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The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Stu Murphy – Little Earthquakes (WIP)

Stu Murphy – Little Earthquakes (WIP)

Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Debut, Stu returns with the raw beginnings of his sophomore presentation. 

Pretty Little Lawyers

Pretty Little Lawyers

In this new comedy, five law students attempt to figure out which one of them “dunnit” when their eccentric tutor Richard Branston-Blackwell drops dead at the annual second-year di… 

Bake Off: The Great British Pantomime

Bake Off: The Great British Pantomime

The contestants on this year’s Bake Off have been doing much much worse than usual. 

Hannah Gadsby: Woof!

Hannah Gadsby: Woof!

Hannah is back at the Fringe for the first time since they won the Edinburgh Comedy Award (and an Emmy!) and turned the comedy world on its head in 2017. 

The Butcher, The Brewer, The Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

The Butcher, The Brewer, The Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

Concerned about the economy? Bloomberg’s Merryn Somerset Webb returns to Panmure House to interview, talk over and argue with prominent economists, politicians and finance gurus. 

Grubby Little Mitts Presents: Sketch Book

Grubby Little Mitts Presents: Sketch Book

Grubby Little Mitts presents a new material night dedicated exclusively to sketch comedy! Join the Grubbs with your favourite sketch comedians as they present a scrapbook of madnes… 

Little Companion Art Troupe: Beautiful Earth

Little Companion Art Troupe: Beautiful Earth

Little Companion Art Troupe of China Welfare Institute Children’s Palace was established in 1955 by Madame Soong Ching Ling, the late Honorary President of People’s Republic of Chi… 

Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Harry Baker

Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Harry Baker

Diverse compositions spanning Janáček to Lianne La Havas are woven together by Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Harry Baker. 

Little Smith Sunshine

Little Smith Sunshine

Canada’s Allyson June Smith is Little Smith Sunshine. 

Little Pickle: Pol-ish

Little Pickle: Pol-ish

Little Pickle is a Pol-ish drag clown who simply won’t shut up about astrology, generational trauma, AI and he/r coparented witch cat. 

Tales from a British Country Pub

Tales from a British Country Pub

Join comedy musician Chris Sainton-Clark as he takes you through his troublesome and hilarious experiences of working in British pubs. 

Chicken Little

Chicken Little

While walking through the park one day, Chicken Little is hit on the head! She decides to tell the Prime Minister the sky is falling, and so begins a perilous journey: travelling t… 

Reflections Upon an Ugly Little Soul

Reflections Upon an Ugly Little Soul

A man attempts to map the aspects of his mental health through perhaps the worst medium possible: poetry. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

Little Beast

Little Beast

‘No woman should touch pen and ink: they had too much passion and too little sense. 

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Great British Bloodbath

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Great British Bloodbath

Iced to death at the nation’s favourite baking competition?! Catching the killer won’t be a piece of cake! Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect return to the Fringe with… 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

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… 

Jake Baker: Rule Breaker!

Jake Baker: Rule Breaker!

A rule-breaker, a risk taker, a wave-maker and a convention-shaker – all phrases never before used to describe Jake Baker. 

Tom Little: Show Me Some Bloody Respect

Tom Little: Show Me Some Bloody Respect

‘A properly talented comic. 

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family. 

Hannah Campbell: Mirrorball

Hannah Campbell: Mirrorball

Step into the spotlight! We all crave a moment to shine, but what happens when we change ourselves to fit in? Join Hannah for her new hilarious 45-minute show as she navigates our … 

Pete Carson: Merry Christmas, Mr Carson

Pete Carson: Merry Christmas, Mr Carson

One of Scotland’s rising comedy stars, Pete Carson brings his debut show to the festival to find out what it means to be an alcoholic, embittered Poundland Santa Claus every year… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

A Little Treat

A Little Treat

Every day at 7pm, Greg Hurst has a little treat. 

Pete Carson and Cobin Millage: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Pete Carson and Cobin Millage: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Pete Carson and Cobin Millage: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen. 

My Little Phobia

My Little Phobia

Emily Markoe wrote a totally normal comedy show. 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

On an endless summer night, love’s joys and complications play out in triple-time. 

Becky Umbers: Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs

Becky Umbers: Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs

Big Bad Beck is ready to huff and puff and blow the house down in this WIP show. 

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

Things have gotten a little bit harder lately. 

Becky Fury: Great British C*nts

Becky Fury: Great British C*nts

Award-winning Becky Fury (her real name) investigates the challenging identity that is being British-ish. 

LITTLE DEATHS

LITTLE DEATHS

‘This is just the start. 

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Loose Lips by Lucy Frederick

Loose Lips by Lucy Frederick

OMG, have you heard. 

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages. 

Lucy Porter: No Regrets

Lucy Porter: No Regrets

Lucy has been a Fringe favourite for over 20 years. 

Taiwan Season: Little Drops of Rain

Taiwan Season: Little Drops of Rain

A family show like no other from a company that specialises in creating original, innovative theatrical stories. 

Little Squirt

Little Squirt

Join Australian musical comedian Darby James for his multi-award-winning cabaret about the process of sperm donation. 

Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

You’re born, you’re in it, you’re dead. 

Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things

Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things

After a seven-year hiatus from the Fringe, Trygve Wakenshaw returns with his new hilarious mime-clown-comedy show. 

Graham Kay: Pete and Me

Graham Kay: Pete and Me

Kay’s Pete and Me uses cheerful humour to talk about growing up with his profoundly autistic brother, exploring their relationship from childhood through today. 

Pete Heat: Bogus

Pete Heat: Bogus

Join magician, comedian and charlatan Pete Heat on a surreal journey into your own brain. 

Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical

Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical

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… 

Tiny Little Town

Tiny Little Town

The award-winning TMB transports Gogol’s Inspector General to 1970s small-town America. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Join sketch comics Grubby Little Mitts (Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown) in their third magnum opus! Award-winning sketch duo Grubby Little Mitts amplifies the normal to chaotic … 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

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 … 

Harry Baker - Wonderful

Harry Baker - Wonderful

After a sellout Edinburgh Fringe Run and subsequent 40-date UK Tour, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back with a brand new show celebrating the wonder that is … 

The Baker's Wife

The Baker's Wife

The arrival of a new Baker and his younger wife turns a provincial French village upside down in this cult classic musical from the legendary Stephen Schwartz (composer of Godspell… 

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Join sketch comics Grubby Little Mitts (Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown) in their third magnum opus - expect high drama, falling over and a giant pair of *redacted*! Award winni… 

The Little Git

The Little Git

A dark comedy play written by Paul Richards. 

Becky Fury: Great British C*nts

Becky Fury: Great British C*nts

Award winning Becky Fury (her real name) investigates the sometimes challenging identity that is being Brit-ish Covering nuanced, and potentially edgy subjects like colonialism, th… 

Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost

Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost

After its hit run at last year’s Brighton Fringe, Chet Baker: Let’s Get Lost comes to The Bridge House. 

Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)

Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)

Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby. 

Little Lotte

Little Lotte

The story of a young girl, Little Lotte, who’s adventure takes her through wild jungle and over misty mountains to find the dragon who stole her powers. 

Little Women

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 classic and moving ‘coming of age’ story is accepted as ‘revolutionary’ and for many years has been one of the most widely read novels. 

Little Boxes

Little Boxes

Growing up in the East End to Irish immigrants, Joann Condon never thought she could become an actor because of her social background, weight and an inability to sing; based on her… 

The British Theatre Challenge

The British Theatre Challenge

The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. 

Lucy's Pharmakon

Lucy's Pharmakon

Lucy’s found the cure for her loveless marriage - the perfect life generated by virtual reality and AI. 

Marry Me a Little

Marry Me a Little

London’s newest Pub Theatre has opened with a sublime production of Stephen Sondheim’s rarely-staged Marry Me A Little. 

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes … 

LIFE WITH A LITTLE L

LIFE WITH A LITTLE L

Charles Bukowski is a true literary legend, the king of the underground and a “laureate of American lowlife”. 

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

Panto returns to Hoxton Hall in 2023 with a fabulous version of The Little Mermaid. 

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

Thirty years ago I stood on The Strand in a queue for eight hours intent on getting my hands on early tickets for the first production of Sunset Boulevard. 

The Little Big Things

The Little Big Things

In October 2022, theatre impresario Nica Burns opened @sohoplace, the first new theatre to be built in London's West End for 50 years. 

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

Concerned about the economy? Join Merryn Somerset Webb as she interviews, talks over and argues with a well-known group of economics, politics and finance gurus. 

What a Sad Little Life Jane

What a Sad Little Life Jane

An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im… 

The Little Princess

The Little Princess

“The story begins with a planet. 

The Little Princess

The Little Princess

“The story begins with a planet. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone. 

Silly Little Things

Silly Little Things

Impeccably written theatre with a biting comedic edge; SLT is an intimate hour of storytelling from your most charming, albeit dysfunctional, friend. 

Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin

Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin

Figs in Wigs are back and this time they’ve got their period (dresses). 

Hannah Platt – Work in Progress

Hannah Platt – Work in Progress

A work in progress from BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Hannah Platt. 

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

The Brighton Fringe sell-out show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe. 

Hannah Renton in Recital

Hannah Renton in Recital

Hannah is a violinist from Aberdeen, Scotland. 

Two Little Dickheads: Slot Fillers

Two Little Dickheads: Slot Fillers

How do you fill a minute? How do you fill an hour? How do you fill a slot when you’re Two Little Dickheads? Slot Fillers is the dickheads getting loose, getting groovy and gettin… 

Armistice 1918 – British and French Airs of Death and Love

Armistice 1918 – British and French Airs of Death and Love

A song recital of music by British and French composers – Reynaldo Hahn and Roger Quilter. 

Viggo Venn: British Comedian

Viggo Venn: British Comedian

Norwegian clown Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian. 

Very British Problems: Live

Very British Problems: Live

Do you ever feel like you’re the only one struggling with the complexities of British social etiquette? Then join us for a hilarious show that celebrates all things awkwardly Briti… 

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Making their Edinburgh debut, Leeds based stand-up weirdos Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck: a 60-minute expl… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Flower arranging becomes a life and death hobby in Little Shop of Horrors, a popular-on-the-circuit science fiction cult musical classic. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Shing-a-ling what a creepy thing to be happening! The much-loved musical comedy returns in a fast-paced, physical production. 

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One (WIP)

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One (WIP)

10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show. 

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics. 

Little Women

Little Women

Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women. 

Pete Searles: The Path to True Love (via Swindon)

Pete Searles: The Path to True Love (via Swindon)

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… 

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

‘The real deal. 

Little Ward of Horrors

Little Ward of Horrors

Little Ward of Horrors, unfortunately, seems to somewhat fall into the category of sketch shows that sell tickets due to their name, The Malignant Humours. 

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

‘The real deal. 

The Little Iceberg Musical

The Little Iceberg Musical

The little iceberg holds a secret. 

Hannah Campbell and Becky Umbers: The North/South Divide

Hannah Campbell and Becky Umbers: The North/South Divide

Funny in any accent, Becky Umbers from New Zealand and Hannah Campbell from Scotland explore how The North/South Divide applies to a myriad of situations, and how misunderstandings… 

Gary Little Still Here

Gary Little Still Here

Another year older but still none the wiser, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comed… 

Ginzel's Little Cordoba: A Double Bill

Ginzel's Little Cordoba: A Double Bill

World premiere from award-winning Korean/Irish playwright Rena Brannan. 

Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen. 

Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman: Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Iguanas

Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman: Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Iguanas

Join award-winning Brummie comedians, Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman, as they humorously pick apart every aspect of their own, and each other’s, dreadful life choices. 

Jake Baker: Alone Together

Jake Baker: Alone Together

Fresh from his critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe debut, Jake Baker returns with his follow-up hour. 

Pleasure Little Treasure

Pleasure Little Treasure

It’s the year 1991; the Soviet Union has collapsed and everyone is ready for a new start. 

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life

If you got that reference you can be our friend… Dave’s Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 runner-up is totally fine with how things are going. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please

A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please

Rising stand-up star Freya Mallard is back with a hilarious work-in-progress stand-up show A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please, after her sold-out Edinburgh run … 

Aaaaargh! Tear This Flyer Into Tiny Little Bits and Weep in the Green Room as You Realize Your Hatred Only Makes Him Stronger

Aaaaargh! Tear This Flyer Into Tiny Little Bits and Weep in the Green Room as You Realize Your Hatred Only Makes Him Stronger

In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder… 

Eddy MacKenzie and Liam Farrelly: Little and Large

Eddy MacKenzie and Liam Farrelly: Little and Large

Meeting at the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy Awards, they impressed the judges and now they’re heading to Edinburgh with a hilarious hour of stand-up. 

British Indian Buddies

British Indian Buddies

British wit Meets Indian charm for a morning of unique laughter! In a world where disagreements are the norm, a Britisher and an Indian are here to prove that comedy really can bri… 

Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag

Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag

Melbourne-born and based but cosmopolitan at heart, Hannah flies to Edinburgh for the very first time to give you a taste of her funny little bag o’ sketch comedy sweets. 

Lucy and Friends

Lucy and Friends

Lucy McCormick may think she's the diva of her feral, budget cabaret of brazen filth but the real joy is taking part in the push and pull of being in an audience under her spel… 

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

The sequel to their award-winning debut! Traverse the perils of employment, friendship and love; be dazzled with ear-splitting music; try not to be sick if you see too much flesh. 

Pete Heat: Huge

Pete Heat: Huge

Sharp, charmingly surreal and joyously unhinged, this hilarious modern magic show will break your brain into cute little pieces. 

Beyond the Little Black Dress

Beyond the Little Black Dress

From design classics to cutting-edge catwalk creations, Beyond the Little Black Dress deconstructs this iconic garment and examines the radical power of the colour black in fashion… 

Lucy and Hazel

Lucy and Hazel

Lucy and Hazel are a Sheffield-based folk duo who perform original, provocative, spirit rousing songs on the melodeon, guitar and clarinet in rich woven vocal harmony. 

Lucy and Hazel

Lucy and Hazel

Lucy and Hazel are a Sheffield-based folk duo who perform original, provocative, spirit rousing songs on the melodeon, guitar and clarinet in rich woven vocal harmony. 

Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival

Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival

Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt. 

A Little Life - Savoy

A Little Life - Savoy

James Norton (Happy Valley) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language premiere of A LITTLE LIFE. 

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs tells the traditional tale of Piggy Straw, Piggy Sticks and Piggy Bricks in their battles against the big bad wolf. 

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

During the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Hannah Fairweather was included on Dave’s Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe, The Telegraph’s 20 Best Jokes & Funniest One-liners, The Times 20 Best … 

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

During the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Hannah Fairweather was included on Dave’s Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe, The Telegraph’s 20 Best Jokes & Funniest One-liners, The Times 20 Best … 

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts presents the sequel to their award winning debut with a brand new hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed. 

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts presents the sequel to their award winning debut with a brand new hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed. 

Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts, is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange reali… 

Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts, is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange reali… 

Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother

Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother

Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother

Calling the courageous, faithless, devoted and broken Inner Children to a Ceremony of the Dark Mother hosted by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess Lucy Hopkins. 

Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost

Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost

Mixture of music and dramatic monologue. 

Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost

Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost

Mixture of music and dramatic monologue. 

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-… 

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-… 

Aaron Twitchen: No shade (ok, a little shade)

Aaron Twitchen: No shade (ok, a little shade)

Putting the FUN back into FUNNY. 

Aaron Twitchen: No shade (ok, a little shade)

Aaron Twitchen: No shade (ok, a little shade)

Putting the FUN back into FUNNY. 

Sunday Finest: Hannah Brackenbury & Friends

Sunday Finest: Hannah Brackenbury & Friends

Award-winning musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury is putting on her Sunday Finest to present an hour of music & laughter including a special guest act and a quirky collaboration! … 

Sunday Finest: Hannah Brackenbury & Friends

Sunday Finest: Hannah Brackenbury & Friends

Award-winning musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury is putting on her Sunday Finest to present an hour of music & laughter including a special guest act and a quirky collaboration! … 

A Little Killing Hurts No One

A Little Killing Hurts No One

In A Little Killing Hurts No One, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of an Arab, longing so badly to be part of it, yet confronted with some… 

Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)

Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)

A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories. 

A Little Killing Hurts No One

A Little Killing Hurts No One

In “A little killing hurts no one”, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of a Libyan Arab, longing so bad to be part of it, yet confronted wit… 

Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)

Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)

A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories. 

Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange realit… 

A Little Life

A Little Life

James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (Network, Hedda Gabler) stages the English language premiere of A… 

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch. 

Hannah Platt (Work in Progress)

Hannah Platt (Work in Progress)

Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt. 

Lucy Farrett: Saint Cowpat (Work in Progress)

Lucy Farrett: Saint Cowpat (Work in Progress)

Stand-up from a holy cowpat masquerading as a woman. 

The Great British Bake Off Musical

The Great British Bake Off Musical

On 25th February 2023, a remarkable event will begin in London’s West End. 

The Final Episode of The Magic Tower | Heaven shakes a little

The Final Episode of The Magic Tower | Heaven shakes a little

The Final Episode of The Magic Tower Crime, lies and googly eyes Heaven shakes a little Drenched in honey, covered in sunlight. 

Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts, is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange reali… 

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes … 

There Was A Little Girl

There Was A Little Girl

Millie is not like other girls. 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, … 

little scratch

little scratch

If you are looking for a remarkable piece of unusual drama then the Hampstead Theatre’s production of little scratch is now being presented by New Diorama in their perfectly-suit… 

Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts

At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange realit… 

Tom Lucy: Melt

Tom Lucy: Melt

After complete sell-out runs in 2017 and 2018, Tom Lucy is back with a new hour of razor sharp comedy. 

Museum of Comedy - Best Of British Comedy Quiz

Museum of Comedy - Best Of British Comedy Quiz

Join us at the Museum of Comedy for the funniest Quiz night in London.Starts 7pm - Just turn up and take a seat!  

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal. 

Lucy Dacus

Lucy Dacus

The indie singer-songwriter blends poetic lyrics with captivating melodies to create moving, spellbinding performances. 

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

Concerned about the economy? Moneyweek Editor-in-Chief and Financial Times columnist Merryn Somerset Webb takes on well-known economics, politics and finance gurus in an interactiv… 

as british as a watermelon

as british as a watermelon

Join queer Zimbabwean performer mandla rae for this colourful and personal exploration of childhood migration memories. 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br… 

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics. 

A Little Life

A Little Life

Acclaimed director Ivo van Hove adapts Hanya Yanagihara’s novel for the theatre, crafting a deeply moving performance of epic proportions. 

Harry Baker: Unashamed

Harry Baker: Unashamed

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker’s heart and humour has been watched by millions online and allowed him to perform all over the world, until suddenly he couldn’t. 

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal. 

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

Join John Bishop and Tony Pitts as they meet a special guest to chat about three words that mean something to them. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone. 

Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing

Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing

Split hour of stand-up from rising stars ‘brilliant. 

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Ceremonial mess-about, interactive choral laughter bath and collective act of golden manifestation, orchestrated by everybody’s favourite clown-witch-deity. 

Give a Little

Give a Little

Ten years. 

Give a Little

Give a Little

Ten years. 

Little Drummer Boy

Little Drummer Boy

Imagine having a passion, a calling, being so good and in love with something you wanted to do it forever – that was me as a child when it came to drumming but sadly it wasn’t th… 

Little Git

Little Git

A fast, unexpectedly heart-warming play written by Paul Richards. 

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal. 

The Little Iceberg Musical

The Little Iceberg Musical

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. 

Little Women

Little Women

Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph… 

Little Parts Hunts a Baby-Daddy

Little Parts Hunts a Baby-Daddy

How do clowns get pregnant? There is no obvious punch line for Little Parts, a clown who has always been pregnant, yet who is not sure if she’ll ever give birth. 

Gary Little Just About Done

Gary Little Just About Done

Life, relationships, the world! Everything seems to be coming to an end. 

Little Women

Little Women

This timeless and enduring classic is about the March sisters’ journey from childhood to maturity during the American Civil War. 

One Empire, Under God

One Empire, Under God

An epic dystopian drama about the threat of religious extremism and right-wing populism. 

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

When the three little wolves go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the Big Bad Pig. 

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

It’s time for us to play. 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

Bonnie Thorn Little Jazz Bird

Bonnie Thorn Little Jazz Bird

Exciting young Australian songstress Bonnie Thorn has generated great interest from music fans and producers impressed by her soulful interpretations of classic jazz and contempora… 

Dear Little Loz

Dear Little Loz

To write that Dear Little Loz is an exploration of one woman’s search for love is to risk diminishing its scope, power and understanding of the human condition. 

Ada Campe: Too Little, Too Soon

Ada Campe: Too Little, Too Soon

Variety artiste Ada Campe decided to do some research into her family history during lockdown – and was delighted and intrigued by what she found! Join her for a show about wonde… 

Pete Wells: Success

Pete Wells: Success

Do you feel successful? Then this is your show. 

Living a Little

Living a Little

With not a zombie in sight, we are taken into a sanctuary of “normality” while the outside world rots. 

Lucy Frederick's Big Fat Wedding

Lucy Frederick's Big Fat Wedding

Here comes the bride, forty-foot wide! It’s the wedding of the century and you’re invited as Lucy Frederick – ‘Eye wateringly honest’ (Scotsman) – walks down the aisle. 

Jake Baker: Unity

Jake Baker: Unity

Join this multi award-winning comedian for his debut hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great questions of our time, like: Why does anyone believe the Earth is flat? Can you… 

Hannah Fairweather: Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

Hannah Fairweather: Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

From exes to golf coaches, Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge is an eloquent, biting and well-structured analysis of situations when Hannah Fairweather was right and when she wa… 

Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother

Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother

Calling the courageous, the devoted, the faithless and the broken to a brand new, unquantifiable, ceremonial experience by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess. 

Tom Lucy: Melt

Tom Lucy: Melt

After complete sell-out runs in 2017 and 2018, Tom Lucy is back with a new hour of razor sharp comedy. 

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Join Mary Beth for her eagerly anticipated debut hour, as she shares her checkered journey as an aspiring young starlet through to the present day, covering a range of topics like … 

Pete Heat: Blimey

Pete Heat: Blimey

A joyously unhinged hour of stand-up and magic. 

Lucy Porter: Wake-Up Call

Lucy Porter: Wake-Up Call

A brand new stand-up show from the Fringe favourite. 

Pete Firman: Bag Of Tricks

Pete Firman: Bag Of Tricks

‘The UK’s leading comedy magician’ (Time Out) returns to the Fringe with an astonishing new show. 

Hannah Pilkes: A Woman on the Verge

Hannah Pilkes: A Woman on the Verge

Hannah makes her solo debut at the Fringe and she is on the verge in more ways than one. 

Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts

An uncomfortable stare; a shriek heard in the background of a dream; the noise a sloth makes when receiving divorce papers. 

A Little Drape of Heaven

A Little Drape of Heaven

A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders. 

A Little Drape of Heaven

A Little Drape of Heaven

A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders. 

A Little Drape of Heaven

A Little Drape of Heaven

A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull it out of the wardrobe. 

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and … 

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and … 

"I'm Just a Little Bit OCD"

Tilly has intrusive thoughts about harming her family. 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Come with us on a magical journey as the Little Prince tells us of his love for a rose, his friendship with a fox, and learns that what is most important in life can only be seen w… 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

The Little Prince by Antione De Saint Exupery is a timeless classic that enables children to safely and creatively explore the idea of things coming to an end and that there is lif… 

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Collective act of golden manifestation, sacred laughter bath and ceremonial mess-about, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess. 

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Collective act of golden manifestation, sacred laughter bath and ceremonial mess-about, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess. 

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a… 

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott. 

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Calling all seekers, trembling spirits and true lunatics to the late-night, interactive, divine ceremony of divination we always hoped we’d never need. 

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Calling all seekers, trembling spirits and true lunatics to the late-night, interactive, divine ceremony of divination we always hoped we’d never need. 

Tits, Gits and Little Sh*ts: An Evening with Gill Sims

Tits, Gits and Little Sh*ts: An Evening with Gill Sims

Gill Sims is the author of the Best Selling ‘Why Mummy’ series of books and the woman behind the hugely popular ‘Peter and Jane’ Facebook page. 

Nicholls & Brown: Grubby Little Mitts

Nicholls & Brown: Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts is an uncomfortable stare, a shriek heard in the background of a dream, the noise a sloth makes when receiving divorce papers. 

Brighton 2022: Grubby Little Mitts

Brighton 2022: Grubby Little Mitts

Grubby Little Mitts is an uncomfortable stare, a shriek heard in the background of a dream, the noise a sloth makes when receiving divorce papers. 

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer. 

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer. 

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch. 

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch. 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

A Little Drape of Heaven

A Little Drape of Heaven

A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders. 

A Little Drape of Heaven

A Little Drape of Heaven

A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders. 

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w… 

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)

Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w… 

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

A wolf in granny’s clothing knows all about what fun dressing-up can be and in Little Red Riding Hood a magical wardrobe opens its doors to a fantastic display of gorgeous garments… 

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes … 

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes … 

A Little Rain In Monaco

A Little Rain In Monaco

‘It’s only a matter of time before you jump off the balcony for a front page spread’. 

The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts

When Mark Twain said the only two certainties in life were death and taxes, he clearly hadn’t accounted for Andrew Pollard and the Greenwich team knocking out a cracking panto. 

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Joe went a little bit mad during lockdown – just like you did – and it’s hilariously cathartic to watch. 

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Joe went a little bit mad during lockdown – just like you did – and it’s hilariously cathartic to watch. 

Pete Price Is Dead

Pete Price Is Dead

Radio City is under threat. 

Pete Price Is Dead

Pete Price Is Dead

Radio City is under threat. 

The Great British Driving Test!

The Great British Driving Test!

If you either love…or hate… the magic of motoring then you are in for a big treat! Clive St. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London… 

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

TV favourite Lucy returns with another fantastic stand-up show. 

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

‘My name is mandla. 

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon (Audio Described)

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon (Audio Described)

‘My name is mandla. 

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon (BSL-Interpreted)

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon (BSL-Interpreted)

‘My name is mandla. 

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

‘My name is mandla. 

Tom Lucy: Work in Progress

Tom Lucy: Work in Progress

Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand-new material for an upcoming show. 

Hannah Platt and Erika Ehler: Work In Progress

Hannah Platt and Erika Ehler: Work In Progress

Hannah and Erika are two of the most exciting rising stars on the comedy scene. 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

The Little Mermaid Movie Night

The Little Mermaid Movie Night

The seaweed is always greener down at The Clapham Grand such wonderful things surround you, at one of our Movie Nights!  Leave the human world and transport yourselves Under T… 

Pop-up Opera: A Little Bit of The Pirates of Penzance

Pop-up Opera: A Little Bit of The Pirates of Penzance

Experience all the drama and wonder of grand opera on a miniature scale, with open-air performances brought to life by a storyteller, two singers and instrumentalists. 

Sasha Ellen: Creepy Little Woman

Sasha Ellen: Creepy Little Woman

A brand-new hour of stand-up comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and downright adorable Sasha Ellen. 

Pop-up Opera: A Little Bit of HMS Pinafore

Pop-up Opera: A Little Bit of HMS Pinafore

Immerse yourself in a pint-sized version of HMS Pinafore, with an unforgettable journey through the opera’s musical and dramatic highlights – in just 30 minutes. 

Pete Wells: Hate Hypocrites, Love Myself - WIP

Pete Wells: Hate Hypocrites, Love Myself - WIP

Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself. 

Pete Wells: Hate Hypocrites, Love Myself - WIP

Pete Wells: Hate Hypocrites, Love Myself - WIP

Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself. 

Hannah Rarity

Hannah Rarity

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018 winner, vocalist Hannah Rarity, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after her sell-out appearances at the Acoust… 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Downtown New York is the setting for our tale of good versus evil, where Seymour – a nerdy florist’s assistant – fights for the survival of mankind against a giant plant with a… 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

‘My name is mandla. 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

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. 

Little Sparta and Lost Boat Party

Little Sparta and Lost Boat Party

To celebrate the opening of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021, Dovecot is excited to present Little Sparta in a live in-person instrumental performance of their latest album, Lost… 

Gary Little: Unprecedented

Gary Little: Unprecedented

After sitting in the house for the past 15 months, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comedian… 

Five Explosive Little Truths

Five Explosive Little Truths

Cambridge-based theatre company, The Two Jays, present five short Zoom plays; some funny and some tragic, in which truths are spilled. 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Come and laugh the trauma away at this dark comedy, inspired by the writer’s ridiculous lockdown diary entries. 

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Coronavirus – A Great British Farce

Come and laugh the trauma away at this dark comedy, inspired by the writer’s ridiculous lockdown diary entries. 

It's A Little Bit Funny

It's A Little Bit Funny

It’s A Little Bit Funny tells the incredible story of Elton John’s rise and fall (and rise again) as one of the most successful singer/songwriters ever. 

Russell Brand - Our Little Lives: Shakespeare & Me Live Stream

Russell Brand - Our Little Lives: Shakespeare & Me Live Stream

Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare. 

The Little Weasel

The Little Weasel

“Let’s finish this bottle and then I’ll do it” ‘The Little Weasel’ is a short film directed by award winning Marco Augelli and written by Shaun Amos. 

Tom Lucy: Work in Progress

Tom Lucy: Work in Progress

Catch Tom as he tries out new material. 

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Collective act of golden manifestation, sacred laughter bath and ceremonial mess-about, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess. 

Vanguard Readings at the British Airways i360

Vanguard Readings at the British Airways i360

Vanguard Readings in association with the deck at the i360 is bringing you six exciting authors and poets releasing new work. 

Vanguard Readings at the British Airways i360

Vanguard Readings at the British Airways i360

Vanguard Readings in association with the deck at the i360 is bringing you six exciting authors and poets releasing new work. 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Pete Wells: Does Not Exist

Pete Wells: Does Not Exist

Digital assistants predict Pete’s every move - is he a deepfake, does he exist? An AI buddy comedy exploring how human experience is being transformed by technology. 

Pete Wells: Does Not Exist

Pete Wells: Does Not Exist

Digital assistants predict Pete’s every move - is he a deepfake, does he exist? An AI buddy comedy exploring how human experience is being transformed by technology. 

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch. 

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

Pete Strong: Greenfinch

In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: British Shorts

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: British Shorts

Discover some of the best current British LGBT+ filmmaking. 

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special. 

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her. 

Quiet Little Things

Quiet Little Things

Quiet Little Things OddHouse are an emerging feminist theatre company who will be debuting at Brighton Fringe this year. 

Quiet Little Things

Quiet Little Things

Quiet Little Things Will You Be A Quiet Little Thing? OddHouse are an emerging radical feminist theatre company who will be debuting at Brighton Fringe this year. 

There Was A Little Girl

There Was A Little Girl

Millie is not like other girls. 

There Was A Little Girl

There Was A Little Girl

Meet Millie. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

This show has been rescheduled from Sat 18 April 2020. 

Paul Taylor: So British Ou Presque

Paul Taylor: So British Ou Presque

Je m’appelle Paul, je suis Anglais et j’habite en France. 

BIG BOBBY. Little BOBBY.

BIG BOBBY. Little BOBBY.

A deliciously twisted and tender comedy about inner gremlins and awkward romance. 

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

This event has been rescheduled from Fri 02 October. 

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Lucian begat Goethe begat Dukas begat Disney begat Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost; for this new musical by the latter writing duo has history. 

Good Grief

Good Grief

Kicking off at the end of a particularly boozy and pizza-fuelled wake, then time-skipping over the months of post-funeral aftermath, Good Grief charts the stuttering relationship o… 

Little Gift

Little Gift

M6 Theatre Company have put together a heartwarming show filled with the Christmas spirit, with some truly charming use of puppetry, storytelling and stage magic It is exactly the … 

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

A showcase of musical performances from British Army Musicians presented by Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Connor Deacon and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Andee Birkett, two current serving members… 

Little Grimm Tales

Little Grimm Tales

What if the wishes were granted? What if the magic were real? A stunning new adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales! Head into the woods with Hansel & Grethel, help the little … 

Blazin' Fiddles with Hannah Rarity

Blazin' Fiddles with Hannah Rarity

Blazin’ Fiddles celebrate 22 years of touring and recording and are delighted to honour this birthday with a string of special performances with special guest singer Hannah Rarity. 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

Charlie Baker: Cream Before Jam

Charlie Baker: Cream Before Jam

Baker (GameDay Warm-Up and Glory Hunters co-host on talkSPORT) is Devonshire and proud. 

Tom Lucy: Melt

Tom Lucy: Melt

After sell-out runs at the Fringe in 2017 and 2018, Tom Lucy has appeared on a number of TV shows (Stand Up Central, Roast Battle, Live At The Comedy Store, Stand Up Sketch Show) a… 

Don't Worry, Little Crab

Don't Worry, Little Crab

A puppet show adaptation of Chris Haughton’s picture book ‘Don’t Worry Little Crab’, created in lockdown. 

Paul Taylor: So British Ou Presque

Paul Taylor: So British Ou Presque

Je m’appelle Paul, je suis Anglais et j’habite en France. 

A Very British Lesbian

A Very British Lesbian

Fiona Goodwin is: A Very British Lesbian A one woman show about saving one’s own life Written by and starring Fiona Goodwin Confession: Fiona Goodwin is British. 

A Very British Lesbian

A Very British Lesbian

Fiona Goodwin is A Very British Lesbian. 

Live From The Phoenix Flat

Live From The Phoenix Flat

Tonight I figured out how to beam a Facebook video to my TV so I could watch – amongst other things – a burlesque performer do a striptease on a unicycle. 

A Little Comedy

A Little Comedy

“A Little Comedy”by A. 

Little Boxes

Little Boxes

Actor Joann Condon from BBC'S Little Britain fame is fed up with being put into a box. 

Tom Lucy

Tom Lucy

Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand new material for an upcoming show. Star of Comedy Central and ITV. Tour support for Jack Whitehall and Aziz Ansari.   

Over My Dad's Body

Over My Dad's Body

Since I last saw Simon David on stage in his 2018 Edinburgh Fringe debut, Virgin, much has happened in his personal life. 

Tom Lucy

Tom Lucy

Join Tom Lucy as he tests new material for his upcoming Edinburgh show. 

The Three Little Pigs plus Captain Grimey

The Three Little Pigs plus Captain Grimey

The Three Little Pigs is a lively show that breathes new life into these well-known characters - each of the pigs has an air of mischief and naivety, while the wicked wolf has just… 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Following our award-winning success crafting beautiful Winter shows comes The Little Prince, a blend of enchanting storytelling, music and a dash of festive magic. 

A Little Space

A Little Space

Watching A Little Space made me think of Marmite. 

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

The predictably brilliant writer/director/dame Andrew Pollard returns to Greenwich Theatre again for another triumphant Panto season, marking the 50th anniversary of the theatre’… 

La Clique

La Clique

Almost inevitably, doing a show at Christmas draws comparisons to Panto – that staple of British theatre that keeps the house funded for the rest of the year; but stood next to L… 

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

After a 7 year hiatus, Scottish Comedian Samantha Hannah blasted back onto the stand up scene in 2018 by trying to find a husband in a year and writing a show about it&h… 

Jon Culshaw: The Great British Take Off

Jon Culshaw: The Great British Take Off

Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare (Dead Ringers) come to TOM for the first time following their sell-out tour last year. 

Sky Blue Theatre presents: The British Theatre Challenge

Sky Blue Theatre presents: The British Theatre Challenge

The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. 

Brooklyn The Musical

Brooklyn The Musical

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… 

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Florist’s assistant Seymour becomes a sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a macabre craving. 

A Little R and R

A Little R and R

Come in from the rain, put your feet up and chill the f*ck out. 

Hannah Rarity

Hannah Rarity

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018 winner, vocalist Hannah Rarity, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after her sell-out appearance at the Acousti… 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off

Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare return to Edinburgh following their sell-out run last year. 

Little Wings

Little Wings

For as long as she can remember Isabella has had butterflies living inside her tummy. 

All the Little Lights

All the Little Lights

Joanne and Lisa were like sisters. 

In PurSUEt

In PurSUEt

A show about a Sue Perkins stan who has a life-size cardboard cut-out of the former Great British Bake Off presenter and an unwavering belief that she “will be glad to have someb… 

Little Rabbit

Little Rabbit

Trapped in a house, flood waters rising, Susan plays out all the influences on her life. 

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker... and the Commentator

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker... and the Commentator

Confused about money? Concerned about the economy? Join editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek and FT columnist Merryn Somerset Webb and/or financial writer and comedian Dominic Frisby as th… 

Pete Nash: Where's My Money?

Pete Nash: Where's My Money?

Five years ago, Pete Nash was about to board a plane to Silicon Valley to sell his business for seven figures. 

Little Baby Bum

Little Baby Bum

Join Mia, Jacus, Twinkle and their nursery rhyme friends at the world premiere of a brand new live show. 

A Sherlock Holmes Mystery: The Baker Street Irregulars and the Case of the Stolen Portrait

A Sherlock Holmes Mystery: The Baker Street Irregulars and the Case of the Stolen Portrait

London, 1887. 

Little Wars

Little Wars

This piece of devised physical theatre addresses the human element in our species’ historic desire to make war. 

Little Boxes

Little Boxes

“Don’t stack me away in little boxes to collect dust!”. 

Chris Read: Little Man

Chris Read: Little Man

Chris Read is a talented singer-songwriter performing his debut solo hour at the Fringe this year. 

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Calling the courageous, faithless and broken to the late-night, interactive ceremony of the present moment we always hoped we’d never need. 

Stella Graham: Sneaky Little Bitch

Stella Graham: Sneaky Little Bitch

Stella’s caught between two angry mothers, which is the greater force? One explodes into a violent eruption at a moment’s notice (her mother) and then, there’s Mother Nature who ju… 

Little Death Club

Little Death Club

The air of the Speigeltent circus hub is thick with dark debauchery, smoke and gin soaked Weimer punk jazz, setting the atmosphere for a celebration of the extraordinary. 

Tom Little – Chronically Underachieving Loser and Wasteman

Tom Little – Chronically Underachieving Loser and Wasteman

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015 and never stopped going on about it. 

A Tribute to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill

A Tribute to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill

Following the show’s sell-out nationwide tour, Jagged Little Pill makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe paying tribute to Alanis Morissette and her iconic album with uplifting … 

Lucy Pearman: Baggage

Lucy Pearman: Baggage

Pearman, an Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee, Leicester Comedy Awards Best Show nominee, ‘star in the making’ (**** Telegraph) and co-star of BBC Two’s Mister Winner a… 

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – British Edition

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – British Edition

This starts off as stand-up, then becomes a pub quiz. 

The Great British Bake Offenders

The Great British Bake Offenders

2018: The Supreme Court find a bakery not guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a gay cake. 

Edinburgh Gin Afternoon Tea

Edinburgh Gin Afternoon Tea

Nestled in New Town and overlooking Princes Street Gardens and the Scott Monument, The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant makes for a very pleasant spot for enjoying Afternoon Tea whil… 

Akala – In Conversation – Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala – In Conversation – Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

One of the most important voices in Britain, Akala is a BAFTA and MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, writer and social entrepreneur. 

Mr. Men and Little Miss On Stage

Mr. Men and Little Miss On Stage

Join your favourite Mr. 

Two Little Dickheads: Kapow!

Two Little Dickheads: Kapow!

The Two Little Dickheads are back with a fresh explosion of idiocy. 

Electric

Electric

Two young women from different sides of Dublin city attending the same festival meet in the girls' toilets (always the best place to make new friends) and strike up a connectio… 

Gary Little – Kidding Myself On

Gary Little – Kidding Myself On

After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him the reputation as one of… 

The Amazing Adventures of Little Red

The Amazing Adventures of Little Red

Brighton company JW Productions approach this inventive and fresh re-imagining of the old Little Red Riding Hood saga with gusto. 

Little Top

Little Top

Welcome to Little Top, a magical first circus experience for babies aged 0-18 months. 

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Character comedy is a difficult discipline at the best of times and, with a trope as thoroughly picked-over as the oblivious action-hero, it asks at lot from a performer to find so… 

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

Collective act of golden manifestation. 

BBC: British-Born Chinese

BBC: British-Born Chinese

BBC is the debut show from British-born Chinese comedian Matthew Fong. 

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

In 2018 Samantha, ‘one of the funniest ladies on the planet’ (RemoteGoat. 

Harry Baker: I Am 10,000

Harry Baker: I Am 10,000

If a show combining maths, poetry, comedy and rap sounds like it may be up your street, then boy, oh boy, do I have a show for you?! The youngest ever World Slam Poetry champion, H… 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him. 

Lucy Frederick: Famtastic

Lucy Frederick: Famtastic

Three years ago comedian Lucy Frederick – ‘Delightful’ (BroadwayBaby. 

London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck

London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck

Beyoncé’s Diva is blasting out as we wait for London Hughes to arrive. 

The LOL Word

The LOL Word

Edinburgh Fringe – and let’s be honest, the comedy world in general – is saturated with male comedians. 

A Very British Lesbian

A Very British Lesbian

Fiona Goodwin has written and performed this piece as the ultimate coming out story. 

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

Sarah Jane Morris with her unique and powerful voice celebrates John Martyn illuminating his life and art in her new show Sweet Little Mystery. 

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Before even taking the stage, Lucy Porter announces that we’ve won the ‘Sexiest Audience at the Fringe’ award, so you know we’re onside by the time she grabs the mic. 

Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face

Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face

Helen Bauer hits the Fringe hard with this compelling comedy debut which is slick, sassy and super satisfying. 

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!

It’s hard to make a comedy about the murder of 45,000 women but Holly Morgan does just that, and then some. 

Alice and the Little Prince

Alice and the Little Prince

A girl from Oxford meets a boy from Asteroid B-612. 

Pete Heat: Massive Wizard

Pete Heat: Massive Wizard

When Pete isn’t teaching Jude Law magic for Fantastic Beasts or starring in his own show on Sky, he likes kicking back with a biscuit, forcing a beard out of his chin follicles, tu… 

Lucy McCormick: Post Popular

Lucy McCormick: Post Popular

Post Popular is Lucy McCormick's attempt to follow-up her fantastic and hugely popular show Triple Threat. 

Pete Firman & The Amazing TBC

Pete Firman & The Amazing TBC

Come and witness the first and possibly final performance of The World’s Greatest Magical Double Act! Award-winning magician/comedian Pete Firman returns to the Fringe with a mag… 

The Crown Dual

The Crown Dual

The Crown Dual is a play within a play. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Shakespeare for Breakfast

Shakespeare for Breakfast

Shakespeare for Breakfast is a great show to start your day… and that’s not just because of the complimentary coffee and pastries!It’s the 28th year C theatre have put on a S… 

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

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… 

Lucy Beaumont: Space Mam

Lucy Beaumont: Space Mam

The hugely anticipated new show from Best Newcomer nominee. 

Myra DuBois: Dead Funny

Myra DuBois: Dead Funny

Yorkshire’s finest Myra DuBois has tragically ‘died’ but on the upside, she’s invited you to the greatest funeral you will ever attend. 

Little Baby Bum

Little Baby Bum

Step into the magical and colourful world of LITTLE BABY BUM. 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with a preview of his upcoming Edinburgh Festival show. 

Lucy Beaumont: Work in Progress

Lucy Beaumont: Work in Progress

Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer. 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)

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. 

Little Light

Little Light

Humble Crumble and Loitering With Intent present Alice Birch’s Little Light performed in a disused swimming pool in the bowels of the Tower Theatre. 

Best of the British Podcast Awards

Best of the British Podcast Awards

The nominees and winners of the British Podcast Awards are always a who's who of UK podcast talent. 

"I'm Just a Little Bit OCD"

Have you ever thought “Wow, I could push that person in front of that train”. 

Lucy Pearman: Fruit Loop

Lucy Pearman: Fruit Loop

Nominee: Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2017 Best Newcomer. 

Precious Little

Precious Little

Whilst training at drama school all performers undertake something called ‘Animal Studies’ where they learn to mimic those who have different motivations to humans. 

Lucy Frederick: Famtastic

Lucy Frederick: Famtastic

Three years ago comedian Lucy Frederick - “Delightful” (Broadway Baby) - was picking herself up from the floor and ordering another large gin, now she is picking up dirty socks and… 

Black Magic - The Little Mix Show

Black Magic - The Little Mix Show

Duration: Approx 1hr 50mins A highly energetic tribute show that follows in the footsteps of the award-winning girl band, Little Mix. 

A Little Comedy

A Little Comedy

“A little comedy”by A. 

A Little Comedy

A Little Comedy

“A little comedy”by A. 

Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul

Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul

Little Steven, otherwise known as Steven Van Zandt, is one of the most extraordinarily multifaceted men in music. 

Jake Baker: Work in Progress

Jake Baker: Work in Progress

After the success of his debut last year at the Brighton Fringe, Jake presents his highly-anticipated second show. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Salomé

Salomé

The leitmotifs of the Lazarus canon shine brightly in their interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s scandalous 19th century play Salomé. 

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

Duration: Approx 1hr 20mins  From the makers of Peppa Pig comes this BAFTA award-winning television animation live on stage! Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom … 

Ensonglopedia of British History

Ensonglopedia of British History

I had no idea what to expect from John Hinton’s Ensonglopedia of British History. 

Pete Nash: Where's My Money?

Pete Nash: Where's My Money?

Five years ago, Pete Nash was about to board a plane to Silicon Valley to sell his business for seven figures. 

Vanguard Readings at the British Airways i360

Vanguard Readings at the British Airways i360

Come and hear tomorrow’s authors today! Vanguard Readings brings you six of the most exciting new authors to emerge in the last year. 

Stella Graham: Sneaky Little Bitch

Stella Graham: Sneaky Little Bitch

Stella’s caught in a tug of war between two angry ladies, Mother Nature and her real mother. 

Pete Strong: Greenfinch (Work in Progress)

Pete Strong: Greenfinch (Work in Progress)

Pete Strong just wants to be happy. 

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Lois. 

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh… 

Danny Dorling: Rule Britannia, Brexit and the End of Empire

Danny Dorling: Rule Britannia, Brexit and the End of Empire

How unusual and odd are we in Europe? For this we can blame the legacy of the British Empire, but we can’t blame anyone else for the Empire. 

Tales from the British Isles

Tales from the British Isles

The Wandering Bard is an ensemble that merges qualities of early music with delights of immortal folk music. 

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Calling all seekers, trembling spirits and true lunatics to the late-night, interactive ceremony of the present moment we always hoped we’d never need. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

Lucy Pearman: Work in Progress

Lucy Pearman: Work in Progress

Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas. 

Tom Lucy: Reluctant Millennial

Tom Lucy: Reluctant Millennial

Tom Lucy is one of the youngest professional comedians on the circuit. 

Tom Lucy: Reluctant Millennial

Tom Lucy: Reluctant Millennial

Tom Lucy is one of the youngest professional comedians on the circuit. 

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

Through her own brilliant interpretive vocal talents, Sarah Jane will be illuminating the work of John Martyn in her new show Sweet Little Mystery, accompanied by her regular colla… 

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

A brand new stand-up show from the TV favourite Lucy Porter. 

Little Top

Little Top

  • Listing
    • Children’s Shows
  • Scotland
  • Multiple Venues
  • 30th Apr - 1st Jun 2019

Welcome to Little Top, a magical first circus experience for babies aged 0-18 months and their adults. 

Little Death Club

Little Death Club

Welcome to the darkest, funniest and most debauched kabarett club this side of Berlin! A gin soaked, Weimar-punk jazz band soundtracks a hazy night of dangerously fu… 

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

A brand new stand-up show from the TV favourite Lucy Porter. 

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

A brand new stand-up show from the TV favourite Lucy Porter. 

We Are All Just Little Creatures

We Are All Just Little Creatures

A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra. 

Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers

Original 70s punks from Belfast still fronted by the iconic Jake Burns - and fave band of former England defender Stuart Pearce. 

unravel 2019: 'Designing for breed’, A practical introduction to British sheep breeds

unravel 2019: 'Designing for breed’, A practical introduction to British sheep breeds

An opportunity to learn more about the 72 purebred British sheep breeds and their different wool qualities. 

A Little Heart

A Little Heart

A little heart goes a long way A Musical adventure about Anna, a young, housebound girl with a hole in her heart, who one night follows the sound of a strangely familiar… 

Waterford Crystal | Little Weirdo

Waterford Crystal | Little Weirdo

Waterford CrystalThe horse - not the crystal manufacturer Little WeirdoCome and play it's weirdo day   Waterford Crystal - OXBOIn 2004 show-jumper Cian O&rsquo… 

Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave

Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave

Big Fish Little Fish ‘We Can Be Heroes’ themed family rave with DJs Baker & Beale Come make merry again with the award winning, world famous Big Fish Lit… 

Pete Price Holds Court 2019

Pete Price Holds Court 2019

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night! Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes… 

The Empire Has Fallen

The Empire Has Fallen

The Empire has fallen. 

Five Little Christmas Monkeys

Five Little Christmas Monkeys

Join Zoo Keeper Sue and mischievous Little Monkey on Christmas Eve, and discover numbers are all around us. 

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

He’s back in Greenwich and he’s right back on form. 

Little England

Little England

At the exact same time that Theresa May’s cabinet is in turmoil over the UK’s withdrawal agreement with the EU, Golden Age Theatre Company has set up camp in the Museum of Come… 

Little Hours 'Solo Acoustic'

Little Hours 'Solo Acoustic'

Irish songwriter John Doherty AKA Little Hours plays 2 intimate solo shows, playing new material as well as firm live favourites. 

Here

Here

A young couple are viewing a flat and bicker about whether it’s right for them or not. 

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete Price Holds Court

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night! Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes… 

Need a Little Help

Need a Little Help

Based on the experiences of young carers, Need a Little Help explores what it means to look after someone else when you are young. 

Little by Little

Little by Little

The off-Broadway musical, with music by Brad Ross and lyrics by Ellen Greenfield and Half Hackady is about mates, dates and love triangles. 

Little Fools

Little Fools

The autumn/winter season at the Space on the Isle of Dogs got off to a punchy start this week with Little Fools. 

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off

Join comedian/impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy writer/producer Bill Dare from BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers for unscripted, spontaneous comedy and conversation as politi… 

Last Tango in Little Grimley

Last Tango in Little Grimley

Membership of the local amateur drama society has dwindled to four. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

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… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

‘I’ve given you sunlight, I’ve given you rain. 

Tom Lucy: Reluctant Millennial

Tom Lucy: Reluctant Millennial

Tom Lucy is one of the youngest professional comedians on the circuit. 

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker... and Merryn Somerset Webb

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker... and Merryn Somerset Webb

Confused about money? Concerned about the economy? Join editor-in-chief of Moneyweek and FT columnist Merryn Somerset Webb as she interviews, talks over and argues with a well-know… 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Anyone unfamiliar with Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book could have been conceivably raised by the same wolves that adopt man-cub Mowgli at the heart of this century-old collecti… 

Big Man. Little Instruments

Big Man. Little Instruments

One man’s intimate story of escape from religion, to love, loss and triumph. 

Hannah and Charlie: Making It

Hannah and Charlie: Making It

Hello! I’m Charlie Miller, and I was in Budgie the Little Helicopter. 

In Conversation: The Future of Foreign and British Artists in the UK After Brexit

In Conversation: The Future of Foreign and British Artists in the UK After Brexit

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Tom Short and Tom Little – Small World

Tom Short and Tom Little – Small World

People often get awkward, white, Northern Tom Short, and awkward, white, Northern Tom Little mixed up. 

Dream Weaving and Art Forwarding – Shanghai Baoshan Little Ginkgo Students’ Art Troupe’s Performance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Dream Weaving and Art Forwarding – Shanghai Baoshan Little Ginkgo Students’ Art Troupe’s Performance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Look, it's Tom Little, Alright?

Look, it's Tom Little, Alright?

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014 finalist, and appeared in both Pleasance Comedy Reserve and Big Value showcase… 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

David McIver Is a Nice Little Man

David McIver Is a Nice Little Man

Look, it’s David McIver, the nicest little man in town giving it a good go with his debut hour of riffs, bits and skits. 

Little Death Club

Little Death Club

An atmosphere of fun and weimar cabaret beats envelop us as we enter Beauty at the Circus Hub. 

Little Shakespeare

Little Shakespeare

Two of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes fantastically performed by the 15 to 20-year-old children from two of China’s schools, Shanghai International Studies University and For… 

Big Trouble in Little Monkey's Daycare

Big Trouble in Little Monkey's Daycare

Tommy is four-and-a-quarter years old, and a hard-boiled private investigator on the mean streets of Little Monkey’s Daycare. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

One mean green monster musical!! A botanical bloodfest!! Like Faust on fertiliser!! For the misfits of Skid Row, life is full of broken dreams and dead ends. 

Gary Little: Big Mouth

Gary Little: Big Mouth

After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re… 

Grace Notes

Grace Notes

Becky Williams delivers an emotionally charged monologue about murderess Grace Miller somewhat reluctantly seeking a second chance at series of rehab sessions entitled Notes. 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Little Potatoes

Little Potatoes

Matchmaking mums at the Shanghai marriage market hatch a plan to get their little emperors hitched. 

Little Sparks

Little Sparks

A frantic, romantic comedy by Paul Richards which follows the lives of three intelligent but bored office workers, who also happen to be fire wardens. 

Tom Hannah

Tom Hannah

This is a highly original one-man show – a combination of acoustic guitar and light-hearted verse touching subjects as diverse as vanity, marriage, safaris, demolition, ambition,… 

Dear Lucy...

Dear Lucy...

In 1918, the letters stopped and Lucy had to face life having lost her fiancé and brother in the last few weeks of the war. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Lucy Pearman: Fruit Loop

Lucy Pearman: Fruit Loop

There are too many shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

The Worst Little Warehouse in London

The Worst Little Warehouse in London

The Worst Little Warehouse In London is crammed into The Box, which appears to be an actual shipping crate housed in Assembly Gardens. 

Meet the Little Prince!

Meet the Little Prince!

When famous author/pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who lived many different lives, meets The Little Prince, two adventurous explorers discover the world and what is important in l… 

Two Little Dickheads

Two Little Dickheads

This is what happens when a cabaret clown and an improv master with a shared passion for cats spend way too much time together. 

The House

The House

A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House. 

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and… 

The Little Musician

The Little Musician

‘I will return sunshine to the dark cold world!’ In a world full of darkness, the warmth and light of the sun has gone missing. 

Hannah Gadsby – No Bones About It

Hannah Gadsby – No Bones About It

Last year Gadsby won every major live comedy award. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

The star of Mark Steel’s in Town (BBC Radio 4) brings back his 2017 sell-out show, guaranteed to make the world seem even more mental than it still is. 

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Lucy Hopkins: Secrt Circl

Calling the courageous, faithless and broken. 

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

After a sell out run last year the Great British Mysteries return to the Fringe with a new show set 400 years earlier, but still the containing the wit, charm, and ridiculous sense… 

Pete Firman: Marvels

Pete Firman: Marvels

Pete Firman enters the stage in his trademark three-piece suit, warming the audience up with a cascade of comedy nuggets which sets the scene for what is to come. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey. 

Lucy Frederick: Even More Naked

Lucy Frederick: Even More Naked

Some years ago, comedian Lucy Frederick appeared in a reality TV show in which she had to get naked. 

Little Fish Free Walking Tour

Little Fish Free Walking Tour

For the first time Little Fish Tours is running our Festival Friendly Tour. 

BARK! The Musical... How the Little Dog Found His Voice

BARK! The Musical... How the Little Dog Found His Voice

The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical. 

Anuvab Pal: Empire

Anuvab Pal: Empire

The British Empire gave Anuvab a colonial accent and British values and suddenly left. 

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

Lucy Porter: Pass It On

A brand-new stand-up show from the perennial Fringe favourite. 

I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife: A Play by Christopher Bliss

I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife: A Play by Christopher Bliss

Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back. 

Jake Lambert: Little Lost Lad

Jake Lambert: Little Lost Lad

Jake lives alone, cuts his own hair, has an ability to remember the exact date he first tasted each specific food for the first time and has a one-eyed cat. 

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

Do you like mysteries? Do you like historical inaccuracies? Do you prefer Thomas More to Roger Moore? The follow-up to 2017's sold out debut, but set 400 years earl… 

Metta's the Little Mermaid - The Circus Sensation

Metta's the Little Mermaid - The Circus Sensation

Spectacular circus and spellbinding songs combine in this extraordinary new adaptation from the award-winning Metta Theatre. 

Michael Buble - British Summer Time

Michael Buble - British Summer Time

Michael Bublé – a true global superstar in his only UK performance is coming to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2018! The undisputed ‘King of … 

Alison Spittle and Hannah Mamalis

Alison Spittle and Hannah Mamalis

The Lisa Richards agency present a week of top stand-up comedy! Each night, two comedians will perform their new work-in-progress shows. 

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

Fresh from performing to a sold-out audience at VAULT festival and the Brighton Fringe, up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award (… 

Alice Fraser: Trilogy – Savage, The Resistance, Empire: Back To Back

Alice Fraser: Trilogy – Savage, The Resistance, Empire: Back To Back

Heard of a play within a play? What about three hour-long, critically-acclaimed comedy shows in one three-hour-long comedy show (with two humane intervals). 

The Great British Take Off With Jon Culshaw & Bill Dare

The Great British Take Off With Jon Culshaw & Bill Dare

Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare come to Leicester Square Theatre for the first time following their sell-out tour last yea… 

Candide

Candide

Brighton College have taken on a demanding task with their production of Mark Ravenhill’s Candide, first performed by the RSC in 2013. 

Little Wing

Little Wing

When a tribe of flying people flock to their annual midsummer fair, one of their young is left behind in the forest. 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

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. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The intention of Shakespeare’s plays is writ large under the titles. 

Maria Shehata - Pretty Little (Work In Progress)

Maria Shehata - Pretty Little (Work In Progress)

Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata follows up her debut show ‘Wisdomless’ with stand up and storytelling about her life in London and what happened after she whimsically move… 

Crabby: A Snappy Little Tale of Grumpy Feelings and What To Do About Them

Crabby: A Snappy Little Tale of Grumpy Feelings and What To Do About Them

Experience the sights, sounds, smells and characters of the Edwardian seaside in this musical multi-sensory interactive show from award-winning company, Collar & Cuffs Co. 

Lucy Hopkins: Le Foulard

Lucy Hopkins: Le Foulard

Touring the world and winner of awards, artistic sensation Le Foulard comes to the charming seaside town of Brighton to be performed in a tent. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

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… 

Jake Baker: Work in Progress

Jake Baker: Work in Progress

Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Brighton. 

David McIver is a Nice Little Man

David McIver is a Nice Little Man

Wow, it’s time for the debut hour of comedy from hot ticket and nice friend David McIver! That’s right girls and boys, your special little man is all grown up and raring to do some… 

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug": So begins Franz Kafka’s … 

A Song of Plague

A Song of Plague

Set in London during the devastating plague of 1665, Lost in the Fog’s A Song of Plague blends music, puppetry and poetry to tell the story of a physician’s attempts to find a … 

Robot vs Hurricane: An hour of alternative stand-up from Nicholas Everritt and Pete Nash

Robot vs Hurricane: An hour of alternative stand-up from Nicholas Everritt and Pete Nash

Strap in for a strikingly alternative show from two of the most original acts rising through the UK stand-up scene: ‘The Robot’ Nicholas Everritt and Pete ‘The Hurricane’ Nash. 

Creation Song Norse Myths Storytelling

Creation Song Norse Myths Storytelling

I’m happy to admit that my knowledge of Norse mythology is patchy, but becoming more familiar with what was advertised as a fusion of "ballad song, galdr chant and ancient E… 

Medea

Medea

Seeing work at Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) is a treat because you have that unusual experience of sharing the same sky with the players. 

Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths

Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths

“A snake will always find a way in. 

Just A Little Murder

Just A Little Murder

Performed dramatic reading by Fenella Fielding & Stephen Greif. 

A Spoonful Of Sherman

A Spoonful Of Sherman

There’s a light bulb moment in A Spoonful Of Sherman when you realise its magic lies not within its high production values, exquisite lighting, fantastic set, immaculate choreogr… 

Assassins

Assassins

Could you kill a President? That’s what a fairground proprietor asks in this 1990s genre-busting Sondheim musical that explores both the real-life and imagined motives why nine p… 

Sara Schaefer - Little White Box

Sara Schaefer - Little White Box

In ‘Little White Box’, Sara employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and death. 

Best Of British

Best Of British

The Premier British Stand-Up showcase returns to the Adelaide Fringe. 

Three Little Sisters Come to Unley - An Andrews Sisters Tribute

Three Little Sisters Come to Unley - An Andrews Sisters Tribute

The Andrews Sisters were America’s most popular singing trio - Patty, Maxine and LaVerne burst onto the entertainment scene in the 1940’s and were known for their close three part … 

Gary Little: Scottish Club Classics

Gary Little: Scottish Club Classics

Two time Scottish Comedy Award winner. 

Lord Of The Flies

Lord Of The Flies

William Golding’s seminal tale of children going feral when left to their own devices on a Pacific island gets a trademark Lazarus Theatre treatment on this their second producti… 

Double Denim: Big Party for Little Humans feat. Juan Vesuvius

Double Denim: Big Party for Little Humans feat. Juan Vesuvius

Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew (aka Double Denim) combine forces with DJ Juan Vesuvius to bring you a big party for little humans! Through games, sketches, and music your favourit… 

A Little Bit EXTRA

A Little Bit EXTRA

Have you ever imagined your own theme music when STRUTTING down the street? Do you cry when someone eats the last of YOUR chocolate? Do you use UNNECESSARY CAPITALS (and emoji’s) i… 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark is the creator of the hit Radio 4 series Mark Steel’s In Town, a BAFTA-nominee for BBC2’s Mark Steel Lectures and a regular on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4… 

Ballet British Columbia

Ballet British Columbia

Canada’s most cutting-edge dance company brings a triple bill of works by female choreographers. 

Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop Of Horrors

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS follows the story of Seymour, a down-and out skid row floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious… 

A Little Bit of Pain Never Hurt Anyone

A Little Bit of Pain Never Hurt Anyone

“Hello everyone my name is Doctor Billy and I’m eight-and-three-quarters and this is my story. 

Tommy Little - The Last King Of Stupid

Tommy Little - The Last King Of Stupid

As seen on The Project. 

Hannah

Hannah

“She notices it bubbling at the bottom of her stomach. 

The Velvet Underground presented by Little Captain

The Velvet Underground presented by Little Captain

Local band Little Captain are paying tribute to one of the most influential bands in the world. Playing two nights of selected songs from the career of the Velvet Underground. 

Livvy & Pete: The Songs Of Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen

Livvy & Pete: The Songs Of Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen

Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths and acclaimed cabaret darling Amelia Ryan celebrate the songbooks of Aussie icons Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen for one night only. 

Big Man. Little Instruments.

Big Man. Little Instruments.

An honest tale of one man’s modern escape from the prison of belief. 

Three Little Sisters | An Andrews Sisters Tribute

Three Little Sisters | An Andrews Sisters Tribute

Tania Savelli, Kat Jade and Melanie Smith take you on a historical journey celebrating the most famous female vocal trio of all time. 

British Classic Pub Jokes

British Classic Pub Jokes

Everyone’s been told a joke by a mate. 

The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales)

The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales)

Emma Rice’s “exquisite” (Telegraph) production comes to Oxford Playhouse following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe. 

Edward II

Edward II

Lazarus Theatre kick off their year-long residency at Greenwich Theatre on a visceral note with Christopher Marlowe’s homoerotic epic Edward II. 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

If you’re looking for a reason why Panto is the one time of year theatres can guarantee bums-on-seats, then Bromley’s Snow White is surely a perfect example. 

Cinderella

Cinderella

Seasonal jokesmith Andrew Pollard marks his twelve years of Christmas at Greenwich Theatre with a presentation of family favourite, Cinderella. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Graeme Swann's Great British Spin Off

Graeme Swann's Great British Spin Off

Following on from their hit 2016 tour, Graeme Swann, England’s greatest ever spin bowler and cricket’s best loved commentator, Henry Blofeld, are back by popular demand… 

The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger – The Musical doesn’t take itself seriously. 

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette

This isn’t a comedy show, it’s raw storytelling. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Sad Little Man

Sad Little Man

‘Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. 

Follies

Follies

British audiences have had to wait a long time to finally figure out what Sondheim’s backstage musical Follies is. 

Beautiful Little Fool

Beautiful Little Fool

As one of the most famous American authors of all time, many people will know of F. 

Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical!

Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical!

Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy. 

Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends

Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends

Fresh from supporting Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett and Shappi Khorsandi on sold-out tours, Tom brings his hotly anticipated debut show to the fringe. 

A Little Blue Birdy Told Me

A Little Blue Birdy Told Me

Have you ever been shat on by the blue bird? The great rebirth of public shaming continues to evolve. 

Two Little Boxes

Two Little Boxes

A wordless blend of mime, clowning, dance and acrobatics, Two Little Boxes is a brand-new piece by Reallynice, exploring the construction of masculinities in young men. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark’s sell-out show Who Do I Think I Am, revealed his natural father was world backgammon champion. 

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Host Roller Derby British Champs Triple Header

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Host Roller Derby British Champs Triple Header

Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2017! Showcasing a Triple Header for the Roller Derby British Championships Tier 3 North. 

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette

Winner: 2017 Best Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

In her debut show Schaefer employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and death. 

Jagged Little Singalong

Jagged Little Singalong

It’s the Alanis Morrissette tribute show you never knew you needed. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Little Shakespeare

Little Shakespeare

Two of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes fantastically performed by the nine to 16-year-old children from two of China’s schools, Chongqing Foreign Language School and Chongqing… 

British Sign Language & English/Deaf Culture

British Sign Language & English/Deaf Culture

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Jive Aces With Amy Baker

The Jive Aces With Amy Baker

UK’s No 1 Jive/Swing band are renowned for their high-energy swinging sounds and spectacular stage show. 

The British Idles

The British Idles

Alcohol, drugs, zero-hour contracts and love triangles befall this bunch of misfits, who desperately search for a way out. 

Beautiful Little Fools

Beautiful Little Fools

Beautiful Little Fools is a all female, unique piece exploring how media can manipulate the human mind. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Doig the Musical, With No Singing, No Dancing and Very Little Music

Doig the Musical, With No Singing, No Dancing and Very Little Music

Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair. 

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe. 

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe. 

Rightly or Wrongly, for Better or Worse, the Fact Is This Is Tom Little

Rightly or Wrongly, for Better or Worse, the Fact Is This Is Tom Little

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist, and performed in both the Pleasance Comedy Reserve and Just the Tonic’s B… 

Outer Space – The Next Empire?

Outer Space – The Next Empire?

Join space innovation researcher Matjaz Vidmar (University of Edinburgh) and acclaimed science fiction author Pippa Goldschmidt to debate the future of human activity beyond Earth. 

Dirty Little Secret

Dirty Little Secret

Everybody has a dirty little secret. 

Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale

Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale

Detailed, charismatic and humorous, State High Thespian Troupe’s take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale is an accessible musical for all the family. 

Stiff Dicky

Stiff Dicky

Theatre aiming to portray the lives of millennials is so often completely wrong and patronising (no, we don’t say the word ‘rad’ any more, or believe that wearing snapbacks i… 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel begins with a witty satire about the calamitous circus show that was the recent Tory election campaign, setting the tone for this solid left-wing stand-up show. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Pete Johansson: Pete Jo-Handsome Comes Alive!

Pete Johansson: Pete Jo-Handsome Comes Alive!

For this brief hour, the very attractive Pete Johansson emerges to give all his love and skill and joy and thought to the one true god worth possibly dying for: live comedy. 

Matt Abbott: Two Little Ducks

Matt Abbott: Two Little Ducks

Wakefield’s poet son may have a self-confessed tendency for lewd social observation but Matt Abbott is also an unpretentious recorder of life in the raw, with a talent for coming… 

Patrick Turpin: Itty Bitty Little Titty Piece

Patrick Turpin: Itty Bitty Little Titty Piece

Turpy – star of Climaxed (BBC Three) and Pop Sludge (4Music) – returns with a stand-up show/hour of performance art/arse flapping gently in the wind, which rodgers the system q… 

Lucy Hopkins: Powerful Women Are About

Lucy Hopkins: Powerful Women Are About

A vibrational revolution of being, channeled by a goddess. 

Lucy Pearman: Maid of Cabbage

Lucy Pearman: Maid of Cabbage

Greeting each and every audience member with a handshake after they take their seats may seem like you’re overdoing the niceties, but we soon find out that Lucy Pearman’s Maid … 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Meow Meow's Little Mermaid

Meow Meow's Little Mermaid

Forget the Little Mermaid you thought you knew. 

Gary Little: Club Classics

Gary Little: Club Classics

After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re… 

Patti Plinko – Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko – Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko returns with her dark and erotic songs inspired from Virginia Woolf, Joan of Arc to the whore houses of Paris. 

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette

Winner: 2017 Best Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 

Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends

Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends

When you’re genetically blessed with an unthreatening physique and the voice of Frank Spencer, comedy cannot go much more in your favour. 

Great British Mysteries?

Great British Mysteries?

Do you like mysteries? Are you the sort of person who says: ‘I wonder what that was?’. 

Little Boy

Little Boy

‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. 

Alice Fraser: Empire

Alice Fraser: Empire

Following sold-out seasons and rave reviews, Australia’s Alice Fraser is back with a fresh hour of unpredictably meaningful, occasionally silly, narratively unorthodox art-comedy… 

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Before even starting the show, Sara Schaefer has the advantage of a unique perspective. 

The Little Prince and the Pilot

The Little Prince and the Pilot

When famous author/pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who lived many different lives, meets The Little Prince, two adventurous explorers discover the world and what is important in l… 

Charlie Baker: The Hit Polisher

Charlie Baker: The Hit Polisher

Entertainment combined harvester Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Teatime Sky 1, O2 Comedy Gala Channel 4, EastEnders) sings his nostalgic love letter to pop music of the 80s, 90s and … 

Becky Lucas: Little Bitch

Becky Lucas: Little Bitch

Becky Lucas is a little bitch, but she’s also a writer, performer, rat and prolific tweeter. 

Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles

Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles

Choose Your Battles is Lucy Porter’s 11th Edinburgh Show and it’s a wonderfully crafted hour that is both funny and, at times, a poignant look at someone who goes out of their way … 

True to Life – British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s

True to Life – British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s

Bringing together more than 80 paintings by an almost forgotten generation of artists, this exhibition explores the figurative tradition in British art between the two World Wars. 

Alice Fraser: Empire

Alice Fraser: Empire

Following sold-out seasons and rave reviews, Australia’s Alice Fraser is back with a fresh hour of unpredictably meaningful, occasionally silly, narratively unorthodox art-comedy… 

The Little Creepers

The Little Creepers

A one woman play about the trials and tribulations of a teenage schizophrenic in the 21st century. 

I Loved Lucy

I Loved Lucy

I Loved Lucy is a personal portrait of an iconic comedic entertainer whose public face is all too well known. 

Little Women, The Musical

Little Women, The Musical

“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again. 

Notflix

Notflix

Six hilarious young women. 

Little Red

Little Red

This beautiful dance theatre show takes an irreverent and contemporary twist on an old favourite. Part of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. Level: 7 - 12 years. 

The Little Creepers

The Little Creepers

The Little Creepers by Charlotte Bell is a debut show that explores the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl with schizophrenia in the 21st century. 

Little Meerkat's Big Panic

Little Meerkat's Big Panic

Go on an award-winning, magical, musical, multi-sensory adventure in the Kalahari desert with Little Meekat and her friends Elephant and Wise Monkey to find out all about Calm and … 

The Effect by Lucy Prebble

The Effect by Lucy Prebble

If there’s a topic sought after in theatre right now, it would most likely be mental health and how we deal with it. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum. 

Under My Thumb

Under My Thumb

Six women. 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

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 … 

Am I F#*kable?

Am I F#*kable?

Have our relationships become a product of a social media obsessed generation? Dating in the 21st century is constantly changing and not necessarily for the better. 

Little Wing

Little Wing

Little Wing finds herself alone in the forest with a trio of warring dragons. 

Patti Plinko: Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko: Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko glances around the stage in search of the next musical instrument. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Default Friends

Default Friends

Brother and sister duo Jack and Anna Harris bring us a stand-up comedy show using sketches inspired by their life as siblings. 

Lucy Hopkins: Ambition

Lucy Hopkins: Ambition

The world preview of Lucy’s new show - a coming to terms/retelling of the history of England and spiritual revolution. 

Lucy Pearman: WIP & a Cabbage

Lucy Pearman: WIP & a Cabbage

“Traditionally, unmarried girls were sent into the veg garden to choose the ‘perfect’ cabbage. 

Lucy McCormick's 'Triple Threat'

Lucy McCormick's 'Triple Threat'

Post-popular prodigy Lucy McCormick and her Girl Squad present a trashstep-DubPunk morality play for the modern world. 

10 Steps To Happiness

10 Steps To Happiness

There is more to life than happiness, right? A not-so-perfect guide to happiness is explored in this one-woman show, written and performed by Yvette May who, after finding hersel… 

Fit for Work

Fit for Work

If you believe the stigma of mental health is slowly disappearing, then Fit for Work will question your perception of this topical subject and how it is perceived in the workplac… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

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 Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

Celebrated director and choreographer Arthur Pita returns to the Lilian Baylis Studio this Christmas with his magical dance theatre show, The Little Match Girl. 

5th Annual British Theatre Challenge - The Masters

5th Annual British Theatre Challenge - The Masters

Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si… 

Peter Pan - A New Adventure

Peter Pan - A New Adventure

More than a century after Wendy was having an awfully big adventure with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, her Great-Great-Granddaughter – also called Wendy (Louise Young) – is … 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors, the cult classic that brought us endlessly popular tunes such as “Suddenly Seymour” and “Somewhere that’s Green” tells the story of Seymour and… 

The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice

The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice

It’s not just the eponymous seldom heard, often bullied, fragile young girl LV who struggles to be heard in Jim Cartwright’s classic tragicomedy The Rise and Fall – finding he… 

British Youth Opera

British Youth Opera

British Youth Opera — English Eccentrics By Malcolm Williamson Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell. 

British Youth Opera

British Youth Opera

British Youth Opera: Owen Wingrave By Benjamin Britten. 

Once Upon a Time There Were Four Little Rabbits

Once Upon a Time There Were Four Little Rabbits

Peter Rabbit knows very well that he is not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there that his father met his untimely end! But he cannot resist, and after severa… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The gloriously grotesque cult-musical opens at New Wimbledon Theatre, complete with the necessarily capitalised X-Factor contestant RHYDIAN starring as The Dentist. 

Little Soldier Zhang Ga

Little Soldier Zhang Ga

From the puppetry director of War Horse China, Liu Xiaoyi, comes an uplifting tale of one boy’s solidarity and spirit in the face of conflict. 

Little Wolfie

Little Wolfie

Do people change? What if they lose something important to them? A new translation and adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Lille Eyolf, a hard-hitting play about many kinds of loss – fe… 

Red and The Wolf

Red and The Wolf

Prospero Theatre have decided it’s their turn to roll out a dark retelling of a well-known fairy tale, showcasing a unique-ish take on Little Red Riding Hood, with their producti… 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Based on the Frank Wedekind play of the same name, the musical Spring Awakening tells the controversial story of a group of young adolescents trying to deal with the tumultuous pro… 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

Soul Nation: Choir On Fire

Soul Nation: Choir On Fire

As an Edinburgh based act performing in the Edinburgh Fringe there’s always going to be a certain level of expectation from the local crowd. 

A Little History of Religion

A Little History of Religion

On the day that his new book is published, come and hear this controversial and outspoken figure in the church discussing it in conversation with the minister of St Andrew’s and St… 

The Rules Of Inflation

The Rules Of Inflation

This is no ordinary birthday party. 

Feeling a Little Sketchy – Creating Characters in Comedy

Feeling a Little Sketchy – Creating Characters in Comedy

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

A Little Byrd told me... An Evening of Renaissance Music

A Little Byrd told me... An Evening of Renaissance Music

Escape into the Renaissance for an hour with music from Octavoce in the beautiful surroundings of the Robin Chapel, Edinburgh. 

Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Red Hot Chilli Pipers

The bagpipe is about as intrinsically Scottish as you can get. 

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Considering the length of most Charles Dickens novels, it’s remarkable that we’ve found ways to abridge them into three hour plays and films. 

A Little Princess

A Little Princess

The number of children’s shows has been increasing every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but so much choice can make it difficult to know which show your kids are going to… 

Into the Woods Jr

Into the Woods Jr

Though the second act is cut completely, half the first act also cut and music transposed into keys more accessible to younger voices, Into The Woods is still a sophisticated show … 

The Little Box of Oblivion

The Little Box of Oblivion

It is a lovely spring day in an urban conurbation. 

The Little Sweep

The Little Sweep

One of the primary aims of The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten, an opera for children, is to demystify the genre to a younger generation. 

Little Song Webs

Little Song Webs

Let acoustic duo Lunabaï weave you into a world of spirited sound. 

The Producers

The Producers

The Producers charts the tale of Broadway producer Max Bialystock and meek accountant Leo Bloom as they try to defraud the wealthy widows of New York out of two million dollars by … 

Drink! The Musical

Drink! The Musical

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… 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s wisdom-packed novella is brought to Edinburgh by the Waldorf Wayfarers – 18 multi-faceted performers, both students and teachers, from Waldorf or Stei… 

Little Boys

Little Boys

LITTLE BOYS are award-winning improviser Alexander Fox and Oxford Revue president Jack Chisnall in a new surreal double act. 

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

As the Melbourne Ska Orchestra marched their way down the middle aisle of the theatre, carrying and playing their instruments and shouting through a megaphone, I knew I was in for … 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The American High School Theatre Festival presents Little Shop of Horrors, a wacky musical journey downtown to Skid Row, a poor run-down neighbourhood where all its residents want … 

Big Fish Little Fish – Ravin' Fringe

Big Fish Little Fish – Ravin' Fringe

Real DJs, in real clubs playing real music, free glow sticks and transfer tattoos. 

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

Sondheim’s most famous flop, Merrily We Roll Along, was his last notable collaboration with Hal Prince. 

The Shadow Box

The Shadow Box

Hailing from Hardin-Simmons University in Texas, The Shadow Box is a reflection of the stages of grief, represented through a series of linked vignettes and monologues. 

Little Shakespeare

Little Shakespeare

Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare. 

Ross Leadbeater's Great British Songbook

Ross Leadbeater's Great British Songbook

Ross Leadbeater is an alumnus of the all-male Welsh choir Only Men Aloud!, who won the 2008 television show Last Choir Standing. 

Living a Little

Living a Little

What should you do in a zombie apocalypse? Well, according to Rob and Paul, just try to have fun. 

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

There are plenty of musicals that have versions suitable for younger companies, but Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone is possibly unique in that it’s a piece that only really works if… 

A Remarkable Person

A Remarkable Person

It’s a little bizarre to go and see something which calls itself ‘a touch of genius’ in its description. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The 80s was time of many things; Rubic’s Cubes, cheesy pop. 

The Empire Builders

The Empire Builders

The Dupont family is prompted by an indefinable terror (the noise) to flee upward from apartment to apartment into ever more constricting circumstances. 

Pete Inskip's Return to the UK

Pete Inskip's Return to the UK

After being raised abroad, Pete Inskip has returned from the New World to his birthplace, London, in search of his true identity and ready to ask some important questions: Why is e… 

Adam Rowe: Bittersweet Little Lies

Adam Rowe: Bittersweet Little Lies

Although still in his early 20s, newcomer Adam is already one of the most sought after acts in the country and is fast becoming a favourite at the UK’s biggest comedy clubs and f… 

Camille O'Sullivan: The Carny Dream

Camille O'Sullivan: The Carny Dream

I imagine Camille O’Sullivan has been called an Irish Chanteuse in reviews more times that you’ve had a flyer thrust at you on the Mile. 

Crack in Progress by Lucy Pearman

Crack in Progress by Lucy Pearman

There’s an egg here to find other eggs and see if they’re OK? 30 minutes of relaxing nonsense. 

Lucy Frederick – Positively Livid

Lucy Frederick – Positively Livid

Lucy Frederick is angry. 

Pete Johansson: Good People

Pete Johansson: Good People

Good People is a light-hearted exploration of what should be a natural journey towards being a better person. 

Gary Little: A Little Bit of Personal

Gary Little: A Little Bit of Personal

After a successful 2015 Fringe, Gary is back with a brand new show. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Pete Otway: Six Years from Then

Pete Otway: Six Years from Then

Pete Otway takes the opportunity in his first Edinburgh solo show to get audiences up to speed with what’s been happening in his life up to now. 

9 to 5

9 to 5

Over the past few years, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland haven’t failed to impress me with their performances at the Fringe and this year is no exception. 

2 Become 1

2 Become 1

I attribute quite a lot of my adult personality to my love affair with girl power and how swept away I got in all things noughties. 

Will Franken: Little Joe

Will Franken: Little Joe

There are two ways to reach the small room where UK-based American character comedian Will Franken is performing. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Confessions of a Justified Songwriter

Confessions of a Justified Songwriter

Written by John and Gerry Kielty, Confessions of a Justified Songwriter takes us on a journey through the creative processes and struggles of writing music when chasing that elusiv… 

Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat

Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat

Triple Threat is a gloriously transgressive flurry of punky, feminist mayhem. 

Living a Little

Living a Little

What should you do in a zombie apocalypse? Well, according to Rob and Paul, just try to have fun. 

Mr Kingdom's Queen Victoria (Or a Little of What You Fancy)

Mr Kingdom's Queen Victoria (Or a Little of What You Fancy)

The queen who ruled a kingdom (and an empire) as you’ve never dared think of her before. 

My World has Exploded a Little Bit

My World has Exploded a Little Bit

At the end of this show, our two performers, Bella and Eva, tell us that they are available for hugs if any are needed. 

Paper Hearts the Musical

Paper Hearts the Musical

It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production. 

Zoe Lyons: Little Misfit

Zoe Lyons: Little Misfit

Zoe Lyons, recent winner of the Chortle Comedy Award and with appearances at Live at the Apollo, The John Bishop Show, Mock the Week and The News Quiz under her belt, is in Edinbur… 

Myra DuBois: Self AdMyra

Myra DuBois: Self AdMyra

As the Willie Loman quote goes “Attention must be paid”. 

Company

Company

Company is a musical so of its time that a string of directors over the past decade have struggled with the problem of whether to present it as an unchanged period piece or contemp… 

Pete Firman – TriX

Pete Firman – TriX

Pete Firman’s tenth Edinburgh Fringe show has a short prelude: a montage of the posters of his previous nine shows. 

Ushers: The Front of House Musical

Ushers: The Front of House Musical

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. 

A Regular Little Houdini

A Regular Little Houdini

Houdini came to Newport twice in the early twentieth century - not a piece of information you’d find at the top of Houdini’s Wikipedia page, but of utmost significance to young Ala… 

Lucy, Lucy and Lucy Barfield

Lucy, Lucy and Lucy Barfield

In a melancholic solo show about growing up and facing the inevitable realisation that there is no Narnia, only the real world, we accompany Lucy Grace on an exploration of the ‘… 

Lucy Porter: Consequences

Lucy Porter: Consequences

In her latest hour, family favourite Lucy Porter reflects on her younger, more radical self with trademark warmth and verve. 

Today, Life, The Universe and the Little Blue Bowl

Today, Life, The Universe and the Little Blue Bowl

New solo show written & performed by Elaine Fellows. 

Hannah Brackenbury: Jumbled

Hannah Brackenbury: Jumbled

Brighton-based musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury performs silly songs on the themes of pound shops, vodka, selfies, tiny horses, cake, country music, cats and more! 

A Regular Little Houdini

A Regular Little Houdini

A tenacious young boy from the docks idolises Houdini and commits himself to a life of magic. 

The Story of the Little Gentleman

The Story of the Little Gentleman

The physical core of the The Little Gentleman is a large wooden crate, addressed to the show’s venue, which is slowly revealed to include numerous small doors and openings from… 

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

A twisted, tender comedy about dealing with your dark side. 

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

If like me you find an Irish accent a wondrous tool capable, in a single crank, of spinning the very stars in the gutter, and if, like me also, you enjoy nothing better than a bi… 

Pete Strong: Self-Sabotage, a Work in Progress

Pete Strong: Self-Sabotage, a Work in Progress

2015 Brighton Squawker award finalist Pete Strong - “walking a fine emotional line. 

A Little Prince

A Little Prince

An aeroplane crashes in the Sahara Desert. 

Down And Out In Paris And London

Down And Out In Paris And London

Bridging a gap of 80 years between author George Orwell’s early life in Paris and a social experiment by Guardian journalist Polly Tonybee in London, Down & Out In Paris And L… 

With A Little Bit Of Luck

With A Little Bit Of Luck

Set when the UK garage scene was at the height of its glory, With a Little Bit of Luck introduces us to 19 year-old Nadia, about to experience her ‘summer of love’ in 2001 and … 

For Little Alan

For Little Alan

For Little Alan comes to London’s Lyric Theatre, with Al Murray, Stewart Lee, Tim Vine, Gayle Tuesday, Harry Hill and Stouffer The Cat. 

Lucy Porter: Consequences

Lucy Porter: Consequences

 

Pilgrimage: A New British Tradition of Walking with Soul

Pilgrimage: A New British Tradition of Walking with Soul

Singing minstrels Guy Hayward and Will Parsons of the British Pilgrimage Trust, lead us in an evening about the re-introduction of pilgrimage to 21st century Britain. 

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC), real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comed… 

The Amazing Adventures of Little Red

The Amazing Adventures of Little Red

The SMASH HIT family musical returns to Brighton. 

Sajeela Kershi: Sharia's L.A.W (Little Asian Women)

Sajeela Kershi: Sharia's L.A.W (Little Asian Women)

Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they liv… 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between. 

Tinned Goods

Tinned Goods

It’s 1984 and the effects of the six-month-old Miner’s Strike is really starting to bite. 

Little Red and the Wolf

Little Red and the Wolf

Most of us come to fairy tales – folk tales in general – courtesy of their so-called “traditional” retellings by Disney or the local panto. 

Little Mix Live at the O2 with Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café

Little Mix Live at the O2 with Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café

Get excited! Little Mix are coming! March 2016 might sound like an age away, but it can’t come soon enough for the return of Little Mix to The O2. 

Rocky Horror Show

Rocky Horror Show

Behind me a slightly overweight man in basque, suspenders and very little else is shuffling up the row to his seat to cheers from the back stalls. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

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… 

Wicked

Wicked

Nearly two decades after its West End debut, Wicked continues to provide a spectacular night out at the Apollo Victoria. 

Clementine the Living Fashion Doll's Seasonal Spectacular

Clementine the Living Fashion Doll's Seasonal Spectacular

Although only 15 inches tall, Clementine is still a mighty big talent. 

Pete Davidson

Pete Davidson

Before joining the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 2014, the 21-year-old Staten Island-native distinguished himself as a stand-up with brutally honest personal materia… 

Dream a Little Dream

Dream a Little Dream

All This Jazz present a wonderful set of sumptuous songs and dazzling duets by vocalists Alison Bishop and Shelagh Westwater, featuring fabulous virtuoso playing from Robbie Hether… 

The Great British Brain Off

The Great British Brain Off

Do you feel like your brain is half-baked? Or that your mental faculties are going off the boil? Join ‘head’ chef Dr Alan Gow in the Great British Brain Off to consider the recipe … 

The Little Red Show

The Little Red Show

Ever had therapy? Feel like a failure? Then this one’s for you! Join performance poet Little Red as she reveals why the therapy didn’t work, through laughter, tears and sexual innu… 

By the Bi

By the Bi

By the Bi is a show that offers to tackle the heady subject matter - of the difficulties of being bisexual - head on. 

Artificial Things

Artificial Things

This is the first year of the ‘iF Platform’ – a new showcase featuring the UK’s top disabled artists and integrated arts companies. 

Pistol Pete Wearn - Footstomping Acoustic Blues

Pistol Pete Wearn - Footstomping Acoustic Blues

Tearing it up with his own raucous interpretation of traditional blues, Pistol Pete Wearn is a renowned vocalist, slide guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter. 

Feeling a Little Sketchy: The Sketch Comedy Comeback

Feeling a Little Sketchy: The Sketch Comedy Comeback

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. 

Even The Little Ones

Even The Little Ones

Come along and enjoy some sublime craziness, all in the name of fun. 

Fold

Fold

This show brings the arts of dancing and paper folding together in an exploration of how the two mediums can unite. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Following sell-out Fringe production Avenue Q, EUSOG return with the deliciously dark cult comedy Little Shop of Horrors. 

The Jive Aces: Spread a Little Happiness

The Jive Aces: Spread a Little Happiness

The UK’s number one jive and swing band return for four nights with an electrifying new show. 

A Little Respect

A Little Respect

Here we go again. 

Three Little Pigs and Three Billy Goats Gruff

Three Little Pigs and Three Billy Goats Gruff

FeatherStone Puppets began in 1960 as John Peel Puppets and played fifteen sell-out years on the Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Tour

The Tour

This play within a musical aims to show us what life as part of a touring company is really like. 

Title of Show

Title of Show

The title of [Title of Show] tells you quite a lot about what you need to know! This musical, within a musical, within a musical writes itself as it plays out. 

The Frantic Canticles of Little Brother Fish

The Frantic Canticles of Little Brother Fish

Babolin – ‘breathtaking’ (TotalTheatre. 

Dogfight

Dogfight

Based on an obscure 1991 feature film, Dogfight is a recent musical from the talented composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, that showtune aficionados may know from Edges, a sho… 

Blue Rose Code

Blue Rose Code

Ross Wilson of Blue Rose Code has gone through quite a transformative journey in the past 18 months. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Pete Morton

Pete Morton

Pete Morton is a folk singer/songwriter with a wealth of powerful songs and stage presence. 

Boys Who Like to Play With Dolls

Boys Who Like to Play With Dolls

This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge… 

Booking Dance Festival

Booking Dance Festival

This is the seventh year that producer and curator of dance Jodi Kaplan has brought the variety of American dance to the Fringe with this “festival within a festival”. 

My World Has Exploded A Little Bit

My World Has Exploded A Little Bit

Bella and Esh (her hapless assistant) present an absurd, darkly comic guide to bereavement. 

Daddy and Robin I Love You (Featuring the Little Snowman)

Daddy and Robin I Love You (Featuring the Little Snowman)

Surreal clown, singer and Phil Kay collaborator Cammy Sinclair (38yrs) accidentally took his son Robin (3yrs) to a gig. 

Kursk

Kursk

Kursk is a play attempting to offer real insight into the life of a submariner and the pressures and realities of life below the sea. 

Closer than Ever

Closer than Ever

Closer Than Ever is a revue musical wherein each song takes us to a different scenario within the complex theme of love and relationships. 

The Discount Comedy Checkout – Improv Show

The Discount Comedy Checkout – Improv Show

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… 

Harry Baker – The Sunshine Kid

Harry Baker – The Sunshine Kid

Harry Baker is a young middle-class blonde rapper-turned-poet. 

Five Feet in Front (The Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo)

Five Feet in Front (The Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo)

This musically infused telling of Five Feet in Front (the Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo) is a highly energised, yarn spinning hoedown of a play. 

A Little Man's Holiday

A Little Man's Holiday

A Little Man’s Holiday tells the tale of an office worker with a big imagination. 

Numbers

Numbers

When I think of an all girls boarding school, I think of discipline, tradition, etiquette, and above all a place where success must exceed expectation. 

Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is being presented by The Kinkaid School of Houston, Texas, as part of The American High School Theatre Festival. 

Limbo

Limbo

Limbo is a pretty hot ticket this fringe. 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

John Cameron and Stephen Trask’s big, ballsy, gender-bending musical detonates upon Greenside’s Royal Terrace stage with a blast that can be heard clear across Edinburgh. 

A Very British Childhood

A Very British Childhood

We are invited into the supposedly idyllic lives of an average suburban family, where absolutely nothing is amiss. 

Smother

Smother

201 Dance Company’s Smother sets out to do something very exciting. 

Stain

Stain

In this tense drama the audience is thrown before a confrontation between former A-grade student Amy and her history teacher Mr Reilly. 

Discoteque Machine

Discoteque Machine

Discoteque Machine, brought to us by Gianmarco Pozzoli and Alice Magione is a morphsuits show. 

Kitty's Bound for Broadway

Kitty's Bound for Broadway

This one-woman musical show sets out with a pleasant and watchable enough idea. 

UKIP! The Musical

UKIP! The Musical

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. 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Little Red Cap

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Little Red Cap

A bare stage, obscured by low lighting and backed by an eerie sinister soundtrack set the tone for this gripping retelling of the classic children’s fairy-tale, but this telling … 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a show centered around just that; children taking part in their local spelling competition. 

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

“The Facebook,” Little moans, is a hub of narcissism and platform for vapid boasts. 

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

From the creative team behind the hugely popular Hairy Maclary Show, Little Red Riding Hood is a fun, original musical for children, with live music and loveable characters. 

The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy

The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy

Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down… 

Bear Hug

Bear Hug

Billed as a rom-com, Bear Hug looked to be a pretty safe bet for some laughs – described as a story about how coming out is easy but how getting back in is harder. 

Dave Callan – A Little Less Conversation 2: A Little More Less Conversation

Dave Callan – A Little Less Conversation 2: A Little More Less Conversation

Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh. 

Little Thing, Big Thing

Little Thing, Big Thing

A nun and an ex-con find themselves on the run across Ireland, carrying two film rolls, identical in appearance but with very different sets of pictures on them. 

Urinetown

Urinetown

Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire are now in their 11th year of performing in the Fringe with their masters level students and Urinetown is one of this year’s offerings from them. 

Pete Johansson: Just Google Me

Pete Johansson: Just Google Me

Fringe favourite returns with limited run presenting reworked classics alongside newly crafted tales that always challenge, enlighten and leave you laughing. 

Willy's Bitches

Willy's Bitches

An all female cast takes some of the classic soliloquies and scenes from Shakespeare’s work and deliver them in an almost cabaret, review format, with the addition of new contempor… 

360 ALLSTARS

360 ALLSTARS

This show has the kind of title that gets you feeling excited right away. 

Le Haggis

Le Haggis

A perfect balance of circus and ceilidh, this entertaining and talented troupe bring Le Haggis, a show that guarantees to have you clapping along in your seat. 

Hannah and Hanna

Hannah and Hanna

With current situation in Calais, the rise of UKIP, depressing rhetoric used by politicians to describe migrants, this play could not be staged at a more fitting time. 

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Where Do Little Birds Go? follows the story of Lucy Fuller in the heat of London’s swinging sixties, where she has hopes of landing her dream job as a West End star (or a barmaid… 

Acts of Redemption

Acts of Redemption

Thrown into the lives of five characters, Ken Jaworoski’s Acts of Redemption reveals moments of loss, regret, realisation and confession, where a snippet of life is captured in a… 

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

The Addams Family is an updated take on the iconic family of twisted misfits that brings the story forward from where it left off. 

Shout! The Mod Musical

Shout! The Mod Musical

“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. 

Pete Firman: Super Duper

Pete Firman: Super Duper

‘It’s fucking magic. 

Trainspotting

Trainspotting

In this rendition of an all time favourite, in-yer-face piece of theatre, the King’s Head Theatre, London presents Trainspotting, a gritty Scottish drama that isn’t afraid to sta… 

Balletronic

Balletronic

Balletronic has a name that intrigued me from the get-go. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

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… 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Why do adults lose the power to imagine? A tender tale of imagination, friendship and loss, as a little prince who has travelled the universe just wants to return to his asteroid, … 

The Empire Builders

The Empire Builders

The absurdist mindset in The Empire Builders would suggest that any endeavour to find meaning in the play is inherently flawed, due to humanity’s inability to make sense of anyth… 

The Rat Pack – Live

The Rat Pack – Live

Fifty minutes of the classic Rat Pack numbers with a full swing orchestra, bringing a little bit of that onstage banter that the trio are known for, and adding in the two Burelli s… 

Chicken Licken and the Little Red Hen

Chicken Licken and the Little Red Hen

A baby chick is born and thinks the sky is falling down. 

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years is not an easy undertaking. 

Revan and Fennell: Fan Club

Revan and Fennell: Fan Club

Brimming with originality and presenting a confidently executed show, Revan and Fennell are a double act that have the potential to succeed the comedy throne of French & Saunders. 

Charlie Baker: Just the One

Charlie Baker: Just the One

Charlie Baker blends song with stand-up, as he intersperses his versions of one hit wonders with tales from his life. 

These Troubled Times

These Troubled Times

Troy Diana’s comedy These Troubled Times focuses on Charles (John Curtis), an openly gay man who arrives at his brother’s family home to babysit his niece and nephew. 

Lucy Frederick – In the Wild

Lucy Frederick – In the Wild

Take a walk on the wild side with comedian Lucy Frederick! An animal lover’s comedy dream! All are covered – ponies to porpoises! ‘Delightful!’ (BroadwayBaby. 

Jethro Compton's Frontier Trilogy: The Clock Strikes Noon

Jethro Compton's Frontier Trilogy: The Clock Strikes Noon

Brought to the fringe by multi-talented Jethro Compton, The Clock Strikes Noon (along with the rest of the Frontier trilogy) is not to be missed. 

Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Kevin MacLeod’s Call To Adventure is entirely appropriate as the walk-in soundtrack to Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

West End Magic, a monthly fixture at the Leicester Square Theatre, heads north for a limited engagement at The Great Yorkshire Fringe. 

The 2015 Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival

The 2015 Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival

This new indie festival takes over a Southern-style biscuit shop for three nights of stand-up comedy. 

The Supreme Fabulettes

The Supreme Fabulettes

Opening their show with the anthem I’m Every Woman, all-male girl group The Supreme Fabulettes are here to make a statement. 

Paul Chowdhry: PC’s World

Paul Chowdhry: PC’s World

I was reading about a Gay Pride event in Glasgow last week that had banned drag acts from performing for fear they may offend transgendered members of their community who were conf… 

The Amazing Bubble Man

The Amazing Bubble Man

You’ve got to hand it to him, Louis Pearl aka The Amazing Bubbleman is a crowd pleaser. 

James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids

James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids

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… 

Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show

Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show

With the blessing of the Cooper Estate, John Hewer takes to the stage in the guise of one of Britain’s most loved comedians. 

Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs

Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs

In this 50th anniversary production of David Halliwell’s comedy Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against The Eunuchs at The Southwark Playhouse, Soggy Arts invite us to visit t… 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(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… 

Three Excellent Little Pigs by Al Start

Three Excellent Little Pigs by Al Start

Huff, puff and puppets! Start-Blooming are firm ‘family-show favourites’ in and around Brighton. 

A Little Man's Holiday

A Little Man's Holiday

Join Little Man as he leaves his boring office job behind him and begins a swash-buckling adventure on the high seas. 

Live Roller Derby: Brighton Rockers

Live Roller Derby: Brighton Rockers

I didn’t know what to expect upon my arrival at the Dolphin Leisure Centre. 

Shit-faced Shakespeare

Shit-faced Shakespeare

I first heard of Shit-faced Shakespeare when I performed my first Edinburgh Fringe play back in 2013; it was one of those plays that ‘everyone was talking about’ and of course … 

Lucy Frederick: In the Wild

Lucy Frederick: In the Wild

Take a walk on the wild side with the delightful Lucy Frederick! The “wonderfully light-hearted” (ThreeWeeks) comedian takes you on a trek around the world of pets and creatures. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

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 Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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… 

Pete Seeger: America's Tuning Fork

Pete Seeger: America's Tuning Fork

An insight into the life and loves of Pete Seeger, ‘The Godfather of Folk’. 

A Little Respect

A Little Respect

Irreverent and dark, ‘A little Respect’ is a sexy little thriller filled with intrigue, waspish one-liners and homoeroticism. 

The Liberation of an Angry Little Man

The Liberation of an Angry Little Man

A stand-up tragedy show about great expectations, ambition, resilience and, ultimately, the horror of failure. 

Little Joe's Cautionary Tales

Little Joe's Cautionary Tales

Brighton Fringe’s number one free family event will entertain both you and your little ones. 

The Little Leaf

The Little Leaf

One day, a curious little girl stumbles across a lonely little leaf hiding in her attic. 

Dusty

Dusty "O"s Musical Menagerie

Thirty years ago there was a late-night drinking spot in Soho called The Piano Bar. 

British Sign Language Film Screening Fundraiser for The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble

British Sign Language Film Screening Fundraiser for The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble

An accessible event featuring British Sign Language films alongside performances from members of the Deaf & Hearing Ensemble, as well as a creative auction, sign name booths and op… 

A Little Man's Holiday

A Little Man's Holiday

Little Man is leaving his dull office life behind and going on an adventure on the high seas. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

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… 

Little Children Dream of God

Little Children Dream of God

(previews start on Jan. 

The Little Match Girl Passion

The Little Match Girl Passion

The composer David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning choral work, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of a poor young girl’s struggle with neglect and poverty on a h… 

Mary Beard: He-he-he! What Made the Ancient Romans Laugh?

Mary Beard: He-he-he! What Made the Ancient Romans Laugh?

Mary Beard is an unlikely rockstar. 

Cadenza at the Fringe

Cadenza at the Fringe

Greyfriars Kirk was the perfect setting for this Edinburgh based choir’s return to the Fringe after sellout shows in previous years. 

Green Snake

Green Snake

Green Snake, brought to the Fringe by the National Theatre of China, promises to be a modern take on a old Chinese myth. 

#YOLO

#YOLO

The concept of YOLO or You Only Live Once for those of you who aren’t in the know about these kinds of things, has been a trendy phrase for the past couple of years. 

PratFall

PratFall

A ‘pratfall’ refers to the slapstick action, common in clowning, of falling and landing on the buttocks. 

I Am the Wind

I Am the Wind

I Am The Wind not only plays with these idea of meaningful space but relies upon it. 

Spread a Little Happiness

Spread a Little Happiness

The UK’s no. 

The Lost Domain

The Lost Domain

Alain Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes is the inspiration for this in-house created musical which sees the return of Shrewsbury and Severn Opera group to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Based on the Roger Corman film, this is a laugh-a-minute spoof about young nerd Seymour and his mysterious plant, Audrey II, who possesses an unusual appetite. 

Amy plus Steppenwolf Syndrome (Double Bill)

Amy plus Steppenwolf Syndrome (Double Bill)

“She wasn’t abnormal. 

Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder

Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder

Who doesn’t love a good murder? Most of Britain does apparently and this preoccupation is not a recent event. 

The End of Empire and the Fragmentation of Britain

The End of Empire and the Fragmentation of Britain

Dr Bryan Glass investigates how the Scots reacted to the end of the British Empire: specifically why decolonization coincided with the rise of Scottish nationalism and calls for Sc… 

The Little Leaf

The Little Leaf

One day, a curious little girl stumbles across a lonely little leaf, hiding in her attic. 

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture. 

The God That Comes

The God That Comes

It takes a hell of a lot of stage presence to pull of a one-man cabaret musical inspired by Euripides’ The Bacchae, but Hawksley Workman is certainly up to the task. 

Shakespeare in Song

Shakespeare in Song

Shakespeare in Song attempts to bring the works of Shakespeare to life using songs from through the centuries and chosen complimentary verses. 

Seated Reservations

Seated Reservations

Seated Reservations’ description as a “one act comedy play about life, death and coffee” doesn’t raise expectations sky-high, but I was very quickly converted by the fast-pac… 

The Three Peaks

The Three Peaks

With The Three Peaks, the Dunnington Players explore not only the three peaks of Yorkshire but also what can happen to us over the course of a year. 

Hannah and Barri: Telly Box

Hannah and Barri: Telly Box

Telly Box is a difficult show to describe: a bombardment of amusing ideas and parodies that take the form of a Sunday morning television show. 

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Based on the true story of Lisa Prescott, who was kidnapped by the Kray Twins and essentially donated as a sex-slave to an escaped murderer, Camilla Whitehill’s Where Do Li… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The brilliant IndigoCo return to the Fringe, with the enigmatic and bloodthirsty Audrey 2 in the starring role. 

NSFW

NSFW

It is an exceptionally brave thing for an amateur company to take a recent professional London production and attempt to pull it off as a Fringe performance, but this is exactly wh… 

Pirates of Men's Pants

Pirates of Men's Pants

Gilbert and Sullivan musicals aren’t to everyone’s taste, and could most definitely do with an injection of a more modern approach. 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Little Jazz Bird

Little Jazz Bird

Join Edinburgh’s own little jazz bird, Victoria Bennett, for an hour of classic, jazz standards. 

Michelangelo Drawing Blood

Michelangelo Drawing Blood

Michelangelo Drawing Blood explores the artist’s fascination with the male form, partly inspired by his sketches for the unfinished fresco The Battle of Cascina. 

Alan Davies: Little Victories

Alan Davies: Little Victories

Much lauded as resident dunderhead on QI or the charming but reticent crime solver Jonathan Creek, Davies virtuosic story-telling and whip-smart funny bones combine to make this a … 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013. 

Darling Ghost

Darling Ghost

Darling Ghost is a collaboration between singer and pianist Sheena Bernett, four woodwind musicians and two spoken word performers, bringing what they describe as “theatrical a… 

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs

Following the disappearance of Dick Whittington and several other fairy tale creatures, the five little piggies suspect the Big Bad Wolf has returned. 

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little isn’t. 

The Legend of the Little Mermaid

The Legend of the Little Mermaid

Sticking close to the original story by Hans Christian Anderson, a cast of five use dialogue and contemporary style dance to tell this dark story of the sea and love. 

This is Contemporary Ice Skating

This is Contemporary Ice Skating

Most of us have only ever been exposed to ice skating through the Winter Olympics, which is kind of like living in a world where the only readily-available form of dance is balle… 

In Control

In Control

The premise of this devised piece, championed by Director Alex Hargreaves, is to break down the usual comforts of viewing horror in a cinema and instead bring the story to a place … 

Albee Vector the Sound Collector

Albee Vector the Sound Collector

Amid the gloriously eccentric trappings of the Treasure Island themed Italian restaurant Hispaniola (a former haunt of Robert Louis Stevenson’s), Greenlight Theatre have achiev… 

An American's Guide to Being Like, Totally British

An American's Guide to Being Like, Totally British

Thirty-one years ago, a girl was born somewhere in suburban America. 

Little Wheel presents: Confused About Y-Fronts!

Little Wheel presents: Confused About Y-Fronts!

Are you confused by life? Do you miss Y-fronts? Did you even realise they were gone? Ever wonder what a live sex show is like, or how accountants chat girls up? Are you worried abo… 

Pete Dobbing: Dobbing

Pete Dobbing: Dobbing

Breakfast, bitcoins and other areas of contention. 

Am I

Am I

Following huge success at last years Fringe, LCP Dance Theatre return this year with an extended version of this multimedia dance performance. 

Jagged Little People

Jagged Little People

A character and storytelling show about life’s little losers. 

Return to the Forbidden Planet

Return to the Forbidden Planet

Wellington College make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with the wacky jukebox musical Return to the Forbidden Planet. 

Critical! (A Sociopath’s Guide to Influencing Edinburgh Fringe Reviewers)

Critical! (A Sociopath’s Guide to Influencing Edinburgh Fringe Reviewers)

How to review a Fringe show whose cast kidnaps and threatens a theatre critic at gunpoint? Will any positive comments be interpreted as surrendering to the demands of terrorists? W… 

Soldier Box

Soldier Box

Soldier Box is a new play brought to this year’s Fringe by New Celt Productions, a company that amalgamates the talents of both Queen Margaret and Napier university’s recent grad… 

Bonded by Blood

Bonded by Blood

The writers and performers of Bonded by Blood could have possibly struck gold with having me there to review the show. 

Folie à Deux

Folie à Deux

It is a rare thing to leave a theatre having been utterly blown away by a performance. 

Nando's and Nandon'ts: A Musical

Nando's and Nandon'ts: A Musical

“A girl. 

Anthem for a Doomed Youth

Anthem for a Doomed Youth

By turns harrowing, tender and witty, Guy Masterson’s one-man commemoration of the soldiers of the First World War is a poetry reading of first-class calibre. 

Riders

Riders

Lenka Vagnerová and Company have two shows on at this year’s Fringe, Riders and La Loba. 

Little on the inside

Little on the inside

On a patch of green that is nowhere to be found here, two women provide a little comfort for one another. 

KlangHaus

KlangHaus

With over 3000 shows descending on Edinburgh this month, the city is attempting to squeeze a Fringe venue out of every possible space available. 

Off the Curtain

Off the Curtain

Off The Curtain is described as an ‘East-meets-West’ one-woman show, using a mixture of storytelling, acting and poetic narrative. 

The Piece of Paper Paradox

The Piece of Paper Paradox

‘The mindless monotony of routine in the workplace’ is how Blue Moon Theatre describe the show that they have brought to this year’s Fringe. 

Starchild: The Little Prince Reborn

Starchild: The Little Prince Reborn

Urban Aphrodite International is a company based in Shanghai. 

Marcel Vol. I – Italian Politics as a Work of Art

Marcel Vol. I – Italian Politics as a Work of Art

Marcel Vol I explores the topic of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandals, portrayed in the form of an absurdist nightmare. 

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it. 

No Name

No Name

Playwright and screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher has a long career writing historical dramas, including Stage Beauty and The Duchess. 

You, Me and the World

You, Me and the World

You know that scene in every crime show ever, when the police finally show up at the serial killer’s lair to find a treasure trove of strange, coded messages pinned to the wall… 

re:Fujisan

re:Fujisan

Japanese dance company LaN-T003 have been to the Fringe several times before, bringing with them an eccentric blend of video art, physical theatre and quirky slapstick. 

Erich McElroy: The British Referendum

Erich McElroy: The British Referendum

American satirist Erich McElroy got himself a British passport. 

Little Jokes

Little Jokes

‘I see life as basically tragic and futile and the only thing that matters in life is making little jokes,’ wrote Edward Lear, a Victorian best known for his nonsense poetry an… 

The Babysitters

The Babysitters

Set in a surreal criminal underworld where gangsters play Cluedo, Hide and Seek and drink home-grown English garden tea, The Babysitters is an ambitious piece of new writing that… 

21 Things You Should Know About Toronto's Crack-Smoking Mayor

21 Things You Should Know About Toronto's Crack-Smoking Mayor

The idea of a comedy play that’s centred around something we are all really familiar with at the moment - ‘listicles’ - is quite intriguing. 

Little Prince in the Desert

Little Prince in the Desert

A pilot stranded in the desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures travelling the universe. 

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

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. 

Brazouka

Brazouka

Braz Dos Santos has quite the tale to tell. 

The Underwater Adventure: Lucy Limpet's Quest for Chippy Cove

The Underwater Adventure: Lucy Limpet's Quest for Chippy Cove

An exciting tale of bravery, trust, friendship and love. 

Dylan Thomas: Clown in the Moon

Dylan Thomas: Clown in the Moon

Dylan Thomas’ life often seems made for drama, partly because the man himself was such an actor, both in onstage performances of his poetry and in his daily life, and partly becaus… 

Lucy Ayrton: The Splitting of the Mermaid

Lucy Ayrton: The Splitting of the Mermaid

In this feminist retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, the desire to be human is not borne out of desire to find a Prince, but a desire to experience motherh… 

Lucy Frederick and the Claw of Anxiety!

Lucy Frederick and the Claw of Anxiety!

Just when you thought it was safe and you hoped you were cool, there comes. 

Lucy Porter: Me Time

Lucy Porter: Me Time

Comedians can be a cynical bunch. 

The Little Big Show

The Little Big Show

Little tent. 

Eden Gate

Eden Gate

Eden Gate is very much like stepping into a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie. 

Sonics in Duum

Sonics in Duum

As one of many circus shows visiting Edinburgh this month, Sonics in Duum has some pretty stiff competition. 

Hannah Gadsby: The Exhibitionist

Hannah Gadsby: The Exhibitionist

Australian award-winning comedienne and author of the successful Australian television art doco Hannah Gadsby’s Oz, Hannah Gadsby is back this Edinburgh Fringe with a fresh batch… 

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you. 

Pete Johansson: Several Jokes

Pete Johansson: Several Jokes

Amidst the gimmicky sketch shows and hard-hitting monologues that populate the Fringe every August, sometimes you need to go back to basics. 

A Little Nonsense

A Little Nonsense

It is a rare and precious thing to find a show which is not only brilliant, but which is brilliant in such a wide range of ways. 

Eric and Little Ern

Eric and Little Ern

The year is 1999 and Ernie Wise is in hospital, 15 years after the death of Eric Morecambe. 

Lucy Beaumont: We Can Twerk It Out

Lucy Beaumont: We Can Twerk It Out

A sign for the Walton Street Working Men’s Club hangs on one wall, on the other a set of gold and pink lametta streamers. 

Pentimento

Pentimento

One of the perils of confessional theatre is that you may end up paying to witness someone airing their dirty laundry. 

Cirque Tsuki: Feast

Cirque Tsuki: Feast

Cirque Tsuki: Feast plays with the old tales of 1001 Arabian Nights, exploring multiple interlocking stories-within-stories. 

Pete Firman: Trickster

Pete Firman: Trickster

Trickster sees Pete Firman perform his signature blend of jokes and magic tricks with the usual swag and flair which regulars will have come to expect from his shows. 

The Greatest Liar in All the World

The Greatest Liar in All the World

Familia de la Noche take the story of Pinocchio and turn it on its head, with the former puppet boy as the titular “greatest liar in the world. 

Hot Cat

Hot Cat

Following the success of Track 3, a highly original adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Theatre Movement Bazaar return to the Fringe with their steaming-new adaptation of Ten… 

Black is the Color of My Voice

Black is the Color of My Voice

Apphia Campbell brings an all-encompassing presence to the stage during this solo performance. 

Ming: The Golden Empire

Ming: The Golden Empire

‘Ming’ roughly translated means brilliant or bright, a translation that seems fitting for this enlightening exhibition. 

About Miss Julie

About Miss Julie

Strindberg’s classic 19th Century upstairs-downstairs play Miss Julie dealing with social mores is transported to a post-World War I England in which the class system was unde… 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

Pete Firman

Pete Firman

A Golden Rose nominee at the Rose d’Or Festival in Montreux, Pete Firman is the UK’s leading Comedian/Magician. 

Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Established in 1959, Dutch dance company Nederlands Dans Theatre strove to break away from the expectations and traditions of ballet. 

The British Hitman 1970 - 2014

The British Hitman 1970 - 2014

Professor David Wilson, Centre for Applied Criminology, Birmingham Central University, presents the 2014 University of Brighton Social Science Forum public lecture. 

The Little Soldiers

The Little Soldiers

Amidst the wonders of the circus, an impossible dream appears. 

Birthday Girls

Birthday Girls

Birthday Girls are a sketch group that leave you laughing and at times utterly confused. 

Sophie Hannah: Sex, Lies and the Internet

Sophie Hannah: Sex, Lies and the Internet

Sexual infidelity, internet cruelty and secrecy - how much should one tell and how much should one hide? Queen of psychological crime and prize-winning poet Sophie Hannah in conver… 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

One boy. 

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous novella, the story of a pilot who crash-lands his plane in the Saharan desert and befriends a boy, ‘the little prince’, with whom he embarks … 

British Music Reloaded

British Music Reloaded

Play your part in creating a modern musical response to a First World War poem. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

British Music and the Great War

British Music and the Great War

A concert of British music to mark the 2014 centenary of the Great War and the impact of the conflict on heritage and culture. 

From Up Here

From Up Here

High above the hustling, bustling streets of New York city, the Brooklyn bridge serves as the perfect setting for five New Yorkers to seek refuge from their busy lives. 

Sister

Sister

Two sisters reveal themselves in a physical, biographical piece directly examining their relationship, sexuality, experiences and choices. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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. 

Best of British Gala Concert

Best of British Gala Concert

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’ … 

Things Have Been a Little Bit Tricky

Things Have Been a Little Bit Tricky

Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d… 

The Crucible

The Crucible

After a gruelling past GCSE drama experience of The Crucible, I’ve always thought Arthur Miller’s play to be a weighty piece of theatre that requires a tenacious attention span… 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch has a cult following. 

The Maydays: The Last 10 Years

The Maydays: The Last 10 Years

Do you have any regrets about your life? Celebrating ten years as a company, The Maydays pose questions to the audience about the last ten years of their own life: whether you have… 

The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

Written as a contemporary piece in 1954, The Pajama Game is a musical about a rag trade union dispute and the romance that develops between the leaders of the opposing sides of t… 

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Freshly-graduated and bright-eyed Princeton arrives in Avenue Q looking for his purpose but lacking the funds to afford anywhere better to stay. 

Little Mac, Little Mac, You're The Very Man!

Little Mac, Little Mac, You're The Very Man!

Less Than Rent’s current production Little Mac, Little Mac, You’re The Very Man! is billed as ‘an adventure-capitalist rodeo. 

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Last year, Minnetonka High School brought the school edition of Les Misérables to Edinburgh as part of the American High School Theatre Festival, and to say the least I was blown … 

Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Nighttime. 

Broken Holmes

Broken Holmes

Since Broken Holmes’ last visit to the Fringe with a farcical tale of the eponymous detective in 2009, a certain Benedict Cumberbatch has helped propel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s… 

Brand New Ancients

Brand New Ancients

It’s not hard to be cynical. 

In-be-tween

In-be-tween

Imagine trying to get somewhere in a hurry, when all of a sudden you get stuck behind someone who’s walking painfully slowly. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

It’s impossible not to have a good time at Little Shop of Horrors - the music is so uplifting, the characters so fun and the story so oddly compelling. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The Fringe has always been a place of no limits and of being accessible to all, including the numerous school groups and companies who bring their efforts with them to Edinburgh. 

Second Coming

Second Coming

As anyone who’s ever been involved in any kind of show will know, they’re not easy things to put on. 

Arcadia

Arcadia

Ah, the English country garden. 

Vernon God Little

Vernon God Little

Someone once wrote of the novel Vernon God Little that it ‘was a work of unutterably tedious nastiness and vulgarity’, and its author DBC (Dirty But Clean) Pierre ‘a man with… 

I Guess if the Stage Exploded...

I Guess if the Stage Exploded...

Given the title of this show, you might have been expecting action, adventure and plenty of pyrotechnics. 

Angus: Weaver of Grass

Angus: Weaver of Grass

Angus: Weaver of Grass is an unusual and beautiful production that weaves together music, puppetry, and mask into a visual and aural spectacle. 

Sacred Earth

Sacred Earth

The word I would use to describe this production is ‘intricate’. 

The Little Wheel Sketch Show

The Little Wheel Sketch Show

Allow this exciting sketch troupe to take you for a spin through a random roulette of manic sketches, including celeb comedians, a singing prime minister and an outrageous chat sho… 

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

The Booking Dance Festival is a self-titled ‘dance festival within a festival,’ and their annual Fringe showcase certainly offers the opportunity to experience a smorgasbord of… 

Little Red

Little Red

Big Mix Theatre combines clever animation with live action to bring to life a charming alternative take on the traditional children’s story of Little Red Riding Hood. 

A Little Piece of Heaven

A Little Piece of Heaven

It’s a shame “A Little Piece of Heaven” isn’t billed as a thriller, because it is most certainly horrifying. 

Blind Mirth Improv Comedy

Blind Mirth Improv Comedy

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… 

Miyazu - The Little Mermaid

Miyazu - The Little Mermaid

  • Listing
    • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 12th - 16th Aug 2013

A Japanese love story set between earth-world and sea-world in ancient and modern times. 

The Boy and the Bunnet

The Boy and the Bunnet

Scotland’s version of Peter and the Wolf is an enchanting tale with a lot of heart. 

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along is a curious musical. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

Exploring the Best of Young British Novelists

Exploring the Best of Young British Novelists

Enliven your literary knowledge with tales young novelists are spinning. 

The Story of Little Dombey

The Story of Little Dombey

What with the recent Les Miserables fever, everyone has been fussing over Victor Hugo and ignoring that other cheerful scribe of poverty and dying children - our very own Charles J… 

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Looking at an empty, upturned cathedral setting, with the scent of incense wafting around the room and quiet choral music playing in the background, I was unsure what to expect fro… 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

British Vocal Jazz Festival

British Vocal Jazz Festival

Manhattan has The Carlyle, London has Ronnie’s, Edinburgh has Le Monde playing host to the finest jazz singers - Carol Kidd, Gwyneth Herbert, Clare Teal, Joe Stilgoe, Niki King, To… 

Little Foot

Little Foot

Experience the powerful portrayal of relationships through the eyes of a group of teenagers who travel deep inside the so-called Cradle of Humankind. 

A Little Bit of Dickens

A Little Bit of Dickens

This a fantastic and innovative way to introduce children into the exciting world of Charles Dickens and Victorian England. 

Little Jazz Bird

Little Jazz Bird

Jazz vocalist Victoria Bennett has a talent for interpretation and a whimsical approach to melody. 

YurtaKids! 24583 Little Creepy Wonders

YurtaKids! 24583 Little Creepy Wonders

There is nothing wrong with the message of this show from the Italian company, Scarlattineteatro, but then neither is it particularly original. 

Aidan Goatley is On the Mend

Aidan Goatley is On the Mend

After a darker time last year in which Aidan Goatley suffered from a patch of bad mental health, he is back to let everybody know he is now on top form and how it was watching his … 

A Complete and Comprehensive History of the Roman Empire in Less Than an Hour - With Jokes

A Complete and Comprehensive History of the Roman Empire in Less Than an Hour - With Jokes

Misnomer number one of the title; it does actually last a full hour. 

Rowena Haley: There's More to Life Than Chips

Rowena Haley: There's More to Life Than Chips

Rowena Haley’s show has a simple, yet entertaining foundation: what is it like to grow up with a 93-year-old as your best friend? Through wittily penned songs, anecdotes and lar… 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

The Fanny Hill Project

The Fanny Hill Project

I really wanted to like this show. 

Hannah Gadsby: Nakedy Nudes

Hannah Gadsby: Nakedy Nudes

Torsos, buttocks and breasts were bountifully put on display in Hannah Gadsby’s comic art history lecture. 

Katerina Vrana: Feta With The Queen

Katerina Vrana: Feta With The Queen

Katerina Vrana’s multinational show is the kind of comedy gold that makes the Free Fringe all the more worthwhile. 

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip)

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip)

Waiting in the Summerhall lobby, three other people and I are greeted by a smiling American in chunky glasses who takes us downstairs. 

Vessel

Vessel

Vessel focuses on the reunion of five Irish siblings who are in the process of building a ship together in memory of their mysteriously absent brother John. 

Dumbstruck

Dumbstruck

This is a show about a man living on his own in an isolated arctic base listening to whale song. 

Herons

Herons

There’s one astonishingly effective scene of violence in this show. 

Big Spoon, Little Spoon

Big Spoon, Little Spoon

Are you a big spoon or more of a little spoon type of person? Come see this stand-up show from two spoon enthusiasts. 

Out to Lunch

Out to Lunch

The food’s great in Edinburgh, isn’t it? You’ve got all those stalls selling gourmet hot dogs and falafel, every venue has its own cafe - I’m even sitting in a coffee shop … 

Squally Showers

Squally Showers

This is a show that is sumptuous to look at: the atmospheric lighting, projections of blue skies and clouds, the dancing, the synthetic 80s glamour which pervades the set and costu… 

Anna

Anna

This is not an easy show to watch. 

The Jocks and Geordies

The Jocks and Geordies

The Jocks and Geordies is a show that has found an audience. 

Solfatara

Solfatara

The opening of Solfatara prepares you for something atmospheric - a bit creepy, a bit strange. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

I was so ready to tear this show down. 

Pete Otway and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean

Pete Otway and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean

Join two of the most promising up-and-coming comedians, Pete Otway, ‘devastatingly funny’ (Chortle. 

Lucy Frederick - In Pursuit of Cool

Lucy Frederick - In Pursuit of Cool

Affable and slightly confused, Lucy Frederick invites you to join her in her tireless quest to be the cool kid in town. From onesies to dubstep … where is cool hiding these days? 

Pete Cain: Everybody Out!

Pete Cain: Everybody Out!

Pete Cain, London’s wicked working class hero brings his manifesto for the future of the United Kingdom to the Assembly Rooms, in an attempt to solve each of his audience member�… 

L.O.V.E.

L.O.V.E.

Shall I compare this show to a summer’s day? I wouldn’t call it lovely or temperate. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

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. 

Boys

Boys

Growing up. 

Long Live The Little Knife

Long Live The Little Knife

The value of art, human redemption, dead labradoodles. 

Stand Up, Woman

Stand Up, Woman

The idea behind Julia Munrow’s one-woman show has the potential to be entertaining: a mother of two at the end of her tether after being taken advantage of by her husband, friend… 

Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles is billed as ‘An Entertainment on Marriage’ and so it is, specifically marriage grown old and a little bit stale. 

Craig Hill - Tartan About!

Craig Hill - Tartan About!

You just know that any show that begins with a bald man in a kilt gyrating camply to Madonna with a male audience member is going to be a winner. 

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs

We learn from the outset of the play that two of the three pigs are dead. 

Hidden

Hidden

The lights go down. 

Hannah Gadsby: Happiness is a Bedside Table

Hannah Gadsby: Happiness is a Bedside Table

For many, a stand-up show themed around the worst moments of a performer’s life sounds like the least comedic thing imaginable, but Hannah Gadsby’s show is nothing if it is not… 

Tanyalee Davis - Big Trouble in Little 'Gina

Tanyalee Davis - Big Trouble in Little 'Gina

If you are over 35 or simply want to hear how middle-aged life is a going to be a blood-stained nightmare, then this is the show for you; for anyone else, sit tight for an uncomfor… 

Charlie Baker: Baker's Dozen

Charlie Baker: Baker's Dozen

Award-winning comedian and ‘Devon’s answer to Sinatra’ (Guardian), sings the 13 biggest selling UK singles from the last 13 years. 

Choose Your Own Documentary By Nathan Penlington

Choose Your Own Documentary By Nathan Penlington

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure Books, where you got to pick what happens at the end of each page? Nathan Penlington does. 

Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer

Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer

You know that uncle you have who doesn’t know when to stop talking? Who assumes you’re interested in every conversation he had with every person he spoke to today and thinks hi… 

Lucy Porter – Northern Soul

Lucy Porter – Northern Soul

In her 22nd year of visiting the Edinburgh Fringe, the ever chirpy, evergreen Lucy Porter puts her identity in front of the audience as she explains her confused, northern routes. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely. 

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is not really a musical, but rather a song cycle, or collection of songs and poetic verse. 

Pete Firman - Scoundrel

Pete Firman - Scoundrel

Pete Firman is a natural born entertainer and he knows it. 

I Could've Been Better

I Could've Been Better

James Whiteaker is a train announcer who has never been on a train. 

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian. 

Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe

Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe

Tom Wrigglesworth is anything but ordinary. 

Sex Lives of Others

Sex Lives of Others

‘Oh yeah! Harder! Do it to me!’ Would you eavesdrop on your neighbours’ sex life? It’s hard to not be a little curious about what other people get up to. 

Overcoat

Overcoat

Ah, the classic boy-meets-overcoat tale. 

Eric and Little Ern

Eric and Little Ern

It’s a brave pair indeed who decide to recreate arguably the nation’s favourite double act, Morecambe and Wise, in a new show, but that’s what Ian Ashpitel (Wise) and Jonty Stephen… 

The Little Soldiers

The Little Soldiers

It’s fair to say that, to a lot of people, mime consists of a man in makeup, wearing white gloves and a stripy top, making big-fish-little-fish-cardboard-box style hand gestures. 

Banksy: The Room in the Elephant

Banksy: The Room in the Elephant

This is already a popular show: the queue outside the venue stretched halfway down the street; once inside, the less punctual audience members were scanning the crowd for a single … 

Michael Pope is Gay for Pay - Free

Michael Pope is Gay for Pay - Free

This gig is a total surprise – just what the Fringe should be. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

This Fringe classic pops up most years, with songs such as ‘Somewhere That’s Green’ and ‘Don’t Feed The Plants’ bringing the house down. 

There's Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Oscar Pike

There's Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Oscar Pike

The Fringe cliché about performing to an audience of two men and a dog is every company’s nightmare. 

Precious Little Talent

Precious Little Talent

Ella Hickson was the darling of the Fringe last year with her debut play, Eight. 

Take The Empire: The Great Big Marvellous Victorian Game Show

Take The Empire: The Great Big Marvellous Victorian Game Show

Here’s the pitch and don’t run away: a Victorian-themed Shooting Stars with two insane Victorian aristocrats in the roles of Vic and Bob. 

Have A Nice Life

Have A Nice Life

I’m beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, who’s keeping all the good stuff ‘round the back’. 

Five Guys Named Moe

Five Guys Named Moe

With a budget that suggests they spent more in the lighting rig than most in Edinburgh spend on their whole show, the production values on Five Guys Named Moe are ridiculously high… 

Not Treasure Island

Not Treasure Island

This show is really fun: three performers in some barebones theatre - ultimate Fringe style, nothing but a black box - telling a comic version of Treasure Island. 

The Boy With Tape On His Face

The Boy With Tape On His Face

We are warned at the beginning of this show that audience interaction is imminent. 

Jen Brister is British(ish)

Jen Brister is British(ish)

I must admit that I’ve never attended a stand-up gig where the audience is implored by the comic to perform the national anthem before commencing. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Welcome to Skid Row, a New York slum where only those who don’t have any choice would go. 

Little Black B**tard

Little Black B**tard

Noel Tovey is a legend. 

Hard Hearted Hannah And Other Stories

Hard Hearted Hannah And Other Stories

It’s nice to get out of the manic hustle and bustle of the old town during the festival, so it’s with welcome relief I went to the Theatre Workshop in quiet and leafy Stockbride to… 

Her Right Mind

Her Right Mind

The audience is introduced to the story behind Her Right Mind via a dynamically-staged sequence showing us the mundanity of protagonist Jack’s life. 

Helmsman Pete: Postcards From The Edge Of The World!

Helmsman Pete: Postcards From The Edge Of The World!

An hour can be a long time. 

Plane Food Cafe

Plane Food Cafe

There is something uniquely wonderful about Plane Food Café that makes it a perfect fit for the Fringe. 

Little Howard's Big Show

Little Howard's Big Show

It should be no surprise that I am not the only unaccompanied adult at Little Howard’s Big Show. 

Charlie Baker Freshly Baked

Charlie Baker Freshly Baked

At the risk of sounding completely unprofessional, I would like to summate that Charlie Baker’s new stand up show Freshly Baked is ‘alright. 

The Wolves Descend

The Wolves Descend

In a picturesque Croatian village where the main industry is werewolf tourism, the owners of The House of the Night Bed & Breakfast are facing a decline in their business due to th… 

Little Gem

Little Gem

Three women, a triptych of three generations, sit apart, facing you on the stage. 

Lucy Porter - Fool's Gold

Lucy Porter - Fool's Gold

Lucy Porter is a darling of the Fringe. 

Hannah Gadsby - Hannah Wants a Wife

Hannah Gadsby - Hannah Wants a Wife

Taking us through a short history lesson in marriage and art through the ages, Hannah Gadsby’s show is stand-up comedy with a little social, cultural and even educational twist. 

Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free

Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free

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 Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

Little Matter

Little Matter

Unlike anything else in Edinburgh this year, The River People bring an old gypsy wagon placed just off Chambers Street to tell an ancient tale of the beginning of the universe. 

A Little Nonsense

A Little Nonsense

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men”. 

Mick Miller and Jimmy Cricket

Mick Miller and Jimmy Cricket

The Fringe Festival may be the home of the new and outrageous but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for some classic hits as well. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors is a cult hit about the unlikely pairing of two flower shop assistants, Seymour and Audrey, following the former’s discovery of a rare and unusual plant. 

Pete Johansson: Naked Pictures Of My Life

Pete Johansson: Naked Pictures Of My Life

Naked Pictures of my life is a no holds barred look at Pete’s life as he approaches middle age and starts to experience and think about aging. 

Mick Foley: Prisoner of Raw

Mick Foley: Prisoner of Raw

Mick Foley has a hardcore fan base. 

Lucy Porter’s Love-in

Lucy Porter’s Love-in

The theme of this years offering is love, which Lucy equates to a mental illness. 

Female Hitchhiker: The Truth About Getting Around - Free

Female Hitchhiker: The Truth About Getting Around - Free

In this free one-woman show, Clara Lilly shares a string of stories collected from ten years of hitchhiking. 

Rent

Rent

RENT charts the story of a group of friends living in New York’s Alphabet City in the early nineties, a ghetto of Manhattan synonymous with starving artists. 

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical

If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different. 

Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker

Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker

For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

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… 

Harry Baker: Proper Pop-up Purple Paper People

Harry Baker: Proper Pop-up Purple Paper People

Harry Baker: World Slam Champion 2012, immaculate wordsmith and genuinely nice guy. 

Milo McCabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life

Milo McCabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life

The premise of the show is that This Is your Life is doing a special on Kenny Moon, comedian. 

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

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 Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed

The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed

In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S… 

Bane 1, 2 & 3

Bane 1, 2 & 3

The Bane trilogy - a one man tribute to film noir and American gangsters featuring hitman Bruce Bane who ‘always gets his man’ in a series of perilous exploits - is a cult hit … 

Lights! Camera! Improvise!

Lights! Camera! Improvise!

The term ‘improv comedy’ is usually enough to have me, and any number of reviewers I know in Edinburgh, making excuses and running for the exit. 

Lucy Porter - The Good Life

Lucy Porter - The Good Life

This is Lucy Porter’s 5th visit to the Fringe and at last she’s managing to fake sincerity. 

Tim Clare: How to Be a Leader

Tim Clare: How to Be a Leader

Power corrupts, whether you are a totalitarian dictator or a comedian trying to win over a room of comedy-hungry punters. 

Michael Redmond: Mannequins, Fishmongers, Guacamole and Me ... and Other Things

Michael Redmond: Mannequins, Fishmongers, Guacamole and Me ... and Other Things

Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap. 

Putting It Together by Sondheim

Putting It Together by Sondheim

Putting It Together was the product of collaboration between Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie (yes, the same one from Cranford off the telly). 

Scott Mills The Musical

Scott Mills The Musical

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… 

Footlights in 'Pretty Little Panic'

Footlights in 'Pretty Little Panic'

The Footlights are one of the most famous comedy groups of all time, and there certainly was a buzz of celebrity in the packed out venue. 

What Remains

What Remains

The bright lights and cheer of the festival suddenly seem a distant memory as we step into the eerily lit entrance hall of the University of Edinburgh Anatomy Department in Grid Ir… 

What Are Little Boys Made of?

What Are Little Boys Made of?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Peter Pan as your friend? Have you ever questioned what made the witch in Hansel and Gretel so inconsiderate? If you have, this… 

Working the Devil

Working the Devil

In Working the Devil, dance collective Dog Kennel Hill Project present two courses of stylistically contrasting dance that explore the world of work from differing perspectives. 

Lady Bug Warrior

Lady Bug Warrior

It’’s easy to hold preconceptions and pigeon-hole an unproven act in Edinburgh based on the superlatives and hyperbole of a press release, and I admit that I had expected Vicki Fe… 

Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

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. 

David Leddy's 'Untitled Love Story'

David Leddy's 'Untitled Love Story'

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. 

Hannah Gadsby - Mary. Contrary.

Hannah Gadsby - Mary. Contrary.

In this show, Hannah Gadsby takes us through an art history lecture covering the developing representation of the Virgin Mary in Eastern and Western art since the 3rd Century AD. 

Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop Of Horrors

Seymour Krelborn, a florist’s assistant, has his life turned around when he comes across an unusual plant after an eclipse of the sun. 

Empire Travel Agency

Empire Travel Agency

(previews start on Wednesday; opens on September 10) A theatrical staycation, the latest play from the Woodshed Collective takes four fortunate audience members on an immersive que… 

Death Song

Death Song

Twice Total Theatre Award-nominees You Need Me tackle heavy subject matter and live up to their reputation for creating evocative physical theatre in this highly-charged drama, wit… 

Cycle One (60º)

Cycle One (60º)

As promised in the blurb, In-Transit Dance Company deliver a fast-paced and energetic dance performance, to the degree that at times the onstage action is almost dizzying. 

The British Ambassador’s Belly Dancer

The British Ambassador’s Belly Dancer

Who could not admire Nadira Murray? Born into an under-privileged background in Uzbeckistan, she faced the torment of watching her father, an unqualified but talented director and … 

Author

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouch’s last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly… 

Assassins

Assassins

Assassins delves into the possible motives of nine individuals who have both failed and succeeded in killing an American President. 

Sweeney Todd ... The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd ... The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton gave hostage to fortune in his rather splendid big-screen version of Sweeney Todd, which opened in the UK earlier this year. 

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

It has been ten years since American university student Matthew Shepard was murdered by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, bringing the issue of gay hate crime to an internation… 

Parallel Memories

Parallel Memories

Acclaimed choreographer Jean Abreu, returns to the Fringe in collaboration with Jorge Garcia, following the success of last year’s Inside. 

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a comedy musical from the pen of Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts. 

Coal Head, Toadstool Mouth and Other Stories

Coal Head, Toadstool Mouth and Other Stories

The clinical, modern lecture theatre of the Symposium Hall, undoubtedly one of the less atmospheric fringe venues, is rather at odds with the style of this show. 

War Of The Worlds

War Of The Worlds

I, like a generation around me, grew up with Jeff Wayne’s hauntingly powerful War Of The Worlds concept album. 

Jet Set Go!

Jet Set Go!

I’m hardly giving much away by saying Jet Set Go! – the Cabin Crew Musical – is rather camp. 

Company

Company

I am, it is no secret to my friends, a big fan of Sondheim’s musical about relationships, Company. 

The Magical Adventures of Pete Heat

The Magical Adventures of Pete Heat

You may want to ask Pete Heat down to the pub after the show to bask in his warm, childlike grin and offhand, surreal humour. 

Scottish Dance Theatre – Matters of the Heart

Scottish Dance Theatre – Matters of the Heart

Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography… 

Assassins

Assassins

Assassins is an uncommon musical, seeking the motivations of nine individuals who have both failed and succeeded in bumping off US Presidents. 

Interrupt

Interrupt

Set to a mixture of haunting strings and pumping electro rhythms, Collisions Dance bring their premiere performance to the intimate Studio space at Zoo Southside. 

Famished

Famished

Claiming to raise the bar for the Victorian Zombie Comedy Musical genre, Famished is a show clearly inspired by Monty Python, but also tipping its top hat to Five Go Mad In Dorset … 

Batman! Holy Spoof Musical Batstravaganza!

Batman! Holy Spoof Musical Batstravaganza!

This full house was eager to be entertained by a certain caped crusader. 

Harlem Renaissance - The Life of Florence Mills

Harlem Renaissance - The Life of Florence Mills

Watching Jonelle Allen in Harlem Renaissance, you can’t help thinking you’re in the presence of Broadway Royalty. 

7 Spies At The Casino

7 Spies At The Casino

David Niven tells the bizarre tale of Charles Feldman’s 1967 film, Casino Royale. 

A Beginner's Guide to German Humour!

A Beginner's Guide to German Humour!

Who knew the Germans could be funny? Yes, the butt of most lack-of-humour gags for several decades have actually been laughing at the English all this time. 

The Smile Off Your Face

The Smile Off Your Face

Anxiety. 

CappellaJuice: Beyond the Wardrobe

CappellaJuice: Beyond the Wardrobe

CapellaJuice describe their show as a ‘clothes-based musical revue’. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakepeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is one of his most popular works, so it’s not surprising that the majority of hands are up when The Pantaloons ask their au… 

Company

Company

If you ever needed proof that Edinburgh isn’t a level playing field, then Kenmac’s production of Company is surely it. 

Little Jazz Bird

Little Jazz Bird

The transition from Chambers St into the depths of The Jazz Bar feels almost like crossing between continents. 

Snails and Ketchup

Snails and Ketchup

In Snails and Ketchup, Glasgow-based Singaporean Ramesh Meyyappan tells the dark tale of a dysfunctional family through solo mime. 

Joanna Neary's Little Moments

Joanna Neary's Little Moments

I’ve just spent the most uncomfortable hour of my Festival thus far. 

Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free

Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free

This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together. 

Tony! The Blair Musical

Tony! The Blair Musical

It’s impossible to review a musical about Tony Blair without acknowledging that there are two competing productions about his leadership tenure in town. 

Belarus Free Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre

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… 

Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors was first produced as a musical in 1982, based on a low-budget movie of the same name, which was shot in just two days in 1960. 

Marry Me A Little

Marry Me A Little

Marry Me A Little started life in 1980 as collection of songs either cut from other Sondheim musicals, or from shows that were never produced. 

Belle of Amherst: Double Vision

Belle of Amherst: Double Vision

William Luce’s dramatisation of the life and times of nineteenth-century poet Emily Dickinson, draws directly and extensively on excerpts from Dickinson’s own works and letters… 

Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision

Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision

There’s something of an impressive atmosphere even as you queue for Eurobeat. 

Just So

Just So

The Just So Stories, written in 1902, are Kipling’s accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. 

The Gently Progressive Behemoth

The Gently Progressive Behemoth

I have the distinct feeling that Fringe audiences are going to approach The Gently Progressive Behemoth a bit like Marmite. 

How To Pimp Your Kids and Shop For Free at Waitrose

How To Pimp Your Kids and Shop For Free at Waitrose

Matthew Collins is a travel journalist and single parent, although not necessarily in that order. 

Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire

Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire

What are one’s chances of assuming a position at the top of the Turkish royal family? Pretty bleak for the average man, but not for Naz Ozmanglu. 

A British Guide to World Peace

A British Guide to World Peace

A British Guide to World Peace is Toby Mitchell’s third in a trilogy of ‘British Guide’ shows that started with ‘French Pop’ in 2005 and then ‘World Religion’ last year. 

Stinky Flowers and the Bad Banana

Stinky Flowers and the Bad Banana

Fringe theatre is often about taking risks, so you have to applaud Croft Vaughn for the bravery of his one-man show in which he plays a nine-year-old boy up in his attic with an ov… 

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

I will freely admit that I had a certain amount of anxiety when approaching Minnetonka’s production of Les Misérables. 

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

There’s a predictable brilliance about Out Of The Blue which explains why this troupe from Oxford are selling out only two days into their month-long run at C Venues this year. 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeny Todd is arguably one of the finest works in musical theatre. 

Falsettoland

Falsettoland

The history of Falsettoland goes back to 1979, when the show ‘In Trousers’ opened at the off-Broadway hub of Fringe theatre, Playwrights Horizons. 

Jihad: The Musical

Jihad: The Musical

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. 

Shakespeare for Breakfast

Shakespeare for Breakfast

If ever there was a perfectly matched pair, like a pie and a pint, a horse and cart or Edinburgh and rent-scalping, then surely Shakespeare is now inexorably linked with Breakfast. 

Pam Ann - One World Alliance

Pam Ann - One World Alliance

Please ensure your seat is in the upright position and that your tray tables are securely stowed. 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

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. 

Richard O'Brien's Mephistopheles Smith

Richard O'Brien's Mephistopheles Smith

Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles … 

Be a Star in a Juggling Show!

Be a Star in a Juggling Show!

If you’re attending the Festival with some young ‘uns in tow, then I can enthusiastically recommend you drop in on Be a Star in a Juggling Show at Zoo Venues. 

State of Matter

State of Matter

The boys of 2FaCeD last attended the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005 with an explosive breakdancing show, appropriately called Acetylene. 

Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff

Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff

In a story that’s somewhere between Mrs Henderson Presents and The Full Monty, Boys In The Buff tells the story of Diane Diamante (Faith Brown), the owner of a failing seaside thea… 

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play has a script that dazzles, full of wordplay and witty one-liners. 

Debbie Does Dallas – the Musical

Debbie Does Dallas – the Musical

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… 

Myriad

Myriad

Making its second visit to the Fringe, Collisions Dance and its founder, Laban-trained David Beer, is back complimenting the impressive Dance & Physical Theatre line up at Zoo, thi… 

Prodigal Daughter

Prodigal Daughter

Writer and director Asa Gim Palomera creates fascinating theatre in her play, The Prodigal Daughter, which runs at C until the end of the Festival on Monday. 

Xenu is Loose! Cower puny Humans as the Dark Prince of the Galactic Federation rains Atomic Death once more upon your Pitiful Planet - The Musical!

Xenu is Loose! Cower puny Humans as the Dark Prince of the Galactic Federation rains Atomic Death once more upon your Pitiful Planet - The Musical!

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… 

My Queer Valentine

My Queer Valentine

An understudy of a remote touring version of Miss Saigon, Ric Lau is taking an enormous gamble with debut one-man show in Edinburgh. 

Failed States

Failed States

The opening few bars of Failed States brilliantly foreshadows the musical to follow. 

The Great British Soap Opera

The Great British Soap Opera

The UK loves a good soap opera. 

The Terrible Infants

The Terrible Infants

The Terrible Infants is billed as a children’s show, and I’m a gnarly old hack, just the wrong side of 40. 

Baker and Thompson: Never Made it to the RSC - Free

Baker and Thompson: Never Made it to the RSC - Free

The infectious enthusiasm of this comedy duo is apparent from the off, their chaotic get-in generating a fair few belly-laughs. 

Tony Blair the Musical

Tony Blair the Musical

Io Theatre’s take on the Tony Blair years is a satirical view of his leadership, set to a bitingly funny score. 

Sad Little Flyer

Sad Little Flyer

Comedy always works best when you have a full, captive, and hopefully laughing crowd in front of you. 

Chris Cox - Everything Happens for a Reason

Chris Cox - Everything Happens for a Reason

Paying a second visit to the Fringe, Chris Cox is a contemporary mind reader who strips away all of the sinister nonsense that is often associated with the Derren Brown school of … 

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey Diddle Diddle

The National Student Theatre Company (NSTC) are regular visitors to the Fringe, bringing productions that draw on talent from drama schools across the country and combining with ov… 

Pete Johansson - Pete's On Earth

Pete Johansson - Pete's On Earth

Pete Johansson warns us that his show will be uncomfortable for anyone who is religious, or has a baby. 

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

I can hardly think of any occasion where I have laughed so hard while watching Shakespeare. 

Tina C - Sometimes I Frighten Myself

Tina C - Sometimes I Frighten Myself

Tina C, who shot to notoriety as host of Sky One’s Yanky Panky show (basically the US-facing equivalent of Euro Trash), returns to Edinburgh once again to give us all a glimpse int… 

Andrew Doyle's Crash Course in Depravity

Andrew Doyle's Crash Course in Depravity

As soon as Andrew Doyle came on stage, donning rubber gloves and attempting to do unsightly things to a cuddly toy, I had a feeling things weren’t going to go very well. 

Victims of Freedom

Victims of Freedom

Set in an imagined European city of the future, a nuclear family’s idyllic existence is shattered when Dad’s past returns to haunt him. 

Mark Little: THEbullsh*tARTIST

Mark Little: THEbullsh*tARTIST

Mark Little’s career has spanned many successful years in television and theatre and he has also brought several shows to the Fringe before. 

Think Pink

Think Pink

There was a moment during In The Pink’s performance of Think Pink tonight when everyone in the audience collectively knew they were watching a new pop idol. 

The IT Boy

The IT Boy

Sprinkling a little Cinderella magic into the plot, Castoffs Youth Theatre have chosen a worthy subject for their musical The “IT” Boy, which tells the tale of Chris, a sixteen y… 

Alice Through The Looking-Glass

Alice Through The Looking-Glass

Let’s make this clear from the start, that this is not the sugary-coated vision of Alice popularised by Disney’s 1951 classic, but the darker, more nightmarish view closer to Lewis… 

Ida Barr - Get Old Or Die Tryin'

Ida Barr - Get Old Or Die Tryin'

As she shuffles onto the stage assisted by a Las Vegas showgirl, Ida Barr hardly looks like Grandma-rapper billed in the programme; but Ida is the lesser-known creation of Christop… 

The Little British Empire

The Little British Empire

My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen - for you delectation, curiosity and amusement, please welcome to the stage The Repertorie Room. 

Murder Mystery Musical

Murder Mystery Musical

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… 

Ernest And The Pale Moon

Ernest And The Pale Moon

Author Oliver Lansley garnered considerable and well deserved praise for his Fringe hit, The Terrible Infants, which popped up at the Pleasance in 2007 and enjoyed a runaway succes… 

Have A Nice Life

Have A Nice Life

Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life. 

Slap!

Slap!

Slap, in gay palare, is make-up; and that’s the central theme to this comedy romp set in the make-up trailer of an 80s music video shoot. 

Oliver Maltman's Little Black Book

Oliver Maltman's Little Black Book

I can’t help thinking that somebody, somewhere must have watched Oliver Maltman’s show, Little Black Book, before he brought it up to Edinburgh; but clearly didn’t have the balls t… 

Sammy J In The Forest Of Dreams

Sammy J In The Forest Of Dreams

It’s what would happen if the cast of Avenue Q had decided to have a knife-fight in the Disney world of Enchanted. 

The Oxford Gargoyles - Jazz A Cappella

The Oxford Gargoyles - Jazz A Cappella

The Oxford Gargoyles are making their debut appearance at the Fringe this year, in their show which, as the title suggests, brings Jazz and a-cappella together. 

Putting It Together

Putting It Together

Few composers have received the critical acclaim of Stephen Sondheim. 

Agnes and Walter (A Little Love Story)

Agnes and Walter (A Little Love Story)

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. 

Assassins

Assassins

Assassins is arguably one of Sondheim’s finest musicals. 

Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star

Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star

Sarah-Louise Young’s show, Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star, was conceived the day she Googled herself and discovered she shared her name with an “adult” actress. 

4 Poofs and a Piano - Strictly Neurotic

4 Poofs and a Piano - Strictly Neurotic

Their regular slot on the Johnathan Ross show goes a long way to explaining the largely heterosexual audience in tonight. 

Greedy

Greedy

There’s some material in Greedy which really is on the furthest reaches of comedy. 

Newsrevue 2006

Newsrevue 2006

Anyone who’s been even close to Edinburgh in August will have heard of Newsrevue. 

Lysistrata the Musical

Lysistrata the Musical

According to the women of Greenham, sex is power, sex gives women leverage and sex makes men vulnerable. 

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a collection of songs and poetic verse reflecting the lives of people remembered on the AIDS memorial quilt. 

6.0: How Heap And Pebble Took On The World And Won

6.0: How Heap And Pebble Took On The World And Won

Dancing Brick are a company that have done well at the Fringe over the years. 

Know It All

Know It All

Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a… 

Caviar & Chips

Caviar & Chips

Reading the press release for Caviar & Chips, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was some deep polemic drama. 

Hyde and Lyons

Hyde and Lyons

In a venue with no natural light, these two shine. 

Topping & Butch: Filth!

Topping & Butch: Filth!

Every year this pair just get better, and their material gets ruder. 

Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf

Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf

According to Toby Hadoke, hetrosexual Dr Who fans are about as common as a shop selling ginger hair dye. 

Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery

Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery

In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out. 

Lunch with The Hamiltons

Lunch with The Hamiltons

Call it morbid curiosity, but I was keen to see quite what Neil & Christine Hamilton were going to do at the Fringe. 

Katherine Ryan: Little Miss Conception

Katherine Ryan: Little Miss Conception

Is it possible to describe Katherine Ryan without using the word ‘sassy?’ No. 

A British Guide To World Religions

A British Guide To World Religions

Religious belief is a funny thing - so much so that duo Toby Mitchell and Sarah Thomas Lane have devised an hour long comedy show to describe it. 

Out Of The Blue

Out Of The Blue

For this reviewer, Out Of The Blue is one of the shows in my schedule that I look forward to with some confidence that it’s going to be good. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor wood cutter and his wife, and times are so hard that mother decides it’s time to significantly reduce the number of mouths to feed in t… 

Tommy

Tommy

Tommy was the first musical to be specifically billed as a ‘Rock Opera’, and to this day remains one of the most defining examples of the genre. 

Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious

Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious

Last week, after a particularly late night out getting my major organs in training for the month that is simply referred to as ‘Edinburgh’, I had my first Festival encounter of J… 

Breakfast Bedlam, Live!

Breakfast Bedlam, Live!

The premise for Breakfast Bedlam, Live! is a rich comedy vein. 

A Little Perspective with Imaan

A Little Perspective with Imaan

In an attempt to dispel ignorance, Imaan Hadchiti explores public reactions to his restricted growth. 

Charlie Pickering: Auto

Charlie Pickering: Auto

Above all else, Charlie Pickering is an engaging storyteller - even if that contradicts the premise of his Edinburgh show, in which he struggles to write his autobiography. 

Brick Walls

Brick Walls

Despite the University-production origins of Thomas Eccelshare & Dan Mansell’s new play, Brick Walls, there is absolutely nothing amateur about their show currently playing at the … 

Splitting the Bill – Michael Workman & Tommy Little

Splitting the Bill – Michael Workman & Tommy Little

In the Gilded Balloon’s Dining Room the twinned stand up sets of Australian comics Michael Workman and Tommy Little provided some wonderfully imaginative laughs, a pleasing contr… 

Bloodbath - The Musical

Bloodbath - The Musical

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… 

The Future

The Future

Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas are breaking new comedy turf over at The Underbelly, with their satirical view of the future, called simply The Future. 

Pete Firman - Hoodwinker

Pete Firman - Hoodwinker

Pete Firman returns from a stint on BBC 1’s The Magicians with a performance that has everything you need and expect from a magic show. 

The End of the Golden Weather

The End of the Golden Weather

Bruce Mason’s coming-of-age tale is of a bygone day of innocence, where through a child’s eyes even the village idiot’s tall stories are to be believed. 

The Trap’s Bad Play: Second Coming

The Trap’s Bad Play: Second Coming

If there’s one theatre company that can claim to have built an episodic comedy-of-errors at the Fringe, then it’s The Trap. 

On The Twentieth Century

On The Twentieth Century

Though on the wrong side of forty, even I was a little young to catch the original London production of On The Twentieth Century back in 1980 - it’s one of those shows I know wel… 

Grandmotherf***er

Grandmotherf***er

From the moment Pat Candaras takes to the stage in her show at The Underbelly, you just know you’re going to like her. 

Iolanthe

Iolanthe

Iolanthe marks the halfway point, and quite a highlight, of Gilbert and Sullivan’s enormously successful 25-year collaboration. 

Potted Potter – The Unofficial Harry Experience

Potted Potter – The Unofficial Harry Experience

Dan & Jeff, the comic storytelling duo from Blue Peter, attempt to summarise all six Harry Potter novels in just sixty minutes. 

Mr Millennium: Issue No.1

Mr Millennium: Issue No.1

Featuring what could potentially be the most well-produced programme in the history of the Fringe, David Kingsmill’s one-man show uses song and comic (in both senses) anecdotes t… 

Be A Star In A Juggling Show

Be A Star In A Juggling Show

If there were a prize for shows that do exactly what they say on the tin, this one clearly would be walk off with a rosette. 

Chris Cox - He Can't Read Minds?

Chris Cox - He Can't Read Minds?

It’s obviously easy to draw comparisons between Derren Brown when talking about Chris Cox. 

Katzenjammer

Katzenjammer

Although their act is only around three years old, Katzenjammer have literally been around the world - and it’s easy to see why they are in such demand. 

Mikey the Pikey

Mikey the Pikey

Chavs are a fashionable target at this year’s Fringe. 

School Ties

School Ties

Jonathan and Julian Kaufmann both have a great deal of direct experience in teaching. 

Starting Here, Starting Now

Starting Here, Starting Now

David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr are one of the most respected lyricist/composer teams on Broadway. 

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules

John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens. 

Thrillseeking

Thrillseeking

Tom Powell explores some interesting ideas in his new play, Thrillseeking, which is currently at C Central until the end of the month. 

Apocalypse - The Musical

Apocalypse - The Musical

Ok, let’s get this out of the way at the start. 

Bouncers

Bouncers

A night out with the lads - or the lasses - is something that most of us have experienced in our teenage years, and that’s the subject matter for John Godber’s sharply observed com… 

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se… 

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project is a play documenting the tragic death of Matthew Sheppard, who was kidnapped and savagely beaten before being left to die tied to a fence on the outskirts of a… 

A Rotten Little Story

A Rotten Little Story

Bandwagon Theatre Company bring this short story to the fringe as they tell a murky tale of the secret sale of the then-Indian-Ocean island of Diego Garcia by the US and Britain. 

The Jay Aston Party

The Jay Aston Party

Last night’s Jay Aston Party over at C Bar at Adam House attracted an eclectic collection of drag queens and club kids. 

Astrakhan Winter

Astrakhan Winter

Astrakhan Winter falls firmly into the category of challenging theatre. 

Bruised Blueberries

Bruised Blueberries

Rosalind Adler’s monologue, Bruised Blueberries, tackles subjects as gritty as adultery, suicide and paedophilia, from the point of view of five diverse women in a local village co… 

Berlin Cabaret

Berlin Cabaret

Hitler. 

Scott Mills: The Bjorn Identity

Scott Mills: The Bjorn Identity

Emerging from the ‘fear cupboard’ for the climax of Radio 1’s one-man shows, Scott Mills chose to re-tell the Bourne Identity with an Abba twist in front of a packed-house last … 

Night of a Thousand Jay Astons

Night of a Thousand Jay Astons

Editors note: Realising that I did this production a great injustice by only awarding 3 stars the first time around, (Maybe the show I saw before was just too dire), I’ve re-visite… 

The Observatory

The Observatory

Finch is in emotional turmoil. 

The Altruists

The Altruists

Once described as the bad-boy playwright of Off-Broadway, Nicky Silver is known for his black comedies. 

Beccy Huxtable: Live and Loose

Beccy Huxtable: Live and Loose

Scott Mills’ assistant producer Beccy Huxtable took to the stage last night in the penultimate performance in a series of four one-man shows Radio 1 have brought to Edinburgh this… 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a glam-rock musical that returns to its spiritual home in Edinburgh. 

We're Not In Brixton Anymore

We're Not In Brixton Anymore

Three guys sit in God’s waiting room, coming to terms with the fact they’ve slipped off this mortal coil and try to figure out who they need to apologise too in order the gain acce… 

Nick Grimshaw: Team Hate

Nick Grimshaw: Team Hate

For a man who claims never to have done this before, DJ Nick Grimshaw appears very comfortable in the skin of a stand-up comedian. 

Acetylene

Acetylene

A breakdancing act may seem out of place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but to describe Acetylene as such belittles their talent. 

The One That Doesn’t Speak: Silent But Deadly

The One That Doesn’t Speak: Silent But Deadly

Kicking off BBC Radio 1’s series of four one-off, one-man shows by Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw and the team at this year’s festival, The One Who Doesn’t Speak presented an eclect… 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The name Hedwig originates from old German, hadu = battle; wig = fight. 

Side by Side by Sondheim

Side by Side by Sondheim

Side By Side By Sondheim was originally conceived back in 1976 as a fund-raiser for a regional theatre owned by Cleo Lane and Johnny Dankworth. 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

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… 

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

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… 

Hitting Town

Hitting Town

Three talented actors present a passionate performance of Stephen Poliakoff’s seminal play Hitting Town; the show that formed the basis for the film Close My Eyes. 

Battle at Little Creek

Battle at Little Creek

Three soldiers are hit by a mighty explosion. 

Goblin Market

Goblin Market

Youth Music Theatre UK are setting new standards in musical theatre at the Fringe with their gloriously rich production of Goblin Market at George Square. 

Cracks In The Garden

Cracks In The Garden

Jo Randerson and Gentiane Lupi are two very brave comedians who find material in places most would be afraid to look. 

Angry Young Man

Angry Young Man

I firmly believe Ben Woolf is one of the most originally talented writers in the world. 

Lucy Porter - People Person

Lucy Porter - People Person

Despite announcing that she wanted to kill a journalist who referred to her as a ‘mumedian’ in a pre-Fringe interview, Lucy Porter puts on a decidedly maternal show. 

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

Jonathan Harvey is more widely known for scripting the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme, but before Tom and Linda were a glint in his eye he wrote the play Beautiful Thing. 

Macbeth - The Hour

Macbeth - The Hour

Director Sam Yates has changed my expectations of a Fringe show. 

Seb Lime

Seb Lime

Chris Chapman’s take on the classic Faust tale is surrealistically comic. 

The Bite-Size'd 'Breakfast In Bedlam'

The Bite-Size'd 'Breakfast In Bedlam'

Making their third visit to the Fringe, the Bite-Sized team are starting to create something of a niche for themselves at both the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals. 

Out Of The Blue

Out Of The Blue

Making a second visit to the Fringe, Out Of The Blue are the Oxford-based all male a cappella group somewhere between Eminem and Gregorian Chant. 

Snoopy

Snoopy

Cartoonist Charles Shulz created an icon that lasted over 50 years, when he first drew the irrepressible Snoopy for United Feature Syndicate in 1950. 

Pete Firman - Jiggery Pokery

Pete Firman - Jiggery Pokery

Pete Firman employs a mix of top-class magic fused with comedy gags. 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music is one of Sondheim’s most exquisitely written shows- somewhere between Wilde’s comedies of manners and Chekhov and Ibsen’s simpering naturalism. 

LOL (Lots of Love)

LOL (Lots of Love)

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… 

Rent: School Edition

Rent: School Edition

Oh lordy. 

The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera

Much has been written about Brechts Threepenny Opera - after all, it was written in 1928 and plenty of critics have had a chance to dissect what has been become one of the earliest… 

Rent

Rent

Rent is most notable for the death of its author, Jonathan Larson, the night before the off-Broadway premiere, but owes its longevity to its mould-breaking style; described once as… 

Newsrevue

Newsrevue

If ever there was a comedy institution, Newsrevue is it. 

Putting It Together

Putting It Together

Sondheim at the Fringe is a double edged sword. 

Lucy Porter – The Bare Necessities

Lucy Porter – The Bare Necessities

Starting from a theme of love, and her love life problems, Lucy decided to make things less complicated by searching out the bare necessities. 

Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess

Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess

‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like. 

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to. 

Little Shop of Homos!

Little Shop of Homos!

The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt. 

Adventures of the Little Prince (Based on Le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Adventures of the Little Prince (Based on Le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

The classic tale of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which this production is based on, is a wonderful children’s adventure that has stood the test of time and had m… 

Nice People Have Ruined My Life

Nice People Have Ruined My Life

There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin… 

Hou Hou Shahou's Chorus Of Descent

Hou Hou Shahou's Chorus Of Descent

There is an infectious energy about Hou Hou that you just can’t ignore. 

Love Story

Love Story

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. 

A Little Light Theatre

A Little Light Theatre

Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li… 

Pat Burtscher's Patopotamoose

Pat Burtscher's Patopotamoose

Pat Burtscher has more charm than sense. 

Camille O'Sullivan: Feel

Camille O'Sullivan: Feel

Irish chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan returns to her spiritual roots, singing in a traditional circus Spiegeltent. 

Pete Johansson - Utopian Crack Pipe

Pete Johansson - Utopian Crack Pipe

Johansson is master of the classic ‘making the audience think I’m just going off on a spontaneous tangent before the show proper starts but actually this is just my show’ man… 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music promised a delightful evening of choice piano pieces associated with the night-time. 

Baby

Baby

Baby is Malty & Shire’s 1983 musical set on a college campus following nine months of three different couples attempting to have a child. 

Little Me

Little Me

‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis. 

Derek Ryan: Time Lord - Free

Derek Ryan: Time Lord - Free

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. 

Phill Jupitus - You're Probably Wondering Why I've Asked You Here...

Phill Jupitus - You're Probably Wondering Why I've Asked You Here...

Phill Jupitus asked us here to ask him questions. 

The British Theatre Challenge 2024

The British Theatre Challenge 2024

Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers. 

Win the rights to present the full-length version of Disney’s FROZEN the Musical

Win the rights to present the full-length version of Disney’s FROZEN the Musical

Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced a fantastic competition for secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout the UK. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem join the cast of Cabaret

Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem join the cast of Cabaret

The producers of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club have announced that from Monday 25 September 2023, the roles of The Emcee and Sally Bowles will be played by music icons Jake Shears an... 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

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. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

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. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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.  

GDPR Statement

GDPR Statement

You have probably seen an awful lot about GDPR coming from all angles recently and although I’ve no desire to add more white noise to the conversation, in the spirit of compl... 

How To Write A Press Release

How To Write A Press Release

Writing a press release that a journalist will use is a skill even experienced PRs can get wrong. 

How To Sell Your Show At The Edinburgh Fringe

How To Sell Your Show At The Edinburgh Fringe

Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at a fringe festival such as Edinburgh with tips on budgets, creating a press release, socia... 

How To Get Broadway Baby To Review Your Show

How To Get Broadway Baby To Review Your Show

Some years ago I wrote an article about the best strategies for getting Broadway Baby to review your show. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Pete Shaw: Is PR Worth the Money?

Pete Shaw: Is PR Worth the Money?

Earlier this month I saw an amusing post on Twitter from Garrett Millerick who decided not to drop £2K on an EdFringe PR and instead buy a top-of-the-range flatscreen TV instead. 

Ten ways to screw up your show in Edinburgh

Ten ways to screw up your show in Edinburgh

Over 3,000 separate productions will squeeze themselves into Edinburgh this August and the slightly depressing reality is that most will not achieve their objectives for the fest... 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

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... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

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. 

Poet Pete De-Graft Johnson on Balancing Art and Business

Poet Pete De-Graft Johnson on Balancing Art and Business

Pete De-Graft Johnson, also known as The Repeat Beat Poet, is a poet and organiser of The PAD, a studio and events space in London. 

Harry Baker on Don't Flop Rap Battle's Influence on The Harry and Chris Show

Harry Baker on Don't Flop Rap Battle's Influence on The Harry and Chris Show

In 2012, Harry Baker became the youngest ever World Poetry Slam Champion. 

Rhydian to star as the Dentist in new UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors

Rhydian to star as the Dentist in new UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors

Hit musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors is back, and bringing everyone’s favourite carnivorous plant to theatres across the UK in a brand new tour for 2016, opening at Bournemo... 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

No joke. The Counting House goes Gilded Balloon [Updated]

No joke. The Counting House goes Gilded Balloon [Updated]

One of the Free Festival’s flagship Edinburgh venues, The Counting House, will be operated by The Gilded Balloon at this year’s Fringe it was revealed today. 

Brighton Fringe Crowdfund Opening Night Parade

Brighton Fringe Crowdfund Opening Night Parade

Brighton Fringe is asking people in Sussex to give the gift of joy this Christmas by helping the Fringe put on its first ever opening night parade.  

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

The Fringe through the lens of my iPhone camera

The Fringe through the lens of my iPhone camera

Broadway Baby publisher Pete Shaw wraps up his Edinburgh experience via his iPhone photo stream. 

The Hannah Chutzpah Three Minute Interview

The Hannah Chutzpah Three Minute Interview

Hannah Chutzpah is a performance poet, writer and activist. 

How to Market a Fringe Show - Broadway Baby Breakfast with Pete Shaw

How to Market a Fringe Show - Broadway Baby Breakfast with Pete Shaw

Special guest Pete Shaw, Publisher of Broadway Baby, joins James T Harding and Grace Knight for ice cream and the second episode of Broadway Baby Breakfast. 

Fourth Monkey’s Grimm Tales (Four productions: Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Cap & The Bloody Countess)

Fourth Monkey’s Grimm Tales (Four productions: Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Cap & The Bloody Countess)

Broadway Baby talks to Fourth Monkey, the biggest company at the fringe with a huge team of 80 actors and 10 crew! This year they are bringing a plethora of Grimm tales. 

The Fringe Incubator: Why Greenwich Theatre Supports EdFest.

The Fringe Incubator: Why Greenwich Theatre Supports EdFest.

Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from... 

The Poets are Coming: Harry Baker

The Poets are Coming: Harry Baker

Six months after his first poetry collection is published, world slam champion Harry Baker is heading to the Fringe with Harry Baker - The Sunshine Kid. 

Going To Space: A Little Respect

Going To Space: A Little Respect

Broadway Baby talks to Hungry Wolf Visionary Youth Theatre about their upcoming show, A Little Respect. 

Into The Woods makes the big screen

Into The Woods makes the big screen

Broadway Baby doesn't often discuss movies, but when the film in question is one of the most hotly anticipated stage musical adaptations of all time (and when the good folk at Disn... 

Casting Announced for prèmiere of Gods and Monsters

Casting Announced for prèmiere of Gods and Monsters

Ian Gelder - Kevan Lannister in the epic TV drama series Game of Thrones - is to play Frankenstein director James Whale and Will Austin is gardener Clayton Boone, who becomes the o... 

The Lucy Porter and Marilyn Imrie Extended Interview

The Lucy Porter and Marilyn Imrie Extended Interview

Comedian Lucy Porter’s first foray into theatre, The Fair Intellectual Club, plays at the Assembly Rooms this August. 

Thrill Me at C venues receives first Bobby Award of 2014

Thrill Me at C venues receives first Bobby Award of 2014

The musical based on the 1924 'thrill killers' Leopold and Loeb, Thrill Me, has been named as the first Broadway Baby 'Bobby Award' winner for 2014. 

The Martin Walker Three Minute Interview

The Martin Walker Three Minute Interview

Martin Walker became Broadway Baby’s Stand-Up Comedy editor in March 2014. 

The Lucy Ayrton Three Minute Interview

The Lucy Ayrton Three Minute Interview

Lucy Ayrton made her Fringe debut in 2012 when her first show, Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry, won her a Best Newcomer award at PBH's Free Fringe, along with a host of glowing... 

The Heather Bagnall Three Minute Interview

The Heather Bagnall Three Minute Interview

Co-founder of Tasty Monster Productions, Heather Bagnall, made her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe last year with SINGLEMARRIEDGIRL. 

The Story Pocket Theatre Three Minute Interview

The Story Pocket Theatre Three Minute Interview

Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions. 

The Divallusion Three Minute Interview

The Divallusion Three Minute Interview

Broadway headliner Christina Bianco and West End showgirl Velma Celli (alter ego Ian Stroughair) are planning to cram in a lot of diva into their Edinburgh collaboration at Assembl... 

The Apphia Campbell Three Minute Interview

The Apphia Campbell Three Minute Interview

Following sold out performances in Shanghai and New York, Apphia Campbell brings her Nina Simone inspired show to the Gilded Balloon. 

The Mzz Kimberley Three Minute Interview

The Mzz Kimberley Three Minute Interview

Last year, Mzz Kimberley received five-star reviews for her show A Tranny Is Born. 

The Hartshorn - Hook Three Minute Interview

The Hartshorn - Hook Three Minute Interview

Serial producers Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook have been a regular fixture at the Edinburgh Fringe for nearly a decade, but is this the last time we’ll see them at the Festiv... 

The Mike Belgrave Three Minute Interview

The Mike Belgrave Three Minute Interview

Never work with children, they say, but comedian Mike Belgrave is back in Edinburgh with a show packed with the sort of mayhem kids adore. 

The Cameryn Moore Three Minute Interview

The Cameryn Moore Three Minute Interview

Cameryn Moore's award-winning solo play Phone Whore comes back to the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

The Miss Hope Springs Three Minute Interview

The Miss Hope Springs Three Minute Interview

Towering blonde ex-Vegas showgirl Miss Hope Springs is set to make her Edinburgh debut at the Playhouse this year. 

The EdFringe 'Live' Top Ten Lists

The EdFringe 'Live' Top Ten Lists

It's time once again for the EdFringe Top Ten Lists - but not just any list. 

The Alex Motswiri Three Minute Interview

The Alex Motswiri Three Minute Interview

Alex Motswiri Director of African Tree Productions – producers of last year’s hit show The System, talks to Pete Shaw about their new Musical – Magadi – The Bride’s Pric... 

The Jessica Sherr Three Minute Interview

The Jessica Sherr Three Minute Interview

Jessica Sherr is returning to Edinburgh with her show Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies. 

The Ian Garrett Three Minute Interview

The Ian Garrett Three Minute Interview

A regular visitor to the Edinburgh Fringe from North America, Ian Garrett not only has brought many shows across the pond but also created the Edinburgh Fringe Sustainable Practi... 

The Irene Ros Three Minute Interview

The Irene Ros Three Minute Interview

Irene Ros is writer and director of Marcel Vol 1, a surrealist show that attempts to turn the Berlusconi sex scandal into art. 

The Jeanette Bonner Three Minute Interview

The Jeanette Bonner Three Minute Interview

Jeanette Bonner is an American heading to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time with her show Love. 

The FringeDog Three Biscuit Interview

The FringeDog Three Biscuit Interview

The latest reviewer to hit Edinburgh is FringeDog. 

The Green Stag Theatre Company Three Minute Interview

The Green Stag Theatre Company Three Minute Interview

The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a... 

The Elaine Liner Three Minute Interview

The Elaine Liner Three Minute Interview

Texan writer-actor-knitter Elaine Liner had a surprise five-star hit with her show Sweater Curse: A Yarn About Love at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Valerie Hager Three Minute Interview

The Valerie Hager Three Minute Interview

Valerie Hager is an American ex-crystal meth addict and one-time pole dancer taking a show called Naked In Alaska to the Edinburgh Festival. 

The Charles Pamment Three Minute Interview

The Charles Pamment Three Minute Interview

Although they may not grab the attention lavished upon the 'big four' at the Edinburgh Festival, theSpaceUK is nonetheless now the largest venue at the Fringe and this year celebra... 

Broadway Baby Piano Bar

Broadway Baby Piano Bar

Broadway Baby are thrilled to introduce a new regular date for West End Wendys and Dagenham Divas. 

Broadway Baby claims new Twitter home

Broadway Baby claims new Twitter home

Broadway Baby's Twitter account has moved to the shorter, more appropriate home of @broadwaybaby - if you were already following us, you don't need to re-follow as you'll auto... 

Win a £150 ad package in our Brighton Fringe Twitter Compo

Win a £150 ad package in our Brighton Fringe Twitter Compo

If you're taking a show to Brighton Fringe this year you want some free advertising, don't you? Sure you do. 

London's first Museum of Comedy

London's first Museum of Comedy

There's something funny going on under St George's Church in Bloomsbury. 

Brighton Rocks! The 2014 Fringe Programme is Launched.

Brighton Rocks! The 2014 Fringe Programme is Launched.

England's largest mixed-arts festival, the Brighton Fringe, has launched its online programme. 

How To Attract Reviewers To Your Show

How To Attract Reviewers To Your Show

Broadway Baby publisher, Pete Shaw, reveals how reviewers pick the shows they're going to see, including the specific way Broadway Baby handles its selection. 

The Brighton Fringe Marketing Guide

The Brighton Fringe Marketing Guide

Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at the Brighton Fringe with tips on budgets, creating a press release, social media and bran... 

Advertising

Advertising

Want to promote your show through banner ads but don't know where to start? Read our advertising overview for more information. 

Advertising FAQ

Advertising FAQ

If you've never advertised online before, the jargon alone can be a minefield. Publisher Pete Shaw explains how online ads work and why they work better than traditional print. 

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Brand Guildlines

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