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.
Against all odds and filled with heaps of chemo Janey Godley returns this autumn.
Against all odds and filled with heaps of chemo Janey Godley returns this autumn.
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Recently described by Chortle as a mix between Jack Dee and Frank Skinner wrapped in a Mod’s fashion sense, Matt is taking his debut show on tour.
Recently described by Chortle as a mix between Jack Dee and Frank Skinner wrapped in a Mod’s fashion sense, Matt Bragg is taking his debut show on tour.
The comedian behind Knee Deep In Life is known as Laura Belbin, she’s the perfect tonic in a world of perceived perfection and filtered happiness.
Misty Last: Academy Award Winner, Buzzfeed ‘where are they now’-er.
Here she is! Join Aalex, one of London’s most exciting comics, for tales of her pigeon enemies, self-mastering her shortcomings and giving advice nobody should take.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
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…
The cult hit returns to the Fringe with an interactive screening of another classic Murder, She Wrote episode, Paint Me a Murder, following last year’s riotous presentation of Sing…
Love.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
With this new comedy show, the Amused Moose Best Debut Show winner revisits the unsolicited feedback she once received; ‘Louise Atkinson – sounds good, looks like a mess’; and di…
You are cordially invited.
The Billy and Tim brand is one of the most successful touring Scottish theatre shows of the modern era and now they’re back with a brand-new re-write of the original show, but this…
Yes, that’s right… he crushed his balls! They’re crushed! Like pancakes! Haha, funny! Or… is it uncomfortable? Or, wait, are we sexist? All of the above? Why don’t you come…
The five-star, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and an absolutely s…
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Celebrating their 10th year at the Fringe! A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious and hilarious show from Fringe favourites, De…
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 …
Folk singer, lesbian and checked-shirt-collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir every day of her adult life, and, having finally run out of things to write…
Winner of the Amused Moose Best Debut Show, nominee for NextUp! biggest Award in Comedy and nominee for Comedians Choice Award, Louise Atkinson brings you a show about how we false…
The three of us met whilst plying our trade on the comedy circuit.
She's loud, she swears, she's inappropriate, and she's the comedian behind the social media antics of Knee Deep In Life.
Kiss the Hollywood happy ending goodbye! As SHE Likes It is inspired by the story of #MeToo pioneer Patricia Douglas.
A young Chinese girl is implicated in a murder case involving her flatmate—a hairdresser who escaped from her hometown.
Comic and disturbing, this provocative monologue charts one man’s anguished journey from shattered childhood dreams to the tenuous optimism of adulthood, told in d…
Comic and disturbing, this provocative monologue charts one man’s anguished journey from shattered childhood dreams to the tenuous optimism of adulthood, told in d…
Folk singer, lesbian and checked-shirt-collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir every day of her adult life, and, having finally run out of things to write…
Artistic Director Tom Littler, with Francesca Ellis, scores another inspired triumph with his production of Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer.
Folk singer, lesbian and checked-shirt-collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir every day of her adult life, and, having finally run out of things to write…
Kayvan Khazaee, Adrian Hanlon and a special guest will entertain you for an hour of stand up comedy.
Having negotiated quite the challenging childhood – from being a spoilt kid in a private school, to his parents losing it all – Nathan knows nothing about stability.
An improv show of infinite possibilities but probably the worst ones.
An improv show of infinite possibilities but probably the worst ones.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE - is not that strange?" Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all-new…
This gender euphoric cabaret is a musical paradise for thems, mens, femmes, and everyone in between.
Voloz Collective’s production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is a masterclass in physical theatre.
Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au…
Cult-hit event Solve Along A Murder She Wrote comes to Edinburgh with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode, Sing a Song of Murder.
Agnes’ life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon her late sister’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Following a sell-out 12-country tour for his critically-acclaimed 2021 show, one of the UK’s most exciting storytellers is back with a candid new hour about the remarkable unimport…
The Improv Fringe is alive and kicking this year, as witty and inventive as ever.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE- is not that strange?" Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all …
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all new production of their hit show Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE- is not that strange?" Shit-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all …
Following a sell-out 12-country tour for his critically-acclaimed 2021 show, one of the UK’s most exciting storytellers is back with a candid new hour about the remarkable unimport…
Ollie Horn promises you a great night of stand-up comedy, but he hasn’t always been able to do that.
Wherever She Is, There Is Eden is part contemporary origin myth and part coming-of-age story.
Multilingual physical theatre duo draw parallels between Waiting for Godot and autobiographical experience of being dressed as flamingos in Westfield.
What’s the only thing proven to change the world? That’s right: issue-led fringe theatre.
A North-West writer explores growing up queer in rural England and the climate emergency.
Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to.
‘Marvellously dramatic dancer’ (New York Times) Laura Careless tells the stories of the forgotten female rulers of England who set the stage for Elizabeth I.
Will she stop the baby crying, exact revenge on the school bully, fall in love and be loved, protest to change the world, accept advice from her mother’s friends, come to terms w…
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Victoria Amelina will talk about the role of writers and artists who chose to remain in Ukraine after the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24th and discuss her ne…
A compelling yet hopeful meditation on the experience of migration and displacement, There She Is tells a comical, magical realist story about a beached whale disrupting service on…
Ubiquitous fitness, health and dating apps ask us some very personal questions.
Fantasy, escapism, stand-up comedy.
Charlotte Palmer turned 50.
A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious and hilarious show from Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error.
Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to.
All that glitters is not gold, a message that is incredibly clear in Em Oliver’s Beautiful Nothing.
The pantomime is called Panto She Wrote and it was written by two panto-enthusiasts at the University of Bristol.
Shakespeare’s much loved comedy of new beginnings.
Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert Shawn Moondez) as he explains various ways to value our moon to his co-host and UK Improv Smackdown 2022 winner, Rick Falcon.
The twist.
A brand-new a cappella show, created by ICCA UK finalists! Stuck in purgatory, five women must fight for a place in heaven and avoid fiery hell.
It took little time for Assembly’s Spielgeltent Palais Du Variété to evolve into a glittering exhibition of luminous flair and seduction, teased out by one of Drag Race’s mos…
When an old woman discovers a set of mysterious notebooks in the nursing home, she’s sucked into the story of a 20-something who can’t catch a break.
There’s nothing quite like Spaghetti Bolognese, the most dazzling bowl of pasta in all your days! Join Penny for an unforgettable dinner in this show that is fun for all the fami…
‘Marvellously dramatic dancer’ (New York Times) Laura Careless tells stories of forgotten female rulers of England before Elizabeth I.
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
At twenty-six years old, New York comedian Brandon Barrera understands that the best way to ‘find the funny’ is by doing everything for the story.
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
Christof’s overly-supportive, Greek-Cypriot family has made him think anybody cares about his jokes and, even worse, this Edinburgh show.
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
Maggie McKenzie is a self-professed mad woman who passes a day addressing her sacred audience – a caged pack of wolves.
Brian Cox presents She/Her, a multimedia performance of a diverse group of women speaking their truth.
‘Whining folk singer’ (Telegraph), lesbian and checked-shirt collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir everyday of her adult life, and, having exhausted her capacity f…
Jack Docherty, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly comic tale, where he grapples with lost youth, love, fa…
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
Fresh from their universally adored BBC Three pilot, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson make their long-awaited return to the Fringe with a sketch show about love.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
Although the show ended back in 1996, Murder, She Wrote has developed a cultural cachet like few other TV programmes.
The return of a play about memory, poetry, hypnosis, and redemption.
In this genre-defying performance we witness a spellbinding combination of theatre, music, hypnosis, dream, sound collage, film and text as we share the last night of a persecuted …
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, tucked away under the arches of Waterloo at the Network Theatre, is an incredibly feminist play.
Shakespeare’s battle of the sexes is reignited this Summer with a riotous new production of Much Ado About Nothing in the Globe Theatre.
Junk finds his rock bottom on top of the world in this blistering new play.
This UK premiere, presented by The Dark Times Theatre Company, is genre-defying performance, witness a spellbinding combination of theatre, music, hypnosis, sound collage, dream, f…
The cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote it continues its residency at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, with the spooky episode The Witch’s Curse.
Six girls.
Six girls.
Six girls.
Six girls.
Join us for a brand new episode (announced soon) as part of the cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote as it continues its residency at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Pit your wits against JB Fletcher at Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote an interactive screening of an episode of Murder, She Wrote.
R & She welcomes you to join us for a Bank Holiday Summer Party in Dalston on Sunday 29th August with the Queens Of Hip-Hop and R&B in the Speakeasy garden!The Speakeasy ga…
Legendary Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi shares the extraordinary secrets of his 50-plus years in rock’n’roll in this intimate evening of chat and music.
The kids have moved out and it’s the dawn of a new era! Tom’s embracing change with his usual spirit and vigour; he can draw lessons from the past but he’ll be damned if he …
Pit your wits against JB Fletcher at Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote an interactive screening of a classic episode of Murder, She Wrote.
Claudio loves Hero and Benedick hates Beatrice.
Jack Docherty, the BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, and one of Scotland’s favourite comic performers, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly c…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Shame.
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 genius combination of an hour-long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation.
Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner.
Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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.
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.
Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special.
Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her.
6 women from across the UK and 10 hours of virtual rehearsal bring you She(me): Reclaiming Shame, an experiment in building shame resilience through devised, digital performance ar…
6 women from across the UK and 10 hours of virtual rehearsal bring you She(me): Reclaiming Shame, an experiment in building shame resilience through devised, digital performance ar…
Shakespeare’s 21st-century females.
Those who know of William Shakespeare will probably recognise several of his intricate plots.
Legendary Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi will share the extraordinary secrets of his 50-plus years in rock’n’roll when he takes to the stage for an int…
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival, Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show.
As part of the international movement, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (starting on the 25 Nov), Viv Gordon Company are releasing a new digital art work that …
Clap Back Club have done it again! The feminist performance troupe, that started off as a choir, never fail to bring harsh truths to a laughing audience through parody and song.
Three Times She Knocked, an erotic psychological thriller.
Revenge is a dish best served burnt! Charmian set out to be a good girl, but finds it’s the bad girls that get remembered! And the baddest of them all is ‘SHE’, ancient ven…
Come see 30 plays in 60 minutes! Created by Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists Theatre and performed by students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California.
A classic murder mystery created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show from The Bristol Improv Theatre’s resident company.
They have toured the world, won multiple awards, broken onto London’s West End, survived nine consecutive Edinburgh Fringes and once received a zero-star review in The Times! They …
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival, Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show.
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival, Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show.
She engulfs him.
Advice taken and ignored, tellings off, pep talks and tales of her past. We were always scared of sounding just like her but maybe she was right about some things.
A musical journey of struggles with gluten, exercise, waitressing, vegetables and many more incredibly important issues.
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.
My iPhone can hear me.
This fresh, original piece of writing, set in a modern day witch trial, is a meditation on what it means to be a woman; the challenges we face, and how they break us, bind us and s…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
‘The biggest spoken word night in London for women’ (Evening Standard) returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for three incendiary shows.
With huge vocals, dreams of Hollywood and every Pitch Perfect comparison possible, Sweet Nothings A cappella are movie-ing on up! Soaring soundtracks, movie throwbacks and modern p…
What does it mean to be a woman in today’s society? How does she tackle the obstacles that life throws at her? Who is She? A verbatim performance led by the experiences of real w…
Nothing’s Happening: A Black Mountain College Project celebrates and pays homage to the tiny school in the mountains of North Carolina that in 24 years became one of the most inf…
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nyugen tells the story of Agnes, who is struggling through the grief of losing her sister in a tragic accident.
Asterglow theatre is a new amateur company focused on new writing centered on female and non-binary individuals.
After receiving a scathing audience review, failed performer Oskar Schortz saw two options: to deal with it and move on; or to dwell, lament and plan the downfall of his arch-criti…
A journey to get there – but if there is a whale blocking the way, the path must change.
Trinity College Dublin’s best and only improv group arrive at the Fringe to bring you brand new characters, storylines and songs, using nothing but audience suggestions! Nothing is…
Irish-born Phyllis was one of only two New Zealand women ever to have been honoured with France’s highest decoration, the Légion d’Honneur, for extreme bravery in WWII.
In this new show, directed by Dan Ayling, we follow Peter as he travels from stuttering schoolboy to bald old git via weekend hippy, bingo caller, punk and speed freak in his incre…
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
The planet is messed up.
To say that Murder She Didn’t Write, from Degrees of Error, is a slick production is an understatement.
A rising star of the Indian stand-up comedy scene, Sumit Anand makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that has no jokes about Godzilla.
No tricks.
This new-to-the-fringe five-star monologue show explores the conformities of gender and sexuality in modern day society, through the wickedly absurd lenses of The Foetus, The Camer…
All new material from prolific Canadian superstar.
In February my cousin died in a plane crash.
A show about living, laughing, loving and losing your debit card five times in one year.
Charlotte is so excited to be back at the Great Yorkshire Fringe with her second show.
Watch the sparks fly as polyester and crimplene collide, when Derek Daniels (Boogaloo Stu) and Lorraine Bowen (Britain’s Got Talent) join forces for this sensationally silly and …
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Three, as the song goes, is a magic number.
Daniel Muggleton is an Australian stand-up comedian.
Pit your wits against JB Fletcher at this interactive screening of the classic ‘Murder, She Wrote’ episode, ‘Birds of a Feather’.
A landmark for female empowerment, She Persisted is a trilogy by three female choreographers celebrating female icons.
"Frailty, thy name is woman!" That is probably not most women’s favourite line from Shakespeare and could not be further from the truth when applied to Emma Bentley.
In February this year my cousin died in a plane crash.
'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present.
Resident company of Katzpace Theatre, Exploding Whale return this October with their snappy five-star revival of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Summer Light Theatre are touring a brand-new play, inspired by Shakespeare’s glorious Much Ado About Nothing.
Celebrating 100 years of women in Musical Theatre, four of the most iconic West End’s leading ladies of our time come together for one night only as they journey through the …
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…
Lauded by The New York Times as ‘existential stand-up’, this unsettling and beautiful play explores the nature of performance, the intersection of actor and audience, and the symbo…
Shakespeare is an easy sell at the Fringe, namely his comedies, and this production of Much Ado is no exception.
When a whale beaches on the London Underground, all hell breaks loose and communication abruptly ceases.
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…
‘The biggest spoken word night in London for women’ (Evening Standard) returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for three incendiary shows.
Laura Careless’ solo show, inspired by the book and BBC series of the same name by Helen Castor, is an intricate, forceful and nuanced production examining the life of five diffe…
A one-to-one performance for a group of individuals.
AD1 Youth Dance Company presents an original contemporary dance work She Rose.
Multi award-winning, Edinburgh-based EGTG, return with this Shakespearean classic.
The buns are burning in The Great Brexit Bake Off as Beatrice battles Benedick, Don Juan’s confused and Hero harassed.
Daughter, princess, wife, queen, mother, warmonger, widow and crone.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Millennial anxieties are unpacked and explored in devised comedy I’ll Have What She’s Having.
A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious show from Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error.
A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home following the death of her teenage s…
Queen Margaret of Anjou is back from the dead and she is angry.
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.
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…
‘The She Monsters’ are a cabaret act featuring Evil, Deadly and Beautiful.
1965.
'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present.
For almost all of his life, Harley Breen has avoided full-time employment.
Selladoor Family presents Guess How Much I Love You.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The ‘biggest spoken word night in London for women’ (Evening Standard) makes its Edinburgh Fringe debut.
You’ve heard them on the radio and seen them on the television, now join William Hanson and Diana Mather, leading etiquette experts, live on stage in this tongue-in-teacup foray in…
Traditional Japanese Rakugo comedic sit-down storytelling from a cat’s perspective.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
David McIver is a refreshing breath of air in every sense.
Agnes’s life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon her late sister’s Dungeons and Dragons notebook.
Frumpy, single and jobless? What else can a twenty-something woman do but gulp a bittersweet glass of nothing? Fizzing with dark comedy, Beth transforms into the world’s most des…
Speed, brevity, honesty and the denial of preconception, TML brings you on a rollicking, multi-genre journey of 30 plays in 60 minutes.
London’s favourite feminist arts night brings you a night of the best women in spoken word mixed in with comedy and music.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Gracefool Collective’s This Really Is Too Much blends dance, spoken word and physical comedy in a devised expressionistic theatre piece; revealing the absurd realities of life fr…
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…
Culminating in an audience member punching a stuffed monkey named Jonnie whilst Paul Foot shouts ridiculous syncopated mottos about equality for all mankind, this show provides alm…
It’s difficult to know when Phoebe Walsh is being ironic, and when she is simply revelling in being a stereotypical millennial.
A murder has been committed.
The show that offended a thousand piglets is back.
Inspired by the events of Sophocles’ Antigone, Greek theatre veterans Actors of Dionysus chose to examine the actions of two women who are unable to explain the whereabouts of …
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 …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
David McIver is one of the most fun guys around these days.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your Bingo Dabber! Join 1970s telly host and crimplene-clad showbiz legend Derek Daniels for a sensationally silly Shakespearean round of retro…
Shit-faced Shakespeare is the Fringe favourite combination of high theatre and falling-down drunkenness.
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
The Menier Chocolate Factory revive the classic 1963 musical She Loves Me for their Christmas musical.
After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi…
“Revolutionise the world”.
Award-winning Sudden Impulse Theatre Company are marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by bringing his much-loved comedy classic to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Celebrating for 400th anniversary of the death of Warwickshire’s most famous writer Sudden Impulse are presenting their recent touring production of the classic comedy Much Ado A…
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Renaissance tragedies are rarely as enjoyably silly as Wanton Theatre’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore.
After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi…
Funny moments exist in all relationships.
For a comedian with such a cult following, renowned for surrealist originality, I was very excited about my first encounter with Paul Foot’s 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…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
There are a fair number of improvised comedies this year, but Degrees of Error’s Murder She Didn’t Write is causing a particular buzz.
Izzard, Brand, Hardee - comedian Charmian’s had steaming hot cuppas with them all.
Launching Edana Minghella’s new album, ‘All or Nothing’, a tribute to Billie Holiday.
Stand and hat, dressing table and mirror, decanter and glass: is this the archetypal room-on-a-stage? Emphatically, yes.
A young woman’s wildest dreams of beauty, romance and soaring career success seems to come true.
Join ’70s crimplene-clad telly-host Derek Daniels for a sensationally silly and slightly Shakespearean round of retro musical bingo; tick off the songs and quotes as you hear them …
Mister Bus will be bringing its special brand of surreal sketch comedy to Brighton Fringe! That’s a long train journey and we don’t even like each other that much.
Move over Sherlock! You become the author in this original and hilarious improvised comedy! Each night, Degrees of Error presents an unplanned, unscripted and never-before-seen mur…
English National Ballet’s triple bill features three new pieces created by world-class female choreographers Aszure Barton, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Yabin Wang.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on April 19) Alice Birch’s play, now receiving its American premiere, has been described as a response to the notion that “well-behave…
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…
Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy) and television star Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) star in She Loves Me, which returns to Broadway for the first time since it …
There have been a lot of Simon Munneries over the years.
Nothing to see here.
In our fast-paced and demanding consumer culture, a production that takes time to examine and appreciate the joys and sorrows found in everyday life can be a real gem.
“O God, that I were a man,” Beatrice laments in Much Ado About Nothing’s fourth act.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
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…
This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage), despite its lengthy title, is a fast-paced, intense and powerful piece of new writing, filled with intriguing…
A remarkably intricate and engaging murder mystery is created from scratch every night.
In 1964, 12-year-old Marilyn declared she’d die if she didn’t see The Beatles play in Melbourne.
His parents and teachers told him it was rude to brag about giving money to charity or saving children from drowning.
Simon returns once again to what he does, being himself for an hour.
Lance Corporal James Randall is sitting in a living room strewn with desert sand and an abandoned maroon beret by the television.
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
A slow-burn comic piece of theatre about theatre, To She or Not to She will have you chuckling all the way though, and absorbing the deeply felt feminist message without notice.
(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…
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…
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
A one-man-show about a man growing up with a mother suffering from anorexia.
Dark, sexy gothic comic characters for a modern age, The Funny Papers deliver a surreal fast paced comedy sketch show to keep you giggling, thinking and laughing out loud for an ho…
Alan Spence is not the first to imagine a meeting between two famous people from different worlds, though there’s certainly a whiff of wishful thinking in this thoughtful, if …
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, …
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…
How powerful is your imagination, could it save your life? ‘Nothing to see Here’ is a tender, sincere & moving exposition of the relation between self & unconscious.
Mr.
“Good morning, good day!” So begins the best classic musical you’ve never heard of.
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Naive Claudio is about to marry chaste Hero.
The Year Out Drama Company’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing begins with a game of charades and its brisk humour quickly melts away my scepticism.
With such an intriguing name, the cynical part of me was almost prepared to be let down.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Lilias Fraser from the Scottish Poetry Library will share a selection of poems for reading and discussion on the theme of death. Tickets at: http://goo.gl/k5F38h
Is minimum alcohol pricing making our health worse? Dr Angus Bancroft (University of Edinburgh) reckons so.
If your experience of Fringe plays has become stale, Nothing is likely to change your mind.
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…
Hang on.
I’m not worried that you won’t have a great time at my show though .
It really hasn’t.
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind has been running in various iterations since 1988, with an ever-changing roster of extremely short “plays.
From the outset, this musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest was just bad and unfortunately, not the kind of bad production that you’d …
A delightfully eccentric murder mystery is created within the hour as audience members choose the title, location, victim and murderer.
When a prisoner requested Mathilda Gregory’s werewolf erotica novel, a court had to decide whether her work had enough literary merit to be allowed behind bars.
“You’ve proved my point: nobody has any respect for me”, McCaffery laments as four latecomers traipse across his stage to their seats, interrupting his flow.
Felicity Fitz Frisky and Hansel Amadeus Mannish are the quintessential Fringe success story.
Catriona Knox is already jumping around, hyped up for the show to start as the audience settles in.
Ms.
(previews start on June 3; opens on June 16) Sigh no more, theatergoers.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
In a blend of physical theatre and contemporary dance, four women explore the effects of loneliness on emotional wellbeing and literature’s constant re-interpretations of madness…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A light-hearted, irreverent tour of Jewish food in books, songs and stories.
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.
Lady Parts Theatre’s production of Laura-Kate Barrow’s latest work is a sensitive handling of some difficult subject matter - alcoholism and domestic abuse - and explores the i…
(previews start on May 1; opens on May 18) Medea is one woman who won’t be receiving a mother’s day card.
The Axis Theater Company does a fine job with this unconventional look at Harry Houdini’s war on phony mediums, which occupied the later years of his life and brought him int…
Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” books, this transporting immersive theater work occupies a dreamscape where the judgments and classifications of the waking mi…
Quizmasters Ian Gordon and Tom Ellis take to the stage in a whirlwind of energy that carries their audience through the entirety of their show.
Horses bring their frenetic quiz show to the Fringe for the first time. Join them for a mad hour of interactive silliness and win prizes!
Chaseplay Theatre Company brings us an innovative reworking of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot almost to put a time on something timeless.
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
Courage Performers’ production Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing takes William Shakespeare’s much loved comedy Much Ado About Nothing and the ‘merry war’ between Beatrice and Benedi…
The original rom-com, Much Ado About Nothing is one of William Shakespeare’s best loved works and perfect fodder for constant makeovers, in recent years it has been reset to just a…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
‘Betraying the original spirit of the Fringe, Stewart Lee bans critics saying that the show, for which punters still have to pay, is merely “work in progress”’ (David Lister,…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers.
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
Here she be: Nat Luurtsema, one third of the critically acclaimed sketch trio ‘Jigsaw’, back in Edinburgh with her first solo stand-up show in three years.
Stuart Bowden expertly manages to perform a rather sad and dark story in a completely hilarious way.
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.
She Dances With Fate, a flamenco hip hopera.
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.
With so many positive and upbeat comedy shows out there, why not go against the grain? This is Michael J Dolan’s reasoning for his blatantly bleak show.
The Fringe cliché about performing to an audience of two men and a dog is every company’s nightmare.
Can a magician’s hand really be faster than the human eye? Paul Dabek may well use that serious question as an excuse for a simple physical joke, but by the end of this excellent…
Here’s a real Fringe gem – a slapstick extravaganza that is literally barnstorming, performed as it is in a temporary wooden box built specially for the show.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
It’s usually a good sign when a sketch group can make you smile before you even enter the venue.
Shooting Stars presentation of Much Ado About Nothing is given a modern and youthful interpretation.
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…
She Stoops To Conquer is perhaps the best-known work of Oliver Goldsmith.
Shakespeare’s plays have been reinterpreted again and again throughout the years; from ballet to Bollywood, I’ve seen my fair share.
The mood when the audience enters this bleak and dimly-lit space is sombre.
Double Edge’s Almost Nothing to Do with Frogs is a witty modern interpretation, and sometimes parody, of the Ancient Greek play The Frogs by Aristophanes.
In this experimental theatre piece .
This play, which is an updated version of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing, is set amongst the staff in a modern secondary school, Hazel Valley.
Keith Farnan is an amiable, shaggy-haired comedian with a conscience from Cork, but his secular, joke-strewn sermon of a set is neither funny nor punchy enough to do justice to the…
The prospect of Shakespeare at the Fringe is often met with a due sense of trepidation.
John Fords seventeenth century play is still controversial even today, with its central element being incestuous love between brother and sister.
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.
It’s hard to get excited about Matt Green, but it’s even harder not to be taken in by his confidence and easy charm.
Watch This Improv Troupe have set themselves up for quite a fall after confidently naming their act Nothing To Show.
Written and first performed in the first half of the seventeenth century, John Fords tragedy of forbidden love amongst the Italian aristocracy has had a controversial history.
To trim a Shakespearean romantic comedy into a playable one hour takes skill, to stage it in the very compact C Cubed theatre takes that, some very slim actors and I think, coff…
After several sell-out Fringe shows and a run of worldwide appearances that have seen them tour almost continuously for the last four years, Dead Cat Bounce have honed their dysfun…
Heres a trade secret for you, readers at home: reviewing comedy is the hardest part of this job.
Shakespeare’s familiar characters were brought to life once again in this rustic adaptation by the talented Wild Donkey Theatre Company.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Sat atop a hill in Highgate town, beneath the clouds but throned over London’s starry spread sits a gem of Fringe theatre and a pleasure unrestrained.
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…
Reviewing a play by Bertholt Brecht presents some immediate difficulties as, according to the author’s intentions, whether one enjoys the play means zilch, as he believed that th…
Lochhead’s poetry has an immediacy and humour that makes it ideal to be read out loud.
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth promises an hour of solid stand-up.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
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.
Serena Flynn might only reveal her darkest secrets after lots of gin, but her on-stage alter ego Prune is grotesque, fragile and ready to bear all.
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Underbelly Untapped Award-winner Prom Kween is a high-energy comedy musical about Matthew Crisson, the first non-binary person to win a prom queen title in a US high school.
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.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell’s rock opera, has passionate, protective fans.