You will have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ writes International Record Review of the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral.
A musically intoxicating evening for all.
Kindred Spirits is an endearing story about the trials and tribulations of two boys who pledged a lifelong friendship that takes them through into adulthood, only to be torn apart …
A young woman sits on the floor in a bright upper room in the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, a large rucksack with a sleeping roll dumped by her side.
Jordan Temple hosts a night of stand-up in the Lower East Side bakery and music club Cake Shop, with performances from Brooke Van Poppelen, Mark Normand, Janelle James and Joe Zimm…
Franz Tunder (1614-67) was Organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck and one of the most important composers in the north German school of organ composition.
Majk (pronounced Mike, for reasons which are unlikely to become clear again at the moment) presents a witty collection of finely crafted comedy folk songs on topics ranging from sc…
See the first two heats of the competition that features a selection of the very best in handpicked new acts.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event featuring an all star cast, with special guest hosts to be confirmed! Previous years have included Jon Richardson and Kevin Bridges among others.
From Bach, Debussy and traditional songs to famous tunes from Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Casablanca the critically acclaimed harpist explores the theme of love.
Jenna Monroe, singer/pianist, makes her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with excerpts from her cabaret show, Love Laid Bare and Minor Obsessions.
We’re back with another bumper-length show for a fantastic cause! Hosted by Jo Caulfield, this comedy extravaganza gives you a chance to preview a selection of this year’s top …
A witty piece of throwback theatre, Games of Love and Chance is quite the delight.
Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913) was a minor English writer, artist and photographer and serious eccentric.
Kindred Spirits is an endearing story about the trials and tribulations of two boys who pledged a lifelong friendship that takes them through into adulthood, only to be torn apart …
Moving On Theatre Piaf: Love Conquers All by Roger Peace is an inspiring roller coaster of a show around Piaf’s life, music, breakdowns and addictions.
Grab your hot tickets to vote at this prestigious Fringe final alongside international comedy cognoscenti for tomorrow’s stars.
Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3’s Arts and Ideas programme, in Edinburgh for cutting-edge debate, conversation and interviews about the ideas shaping our lives today.
Two comedians with quite different styles split an hour to give you a quick shot of what they are all about.
Hundreds entered, eight survive and now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
Theodore is meek and quiet.
In Love With Death is a new book written by Indian philanthropist Satish Modi.
The choir was founded by Arthur Sutton in 1994 and has performed in Scotland and Germany and we are proud to perform in Edinburgh as a testimony to his vision of two decades ago.
Who would you rather be: a tap-dancing alien or a singing tomato? Biff! Bash! Bosh! Join comic trio Topsy Turvy for 40 minutes of silliness, slapstick and mayhem - sketch comedy fo…
Set in a mythical once upon a time land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared, retreats to an ugly swamp to exist in happy isol…
See Wonderland like you’ve never heard it.
This smashing revue tracks five groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing! Join this non-stop journey through the infectious and soulful …
A girl is trapped in a dark room.
The BBC Asian Network return to the Edinburgh Festival for a second year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the Edinburgh Festivals.
Internationally celebrated, singer, songwriter, coach on The Voice of Ireland and lead performer with Riverdance on Broadway for nine months in an especially tailored role at the r…
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
A place of peace, an open sacred space.
“I wasn’t cut out to be cursed,” Jill tells us at the start of The Box.
Like many of us, Dr.
Dead in the Water takes the odd story of Operation Mincemeat - where Welsh vagrant Glyndwr Michael’s body was dumped by MI5 off the coast of Spain, complete with documents iden…
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity that has supported people living in Scotland with HIV and Hepatitis C for 25 years.
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun musical and animal filled session. Bang the drums, sing the retro songs and dance the dances inside the musical zoo.
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, with the conflict re-worked to England vs Scotland.
Caroline Bowditch, Welly O’Brien and Nicole Guarino provide a wonderful evening in a cosy little room at Dance Base: it’s not very often a full house can consist of twelve peop…
Michelle McManus returns to the Festival, after her sell-out show last year which received five-star reviews across the board.
Roddy swaps his designer suit and expensive shoes for waterproofs and walking boots and takes off on an unexpected and life-changing journey.
Radio 1 return to the Edinburgh Festival to present a night of the freshest comedy.
The Fourth Kipawa Comedy Fundraiser will bring together some of the festival’s regular stand ups including Stephen Carlin to showcase their gags and raise some funds for Kipawa.
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Agatha Christie has been working with critically-acclaimed improvised comedy ‘living legends’ (ThreeWeeks, 2013) in order to adapt her latest detective novel into an interactiv…
The Eurozone is in meltdown.
Robin Hood, revered as the people’s champion, stole from the rich to give to the poor and thwarted Nottingham’s tyrannical Sheriff.
The Amused Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow is a showcase of previous contestants and winners of the Amused Moose Comedy Awards.
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Robert Sharpe (York Minster), and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ‘Father…
The acts chosen from the London competition earlier this year are as varied as they are talented, representing the old and well-loved to the new and exciting.
The Edinburgh Incidental Orchestra returns to the Fringe with a popular programme of English and French Music.
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop.
After many years giving solo recitals at STAGS, Geoffrey is joined in this special year by friends old and new: singers Lesley Bruce and Elizabeth Woollven, pianists Alan Graham an…
Professor Richard Weston’s enchanting images of gemstones from around the world, surrounded by award winning gemmologist Stephen Turner’s examples of mother nature’s most preciou…
More merriment for anyone over six who enjoys stand-up comedy without rude words.
Bored with Berkoff? Choking on Chekhov? Fed-up with Feydeau? “Don’t sleep in the subway, darlin’, don’t stand in the pouring rain.
This was supposed to be a review of a stand-up comedy show.
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Four actors, four bicycles, 40 characters and a 2,000 mile adventure.
Now Until the Hour is a lyrical dramatic monologue starring Jacquie Crago.
Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013.
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry is a visual tribute to Scotland’s global legacy, crafted by volunteer embroiderers in 25 countries across the globe.
Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no.
‘London’s ultimate interactive club night’ (Time Out).
Spitfire! is a spiffing new show from the team behind the award-winning multi-five-star BattleActs! Independent on Sunday Top 10 Comedy.
Where Is She Now? A one person celebration of Shakespeare’s best loved and rare monologues with lively and enlightening discussion about the characters portrayed, including Lady Ma…
There is no time more funny, moving and awkward than high school.
Fringe Central provides a series of free seminars and workshops for fringe participants looking to learn more about the industry and further their skills.
If you have 10 minutes to spare and your busy festival schedule has taken you near the Royal Mile, have a look at this exhibition.
I’m not a particularly sentimental person when it comes to plays.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
In the surreal world of Ephesus, mistaken identities and mishaps abound as Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio encounter their Ephesan doppelgangers, each unaware of the …
The Conditions of Love is a fanciful look at love and relationships through the lens of songs by Steven Sondheim and commentary by William Shakespeare.
The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe.
DiapasonG choir from Bolzano, northern Italy performing a wide range of music.
Come along and join The Ruffitybuffs, Tara Twinkle, Cara Crinkle and all of their friends in their fantastic free show of music song and dance.
The best stand-up comedy in the city from some of the hottest comics in the country - visit our website for full details: www.lemondehotel.co.uk/live
The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe…
The Kipple and the Lomax present, in honour of the independence debate, the anarchic, independent spirit of Merseyside and its populace, in word and music.
This comedy workshop will get your kids writing their own jokes and performing them onstage - all within an hour! Course leader Paul B Edwards is a hugely experienced professional …
Sean Turner, Jongleurs / Loaded Magazine Search for a Star Finalist 2013.
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti, to raise aloft the hottest, breakthrough stars of tomorrow who battle brilliantly for fame, fortune, shiny moose trophies, plus £1…
To say that Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is a cult phenomenon is an understatement… and to call it a showcase night would be wildly simplifying the interactive, experiment…
A Sunday more like Saturday! The comedy version of a Mexican stand-off featuring a smorgasbord of classic international Fringe Comedy, with a selection of the very best acts from …
The future.
Charles Adrian Gillott as Samantha Mann presents an hour of stories about the life and loves of a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit.
The poptacular London band started thirty minutes late for their three and half hour set, most likely due to technical difficulties or the arrangement of the room.
Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable in an awesome new roost and shimmering plumage, Afterhours again delights with another splendid sell-out season, showcasing the Fringe’s h…
From bold brass to fabulous fiddlers, soprano soloists to singer/songwriters, enjoy daily live music performances at the museum, showcasing the best contemporary talents from Scotl…
Ben Champion is turning into his dad.
Jump on board the late night comedy roller coaster! Where will it go? Nobody knows! Based on audience suggestions, each show is unique and spontaneous.
Comedy Death does not immediately sound like a good idea: a chat show involving comedians talking about their worst ever gigs seems destined to merely extend that list - but someho…
Cracker: noun, a thin dry biscuit that is often salty and usually eaten with cheese.
‘I was laughing so hard my face seized up.
Musical comedy meets character comedy in the debut solo show from stand up and improviser, Jacky Wood.
The stars of this years Fringe come together for an hour of madcap fun, with a new line-up every night! A mix of stand up, character and musical comedy, and cabaret all hosted by …
Daily showcase of award-winning comedy, sketches, spoken word, music and variety acts from the Edinburgh Fringe.
Immediate, sense engaging theatre.
Warm-hearted mime taking ordinary objects to an illusionary level, coupled with mask movement that captures your emotions, with a finale of a love story from Japan that demands a l…
Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging is a show much more savoury than its name suggests.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart and Tim Minchin .
A thousand years of roman history in under an hour.
With so much improvised comedy around, every group needs a USP.
‘A deeply-felt and virtuosic shout in the darkness’ (John Cameron Mitchell, Creator/Director, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus).
Harry Scott-Moncrieff, Faye Treacy, Steve Mclean and Oh Standfast mix comedy and cabaret to deliver much more than just another show.
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee 2010, for his fifth solo show of hilarious stand-up, silly jokes and gorgeously low-key comedy songs.
Fringe musicals are often incredibly hard to get right but with a score as sizzling as the sun on the beach and some incredibly skilled performers, Riptide: The Slasher Musical hit…
‘By equating the conditions of Depression-era America with those of today, writer/performer Randy Noojin invests his one-man show about Woody Guthrie with topicality and urgency, r…
Using a fiendishly elaborate (and highly unnecessary) system of generating audience suggestion, Waiting for the Call invent an improvised musical based on ideas from the peculiar m…
This young and energetic company have tried to create a sketch show with a storyline.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh.
The word of God over the ages: from Hernan Cortés to Barack Obama. And skipping three centuries in between.
Last year I bought myself a ukulele but I have to confess that most of the time it looks really cute hanging on my wall.
For a free sketch show you can’t go wrong with Oxford Revue’s free accompaniment to its main show.
As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News, the award-winning, Perrier-nominated, Amused Moose Top 10 Comedy Show 2013, ‘gifted comic’ (Sunday Times) returns with a new show about l…
(previews start on Aug.
The Cambridge Footlights bring you a daily hour of free stand-up comedy.
Learn stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy course.
If Jay Handley had spent as much time running his business as he did writing this show he wouldn’t be unemployed now and you would have one less thing to see at this year’s Fringe.
Three fine comedians who are all just so hot right now are upstairs in a pub somewhere telling jokes.
The bold claim made for itself by The Best of Irish Comedy immediately sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Having a look through the show’s previous guests, perhaps not: Da…
A domestic drama in a literal sense, 30 Bird’s abstract piece circles themes of cultural identity, sex, politics… and who does the washing up.
Charmingly shambolic, Comedy Countdown promises a night of outrageous arithmetic and wacky wordplay.
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the majestic McEwan Hall.
“A girl.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
Join two of the UK’s finest emerging talents, Fern Brady (8 out of 10 Cats – ‘Wicked, close to the bone gags’ Stage, ‘Obnoxious, rude, and utterly brilliant’ ThreeWeeks…
Katy, Tom and Jon return to the Fringe with their sell-out tribute show to the best film of all time.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the…
Award-winning comedian James Cook tells the often hilarious, surprising and surreal true story of being the voice between pop records.
2014’s show welcomes you to take a seat and join Pab on a journey inspired by Gorey, Dahl, and Burton.
Celebrating 20 years.
Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a ‘national musical treasure’ (Sing Out, USA) who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots based songwritin…
‘Let’s see what comes out of my mouth’ is something Bronston Jones says before almost every show.
An hour in the company of a unique and often-times challenging solo stand-up comedian.
When improvisers from critically-acclaimed hits Showstoppers and Austentatious find themselves entangled on the improv stage, only their puppet friends can unravel the tales gaggin…
With an enviable variety of excellent voices and a real commitment to his physicality, Simon Jay skilfully portrays the various characters crammed into the tragic life story of his…
Free Fall is Luca Cupani’s first stand up show and an hour of comedy similar in its rambled, improvised form to Ross Noble’s earlier work.
Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet is a hilarious chronicle that spares no painful detail of actor Matthew Schott’s adolescence, colliding the pain of puberty and sexu…
10 minute tasters from four and five star shows, with exciting emerging talent.
Scottish Youth Theatre presents this funny, fast-moving, emotional roller coaster of a show using sketches, monologues and music to explore young people’s hopes, fears, ambitions…
Knitting and comedy intertwine for Texan writer/actor Elaine Liner’s smart five-star hit about unravelled romances, unrivalled literature and life’s knottiest dilemmas.
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
Once Pathos: Can You Kill for Love? hits its stride, it is an enjoyable and moving performance.
Luke Speirs’ new musical presents a love triangle between three best friends and the fallout of their relationships as a result of Tom’s (Sam Rich) unrequited love for Drew (Luke S…
An hour of top quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe bought to you by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in London…
Escape the thunderous thrill of the High Street! Unwind and enjoy inspiring music and stunning architecture in the medieval heart of Edinburgh.
Every night see our pick of the filthiest acts at the Fringe.
Joe Dipietro and Jimmy Roberts’ musical comedy, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change has become a staple of the fringe in recent years, probably because it requires a small, …
This is the show you’ll be telling people about in five years time.
Laugh Train Home brings together its favourite acts, with a different line-up each day, MC’d by Robyn Perkins.
Arcos describe themselves as a ‘multimedia dance company’ and they certainly deliver.
The show everyone in Glasgow is flocking to! Fresh from their sold-out show at the Glasgow Comedy Festival, Marc Jennings and Stephen Buchanan (as seen on STV’s The Blether) make t…
The Tulip Tree is a very intelligent piece of theatre that crams a lot of subtlety into a short period of time.
Scotland, a land steeped in myth and legend.
Painted in 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
Come and watch three top comedians from the festival clean up their act! Two (or more) of the circuit’s best loved comedians will be joining hosts Tony Vino and Andy Kind in an eve…
This distinct and ever-so-slightly whimsical tale follows the breakdown of a high-flying advertising executive as he becomes disillusioned with the superficial world around him a…
We are all, surely, familiar with the phenomenon of the choose your own adventure novel.
Sometimes the proof of a great show comes from hints that your body gives you: your face hurts because you’ve been grinning so much, a consistent silent laughter that you are d…
Straight from the Middle East: an energetic, fast paced, improvised play.
Stand-up comedian Clara Electra brings her first ever solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment.
He mostly talks.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
We Love Comedy is back at the Fringe for a full run.
A host of top comedians from across the Fringe battle it out for the audience’s approval and such.
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Luke Benson hosts 99 Club’s pick of the Fringe with a free hour of comedy that shows off the talents (and faults) at this year’s festival.
We got your late night funny covered! Come and witness a fresh batch of Festival Fringe comedians every night.
Launching a season of outdoor performances in the courtyard at the Pear Tree with buskers, musicians, cabaret, comedy and much, much more. And it’s all free! www.freefestival.co.uk
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
Dingos and wombats and kookaburras, oh my! The Olympics are coming to Oz! The year, 1939.
See it before it gets jaded at #249! Four top class comedians doing their best ten minutes.
Big Value Comedy Show (Early) promises two hours of comedy gold with four young stars of tomorrow.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
Come and join us for lunchtime laughs at a special Big Value bargain sized ticket price.
Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Awkward Hawk, Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) looks at the power of schadenfreude, embarrassment, and how being hi…
In his Edinburgh debut, operatic maverick Oberon White presents a one-man show like no other.
Big-time book nerd Lev Grossman once told Time magazine that “fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band…
Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton are living proof of the versatility and sheer hilarity of female comedians.
Established as one of the most exciting shows at the Fringe, Big Value brings you the best of the breakthrough talent.
A week into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and I’m sure that most parents have had to endure fairies, talking animals and patronising presenters, all for their little darlings.
The best of family Fringe fun is delivered in an hour of madcap antics in this exceptional, something for everyone variety show.
Through drama, music and dance Magadi - The Bride Price takes the audience on a celebratory tour of the beauty of African customs.
Imagine all your favourite historical documentaries rolled into one hour-long show that simultaneously entertains and explains all of history.
You’ve probably seen the posters featuring a half-naked man covered in oil- exactly what Herman Hesse had in mind when he wrote his classic philosophical novel.
How board games can change your life and save the world.
Dealing with the weighty themes of the day, from the ethics of IVF to Trans-Siberian Railway toilette etiquette, Ben Clover, Geoff Marsh and Farrell MacKenzie sequentially chew the…
Welcome to the World Championships of Boozing 2014! Doesn’t matter if you’re a pitiful alcoholic or a hypocrite teetotaller, this invitation is for you! Come and see what happens …
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comics in this stand-up showcase.
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
Sunshine is a very experienced performer in the traditional Japanese art form of comic storytelling, Rakugo.
Neel Kolhatker is a young Australian comic whose material, implicit in the name, is based on his observations about issues affecting his generation.
How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…
Kudos to any improv troupe for even attempting the month-long exercise in uphill walking and sleep-deprivation that is the Fringe.
Jenny moved from the Welsh mountains to the Big Smoke in 2010 and has since embarked upon a career in stand-up comedy.
A confessional comedy performance by literary translator and writer Petra Kindler, on the joys and perils of cross-cultural creative work, surviving homemade hurricanes and the cha…
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…
‘A bearded fantasist’ **** (Time Out).
Who needs a man when you have 50 Shades of Grey? This certainly became the chain of thought for millions of women across the UK as they sheepishly dashed out to stores to grab a…
The title of Reduced Shakespeare’s show is accurate to the point of pedantry.
MommAutism is one-woman show about raising a son with autism.
Their explosive opening truly astounded the crowd, as a seven-piece live funk band and four homegrown Minneapolis hoofers hit the stage.
This year will be the biggest year ever for Ginger Ale Comedy as we relaunch the show in partnership with some of Scotland’s best emerging promoters, who run both established stand…
I didn’t expect to be hearing hard-hitting political satire this afternoon, but wow, that was actually quite a good Tibet joke.
Offensive and outrageous comedy.
The Rat Pack Stand Up Comedy features swing hits and a changing line up of comedians from the Fringe catalogue.
Written by Andrew Norris and Clare Samuels.
Everything seemed against this performance from the start.
Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
Is your family nuts like mine? Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family? Through exuberant, poignant songs and stories, New York Times and BBC featured comedian/singer…
“Warning.
The title of Masai Graham’s show gives the impression that it is a grand test of comedic athleticism, hinting at a Tim Vine like mania.
Intelligent comedy with a puerile twist, Scott Jeffery and Matt T Woodward take turns to do 25 minutes stand-up each, daily tossing a coin to decide who goes first.
Last year’s cult hit is back! A director has written a musical about some snakes on a plane.
David Crawford is dressed in HP Lovecraft’s favourite outfit for this one-man storytelling.
Comedy in the Dark is exactly what it sounds like.
Taking improv to the next level, we improvise the cast! A daily impro jam that absolutely anyone can take part in, whether experienced veteran or enthusiastic newcomer.
We can all remember the name of our first crush, can’t we? That’s the question Love.
Carol Robson is a wonderwoman.
Ian Fox: The Unsearchables is an interactive quiz show that asks the questions you can’t Google.
2013’s sell-out hit returns with top comedians on stage for the whole show, freewheeling stand-up and live Rat Pack music.
The ever-popular pub The Three Sisters is a fun place to wander into and pass a couple of hours (especially when it’s raining), and you could do worse than climbing up to Maggie’s …
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
‘Funny.
Is Amusia a fantasia of amusement, or does it really mean something quite different? Musical comedian Luc Valvona plays a selection of his songs and then tries to sell you his CDs.
Back for a fourth year at the Fringe - an hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit’s best comedians.
Each day different international acts compete for comedy gold.
An original multi-media performance, this could be one of the oddest hours of your life. Come with an open mind, leave with a broken one. @electricdada
Tom’s an award-winning comedian, thirty-something accountant and big, friendly nerd.
Abi Roberts’ Musical CID is a new comedy confessional show that delves into what the biggest names in comedy have in their record collections and on their iPods.
Things are not going well for Luke McQueen.
No one expects to watch a musical set in a dog parlour with a canine duel – or, more precisely, ‘The Amazing New York State Poodle Fighting Championship’ – as its climax.
The Comedy Zone is a showcase night that comes with more than it’s fair share of prestige, and no little amount of pressure.
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Emma arrives at a new school and runs the gauntlet of finding out how friendships are made and the game of cliques is played.
I arrived at the Pleasance courtyard a little after 10am and I admit I was a little reluctant to wake up so early while on Fringe time.
Full disclosure: I came very close to tears during Hardeep is Your Love.
Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in the 10th year of the Pleasance’s Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.
Triumphantly sailing into Edinburgh come Audacious Productions with their frankly magnificent production The Odyssey: An Epic Musical Epic.
I must immediately declare that I have always liked Robin and Partridge.
Join 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly for another ‘ludicrously funny hour’ (Skinny) of stories and observations from his life since last August.
Tensions are building north of the border.
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised is a solid hour of good fun.
If one has been lucky enough in life, one might have met that unique person that makes us feel like we are flying, or, at the very least, like we could fly and never land.
After much consideration and persuasion, Tom Craine became a columnist for Cosmopolitan where he writes about love and dating.
It’s back.
The students from Music Theatre Warwick join a hoard of performers hoping to entertain at the Fringe with an improvised musical.
After sell-out shows over the last two years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as Brighton and Glasgow, the Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent boys are back! The show comprises …
In Mr.
The big launch night for this years’ Free Festival! See a show with the best of this years’ free Fringe performers, mingle with the acts and VIPs and dance the night away.
Holly Walsh makes it clear in the opening sentences of Never Had It that she certainly doesn’t have ‘it’.
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
Fresh from proudly posting on Twitter news of his firing from “Saturday Night Live,” Mr. Wheelan will kick off this makeshift stand-up tour in Brooklyn.
Condemned as a racist, revered as a prophet, Enoch Powell is the most divisive figure in British politics.
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
This blitz through dates, relationships, marriages, kids, divorces and funerals is a joyous and occasionally moving romp.
Comedy takes over at this bodega turned music hall as Julian Kiani hosts stand-up from Dan St. Germain, Jim Tews, Megan Gailey and others.
Mike Finoia hosts some of New York’s best stand-ups, with performances from Michael Che, Dov Davidoff, Lynne Koplitz, Kurt Metzger, Jay Nog and Missy Baker.
In the mid-1990s, Randy Newman’s song cycle about a contemporary deal with the Devil was staged in Los Angeles and Chicago, but never made it to Broadway.
Alhambra Theatre: 26th Jun 7pm.
Of the 10 Brooklyn companies that participated in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2013-2014 Professional Development Program, four were selected to stage full productions at …
Carolyn Castiglia and Khalid A.
The host of the excellent Williamsburg show “Big Terrific,” Mr. Silverstri celebrates his new stand-up album, “King Piglet.”
Featuring some of the best music evoking the 1940s including ‘The Dambusters March’, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ plus many more popular pieces to commemorate the events of 6 June 1944, in t…
This beloved East Village show celebrates its anniversary with another marathon show — dozens of comedians will perform in the tiny backroom for a night that usually stretche…
As part of its annual Beethoven Institute, Mannes College The New School for Music presents two intriguing faculty concerts that will juxtapose chamber and piano works by Beethoven…
Listen to the Changing Tunes Band and MJ’s Liberty Choir.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
‘Tell Me You Love Me’ by Teresa Husher & Emma Wingrove is a play about the words that are left unsaid.
Imagine you’re a sausage.
We’re putting on a show for you, no one else, it’s for you, Only YOU (and him).
‘What The Hell’ is a mash-up of a modern story about an Italian man’s journey to London, and the first canticle of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy: an epic poem about a journey…
Have you ever laughed? Learn to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun.
A touching one woman show about Piaf’s life, loves & loss.
Brighton to Palestine with ♥ Love Brighton and Palestinian Artists Together فناني برايتون و فلسطين معا A sparkling evening of music and performance art b…
Catch the Tiger Lillies on their 25th anniversary world tour and celebrate their unique anarchic Brechtian blues.
Comedy Club 4 Kids is a first-rate comedy show for children and adults alike.
‘The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In’ is a brand new breed of comedy club.
WITH LOVE is a one-act play that tells the story of Jack, a young man who finds himself forced to confront his personal issues with religion, sexuality, bullying, and suicide while…
These two alien ambassadors have travelled millions of miles to find out if love is the drug they need to save their dying planet… but what on Earth is love? “Behind all of the…
Ambassadors Theatre: 20th May 7pm.
Prof Buteyko discovered in the ‘50s that people who develop chronic symptoms breathe more than the physiological optimal norm of 3-4 litres per minute.
Nichelle Stephens and Carolyn Castiglia celebrate the 10th anniversary of their now-defunct all-female comedy show with an impressive night of stand-up, storytelling and music.
Ki Workshop: 10.
Ki Workshop: 10.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day course plus graduation show,with our comedian and writer tutor Jay Sodagar.
Peer into the secret thoughts of another or take a chance to reflect on your own love’s labour’s lost and found.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two day stand-up comedy course, which also includes a performance in a Fringe graduation show.
Fresh from supporting cult Aussie stand-up Steve Hughes on 2 consecutive UK National Tours, Kiwi comic Sully O’Sullivan heads to Brighton, the bastion of alternative society, with …
After a sell-out run at the 2013 Fringe, Le Flop are back with their unique brand of stupidity.
Ms. Eisenberg, host of NPR’s “Ask Me Another,” records a new hour of storytelling and stand-up.
This is one of the oddest true stories you will ever hear.
Lauren Fox, a New York native, makes her London debut at the Crazy Coqs of Brasserie Zedel.
Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Puccini and Giordano Operatic Arias, Puccini Crisantemi, Neapolitan Songs, Rossini String Sonata in G.
Scott Aukerman hosts a live taping of this funny and popular podcast (which is also an IFC show), welcoming comedian guests as well as quirky characters for an improv-heavy show.
Fringe Review’s ‘Pick of the Fringe’ Matt Green returns to Brighton with another brilliant show.
We are a comedy impro troupe based in Bournemouth.
The Wine and Whisky Comedy Show definitely encourages the room to drink, although wine and whisky may be the only thing that keeps the comedy alive.
“It sometimes seems as if everyone on the circuit has a story about Coggers” (The Guardian).
So, Foil, Arms and Hog are my new favourite people.
This organization, with an excellent track record of recognizing new talent, showcases three of its gifted musicians at its annual gala.
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.
One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the SJO is a twenty strong jazz big band conducted by Mark Bassey.
The finest, funniest late-night stand-up on the Fringe.
Have your flags at the ready as the Roedean Community musicians sweep you away with ‘Pomp and Circumstance’, ‘Zadok the Priest’, ‘Rule Britannia’, Elgar’s ‘Sea Pictures’, ‘Nimrod’ …
Paintings and prints of the most colourful and eccentric parts of Brighton (including illustrations for a pub series in Viva Brighton) by the 2012 Brighton Fringe Visual Arts Prize…
Showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer with different comedians every night.
Presenting a series of endearingly awkward characters, ‘Overlooked’ weaves interlinking narratives into an uplifting and inspiring hour.
The basement of Komedia is buzzing as soon as I enter; this is the place to be for stand up comedy in the South (or so I’ve been told).
Komedia’s award-winning Krater Comedy Club has been described as “THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy” by The Independent and has been winner of Chortle’s Best C…
The producers of last year’s inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival continue their cultivation of the city’s best comedy.
Following sell out shows, The Improv Musical returns to Warwick Arts Centre for what promises to be another fantastic performance.
(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov.
The Baltimore arts collective and comedy troupe Wham City, which recently had its Adult Swim debut, swings through Brooklyn on its national tour.
THE TIGHT SIX COMEDY SHOWCASE (Edinburgh Preview) The Buffalo Bar, Islington, N1 1RU April 27th 8pm - 10.
This estimable organization presents the cellist Cicely Parnas, accompanied by Noreen Polera, in a program featuring Debussy’s Sonata for cello and piano and works by Brahms,…
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Perhaps the greatest sequel ever told, COOL RIDER, the cult musical sequel is BACK and in the West End for one week only.
Urinetown is both bleak and brilliant.
The ultimate girls night out!Hot Flush! The MusicalThe outrageous new musical! or The outrageous musical returns! (if it’s been before).
At this trusty weekly show, tucked into the tiny back room of a bar in the East Village, the host Chesley Calloway and the booker Rebecca Trent welcome big-name stars and promising…
Based on the much-loved Oscar-winning film, Once is an extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music.
THRILLER LIVE is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer.
Adapted from the ever-popular children’s book by Roald Dahl, Matilda the Musical has been a spectacular since it first opened to packed audiences at the Cambridge Theatre, London…
This program of six short plays is both unsatisfying and perplexing in its disregard for its audience (1:15).
(previews start on April 11; opens on April 16) As the city amends its policing policies and settles lawsuits contesting the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tacti…
This invigorating poperetta, conceived by David Byrne and returning to the Public Theater for an open-ended run, sets a new standard for audience participation.
Irreverent, mischievous, packed full of side‑splittingly funny songs and eye‑popping sets, I CAN’T SING! is the irrepressible new musical comedy that goes behi…
Fresh from sell-out successes in Perth and Dundee, the team behind ‘Live at the Zero’ and ‘The Banter Bunker’ join forces with Ginger Ale Comedy to bring you a fantastic night of s…
A festival institution which always sells out fast! Get yer walkin’ boots on and join the mob as we navigate you through four bars.
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
(in previews; opens on April 3) The “Avenue Q” veteran Stephanie D’Abruzzo heads the cast of this new show, written by Michael Roberts and directed by Christopher…
Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe’s rowdy guilty-pleasure musical isn’t as mordant as the 1988 cult movie that inspired it.
What can I possibly say that isn’t said by the title of this production? Here’s one thing: It’s not exactly great theater, but I’d still rather see “C…
One of the most award-winning shows on stage today, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End and has gone on to c…
When it comes to potential for satire, E.
This revue, considering its provenance (its lyricist and choreographer, Ruthe Ponturo, conceived it after being dumped by her husband), is surprisingly spry, ni…
This thought-churning, deeply poignant new work by Caryl Churchill is made up of 57 — count ′em, 57 — short plays about our multifarious ways of trying to …
Playing eight different victims of a sweet-faced killer (Bryce Pinkham) in Edwardian England, Jefferson Mays sings, dances, prances and generally makes infectious merriment in this…
Fringe is not over yet! Your last chance to see the pick of the Fringe with the most outrageous fringe stories.
The 33rd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
Elgar concert overture, In the South (Alassio), Mozart Piano Concerto No.
The internationally renowned Quartetto Energie Nove plays an afternoon concert at the Fringe! Works by Beethoven and Debussy.
The EIO return to the Fringe with another exciting and innovative programme.
The Quartetto Energie Nove play an exciting programme, including the masterpiece Death and the Maiden from Franz Schubert.
The Edinburgh Incidental Orchestra is a self-run orchestra for 14-24 year olds, but this was no school concert: the playing was of the highest level.
The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts.
Two hour charity variety show includes presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
The MCA promotes five acts in one evening with the intention of increasing their exposure in a lively environment, with a healthy sense of competition to aid the fun.
The internationally-renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral pays homage to composer Kenneth Leighton, who died 25 years ago this August.
The Playhouse, one of Edinburgh’s grandest venues, played host to the annual Comedy Gala; the biggest show of the festival boasting some of the biggest names in comedy.
Perth Youth Orchestra performs at home and abroad but this is its Fringe debut.
It’s hard to go wrong with a musical that combines time travel, romance, and two best friends seeking adventure.
The critically acclaimed Choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral present a programme of choral, secular and instrumental music.
Gretchen Frage is on a quest: to unravel the conundrum that is love in the time of capitalism.
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best and brightest cabaret, comedy, circus and burle…
See comedians pitted against each other in something almost resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Previous contestants included Mark Watson, Sarah Millican, Richard Herrin…
I was warned that Vampire Hospital Waiting Room was wonderful and weird but that you had to embrace it - I would encourage any potential audience member to apply this mantra to the…
Witness comedians pitted against each other in something resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Hosted by Dan Atkinson.
Hottest Fringe comedy acts chat with John Fleming, ‘the Boswell of the alternative comedy scene’ (Chortle.
Mike Levy bounds on stage with all the gusto a 64 year old man can have.
Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical.
A collection of the biggest names in comedy gather for a phenomenally funny marathon show in support of the Wooden Spoon Society children’s charity.
Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing.
The mischievous musical medic showcases some of the most popular parody songs from the former duo’s fourteen years together (made suitable for a lunchtime audience).
Grab your hot tickets for this prestigious final, to vote alongside international talent scouts for breakthrough stars of tomorrow amongst 2013’s Top Ten Fringe comedy shows, battl…
Pirates, exclamation mark.
Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs.
Winner of a record eight Toscar short film awards, hilarious musical parody Miserable Lesbians now comes to the stage in an expanded, outrageous version direct from New York.
Cash prizes! Top Acts! Bingo! Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present the best of the Fringe and the chance to win a bucket of money in a game of visual bingo!
This show returns after a sell-out 2012 Fringe.
Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group are back with their spookiest show yet.
As part of the American High School Theatre Festival at Church Hill Studio Theatre in Bruntsfield, Van Buren High School brought to life the colourful and well-loved characters fro…
Love Struck focuses on the story of an ordinary young girl, Claire, and how her life is turned upside down due to human trafficking.
Extraordinary fusion of traditional and modern music from across the genres.
Following his 2011 sell-out run, the Fringe’s favourite funnyman returns to reflect on romance in middle age. One man, one mic, five nights, 44 years. Book early! **** (Times).
Star of Fringe favourite The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, Siôn James, ‘utterly charming .
Spotlight host a Q&A with leading comedy casting director Nicky Bligh.
Join the graduates of the Fringe Comedy Academy, a unique project supporting the development of emerging comedy talent.
When it comes to variety shows, it’s often the case that each act is really just shamelessly attempting to entice bigger crowds to their own solo shows, suddenly amazed that they h…
A variety show isn’t just a very pleasant smattering of tasters, but a study in miniature of what comedians are finding funny these days.
Although the Fringe offers up a slew of improvised comedy year after year, the youthful set of comics behind Blind Mirth succeed in providing a unique input into the somewhat satur…
If you could say anything you wanted, without consequence or judgement, what would you say? Would it be romantic? Reveal jealousy? Are you corrupt? Explore this simple, intimate qu…
At a time when making a name in the world of stand-up comedy is at its most difficult, 8 young hopefuls, whittled down from hundreds, came together to compete for the distinguished…
Think Twilight Zone meets Monty Python with a dash of farce.
With a formidable line-up and a jam-packed room in the Stand’s main auditorium, the Alternative Comedy Experience was always going to be one of the most promising comedy events i…
I just want to first make sure that we’re on level ground here: I think Barnardo’s is super.
The Boy with Tape on his Face - ‘Amazing’ (Scotsman), hosts pick-of-the-fringe 2011 and 2012 show.
Hosted by Roy Walker (ITV’s Catchphrase).
It’s hard putting on a show.
A break-up sped up by a mythbeast.
The Chortle Student Comedy Awards is a one night only Fringe show, in which eight contestants compete for the grand prize of £2000 and the title of Best New Chortle Comedian.
With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously.
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Tim Byram-Wigfield (St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle) and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on…
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Simon Johnson (St Paul’s Cathedral) and Nicholas Wearne (St Mary’s Cathedral), perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ma…
One week only! James O’Connor, Dalia Malek, and special guests will spread a variety of comedic love with an occasional sprinkling of dark humour into the ether! Come along, laugh,…
Scotland’s finest singer-songwriter, internationally renowned for his classic ‘Caledonia’ and ‘Last of the Mohicans’ soundtrack.
Describing himself as a ‘troubadour’ musician, Dougie MacLean returns to the Fringe Festival for the twentieth consecutive year with his classic folk sounds.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Kids’ comedy is harder than you’d think.
Watching James Campbell launch into his family friendly stand-up routine makes one wonder why there are not more stand-ups for children around.
Doogie Paul may not be the most familiar name in music, but amongst those who know him, both directly and indirectly, he is spoken of with a great deal of admiration.
Big Wooden Horse Theatre has made a successful adaptation of the popular children’s book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
The ACMS marches on Edinburgh in pursuit of Noble Failure and tainted glory.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society “Genuinely alternative and properly comedic” - The G…
The Grammy nominated Olivier award winners return.
Local company EMT have turned to the Songbook of the Disney Company for this year’s Fringe concert.
Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta…
When the German playright Frank Wedekind completed his expressionist play in 1891, it sparked controversy, censorship and rage.
Comedian Dave Bailey ‘definitely funny and loads of good gags’ (BAFTA) performs 30 minutes of stand-up and is supported by two top comedians from the circuit doing 15 minute se…
A daring journey through the jungle of humour, around the swamps of spontaneity, ending in a motorcycle chase through the canyons of wit and a race to the tomb of the long-dead kin…
New York musical theatre entertainer/comedian Jonathan Prager brings his golden voice, heartfelt interpretation and comedic sensibility to a glorious and hilarious mix of little kn…
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one.
It is now 43 years since Love Story hit our movie screens and caused a generation to weep as one with its emotional storyline.
From the first number, it’s clear that the cast of Gilbert & Sullivan The Musical are talented.
Setting up within the whitewashed walls of Greyfriars Church, Nitekirk is a gentle affair.
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical written/performed by Katie Wilbert.
The Love Story attempts to expose the nature of the individual in our relations with one another and our ability to cope of our own accord.
Waiting For The Call is an exercise in improvised musical theatre, performed by some of the younger students at Wellington College.
Three ethnic minorities also referred to as illegal immigrants by the home office, rejected by their own mothers will try to create laughter before their deported back to Southall,…
Ethics and morality aren’t typically seen as trendy when it comes to comedy, poetry and performance; they are often seen as unfun and old-hat.
Matt set up a new school, and like all good schools this one has a bar.
Two pm - neighbours changed Wi-Fi password.
In addition to their main shows, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs and monologues in association with the Free Fringe.
Love- that enigmatic phenomenon that we’re all searching for.
Multi five-star, Time Out Critic’s Choice, Smirnoff Hot Picks.
Head to the magnificent Grand Gallery to celebrate the Museum’s collections through daily live music performances, from Renaissance to the best young contemporary Scottish tal…
Luke Toulson is very ambivalent about his children.
First things first: this show is not for the faint of heart.
Forget the movie, Monkey Poet tells us that Love Hurts, Actually.
Just the Tonic clearly understand the demands of their audience: the only way into the Midnight Show venue is through a bar and past the toilets.
It’s human nature that we tend to take more interest in people’s failures than their successes.
From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas.
Reluctant hedonist and professional snowboarder has it all.
From the country that gave the world fjords, A-Ha and open sandwiches comes Lars and Martin with their stand-up comedy act Norwegians of Comedy.
Jessica (whose name isn’t actually Jessica but people at work have been calling her that too long to be corrected) has a theory about love.
An absolutely wonderfully theatrical and original performance brimming with intelligence and talent, Ulysses Dies at Dawn is an absolute must-see this year.
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
WTF?: An acronym that perfectly sums up this completely bonkers comedic showcase.
Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family?! Through exuberant songs, sketches and stories NYTimes/BBC-featured comedian/singer/songwriter Jonathan Prager celebrates th…
Time Out Critics’ Choice.
Watching actors improvise can be the most fun thing ever.
Gorge yourself silly on the Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award winner and finalist.
How did two Africans, one Asian and a Mancunian end up at The Espionage Lizard lounge? .
The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast is made up to bring you its legendary lunchtime chat show podcast featuring the most fantastic and incredible acts from this year’s Fringe.
Of all the ukulele workshops I’ve ever been to, this was by far the best, and let me tell you, I’ve uked a fair bit in my time.
The thing about the Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow is that it’s never the same – but you can always count on it to be entertaining.
To seekers of silliness, salutations! Set aside those pesky cognitive processes awhile and join four fully certified adults on a stand-up comedy adventure.
A to Z Improv Comedy, like most shows of its type, includes many of the classic improv games and therefore runs the risk of being too similar to a host of other shows available.
If there’s a theme to Free Footlights, a somewhat eclectic collection of stand up bits, monologues and comedy songs from members of the Cambridge Footlights, it’s a streak of self-…
Katy, Tom and Jon pay tribute to everyone’s favourite 80s film with original songs, cardboard props and lots of love.
Learn stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy course.
Unfortunately, this three piece act had dwindled to two by the time I saw their performance, however Jack Campbell and Robbie Ormrod were 100% funny enough to carry the show by the…
Fringe debutant Patrick Turpin takes his audience on a trip down memory lane, as he bids for their approval.
Hook up to the intensive comedy unit for revitalising laughter and life saving fun on the Free Fringe’s biggest stage.
Comedy and Cupcakes is Laura Hayden’s tremendously popular comedy show, combining her two favourite things, laughter and cupcakes.
In Static, a man in his early twenties describes growing up.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Julian Clary.
Every Saturday of the Fringe, Afterhours Comedy is presented at the Assembly Roxy.
Early afternoon gigs are generally seen as low-profile, low-quality slots in the hierarchy of festival scheduling, but sometimes they can hide events that definitely shouldn’t be…
Welcome to the Calorie Galaxy, in which Tina Sederholm’s protagonist Evie struggles under a regime of browbeating and humiliation, all in the pursuit of a narrow waist.
Late night shows throughout the Fringe are well known for being a bit raucous, a bit crazy and best enjoyed with a bevvy or two.
Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits show that’s been refined just fo…
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.
This show is something of a smorgasbord of family entertainment.
Brothers and sisters of the Fringe, discard your differences and heed the Brethren’s call.
Come and see the stars who’ve appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club including radio and TV guests, award winners and Fringe favourites.
As Told By productions in collaboration with Greenwich Theatre have brought a new piece of musical theatre to Fringe this year.
Expertly treading the line between cheese and charm is this new musical from Augment Productions.
Get set for some irreverent fun as Paul Revill returns with his comic selection.
Revill’s Selection is an hour of very friendly comedy, with Paul Revill hosting and three unannounced acts every day.
Our dashing hosts present a naughty nightcap of raucous comedy, cabaret and late night frivolity.
Often, the key to a good improvised comedy show is making sure that the audience forgets that what’s happening on stage is in fact improvised.
It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor.
Watching Americans do sketch comedy can be painful for the British.
Jen Carnovale will be talking about stuff into a microphone with you watching and she can’t wait! ‘.
Proudly supporting the Free Festival, the 99 Club brings a selection of four different comics every day.
Cheeky late night songs! Luc Valvona sings you a selection of his funny, witty and sometimes downright filthy songs on the ukulele, guitar and mandolin, and then tries to sell you …
After 20 years of trying to sing and dance, Chris finally realised how ridiculous he’d been.
French, Australian, Jewish, Arctic comedian Eric Hutton’s 2012 show was selected as one of the ‘best free shows at the Fringe’ by TheScotsman.
Four desks, each littered with character appropriate props: on the first, colourful craft ribbons, tea and biscuits; the second, a simple but elegant glass and bottle of white wine…
Four comedians.
Foghorn’s delicious blend of comedy leaves adults awestruck and kids captivated.
TaleGate Theatre have adapted Nicholas Allan’s beloved children’s book into a new funny and energetic musical, which ticks all the boxes for a children’s show, apart from the fact …
The hit show returns after more sell-out shows around the world.
From the producers of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, Amnesty’s acclaimed comedy podcasts are back.
We Will Be Free is an historical tale beginning in 1834 and is based on the true story of George and Betsy Loveless, prominent members of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
All around Edinburgh sprawl pop-up theatres, ordinary theatres, churches, even Quaker meeting halls.
Improv can be the most hit and miss of comedy styles.
The Bongo Club is more accustomed to hosting face-chewing ravers than sweet-chewing kiddies, but this evening the kindergarten has taken over.
An hour long comedy show featuring five different acts talking about sex? After a few pints this starts to seem like a great idea and I would recommend the show to any finding them…
Rhys will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems and then leave.
You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this show, but it certainly may help to jump on board and have a few drinks before and throughout.
Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale present a selection of their favourite Fringe acts.
Where can you get an hour of stand-up that includes routines about farts, worms and Charles Darwin? The Comedy Club 4 Kids, that’s where.
Maureen Younger presents a solo stand-up show, as part of the Scottish Comedy Festival, which is based around her view of herself as an outsider, both on the comedy circuit and gen…
Since 1999 this show has been a feature of the Fringe’s comedy programme and this year they are back with some of the biggest names in Irish comedy.
Comedian’s comedian, one of Britain’s most seminal comics returns to the industry’s largest trade fair 15 years after getting poleaxed, having been arrested the previous two.
Kevin Dewsbury is a bloke.
I was so ready to tear this show down.
An in-depth and correct analysis of man and his obsessions with sex, violence, money, sex, war, breasts and sex.
Writing a review for Quite Nice Theatre’s Snakes the Musical is an interesting concept, as the musical hasn’t actually happened yet.
Tricity Vogue’s voice has a peculiar tone that suggests everything she says is really an innuendo.
An original one-woman show presented by comedian Lindsay Gonzales - a mixture of stand-up, storytelling, improvisation, dance and music.
Scottish dancing for all the family.
Since 2007 Hilarity Bites alumni include John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Russell Kane, Jason Cook, Pete Firman, Richard Herring, Reginald D.
Sell-out London shows.
As humble a turnout as it was, Paul Revill was very grateful and welcomed us warmly.
A selection of the best in new comedy at the Fringe, alongside some top headliners picked from Fringe shows, national competitions and around the world.
Gregory Akerman introduces us to Nellie Garcia, a 19th-century lady who has been forgotten.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Nearly 30 years after his death, Richard Burton still stands tall among the ghosts of Hollywood, the poor boy from a Welsh mining village whose acting talent and ambition took him …
The Rat Pack did far more than sing.
Cabaret legend and TO&ST finalist Dusty Limits celebrates the crazed pursuit of joy and truth.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham.
Each night see four exciting new acts performing ten-minute sets.
Powered by the enigmatic personalities of compère Chris Turner, David Elms and Adam Hess, AAA Batteries is a show brimming full of energy, improvised humour and finely tuned routi…
Ian Fox has come up with a fairly novel twist on observational comedy: his show centres on a series of photographs shown on television screens around the room so that the audience …
Step into the world of Frank Von Nippleman.
Tomie James has travelled from Ireland to make a good point: we’re putting an awful lot of rubbish into our bodies.
In just under an hour Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) is made to feel awkward by castles, the French Metro and Ugandan rebels.
Three up-and-coming stand-ups, three 2012 So You Think You’re Funny semi-finalists, three unique styles which together tick all the jocular boxes without anyone having to be set on…
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.
Jody Kamali is a comedian, a clown and based on his YouTube repertoire, an impressive character actor.
To spend one’s afternoon in the company of Raymond Considine is a relaxed and amusing affair.
Ricky Tin lives in a bin in the year 1920.
The funniest show (with a saucepan).
Three young talented comics take over with a show full of improvisation, riffing and household observations.
First of all, it’s important that you ignore the title of this show because it has absolutely nothing to do with what you’ll be watching.
An early afternoon, discount show with another four of the hottest unknown acts on the first step of the ladder to success.
In Fanfiction Comedy, a group of Kiwis have taken it upon themselves to take the biggest guilty pleasure of geekdom, fanfiction, and offer it up onstage for your delight.
As refreshing and witty as ever, Spring Day returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show which takes some of the best bits of her 2011 Fringe appearance whilst offering…
‘Wicked punch lines have the audience falling over themselves with laughter, thinking: “I can’t believe she said that!” They absolutely loved her, no doubt you will too.
As we took our seats, furnished with appropriately rose-patterned cushions, and gazed on at the living room set before us, it was as if we were in someone else’s house, listening…
Every twenty years or so, comedy re-vamps itself.
No wires - no script! A completely improvised 50s radio-play adventure, unique every day.
Ever wondered what radio DJs chat about when they’re off-air? No, me neither - but it turns out the topic provides a wealth of material for James Cook’s one-man show about the tria…
Stand-up comedy that fulfils the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s diversity requirements all in one fantastic show.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now.
The Games are back in 2013! Different international acts compete daily for comedy gold.
Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first: this show is certainly value for money.
If you love a good story, then you’ll love this.
In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him.
Alan is surrounded by idiots; fortunately, he’s one of them.
New solo show from cheeky diva Tricity Vogue with ukulele tunes and salacious anecdotes - a song for every calamitous liaison.
Foil, Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy trio who combine innovative ideas with silliness and boyish charm.
In the past Kevin Shepherd has apparently used his Fringe shows as a kind of confessional, finding thoughtful humour in his past social and legal misdemeanours.
Character comedy is slowly but surely leeching into stand-up.
When you get more laughs from riffing off your audience in the first five minutes then you do for the whole rest of your show, you know something’s wrong.
A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t…
Addressing race related issues for an hour can potentially be very uncomfortable.
In this special free Fringe show you can expect the unexpected with some of our favourite acts handpicked for each show and a different line-up every day, there is something for ev…
Wild, raucous and full of Fringe spirit.
‘Somewhere between Flight of the Conchords’ parody and Tim Minchin’s witty word-play lies home-grown talent Robert Taylor’ (Theatre Press).
Satisfying energetic children can be a task for even the most patient of adults, but CeilidhKids seem to have found a simple but effective solution to combine family bonding with c…
Showcasing the very best in Irish comedy, this daily show will not disappoint, with the best headline acts on the Irish circuit and support from new up-and-coming comedians.
In death, we find mirth.
The first truly laugh-out-loud-funny show I have seen at The Fringe, The Big Value Comedy Show is definitely worth the ticket price.
Our 18th year as the recognised launchpad for future legends, featuring four top comedians.
Award-winning comics seek comedy geeks, hungry for the new stuff.
Ever wondered why animals find it easier to maintain relationships? Why a male orangutan has more success than Patrick from Newcastle? Pat Monahan and Luisa Omielan bring you tips …
Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the …
The Big Man’s back.
Ian Saville, a self-professed ‘socialist magician’, takes you through the history of money and communism by the medium of magic in a free show that pulls off some rather exquis…
There are two kinds of people at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - those who run screaming from the phrase ‘Kierkegaard Comedy Show’, and those who run shouting towards it.
Heard of screenwriter William Goldman’s rule about Hollywood? ‘Nobody knows anything.
Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina **** (Guardian) chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guest and surprises, news and reviews all in collusion with the Orchestra of An…
Giraffe Comedy presents a volley of satirical and surreal sketches.
Tricity Vogue gets her kicks from having somebody strum her ukulele that sits on top of her head.
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy’s biggest prize.
Imagine, for a moment, always having to tell the truth.
Falmouth and Exeter Cornwall Campus Light Entertainment Society cover aspects of the most universal of topics, love.
A contemporary reinventon of Shakespeare’s sonnets was always going to be a risk.
McEwan Hall is one of the vastest spaces at the Fringe.
One of the beautiful things about the Fringe is the way in which so many shows can be supported simultaneously.
To give a show this title, considering the easy barbs that could be made at its expense, is perhaps brave.
One of The Scotsman’s Top Ten free shows of 2012.
‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage.
‘Fame is a mask that eats into the face’.
On paper The Comedy Reserve is a great idea: find four up-and-coming comics and sort them out with a fully paid up Edinburgh show under a prestigious banner, along with all the pub…
It seems Will Franken has set himself an impossible task.
Carl Donnelly summarises his show perfectly as ‘stories about the world from the perspective of a cuban-heel-boot-wearing hippy!’ - a sharp and witty hour filled with brilliant…
Often the sexiest stories are ones you don’t quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet girls of Sugar & Vice for songs, stories and laughs. From the writer/cast of Princess Cabaret.
‘Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em laugh!’ shrilled Donald O’Connor in the original Singin’ in the Rain movie, taking just three short words to get right to the heart of what co…
In this wild and raucous show, two comedians face off against each other with the aid of the audience.
Three headlining, multi award-winning Canadians on one bill! All three acts are veterans of the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and boast a combined 40 years of stand-up c…
You can often judge a comedian by their interactions with the audience.
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
In an attempt to answer the question, ‘What is justice?’, Professor of Philosophy, John Rawls (Alexander Wickens), travels back in time to ask the great philosophers of the las…
Jamie McDermott (The Irrepressibles) reinterprets Britten and Auden’s famous songs, paired with new numbers from Fringe First winners Mark Ravenhill and Conor Mitchell - a queerly …
It’s the morning after the fall of man.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
Lea McGowan (pronounced Lee, as in, Now Leasing), is a beautiful dancer.
It is difficult to critique a show that is raising awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research, but I will try my best.
The image of Shakespeare’s Juliet, awakening from her sleeping draught to gaze upon her dead lover, is unforgettable.
Dan Nightingale wants us to like him.
‘How’re yez?’ Eilish O’Carroll greets her audience as she steps out to affectionate applause, dressed all in black under her blue sequinned jacket: part theatre luvvie, part salt o…
Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in its ninth year of Pleasance’s Comedy Reserve.
A young lad with a winsome demeanour entered the room and high-fived everyone in the audience.
Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t…
The title is probably the most interesting thing about this adaptation of Lysistrata, but any potential that it implies is sadly missed by the show itself.
Experienced local guides show you historic places of the Royal Mile, its buildings, narrow closes and secret gardens, describing how its people lived and died, its famous character…
Churches are great: not only is a marvellous acoustic found within those imposing stone walls, but visitors also feel an inherently peaceful atmosphere upon entry.
Escape the thunderous thrill of the High Street! Unwind and enjoy tranquillity, inspiring music and stunning architecture in the medieval heart of Edinburgh.
Situated on the historic Royal Mile, open from 9am – 3am every day.
Whistlebinkies really wants you to know they have free live music.
If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl…
Like so many shows at the moment, Om Nom Nominous lures in punters with a ridiculous name.
A dramatically slapdash but musically vibrant joy ride through the glory days of the Detroit music label founded by Berry Gordy.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
A modern Scotland where for many of today’s youth the problem of knife and drug crime is rife is the basis for this potent musical by writer/director/producer Finn Anderson which i…
This gig is a total surprise – just what the Fringe should be.
(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season.
The volume of shows presented at the Edinburgh Fringe can sometimes be overwhelming, so the Waterloo Comedy Club has put on a free show to give the audience a taster of some of the…
The Black Country Cider Lions’ compere Rob Kemp reminds us near the start of the gig that the room we are in is bespoke.
Flamenco dancing is perhaps not the first thing I would associate with the legend of the Minotaur and indeed neither is the idea that the conflict between the monster and Theseus h…
The Edinburgh Festival has some unusual venues – that is a well-known fact amongst regular Fringe-goers, as avid audience members hop from university building to converted wareho…
This bewilderingly unpleasant piece of new writing aims to explore our relationships with food, and with each other.
Heather Newton and Ernest Merrys critically acclaimed 2005 Fringe hit returns to bring you more holy milk, Hellish whores and stitch-inducing laughs.
A melting pot of youthful talent all wrestle for attention in this production, which features heavy emphasis on individual players with some standout solo performances.
The setting is Paris, 1900.
Based on a true story, Sophie Pelhams one-woman show about coping with bipolar disorder is sensitively disturbing and, surprisingly, also fantastically funny.
The Plastic Seat Company’s debut show is a promising mix of comedy sketches, which take great delight in referencing pop culture of today.
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
Advertised in the Fringe guidebook as ‘David Kelly is Shameless’, the show turned out to be rebranded as ‘David Kelly and Laura Carr Have No Shame’.
Sarah Archer’s adorable daughter invites us into the venue and welcomes her mother onto the stage, a fitting introduction for an adorable show.
Shakespeare can be hard to do at the Fringe, and even harder to do in an hour.
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
Amused Moose has the unusual ability of being able to boast a harbouring ground not only for breaking talent, but also well established acts.
This was the title of the only performance kindly suggested by a witty member of tonight’s audience.
When someone tells you their new musical is about the life of Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, it’s practically impossible not to draw comparisons with Sondheim’s Assassins.
Its a hard job to get a small, mostly drunken, late night audience on your side.
Bobby Carroll has perhaps been doing stand up so long that he’s become a bit bitter.
Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…
‘Success’ is an inventive, endearing and beautifully observed pastiche of self-help seminars.
I entered this show tentatively.
In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome.
Located in the small but cosy performance space underneath the main café area of Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, Life or Something Like it sees Mancunian singer-songwriter Claire…
Evil - The Musical details the lives of seven evil villains as they battle Guy Super and endeavor to become the most evil of all.
Amrik Virk looks like a laugh to be with.
Staged by Word Alive and hosted by the congregation at Charlotte Chapel, this exhibition tells you everything you need to know about the Good Book and its influence on Christianity…
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
Who am I? What price, fame? What is reality? These are just some of the inane issues dredged up to validate this otherwise empty narrative.
Satirical portraits of Adolf Hitler have been around since Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’, through ‘The Producers’, to the Mr T Experience’s ‘Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend’.
This is a show which will divide audiences, causing disputes of both an interpersonal and internal nature.
‘What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening.
‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show.
Woody Allen’s words that “it is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune,” leapt into my head after Bereavement: the Musical.
Doug Segal delivers a perplexing array of mind-blowing, mind-reading tricks modulating gradually to a standing ovation climax.
Four pupils await a class that will never start, in this new writing from Daniel Rayner, performed by Bleak Heart.
Kev Orkian of Britain’s Got Talent! fame has toured the world and performed for royalty.
When the matchmakers of Austens time are no more, fear not: I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change negotiates, with excruciatingly spot-on humour, the difficulties of the mo…
After introducing himself four times Arnie Pie gave a bit about his stage name before launching into the set that can define the rest of his show in two words: racial comedy.
In an interview for the seminal concert movie Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, acting as the interviewer in his own interview asks himself, ‘I don’t think…
Love in The Key of Britpop is spoken word artist Emily Andersen’s performance of her self-professed ‘ode to Britpop, nightclub romance, visa marriages and anglophilic love’.
One cannot help but feel , when offered lesser-known tales from the Brothers Grimm, that there is probably a reason that they are not so popular.
A typical Edinburgh stand-up by Richard Coughlan in the back room of an easily hidden pub, this is truly a gem hidden amongst the Fringe.
Straight from The Royal Court, Anupama Chandrasekhars poignant drama about the impact of one girls sex life on the rest of India cant help but provoke.
In his program notes writer Adam J A Cass remarks this one-person show is based on a boy who is out there somewhere, the out there being cyber space.
From the moment the host of The Comedy Manifesto Kate Smurthwaite gives the audience the power to award points via heckling and gestures towards the Mussolini quote that the restau…
This two hander begins with both actresses acting out a dumb show to a music track.
The Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue is exactly as described.
Off-Broadway’s longest running musical comes to the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
What do you get if you cross Jack Dee with Paul Daniels? - Piff the Magic Dragon!Piff-Tacular is a magic show and stand-up gig all in one, which despite featuring a cute puppy, is …
I caught this troop of budding young comedians last year and was mightily impressed by their ingenuity, their sense of comic timing, and the wonderfully risqué formula of getting …
Waiting to go into this production of Howard Brentons short, searing exploration of the nature of justice and retribution I witnessed the front of house staff refuse entry to a f…
The Yurt Locker is naturally intriguing as a venue and thus when the three performers of Cracking Yolks took to the stage they were playing to an almost full house of casual punter…
Apparently not such a big secret after all, the Whistlebinkies was packed with those in the know waiting for a line-up of top comedians to kick start their night.
This is one of Shakespeares toughest plays to pull off.
This is one of the most evocative and deeply moving shows I have ever seen.
Lewis Schaffer’s schtick is that he is an ex New York Jew making his way in this strange foreign land and hating every minute of it.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
With a razor-sharp tongue and ever sharper wit – think 1940s American reporter meets cocktail bar swagger – David Mills delivers an hour of comedy that you may mistake for an h…
This is as good a play as Ive ever seen about the absurdity of prejudice.
Like a bit of ragtime? Classic tunes from 1912? Henry Mancini ballads in four-part harmony? You’d be in luck with the animated stylings of the Sussex Harmonisers, a nearly 50-…
Irish trio Foil, Arms and Hog, or Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan to their parents, barely leave the stage for the duration of this dizzying hour of sketch comedy.
The problems started right from the word go.
If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town.
A brave attempt at something different, Foil, Arms and Hog flirted with comedy gold but their reliance on some cheap jokes and a few too many silly faces let them down.
Five new students arrive at university for a year of alcohol-fueled partying.
‘Well Done You’ calls itself a character sketch show, but Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt are in character even when not doing sketches.
The premise of Mace and Burton’s show draws quite a crowd into the Medina.
There could be an incredible musical story in the tragic rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots, leading from her ascension to the throne to her eventual abdication, imprisonment fo…
I had heard little about Brendan Burns until I reluctantly went on Saturday to see his show.
The theme of this years offering is love, which Lucy equates to a mental illness.
Comedy Bitch brings together six young actors, presenting brand new sketch comedy at the Underbelly - three women (Sophie Wright, Louise Howells and Hannah Gittos), three men (Jona…
A fun, eclectic group of amateur comedians took to the stage with an endearing, though not hilarious, improvised comedy set.
Angus and Cameron have clearly worked hard putting this sketch show together but the results are far from entertaining.
In this free one-woman show, Clara Lilly shares a string of stories collected from ten years of hitchhiking.
For all the atrocities of the Second World War, it was a fertile period for great songs.
With so much free fringe it’s can be a daunting prospect wading through the guide to find what’s worthwhile.
‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce.
The GirlBand Improv was an entirely enjoyable experience but not quite what I expected.
This picture-book musical follows a young orphan girl who casts off her mourning clothes and warms the hearts of those around her.
If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different.
On first reading, the show’s title may sound almost childlike, reading like the name of a children’s music book.
For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life.
The big songs of stage and screen are being presented at the Laughing Horse Free Festival by the Cabaret Freaks.
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…
An actor Jack Treadwell known to his friends as Tread is giving his very last lecture/performance on dramatic method and the art of acting.
35MM is subtitled ‘a musical exhibition’.
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
Devvo, the internet sensation, brings his unique brand of stand-up to the Fringe after a successful string of MC gigs across the UK.
Markus Birdman’s comedy dwells on serious themes, a fact that is perhaps unsurprising considering the 40-something stand-up suffered a stroke a few years ago which caused him to …
Comedy Bitch opens with a parody of a Jumanji-esque game, in which the audience are invited (or rather, coerced) to take part.
Shakespeare’s plays have been reinterpreted again and again throughout the years; from ballet to Bollywood, I’ve seen my fair share.
Behind The Truth is an endearing but frustrating show.
You’d be hard pressed to find a free hour of comedy at the Fringe as well-structured and thoughtful as ‘Stitches’.
Black Comedy is a farce by Peter Shaffer.
Edinburgh show titles are fascinating.
How many US Presidents does it take to run a country? Three, apparently - and in the late 90s that was Bill, Billy and Hillary Clinton.
It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir…
The witty and charming pair Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna give us a beat poetry rom-com ballad that, while not groundbreaking, at least treads old ground with the comfort and warmt…
This piece by director/writer Ryan J-W Smith garnered fantastic reviews and awards at last years Festival.
In 1993 Bosnia broke free from Yugoslavia during the war that raged there, destroying some of the country’s best known architecture and costing many lives.
The man behind the YouTube ‘smash’ Masturbation Gary Stark is having a funny look at sex, drugs and getting old at his gig in the Laughing Horse Free Festival.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
People who like their comedy surreal will enjoy this more than others.
Checkley and Bush’s comic riot is a mixture of over the top comedy sketches and songs.
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
These two Jesus loving friends are here from across the pond on a mission, to raise money to help a little boy with terminal cancer.
You could be forgiven for rolling your eyes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme’s description of singer-songwriter Dean Friedman as ‘legendary’: one single that peaked at #2…
Thomas Annand and David Day have come all the way from Ireland to prove that there’s far more to African drumming than monotonous banging.
Five years in the making and almost stopped by the Japanese earthquake earlier this year, Siro-A blitz the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with outstanding visual trickery.
Completely bizarre, the Dog-Eared Collective held nothing back in their unrelenting comedy set which had everything from detective lives of Beethoven and Bach to Glasgow’s 2022 O…
Dont let the Edinburgh Academy theatre and the audience of grandmas put you off the scent: this is a professional production of an off-Broadway show.
With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T…
Raise the Roof started IYAF 2013 with a bang.
Z Theatre company are a bunch of schoolgirls who sing very nicely and try to put a new spin on the Kennedy assassination.
A delightful hour of salacious and cheeky comedy, Larry Dean: Out Now! is a hilarious window into the life of Larry.
Him and Me’s circus of estranged acts consists mainly of them with the occasional homemade video thrown in for good measure.
Another year, another series of words that shouldnt be followed by the musical: The Musical.
Comedian Neil Dagley is Flange Krammer; German Olympic skiing sensation and interminable ladies’ man.
The youth of Captivate Drama’s front of house staff and their venue at the Edinburgh Academy led me to expect a school play.
To me the word ‘bride’ conjures images of women in white gowns, demurely and beautifully gliding about.
Having been ushered onto the top deck of a bus, itself a surreal beginning to a show experience, I was unsure what to expect from ‘Stand Up, Woman.
Dating George Orwell is a one woman play that looks at the unhealthy relationship between a teenage girl and the books that she has become engrossed in.
There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems.
Trapped by an inability to communicate properly in the real world, the six characters of Chat seek refuge and a place to unveil their deepest secrets in the anonymous world of an i…
Dreamwalk productions are a young talented group of sixth form and gap year students who have brought Peter Shaffers ingenious piece to the Fringe.
In the press blurb for his show Middle-Aged, Useless and Talented Nick Hayman compares himself to Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom.
This concert bore all the hallmarks of a homecoming gig, except that very few people actually seemed to know any of MacLean’s songs.
When a show is going badly, repeatedly telling the audience that they’re a tough crowd only ever exacerbates matters.
Barry Ferns has made a considerable impression at this year’s Fringe with his numerous shows involving the moniker Lionel Richie.
The excitement in the audience is palpable as the lights dim in St George’s West, a beautiful venue that lends itself well to theatrical transformation.
Yes! This is everything you, I, everyone wants in a musical.
Adam Larter splatters onto his stage like paint from Jackson Pollock’s paintbrush, ungainly and definitely not graceful as he crashes all over the place.
Wet Paint is made up of two magicians, Ben Hart and Neil Kelso, with ‘ideas so fresh they’re still wet’.
Those looking for a dose of the unexpected, who enjoy wandering off the beaten track, will be delighted by Lach’s Antihoot.
What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be.
This free show at the fringe consists very simply of two fairly promising comedians, Mark Diamond and Darren Walsh, alternatively delivering stand up performances.
Call me strange, but watching this show twice (in English and in Japanese) has been my most fascinating theatre experience in a long time.
There are three things essential to know about Gareth Richards before his show starts.
Dublin’s comedy night The Death of Comedy made relaxing, jovial, if not exactly side-splitting entertainment.
What makes a lot of cash in the Musical Theatre? Juke Box musicals: Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys.
Part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival, comedian and photographer Ian Fox delivers an hour of very amusing entertainment through a selection of photos.
Dirty Filthy Rich wants to make you stinking, filthy rich.
Maurice Cock and Belvedere Bagg model their show as a lesson in how to act.
There are 21 Richard Thompsons listed in Wikipedia, including a Conservative baronet, a racing driver and a Warner Bros animator.
From the moment they step on stage, these outsize babies have the audience laughing uncontrollably.
Andy and The Prostitutes play one dirty trick by billing their foul-mouthed ditties as a musical but Andy and co.
Sitting in the dark, cave-like venue of the Hive where the smell of alcohol and sweat still pervades from late-night clubbing and the floors are still just a little bit sticky, it …
This production is a set of four or five unconnected stories about love, enjoyed, gained, lost and destroyed.
Hamlet! The Musical has been around for a few years now, since being first introduced to the Fringe in 2001.
You know something’s different about a show when the people in the first three rows - also known as the slosh pit - are issued with cheap Scotland-branded ponchos.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
You’ve got to bless the Edinburgh audience, they are a godsend for bad comedians.
This show was put together by comedian, composer & filmmaker Lauren Maul.
The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see.
Its all too easy and all too dangerous to dismiss the Free Fringe.
If you could tell Love what you honestly thought of it what would you say? In this fusion of poetic monologue, dance and sign language, Vintage Star Productions approaches love wit…
Sometimes a gig feels like visiting an old friend - the audience have never seen the comedian before, but we have seen comics like him and he’s had audiences like us.
With its modest and pretty title, Some Small Love Story sets the tone for its performance.
Love Child is the story of two women - a mother and daughter - who have never met; the former gave the latter away at her birth, the daughter returns to seek out her lost parent.
With an intense stare, Jen Brister describes her set as ‘a beige lesbian in a darkened room.
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…
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
What is the opposite of subtle? A thesaurus will give you antonyms like ‘obvious’, ‘loud’, ‘lucid’, ‘crass’.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change is a comedy musical from the pen of Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts.
Sugar & Vice are Courtney Powell and Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who get up on stage and bare all.
Pam Ford presents a friendly and funny stand-up show focussing on her past career as a hairdresser.
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle lies a very beautiful St Cuthbert’s Parish Church.
The classic tale that is Hamlet has been reborn into a contemporary musical and it tries to be a lively fun-filled show.
This play tells the story of the life of its central character, Peggy, as she looks back over the unfolding events of her youth.
What a fantastic premise for a show; based on your suggestions the cast will serve up a brand new, fresh musical in front of your eyes.
Anyone who has ever played in an orchestra in the presence of a violin diva, I guarantee that you will love this show.
At the age of seven, Sorrow (Helen George), saw her parents brutally murdered by members of the Bewley family.
The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way.
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret.
A show entitled 5 Steps To Being German screams of being packed with old stereotypes and heard-it-all-before jokes of Nazis and efficient trains.
This full house was eager to be entertained by a certain caped crusader.
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
It promised to be a fun show.
This one’s a toughie.
Welcome to the fabulous Glasvegas is a musical which originally debut in 1977 from the pen of legendary film composer Patrick Doyle.
The title of the play sets up an immediate opposition between love and understanding, and once seated, we are soon presented us with characters full of love and totally lacking in …
Having lived in Brighton for less than a year, Hanover the musical seemed like a wildly foreign affair for an outsider to the small community above Kemp town, let alone for a relat…
This is fast-moving musical treatment of the bubonic plague of London performed by a bouyant cast of young actor/singers, but the strong and vibrant performances all round are let …
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet the players are driven to Elsinore by a company of child actors who have commandeered the urban stages.
I really wanted to like this show.
Stella Graham’s routine is fun and original: she recounts amusing anecdotes of good and bad things she has done and the audience have to decide if she should go to heaven or hell.
Have you ever thought about running away, changing your identity and leaving behind your current life? This is what Charlie decides to do after being caught stealing from work.
This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together.
Anybody who thinks that you can perform Love’s Labour’s Lost without doing something serious to the script probably hasn’t read the play.
It’s impossible to review a musical about Tony Blair without acknowledging that there are two competing productions about his leadership tenure in town.
James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice.
The short audience queue didn’t bode well for Babbling Comedy 2 (when playing for laughs, a C of empty seats is a performer’s worst nightmare), and I found myself preparing to …
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
The choir of St.
Mark Cooper-Jones is a Geography teacher.
Dr Ettrick-Hogg is the very macho compere for this evening of male stand-ups talking about manly things and being generally masculine.
On the night of an election, one candidate and two party workers are scurrying about, preparing for the results to be announced.
This was a very entertaining start to a Sunday from a very experienced and polished performer.
Matthew Collins is a travel journalist and single parent, although not necessarily in that order.
The idea of performing an improvised musical is not a new one, and is always likely to enthrall a late-night audience who can never quite comprehend how skillfully their new ideas …
Five people are compelled to join a fat club due to self deprecation and the search for a sex life.
Squeaky dirty stand up comedy offers up three styles of stand up from this trio of comic pals.
Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so…
It is rather difficult to review a tour, because to some extent you are reviewing your own city, the content your town has to offer a tourist who may buy the Edinburgh Comedy Tour …
Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro…
Downstairs in a night club that makes an awkward bedfellow for performance, youll find seasoned actress & comedienne, Sarah Louise-Young conjuring up three very distinct characte…
Bringing his YouTube sensation to the Fringe, Australian comic John Robertson’s show The Dark Room is basically a ‘choose your own adventure’ computer game in which selected …
There’s something of a dichotomy going on in Jihad The Musical, and I’m not sure whether I should be deeply offended, or laughing my socks off.
Fringe regulars may remember the moment towards the beginning of last year’s Festival, when performers, media and audiences alike slowly caught wind of the London riots, followin…
Men of Character describes itself as two one-man sketch shows that overlap with one another with an overarching plot line.
I’m one of those people.
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.
The epitome of Hollywood glamour, Grace Kelly’s perfect face beams at you from a screen as you enter the space.
Its easy to lie into a computer keyboard, isnt it? Its also frighteningly easy to tell the truth more of the truth that perhaps you should.
This is the story of the women of Troy, the day after the Greeks have captured the city using their Trojan horse.
We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.
Based on the famous 1970’s porn flick of the same name (but with less sex and more satire), small-town girl Debbie Benton dreams of making it as a cheerleader (and marine biologist…
Alzheimer’s The Musical is a peek into the lives of those who might be getting slightly older in body but who are most definitely young at heart.
During this free children’s show in Maggies Chambers at the Three Sisters Pub, Phil the Shepherd introduces himself throughout as he tries to put his sheep, or children, to sleep.
James and Craig - the comedy duo behind Best Days of Our Lives - earn their stars as much through likeability as humour.
It isn’t often as a reviewer that you come across a show with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
Jonathan Prager’s performance is a mixture of spoken anecdotes and original songs with both lyrics and score written by himself and performed with accompaniment from Ben, his ver…
Burke and Hare A Musical Play is based on the true story of Edinburghs notorious murderers William Burke and William Hare.
Given the perpetual debate concerning the over-commercialisation of the Fringe that has been prominent this year, it is with a great sigh of relief that events such as the Malcolm …
Follow Donna Wannabe and Katherine Withakay (yes, really) through the trials, tribulations and transfers of flying to Las Vegas all performed in astonishing tongue-in-cheek oper…
The infectious enthusiasm of this comedy duo is apparent from the off, their chaotic get-in generating a fair few belly-laughs.
Io Theatre’s take on the Tony Blair years is a satirical view of his leadership, set to a bitingly funny score.
With 101 Comedy Club seeing different up and coming comedians performing every night in four ten minute sets, it is perhaps unfair to form a complete judgement based on one night a…
What starts out with Shoko Ito charmingly asking the audience if they love someone with Japanese pop songs gently wafting into their ears quickly devolves into a series of dreamsca…
We’ve all had them hairdressers who give you constant patter and banter whilst you’re trapped in their chair, but Giovanni Monica - a professional barber from Wiltshire - decide…
There can surely be no more fitting venue for the Hanover the Musical! than the Hanover Community Centre, with community and the surrounding area the ideas at the heart of this wil…
Last night saw some of Glasgow University’s funniest alumni return to their student union for a comedy showcase held in support of Stonewall.
Someone should tell Danny McChrystal that having a blokish demeanour and a regional accent doesn’t make you a comedian.
It is a great honour for any composer to have their work cherry-picked by fans and turned into a revue.
‘I thought it was a magic show.
Kunt’s on Daytime TV warns that it’s not for the easily offended.
Love is a pyramid scheme, suggests Richard Herring, in an extended fifteen-minute segment of his strongly-themed set, in which he contemplates the devastating consequences of a lov…
Ring-ring! Ring ring! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of ten students from London trying to get to grips with an un-winable war.
Musical Of Musicals (The Musical) is performed by the Woodlands High School Theatre, Texas, as part of the American High Schools Theatre Festival.
It’s a breath of fresh air to watch something as ambitious – perhaps too ambitious – as The Untold Theatre Company’s brand-new full-length original musical, Grim.
Panning for Gold is a performance about love: finding love, losing love, and moving on.
From the start, you know that Tomás Ford isn’t your ordinary late night showman.
When Naomi Grossmans second self-penned show, Carnival Knowledge, premiered in LA, it enjoyed a sell-out, twice-extended run, and the actress was nominated for best solo performa…
Nathan Cassidy opens this show with great energy, telling us with a jig that it’s “all about positivity”.
Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day.
Felix Zschieschow and Megan Clifton return to the stage as comedy duo ‘Grandma’, and given the evening of continuously bizarre situations that the pair find themselves in, i…
Set on the private island of recently deceased music mogul Morgan Tremain, where all the people he had a grudge with in his life have been assembled for the reading of his will, Mu…
The action is set in the Emerald Shitty nightclub somewhere in Australia, hosted by drag queen Patty OFurniture.
It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t…
Ideally Edgar Allan Poe’s works should be read in the dead of night, in an armchair by a crackling fire with the slow tap of wintry branches against the window.
Graham Whistler’s show from last year’s Fringe returns, again mainly focusing on his cerebral palsy.
Arguments and Nosebleeds is becoming a little nugget of tradition, a one-off poetry performance — now in its third year — that gives a platform to a host of Scottish poets, alo…
‘I wuv you with the intensity of a thousand suns,’ yells Will (Jack Swain) in Misshapen Theatre’s Phillipa And Will Are Now In A Relationship, a romantic comedy told entirely throu…
Six acts are drawn daily from a rotating pool of stand-ups who seek to entertain in this talent spotting showcase.
What a joy and a rarity it is to see a cross-generational cast of performers, ranging in age from 28-78, share the stage in dance theatre of this calibre.
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
To base a show around the theme of evening classes is an interesting concept and one which has not been trialled very extensively anywhere, let alone at the Edinburgh Festival.
Edoardo Okamoto has played this piece for seven years now and it has become part of his identity.
The poster tagline to Pinch in Love is ‘However appetising the baby may look, the answer is no to cooking it!’ It’s a sinister slogan that promises a darkly comic play full …
According to the women of Greenham, sex is power, sex gives women leverage and sex makes men vulnerable.
The show is based on a simple concept: three women leave horrendously awkward voicemails on the phones of their male love interests, with potentially disastrous consequences.
Gordon Ramsey Sex Dwarf eaten by badgers.
In her white shirt, grey knee length skirt and black brogues, Sara Pascoe looks like a schoolgirl.
The Agitated Acupuncturist Returns To Find It is utterly bizarre.
Paul Robeson was a great singer and actor and, throughout his whole life, a political activist on behalf of black, poor and working-class people everywhere.
I imagine as a children’s performer you’re probably prepared for a great deal.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Many will argue that the beauty of Performance Art is that the possibilities are endless.
Returning for a second year, this excellent festival showcases the best of New York’s comedy scene in several of Brooklyn’s comedy-friendly venues.
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.
A Bogan is an Antipodean term for a somewhat uneducated, mullet-wearing, hard-rock loving man.
The show is set entirely to parodies of songs from well-known musicals and classic 80s pop hits.
This show will make you leave the theatre trembling.
I had high expectations of Bloodbath The Musical - everything from their high-profile casting to glossy programme gives the impression they’ve spent some money on this show, and th…
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
I wish all science lectures could be musical.
From what I can gather, this show is set at a wedding reception.
This musical does not have a linear narrative, but presents a series of scenes and songs showing events that take place during the last year of high school.
Farting at a funeral could be quite funny.
The Free Fringe is a generous proposal at the worst of times, but when it offers up shows like this, ones that feel like they’ve been dreamed up out of pure love and shared free of…
Knot Theory presents a new piece of writing about the decline of a suburban family in a piece of new writing by Niki Orfanou.
When in the first ten minutes of the show there have already been several jokes about vaginas and a song essentially about paedophilia, it quickly dawns that few sacred cows are go…
Sarah-Louise Young channels four very different, equally hilarious and rather odd women in this cabaret spectacular.
In their free hour, Steve N Allen and Ria Lina read extracts from Agony Aunt pages and attempt to provide better advice using songs along with suggestions from the audience.
Comedy addicts were treated to a night of raucous belly-laughs by the stars of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Sketchorama’, The Noise Next Door, last night at the infamous Komedia in Brighton.
The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben.
David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr are one of the most respected lyricist/composer teams on Broadway.
Yianni, an Australian Greek, describes his show as ‘hyperlogical’.
Calling this show a Cabaret was the first mistake.
Ok, let’s get this out of the way at the start.
An impressive and beautiful rendition of Tchaikovsky’s music, performed with great talent by the Sussex Symphony Orchestra.
I went into Sex Ed! a little wary.
Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines.
Hillbilly hilarity can prove difficult to digest at the best of times, but this musical feast, based on the cult film by South Park creator Trey Parker, offers a light-hearted appr…
Prince Philip supposedly coined the word ‘dontopedology’ in describing his talent for ‘opening one’s mouth and putting one’s foot in it’, and in this free show at Espio…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a director’s dream.
A two man show by charismatic performers Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey promises fast paced farce within the context of an 1870’s period setting, interestingly established at the …
Glee and High School Musical meet Dr Seuss.
It is good to be reminded of the fact that history is full of eccentrics, radicals, and pioneers who never appear in the history books - especially when they turn out to be women, …
As the Phantom of the Opera music played a cloaked figure appeared, sang along for a few bars before ripping off the cloak to reveal he had a Henry Hoover for a head.
Cambridge Touring Theatre’s Alice the Musical is a great example of children’s fringe theatre, with simple set designs embellished by the high enthusiasm of the actors.
Five students meet for the first time in the flat they are to share for their first year of university.
From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them.
The idea behind this event was not particularly original.
A new piece written by Kate Saffin, this show sees Helen McGregor play Bess, the cook of soon-to-be King Richard III, as she narrates, describes, witnesses, and gives opinion on th…
I Never Saw Another Butterfly is a play written by Celeste Raspanti dealing with the Terezin or Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War Two and the children who lived an…
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…
When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s…
Nine - The Musical tells the story of Guido Contini, a fictional movie director in 1960s Italy, as he goes through a mid-life crisis.
Playing songs about the goriest aspects of the Victorian era, Steampunk band Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, deliver an hour of music and comedy.
Dont get me wrong, Sabrina George is a very likeable person.
As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it.
The first thing that was instantly noticeable about this ensemble was its intelligent manipulation of the acoustics of the St Mary’s Cathedral to create appropriate sounds for th…
Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause.
By its very nature, the night is never going to be spectacular.
For Free and Easy it pays to be very early at the Stand, or that wont just be the venue name.
I’m not sure if I agree with Eric Gudmunsen’s sentiment that ‘Cheap laughs are better than no laughs’ after his alternative evening of late night comedy at Captain Taylor�…
The six-strong cast of Luca Silvestrini’s Protein Dance vividly captures the extremes of excitement and loneliness associated with mobile communication and online social media in…
Sameena Zehra, the writer and performer of Tea With Terrorists, has led an extraordinary life and has been raised by an extraordinary family but her collection of stories, no matte…
“Alice in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll, has the potential to be turned into a musical for all the family.
Christian Reilly has walked upon and calmed the boiling seas of the Royal Mile and resurrected the flogged and lifeless corpse of comedy music.
There’s a familiar traditional-northern-comic style about Kevin Dewsbury as he welcomes the audience to the room above the Meadows Bar, mixed with a bit of laddish banter.
‘I Wish You Love’ traces the intense friendship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich through dialogue and their own songs.
A bizarre hybrid of Avid Merrion and Bob Fossil, Mark Davison’s Mr Susan is immature, crude and downright silly.
In the wonderful location of the top deck of a stationary Edinburgh bus, two comedians try to find their feet on the comedy circuit.
This one-woman comedy show takes you to the frustrated post apocalypse world where woman has inherited the Earth.
Mike ‘Dr Blue’ McKeon is a real Blues caricature.
So, another year another thousand student companies bringing I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change to the Fringe.
Some Small Love Story, as the title may suggest, is a short, self-contained and in the end inconsequential story about love and loss, with some songs thrown in for good measure.
Nicely addressing the growing Fringe problem of how to keep an audience entertained during entry to a several-hundred seat mega-venue, Brendon Burns has adopted Dave Eastgate as a …
The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to.
With the stereotypical, “Ooh Matron!” persona as articulated by the likes of Alan Carr and the distinct lack of engagement with sexuality as espoused by Simon Amstell and his i…
Lewis Schaffer’s show is called Free Until Famous.
The Jekyll and Hyde is a lousy venue to play: poor acoustics, bar noise and seating split so the audience is in two sections which can’t see or hear each other.
As in all productions, Black Comedy starts with a blackout.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
Attending free shows at the Fringe is something of a lottery.
Up there with The Deer Hunter and The Champ, Love Story came from a decade of schmaltzy tearjerkers that kept tissue manufacturers in healthy profits.
One of the best things about the Fringe is its ability to throw up unexpected surprises; ducking into a pub to escape the worst ravages of the Scottish summer, it’s not uncommon …
You may recognise these two from TV.
Set in the depths of the Tron is an intimate comedy venue hosting the Amsterdam Comedy Collective.
Ranking amongst the best Scotland has to offer in folk-rock, The Picts come to the Fringe with a concert show that moves and excites in equal measure.
This is improvisation at it’s best.
At the start of this show Billy Watson talks about cocks and pubes and soon moves on to describe a tedious pursuit of pussy, which would presumably not be half as tedious if he eve…
Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota.
Clues that Comedian Dies In The Middle of Joke would not be a typical show appeared early.
They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes.
What can a reviewer say about a musical that’s different every night? By extension, what can a reviewer say about any show, since surely no two performances are the same? If you�…
Three for Free is a fun and friendly showcase of new acts, featuring Alex Kealy and Patrick Morris, plus a special guest every day.
Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes.
‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight.
The premise is simple: a group of people meet in a park.
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’…
From hospice care to funeral plans, talk of death is becoming mainstream.
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Old and new beats meet performance poetry paying tribute to South Africa’s legends.
The spectacular Virgin Money Fireworks Concert brings together unforgettable orchestral classics from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and fireworks specially choreographed by inter…
Bach Concerto in G minor BWV 1058 Italian Concerto BWV 971Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 In a very special six-concert series at International Festival 2019, some of today’s most…
Fresh from filming a one hour stand up special for ABC2’s Comedy Next Gen series, to be broadcast sometime this year, Suren Jayemanne makes his Adelaide Fringe Festival debut.
Bach Concerto in D major BWV 1054Suite in E flat BWV 819Fantasia in C minor BWV 906Concerto in C minor for two harpsichords BWV 1060 Some of today’s finest harpsichordists join …
Bach Concerto in D minor BWV 1059R (reconstructed by Mahan Esfahani)Toccata in D minorConcerto in F major BWV 1057 The second of six concerts in the International Festival’s com…
Bach Fantasia in A minor BWV 904/1Concerto in A major BWV 1055Prelude in F BWV 809/1Concerto in F minor BWV 1056Concerto in C major for two harpsichords BWV 1061 Two of Germany’…
Bach Concerto in E major BWV 1053Toccata in D major BWV 912Concerto in C minor for two harpsichords BWV 1062 A charismatic, captivating musician, Richard Egarr – currently Music…
“PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD JOIN HANDS, START A LOVE TRAIN” Put on your platforms, dust off the flares and experience the fabulous hits of 60s and 70s in an all singing, all d…
“sit down and roar with laughter for 60 minutes.
Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced a fantastic competition for secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout the UK.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Isabella Thompson enjoyed meeting the cast of Bed: The Musical and chatting to them about their rehearsal process. Here are some extracts from the interview.
Simon Ximenez talks to comedian Ibrahem Al Hajjaj about his journey From Riyadh to Edinburgh.
James Macfarlane interviews Sid Singh about his new Fringe show Table For One, the differences between UK and American audiences and standing up to the government.
Quebec clowns Rémi Jacques and Jean-Félix Bélanger talk about their art ahead of their show, Brotipo, opeining at the Edinburgh Fringe
Since the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has caused the world to shut down, the theatre industry has gone dark, at least at first sight.
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.
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...
Booking for Matilda has been extended until 19th February 2019.
Tickets go on sale at 12pm today for the world premiere of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at London's Aldwych next Spring.
Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
Betrayal, money, power, politics and love.
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.
Are you excited about Brighton Fringe yet? We are! And with 988 Brighton Fringe shows and events now listed on Broadway Baby you've found the right place for the best coverage of t...
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
The world’s favourite family musical Annie makes its long-awaited return to London this May, starring comedy superstar Miranda Hart – and it's on sale now.
We don’t know quite how big the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe will be this year quite yet – the final number’s a closely guarded secret until the official press launch in Ju...
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
Tickets on sale now for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic musical Carousel at the London Coliseum, starring Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins on stage together for the very first time...
Bobby Winner Ten Storey Love Song (adapted by Luke Barnes from the Richard Milward novel) is a play cum techno gig about five wretched tower-block inhabitants who deserve better fr...
How To Win Against History has been awarded the prestigious Bobby Award, Broadway Baby’s sixth star awarded to the very cream of Fringe performances.
How to Win Against History is a new musical about Henry Cyril Paget, an eccentric, cross-dressing marquis who was written out of history by his family.
There couldn’t be a more poignant time to retell the story of Dracula with a 21st-century twang.
Love for Sale a theatrical cabaret celebration of the music of Kurt Weill set in 1930s Paris.
Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thompson wrote, produced and star in 90s girl-band musical 2 Become 1, a story about romance, speed dating and the ideal post-night-out meal.
Poet Sophia Walker, former BBC Slam champion, is back! But this time she’s on the other side of the clipboard: organising and hosting the competition she once won.
Tim FitzHigham tells Broadway Baby why playing one half of Flanders and Swann for the last decade isn’t just nostalgic, it’s unbridled joy.
Kids in Love made its world premiere at the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Let Megan guide you through the dos and dont's of online dating for Fringe 2016. Broadway Baby has a chat about her show Love Me Tinder..
Exploring humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies through the eyes of this playful and dynamic young ensemble, The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon is a dark, Tim Burton...
Neil has a story to tell.
For this year’s Brighton Fringe, Broadway Baby Editor Beth Troakes has been on the hunt to for the insider information as our performers, venue mangers, programmers, press team...
With close to 300 different comedy shows at the Brighton Fringe, you might find yourself a bit over-whelmed by the choice.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
The night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett smuggled Princess Diana into an iconic gay venue is the stuff of legend.
Following Thursday’s first preview of the West End production of Motown the Musical, due to public demand, a further 200,000 tickets are released for sale taking bookings at the ...
Bananaman the Musical will mark the live action debut of the Man-of-Peel.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Congratulations to Tap Tap Theatre's Captain Morgan series, which has bagged our second Bobby Award of 2015.
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
Brigitte Aphrodite describes herself as a punk pop poet showgirl who was on the 2009 shortlist for the Musical Comedy awards - but she’s almost impossible to categorise.
Knowing Smirk is an improv group from Cheltenham.
Dust Never Settles In Torchlight explores a dark, immersive landscape through a poetic sequence of choreography and movement. Broadway Baby has a chat.
Intending to improvise over 20 back-to-back on-the-spot musicals this year, Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical returns - with an enormous cast and full ensemble! Broadway Baby ch...
Tanya Holt, producer, performer and writer is to grace the stage this year with Cautionary Tales For Daughters. Broadway Baby finds out more.
LOST & Found: A Musical Revue at LOST Theatre promises to be a one-night-only mash up of gender stereotypes in musical theatre.
Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more.
There's something funny going on under St George's Church in Bloomsbury.