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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
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
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
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
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Philharmonia Orchestra Residency: Family Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 25th Aug 2024
Festival Director Nicola Benedetti performs a mesmerising violin solo in a classical programme that explores the animal kingdomSome of the world’s best classical music pieces are…
Peter Seivewright's 70th Birthday Recital
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 24th Aug 2024
Peter Seivewright celebrates his 70th birthday with performances of music by JS Bach and Moszkowski.
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Back for their seventh show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Talentz presents the creepy, kooky, mysteriously spooky Addams Family musical.
Charlie Chaplin’s Late-Night Cinema
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 10th - 24th Aug 2024
Relive the golden age of Hollywood as our cinema pianist improvises a film score to Charlie Chaplin’s best silent films including The Gold Rush (1925) – live! During the silent f…
Siblings and Family Friends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 7th - 21st Aug 2024
Prepare yourselves for a wild and wonderful variety night hosted by character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye of critically acclaimed Siblings, starring their family…
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Annaliesa Rose Sings the Peter Allen Songbook
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club
- 5th - 25th Aug 2024
This show shines a new light on Peter Allen in his capacity as incredibly gifted composer/songwriter, while also showcasing Annaliesa Rose’s unique and diverse vocal expertise, wit…
Amazing Prize Family Comedy Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Physicians
- 5th - 23rd Aug 2024
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
Peter Seivewright Jazz Pianoforte Recital
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 3rd Aug 2024
Peter Seivewright was described by the late Sir John Dankworth as ‘a great jazz pianist’.
Abracadabra Family Friendly Magic Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2024
Join Alex the Magician for an exciting children’s magic show, back for its fourth year at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Learn to Juggle Comedy Show!
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Laughter! Excitement! Learning! Comedian Frisco Fred performs then teaches you – the audience – to juggle! It’s fun, and great for annoying your downstairs neighbours.
Maria Fedulova: Russian. Mafia. Family.
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Maria Fedulova, award-winning comedian and enemy of the Russian state, talks family, crime, and living the life of a refugee in her hilarious debut hour.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Peter E Davidson: Manifest Density
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson returns with his sixth Edinburgh special.
Family-Fun Edinburgh Cycle Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Bridgend Farmhouse
- 1st - 24th Aug 2024
Exclusive to Fringe 2024! See Edinburgh on two wheels.
Ahh I Appear to Be Having a Breakdown – The Debut Hour From Peter Bazely
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Does your life feel like a massive fire in a bin? Well don’t worry – because Kanye West made having a breakdown cool, and now Peter Bazely shows you how to turn your pesky publ…
Family Fortunes (But for Bad People)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Remember Family Fortunes? This is like that, but for horrible people.
PG Hits! The Best in Family-Friendly Stand-Up Comedy!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
The Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 18th Aug 2024
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin Mor and Logy Logan take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Peter Jones – Cannot Fail
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
I’m an Australian comedian.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Josh Glanc: Family Man
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Josh Glanc is back with a brand-new show.
Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
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 …
Nick Cope’s Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 22nd - 23rd Jun 2024
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Maria Fedulova: Russian. Mafia. Family.
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2024
Welcome to the Russian Mafia Family! Maria Fedulova is a Russian refugee forced to leave her country because she’s against the war.
PG Hits! Family-friendly comedy club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 6th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024
The best way to discover your new favourite comedian! We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
BasketballMan Can Fly
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Bunker @ Fool’s Paradise
- 25th May - 2nd Jun 2024
He’s a basketball player and world renowned B-Ball freestyler but now BasketballMan’s gonna prove he’s a real superhero.
Kids Khaos Carnival Family Show
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Bunker @ Fool’s Paradise
- 25th - 30th May 2024
Step right up and prepare for pandemonium at the Kids Khaos Carnival Family Show, starring the one and only Logy Logan from Circus Sonas! Get ready to be swept away in a tornado of…
Silicon Brighton: Brighton Cloud and learn - develop and build your cloud skills
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Runway East
- 22nd May 2024
Join us for an exciting meetup event hosted by Brighton Cloud to discover ways to drive your learning and development.
Family Spectacular: Sussex Symphony Orchestra
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church
- 18th May 2024
This concert will introduce the audience to all the instruments of our orchestra through a performance of Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, as well as take you on El…
The Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc / The Bunker @ Fool’s Paradise
- 20th May 2023 - 19th May 2024
THE CIRCUS SONAS FAMILY SHOW All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Family Fortunes (But for Bad People)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 12th May 2024
Remember Family Fortunes? This is like that, but for horrible people.
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 12th - 13th Feb 2024
Following two hugely successful UK and Ireland tours, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, A Musical Comedy will perform live in concert in the West End for the first time at the London Palladium Th…
China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz presents: A Family Business
- Listing Theatre
- World Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 16th Jan - 2nd Mar 2024
Based on conversations with activists, academics and diplomats, theatre maker Chris Thorpe’s new show focuses on the human story of the struggle of nuclear disarmament, and the g…
Peter Pan - Hammersmith
- Listing
- West End
- Apollo Hammersmith
- 5th - 7th Jan 2024
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan - Nottingham
- Listing
- West End
- Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
- 2nd Jan 2024
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan - Glasgow
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan - Aberdeen
- Listing
- West End
- TECA Aberdeen
- 27th Dec 2023
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan - Birmingham
- Listing
- West End
- Genting Arena
- 22nd - 23rd Dec 2023
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan - Cardiff
- Listing
- West End
- Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
- 9th - 10th Dec 2023
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan
- Listing Pantomime
- West End
- The London Palladium
- 9th Dec 2023 - 14th Jan 2024
Flying into The London Palladium this Christmas, Peter Pan will be the West End’s ultimate pantomime adventure.
Peter Pan - Liverpool
- Listing
- West End
- Echo Arena Liverpool
- 2nd - 3rd Dec 2023
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Peter Pan - Rose Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 1st Dec 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
Peter Pan
- Listing Pantomime
- London Fringe
- Kenneth More Theatre
- 1st Dec 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
A swashbuckling family pantomime packed with amazing special effects, barrels of laughter, outstanding costumes … and a little bit of fairy dust!
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 14th Dec, 2023
Mischief Theatre is back again with Peter Pan Goes Wrong, an effortlessly hilarious show where magic and mayhem coexist.
Peter Grimes - English National Opera
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 21st Sep - 11th Oct 2023
Featuring some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever written, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes paints a vivid picture of a small community’s transformation…
Peter Duncan's A Falling Tree
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
Peter Duncan: actor, panto filmmaker, Blue Peter man and the UK’s former Chief Scout talks about his world travels observing the changing planet.
Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 26th Aug 2023
Doctor Who is 60.
Pretending to Fly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 14th - 26th Aug 2023
Summer 2020, NYC.
Padley, Strauss and Woolf: Blue Peter (Bloop Eater?!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 13th - 17th Aug 2023
Come and enjoy this surreal adventure where we might learn some things (?!) and discover who is Blue Peter.
King Kandoro’s Family Meeting
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Aug 2023
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
Adam Greene and Peter Bazely: Bi and Large – Bier and Larger
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 10th - 27th Aug 2023
When the two multi award-winning comedians Adam Greene and Peter Bazely decided to form comedy supergroup Bi and Large, they knew it would be a hit but nothing prepared them for th…
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For the Many Live with Peter Tatchell
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 9th Aug 2023
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Siblings and Family Friends
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica Leanne
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 26th Aug, 2023
These girls are batshit crazy and I love it.
Iain Dale: All Talk with Peter Hitchens and Polly Toynbee
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 8th Aug 2023
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Frank Sinatra Tribute: Come Fly With Me
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 7th - 26th Aug 2023
Returning to Edinburgh following his successful tribute show, Frank & Dean, at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pete Sinclair returns with a full-hour show celebrating the hi…
Arts and Crafts Family Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 7th - 11th Aug 2023
Explore making rubbings, printing, collage and fun with circles and squares, and mixed-media collage.
Peter Pan
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 6th Aug - 3rd Sep 2023
A lively three-hander reimagining of J.M. Barrie’s classic play
Amazing Prize Family Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9 Queen Street
- 6th - 20th Aug 2023
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
Peter Seivewright {Pianoforte} Performs a Chopin Recital
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
Peter Seivewright is one of the very few British artists in any field to have achieved substantial recognition in both Russia and the United States of America, as well as throughou…
Amna Bee: Don't Tell My Family
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
She’s a bad-ass rule breaker and has got one hell of a story as a result – just don’t tell her family.
Cinema Paradiso
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cuthbert’s Church
- 5th Aug 2023
Classical singer Ciara brings the magic of the silver screen to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her concert Cinema Paradiso.
BasketballMan Can Fly
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake
- 5th - 20th Aug 2023
BasketballMan is a world-renowned freestyler but now he is out to prove he is a real superhero.
The Addams Family – A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Broughton High School
- 5th - 12th Aug 2023
Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family.
The Quest to Save Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 4th - 9th Aug 2023
The Quest to Save Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale.
The Addams Family The Musical School Edition
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 4th - 8th Aug 2023
The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princes…
The Van Paemel Family
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Discover this iconic Flemish play by Cyriel Buysse.
A Snake in the House Means the Family Will Never Want
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 4th Aug 2023
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
Family Matters
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 4th - 9th Aug 2023
Family Matters: Presents the “full catastrophe” of family life, embracing its comic, dramatic, farcical and tragic realities.
Family Portrait
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Dovecot
- 4th - 20th Aug 2023
Award-winning interactive video installation full of humour, candour, joy and love.
Peter Pan
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the Pirates, Mermaids and Native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and …
Conquest of Bread / Conquista del Pan
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voices from the South
- 4th Aug 2023
Conquest of Bread is a creative and critical space woven mostly by working women and domestic workers from San Juan de Abajo, Mexico, to discuss their working conditions.
Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 20th Aug 2023
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
PG Hits! Family-Friendly Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
#BigDerryEnergy with Peter E Davidson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Derry comedian Peter E Davidson returns for his fifth Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Peter Flanagan: Meditations
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2023
An hour of blisteringly funny, personal comedy from a rising Irish talent.
Adam Greene and Peter Bazely: Bi and Large – Bier and Larger
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 3rd - 9th Aug 2023
When the two multi award-winning comedians Adam Greene and Peter Bazely decided to form comedy supergroup Bi and Large, they knew it would be a hit but nothing prepared them for th…
AI Jesus – Peter Bazely with Special Guest(s)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
After a decade of writing jokes, Bazely is out of ideas.
Paul Chowdhry: Family-Friendly Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Following a complete sell-out, extended national tour, star of global hit Live Innit, Taskmaster and the first British-Asian stand-up to sell-out London’s Wembley Arena returns to …
Secret Cinema Presents Grease: The Live Experience
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies: it’s time to immerse yourself in the world of Grease like never before! Step back in time to the 1950s and experience those summer nights…
Peter Pan - The Actors' Church
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 13th - 15th Jul 2023
This summer join Slapstick Picnic for a theatrical treat like no other as they whip up a three hander version of JM Barrie’s classic play Peter Pan, presented by The Actors&r…
Nick Cope’s Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th - 9th Jul 2023
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Nick Cope’s Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th - 9th Jul 2023
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Tom Gleeson & Peter Helliar: Live In London – Ashes Edition
- Listing Comedy
- World Tours
- Soho Theatre
- 26th - 27th Jun 2023
Two of Australia’s best stand-ups are in London for a rare double headline show at Soho Theatre on the eve of the Lord’s Test.
ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 30th May 2023
Reflecting the politics of the African continent in the 60s/70s, in this seminal documentary William Klein captures the radical atmosphere of the first Pan-African Cultural Festiva…
ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 30th May 2023
Reflecting the politics of the African continent in the 60s/70s, in this seminal documentary William Klein captures the radical atmosphere of the first Pan-African Cultural Festiva…
Siblings & Family Friends
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Siblings & Family Friends
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2023
Character Comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye, of critically acclaimed ‘Siblings’, are back with another mixed bill variety night starring their weird and wonderful frie…
Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 27th May 2023
Celebrate the start of the May half term with a family friendly pick of the fringe! Enjoy 10 minute performances of Brighton Fringe shows that will be performing over half term we…
Family-Friendly Bom-Bane's Mix!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 21st May 2023
A family-friendly edition of Bom Bane’s Mix.
Family-Friendly Bom-Bane's Mix!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 21st May 2023
A family-friendly edition of Bom Bane’s Mix.
Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 20th May 2023
Doctor Who is 60.
The Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 20th - 21st May 2023
THE CIRCUS SONAS FAMILY SHOW All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 20th May 2023
Doctor Who is 60.
Paul Chowdhry: Family Friendly Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th - 31st May 2023
Following a complete sell-out 2021 tour and 2022 extension, star of Taskmaster and global smash hit ‘Live Innit’, Paul Chowdhry brings his hit show ‘Fa…
Fly with me
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- MEET: Brighton Spiegeltent
- 13th - 14th May 2023
Fly with Me is a mix of storytelling and Kite making.
Fly with me
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- MEET: Brighton Spiegeltent
- 13th - 14th May 2023
Fly with Me is a mix of storytelling and Kite making.
Family Yoga with Ester
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Under The Archway
- 9th May - 1st Jun 2023
Hatha yoga to ease yourself back into exercising while bonding with your little one.
Family Yoga with Ester
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Under The Archway
- 9th May - 1st Jun 2023
Parent/carer and baby/toddler Hatha yoga to ease yourself back into exercising while bonding with your little one.
Brighton’s Singing Barber Peter Joannou
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Peter Joannou Male Grooming
- 7th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Peter Joannou Brighton’s Singing Barber & The Cool Legends Show, including classic songs by Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Elvis Presley & more direct from h…
Brighton’s Singing Barber Peter Joannou
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Peter Joannou Male Grooming
- 7th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Peter Joannou Brighton’s Singing Barber & The Cool Legends Show, including classic songs by Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Elvis Presley & more direct from h…
PG Hits! Family-friendly comedy club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2023
We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
Family Tree
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Brixton House
- 13th - 23rd Apr 2023
Family Tree is a beautifully poetic drama about race, health, the environment, and the incredible legacy of one of the most influential Black women of modern times.
Family Tree
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Belgrade Theatre
- 16th Mar, 2023
Our lives are indebted to many people.
Peter Pan’s Labyrinth
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Vaults
- 19th Oct 2022 - 7th Jan 2023
Multi award-winning comedy trio Sleeping Trees are returning with another festive mash up, this year taking JM Barrie’s beloved boy who would not grow up, adding 20 years and 50 …
Peter Pan's Labyrinth
You are formally invited to the goblin wedding of the year in this alternative comedy from Sleeping Trees! Following an internet scam, Peter Pan left Neverland, and with it, left b…
PIGS MIGHT FLY
- Listing Children’s Shows
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 30th Sep - 27th Oct 2022
A new farmyard musical about the joy of unlikely friendships.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Musselburgh Racecourse
- 27th - 27th Aug 2022
Peter Rabbit and his naughty cousin Benjamin know very well that they are not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but they cannot resist and soon they find themselves face to face w…
Peter Fleming's Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 22nd Aug 2022
Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian Tom Burgess.
Herviss Family
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 15th - 28th Aug 2022
Meet the Herviss Family and journey to their world.
Fly Me to the Moon
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Everyone needs a little bit of luck in their lives.
Peter Seivewright (Pianoforte)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th Aug 2022
Gunnar Berg (1909-1989) GAFFKY’s.
Pan Gu
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 13th Aug 2022
Pangu is a 50-minute physical dance play based on a Chinese mythic story in the Classic of Mountain and Seas.
The Addams Family: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 8th - 13th Aug 2022
A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee…
The Little Iceberg Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Charney
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 11th Aug, 2022
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.
The McTaggart Family: Celtic Gospel
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
From a dream over 25 years ago, it has been a long journey! The time has finally come that a number of the eleven McTaggart Siblings are now in a position to sing from the same pag…
Amazing Prize Family Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Columba’s by the Castle
- 5th - 14th Aug 2022
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
The Man Who Planted Trees
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Charney
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 12th Aug, 2022
If someone happened to wander into the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh knowing nothing about Puppet State Theatre Company’s The Man Who Planted Trees, they’d certainl…
The Addams Family – A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 5th - 24th Aug 2022
From the company that brought you the sell-out Fringe smash, Sunshine on Leith, Captivate Theatre presents a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.
The Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
Circus Sonas are Northern Irish father and son Martin and Logy.
The Discount Comedy Checkout: Improvised Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 10th Aug 2022
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
Peter E Davidson – Sleepyhead
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson* is above average! (In that humans are only supposed to sleep an average of one third of their life… and he really has gone beyond the call of du…
Comedy Hour: Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe.
3's Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand up.
Basil Brush's Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2022
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
Mary, Chris, Mars
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Charney
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 14th Aug, 2022
Mary, Chris, Mars tells the story of two astronauts who share a Christmas Day together after a chance encounter pushes them away from the crippling isolation of their solitude and …
Learning to Fly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
A new show from James featuring his captivating mix of theatre, comedy and music.
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Adapted from the beloved children’s books by Mo Willems, Leonardo! tells the story of a monster who longs to be scary and the big decisions he must make along the way.
Secret Cinema X Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy (No Film)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 8th Sep - 29th Oct 2022
Please note, your ticket will be for the immersive experience ONLY, to include the film, please go to SECRET CINEMA X MARVEL STUDIOS' GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY + FILM Taking the …
Secret Cinema X Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy + Film
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 4th Sep - 30th Oct 2022
Taking the most-loved stories to life through immersive experience of epic proportions, Secret Cinema presents Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy this summer.
The Discount Comedy Checkout - Improvised Family Show
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 31st Jul 2022
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
The Discount Comedy Checkout - Improvised Family Show
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 31st Jul 2022
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
The Addams Family Musical in Concert
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 30th - 31st Jul 2022
MTS presents: The Addams Family Musical in Concert! The elite young performers of Musical Theatre Studio Ltd give you an exciting performance of The Addams Family.
Out of the Frying Pan
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 3rd - 5th Jun 2022
‘My daughter had a party.
Out of the Frying Pan
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 3rd - 5th Jun 2022
‘My daughter had a party.
Living Paintings Storytelling @ The Family Picnic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
Join us for an accessible storytelling for all children at the Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Fringe Family Picnic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2022! Join us as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family entertainment than you can…
Hush Beats Children's Silent Disco @ The Family Picnic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th - 7th May 2022
Join us for a silent disco boogie as part of the fabulous Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Fringe Family Picnic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2022! Join us as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family entertainment than you can…
Living Paintings Storytelling @ The Family Picnic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
Living Paintings are a publisher and library like no other.
Hush Beats Children's Silent Disco @ The Family Picnic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th - 7th May 2022
Join us for a silent disco boogie as part of the fabulous Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Basil Brush's Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2022
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
Basil Brush's Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2022
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
Family Tree
- Listing Workshop
- London Fringe
- Brixton House
- 16th Apr 2022 - 23rd Apr 2023
Family Tree is a beautifully poetic drama about race, health, the environment, and the incredible legacy of one of the most influential Black women of modern times.
Rabbit Hole
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 17th Apr, 2022
After sitting through two acts of around fifty-five minutes each at the Union Theatre, quite why David Lindsey-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five To…
Family Vogue Ball - Lush Liverpool
- Listing Nightlife
- UK Regional & Tours
- LUSH Liverpool Spa
- 14th Nov 2021
Darren Pritchard Dance Presents the life-enhancing power of the ballroom.
TRIGGERnometry Live with Peter Hitchens
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd Nov 2021
TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- New Wimbledon Theatre Studio
- 15th - 17th Oct 2021
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - A 60-minute flight into the imagination is on at New Wimbledon Studio this October (15th-17th, various times).
Learn Tarot & Explore Your Soul! A Divination Drop-in!
- Listing Nightlife
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 19th Sep 2021
This is an Ecstatic Experiential Mutual Care sharing about using the Tarot to Explore Your Soul and understand Your place in the Universe! Its a weekly Tarot drop-in sharing! …
The Modern Family Show 2021
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- 8 Northumberland Avenue
- 18th Sep 2021
This one-day boutique event is the only UK family creation show exclusively designed for the LGBTQ+ community informing attendees about UK and International family building options…
Learn Tarot & Explore Your Soul! A Divination Drop-in!
- Listing Nightlife
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 12th Sep 2021
This is an Ecstatic Experiential Mutual Care sharing about using the Tarot to Explore Your Soul and understand Your place in the Universe! Its a weekly Tarot drop-in sharing! …
Pearl's Family Portraits
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Brixton Village
- 4th Sep 2021
Who do you call family? Who is your brother from another mother? Your sistren? Your crew? We are celebrating friendship and the support we give each oth…
OH QUEER CUPID - CINEMA DATE
- Listing Workshop
- London Fringe
- Genesis Cinema
- 29th Aug 2021
Oh Queer Cupid! Have you always wanted to go to a queer speed dating night? Where you can meet like-minded LGBTQ+ people, to make friends, get connected and maybe find a sexy roman…
NDY: HUNGAMA YOGA X FLY LDN
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- FLY LDN
- 28th Aug 2021
SYNC YOUR BREATH AND MOVEMENT WITH A BOLLYWOOD-INFUSED VINYASA YOGA LED BY THE POWERFUL ENERGY OF DIRISH SHAKTIDAS.
Heavenly Bodies - A Family Affair
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- Freedom Bar
- 22nd Aug 2021
Sunday nights couldnt get more Heavenly! Drag apostles assemble for their congregation at Freedom Cabaret Club every other Sunday 7pm - 10:30pm.
Basil Brush’s Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 22nd Aug 2021
Britain’s most loveable fox returns to Underbelly with his amazing Family Fun Show.
The Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
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The Golden Fly
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 19th - 27th Aug 2021
The Golden Fly is an epic wonder tale of a shape-shifting goddess in search of her truth.
Family Portrait
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 14th Aug, 2021
A charming, funny and touching interactive video installation, Family Portrait by Natasha Gilmore’s Barrowland Ballet features Natasha herself as mother and single parent and her…
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Amazing Prize Family Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 7th - 29th Aug 2021
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
Ciara Harvie – Cinema Paradiso
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cuthbert’s Church
- 7th Aug 2021
Ciara Harvie is a classical crossover singer from Edinburgh.
Pán
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Inspired by the allegorical Chinese myth of Pangu, and choreographed by Kuik Swee Boon (Singapore) and Kim Jae Duk (Korea), this contemporary dance piece presents the idea of trans…
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
Amina Khayyam Dance – Catch the Bird Who Won't Fly
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 12th Aug, 2021
Amina Khayyam’s Catch the Bird Who Won’t Fly, a Kathak dance piece using animation and green screen is beautiful, subtle and moving despite its grim subject matter: domestic vi…
Alice Rabbit's AYE-Cons
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- MultiStory
- 6th - 21st Aug 2021
Making her headline Edinburgh Fringe debut, Alice Rabbit – Mother of the Hoose of Rabbit, reigning queen of Edinburgh’s regular Tuesday night explosion, The Rabbit Hole and all-r…
Basil Brush's Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Stage In The Park
- 24th Jul 2021
Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerjack, Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in show for all the family specially written f…
Two Worlds No Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn
- 16th Jul, 2021
Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y…
Secret Cinema presents Dirty Dancing
- Listing Film
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 13th - 31st Jul 2022
Secret Cinema Presents DIRTY DANCING The year is 1963 and Kellerman's Resort is back for another summer of love! Step into the world of Dirty Dancing in this 4+ hour immersive …
The Control Project Cinema Screening
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 25th - 26th Jun 2021
Dance and digital worlds collide on this journey exploring choice and control.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Learn To Sew: Bag or Cushion
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Sew In Brighton Sewing School
- 13th - 20th Jun 2021
Join us for a fun and creative afternoon learning to use a sewing machine.
Learn To Sew: Bag or Cushion
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Sew In Brighton Sewing School
- 13th - 20th Jun 2021
Join us for a fun and creative afternoon learning to use a sewing machine.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Siblings & Family Friends / Siblings & Sami
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd Jun - 4th Jul 2021
Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sami Abu Wardeh.
Siblings & Family Friends / Siblings & Sami
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd - 6th Jun 2021
3 - 5th June - Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sam…
Chosen Family
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Celebrating unconditional love and kinship.
Chosen Family
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Celebrating unconditional love and kinship.
Peter Pandemic
- Listing Pantomime
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 18th - 23rd May 2021
Back by popular demand at the Canal Café Theatre, this socially distanced Comedy Pantomime set in 2021 sees characters from the classic fairytale battling far more than just Capta…
Fringe Academy: Learn How to Review Arts and Cultural Works with Voicemag.uk
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 26th Apr 2021
Are you aged 16- 25? Fancy getting involved in Brighton Fringe and becoming a young reviewer for Voice? Join Alice online on Monday 26th April, 2pm for this free workshop where we …
Bogowie (15) (Gods) - Polish Cinema Screening and Talk
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 12th - 13th Jan 2021
This the second in a series of screenings and talks exploring gems of Polish cinema, hosted by Polish cinema expert Michael Brooke.
Oh Yes It Is - A Family Christmas Adventure
- Listing Pantomime
- Brighton
- Ropetackle Arts Centre
- 11th - 31st Dec 2020
‘Widow Twankey’ and ‘Wishy Washy’ are in a spin! They hear rumours of a cancelled pantomime in Old Peking and can feel that their Christmas ‘Mother Goose’ might well be…
Amazing Prize Family Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
3's Comedy – Luka Muller, Peter Jones and Mystery Guest
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 6th - 30th Aug 2020
3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Peter Pan
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 17th Jun - 4th Jul 2020
One ordinary evening turns into one extraordinary adventure… JM Barrie’s Peter Pan the boy who wouldn’t grow up flies into Greenwich Theatre in this all-new ensemble producti…
Peaches Christ’s Addams Apple Family Values
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th - 23rd May 2020
Soho Theatre &Tim Whitehead Management present: Peaches Christ’s Addams Apple Family Values They're creepy and their kooky, mysterious and spoopy! Peaches…
Learn Martial Arts while in a Pub
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Oxford Tavern
- 5th Dec 2019 - 19th Sep 2021
Welcome to Camden Shorinji Kempo! We’re proud to be an openly LGBTQ+ Shorinji Kempo martial arts club where everyone is welcome.
Fly Me To The Moon
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Scotland
- Oran Mor / Traverse Theatre
- 16th Oct, 2019
Having this year reached the notable landmark of their 500th new production, the team behind the award-winning lunchtime theatre phenomenon that is “A Play, A Pie and a Pint” i…
Luna Cinema Presents Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Listing Events
- West End
- Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
- 8th Sep 2019
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Monty Python’s Life of Brian is back on the big screen.
Luna Cinema Presents A Star is Born
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
- 1st Sep 2019
"The new A Star is Born is a total emotional knockout…rapturous and swooning, but also delicate and intimate and luminous.
Luna Cinema Presents Mary Poppins Returns
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
- 25th Aug 2019
Following last year's sell out screening of The Greatest Showman, The Luna Cinema returns to the Open Air Theatre with the long awaited sequel to Disney’s musical ma…
The Golden Fly
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 21st - 25th Aug 2019
The Golden Fly is an epic tale of a shape-shifting goddess in search of her truth.
Peter Seivewright (Pianoforte)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 18th Aug 2019
Russian and Scottish piano music. Tommy Fowler (born 1948): Remergence. Medtner (1880-1951): Sonata Reminiscenza, Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano Sonata Number 2.
Peeved with Peter E Davidson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
- 18th - 25th Aug 2019
Derry comedian Peter E Davidson (The Blame Game, Live at the Sunflower) is back with his third Fringe show and this time.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Amazing Prize Family Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 16th - 24th Aug 2019
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
Family Secrets
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 14th - 24th Aug 2019
Following a sell-out run in Oxford, Family Secrets is a night of comedy and chaos as a family (inspired by your suggestions!) has an entirely improvised reunion.
Punkanary Comedy Cinema
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 12th - 14th Aug 2019
Screening the best quick-fire sketches and shorts by the next big undiscovered talents.
Little Rabbit
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Trapped in a house, flood waters rising, Susan plays out all the influences on her life.
Learn to Play Ukulele with Tricity Vogue
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rae Macintosh Musicroom
- 10th - 11th Aug 2019
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin: Open air Cinema: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 4th Aug 2019
Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin.
The Bird Show - A flap-tastic family comedy
- Listing Children’s Shows
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Wardrobe Theatre
- 4th - 4th Aug 2019
Coming to The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol in the summer holidays, The Bird Show uses live music, puppetry and lots of silly bird puns in this heart-fluttering physical comedy about…
Man vs Balloon: The Family Magic Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
Witness a magical extravaganza where you will marvel at The Biggest Balloon in the World and risk your dryness at the ultimate game of Water Pistol Roulette! All live on stage in f…
The South Afreakins: The Afreakin Family
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Helene is excited to throw Gordon’s birthday party, but Gordon isn’t happy about turning 70.
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2019
The Addams Family.
Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XX
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Last ever year for the show that started the Free Fringe.
Peter Brush: Present. Tense.
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Awkward jokesmith Peter Brush returns to the Fringe with his hot takes on meditation, sexist babies, robot wives and why he’ll be donating his eyeballs to criminals after he dies…
Pan Breid
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
Welcome tae Camby! If ye need tae know anyhin’ aboot roon here, there’s five hings ye need tae remember: neds, fitbaw, shite, shoaps n’ the cooncil.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
‘All children, except one, grow up’ – but how did one child named Peter escape his fate to become ‘the boy who would not grow up’? Betwixt-and-Between explore the question behind…
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
Bare Productions return following their sell-out run in Fringe 2018 with a deliciously wicked musical.
Amazing Family Thai Meal Masterclass
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Krua Thai Cookery School
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Superior home-made Thai cuisine cooked live.
A Family Affair
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
A family of improvisers?! Yes! A Family Affair is an improvised show in which personal, sometimes hilarious (but always true), heartfelt stories are told from the perspectives of a…
Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind…
3's Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Peter Fleming: Have You Seen?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help.
Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Martin and Logy are back in Edinburgh and ready to have some fun.
Basil Brush's Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 15th Aug 2019
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
Manual Cinema's Frankenstein
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Love, loss and creation merge in unexpected ways in this thrilling classic gothic tale conceived by Manual Cinema.
Family Yoga: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 31st Jul - 6th Aug 2019
Family Yoga on the Arts Barge! This is an informal yoga session that brings together elements of traditional yoga practice, play and discovery.
Kōtuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 19th - 20th Jul 2019
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
Peter Gynt
- Review
- ★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Olivier Theatre
- 15th Jul, 2019
There was a time not long ago – when Facebook and Google weren’t even words – where we watched TV and learned from it, absorbing any new knowledge we discovered as fact.
Family Secrets
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th - 27th May 2019
Following a sell-out run in Oxford, ‘Family Secrets’ is a night of comedy and chaos as a family inspired by your suggestions has an entirely improvised reunion.
Electric Cabaret: Come Fly with Me
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront
- 25th May 2019
Brighton favourites The Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand! Join the jet set when you book with Electric Cabaret Airlines.
Family Values
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 24th - 27th May 2019
Comedy stalwart Gary G Knightley and miscellaneous wart Dan C Cadey in a comedy about the ones they love and sincerely blame.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Agatha Christie’s The Rats / Peter Hale's A Small Step for England!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Chapel Playhouse
- 30th Jun 2019
Agatha Christie’s dark and chilling play - The Rats.
Christian Brighty is Grandad in Grandad: Grandad’s Grandad-themed Family Reunion
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 16th - 19th May 2019
Sporting a ridiculous inflatable suit, ill-fitting wig and grey beard, the “hilarious” (The List) Christian Brighty brings to life a man you wish was dead.
Kotuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 15th - 19th May 2019
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Robert Ross presents: Tyler Butterworth - The Unknown Peter Butterworth
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th May 2019
Comedy actor Peter Butterworth is undoubtedly best-loved as an integral member of the Carry On team, appearing in sixteen of the film classics as well as an eighteen-mon…
The Family Blimp
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 11th - 12th May 2019
The Klump Company throw open their front door and cordially invite you in to meet The Family Blimp.
The Scrapyard Cinema
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Bunker
- 9th - 30th May 2019
An eclectic and exciting array of films playing throughout the festival.
Family Picnics
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 4th - 25th May 2019
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2019! Join us every Saturday in May as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family ente…
Brighton's Singing Barber: Peter Joannou
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Peter Joannou Male Grooming
- 4th May - 1st Jun 2019
Brighton’s singing barber Peter Joannou and The Something For The Weekend Show.
Black Peter
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 3rd - 9th May 2019
Where do monsters come from? Do they exist only in stories, or do they live amongst us, watching, waiting? ‘Black Peter’ is a retelling of the Bavarian tale of the Krampus.
Peter Pan - Easter Panto
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 13th - 13th Apr 2019
Peter Pan - Easter Pantomime Starring comedy legend BOBBY DAVRO as Smee CBBC’s Tracy Beaker DANI HARMER as Wendy Disney Art Attack’s LLOYD WARBEY as Peter Pa…
The Massaoke Family Show
- Listing Events
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 6th - 13th Apr 2019
What is Massaoke? The idea is simple: a brilliant live band plays well-known songs, with lyrics on a giant screen, and the whole audience sings along together.
Where Is Peter Rabbit?
- Listing Events
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 5th Apr - 1st Sep 2019
Hop onto your seats and immerse yourself in the magical world of Beatrix Potter.
The Addams Family Musical
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 19th - 20th Mar 2019
It's a dismal day at the Addams family's manse, with the ever-approaching storm clouds reflecting the gloomy atmosphere that has beset the household.
No One is Coming | Family Tree
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2019
No One is ComingMy Mam's different to yours.
February Half-Term Family Make & Play Ukulele Workshop
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 20th - 21st Feb 2019
MAKE, LEARN, PLAY and PERFORM on your own fully working ukulele, made from a spread tub! If you don't believe it, take a look at the YouTube extract below.
February Half Term Family Movement Workshop
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 19th - 19th Feb 2019
Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults.
Move, Create & Play - Half Term Family Workshop
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 19th - 19th Feb 2019
Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults.
Ralph Breaks The Internet (PG) - Half Term Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 18th - 23rd Feb 2019
Join Ralph and Vanellope in their newest buddy-comedy adventure, and explore the worldwide web in a whole new way.
Mary Poppins Returns (U) - Half Term Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 18th - 22nd Feb 2019
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find t…
The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (PG) - Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 16th Feb 2019
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift.
Learn the basics of needle punching
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 16th Feb 2019
£4010am - 12.
Peter Pan
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 13th - 14th Feb 2019
Mansfield Palace Senior Youth Theatre presents this wonderful musical play version by composer Jimmy Jewell and writer Nick Stimson.
Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Dublin
- Civic Theatre
- 11th - 12th Feb 2019
It’s Dublin in the 1980s.
Christopher Robin (PG) - Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 9th Feb 2019
Christopher Robin is all grown up and all out of imagination.
Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 9th Feb 2019
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…
The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (U) - Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 2nd Feb 2019
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits.
Learn The Basics of Weaving
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 26th Jan 2019
£4510am - 1pmFor ages 16+ This class is ideal for beginners who are interested in learning the basics of weaving on a lap loom.
Monsters University (U) - Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 26th Jan 2019
Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a Scarer—and he knows better than anyone that the …
Peter Rabbit (PG) - Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 19th Jan 2019
Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers, now takes on the starring role of his own irreverent, contemporary comedy w…
Learn to Sew Together - First Steps
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 19th Jan 2019
£50 for both sessions (ticket price is joint)Saturday 19 & 26 January10.
Learn to Sew Together - Next Steps Make a Bag
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 19th Jan 2019
£502pm - 4.
The Room / Victoria Station / Family Voices
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Harold Pinter Theatre
- 13th Dec 2018 - 26th Jan 2019
Harold Pinter’s first play, The Room, features in a triple-bill directed by Pinter’s colleague and friend, Patrick Marber.
Mr Rabbit meets Brer Santa
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Puppet Theatre Barge
- 1st - 31st Dec 2018
Brer Rabbit is back to his mischievous ways in this Christmas adventure full of fun and surprises.
Wendy and Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh
- The Lyceum
- 3rd Dec, 2018
Rumbustious, fast, furious and funny, yet full of magic and fairy dust, Wendy and Peter Pan will delight all ages: an awfully big adventure and the perfect Christmas show.
Peter James in conversation with Breda Brown
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 2nd Nov 2018
From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes an explosive standalone thriller that will grip you and won’t let go until the very last page.
The Boo-tique Cinema
- Listing Film
- Brighton
- Sweet@the Welly
- 18th - 27th Oct 2018
Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the festival, we’ll be screening classic (and some more obscure!) horror movies, with each main feature preceded by a brand new short horr…
Secret Cinema - Romeo & Juliet
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
Secret Cinema presents William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Location
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
From the company that previously brought you Peter Pan and Elf the Musical comes this spooktacular new musical comedy.
Learn to Mosaic With Helen Miles
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- White Stuff
- 14th - 19th Aug 2018
Make a mosaic with ceramic and glass tiles.
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams.
Learn to Play Ukulele With Tricity Vogue
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rae Macintosh Musicroom
- 11th - 12th Aug 2018
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
In Conversation with… Peter Egan
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 7th Aug 2018
Downtown Abbey’s Marquis of Flintshire and a BAFTA-winning actor with a film and TV career spanning fifty years.
A Dragon in the Family
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 18th Aug 2018
All the best stories begin with a game.
Once Seen on Blue Peter
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Makes, Bakes and Outtakes.
Don't Tell Me Not to Fly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 4th - 27th Aug 2018
This summer, four of West End’s leading ladies take residence in McEwan Hall – Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney.
Peter Dobbing: Pleased With Yourself Isn't the Same as Being Happy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sneaky Pete’s
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
‘Upbeat and energetic and above all, entertaining’ (Advertiser, Adelaide).
The Family Guy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sneaky Pete’s
- 4th - 12th Aug 2018
Cornelius Patrick O’ Sullivan is a comedian and a poet.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Peter Brush: Chasing Snails
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Awkward jokesmith Peter Brush takes on today’s hot topics, the Bayeux Tapestry, socks, the reason why snails move so slowly, and whether you’ll think more favourably of this sh…
Tygers Of Pan Tang – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 3rd Aug 2018
In the May 1979 issue of Sounds magazine the term ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ was used to describe a second wave of heavy metal bands that emerged in the late 1970’s.
Peter Pan
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2018
JM Barrie’s classic fairytale retold through the eyes of Glaswegian teenagers.
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Peter and the Starcatcher
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 3rd - 8th Aug 2018
The boy who wouldn’t grow up.
Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Funny Happy Stuff presents: Circus Sonas Family Show! A brand-new show from father and son circus performers Martin and Logy.
Peter Straker Sings Brel
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 12th Aug 2018
Straker is unquestionably the finest interpreter of Brel’s songs.
Fopical With Peter E Davidson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
- 2nd - 20th Aug 2018
Peter E Davidson (BBC Northern Ireland’s The Blame Game and Live at the Sunflower) returns with his brand-new show Fopical – a guide on how to relax in the modern world without…
Finding Peter
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
If there were one girl in the world who could tell you exactly what Neverland was like, it would be Wendy Darling.
Afternoon Family Underground Ghost Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- City of Edinburgh Tours
- 1st - 31st Aug 2018
Be led by a gruesome character from Edinburgh’s dark past around historic closes and wynds, then take a visit down into our underground vaults.
John Pendal: We Are Family
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Storyteller and stand-up comedian John Pendal explores his family tree and discovers mutinies in the 1800s, arson in the 1900s and autism in the 2000s.
John Pendal: We Are Family
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 29th Jul 2018
Popular comic John Pendal returns to Great Yorkshire Fringe for a third consecutive year.
John Pendal: We Are Family
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 15th Jul 2018
“AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER…FRINGE BRILLIANCE” ★★★★★ - Broadway Baby John Pendal is proud to announce his third full-length solo show: “…
Expedition Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 4th Jun, 2018
"Grow up, mature, and come back when you have something to contribute!" It's not the most sympathetic way to address a young audience; nevertheless, it succinctly sho…
The Crapp Family
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 28th - 31st May 2018
The kind of family that goes the extra mile because the brakes are cut and daddy don’t like the UK speed limit.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
Family Day - Boo Hoo Baby
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th May 2018
‘The Boo Hoo Baby’ Inspired by the board book by Cressida Cowell Boo is a baby who needs something but what it is nobody knows.
Family Day - Excuse Me Mrs Pardon
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Family Day - Space Girl
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th May 2018
‘Space Girl’ written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old.
Family Day - PAW PATROL (Meet Chase)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Plus come and see Chase from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.
Family Day - PAW PATROL (Meet Marshall)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Plus come and see Marshall from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11.
Family Day - Rap and Beatbox Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
This is a terrific workshop for children and young people of all ages.
Family Day - D.J Skills Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
DJ skills workshops are great for children who want to learn to DJing.
Family Day - Street Dance Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
Learn to Throw a Pot
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Painting Pottery Cafe
- 12th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Experience the potter’s wheel and learn a new skill in our friendly and inviting studio.
John Pendal: Family
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 9th - 30th May 2018
John Pendal returns with a preview of his new solo stand-up comedy show ‘Family’.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
Fringe City Family Picnic
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 5th - 26th May 2018
Fringe City Family Picnic is a free outdoor event taking place on the 5th and 26th May in the Pavilion Gardens, a showcase of family friendly shows, plus free fun activities for ch…
Brighton’s Singing Barber Peter Joannou
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Peter Joannou Male Grooming
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Brighton’s singing barber, Peter Joannou, performs his latest song ‘From Ma Window’, from his first floor shop window in The Lanes in the ‘Something For The Weekend’ show.
The Family Bushdance
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Grace Emily Hotel
- 18th Mar 2018
The Family Bushdance is a live podcast showcasing some of the best live acts going round, from soul and blues to country and good old fashioned rock and roll.
Peter Helliar - Big Boy Pants
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 16th - 18th Mar 2018
As seen on The Project, CRAM & Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network TEN).
Learn Modern Jive!
- Listing Workshop
- Adelaide Fringe
- Irish Club
- 15th - 22nd Mar 2018
It’s in the air… the desire to dance! Fly solo or bring your friends to learn a fun, modern and easy partner dance style that can be danced to any music.
Louise & Sally on Tin Pan Alley
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Lab
- 12th - 16th Mar 2018
Two award-winning acclaimed artists.
Peter Jones - Up Here
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Producers
- 11th - 18th Mar 2018
Peter Jones (a writer for Channel 10’s The Project) is up here! Peter is making his Adelaide Fringe debut after being named one of the New Faces To Watch by the Herald Sun at the M…
Huggers - Best of Adelaide Fringe Kids & Family Selection
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
With comedy, cabaret & fun for all the family to enjoy Huggers returns to Adelaide with enough variety to entertain all ages.
North Terrace Linger, Listen and Learn
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- North Terrace Linger, Listen and Learn
- 12th Mar 2018
in Good Company has found a brilliant way to combine singing, quirky historical stories and walking.
The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 10th - 12th Mar 2018
We can all recall that one special toy which, even in adulthood, puts a smile on our face when we think of it, and ‘The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show’ is about such a toy.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Family
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Holden Street Theatres
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Join acclaimed British writer-performer & newly crowned BBC Poetry Slam Champion Ben Norris as he battles the UK’s most notorious service stations & the perils of lower league fo…
3's Comedy - Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Producers
- 11th - 18th Mar 2018
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Peter Allen Live In Inverted Commas
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
The Man - Peter Allen was the quintessential entertainer: women loved him; men loved him but they didn’t quite understand why.
Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - Live It Up
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 11th Mar 2018
Peter Combe is back with the fast furious and fabulous Juicy Juicy Green Band with songs from his latest ARIA nominated LIve It Up album plus the old favs.
Peter Combe in LIVE IT UP and Bellyflop in a Pizza!!
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Quirky songs from Peter’s new album LIVE IT UP and together with the Theatre Bugs Kids, the old favs as well.
Peter Goers is Hard Rubbish
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Holden Street Theatres
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
“Hard Rubbish” is the third show in a trilogy of crap following Goers’ Holden Street Fringe his “Actors, Drunks And Babies Never Hurt Themselves” and “Smoked Ham”.
Peter Dobbing: pleased with yourself isn’t the same as being happy
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Funny, upbeat and surprisingly articulate.
La Flute de Pan
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Jade
- 7th Mar 2018
Adelaide flutist Melanie Walters returns to the Fringe in 2018 with a recital of 20th and 21st Century solo flute music inspired by Greek mythology, including works by Claude Debus…
Salisbury Secret Garden - Family Fun Day
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - Civic Square
- 4th Mar 2018
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
The String Family
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Woodville Town Hall
- 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2018
Experience the toe-tapping classical crossover genre as performed by the 2016 Australian National Busking Champions, and get an insight into full-time life on the road ‘living the …
Livvy & Pete: The Songs Of Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 26th Feb 2018
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.
Kilkenny Scout Group Family Fun Day
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Adelaide Fringe
- Challa Gardens Primary School
- 24th Feb 2018
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
Welcome to the Family
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 23rd - 24th Feb 2018
A show for anyone who has ever sat at a family table and thought - not everyone here is sane! Welcome to the Family is a one woman show that mixes stand-up comedy and theatre t…
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh
- Assembly Roxy
- 4th - 8th Feb 2018
White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been called a play.
Peter Pan - An Arena Spectacular
- Listing Pantomime
- West End
- Wembley Arena
- 29th - 30th Dec 2017
Returning bigger and better than ever, The World’s Biggest Pantomime presents Peter Pan, a stunning new arena spectacular, headlined by two of the UK’s favourite stars.
Peter Bence
- Listing Music
- West End
- Gillian Lynne Theatre
- 5th Dec 2017
Peter is a worldwide YouTube phenomenon with over 200 million views of his rock interpretations of classic tracks played with incredible energy and skill on piano.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Climb That Tree - A Family Music Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Half Moon Theatre
- 28th - 28th Oct 2017
Join award-winning songwriter and musician David Gibb on a musical journey through his hilarious and often surreal imagination.
Flit, Flap & Fly
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Half Moon Theatre
- 13th - 14th Oct 2017
A squawking adventure that follows a young bird’s frantic and funny journey towards independence, and his relationship with his fine-singing father.
Learn to Play Ukulele With Tricity Vogue
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rae Macintosh Musicroom
- 26th - 27th Aug 2017
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Paper Cinema's Macbeth
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 28th Aug, 2017
The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth is a dazzling feat of storytelling.
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★
- Katie Daniel
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 23rd Aug, 2017
The story of Peter Pan is a familiar one for many and The Talentz present a lovely retelling of the classic tale.
The Growing Pains of the Mantle Family Living Room
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 21st - 26th Aug 2017
The Mantles have issues that probably need to be addressed, only problem being none of them talk to each other, not properly anyway.
Peter Antoniou – Happy Medium
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Holyrood
- 16th - 27th Aug 2017
If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Direct from London’s West End, award-winning ‘“psychic” comedian Peter Antoniou brings his unique skills to peer inside yo…
Blueswater Presents: Down the Rabbit Hole
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 14th - 26th Aug 2017
Cabaret diva Cat Loud is venturing down the rabbit hole on a spicy musical adventure, stumbling upon songstresses and local legends in a unique bluesy variety show.
The Addams Family: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 14th - 17th Aug 2017
The spooky and kooky Addams Family comes to life in this outrageous musical comedy.
Peter Grimes
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 13th Aug 2017
What really happened to the young apprentice of surly fisherman Peter Grimes? Suspicion turns to violence when villagers mob together to uncover the unsettling truth.
Wind and Fire: Nicholas Parsons – Peter and the Wolf
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 12th Aug 2017
Nicholas Parsons, Radio 4 legend, narrates the children’s classic tale Peter and the Wolf, arranged by Tom David Wilson for double-reed and brass ensemble and conducted by John Gru…
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Rabbit Heart; A Lovely Tragedy
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 10th - 12th Aug 2017
Love is blind, broken & beautiful, but this is not a love story.
Vuelos Family Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Church Hill Theatre & Studio
- 10th - 11th Aug 2017
Vuelos is a magical dance theatre work for children and families that challenges you to wonder and to contemplate our eternal dream – to be able to fly.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Peter Dobbing: Electric Plum
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sneaky Pete’s
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Electric: having or producing a sudden sense of thrilling excitement.
The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck
- Review
- ★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 22nd Aug, 2017
You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character…
Peter Brush: A Worm's Guide to Immortality
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Comedy’s Peter Brush presents a story about trying to contact the dead, the dog they sent into space, the folk singer that sent him on (yet another) existential crisis, and how h…
Vintage Mobile Cinema: Free Daytime Show
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
Back in the 1960s there were seven of these mobile cinemas made for the Ministry of Technology.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Rodney's Really #Good Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
Clan Mucmor Family Circus Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
The Clan Mucmor Family Circus Show.
Rodney's Really #Good Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Vic St Coffee Co
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
The Family Friendly(ish) Stand-Up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Two world travelled comedians, Dylan Gott (Canada) and Radu Isac (Romania), perform an hour of sort of clean comedy.
Amazing Magic Christopher – Family Magic Show!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2017
Amazing Magic Christopher presents fun at the Fringe – Family Magic Show! The show features magic, balloon modelling, Barney the Puppet Bird and lots and lots of audience partici…
Peter & Bambi Heaven: When Love Becomes Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
‘Love is a battlefield’ (Pat Benatar).
Guns 'n' Rosé With Peter E Davidson / Free Festival
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Nick Cope's Family Song Book
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 20th Aug 2017
‘Nick Cope is the indie-surrealist kids’ entertainer Robyn Hitchcock and Syd Barrett, foolishly distracted by cult status, never were.
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 3
- Review
- ★★★★
- Charlie Ralph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2017
Sketch comedy is the medium in which an original voice is most important in order to be successful.
Lula del Ray by Manual Cinema
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Jane Kerr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 15th Aug, 2017
Manual Cinema is a very special kind of company.
Afternoon Family Underground Ghost Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- City of Edinburgh Tours
- 1st - 31st Aug 2017
Be led by a gruesome character from Edinburgh’s dark past around some old streets and wynds, then take a visit down into our Underground Vaults.
Comedian's Cinema Club: Beauty and the Beast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 9th Jun, 2017
Film and comedy lovers alike will appreciate this increasingly popular show, led by an impressive group of comedians that changes every performance, along with the film they choo…
Peter Antoniou: 'Psychic' Comedian
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 29th May - 4th Jun 2017
If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Fresh off his sell-out international tour, and with sell-out runs in London’s West End, let ‘Psychic’ comedian Peter Ant…
The Peter Pan Syndrome
- Review
- ★★
- Andrew Allen
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 23rd May, 2017
Are we ending our indulgence of ‘man-babies’? If Adam Sandler films were the tipping point and presidents with Twitter tantrums were the moment when it stopped being funny, the…
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
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 …
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Aaaand it’s back! Twig The Pixie’s Family Funsplosion!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Twig the Pixie has lost his marbles! Help him find them in this hit stand-up comedy spectacular for all generations of the family.
Brighton's Singing Barber Peter Joannou
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 6th - 28th May 2017
Brighton’s Singing Barber, Peter Joannou, puts his comb to one side, picks up his microphone and sings those classic beautiful songs from the Great American Songbook made famous by…
Learn To Throw a Pot
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Painting Pottery Cafe
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2017
Come along and learn to throw your own pot on the potters wheel at the Painting Pottery Cafe! Learn a new skill alongside other beginners with one of our fabulous potters in this s…
Fringe City Family Picnic
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 6th - 27th May 2017
Fringe City Family Picnic is a free outdoor event taking place on the 6th of May and 27th of May in the Pavilion Gardens.
David Baddiel - My Family: Not the Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Playhouse Theatre
- 28th Mar - 3rd Jun 2017
Back by popular demand following a critically-acclaimed West End run and sold out residency at the Menier Chocolate Factory, My Family: Not the Sitcom is a massively disrespectful …
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
Peter Pan - A New Adventure
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 26th Nov, 2016
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 …
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Multiple Venues
- 3rd Dec, 2016
There must be little more that can raise the spirits of young or old than the idea of flying free through the skies.
Circus Family Workshop
- Listing Circus
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 9th Oct - 20th Nov 2016
Tumble, balance and spin on a hairpin: learn circus skills in partnership with your child. Brilliant and bonding!
David Baddiel: My Family: Not The Sitcom
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Vaudeville Theatre
- 13th Sep - 15th Oct 2016
Following a critically acclaimed, complete sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, My Family: Not The Sitcom comes to the Vaudeville Theatre for a strictly limited 5 we…
Gourmet Cinema Club - Malmaison Hotel London
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Malmaison
- 28th Aug - 26th Nov 2016
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
Open Air Cinema: Braveheart
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Ross Bandstand
- 25th Aug 2016
Son’s of Scotland! I am William Wallace.
Peter and the Wolf
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 21st Aug 2016
David Corkhill conducts the Edinburgh Festival Ensemble in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and his own St Francis.
Gourmet Cinema Club - Sanctum Soho Hotel
- Listing Attraction
- West End
- Sanctum Soho Hotel
- 20th Aug - 22nd Oct 2016
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Family Voices and Victoria Station
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 18th Aug, 2016
Harold Pinter’s two short plays make only rare appearances nowadays and yet they are rewarding pieces.
Tortoise and Rabbit
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 15th - 29th Aug 2016
It’s race day! Tortoise vs Rabbit: who will win? Join them on their adventure to be crowned the fastest of them all! Three Feathers presents an interactive, multi-sensory retelli…
Family Fun Day
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 14th - 21st Aug 2016
Dance, paint, build and design at our fun-filled family day.
Comedians Cinema Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 14th - 28th Aug 2016
Chaotic, alcohol-fuelled and very funny indeed.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Freaky Family Funk @ Merchant's Hall
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 11th - 13th Aug 2016
Freaky Family are back! Aki Remally, Jamie Graham and Allan Ferguson head this groundbreaking band traversing funk, jazz, hip hop beats and groove sensibility.
Family Circus Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 8th - 21st Aug 2016
Now parents and kids can run away to the circus.
Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians: The Final Aardvark
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 7th - 25th Aug 2016
Nineteenth and last year for the show that started the Free Fringe.
Learn to Play Ukulele With Tricity Vogue
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rae Macintosh Musicroom
- 6th - 7th Aug 2016
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Sonic Vision – Dome Cinema Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dynamic Earth
- 6th - 26th Aug 2016
Take a trip through vivid 3D graphic environments that pulsate to the rhythm of high energy music.
Peter Brush: Dreams with Advert Breaks
- Review
- ★★
- Josh Adcock
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 24th Aug, 2016
One of the first things Peter Brush admits to the audience is that he’s “not very exciting”.
Peter Dobbing: Armchair Futurologist III
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sneaky Pete’s
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Parts I and II included Bitcoin, edible insects and virtual reality.
Horace: We Are Family
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Brother and sister Jack (Durham Revue, So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist) and Anna Harris (Bristol Revunions, Fish Finger Fridays) find themselves at another bizarre family …
Family Values
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 19th Aug, 2016
Family Values by Michael Dalberg is pure theatre with a good splash of violence.
Peter Pan's Great Adventure
- Review
- ★★★
- Euan Brook
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 6th Aug, 2016
Fun lyrics and great musical timing manage to bring Neverland to life with a small cast and even smaller set.
The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 9th Aug 2016
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
Peter Pan
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 5th - 13th Aug 2016
Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the pirates, mermaids and native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and …
Peter Straker Sings Brel
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 4th - 11th Aug 2016
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening of the heartbeat.
Gary Dunn’s Family Feast
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 4th - 12th Aug 2016
Gary Dunn comes to the Fringe with his one-man (one chicken) magic show! Sixty minutes of family fun and some great magic from Scotland’s No 1 comedy magician and his trusty side…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Peter and Bambi Heaven: The Magic Inside
- Review
- ★★★★
- Iona Gaskell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
In a frenzy of blood, sweat, tears and sequins, the Heavens cracked open last night and Peter and Bambi rained down upon us.
Peter White: Straight White Male
- Review
- ★★
- Simon Fearn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 11th Aug, 2016
Peter White made a controversial decision to write a stand-up show about the problems faced by straight, white men, and it’s unclear whether this is quite brave or a terrible mis…
Peter Fleming and Wilbur Bilb: Over the Airwaves
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Deliciously tragic character comedy from So You Think That’s Funny? winners Tom Burgess and Sam Nicoresti.
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Lords of Strut: The Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem on tour.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
- Review
- ★★
- Ryan Hay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 21st Aug, 2016
Returning Fringe classic White Rabbit Red Rabbit is Nassim Soleimanpour’s experimental monologue, in which the relationship between actor, writer, audience and text is …
Peter Antoniou – Happy Medium
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Direct from London’s West End, award-winning ‘psychic’ comedian Peter Antoniou brings his unique skills to peer inside you…
Ada/Ava by Manual Cinema
- Review
- ★★★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Potterrow
- 10th Aug, 2016
This is Manual Cinema’s first visit to the Fringe and they have brought with them a technical and awe-inspiring show that combines live music and shadow puppets.
Nuclear Family
- Review
- ★★★
- Iona Gaskell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 7th Aug, 2016
In this high-stakes, interactive drama, audience members assume the roles of judge, jury and executioner at an enquiry into recent events at a nuclear power plant.
4D Cinema
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 18th Aug, 2016
In 1923, Marlene Dietrich made the transition from stage to cinema through a bit part in German silent comedy The Little Napoleon.
Pierre Novellie is Cool Peter
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
Groovy! Woah! Pierre Novellie is not cool but he is trying.
Nick Cope's Family Songbook
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2016
Nick’s family performances are legendary! He has a fanatical army of little and not so little fans from all over the world.
The Clan Mucmor Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 27th Aug 2016
The Clan Mucmor Family Fun Show is family fun for all the family. This show is suitable for people of all ages and abilities.
Floating Cinema Club
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Westminster City Pier
- 2nd Jul - 27th Aug 2016
Whats Included Brunch or Afternoon Tea (screening time dependant) Glass of bubbles each Allocated Tables Edible cinema tickets per person Floating Cinema Club brin…
Gourmet Cinema Club
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Malmaison
- 25th Jun - 27th Aug 2016
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
The Family Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2016
Winner, Best Children’s Show - Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem to a show for the whole family.
Gein's Family Giftshop's Trophy Collection
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 29th May 2016
Best Newcomer nominees - Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014.
4D Cinema
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 1st Jun, 2016
Mamoru Iriguchi performs live, rigged up with a screen around his face and a projector above his head.
Pop Up Cinema: Music & Rap ft Mrisi (18+)
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Riki Tik Beach Bar
- 28th May 2016
Pianist, rapper and producer Mrisi has performed his unique mix of hip hop, jazz, African, reggae and other genres as part of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and all over the UK, su…
Funk The Family Festival 2016
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Hove Park
- 28th May 2016
Funk The Family returns for another magical instalment of fantastical fun for all the family.
Pop Up Cinema: Music & Rap ft Mrisi
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 27th May 2016
Pianist, rapper and producer Mrisi has performed at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and all over the UK, supporting the likes of Omar, Prince Fatty and Rizzle Kicks.
Come Fly With Me...
- Review
- ★★★★
- Julia French
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 26th May, 2016
Playful pink lighting, red velvet drapes, glittery fixtures and wooden circus seats - entering the Brighton Spiegeltent screams ‘Showtime!’ Come Fly With Me is a charming, c…
Peter Dobbing: Armchair Futurologist III
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb @ Nowhere Man
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2016
Multiple comedy competition finalist Peter Dobbing’s last two shows brought you bitcoins, edible insects and virtual reality.
Family Fair Day
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 14th May 2016
Comedians' Cinema Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 14th - 15th May 2016
Comedians’ Cinema Club brings together the UK’s best comedians and forces them to improvise their way through movies.
Twig The Pixie's Family Funsplosion
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 7th - 28th May 2016
A pixie-fuelled comedy riot packed with adventure, mischief, stand-up comedy and storytelling to warm your heart and tickle your toes.
Fringe City Family Picnic
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 7th - 14th May 2016
Bring your picnic blankets and hamper down to Brighton’s biggest family picnic with free family friendly performances, games, crafts and activities galore.
Peter Antoniou: Happy Medium
- Review
- ★★★
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Waterfront 1
- 7th May, 2016
Charming, comedic cold-reading coupled with misdirection and mind-reading in a show that entertains without breaking new boundaries.
Learn to Throw a Pot
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Painting Pottery Cafe
- 30th Apr - 5th Jun 2016
Have a go on the potter’s wheel.
Brighton's Singing Barber Peter Joannou
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Peter Joannou Male Grooming
- 30th Apr - 5th Jun 2016
Brighton’s Singing Barber Peter Joannou will be entertaining you from his upstairs window in The Lanes with his show ‘Next Please!’ Specialising in The Great American Songbook.
Six Characters (A Family Album)'
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater
- 31st Mar 2016
Theodora Skipitares’s puppet-filled multimedia investigation of family, creativity and home takes its main inspiration from Luigi Pirandello’s “Six Characters in …
Gourmet Cinema Club
- Listing Attraction
- West End
- Sanctum Soho Hotel
- 13th Feb - 23rd Apr 2016
Experience a cinema screening like never before! There’s no better place to enjoy an indulgent movie night than at a private cinema in the heart of Soho - the traditional …
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Peter Takács
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
- 14th Jan 2016
The pianist Peter Takács, a Beethoven specialist who has been exploring the composer’s works from all periods, ends the series in a program offering latter works.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Alexandra Palace / Apollo Theatre
- 5th Jan 2016 - 5th Jan 2020
STARRING THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT-PRONE CAST OF THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG The original cast of the West End's hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong return to the stage this Christma…
The Velveteen Rabbit
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New Victory Theater
- 2nd Jan 2016
Unicorn Theater’s adaptation of Margery Williams’s beloved 1922 picture book pays sweet and occasionally sorrowful tribute to children’s playthings.
Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- New York
- 6th Dec 2015
The Bolshoi returns to the big screen in a live-from-Moscow broadcast of John Neumeier’s “The Lady of the Camellias,” adapted from the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dum…
The Family Reunion
- Listing Comedy
- Off Broadway
- Ars Nova Theater
- 4th Dec 2015
Tessa Skara and Joe Castle Baker star in this interactive musical comedy about family bonding.
The Addams Family
- Review
- ★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh
- Pleasance Theatre
- 18th Nov, 2015
Charles Addams’ cartoons have been adapted numerous times for TV, film and as an animated series.
Peter Kyle Dance
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Triskelion Arts
- 6th - 8th Nov 2015
Dancers in Mr.
Peter Seivewright (Piano) Performs Messiaen's 20 Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 29th Aug 2015
Peter Seivewright brings the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to a thrilling conclusion with his performance of Messiaen’s 20 Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, one of the very greatest pi…
The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Inveresk Lodge Garden
- 29th Aug 2015
Peter Rabbit knows very well he’s not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there his father met his untimely end! But he can’t resist … and soon he and his…
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and Other Tales
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 26th Aug, 2015
Lancaster Offshoots have created an enjoyable and surprisingly funny offering with their take on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit and Other Tales.
Peter York: How to Become a Nicer Type of Person
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 17th - 31st Aug 2015
In which Peter York, co-inventor of the Sloane Ranger, author of Authenticity is a Con and recovering style guru, introduces his dark, edgy and deeply subversive idea of niceness.
Bach to Baby Family Concert - The Soulful Cello
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just Festival at St John’s
- 17th Aug 2015
The critically acclaimed classical concert for baby, tot and you returns to Edinburgh! Children can dance, roam about and listen to music while you take a moment for yourself and e…
The Wendy House Trilogy: Peter
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Blackwell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 23rd Aug, 2015
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
Film in the Old College Quad – Free Family Films
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Old College Quad
- 15th - 16th Aug 2015
Free morning films for the whole family.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Comedians' Cinema Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 17th Aug, 2015
No amount of advance research can prepare you for Comedians’ Cinema Club.
(Manson) Family Values
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 10th - 16th Aug 2015
Harry and Gary: Eldrich and Knightley.
The Addams Family
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 10th - 15th Aug 2015
Performed by the award-winning, five-star, Norfolk YMT.
Learn To Play Ukulele With Tricity Vogue
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rae Macintosh Musicroom
- 8th - 9th Aug 2015
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Family Circus Workshops
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Now parents and kids can run away to the circus.
Cinema
- Review
- ★★★
- Josh Adcock
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at Summerhall
- 14th Aug, 2015
It has been said that we all tell stories simply to stave off Death.
Peter Pan – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 7th - 12th Aug 2015
California to Scotland.
Peter/Wendy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 15th Aug 2015
Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom takes JM Barrie’s text, Happy Thoughts, movement, instrumental music, striped pajamas, creating a performance where the entire cast dances, sings, sighs…
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Hargreaves
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 17th Aug, 2015
Edinburgh Fringe is often filled with adaptations and remixes of classics, so it is very refreshing to see Tread the Boards Theatre Company bring J.
Peter Brush: Older Than the Oldest Dog That Ever Lived
- Review
- ★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 13th Aug, 2015
Low energy comedian Peter Brush brings his awkward persona to rest upon matters of death and religion with a surprisingly lighthearted tone.
PAN
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 15th Aug, 2015
PAN, the Korean word for festival, is a showcase of traditional dance and drumming and forms an eye-opening if not always compelling introduction to the country’s performance.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Marni Appleton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 20th Aug, 2015
“He is my father… somehow,” says Ben Norris, cutting to the heart of a feeling many people have at some point in their lives.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 6th - 16th Aug 2015
‘Wildly unpredictable and completely unforgettable.
Lords of Strut: The Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 6th - 16th Aug 2015
Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem on tour; a show for the whole family, you can even bring your granny! Brothers Famous Seamus and Sean-tastic will do…
Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Bomb
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gayfield Venues
- 6th - 19th Aug 2015
Seventy years of film, music, art and literature come to life in this interactive exhibition of popular culture, exploring our love/hate relationship with the deadliest weapons on …
Peter Antoniou – Happy Medium
- Review
- ★★★
- Ali Schultz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 30th Aug, 2015
The show is called Happy Medium, and Peter Antoniou introduces himself early into it as a ‘Comedium’, but these excellent puns are far from the best part of this show.
The Addams Family
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C too
- 11th Aug, 2015
The Addams Family is an updated take on the iconic family of twisted misfits that brings the story forward from where it left off.
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 2
- Review
- ★★★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2015
Gein’s return to the Edinburgh Fringe once again to showcase their brand of dark sketches.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
A Cinema in South Georgia
- Review
- ★★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th Aug, 2015
Co-written by Susan Wilson and Jeffrey Mayhew, A Cinema in South Georgia follows the misadventures and travels of a group of Edinburgh Whalers in a desolate outpost in South Georgi…
Pierre Novellie is Anxious Peter
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catriona Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 19th Aug, 2015
The title of Pierre Novellie’s show is somewhat misleading.
My Friend Peter
- Review
- ★★★
- Lettie Mckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 19th Aug, 2015
The life and work of classic children’s author Beatrix Potter is given a sweet folk musical twist in this fun ensemble piece.
Peter Pan on Dinosaur Island
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 4th - 30th Aug 2015
Defeat the T-rex with Peter and real swords! Fly with the Pterodactyl! Bombard Captain Hook with dinosaur-droppings! Professional interactive theatre for kids who don’t just want t…
Sonic Vision – Dome Cinema Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Our Dynamic Earth
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2015
Take a trip through vivid 3D graphic environments that pulsate to the rhythm of high-energy music.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Funk The Family Festival
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Hove Park
- 30th May 2015
Following 2014’s debut, sell-out family festival, FTF return bigger and better! Hove Park is transformed into a musical wonderland.
Peter Dobbing: Armchair Futurologist
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb Comedy @ Nowhere Man
- 29th - 31st May 2015
Change is inevitable.
Peter Antoniou: Happy Medium
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Dukebox Theatre
- 25th - 31st May 2015
Award-winning comedian and mind reader, Peter Antoniou, brings his unique skill set to peer inside your head, fondle your frontal lobe and tickle your funny bone.
Family Tree
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 24th - 27th May 2015
Brother and sister, Jack (Durham Revue - ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ - semi-finalist) and Anna (‘Elegant Nymphs’, ‘Bristol Revunions’) find themselves at another bizarre family wed…
Mass Observation: My Life in a Day (Family event)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Keep
- 23rd May 2015
Be part of a national project and keep a diary of your day on May 12, then bring your family along to our event on 23 May at The Keep and add your diaries to the Mass Observation A…
A Fresh Start (for Peter Russo)
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 23rd - 24th May 2015
Every song tells a story.
Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 15th - 17th May 2015
An award-winning solo character piece that uses heart-breaking comedy storytelling to evoke the life of librarian Ms Samantha Mann, giving an intricately crafted English twist to a…
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
Juliet Meyers: The Dog Peed Against My Family Tree
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 5th - 26th May 2015
I went to India to discover my Iraqi-Jewish heritage.
Learn to Throw a Pot
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Painting Pottery Cafe
- 2nd - 17th May 2015
Experience the unique and relaxing sensation of making a pot on the potter’s wheel.
The Stunning Sir Peter Blake CCA Art Bus
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- New Road
- 2nd May 2015
All aboard this dazzling double-decker of delight! Take a tour and view amazing artwork from the Godfather of British Pop Art, as the Art Bus returns to this year’s Fringe City, pr…
Fringe City Family Picnic
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 2nd - 23rd May 2015
Our Family Picnic is so much fun we’re holding it twice this year.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Review
- ★★★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- 17th Apr, 2015
Peter Pan Goes Wrong invites you to watch the latest show by the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a production of Peter Pan which starts badly and ends in a medley of perfectly…
Molly’s North Korea Armageddon Family Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Off Off Broadway
- Celebration of Whimsy Theater
- 3rd Feb 2015
Molly “Equality” Dykeman, the loveable but barely lucid security guard at PS 339 who dabbles in a bit of poetry, a bit of Percocet and a lot of drink is back with an all-new variet…
Molly’s North Korea Armageddon Family Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Off Off Broadway
- Celebration of Whimsy Theater
- 20th Jan - 3rd Feb 2015
Molly’s North Korea Armageddon Family Hour features zombies, giant sink holes, Kim Jong Un and a glitzy array of NY hottest stars! Pack your survival gear and hide your ladies ca…
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
Peter and the Wolf
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music
- 27th Dec 2014
Prokofiev’s children’s classic gets a new production from the Little Orchestra Society, with David Alan Miller conducting.
Peter Pan
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Dublin
- Gaiety Theatre
- 30th Nov 2014 - 11th Jan 2015
This summer, Kensington Gardens plays host to a unique and remarkable theatre event - a spectacular new stage production of J.
Bolshoi in Cinema
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- City Cinemas Beekman Theater
- 25th Nov 2014
Western ballet has a long history of exoticizing the East, and Marius Petipa’s “The Pharaoh’s Daughter,” which first had its premiere in 1862, is one such e…
Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Charing Cross Theatre
- 12th Nov, 2014
Any list of famous Belgians must include the trio Georges Simenon, Audrey Hepburn and Jacques Brel.
New York Philharmonic: La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
- 16th - 17th Sep 2014
Once again the Philharmonic begins a new season with the Art of the Score film series.
Eye of a Needle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 8th Sep, 2014
For traditionalists, this is a heartening time for new writing in the theatre.
Return of the Soldier
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 8th Sep, 2014
Rebecca West was one of the supreme journalists and travel writers of the 20th century, caustic and sharp-eyed.
Bach to Baby - Family Concert
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- just Festival
- 23rd - 23rd Aug 2014
Bach to Baby is the critically-acclaimed classical concert series for babies and their carers to enjoy together.
An Evening with Richard Michael and Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alice Quine
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 24th Aug, 2014
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
Peter Jay
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 20th Aug 2014
Peter Jay, once described as ‘Britain’s cleverest young man’ held key positions at The Times, LWT, TVAM, the BBC, and served as British Ambassador to Washington.
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 23rd Aug, 2014
This fun new adaptation of JM Barrie’s classic story begins in Priceland.
Peter Seivewright Performs Piano Music by Cyril Scott
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 18th Aug 2014
Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970).
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 16th Aug, 2014
This offering of Peter Pan from the American High School Theatre Festival never reaches the heights of the Second Star to the Right.
The Perch Creek Family Jug Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 14th - 17th Aug 2014
Direct from Melbourne, Australia, The Perch Creek Family Jugband are a band of five energetic multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, four of whom happen to be siblings.
Family Royal Mile Walk
- Listing Tours
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
- 9th Aug 2014
A Historical Family Walk starting from Edinburgh Castle, finishing at the Sottish Parliament by travelling down the Royal Mile with a guide.
Huggers - Family Friendly Comedy and Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Gorgie City Farm
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2014
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Indian Peter's Coffee House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sue Bevan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 9th Aug, 2014
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
Stories About Love, Death and a Rabbit
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dragonfly
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
Charles Adrian Gillott as Samantha Mann presents an hour of stories about the life and loves of a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit.
BBC: Family Fun at Potterrow
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2014
Every weekend little festival fans take over the site – join us for free family activities with CBBC and CBeebies favourites.
Fern Brady and Peter Brush - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Join two of the UK’s finest emerging talents, Fern Brady (8 out of 10 Cats – ‘Wicked, close to the bone gags’ Stage, ‘Obnoxious, rude, and utterly brilliant’ ThreeWeeks…
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 7th Aug, 2014
Porty Youth Theatre have taken on a classic tale, and have done it very well indeed.
Freedom Family Circus
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gryphon@WestEnd
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
‘Amazingly jaw dropping, extraordinarily brilliant’ (Fest Magazine).
Sunna Jarman: Family Tree
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
Uncle Alan’s unveiling of the family tree shook up a hornet’s nest of secrets and shame! Directed by Colin Hoult, regular guest on Talksport, LBC Radio and one third of 2014’s AAA …
Huggers - Family Friendly Comedy and Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Comedians' Cinema Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 16th Aug, 2014
This improv show sees stand up Eric Lampaert direct a series of movies with a cast of Fringe comedians that changes daily - some of whom have never even seen the movie they are …
Learn to Laugh with Keep Calm and Improv
- Review
- ★★
- Milo Boyd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 6th Aug, 2014
Learn to Laugh with Keep Calm and Improv is a comedy show that attempts to deconstruct the notion of improvised comedy through improvised comedy.
Clever Peter: Free for All!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
Peter Straker Black Magic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
Peter Antoniou - Happy Medium
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lou Rogers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 21st Aug, 2014
Peter Antoniou is a small guy in a small venue with a big mind blowing show.
The Addams Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 5th Aug, 2014
The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.
My Damage is My Gift! - The Dysfunctional Family Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 31st Jul - 23rd Aug 2014
Is your family nuts like mine? Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family? Through exuberant, poignant songs and stories, New York Times and BBC featured comedian/singer…
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
- Review
- ★★★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th Aug, 2014
Playwrights and theatre producers alike are increasingly taking bigger risks and becoming more creative when considering how their work is presented onstage.
Chris Turner: Pretty Fly
- Review
- ★★★★
- Maria Hagan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2014
Bandanas, braces and £16 patchouli hand soap are just a few of the afflictions that British comedian Chris Turner has had to suffer in life as a skinny, middle class white boy.
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 1
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stewart McLaren
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2014
First of all, let’s get it out of the way, DO NOT go to this show with your mother.
Clever Peter: The Dreams Factory
- Review
- ★★★
- Aron Penczu
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2014
A madcap romp through its creators’ bizarre imaginations, Clever Peter may be the weirdest sketch show you’ll ever see.
Pierre Novellie is Mighty Peter
- Review
- ★★★
- Rivkah Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th Aug, 2014
‘Mighty’ seems a pretty apt term to describe Pierre Novellie.
Funk the Family Festival
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Big Beach Cafe
- 1st Jun 2014
8 hours of funky fun for all the family! Keep the kids happy and the grownups smiling at this seaside festival.
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 1
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple
- 1st Jun 2014
The gleefully irreverent Gein’s Family Giftshop bring their warped world vision to Brighton Fringe, having honed their skills on the North West comedy circuit.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Peter Antoniou in 'Comedium'
- Review
- ★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 26th May, 2014
To be or not to be? That is yet again the question.
Working Men's Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th Aug, 2012
The title of Luke Benson and David Hardcastle’s show can easily give rise to the fear that it will be a rather patronising pastiche of working class culture for the benefit of a …
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
The Trial of the Jew Shylock
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Rosemary Branch Theatre
- 22nd May, 2014
‘The Merchant of Venice’ has always been a problematic play, with its Elizabethan anti-Semitism rubbing shoulders with almost fairy-tale elements (the three caskets) and Shakes…
Animals, Acrobats and Family
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 14th - 28th May 2014
An extravaganza of imaginative themed and extravagantly costumed figure drawing with music accompaniment.
Learn to Throw a Pot
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Painting Pottery Cafe
- 10th - 18th May 2014
Always wanted to have a go on the potter’s wheel? Now is your chance! Our friendly studio assistants will show you how.
Peter Serkin
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- 92nd Street Y
- 10th May 2014
Juxtaposing old and new works in interesting ways in becoming a popular approach to programming among younger performers.
In The Heights
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 20th May, 2014
The Heights of the title are Washington Heights, a Dominican-American neighbourhood of New York at the top end of New York.
James McDonnell: Family Values
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Blue Man
- 6th - 30th May 2014
Do you like family? Do you like values? Then get ready to see a comedian with no awards to his name break your disappointment hymen.
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Ye Olde Rose & Crown
- 14th May, 2014
‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ is the third of Frank Loesser’s trio of Broadway masterpieces, following ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘The Most Happy Fella…
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Clever Peter: The Dreams Factory
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lou Rogers
- Brighton Fringe
- Upstairs at Three and Ten
- 8th May, 2014
‘We don’t just do adverts, we do dreams’.
Clever Peter: Once More unto the Beach
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 4th May 2014
Sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4) return with brand-new sketches and old favourites in a fun-packed hour of comedy.
The Stunning Sir Peter Blake CCA Art Bus
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- New Road
- 3rd May 2014
All aboard this dazzling double-decker of delight! Take a tour and view amazing artwork from the godfather of British Pop Art, as the Art Bus returns to this year’s Fringe City, …
Fringe City Family Picnic
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion Gardens
- 3rd May 2014
Join us for a family picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Fly by Night: A New Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Playwrights Horizons
- 1st May 2014
(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov.
Family Play (1979 to Present)'
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New Ohio Theater
- 30th Apr 2014
This smart, heartfelt and emotionally exhausting work by the devised-theater company CollaborationTown heaves you into the most intimate moments of family life.
Safe Sex / On Tidy Endings
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 29th Apr, 2014
Harvey Fierstein, before he branched out into writing books for straight musicals, was a kind of theatrical barometer of gay life.
Blues In The Night
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Hackney Empire
- 1st May, 2014
“Blues in the Night” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s.
Doctor Miracle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- UK Regional & Tours
- St John’s Church, Worksop / The Minack Theatre / Trethurgy
- 3rd Apr, 2014
Bizet’s one-act opera ‘Le Docteur Miracle’ is a fine and fizzy confection cooked up at the age of only eighteen as an entry to a competition for a comic opera organised by …
Joe Orton: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- UK Regional & Tours
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 15th Apr, 2014
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Archimedes' Principle
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre
- 24th Apr, 2014
Archimedes’ Principle is a recent (2012) play from the young(ish) Catalan playwright and director Joseph Maria Miro i Coromina.
Thérèse Raquin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 4th Apr, 2014
I was worrying about the cat.
Damn Yankees
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 4th Apr, 2014
There are no three words more calculated to make a critic’s heart sink than Amateur Operatic Society.
Pam Ann - Fly
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Glasgow Comedy Festival
- Bournemouth Pavilion / Kings Theatre Glasgow / The Lowry
- 21st - 25th Mar 2014
International comedy sensation PAM ANN speeds into Glasgow for a triumphant return to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, with her most explosive show yet, the all-new FLY! …
It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Superman!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Ye Olde Rose & Crown
- 3rd Apr, 2014
Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ ‘It’s a Bird etc’ is something of an oddity.
Rachel's Café
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre
- 3rd Apr, 2014
“Everyone is Welcome – No Exceptions” is the motto of Rachel’s Café in Bloomington, Indiana, a university town with a liberal and artistic ambience and pretensions.
Peter Bream: Piano Music of Eric Satie
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug 2013
Eric Satie: 3 Sarabandes, 3 Gnossiennes, 3 Danses de travers, 3 Gymnopedies. www.peterbream.com
The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Laura Hutton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2013
The sound of the sea lapping at the sides of Odysseus’ boat is our first step into the world of Homer’s Odyssey, as imagined by delicate weavers of visual tales The Paper Cinema.
A Family Beyond The Army
- Review
- ★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
A Family Beyond The Army shines a human and compassionate light on the many men and women who hold families and daily lives together awaiting news of their loved one far away.
An Organ Discovery Event for All the Family
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryce Lucas
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Organs.
Wee Rascals Cinema and Ceilidh
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th - 31st Aug 2013
Make a day of it with the Wee Rascals Club showing Scottish film Brave followed by a ceilidh just for kids.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
The Horne Section's Family Bash
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th - 10th Aug 2013
Five ridiculously talented musicians, one award-winning comedian and an audience of all ages - this is going to be fun.
Theatre Uncut
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Rabbit Hole
- Listing Theatre / Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 10th Aug 2013
A life-shattering accident turns the Corbetts’ world upside down and charts their search for comfort and a path that will lead them back into the light of day.
Indian Peter’s Coffee House
- Review
- ★★★
- Alice Longhurst
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
‘The Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XVII
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Peter Buckley Hill.
The Showstoppers' Family Hour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Steedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Showstoppers’ spontaneous musical sensation has been a fringe success for many years and the family hour show is no different.
Bespoke Comedy for the Discerning Family
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 11th Aug 2013
Foghorn’s delicious blend of comedy leaves adults awestruck and kids captivated.
Peter Searles: Bolivia & Beyond
- Review
- ★★★
- Andrea Valentino
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Leading his audience through a trip he took to South America in 1986, Peter Searles’ vivid physical expression and knack for detail ensure that what could have been a show exemplif…
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- York Barbican Centre
- 8th Aug, 2013
Another day and it’s another giant of children’s literature here at The Fringe.
Peter Antoniou: Comedium
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
In the saturated comedy-magician subgenre, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd, but Peter Antoniou’s show ‘Comedium’, blending Derren Brown-esque mind reading with a q…
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nina Glencross
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
As refreshing and witty as ever, Spring Day returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show which takes some of the best bits of her 2011 Fringe appearance whilst offering…
Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
‘Wicked punch lines have the audience falling over themselves with laughter, thinking: “I can’t believe she said that!” They absolutely loved her, no doubt you will too.
Gein's Family Giftshop
- Review
- ★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Gein’s Family Giftshop is a collection of short stories performed in rapid succession by James, Ed and Cath.
Moving Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Mathew Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Moving Family is a play written by Paul Charlton, the Geordie from The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
Peter Straker's Brel
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Bryce Lucas
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
‘I am not Jacques Brel,’ Peter Straker playfully reminds the audience after his first song.
Peter Straker's Brel
- Review
- ★★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Jacques Brel is one of the most famous French singers of all time.
Family Tree
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carolyn Mckerracher
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
There’s a cacophony of noise and vision: music belts out, a woman is talking, a curious Pan-like creature reads, there are screens and shadows and it all feels very up close and pe…
The Big Bite-Size Play Factory's Family Creatures
- Review
- ★★★
- Lia Sanders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
The Big Bite-Size Play Factory’s Family Creatures may seem an impenetrable sort of name but early into watching this show it became apparent that this was a sketch show intended …
Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Edwards
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
The title of Peter Doig’s exhibition No Foreign Lands is taken from Robert Louis Stevenson’s observation that ‘There are no foreign lands.
Mad North-North-West
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Mark Kavanagh’s new laugh-a-minute play, Mad North-North-West, has hit the Camden Fringe with a bang! Set in a rehearsal room for an up-coming production of Hamlet, ‘William H.
On the Permanence of Fugitive Colors
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
On The Permanence Of Fugitive Colours tells the story of highly-sexed Rebecca, a nurse in her 20s, and Steve, a 38yr old artist who, despite their abandon for monogamy and commitme…
The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek - All New Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
And Now for a Nice Evening With Wallan
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
Alma Mater
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2011
Fish and Game serve up a taste for something completely different in the form of a theatrical interactive film.
God's Fool
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2011
The Arden Players create an interesting, gripping piece of theatre from a nugget of 13th Century history.
Leo
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Optical illusion constitutes a simple yet breathtaking core for this multimedia and physical performance.
It's Uniformation Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
Join three performers in the surreal, interactive and totally mad ritual of Uniformation Day.
The Tiger Lillies - The Songs Of Shockheaded Peter And Other Gory Verses
- Review
- ★★★★
- Chris Learmonth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2009
From the first few seconds of the opening song ‘Drowning’, the Tiger Lillies show just why they’ve achieved worldwide cult following.
A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
An aspect of the Fringe that is sometimes passed over is the indigenous shows for the local population, which, heaven knows, puts up with enough to deserve something good of its ow…
The Comedy of Oedipus
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 24th Jun, 2013
In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome.
Future Perfect Presents The Family Plot
- Review
- ★★★★
- Clarissa Widya
- London Fringe
- 21st Jun, 2013
Future Perfect is a writers’ collective that in several formations organise readings of their own work.
The Francis Bacon Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Sep, 2012
The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
Pop-up Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 21st Jun, 2013
Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences.
Four Farces
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 21st Jun, 2013
Probably our best knowledge of Victorian farce comes from WS Gilbert’s topsy-turvy world of the Savoy operas, where an absurd premise leads with impeccable logic to an even more …
The Bear
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 7th Jun, 2013
Bears, in dream interpretation theory, are a symbol of renewal and rebirth.
Billy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 5th Jun, 2013
We live in something of a golden age as far as Fringe productions of music theatre are concerned.
This Time It's Personal
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties.
Avenue Q
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 24th May, 2013
It takes some chutzpah to present the Fringe premiere of a West End musical that played 2000 performances over five years and across three theatres, and only closed less than three…
Phantom
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 24th May, 2013
Pity the composer who gets there first: Auber’s opera ‘Manon Lescaut’ eclipsed by both Puccini and Mascagni; Nicolai’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ by Verdi’s ‘Falstaff…
Michelangelo Drawing Blood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 29th Apr, 2013
Michaelangelo Drawing Blood is a 75-minute dance piece with an arresting score by Charlie Barber.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 25th Apr, 2013
The ‘last days’ of the title is used in a Milennarian sense – we are at Judas’s Judgement Day, at a trial which ostensibly will determine whether Judas should be released f…
Marcel Pursued By the Hounds by Michel Tremblay
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Michel Tremblay is a French Canadian playwright who was an Angry Young Man in the 60s and shook the stuffy Anglophone artistic establishment by introducing Quebequois working class…
L'Elisir d'Amore
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 19th Apr, 2013
PopUp Opera – not Pop Opera, they insist – has a mission to take ‘real’ opera into new places and reach new audiences.
Annie's Room
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Annie’s Room purports to be a biographical show about jazz singer Annie Ross, but there is very little biography in this apart from a bald statement of a few facts which could ha…
The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 18th Apr, 2013
Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name.
Gibraltar
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 15th Apr, 2013
On 6th March 1988 a group of SAS men ambushed three IRA members (Mairéad Farrell, Sean Savage, Daniel McCann) on a petrol station forecourt in Gibraltar and killed them.
Glenn Wool: No Lands Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2011
Touring for two years without a home technically makes Glenn Wool a hobo.
Quasimodo
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 2nd Apr, 2013
There was a time when I was a lad when Lionel Bart was everywhere.
Boutique Cinema
- Review
- ★★★
- Alaina Briggs
- Brighton Fringe
- 9th May, 2013
Sussex Slice is a little cavern of shabby chic on Hove’s Church Road, which screams ‘boutique’ right down to the last vintage lamp, a particularly apt setting for the Brighto…
Darling of the Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 2nd Apr, 2013
On paper, it looks like a dream team.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Mydidae
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 2nd Apr, 2013
‘Mydidae’, according to Wikipedia, are a group of large flies with a short lifespan and a large sting.
Making Dickie Happy
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 20th Mar, 2013
‘Making Dickie Happy’ is set in March 1922.
Little Matter
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2011
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.
Oedipus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 6th Mar, 2013
Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus’ is probably the oldest text in the world which still retains the power to shock, excite and move us in a thoroughly modern way.
The Late Jake Thackray
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
The French have a word for it, and that word is ‘chanson’.
Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Port Dover, a Canadian High School, brings a simple and charming cod Arthurian fable to Church Hill.
Fly to the Moon and Singalong with Mr Boom
- Review
- ★★★
- Bruce Kent
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2007
Its not easy keeping 30 children entertained for an hour single-handedly but Mr Booms one-man band copes admirably in this calm and laid back sing-a-long show.
Morceaux de Choix
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
As we walk into a rather austere hall at the French Institute, two girls are giggling and practicing a song.
One Touch of Venus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 19th Feb, 2013
‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough…
Peter Panic
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma-Jane Denly
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
James Balwin’s “Peter Panic” is billed as a response piece to last year’s London riots, placing the known and loved Peter and Wendy of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” into a …
Dear World
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 18th Feb, 2013
‘Dear World’ is one of those problem musicals, beloved by its creator Jerry Herman but, like his other sickly child ‘Mack and Mabel’, never quite taking off.
Gay's The Word
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 14th Feb, 2013
Ivor Novello was the Andrew Lloyd-Webber of his day.
A Respectable Wedding
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 13th Feb, 2013
Berthold Brecht was never averse to biting the hand that fed him, as long as it didn’t harm his career prospects.
Our Soldier
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Fools Play is a young physical theatre collective reworking the Macbeth plot with a mixture of movement and script.
London Wall
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 7th Feb, 2013
Gay playwright John van Druten is now almost completely forgotten except for ‘I am a Camera’, his adaptation of Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’, which was also the basis …
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
The Act
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 31st Jan, 2013
To some, history is a search for reinforcement, basically about people like ourselves: theatre as a lifestyle accessory.
You Are Being Lied To 2012
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
David Mulholland is a former Wall Street Journal hack and this is a show driven by the passion of a good journalist for getting the story right and a hatred of bad journalism and t…
Clever Peter: Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Review
- ★★★★
- Beth Kahn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2010
This trio of sketch comedians live up to their name, with a succession of intelligent set-ups and quick-witted punch-lines that keep the audience laughing throughout their high-ene…
Puppet. Book of Splendor
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’.
Hancock's Half Hour
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 3rd Jan, 2013
The BBC has a lot to answer for, not least the wiping out of great swathes of our cultural heritage from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Crazy for You
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 2nd Jan, 2013
It is a brave company which puts on the first Fringe production of the Gershwins’ ‘Crazy for You’ so soon after the Regents Park Open Air production, which transferred succes…
Melvin Burgess - The Baby and Fly Pie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2008
This play is set in England, but in some kind of frightening, futuristic police state.
The Rabbit and the Rose
- Review
- ★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Taking a seat for The Rabbit and the Rose is a treat.
Claire Benjamin Presents The Von Trapp Family Singers
- Review
- ★★
- Gordon Noele
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Sometimes a title of a show can be so specific in its subject matter that it can pull the audience in and deliver exactly what they expect to see.
Guys And Dolls
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 12th Dec, 2012
Frank Loesser’s 1950 musical, ‘Guys and Dolls’, dates not a day in this charming production by SEDOS, the thespian arm of the Stock Exchange (I kid you not).
Boy Meets Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 5th Dec, 2012
Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs.
The Happy Prince
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 29th Nov, 2012
Sue Casson’s musical adaptation if Oscar Wilde’s short story, “The Happy Prince” is billed as a family show, but it’s difficult to see children appreciating it.
Peter Antoniou's Psychic Circus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lynne Marie Martens
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Peter Antoniou is not just a comedian or a medium but rather a ‘comedium’ and an extraordinarily entertaining one at that.
Endgame
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 29th Nov, 2012
Just sometimes, the best of amateur companies come up with a production which puts in the shade all those numerous Fringe productions with pretentions to ‘professionalism’ put …
Unlucky for Some
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Tina Macfarlane has a first in Actuarial Maths from Glasgow University - ‘A real university, not a polytechnic like Strathclyde’ - but there’s a recession on, so it’s not m…
Candide
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
American High School Theatre Festival is a regular in Edinburgh, and there are several reasons to check them out.
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 3
- Review
- ★★
- A George
- London Fringe
- 14th Feb, 2018
Gein’s Family Giftshop adopts a very particular style of dark humour.
Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
Third Person: Bonnie and Clyde Redux
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
Most people know of Bonnie and Clyde, the romantic duo who murdered and robbed banks throughout America.
Shutterland
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
A lone character travels through a futuristic world ruled by technology.
Samira
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
Empathy for a terrorist is difficult to imagine but this is what Samira almost provokes.
No Turn Unstoned
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
No Turn Unstoned gives you no idea what to expect from Beth Vyse’s show.
Soldier and Death
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2011
Relief theatre are a young student company based in Edinburgh.
Man-Go Unshaved
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Man-Go Unshaved, a take on ‘Django Unchained’, say they are ‘the good, the bad and the ugly of stand-up comedy’.
The Property Known As Garland
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
When Judy Garland gave her last concerts in Copenhagen in March 1969 she was 48 and a wreck.
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
Shlomo: Mouthtronica
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2011
You can learn how to beatbox with a quick YouTube search, but Shlomo’s showmanship and talent creates a live performance which astounds far beyond anything on the internet.
Sheep Ahoy! (On Grassier Tides) - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
During this free children’s show in Maggies Chambers at the Three Sisters Pub, Phil the Shepherd introduces himself throughout as he tries to put his sheep, or children, to sleep.
Down the Rabbit Hole
- Review
- ★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
From its inception this play has a lot to live up to, as there are many shows where a writer has taken an established fantasy and added a twist of reality.
An Audience With the Duke of Windsor - Bob Kingdom
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Bob Kingdom is an Edinburgh institution.
A Tapestry of Many Threads
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
A Tapestry of Many Threads is a 19-song cycle commissioned by the Dovecote Studios for its centenary from Alexander McCall Smith (words) and Tom Cunningham (music).
The Adventures of Pink Peter
- Review
- ★★
- Gordon Johnston
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2008
Former Blue Peter presenter Stuart Miles gives us this three-woman show in which he plays all of the parts, in their full cross-dressed finery.
The Sidcup Family Portrait
- Review
- ★★
- Ed Frankl
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Alternative theatre doesn’t get more frantic than this irreverent ancestral comedy from Caligula’s Alibi Theatre Company.
WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Richard Tyrone Jones takes us on one heck of an experience in this show of PowerPoint projections, audience participation, wordplay and song, amongst other pursuits.
Rosie Wilby: Is Monogamy Dead?
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Rosie Wilby is a funny lady.
Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
First, a declaration of interest.
Jonny Sweet - Let's Just Have Some Fun (and Learn Something, For Once)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ed Cripps
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2010
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner (preview)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 23rd Dec, 2013
Nathan Cassidy opens this show with great energy, telling us with a jig that it’s “all about positivity”.
Shelf-Life
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 31st Oct, 2012
‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone.
Kit and McConnel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
The split of a long-established duo is like a marital divorce.
Never Too Late to Learn
- Review
- ★★★★
- Mark Gregory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
To base a show around the theme of evening classes is an interesting concept and one which has not been trialled very extensively anywhere, let alone at the Edinburgh Festival.
The Exonerated
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
St Paul’s School Theatre take a series of testimonies from former Death Row prisoners in the States and, through interweaving monologues, create a powerful story of police brutal…
Peter Pan - Learn to Fly
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Back to School
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
We file in crocodile formation from the Pleasance, clutching a collective length of rope to keep together.
The Velveteen Rabbit
- Review
- ★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
The classic tale of The Velveteen Rabbit is a favorite throughout the world.
Huggers - Free Festival Family Fun
- Review
- ★★★
- Charlotte Kelly
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
I imagine as a children’s performer you’re probably prepared for a great deal.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
You shouldn’t always believe the flyers.
Simon Munnery: Fylm-Makker
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
‘Makar’ is a medieval Scots word for poet.
Treasure in Clay Jars
- Review
- ★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Treasure in Clay Jars is listed in the Theatre Section of the Fringe Programme.
The Complete History of the BBC in 60 Minutes
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
The BBC is the Church of England of the media.
Freedom Family Circus
- Review
- ★★★
- Charlie Hanks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
‘Sorry I dropped the knives a couple of times,’ Perico Circus Express winces.
Rob Rouse: My Family ... And The Dog That Scared Jesus
- Review
- ★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2009
Rob Rouse, winner of ‘So you think you’re funny?’ in 1998, returns to Edinburgh with his new show ‘My family.
Secret Weapons
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
Dickson Telfer’s solo play, in which he also appears, charts the struggle of a teacher to impose control on a rogue class in so-called Higher Education.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
Drunk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 11th Feb, 2014
Drew McOnie, the inventive deviser and choreographer of ‘Drunk’, straddles worlds.
Noh No Noh
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
‘Noh’, the Japanese word for skill or talent, is a type of theatre which has been performed since the 14th Century.
Booking Dance Festival - Festival Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
Mad Science Free Dangerous Family Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leila Battison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2011
Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause.
Punishment Without Revenge
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 28th Jan, 2014
There is a film of the life of Lope de Vega, in English The Outlaw¸ but no film could do justice to his extraordinary life.
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo
- Review
- ★★★
- Stuart Hall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo is the story of a sexually repressed man accidentally stumbling onto the world of swinging and no-frills sex after a text goes awry.
Flight
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 22nd Jan, 2014
The set is made up of suitcases.
A Romance of Asian and Western Classical Voice
- Review
- ★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh.
Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XVI
- Review
- ★★★
- Tristram Fane Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
This is the show that started the Free Fringe, hosted by the man who started it.
Fuerzabruta
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 20th Jan, 2014
Fuerzabruta (Brute Force) has been touring its acrobatic, surreal spectacular for nearly ten years now, which is proof of its enormous popularity.
The Showstoppers' Family Matinees
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
Showstoppers have been improvising musicals for several years now and an edited version has had a series on BBC Radio 4.
Kiss Me Kate
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 7th Jan, 2014
Ovation has a distinguished track record for musicals at the Gatehouse.
You Have Nothing to Fear...
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
The Pride
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 13th Dec, 2013
I’ve never bought into the distinction between ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’, at least on the London Fringe.
The Shape of Things
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 12th Dec, 2013
It occurred to me watching Neil LaBute’s 90-minute four-hander, that he is the nearest thing America has to George Bernard Shaw.
Halbwelt Kultur
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 10th Dec, 2013
This cabaret of 1920s and 1930s Berlin songs is billed as an homage, a reclamation, of the female cabaret performers of the Weimar Republic.
Always Be Comedy
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
The Jekyll and Hyde is a lousy venue to play: poor acoustics, bar noise and seating split so the audience is in two sections which can’t see or hear each other.
Nick Cope: Family Songs and Music
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Nick Cope is the children’s singer-songwriter who brings acoustic, folky indie rock to the under-fives.
Peter Straker's BREL
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Gross
- Brighton Fringe
- 18th May, 2012
Peter Straker has one of those recognisable faces ‘off the telly’ having been a regular on the original Dr Who and the 1985 series Connie.
Passing By
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 13th Nov, 2013
Martin Sherman’s ‘Passing By’ has an assured niche in gay history, being one of the first plays mounted by the pioneering Gay Sweatshop, and the first that seemed to have no …
Le Cochon Entier
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2011
Puppetry strictly for adults is a rare sight, but Waste of Paint Productions present a dark, atmospheric piece of theatre not suitable for children.
Winston on the Run
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
Churchill is about the only politician in British history who can be referred to only by his first name.
'Tis in My Memory Locked: an adaptation of Hamlet
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
An adaptation of Hamlet.
Jekyll and Hyde
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 7th Oct, 2013
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ is such an archetypal folk myth by now that it’s hard to believe in an imaginative world without it, or that someone actually sat down and wrote it.
Grant's True Tales Presents The Liar Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
Fans of Would I Lie To You? will need no prompting to visit this ingenious variation on the theme of Spot the Porker, in which four storytellers by turns deliver 10-15 minute solo …
Hugh Hughes in ... Story of a Rabbit
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave London
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2007
Life is spectacular.
A Scent of Flowers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 17th Sep, 2013
James Saunders is one of the forgotten playwrights of the 60s, sandwiched between, and elbowed aside by Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard etc.
Scott Agnew: Tales of the Sauna
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths.
Fleabag
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 13th Sep, 2013
Reviews of ‘Fleabag’, which won a Fringe First Award at Edinburgh this summer, tended to treat it as a kind of scabrous stand-up routine on the subject of Sex and the Single Gi…
21A - Free
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota.
Little Me
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2013
‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis.
Fly in the Fridge
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rob Hayward
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2010
In this remarkable one-woman show, Karin de le Penha plays Emily, the author of this autobiographical piece.
Titanic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
On paper, any musicalisation of the story of the Titanic looks like sailing to disaster.
Swann & Company Present: The Sad, Miserable Tale of Albert Belacqua and His Family of Doomed Neurotics
- Review
- ★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2010
Meet Robert Swann, the talentless writer, director and star of what is possibly the trippiest travesty of a play ever to be seen at a Fringe.
Skin Tight
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 23rd Jul, 2013
There is a moment in Sheridan’s ‘The Critic’ when Mr Puff and Mr Dangle are watching a play-within-a-play about the Spanish Armada.
Peter Gynt
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Festival Theatre
- 1st - 10th Aug 2019
Peter Gynt is a provocative, raucous reboot of Ibsen’s epic verse play, created by David Hare and directed by Jonathan Kent, in a major co-production with National Theatre of Gre…
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
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
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
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
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
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.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
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
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
The Nuclear Family Team on Creating Interactive Theatre Formats
- Feature
- Chris Quilietti
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Riverdance’s Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding on Creating New Dance Traditions
- Feature
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2016
Into the Water is a fantastical folk-dance adventure set in a magical wasteland.
Cocktail of the Day: Jessica Rabbit
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2016
Having a Jessica Rabbit at The Whistle Stop with my mum. It's her Birthday today. She's 70!! 70!!! Look at her skin!!! She looks younger than me.
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Summer Days Festival Announces Peter Hook, Tom Robinson & Hugh Cornwell
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- UK Regional & Tours
- 2nd Mar, 2016
Summer Days – the UK’s newest boutique music and food festival – has unveiled a trio of post-punk legends to bolster an already incredible and eclectic line-up.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
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