A new Jazz musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”What does it take for a woman to make it in a man’s world?Meet Vy, a talented songwriter looking to make it big in …
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
THE ONLY UK TOURING SHOW DEDICATED TO THE MAESTRO AND LEGEND- BARRY WHITE! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Will…
The only UK touring show dedicated to the maestro and legend - Barry White! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Wil…
The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &…
The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &…
London prepares to host the highly awaited premiere of "Lazgi," a ballet performance like no other, on September 14.
At the time of blurb, this is going to be about inbuilt misogyny and trying to quantify how f***able she is compared to the green M&M.
Craig Herbertson, Edinburgh singer and songwriter, presents a celebration in folk song and folk story of Scotland.
Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Debut, Stu returns with the raw beginnings of his sophomore presentation.
A multimedia concert experience calling attention to the urgency of the climate crisis through original songs by American musician and songwriter Dan Sheehan.
Camilla is obsessed with stories, great stories, the greatest stories ever told.
The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online.
‘There’s no greater love story than female friendship’.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Street Dance Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
Join Hatty Ashdown, writer of Comedy Central’s Give Out Girls, star of BBC Radio 4 and host of the Funny Mummies Podcast, as she invites the audience to a brand-new game show: Chat…
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Janine Harouni returns to the Fringe to try some new jokes (and escape her responsibilities as a mother)! Over 100 million views online.
Come along for a big old helping of high-energy queer comedy from award-winning Kate Martin, as she rampages through tales of mistaken identity, being a double school dropout and b…
Everyone has baggage, Lee Hudson has quite a bit.
We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
Get ready for the wildest acting seminar you’ve ever attended! In her 42 years in showbiz, Mitzi Fitz has seen and done it all.
At some point in every woman’s life, she realises she’s madder than all hell.
Alexa, Play, a comedy, follows the weekly meetings of Alexas Anonymous, a support group run by one very motivated Alexa.
Sikisa brings her new work in progress show to the Fringe, exploring the things we do to escape.
Following her critically acclaimed, award nominated debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal is back with a brand new hour of stand-up.
Join Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The News Quiz) as she tries out some new ideas she’s working on for her upcoming tour.
Tasteful, melodic, attractive and readily accessible new music for guitar and double bass.
The iconic red railway bridge has spanned the Forth since 1890.
Orange Claw Hammer, following their triumphant appearance at the Zappanale Festival in Germany, continue to rework the music of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band for the 21st ce…
We have thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the US, but we’re particularly at home on the Fringe.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
You’re cordially invited to learn dark, blue secrets and experiences from the life and perspective of a Muslim(ish), British, Pakistani female straddling two cultures, two lives an…
Dance-Forms Productions proudly celebrates 20 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and contemporary dance-theatre from five-sta…
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act, The Beached Boys return to the Edinburgh Fringe by popular demand for a third successive year! Hear live hits including Surfin’ USA, I Get …
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
You find a door.
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…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this award-winning, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
Boston, 1984.
Fiona Ridgewell, winner of the Edinburgh Comedy-ish Award 2023 with her show No-Nonsense and nominee for Best Debut Show at LCF 2020 with her show Contender, brings new jokes to th…
An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one.
A perfectly crafted hour of perfectly work-in-progress stand-up comedy from Patrick Spicer (as seen on Channel 4, BBC Two, 60k+ followers online).
How is it possible: we all watch this, we all agree, we all shake our heads, yet we all get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again? Matteo and Reggie, fuelled by John’s sugge…
Three agents are given a vital mission.
Sarah Borges returns to Le Monde for a third year after two sell-out runs.
Heartfelt homage to one of music’s most-awarded females.
The feel-good, eight-piece band returns to Edinburgh with their award-winning show, taking its audience across America and discovering the roots of blues and soul.
Almost a nepo baby and a BBC child star of the noughties, Jess Carrivick’s career peaked at aged 10, but Hollywood never rang.
Mr Heo’s cart is his eternal companion, becoming a stage and musical instrument at his disposal anytime, anywhere.
Adele’s mad journey into comedy started because her kids bought her a comedy course for her birthday.
If you took every thought you’ve ever had about your life, every comedy sketch you’d ever seen and the vast, inky blackness of space and put them all into a blender: you’d pr…
A young writer is forced to face Death, his ego and his dying, critical mother after getting stuck in a play of his own creation.
Deage Paxton returns this year with a follow up to his critically acclaimed debut show.
A few years ago I got punched in the face by a lady on the train.
Warning: Dark comedy zone! Enter at your own risk! Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping…
Oi Oi! Kit Loyd brings you 50 minutes of one-man physical sketch comedy.
Leicester Comedy Award nominee, Amused Moose Award shortlist-ee and double Pegasus Comedy Award win-ee, Adele has a year of new ideas to share.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
The title of the show says it all.
Jeremy McClain (Pose on BBC/FX) stars in Rat Tails, a new one-man show directed by Matt McBrier.
He has over 150 million views on social media.
Alex doesn’t want to be a scientist anymore.
Joe Liam GreenJacket and Joe Blair, the (ex)stoma boys, have got a brand-new bag! Their award-pending show brings you three fab comedians, a bag full of prizes and some stunning in…
World champions of hip-hop, Wanted Posse take us into the depths of a New York speakeasy in the 1920s, to a world filled with charleston footsteps, jitterbug beats and freestyle hi…
Welcome to the dark side of laughter, where our comics don’t give a damn about your comfort zone.
From one of the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2023) and Nightwatchman (sell-out Edinburgh Fri…
Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF.
After their sell-out sensation at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Insane Magic are back.
Deadpan Brummie scumbag Tal Davies (Funny Women finalist, British Comedian of the Year semi-finalist, as seen on BBC Three) presents a WIP of her debut solo show filled with embarr…
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
A BDSM dungeon is only as good as its staff: the dommes, the subs and of course, the manager.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
A storytelling odyssey through art, contemporary politics and twentieth-century history, told in Chris’s signature style: satirical stand-up meets art lecture-demonstration.
The audience is trapped in a retro video game with a sadistic, end-of-level boss.
Winner: 2023 Best Theatre Award.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
From the creative team behind the five-star, multi-award winning plays Jesus, Jane Mother and Me, and Heroin(e) for Breakfast.
The incredible true story of missing WWII soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew David William Bryan.
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 …
Apparently caterpillars completely break down into goo before they become butterflies.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
The Irish Youth Dance Festival (IYDF), produced by Dublin Youth Dance Company, offers a national platform to showcase young emerging dancers performing works of leading …
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
IS LONDON READY FOR SLAVE PLAY?At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well.
At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well.
Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job.
They’re finally coming out! Of their bedrooms! After an excruciating wait, the Boys Gone Wild Podcast (Horatio Gould and Andrew Kirwan) is going live again.
Brand new thoughts, ideas, stories and jokes from award winning, working class, queer comedian, Sian Davies.
Ceyda Tanc Dance is thrilled to be showcasing brand new work as part of Helm’s exhibition, Unity.
Join Ken Wood and the Mixers on a once in a lifetime musical journey around America to discover the roots of soul.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
Making their international debut, UnErase Poetry, India's biggest spoken-word collective, with over two million followers on social media, provide an hour of delightful tales, …
Zoologia is a choreographic research project intended for the creation of different imaginary beings of zoolatrous nature starting from the human body.
Balthazar Dark is still the greatest wrestler you’ve never heard of.
‘Gizza job.
A Festival of Korean Dance will return to The Place for its seventh year, and for the first time will tour to Scotland followed by its UK tour in Newcastle, London and Bournemouth …
Love is a powerful emotion.
For over a decade, KLH Dance has been nurturing the talents of youth dancers in Brighton, and now, our Elite and Junior squad dancers, along with some of our KLH alumni, are taking…
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Who makes the art that we love? And why do they do it? Why do white women keep making one woman plays? Is doing drugs actually cool? Who will tell annoying people to STFU? Kitsch …
Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese a…
The big anniversary show, with a glamorous cast of 16, packed with the biggest floor fillers from your favourite music superstars, performed by the biggest showbiz divas in the wor…
Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job.
You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet.
A notionally more polished update of Ivo’s 45 minute navel gaze from last year’s Fringe.
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
A celebration of what it means to be female, KIZLAR is an aesthetically driven exploration of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, creating a visually stunning d…
Cold Dark Matters is the story of a writer.
Kate-Lois Elliott’s family were brought up in a secretive cult until her mum escaped as a teenager any questions? One generation later in a completely unrelated set of events a …
Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it …
A Dance of Two Halves A dance between bodies and souls.
De Beer Theatre presentBoys by Ella HicksonAs they battle the transition from university to adulthood, 4 boys experience the trials of career pressure, real-world responsibility an…
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
The protagonist of Matthew Howell and Jack Michael Stacey’s new comedy farce almost says,“The name’s Blonde, Jane Blonde”.
When all of the studios in Hollywood reject his newest script, a frustrated screenwriter invites you, an audience of independent financiers, to a one-night-only presentation of… …
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ returning to The Hen & Chickens Theatre, playing from Thursday 30th November until Saturday 2nd December at 19:30.
Is Eurydice dead? Or did she just exit stage left? Rambert and Ben Duke are masters of dance theatre where the dance is exceptional and the theatre delivers irresistible stories.
This festival celebrates the art of storytelling.
Choreographer Dam Van Huynh draws upon the words of writers, poets, activists, and his experience as a child refugee from the Vietnam war to create a choreographic work about overc…
We Dance is a theatrical exploration of black womanhood and femininity.
You will be lead through the haunted Tudor mansion to take your seat at the séance.
A cabaret-style event mixing poetry, music and contemporary dance, with Sage Dance Company, a ballet-based dance company for ages 55+, and Rack Press Poetry, an independent poetry …
Get ready to have your socks knocked off and your heart racing with The Barricade Boys! These four dazzling performers are taking the world by storm with their electrifying show th…
AMENDMENTS: A PLAY ON WORDSHas ‘political correctness’ gone mad? Is censorship overshadowing common sense? Or is it vital to protect vulnerable people against prejudice?Meet Kennet…
Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improv comedy to the West End! Fresh from the Fringe, their show features chaotic games, epic scenes, an…
Fresh from a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improvised comedy to the West End! Featuring chaotic g…
‘this is not a play about ophelia (a play about ophelia)’ is a groundbreaking production that seamlessly blends new writing with text from Shakespeare’s much beloved classic …
Following on from a sold out tour across the the UK and Ireland, Paddy McDonnell, one of Irelands best storytellers, brings his new show “Stories” to the Lei…
Following on from a sold out tour across the UK and Ireland, Paddy McDonnell, one of Ireland's best storytellers, brings his new show “Stories” to the L…
Kim is having one of those days.
Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job.
The extent to which you appreciate James Graham’s adaptation of Boys from the Blackstuff might depend partly on how well you know Alan Bleasdale’s original television series.
Roy’s Joys by Twyla Tharp This silky, sultry work embodies the spontaneity of the 1940s and 50s jazz soundtrack by Roy Eldridge.
Strategic Love Play offers a tragic and often hilarious mirror to the fears and hopes of the vast majority of us who harbour a fear of dying alone.
The multi-award-winning Brendan O’Carroll and Mrs.
Sir Cliff Richard in conversation with Gloria Hunniford discussing his career.
Sold out at VAULT Festival 2023! Writer for Have I Got News For You & Radio 4! As seen on NextUp Comedy! As heard on BBC Sounds! Former journalist and professional doomscroller, S…
The Dark Arts used by politicians and their advisors, speechwriters, and spin doctors are mired in mystery and their own mythology.
Sold out at VAULT Festival 2023! Writer for Have I Got News For You & Radio 4! As seen on NextUp Comedy! As heard on BBC Sounds! Former journalist and professional doomscroll…
Sold out at VAULT Festival 2023! Writer for Have I Got News For You & Radio 4! As seen on NextUp Comedy! As heard on BBC Sounds! Former journalist and professional doomscroller, S…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs an evening of beloved classics choreographed by their game-changing founder.
Craig Herbertson, Edinburgh singer and songwriter, presents a celebration in song and story of Edinburgh.
Blanket of the Dark performed by Applause Theatre Group.
Natalie Palamides and Lucy Pearman are two very normal girls who will share an hour.
The legendary American dance company dazzles with technical brilliance and passionate energy, bringing audiences to their feet at every performance.
Work in Progress from Isabelle Farah.
Direct from London’s West End, The Barricade Boys are the UK’s most exciting theatrical vocal group.
This play comes from a fresh writer who is so fresh, he’s writing jokes that most writers would think were TOO silly.
Written and performed by singer songwriter Michaela Betts, Dark Nature is a personal exploration of childhood trauma, transformation, dis-ease and beauty.
Join the crew in hoisting the true-colours of our past high and blowing the ‘golden age of piracy’ myth out of the water!
Singer songwriter Michaela Betts leads you through her theatrical folk journey of narrative songs about the Dark Nature in all of us.
Live, feature-length version of the cult interactive game born at the festival two years ago.
The Twat out of Hell returns with an exciting new hour to get your day started.
Tasteful, melodic, attractive and readily accessible new music for guitar and double bass.
Born and raised in China, Chin Wang left her homeland for the UK at the tender age of 18.
“Actually.
Brooklyn-based comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Late Late Show, The New Yorker) returns to the Fringe for one week only with an hour full of whip-smart gags, jokes and plenty of naught…
Discover and enjoy traditional dance from around the world with our experienced teachers.
Join Rachel (“Very much the rock’n’roll star of British comedy”- Rolling Stone) (“Mouth Almighty” – Her Friends) as she tries out new material for her upcoming tour! …
Join Rachel (“Very much the rock’n’roll star of British comedy”- Rolling Stone) (“Mouth Almighty” – Her Friends) as she tries out new material for her upcoming tour! …
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Straight from the 2022 Pleasance Reserve, Dee Allum (BBC New Comedian Finalist, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee) and Katie Green (Funny Women finalist, tour support for Jonathan Van …
Let’s just get this out the way: Colin Cloud’s After Dark is the most powerful, impressive and poignant magic and mentalist show I’ve ever seen.
Bryony’s done with clowning.
Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T…
Having negotiated quite the challenging childhood – from being a spoilt kid in a private school, to his parents losing it all – Nathan knows nothing about stability.
Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T…
Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T…
An avid fan of Davis, Colin Steele is the master when it comes to paying homage to musical legends.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha wife and boss babe, who took the pledge to become a traditional wife to avoid upsetting her husband’s floundering masculinity.
When a young Prince is confronted with the death of his father he must now become the leader and man he always dreamt of being and bring forth his family’s legacy into new and enli…
Chris Cantrill (half of twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) returns with a work-in-progress show about his rude son, upsetting pensioners on …
Taj has worked with a diverse range of musical styles, as a guitarist improviser he has worked with John Hiseman and Dominic Miller.
10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show.
Patel.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
When a young Prince is confronted with the death of his father he must now become the leader and man he always dreamt of being and bring forth his family’s legacy into new and enli…
Patel.
Tiff Stevenson: WIP.
Following up her award-winning debut (Amused Moose Best Debut, Comedian’s Choice Best Show) with this work-in-progress.
Join Sam, a chronically online twentysomething, at the airport in Terminal, directed by Jett Fink and starring Samantha Vita.
Deep dive into the weird and wonderful world of eBay! Ruby will lead you down the rabbit hole and introduce you to some of the bizarre eBay subcultures.
Good Morrow, I am sure one has been made aware of the Obviously Very Sad news.
Bruce Fummey has spent fifteen years creating comedy and Scottish history-themed comedy shows for festivals around the world.
Good Morrow, I am sure one has been made aware of the Obviously Very Sad news.
We are a group of very funny female/non-binary show-offs who originate from across Europe and cover four decades, so while we share a common home we bring six very different perspe…
Chris Cantrill (half of twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) returns with a work-in-progress show about his rude son, upsetting pensioners on …
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
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‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the …
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the …
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
In the dangerous and magical land of Sunderbans, living is about a fragile balance: between land and water, domestic and wild, human and human, calm and storm.
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
Insert Laughter Here present Spin-a-Play! In this completely improvised comedy show, you will be invited to suggest genres for a “brand new” play to be made up on the spot by the …
What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby).
What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby).
Insert Laughter Here present Spin-a-Play! In this completely improvised comedy show, you will be invited to suggest genres for a “brand new” play to be made up on the spot by the …
Living Proof is a recoveree-led non-profit working to promote a neuroplastic approach for full recovery from chronic pain and many other chronic symptoms.
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys returns by popular demand to the Edinburgh Fringe.
It’s hard to imagine that any show called, in full, A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me could be weirder or more fun than it sounds.
Shaper/Caper presents Small Town Boys - a captivating new immersive show, exploring the escapism of queer nightlife during the 80s AIDS crisis through contemporary dance and spoken…
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why.
Preaching the word to thousands in football stadiums and evangelising undercover in China, amidst 30 years of door-knocking, and all the while the sound of sexuality was knocking l…
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Let’s take the party into 2023 and come join our Party Queens tour with 16 of the world’s most glamorous and beautiful showgirls.
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this multi award-nominated, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
Ailsa Dixon, Bob Mitchell and Jackie Ross, three leading storytellers with a fierce love of their native north-east of Scotland invite you to a fast moving and light-hearted homage…
Come on a musical journey around America to discover the roots of soul.
Join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News as he runs through brand-new material following the incredible announcement that BBC Radio 4 have commissio…
Think guineafowl.
Okay, let’s start at the beginning.
When Ruva experiences street harassment, her entire world is thrown into chaos and turmoil.
A new (WIP) show of high-energy stand-up from one of the warmest, wildest, nicest guys in comedy today.
Time.
It’s a Boy? is from the wildly creative comic mind of Ben Hodge, Liverpool Echo’s Top 30 under 30 and winner of Into Film Documentary of the Year 2020.
Pianist Brian Kellock and trumpeter Colin Steele are amongst Scotland’s foremost jazz musicians.
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths.
Adele’s back, funnier and more dangerous than ever! Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show nominee (2023).
The only stand up comedy show at the Fringe with jokes, stories and a definitive list of my favourite smells from last year.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Step back in time to 1995 and come join a hilarious taster session of the Cliff Richard Fan Club! Our group of ladies will welcome you, make you laugh (and maybe cry too) and even …
This is a strange one.
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
jD Shapiro is the writer of Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
How is anyone supposed to deal with the death of a loved one? Isaac Kean’s answer is to write a “woe is me” tragicomedy.
Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he…
Craig Wilson is a nice boy.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
Sarah Borges returns after her sell-out 2022 Fringe with Adele Still Someone Like Me.
A late night version of the sell-out unique show.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents became my legal guardians.
Ever wonder what it’s like to see a show… without actually seeing it? This piece plunges the audience into darkness, allowing them to step into the shoes of their hosts, VICS, …
If we’re technically speaking, there is one (1) person invited to this show, but you (yes, you) are allowed (and inarguably encouraged) to come to the debut Fringe show from Canadi…
Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he…
The night is dark and full of laughs with Black Widows, where the boldest female comedians come to push boundaries and tackle taboo topics.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
You and your family are stuck inside a live-action videogame! How will you escape?! Will you: A) Find light switch? B) Go north? C) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An interac…
Returning for its eleventh year at the Edinburgh Fringe, this cult favorite show has lost none of its energy and atmosphere.
***** It’s brilliant, dynamic, explosive! (UngtTeaterblod.
You’re invited: twin orphans, The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party.
Get on the Lash! Just in time for last orders.
Returning after sell-out runs in 2018 and 2019, In Loyal Company is the incredible true story of missing WWII soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew Dav…
Have you ever felt judged for not having the right body shape? Not eating the right foods or going to the gym? Our Photoshopped world is not always kind to our feelings of self-wor…
“This is not a play,” we’re told.
So they’ve both swiped right.
Released in 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon is an album that transcends time, appealing as much today as it did in the days of experimental prog rock.
Leslie has always toed the line in her comedy between silly and existential, but after a particularly eventful 2022 full of character growth (how big does a person need to be?) she…
Leslie has always toed the line in her comedy between silly and existential, but after a particularly eventful 2022 full of character growth (how big does a person need to be?) she…
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
An evening of bold new dance theatre work: Eve Walker - ‘Fine Farewell’ The closing chapter of Eve’s time in the North East, this work is used as a celebratory moment.
An evening of bold new dance theatre work: Eve Walker - ‘Fine Farewell’ The closing chapter of Eve’s time in the North East, this work is used as a celebratory moment.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did.
Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did.
“We’ve got another 10 minutes before shit really hits the fan.
Star of Mock the Week, QI and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Olga Koch, got a master’s degree and she won’t shut up about it.
An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs.
About the show Recipients of last years FUSE International's 'Best Dance Show' award, Dillon Dance Youth returns for successive year.
About the showAn unforgettable evening of dance, combining several different styles with extraordinary young talent for all audiences to enjoy.
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play 1986.
Maz Pantz is a solo comedy sketch show which uses mime, slapstick and multi role to take you, the audience, on a bonkers, dark humoured and frankly insane journey.
Inkinzo club culture is a group of Burundian dance, founded in 1986.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The award-wining MANA DANCE X MR BONGO returns to the Spiegeltent for an explosive evening of live music and dance.
Join Suse for a stand up comedy show about economics, magic, and making things disappear.
A very fresh WIP from musical comedy double act Shelf, with anecdotes, songs, and jokes about performing comedy for children, Instagram’s toxic algorithm, and more.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
A very fresh WIP from musical comedy double act Shelf, with anecdotes, songs, and jokes about performing comedy for children, Instagram’s toxic algorithm, and more.
Some time ago, Suse Steed was an economist.
Local comedian and rising star of the stand-up-circuit Alex Mason is bringing a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Local comedian and rising star of the stand-up-circuit Alex Mason is bringing a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe.
Awwwww I Feel Good! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to jump and jive to the fun, all-action sounds of ‘Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul’.
Awwwww I Feel Good! Join manic frontman Kenneth B Woode and the cast of ‘Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul’ as they tell the sensational story of soul music and its greatest pe…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
DJ Russ Dewbury brings his iconic Brighton Jazz Rooms Club night to the Spiegeltent for a rip roaring debut! The Jazz Rooms opened in 1987 and ran every weekend for an incredible 2…
Head Replacement (they/them) is a poet amongst clowns and a clown amongst poets who not so long ago decided to venture outside of the confines of their dark liar and re-enter the s…
Head Replacement (they/them) is a poet amongst clowns and a clown amongst poets who not so long ago decided to venture outside of the confines of their dark liar and re-enter the s…
Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the…
Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the…
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Balthazar Dark is the greatest wrestler you’ve never heard of.
Stories, games and puppets! Join our team of Story Archaeologists on a magical adventure into the world of Greek myth and help us recover the story of a forgotten hero! Returnin…
Balthazar Dark is the greatest wrestler you’ve never heard of.
Stories, games and puppets! Join our team of Story Archaeologists on a magical adventure into the world of Greek myth and help us recover the story of a forgotten hero! Returnin…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Calling the courageous, faithless, devoted and broken Inner Children to a Ceremony of the Dark Mother hosted by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess Lucy Hopkins.
Meet Chris, a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Seasoned mavericks, Matt Rudkin and Rikki Tarascas team up to perform their most iconic works in a deft double bill of pitch-perfect satire.
Meet Chris Dobrowolski a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up.
Boys don’t cry, they just drink beer, get fat, and then get hit by a truck.
Boys don’t cry, they just drink beer, get fat, and then get hit by a truck.
Comedians Robin Hodges and Dom Kerridge make their full length Brighton Fringe debut with ‘The Bigger Boys’, a split stand-up show/therapy session where two men work through their …
We fed an AI all of the Brighton Fringe listings from 2022, and this is what we got: Robin Hodges is a human being.
Witness all your favourite divas on stage together, in the singular form of internationally acclaimed performer, Christina Bianco.
Leeds’ hottest alternative comedy cabaret comes to Brighton! Join award-winning sketch comedians, The Lovely Boys and Freddie Hayes, on the big night out of your lives! Present…
Leeds’ hottest alternative comedy cabaret comes to Brighton! Join award-winning sketch comedians, The Lovely Boys and Freddie Hayes, on the big night out of your lives! Presenti…
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
An hour of stand-up comedy with up and coming comedian Cressida Wetton.
An hour of stand-up comedy with up and coming comedian Cressida Wetton.
++Please book 24 hours in advance** For last minute bookings, please check availability and call us on 07783152151 If you want to do something that might be a little bit out of y…
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus present their annual Fringe Festival show - After Dark.
++Please book 24 hours in advance** For last minute bookings, please check availability and call us on 07783152151 If you want to do something that might be a little bit out of y…
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The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back on VICTORIA GARDENS in 2023 with a glittering stunner of a show “PARTY QUEENS” Mondays 241 / Wednesday tickets £19.
Are you ready to party? Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone, wear the best fancy dress and have the time of your life? Then join us for our Brighton Dance Extravaganza, w…
UPDATE: Tickets for tonight’s performance are no longer available through the Fringe Box Office.
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back in 2023 with a glittering stunner of a show “PARTY QUEENS” Mondays 241 / Wednesday tickets £19.
You want a blurb? I’ll give you a blurb right now.
A magical dance-theatre retelling of Kipling’s classic set against the backdrop of the climate crisis.
'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips.
The Coronet Theatre is once again hosting The National Theatre of Norway, who have arrived with their take on August Strindberg’s dark matrimonial drama Dance of Death.
Jo Griffin ★★★★ CHORTLE and Yuriko Kotani ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN split a juicy hour to answer all the big / medium-sized / teeny tiny life questions.
Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game.
What’s the only thing proven to change the world? That’s right: issue-led fringe theatre.
A friendly stranger is just another way of saying a new friend you haven’t met yet.
Ballet Rambert’s Peaky Blinders: the Redemption of Thomas Shelby is male swagger, jaw-dropping, edge of your seat dance as pyrotechnics with all the cool of the TV gangster drama…
Holly has had quite a year - trying to deal with being left out of the Royal Family.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
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A new political satire transfers to The Other Palace.
In an elaborately cosmic attempt to reignite the connection to her ancestral inheritance, Takura blends western ideas of quantum physics and astrology with zimbabwean myth to recon…
Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho…
“Taiwanese force of nature” (Chortle) Kuan-wen traded his beloved island for the rainy British isles, for “Taiwanese” symbolises generations of migration and shifting identities.
WINNER of Queerovision 2022 , Rising Star finalist 2022 , Hastings Newcomer award Finalist 2022, Semi-finalist for the Comedy Max Turner prize 2022 , Semi- finalist for Get Up stan…
Penny and Anthony were once an item, but things went pear-shaped and they broke up.
Dance Me is an exclusive creation inspired by the rich and profound work of Montreal-based poet, artist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen.
Throw off your winter coat as you head in to the depths of the iconic VAULTS for The Secret Dance Floor: one night filled to the brim with flooring filing and top spinning Internat…
Where are you from? Vlad: I’d tell you but I’d make a mistake - my country has changed names twice since I was born! Why are you here? Vlad: Everyone says the West is great.
When two 9-year-old boys kiss in the school playground of a small town, two sets of parents are told to ‘do something about it’ – but neither of them is entirely sure what.
Award-winning and acclaimed sketch comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy for an evening of new and not-so-new material after a three year hiatus.
One of the excitements for an audience is to spot future stars.
It’s 1816 and Mary Shelley is about to start work on Frankenstein.
Victoria Amelina will talk about the role of writers and artists who chose to remain in Ukraine after the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24th and discuss her ne…
A solo show exploring the formative years of Phil Lynott.
The intimate and sensual Tango After Dark delves into the world of authentic Argentine tango.
Penny and Anthony were once an item, but things went pear-shaped a year ago and they separated.
It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand still.
I always say- you can’t just do a stuffy old recital Seán! But the music is so beautiful, it comes to life when sung, it needs to be sung! Every piece has m…
25 years on from the release of The Seahorses’ seminal album Do It Yourself, vocalist Chris Helme will revisit the iconic record with a series of one-off acoustic performances ac…
Micky Flanagan’s Work in Progress at Leicester Square Theatre.
Saoirse na mBan Ghaliah Conroy & Saoirse Lambkin O’Kane Celebrating Irish women and their feats over history, cracking the shell and seeing what lies…
A comedy improv special! “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games & scenes followed by an improvised play-all inspired from audience suggestions “Give them their own TV show” The Me…
How about travelling to France for one hour without a jetlag? Stefanie Rummel, the multi-award winning musical cabaret artist, who travelled the world with her show returns to Edin…
Learn dances from around the world with our fantastic presenters.
Big Boys and Friends is a silly lil’ mixed-bill comedy-cabaret from Channel 4’s critically acclaimed Big Boys, comedian Jack Rooke and character comic Jon Pointing.
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Battle describes itself as a modern mystery play, and takes the audience on an intricately-plotted historical journey from 1066 to the present day: exploring how women just gather …
Science communication that engages the heart as well as the mind.
Sirqus Alfon has attracted international attention for its innovative and interactive approach to merging technology, music, performance and the human body.
A heated argument and an all-night conversation leaves childhood friends Max and Kieran shaken, with suppressed emotions exploding to the surface.
Surrealist stand-up comedian George Bricher will take you on a path of bizarre thought experiments, strange rants and lessons in how to stay optimistic in the face of middle-class …
The Lovely Boys come to Camden Comedy Club. Do you like boys? Do you like lovely boys? We are doing 20mins of stand up about life and times of being Jewish and being short.
You’ve seen them in their sketches now come and watch a double bill of stand up comedy as Benny and Willy give you their perspective on love life and parenting.
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
It’s time to celebrate nature.
An art exhibition documenting journeys out of homelessness in Scotland, which aims to change the perception of homelessness by exploring how we depict the practical and structural …
New show about getting married, being middle of the road and accidentally going viral for the most embarrassing moment in your life.
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her French vs English sketches (37 million views across Instagram and TikTok).
Explore Scotland’s oldest Deaf Centre as we share stories from the community, from Deaf History Scotland archives to screenings from contemporary artists.
In a world where everything often seems miserable, it’s an act of rebellion to be hopeful.
In a world where everything often seems miserable, it’s an act of rebellion to be hopeful.
High energy.
High energy.
Twin orphans The Creepy Boys are throwing their very first birthday party.
We think we know this story.
Dance-Forms Productions celebrates 19 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and modern dance.
Ballet careers are competitive, subjective, physically demanding and risky – with an expectation of maintaining peak condition six days a week for their entire careers.
Taking inspiration from the Korean shamanic rituals known as Gut, WeMu reimagines the traditional in a concert combining Western and Korean instruments, creating modern music based…
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Start the day with a riot of cray kid-friendly laughter for the whole family. Zany sketches, acrobatics, cirque skills and mayhem.
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys comes to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Janine filmed an Amazon Prime special.
Bold, glamorous and sassy, your festival favourites are back with their most sensational show yet! A must-see new production for 2022 with plenty of fun-filled comedy and outrageou…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for an epic session of bonkers, bopping, beautiful fun.
‘Superb and fun’ ***** (TheWeeReview.
It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices …
Few things are guaranteed: death, taxes and Joseph getting ID’d! After amassing over 3 million views on TikTok, taking the runner-up spot at the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the…
Craig Herbertson, Edinburgh singer and songwriter, presents Edinburgh Folk, a celebration in song and story of the folk who shaped Edinburgh, from Scotland’s national poet, Robert …
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
They should have been ridiculous.
An exciting kids’ show from an Aboriginal comedy star.
High-energy Australian sketch-meisters Beak are bringing their fast-paced silliness to Edinburgh (Scotland) but this time, they’re hot! Since touring Australia with our last show �…
The risque sensation is back! Watch comedians share stories, lead audience games, provide good and bad dating advice and much more.
PPAS (Pineapple Performing Arts School) is thrilled to present a spectacular showcase of dance featuring the students from our 2022 Dance Intensive Summer School.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
Madeira’s own Sarah Borges expresses her own exceptional talent through the great songs of world superstar Adele.
BBC New Comedy Award winner and the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2018 workshops his unique brand of sketches and characters for the very first time.
Edinburgh-based award-winning Siamsoir Irish dancers return with their fifth original show – an Irish dance play.
Dark Vanilla Jungle.
This feel-good show connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion of the pioneering R&B and soul acts of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
On the occasion of the centenary of Kurt Vonnegut’s birth, Fringe veteran Todd Wronski presents a portrait of one of the 20th century’s great writers using Vonnegut’s own unique sp…
Shrimp Dance is a Butoh dance performance with live music and video art, based on research showing anti-depressants entering the sea through human waste are affecting the behaviour…
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
In 2020, Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan reopened, asking patrons on the rollercoasters to Scream Inside Your Heart.
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
In 2020, Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan reopened, asking patrons on the rollercoasters to Scream Inside Your Heart.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Do you ski? The social media sensation comes to Edinburgh off the back of his first sold-out national tour with a limited run of Work In Progress.
Tamar’s getting married.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents become my legal guardians.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is bad, Adele is good.
Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys.
A new work in progress from the host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast.
You’ll always find him in the corner at parties, but is it time for Chris to put himself in the middle of things? If not, a trip to the buffet table or maybe the toilet would be id…
Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys.
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Calling the courageous, the devoted, the faithless and the broken to a brand new, unquantifiable, ceremonial experience by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess.
High-octane character comedy from one of the UK’s foremost TV sketch comedians, as seen in the BAFTA-winning series Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed and People Just Do Nothing…
Sutton Coldfield, 1995.
Oh wow, the last two years have been awful haven’t they? So what do we do now? Laugh and pretend it’s definitely fine? Or deal with the trauma of multiple lockdowns, emotional shut…
A Dark Place by Boreas Productions at Pleasance Courtyard is an insight into the relationship between friends, Ash and Sam, and how Sam’s mental health struggles have twisted the…
Who says poetry is box office poison? Fresh from wowing crowds opening for The Libertines and John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright serves up banger after banger at the hottest late nigh…
Two’s Company is Gillian Duffy’s take on rekindled romance and finding new direction in later life, following 55-year-old Maureen as she navigates life after her second divorce…
In aid of the suicide charity CALM, and sound-tracked live with songs from his upcoming second album, the acclaimed beatboxer is back with Breathe: a breathtakingly theatrical disp…
Brown Boys Swim is Karim Khan’s hilarious, touching tale of best friends Kash and Mohsen learning how to swim for a pool party.
Dance is meant to be about self-expression.
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
‘Watching audiences tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it’ (Daily Telegraph).
Magician Kevin Quantum, trained by Penn & Teller, presents a fast-paced, jaw-dropping show, that guarantees to blow your mind.
On the eve of his birthday, Bobby struggles to find a wish to blow out his candles.
You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Will you: A) Find light switch? B) Go north? C) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An intera…
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
If Jen Brister has learned anything in the past 18 months, it’s that she’s no good in a crisis.
Hot Dog has just been dumped by her girlfriend, Dumpling, and now she must candidly examine what it means to live in a post-Dumpling world.
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
If Jen Brister has learned anything in the past 18 months, it’s that she’s no good in a crisis.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Durham Fringe.
An evening shared by Pelican Theatre and Beth Veitch Dance, created and performed by emerging female dance artists.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Durham Fringe.
An evening shared by Pelican Theatre and Beth Veitch Dance, created and performed by emerging female dance artists.
Esther ManitoEsther has just filmed her Live At The Apollo debut and now brings you her award winning brand-new stand-up hour ‘#NotAllMen’ at Soho Theatre, after a suc…
Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats to Penge with a WIP of her new horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King.
Highly-anticipated debut stand-up hour from the Hackney Empire New Comedian of the Year Winner, tackling all the big topics; Scottish mothers, sex parties, karate teachers, and men…
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!Play On Words 5!Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see perfor…
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast.
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast.
The award winning* MANA DANCE X MR BONGO show returns to the Spiegeltent for a new explosive journey of powerful dance and live music.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
The award winning* MANA DANCE X MR BONGO show returns to the Spiegeltent for a new explosive journey of powerful dance and live music.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
GET DOWN .
GET DOWN .
Brocker the badger has a big bum.
Brocker the badger has a big bum.
The risqué sensation is back! After sold-out runs at both the 2019 and 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the 2020 Perth Fringe World festival, the interactive and ever-evolving c…
The risqué sensation is back! After sold-out runs at both the 2019 and 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the 2020 Perth Fringe World festival, the interactive and ever-evolving c…
Join artists Martha and Chess for a fun, insightful and creative dance workshop! The workshop will lead dancers on a creative journey that draws from the creative process in the ma…
Please note: Boys Will Be Boys will be a rehearsed reading as part of the companies development process for the scriptA group of suburban teens grappling with the anxiety of youth …
Join artists Martha and Chess for a fun, insightful and creative dance workshop! The workshop will lead dancers on a creative journey that draws from the creative process in the ma…
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent, featuring a DJ playing vintage tunes, glamorous costumes, glorious dance displays, and our trademark …
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent, featuring a DJ playing vintage tunes, glamorous costumes, glorious dance displays, and our trademark …
Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul returns to the Brighton Fringe for a second great year with a humorous all-action stage show that mixes storytelling with great music.
Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate…
Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
He’s survived another year and he’s back! For the fourth year running (he even did a show in 2020), it’s the Brighton Fringe gig that is fast becoming a very dodgy institution.
BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar…
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
With a growing reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers and, for the first time, guest perf…
With a reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning companies Bee In My Beanie and Actors of Dionysus join forces to share the magical tale of Ariadne! Join Tess the Story Archaeologist and her assistant Fred the Puppe…
Ariadne! Award-winning companies Bee in my Beanie and Actors of Dionysus join forces to share the magical tale of Ariadne! Join Tess the Story Archeologist, her intrepid sidekick …
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
Are you ready to party? Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone, wear the best fancy dress and have the time of your life? Then join us for our Brighton Dance Extravaganza, w…
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the original musical intercultural cabaret.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the original musical intercultural cabaret.
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at the Brighton Fringe Festival with their most sensational show yet, SUMMER OF FUN! Let’s make Brighton Fringe a “Summer of Fun” with 16 of t…
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
This is not your ordinary tour: dress up (preferably) and join us for an hour of fun, laughter, and craziness.
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at the Brighton Fringe Festival with their most sensational show yet, SUMMER OF FUN! Let’s make Brighton Fringe a “Summer of Fun” with 16 of t…
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!Play On Words 4!Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see perfor…
Watching the projected opening credits to Dark Sublime it would be easy to mistake it for an actual British sci-fi TV show of the 1980s.
Back again and bigger than ever - Roles We’ll Never Play arrives at the Lyric Theatre for a night of musical theatre madness.
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!POW!Play On Words 3Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see per…
Children Playing Downton Abbey to avoid death.
The Museum Of Yesterday, TomorrowDynamic indoor walking tour comedy theatre: A museum curator from the year 3022 needs your help to avoid the ultimate destruction of the…
A Comedy of Improvised Horror!To ride out the raging storm, Captain Laragub and his fishermen will take suggestions from the audience and perform a spontaneous one act c…
The story follows a brave young boy on his journey to meet the darkness in his basement, and watches as he eventually learns to befriend it.
Unrivalled in their ability to present exciting and new international choreography as well as some of the most memorable masterpieces from the past 100 years, Rambert Dance Compa…
Join Rudi Douglas and Grace Shush as they delve into the one and only Adele’s catalogue of music to perform live their favourite songs from 19, 21, 25 & 30.
Thinking of setting up your own performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal and Industrial Relations Manager at ITC, for a workshop about the legal and administrative basic…
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!POW!Play On Words 2Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see per…
An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness.
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo - a hilarious and unique experience right in the heart of …
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo - a hilarious and unique experience right in the heart of …
An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness.
The Burlesque Company are back at Cherry reds with a fabulous show to start your Halloween weekend off with a bang With burlesque, cabaret, drag, comedy there will be li…
From the team that brought you I, Dido a world premier of new play by Bloomsbury playwright Non Vaughan-O’Hagan.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
From the team that brought you I, Dido a world premiere of a new play by Bloomsbury playwright Non Vaughan-O’Hagan.
An amazing evening of dinner and live music.
POW!Play On WordsCurated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see performances from established performance poets as well as the opportunity for others to showcase their …
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford's work in p…
A collection of documentaries that seeks to generate debate around popular conceptions of gender expression, challenging commonly-accepted standards of bodily beauty.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand …
A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand …
A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand …
A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand …
As the country unlocks and live performance returns to London, Korean dancers will once again make the journey to the UK and take to the stage at The Place.
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo a hilarious and unique experience right in the hear…
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Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45.
Known for his brilliant riffing and playful crowd interaction, American comedian Ray Harrington makes his Fringe debut with an unpredictable mix of material, riffing and crowd work…
Known for his brilliant riffing and playful crowd interaction, American comedian Ray Harrington makes his Fringe debut with an unpredictable mix of material, riffing and crowd work…
Classical dance genres performed by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students of Dr Radha Krishnan showcasing their talent.
An online global sacred dance community.
A global pandemic may have struck, but we have a chef who’s just stuck.
People of Edinburgh, I have dearly missed you.
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ - Henry Ford.
‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ - Henry Ford.
Rich Wilson is fast becoming one of the most in-demand comedians in the land with his award-winning shows, podcasts and radio shows.
Hello audiences, I have dearly missed you.
A work-in-progress show from a rising cult comic on the state of the world.
Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award, Scottish Comedian of the Year) and Liam Withnail (Amused Moose Winner for Outstanding Show, Scottish Compere of the Year) are back and rarin…
Brand new work in progress show from working class Cornish actor and comedian Tamsyn Kelly.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
A work-in-progress show from a man that’s had more jobs than years lived and more near death experiences than meaningful relationships - find out what he’s learnt from all this, if…
Contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings inspired by the ancient standing stones of Calla…
A work-in-progress show from a man that’s had more jobs than years lived and more near death experiences than meaningful relationships - find out what he’s learnt from all this, if…
Emperor clown Christian Brighty presents an absurd love letter to play, romance and stupidity.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Meet Shakespeare, but not the Shakespeare you know.
There was a comment made in an article in the Edinburgh Evening News just before the Fringe began about how, after the amount of time comedians have had to prepare for the 2021 Fri…
A 45-minute experiment in silliness depths.
In her work-in-progress show, In the Dark, Adele ponders the power of knowledge, the power in refusing it, and all things that go on when the lights go off.
No Refunds.
Adam Rowe – Imperious (WIP).
A ‘gut-bustingly funny’ (**** (List)) thing in a turtleneck gives you a makeover for the interior design of your mind.
Does emotion help us make moral judgements? Alfie Brown is performing a work-in-progress show (which are often a lot more fun) that will attempt to answer this question.
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
Jazz is a story of rhythm and improvisation, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
This is a brand-new show from Rachel.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
The show comprises of Ashish Suri and a different *friend sharing their weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
The show comprises of Ashish Suri and a different *friend sharing their weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
Fed up with being told how to look and behave since she was a teenager, Harriet is taking a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining false eye lashes.
Two award-winning comedians premier their latest routines after a year inside.
After almost two years off duty, award-winning stand-up Pierre Novellie is back at the Fringe and ready to perform to whoever else is willing to leave the house.
A nearly comedy about my memories as a professional stripper and near-hero during the London Bridge terror attack in 2017.
Cockroach is an hour of dark, gut-wrenching stand-up from one of the best comedians in the country.
Richard Stott returns to the Camden Fringe with a show exploring the merits and pitfalls of loyalty.
Tucked in between the bustling pubs of the grassmarket is the capital's home of dance and its latest exhibition, Dance Base Unwrapped.
Join rising comedy talent and naive suburbanite Jake Farrell as he musters up the bottle and the jokes required to perform a debut hour about fear, the future and Stevenage.
In her work-in-progress show, In the Dark, Adele ponders the power of knowledge, the power in refusing it, and all things that go on when the lights go off.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Join Miss Carmen Aurora for ‘An Hour With The After Dark Cabaret & Burlesque’, offering a glamorous evening right in the heart of Camden.
To do list: house, get partner, career, smokin’ body and family.
Ah, the 90s! The decade that Shaparak was in her twenties and ‘ladette’ culture ruled the school.
After two sell-out Edinburgh runs, one third of Massive Dad (‘Hilarious’ **** (Guardian)) returns to Edinburgh, armed with her useless degree in Anthropology, for a show about how …
Professional slacker and sensitive friend Rajiv Karia (BBC Audio Contract Writer, 2021) presents a work-in-progress show of acerbic observations about his life so far, and the jour…
Katie Mitchell will do EVERYTHING to become your best friend tonight other than let go of the thousands of little things she likes and thinks you should like to.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
InHouse Theatre and Assembly invite you back to your favourite haunt for a strong drink and a stranger-than-fiction ghost story.
Ripe Fruit are two older women trying to make sense of the world they live in when they explore Husbands, Hair and Other Stories.
Harriet Kemsley: Secrets (WIP) Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her remaining fake eyelashes.
Harriet Kemsley: Secrets (WIP) Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her remaining fake eyelashes.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Sportsperson is a work in progress show written and performed by comedian Cerys Bradley (Soho Theatre Young Company, Amused Moose Semi-finalist 2020, as seen on BBC Sesh, “Slick …
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Camden Fringe.
This evocative play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Brand new show In The Dark sees Adele Cliff discuss the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it.
What is humanity; what is life? In this world, nothing is certain.
PPAS presents a showcase of dance featuring the students of our Dance Intensive Summer School.
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.
Sportsperson is a work in progress show written and performed by comedian Cerys Bradley (Soho Theatre Young Company, Amused Moose Semi-finalist 2020, as seen on BBC Sesh, “Slick …
Those People: A Play About QAnon is based on interviews with young people from the UK, conducted online and from accounts written on the subreddit: r/QAnoncasualties.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Camden Fringe.
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…
Climb aboard for the trip of a lifetime as the world’s most glamorous showgirls (who just happen to be men!) send you soaring to spectacular diamante-dipped song and dance destin…
“Rising star of the British stand-up scene” (The List) Alex Kealy presents a stand-up hour about Silicon Valley, advertising, addiction and monopolies.
Ah, the 90s! The decade that Shaparak was in her twenties and ‘ladette’ culture ruled the school.
An unpredictable debut from the chaotic mind of self-proclaimed loser Adam Willis (Willis & Vere).
Roll up, roll up! Come and see this bright explosion of love & isolation, joy & celebration and a lot of buffering – you’ll want a ticket for this ride.
I Miss Amy Winehouse is the first solo hour from new comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti (Funny Women Stage Awards semi-finalist 2020, British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Awards fina…
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Over a decade ago Amused Moose Winner 2020 and BBC New Comedy Award Nominated comedian Lew Fitz ran away from home and hasn’t been back since.
What does it mean to belong and where is home? With her new passport in hand, this new WIP will see Olga Koch try to figure out who the hell she is as an immigrant and certified te…
Over a decade ago Amused Moose Winner 2020 and BBC New Comedy Award Nominated comedian Lew Fitz ran away from home and hasn’t been back since.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
What does it mean to belong and where is home? With her new passport in hand, this new WIP will see Olga Koch try to figure out who the hell she is as an immigrant and certified te…
Kemi’s being bullied and it’s getting out of control.
With a growing reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers.
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the Spiegeltent – a marvellous medley of dancing delights, featuring a DJ playing authentic vintage dance music, glamorous costumes, gl…
William Blake said that everything is an attempt to be human.
SOLD OUT! Join us for the 8pm show live stream on YouTube for free: https://youtu.
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus members present a show of solos and duets under the direction of Joe Paxton.
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the Spiegeltent – a marvellous medley of dancing delights, featuring a DJ playing authentic vintage dance music, glamorous costumes, gl…
Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate…
What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep…
An interactive audio horror experience with escape room elements.
What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep…
An escape room style experience with a paranormal twist, Retrogression is about a ghost who scares visitors to the Brighton Toy Museum and needs to be released.
Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate…
‘MANA DANCE X MR BONGO’ celebrates the reemergence of live dance and music (DJ) at the famous Spiegeltent.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul returns to the Brighton Fringe for a second great year with a humorous all-action stage show that mixes storytelling with great music.
A double-bill of two widely-acclaimed pieces: ‘WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de Deux’ by Ester Natzijl Projects “Redefines theatre and dance” ★★★★★ (Reviews Hub), “simply sp…
It’s 10 years since Amy Winehouse died.
A double-bill of two widely-acclaimed pieces: ‘WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de Deux’ by Ester Natzijl Projects “Redefines theatre and dance” ★★★★★ (Reviews Hub), “simply sp…
Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys.
Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
A Dance of Awareness experience where you decide which role to take, mover or witness.
A Dance of Awareness experience where you decide which role to take, mover or witness.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
The mandarin character ‘woman (女)’ has three strokes; it’s expected to be written in a set order.
The story follows Delvin, a black British teenager as he discovers the wrath of police brutality at the same time as the rise of the Black Power Movement in London in the late 1960…
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back with their most sassy and outrageous show yet, ‘Flight of Fantasy’! Climb aboard for the holiday of a lifetime as the world’s most glamorous L…
How have ways of seeing and being seen reshaped the nuances of accessibility under lockdown? Three film vignettes released throughout the year explore the subjective relationships…
The story follows Delvin, a black British teenager as he discovers the wrath of police brutality at the same time as the rise of the Black Power Movement in London in the late 1960…
How have ways of seeing and being seen reshaped the nuances of accessibility under lockdown? Three film vignettes released throughout the year explore the subjective relationships…
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Join writer and performer Naomi Paul and the community of Meon Vale in their collaborative film ‘Snapshot Stories,’ where arts meets activism! The film was part of Live & Local…
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back with their most sassy and outrageous show yet, ‘Flight of Fantasy’! Climb aboard for the holiday of a lifetime as the world’s most glamorous L…
Join writer and performer Naomi Paul and the community of Meon Vale in their collaborative film ‘Snapshot Stories,’ where arts meets activism! The film was part of Live & Local…
The mandarin character ‘woman’ has three strokes, it’s expected to be written in a set order.
Here Come The Boys features four superstar ‘Kings of Dance’ in a dazzling new production that includes special guest star, Strictly’s stunning Nadiya Bychkova.
The beloved Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS is returning to London’s West End, opening at the new sparkling new Trafalgar Theatre on Wedn…
Following a sold-out UK national tour, Here Come The Boys, featuring the four superstar ‘Kings of Dance’, is set to transfer to the West End in a dazzling new productio…
The Scottish Play is a solo performance written by Victoria Gartner, founder and artistic director of Will & Co which produces plays about Shakespear, under the umbrella title …
This new exhibition is now on display at Feltham Library.
Scrooge & Company is the latest slice of madcap tomfoolery from Micawber Theatre Company in co-production with NoriTheatre; a fast-paced, slapstick romp through the Victorian festi…
A Season of New Digital Performances - written and performed by an acclaimed and international female-led creative team.
With the support of Darbar Festival, Akram Khan Company present: We are but Shadows.
Akram Khan brings his theatrical Until the Lions, a piece originally created for The Roundhouse in 2016, to Sadler’s Wells for the first time.
Nic Dodson Productions, Andrew Kay and Associates and Great Leap Forward presents… An exhilarating tap dancing and beatboxing spectacular straight from a smash hit run…
Stirring classical and contemporary, Akram Khan’s latest production, Outwitting the Devil, is an epic dance piece about ritual and remembering in the midst of our ever-changi…
Direct from London’s West End, THE BARRICADE BOYS are theatre lands most exciting new vocal group.
Bringing the knowledge, education and entertainment of African cultural heritage to the people of the world. Every dance has a meaning and an origin.
Tableaux.
Sugar and spice / partners in crime / he-said-she-said / not talking / can’t believe / only joking / why did I / hate you / forgive you / miss you.
Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again.
Online premiere of Rosie Kay’s 10 SOLDIERS exploring the training, friendships, loves and the incredible teamwork behind an army unit.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
The Coming Out Play is a 40-minute one-woman play that follows the twenty-six-year-old and sucre-sweet Lucy Moran as she travels to her parents’ house to tell them that not only …
Diana Diamonte inspires her four boys to explore something we’re all interested in: bodies.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Will you: a) Find the light switch? b) Go north? c) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An in…
After total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs in 2018 and 2019, In Loyal Company returns in a bigger venue for 2020.
‘Watching audiences tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it’ (Daily Telegraph).
Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his conversational comedy style to the Camden Fringe with silly stories, informed observations, and provo…
First hour of stand up from Maddie Campion; a show about career choices, billionaires, and the hustle.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
In 2017 New Wave Associate Artist Alexander Whitley combined film and dance for 8 Minutes, a breath-taking journey to the sun.
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
The Jeff Rodrigues Trio present an evening exploring the music of Thelonious Monk – considered to be the father of Modern Jazz – and Joe Henderson, one of the most revered inst…
Claire Lenahan is your bog standard obnoxious American comedian / magician/ escapologist / identity thief.
Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism.
Following a successful debut tour culminating at The Leicester Square Theatre and a recording of a sold out hometown show.
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Message In A Bottle is the spectacular new dance-theatre show from triple Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince to the iconic hits of music superstar, Sting including Roxanne, Every B…
by Jake Brunger A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.
Hit Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton for its final shows of the year.
A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped.
In August 2013, Shane Warne, Australian cricketing legend drove Orlando Gibbs, English generic person to Wales.
Game-changer in the world of tap, Michelle Dorrance had dedicated herself to exploring the capabilities of America’s original dance form.
Born in Israel and now based in France, the double Bessie Award-winning choreographer Emanuel Gat initially trained as a conductor before shifting his attention to dance.
1950.
Merce Cunningham, master of improvisation, devised his revolutionary Event format to combine dance, music and design in a way that was unique to each location and performance.
Nightmares and phantom legends form the backdrop of this new interactive séance show presented in one of London’s most haunting venues.
Ghosts! Cobwebs! Woooooo noises! The spine-curdling cult comedy Ghoststravaganza returns!Join Will Seaward (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, “genuinely, terrifyingly…
Join us on this fin-de-siècle rattling rollercoaster ride as we wheel and dip through some of the infamous adventures of Holmes and Watson while tackling the tenacious and enigmat…
ZooNation’s smash-hit sensation Some Like It Hip Hop thrilled audiences and critics when it opened in 2011, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations with its infecti…
A live radio play within a play! Based on W.
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
Started in 2010 by French choreographer Boris Charmatz, theatre director Emmanuel Demarcy Mota and Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Danse Élargie takes place over a gruelling two…
Using both traditional and contemporary dance genres, members of HIV charity Red Ribbon perform a piece about positive opportunities in life that are possible for people living wit…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
This play is about dreams, where forgotten memories go, déjà vu, laughter, the inability to laugh, that sense you get when you can tell someone is staring at you, the song Girls …
The performance Boys in Sync presents three young men with different archives exploring the concept of masculinity.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Using dark humour and a good dose of brain power, three scientists reveal their stories: what is it like to do research in everyday life? Between anecdotes of late nights in the la…
Award-winning writer and stand-up Katie Mulgrew used to be a card-carrying God botherer.
Over the last three years, playwright Nicola McCartney and actor Dritan Kastrati have worked together to tell Dritan’s story of two epic journeys of survival set against the back…
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
After a showstopping visit in 2017, The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition returns with extra stories, all beautifully handcrafted from wool by members of the knitting group at the S…
Innovations isn’t just a show.
With thrilling stories, silly games, and pervy puppets, Sex Ed is the smartest, slam-bangin’-est cabaret in town.
This show follows the journey of a team of podcasters setting out to investigate the disappearance of an iconic infomercial grifter.
Nick is 14 years old.
After sell-out shows for the last four years, join Scotland’s top jazz stars as they take a trip with everyone’s favourite nanny! Playing all the greatest hits, we guarantee a supe…
Should schools be the main engines of social mobility? Or are teachers being tasked with a responsibility that truly belongs to the government? Is the education system supporting t…
Bell Dance – Ring, ring, ring… the Tibetan boys and girls happily dance and ring their bells.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Brian Molley Quintet recreate and reimagine one of the bestselling jazz albums of all time, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
With thrilling empathy, phenomenal solos and driving musical energy, Steele’s trumpet fronts a quintet covering classic arrangements of Miles Davis’s seminal albums of the 50s …
Back to Broadway: returning for their fourth annual evening of (decidedly secular) cabaret, the members of St Giles’ Cathedral Choir head Back to Broadway with a glittering progr…
Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his storytelling comedy style to the Camden Fringe with silly stories, informed observations, and provocative punchlines.
Zaltzman, host of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle, brings his uniquely interactive stand-up show Satirist For Hire.
The world’s stories have gone missing, but with outrageous accents, some unconventional storytelling skills, live sound effects and your help, the inspired inspectors of The Bureau…
Following last year’s sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run, No Nonsense Productions (It’s a Wonderful Life: **** (EdinburghGuide.
It’s an old feminist adage that the personal is political – and it doesn’t get much more personal than this.
A joyous tribute to the music of Cannonball and Nat Adderley, featuring a quintet of Scotland’s foremost jazz talent fronted by saxophonist M Kershaw and trumpeter Colin Steele.
Beth Vyse returns as Olive Hands in this work in progress show: The Hands Have It! where she finds herself running for leader of the Western world.
This new comedy gives the audience a fly-on-the-wall view of how messy putting on a student Fringe play can be.
Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion generated by the pioneering R’n’B and soul acts of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Room 5064 Productions presents six short plays inspired by classic British sitcoms.
‘Bold, subversive and dominant’ (ObjectivelyFunny.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Flamenco guitarist Raul Mannola and dancer Aylin Eleonora bring their vision and tradition to a spectacle of passion and rhythm! Enjoy the sublime beauty of real flamenco, coloured…
Soundtracks: Dance to the Movies! Soundtracks DJs will get you partying to the best movies ever.
This dance and music extravaganza contains a wealth of Irish talent, an exciting two-hour trip through hundreds of years of Irish dance and music, 22 award-winning world and Irish …
Doron Perk is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City and Danielle Friedman is a pianist and composer based in Berlin.
Icelandic folk songs and bits of Icelandic culture.
A play, a pie and a pint all included in your ticket price! Contemporary interactive play and great craic. See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/events
The Design Informatics Pavilion is a pop-up exhibition space designed by biomorphis architects featuring a range of objects and experiences that invite you to step into the future.
The National newspaper and ELT short playwright winners.
The World premiere of a breathtaking new Cuban dance show, created in Havana.
Exploring an unlimited range of creative ideas, Dance-Forms’ 76th International Choreographers’ Showcase delivers a solid line-up of superb choreography.
Performing Arts Studio Scotland: Dance at Edinburgh College present an eclectic mix of original choreographic work created by the staff, students and recent graduates of PASS Dance…
Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself.
A unique gala of traditional Chinese folk dances, classical dance genres as well as a taste of Chinese opera.
The Mother Music Daughter Dance is a lively, funny, bittersweet theatrical duet between a real-life mother and daughter.
Hell to Play is a bad-taste absurd comedy game show set in Hell.
It’s 1816, and Mary Shelley is about to recite the words that would be Frankenstein.
Harun Musho’d’s second solo stand-up show compares life and events in the 70s and today.
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Lloyd is the cameraman at Channel 7 News in Northern Michigan.
X is a prisoner confined to the walls of their cell, placed there for a crime they refuse to discuss.
Bugle Boys wowed crowds at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and are back for more this year.
Ruby is having her birthday party and all of Edinburgh is invited.
A stand-up comedy show with two halves, by two comedians united by the powerful force of convenience.
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world; come find out why.
Never seen before.
At age seven, Phil was sent to Dublin by his single mother, Philomena, to be raised by her parents so she could earn enough money to survive.
Join Scottish jazz vocalist Louise Dodds this August as she debuts her brand-new show Cover Stories at The Jazz Bar.
After a baffling 2018 run (The Wee Review Fringe Experience Award: ‘most memorable experience – be it good.
Should unbreakable data security be made widely available? If so, can it be used for malicious purposes, as well as keeping us secure? Cracking the Enigma codes during World War II…
In order for theatre to be political, it certainly does not have to make any truly profound statement on the state of the world.
Last Life feels like a social experiment.
Funny Stories About Pain is a one-hour journey through some decidedly not-funny events in the life of comedian Troy Alan, which would amount to a depressing Ted Talk if Troy couldn…
Formed in 1965 in Edinburgh, Fayne and the Cruisers are still going strong, capturing the essence of those 60s dances in church halls and clubs and performing everything from The B…
Inspired by the music of Pink Floyd, this dome spectacular features the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon in explosive surround sound.
Those dazzling divas are back, ready to party, celebrating being 21 with The Greatest Show Girls Tour! So let’s hear it for the boys as they transform into 16 of the world’s mo…
Craig on the Cliff – Craig Herbertson, Edinburgh singer, presents Cauld Blast Warm Heart, a celebration of the works of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, the genius who gav…
Not a show, but the undercoat, base coat or petticoat of what may one day be a show.
Jamie ‘an engaging presence’ D’Souza and Chelsea ‘good gags’ Birkby (Chortle.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
This.
Join one-woman joke-machine Adele Cliff, for a show about lions and sharing, but not the lion’s share.
Fresh from performing at the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe festivals 2019, catch South End Comedy Festival’s Best Newcomer Winner in this revealing one-man show.
Hosted by comedian Patrick Melton (USA) and featuring a new line-up of hilarious comedian eye candy each show.
Albert Einstein used to work in a patent office, reportedly because the mundanity and ease of the job allowed his mind to wander to more complicated concepts.
We all have to work.
The Artists Collective Theatre consider what could prompt an eighteen year old girl to create one of the most lauded, feared, impressive and appalling tales of the overpowering nee…
Delve into the archives of Dunfermline College of Physical Education, Scottish gymnastics and influential dance pioneer Margaret Morris (1891-1980) and discover Scotland’s signif…
Ghosts! Cobwebs! Wooooo noises! The original cult midnight comedy ghoststravaganza returns for a sixth year! Run while you can! Join Will Seaward (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live), f…
The hilarious science show is back with a new food-themed show.
An hour of non-stop nonsense, original music and uncomfortable crowd work.
John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012.
Sleeping Trees are silly, funny boys.
He was exhausted by life.
You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Will you: A) Find light switch? B) Go north? C) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An intera…
Noise Boys, playing at the Assembly at George Square, is an exhilarating evening of tap, beatbox and music that you and your entire circle of friends can’t miss.
F Scott Fitzgerald’s sparkling, waggish tales of 1939 Hollywood delightfully rendered by LA-born actor Paul Birchard.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Good comedy doesn’t come out of a comedian being happy, right? Wrong! Suzi Ruffell proves her own point wrong when she begins her show, Dance Like Everyone’s Watching, by sayin…
Bombs are falling on Liverpool.
Joe and Mikey are lovely boys, they want to show off their jumpers, and play with their toys.
WINNER: BEST KIDS SHOW Leicester Comedy Festival 2018You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen in …
"Watching audiences attempt to tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it.
Join one woman joke-machine Adele Cliff, for a show about lions and sharing, but not the lion’s share.
Fresh from "the sort of perfectly structured Edinburgh debut you always hope for and rarely get to see" (The Times, ★★★★), Catherine Bohart has some ne…
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Oli arrives at the door of Marianne, a now-forgotten sci-fi TV icon, impatient to make an impression, to make a friend.
The Beach Boys return to London for two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019.
What do we feel, what do we show, what do you see? We are throwing ourselves headfirst into exploring this question; with a cast of young men of colour, sharing their stories, the…
Clare Sales School of Dance is for all age and abilities.
Following an inaugural year enjoyed by audiences and critics alike, A Festival of Korean Dance will return in 2019.
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
You may know him as “comedy legend Lee Nelson” (The Sun) or “some unfunny pillock” (The Deputy Prime Minister) who gave Theresa May a P45, but yo…
In 2008, choreographer Rosie Kay joined the 4th Battalion The Rifles, to participate in full battle exercises, and visited the National Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre.
Can a young astronaut and a fallen star save a former dancer who is fighting a bizarre illness and her bohemian roommate? Or will they be captured and tortured with no end in sight…
Come have the the time of your life, with the cult-dance musical of the 80’s. Our very own Steph will get you in the mood before the screening.
The Brighton Beach Boys and Psychedelic Love Orchestra recreate The Beatles classic of 1969, ‘Abbey Road’.
Presented by Root Experience, Hidden Stories is back in its hometown of Brighton for an informative and uplifting day at the Jubilee Library.
The Twins Macabre return to Brighton with ‘Crime Doesn’t Play’, a horror-crime-thriller-comedy.
Master of minimalist movement Tao Ye founded TAO in 2008.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC.
For Jacques, the journey from cradle to grave is fraught with the negative voices of our culture; but, in our show, Jacques finally gets to see the possibility of hope and life-for…
Stand-up comics Blake AJ and Adam Flood unpack the funnies in an hour-long show split between them.
Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time.
Dropped on the wrong planet in 1994, Alice-India dissects the crisis that took over her life by letting it run riot in public.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
Back for its fifth year, the Sussex Dance Network ‘Dance Trail’ presents new short works by local choreographers and dancers exploring the theme outside/inside.
Harun Musho’d’s second solo stand-up show compares life and events in the 70s to today.
A dancer dances, while another explains.
World leading contemporary dance company Rambert uncovers early works by two Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists and a new piece by a rising star.
Ensemble Dance Co, topped off by Sarah Blanc.
You awake to find yourself in a dark room.
Three hours of dancing delights featuring music from the 1920s to 1950s, vintage costumes, glorious displays, and Dorothy’s Shoes’ trademark instant dance classes.
Short stories about Colourful World “Сундук со сказками” приглашает самых маленьких зрителей и их р�…
Mammy’s Boys are back in town.
The Brighton Beach Boys turn their laser-sharp gaze towards this classic of 70s Rock.
Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul, from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smoldering sounds of Stax and Motown.
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his storytelling comedy style with silly stories and provocative punchlines to the Brighton Fringe.
The award-winning Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) returns with a series of events that delve into last year’s exhibits, exploring how collections of everyday objects and archive…
A brand new hour of comedy from hilarious stand-up Adele Cliff.
After a drug and alcohol-fuelled night of mistakes, three friends become embroiled in a love triangle that makes them question the nature of love and friendship.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Come and see James McDonnell; “A breath of fresh air” (We Love Brighton) and Ben Carter; “A force of Nature” (Chortle).
There are some predictable events in Brighton and Hove; a seagull swooping down on your lunchtime sandwich, sequins on the beach after Pride, and the Ladyboys of Bangkok strutting …
Bad Bat Productions presents ‘The Future Boys’ – a science fiction audio sitcom by Steve Jordan (Terror Tales, Doctor Who).
In his debut hour, character comedian Raphael Wakefield charts the rise and fall of his idol, Arsene Wenger, and asks what it means to become successful.
The multi award-winning Spanish-based company dedicated to producing magical shows for family audiences, Aracaladanza, have been favourites at Sadler’s Wells since their Fami…
What’s it like to be the 11th most famous BBC Jeremy, behind Paxman, Clarkson, Vine and the rest? Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings his succe…
Tickets: £13.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 40mins Hand-picked by Adele herself on Graham Norton’s BBC ADELE Special, the outstanding Katie Markham has the show-stopping voice and capti…
Terence Rattigan personifies the maxim that you can’t keep a good man down.
Debbie Allen Dance School present a varied programme of Dance.
Following record breaking sell out shows, a West End transfer, productions in China, Australia, Canada, Italy, Germany and a smash hit film, the original terrifying live producti…
Tickets: £5Suitable for: Older adults (guide age 55+ years old)Duration: 1hr, 30minsOther: This takes place in our Studio, with a maximum capac…
Celestial Motion transports you to an alternate universe where you are joined by a virtual cast of world-class dancers on a thrilling journey towards the sun.
The celebrated American choreographer Mark Morris, swings into town with Pepperland, his unique tribute to one of the best-selling albums of all time: The Beatles’ Sgt.
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
In a rare public appearance, Charles Dance discusses his remarkable 50-year career in theatre, film and television.
Deep in the heart of a medieval palace dungeon, two strangers dwell.
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.
ON LOOP Cork is no New York Issues: An Important PlayMaking a statement - no matter what ON LOOP - Sadhbh Mc Loughlin + Isobel O'ReganThe sound of a dial ton…
Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults.
An electro rock duo from Orange County formed by Justin Pointer and Tony Kim.
The ThinkingDeveloped at FRINGE LAB with support from Dublin Fringe Festival Your Ma & Other Stories.
BOYS Single Launch Take It Or Leave It.
Dance2Connect is a 3 day Street Dance Festival, comprising of an evening of Dance Theatre (Friday), dance ‘Battles’ (Saturday) and Workshops with Internation…
Tickets: £13.
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures are pleased to offer this series of inclusive workshops for over-55s this year.
BUGLE BOYS wowed crowds at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and will be back to town with CHRISTMAS CRACKERS! Frocked up to the nines in faux military costumes, these three …
Layla and Majnun is a classic love story which has been presented in many Middle Eastern and sub-continental cultures.
Made up of the world’s most exhilarating early career dancers, the brand new Rambert2 attacks works from some of the world’s most thrilling choreographers: artistic dir…
What’s that? Halloween, you say? Why that’s GHOST STORY TIME!!Fresh from a dangerously spooky run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Will Seaward “genu…
Doktor James loves Halloween, it’s the one night he doesn’t try to take over the world.
“Racist comments don’t belong in a play about mothers and shit.
One night in her attic writing room with her housekeeper and a mysterious guest she reads them a story, not one of her cherished children’s tales, but one of her terrifying early…
Untold Stories New Writing Festival is delighted to be bringing their New Writing Festival to The Pleasance this Autumn, presenting a collection of diverse new plays by some of the…
The Clash released their acclaimed second album "Give 'Em Enough Rope" in 1978.
Playwright Philip Meeks brings E.
Marianne Elliott directs Company, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical about life, love and marriage.
It’s a matter of days before Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam have to move out of their student flat.
Kids Play is now running in London following its triumph at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received multiple five star reviews.
After sell-out shows for the last three years, join Scotland’s top jazz stars as they take a trip with everyone’s favourite nanny! Playing all the greatest hits, we guarantee a sup…
Based on the painting Akita no Gyoji by Tsuguharu Foujita (1937), Yoshitaka fuses the Japanese folk elements of Namahage, Hanekawa Kenbayashi and Akita Nikatabushi to create a new …
Toxic masculinity is blamed for everything from the #MeToo movement to rates of male suicide.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
What’s the life that lies under the lab coat? Researchers from all across Europe will accompany you on a journey through their research, sharing their most embarrassing and hilario…
With thrilling empathy, phenomenal solos and driving musical energy, Steele’s trumpet fronts a quintet covering classic arrangements of Miles Davis’s seminal albums of the 50s …
We’ve all been there, the shattering realisation that you’re not Adele.
Dr Amy Davies (Heriot-Watt University) invites you to delve into the deep oceans and dark forests where enchanting fluorescent creatures such as jellyfish and fireflies live.
Original and collected songs and stories from father-daughter duo: with Margaret drawing from her album Brigid’s Birds and Russell sharing some of his very favourite stories.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Innovations isn’t just a show.
Kevin Jones qualified in Medicine from Liverpool University.
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…
Deep in the heart of a medieval dungeon, two strangers dwell.
Returning for this their third annual evening of cabaret, the members of St Giles’ Cathedral Choir shirk their choir robes once more to perform a sparkling cocktail of (decidedly…
Blimey! It’s 1958, the Cold War is heating up, and Her Majesty’s finest assassins have gathered to celebrate topping off their prime target.
Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back after their smash-hit Fringe debut, serving up their dirtiest, most disturbing and patently misguided VHS finds from 25 year…
Be transported back to early 90s Los Angeles; the seedy underworld of gangsters, drugs, danger, and a mysterious briefcase.
At 8pm, In the delightful setting of Lighthouse Bookshop, join storyteller, Niall Moorjani, for an evening of tales which contain: giants, dragons, lovers, witches, joy and sorrow.
UK folk singer, cult hero and festival legend Beans on Toast makes his debut Fringe appearance.
Sports and sex.
Glen Chandler, Edinburgh’s theatrical detective story-writing son, returns to the Festival Fringe this year with yet another ingenious triumph.
Pete wants to keep The Burnt Part a shrine.
Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul – from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smouldering sounds of Stax.
When three sisters come together on their autistic brother’s 30th birthday, they can’t help but mull over their childhood with him, which was shaped by his insistence that he w…
Set in October of 1978, eight women end up together in an abandoned house where Lenora Stark supposedly murdered her parents 13 years ago.
Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”.
No Nonsense Productions – It’s a Wonderful Life: ‘A delight’ **** (EdinburghGuide.
In the minds of people just like you are tales of significant importance, waiting to be discovered.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Enjoy a feast of songs performed by (classically-trained) singer Heidi Innes and (Thomas Beecham Scholarship) pianist Nick Launert from Sondheim’s most beloved shows including A Li…
The Oxford Medical Students’ Tingewick Society come fresh from a sell-out slapstick pantomime to bring an insider’s view of medical life to the Edinburgh Fringe.
This stunning Irish spectacular Rhythm of the Dance is a fully live show that celebrates Irish culture through music and dance, featuring world champion dancers, a traditional Iris…
A captivating show suitable for all encompassing a variety of dance styles, colourful costumes and entertaining narrative.
Tibetan Monks Sacred Dance is a special experience, not quite a religious rite and not quite a performance show as five Tibetan monks from the Tashi Lunpo Monastery in South India …
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating the International Choreographers’ Showcase’s 24th Anniversary and 17 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe.
A larger-than-life, theatrical celebration of the life and works of Gwyn Thomas.
Night time.
Water is the essence of life.
Mandy Knight has never had a birthday party.
Part-play, part-floristry masterclass, Funeral Flowers takes you inside the world of Angelique, a young black woman caught within the foster care system who dreams of becoming a fl…
An anthology horror show featuring nine modern day tales of terror, death and the supernatural.
Wip It! A split hour of stand-up, storytelling, characters, raps and musical comedy.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Arnab Chanda (Russell Howard’s Good News, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2007) quit stand-up in 2011.
Follow the elvish dancer into the enchanted forest and get lost in the moment, admiring his strange and subtle art.
Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold.
Visual comedy, dynamic emotions, innovative narrative techniques inspired by films and the never-ending pleasure of transformation .
A play, a pie and a pint. All included in your ticket price. Contemporary interactive plays and great craic! See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/fringe.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
What makes a woman? Facing motherhood and marriage, Girl is on the edge of womanhood.
Why toddle when you can dance!? Sell-out shows around the world, come find out why DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with under fives and their parents/carers.
‘My favourite DJ on the planet.
Four friends decide to ignore the warnings about their local woods and meddle with seemingly demonic forces in the hope to create a film about a local urban legend.
Our Boys exquisitely showcases life on the battlefield from the setting of an army hospital.
Jasper Red invites you to a special healing session.
On average, victims of domestic violence experience 35 assaults before calling the police.
We’ve all been there.
A multimedia performance that explores the theme of borders in the separated island of Cyprus.
Inspired by the music of Pink Floyd, this dome spectacular features the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon in explosive surround sound.
Enough fantasies of the apocalypse, it’s already here.
A legendary musician, Hoppy Kamiyama and an awesome traditional dancer, Kashichiro; the artists representing Japan from the Hachijojima Island appear at Greenside in the Edinburgh …
After an award-winning London run, The Empty Chair comes to Edinburgh.
Uncork the champagne! Dress to kill! Party like there’s no tomorrow! Celebrating 20 diamante-decorated years, The Lady Boys of Bangkok Wonder Women Tour will take the Fringe’s nu…
Before The Spice Girls, before The Supremes.
The award-winning sketch duo is back to bring their trademark high-energy nonsense to a variety of news topics.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
The legendary late-night, vampire-flavoured torch-wielding storytelling ghoststravaganza returns for a fifth year! Run while you can!! Join Edinburgh’s favourite spooky comedian …
Nicoletta Wylde Is Afraid of the Dark is a semi-autobiographical, storytelling, spoken word show about living with night terrors.
You awake to find yourself in The Dark Room! You (the audience) must choose an option – will you A) Find the light switch? B) Cry for help? C) Go north? Come and play a live-acti…
A love story, set on Preston Road, and also in space and in time.
Recognising that land is a busted flush, comedian John Whale and musician Kieran Rafferty have decided to ditch the dry stuff in favour of a life slightly under the sea, producing …
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Winner: VAULT Festival Comedy Award.
Popular nerd Adele Cliff presents her gag-packed debut hour, all about individuality, searching for friends, following, fitting in and actual sheep.
Four years ago Samantha lost everything, including her marbles.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional work-in-progress stand-up comedy show.
Winner of the Birmingham Breaking Talent Award 2017, Kai Samra is on a mission to subvert lazy stereotypes based on his personal experience of life as a working-class British-Asian…
Sony Award-winning broadcaster Jeremy Nicholas brings his hilarious debut hour.
A dancer dances, while another explains.
Alex Stone is a hotshot lawyer about to make partner, when an urgent call from an old friend drags her back to the town she thought she’d left behind.
You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen in this fun, fear-filled interactive adventure.
If you were anywhere near the Pleasance Courtyard this year, you’ll of heard of Lab Rats Theatre’s In Loyal Company as it shook the Fringe with its sell out run and critical ac…
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
The legendary Ms Anderson brings you her seriously comical cabaret.
Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues.
Devised and performed by Chickenshed, Planet Play is a magical world of sensory learning, wonder and exploration, for babies and toddlers aged 0-3 years.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, led by the club’s musical director, take to the stage to celebrate two giants of jazz…
When a balding, chubby, pie-eating northerner and a lithe, posh, child-faced nerd form a comedy duo; the north-south divide gets a little funnier.
Adele Cliff is no mindless follower, a point she’s very keen to address.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour.
A play promising to be the first of its kind premieres in July at Landor Space, Clapham, inviting audiences to take control of a show where every night really is different.
Dublin Youth Dance Company are thrilled to present an evening of dance at the Smock Alley Theatre as part of the 18th Irish Youth Dance Festival.
Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival.
According to its author, Loo Killebrew, The Play About My Dad “should feel quick-moving, and hopefully have a rhythm that is similar to the rhythm of a storm.
Rain is in love with her best friend, Ash.
You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen in this fun, fear-filled, text-based interactive adventure game.
Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings you his hilarious debut hour.
Adele Cliff, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018, Dave's Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 & 2016, Huffington Post's Ten Must See New Acts 2016.
Writer and storyteller John Osborne is back with a trio of shows across the final weekend of the Fringe.
An hour of maximum warp, work in progress, nonsense from a deeply troubled idiot.
Marking his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece, Akram Khan takes to the stage alongside five world-class musicians.
Three rounds.
Fraser hates writing blurbs.
‘Dark Side of the Mime’ explores the grotesque like nothing else.
Winner Vault Festival Comedy Award 2017 Winner of the IYAF: Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy Award in 2017 After the success of their five-star, award-winning farce ‘The Starship Os…
What really goes on in our head? Is it true? What we believe to think? Is it beautiful? Is it confronting? And is it honest? What can you learn from your thoughts? They have more t…
Fired in the kiln of the Free Association’s long-form improv training, this band of reprobates have become regulars on the London improv circuit and have been 3-time champions at t…
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Following on from the phenomenal success of Transfigured Night, Danish choreographer and two time Olivier Award-winner Kim Brandstrup creates a new work for Rambert.
Adam Astra, a young rocketeer witnesses a star-girl fall to earth one night and vows to rocket her back among the stars.
Back on the road by popular demand, Someone Like You (The Adele Songbook) is an immaculate celebration of one of our generation’s finest singer-songwriters, and is…
The Brighton Beach Boys perform The Beatles ‘White Album’.
This is a millennial anthem, a confused love song to a ‘lost generation’ that does everything and nothing all at once.
A celebration of Brighton’s diversity, Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories, organised by the Brighton and Hove BME Heritage Network, is an opportunity for everyone to hear the …
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Roll up for vintage tunes, dazzling dance displays, and whirlwind Instant Dance Classes to ease you onto the floor.
Are you hoping to grow and develop your performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal & Industrial Relations Manager of the Independent Theatre Council, for an overview of th…
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
So much history, so little time.
Back for its fourth year Brighton dance Network’s promenade performance leads audiences through a new series of dance occurrences crafted for a chosen part of the city.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
What happens to our minds when the lights go out? ‘Nicoletta Wylde is Afraid of the Dark’ is a semi-autobiographical storytelling spoken word show about living with night terrors.
Adele Cliff, Dave’s Top 15 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 and 2016, brings her brand-new show ‘Sheep’ to Brighton! Packed with gags, anecdotes and fun, this work-in-progress sho…
Ceyda Tanc Dance, with three different programmes of cutting edge and dynamic contemporary dance, works with influences of Ceyda’s traditional Turkish folk dance heritage.
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…
Rising star Sarah Keyworth, tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, brings an hour of brand new stand-up that shines a light on the relationship between a little girl …
Why toddle when you can dance? Join our resident dj-mumma, Monski Mouse and her Dancers for an hour of bopping family fun.
Passionate and unconventional, Isadora Duncan revolutionised the dance world and is known as “the mother of modern dance”.
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in the friendliest of discos.
Ecotricity is not your usual energy company.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional, work in progress stand-up comedy show.
Celebrating 20 diamante decorated years, the Lady boys ‘Wonder Women’ tour takes the UK’s number one cabaret show to a new level.
Inspired by The Fool, Now, (& Death?).
The award-winning sketch comedy double act are back with a brand new hour! Expect loud fast nonsense.
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
You awake to find yourself in a Dark Room! You, the audience must choose an option.
Theatre play by Jean CoDirector: Bogdan PetkaninCast: Fahradin Fahradinov, Aleksandar Dojnov, Aleksandar Kadiev, Anelia Lucinova, Kateto Evro‘The comedy tells the …
Richard Alston choreographed his very first dance in 1968 – 50 years later Mid Century Modern celebrates this landmark with new and old work from Alston, a fitting celebrat…
Refugees bring many things to Australia not only new and interesting food but amazing stories, stories of courage, determination and resilience.
The Fame Train gang star in this awesome show that sees the kids travel through the ages from the prehistoric times, to the swinging 60’s, all the way to the modern day! Cool chara…
First employer Cat Stevens.
Fun, goofs and sadness are all a part of life, and this fringe show written and performed especially for boys. And also people who are not boys.
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world, come find out why Adelaide’s own, DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with the under fives and their parents/carers.
Join us for some hip-grinding, hair-flipping and leg-splitting Britney action in our workshop featuring the moves of the pop princess who has provided us with fly dance steps for n…
Do you want to see a show but can’t get a babysitter? Worry no more.
Do you: Want to have heaps of FUN with your kids? Have kids that probably won’t sit still through a show? Don’t want to spend a bomb on a 10 minute ferris wheel ride? Like natu…
Want to be Instagram famous? Or want to know what’s really happening on social media? Get inside the head of an out of control ‘influencer’ and her perfectly curated life throu…
Dance Amor is a dynamic fast-paced dance studio where Dance and Passion set Soul on Fire! Here at Dance Amor we believe that anyone can dance.
Award Winning Adam Hall & the Velvet Playboys bring the dance Party! Bring your dancing shoes! 6 piece band with full horn section featuring the music of Prince, Bruno Mars, Marvin…
A fun and interactive show for an audience of one at a time! Taking place in a public cafe, but you’re the only one who knows a show is happening.
Are you watching closely? Join Adelaide’s Card-King! He explores (and restores) the state of card magic today.
The renowned contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers returns to Sadler’s Wells with a double bill commissioned and performed by Candoco.
Woody and friends’ musical party will inspire all children (and their parents).
From the producers of ‘Wank Bank Masterclass’ and fresh from an international tour of pleasure activism! ‘Pussy Play Masterclass’ returns to Adelaide Fringe after it’s award winnin…
Tongkek, a musical instrument made of bamboo is played by beating & knocking to make sound in a pentatonic basic tone.
Learn moves from the decade that brought us icons like the running man, the moonwalk, the robot and the mc hammer dance! This fun filled workshop is open to beginners, advanced …
Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks deliver a blistering set of hits from the 5 decades spanning Ross’ spectacular career as singer, songwriter and producer.
If you like wine, food, and dancing then this is the event for you! Day Dance is an annual winery party in the beautiful McLaren Vale - only 30 minutes from the CBD.
When the night falls, the tango is revealed in its most authentic and pure form.
Clubbing without the hangover.
Experience the sublime harmonies of Adelaide’s acclaimed a cappella group Allegria, in the intimate surrounds of a unique underground venue - Adelaide’s Treasury Tunnels.
At Home Records presents The Dark Space Performances.
The Fringe Festival 2018 sees a return of The Brewster Brothers with a difference.
Growing up with the music of Nick Cave resonating in their bones, it seemed only fitting to put together a tribute to the Bad Seed himself.
Sit back, close your eyes and enjoy the symphonic sounds of Fusion Pops Orchestra & Choir as they take you to the underworld, outer space and somewhere in between.
‘Everybody just stared at them and loved them and wanted to be them – but nobody was.
It’s Bobby’s 35th birthday party & his married friends are all asking the same question – will he ever give up his bachelor lifestyle & settle down? Oliver Savile, Anit…
Olivier Award-winning smash hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong returns to Oxford for another calamitous week! Don’t miss this brilliantly funny show that’s guaranteed to leave…
Ride the wind with Air Play, a modern circus spectacle that brings to life the very air we breathe.
Exploring subjects that affect us all: body image, bullying, photoshop, exercise, selfies, diets, weight, beauty treatments, photoshop.
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh…
The Barricade Boys showcase some of the world’s finest male voices from the West End, International Tour and Hollywood movie of the world’s longest running musical - Le…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Itzik Galili's party piece for Rambert returns to Sadler's Wells for a percussion-fuelled carnival of dance, 28 dancers, four samba drummers and a dazzling light show contr…
A rare chance to see two internationally acclaimed dance artists.
A triple bill of dynamic new talents with international star of bharatanatyam, Mythili Prakash and noted kathak performer Dheerandra Tiwari, plus a music concert by a remarkable …
This hilarious live show of the podcast called Ghosted Stories invites guests to talk about their crappy dating situations & stories of being ghosted to make dating less frightenin…
Ground-breaking dance-maker Shobana Jeyasingh brings her radical imagination to Petipa’s legendary ballet La Bayadère.
A night of stand-up comedy and improv featuring love stories unfolding in front of your eyes – every one new and made up on the spot!
Set in the heart of Scotland, The Man Who Couldn’t Dance is a story of first love, broken promises and surviving suburbia in the aftermath of a broken heart.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
People say your whole life flashes in front of your eyes before you die but what happens when you have dementia? Where does the brain go before we die? Dark Matter is a devised and…
According to Isaac Newton’s theory, colours don’t exist; they are instead reflections of substances, vulnerable to our own perception.
A fun, yet breathtaking and moving display of thirteen stories chosen from the Bible and reproduced by hand in wool.
A homeless person, a gambling addict, a political preacher, a television presenter.
England, 1823: the Industrial Revolution and a changing world.
Deep in the medieval dungeons of the Royal Palace, two strangers dwell.
Scotland’s dark and mysterious past is hidden deep in its songs and legends.
Ever had to walk into that room where your boss, with fake concern in his eyes, tells you that he’s having to let you go? Ever wish you had the balls to say ‘f**k you’? Well, I did…
Jacques Tati once said ‘funniness starts in the feet’.
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers.
Returning after their first immensely popular After Dark outing last year, the multi-talented Cathedral Choir singers return with another sparkling cocktail of decidedly non-sacred…
New Contemporary Arab Dance Performances is part of Arab Art Focus, a showcase of new theatre and performance from the Arab region and diaspora.
‘In the 1970s there was a wee bit of a stooshie here in Scotland.
2017 marks 50 years since the partial legalization of abortion in the UK.
Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul – from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smouldering sounds of Stax.
Unafraid to show the peaks and troughs of getting over an upsetting event, TheForgottenMoose Theatre Company put on an endearing performance of their original piece: The Play.
Two men meet in a club.
Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A musical marvel – a magical journey undertaken by three little children, each with their own striking personality, who unite their efforts and complete a series of challenging t…
Coltrane invites his best friends in comedy down for a friendly late-night geek retreat, as comedians play Super Mario Maker live: the most thrilling and infuriating platforming ga…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Quilarious: A new exciting comedy format.
Dance and storytelling which powerfully connects, fusing text, movement and music.
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating 16 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of postmodern creations.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Rising comedy star Sarah Keyworth, a Funny Women finalist 2015 and tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, examines what it means to be a child raised believing you co…
Since 2011, George Wilson and his twin sons have presented Bach at the Canongate.
It’s every child’s (and adult’s!) dream job isn’t it? Join this professional LEGO artist as he explains how he turned a hobby into a full-time career, building models out of LEGO b…
Why toddle when you can dance?! It’s time to get heads, shoulders, knees and toes bopping along to lashings of swing, pop, rock, latin and more! Selling out shows around the world,…
A homeless person, a gambling addict, a political preacher, a television presenter.
A ghostwriter and his best friend work tirelessly to create the greatest book ever written.
The Dark Room is both a literal and moral description.
Sit back and relax for a cinematic treat! Double Dome Nights is showing a combination of two films from Dynamic Earth’s spectacular bank of out of this world 360-degree immersive…
Due to some of the artists being refused visas to enter the UK, we have had to make some changes to the Arab Arts Focus Dance Double Bill.
A darkly comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
In our youth-obsessed society, women become sexualised at a very young age.
Company, Sondheim’s second Tony Award winner, is a difficult show to get right: it’s disjointed, complex, and built on subject matter that can be uncomfortable to look at.
Glamour, glitter and girls - The Lady Boys of Bangkok is a fabulous collection of performers who lip sync and dance to feel good songs opening with Gloria Gaynor’s First Be A Wom…
With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack.
Sam is scared of the dark.
Ever made a pussy out of plasticine? Now is the time to get down and dirty with our vulvas and the crowds are hungry for it.
Play On! is the hilarious story of a theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script.
A play, a pie and a pint.
This magnificent show will bring you all the quintessence of China: Beijing Opera, chorus, string orchestra, drama, traditional folk music and dance.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
The uptight, irritable, shy yet monstrously arrogant Kingsley has developed dangerously high blood pressure and a phobia of dancing.
Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo Dirty White Boys are proud to present a brand-new show for 2017! The boys bring their trademark fast-paced idiocy to a whole new se…
The sell-out unique comedy experience returns.
There has never been a more perfect match for the phrase ‘larger than life’ than Will Seaward.
There are many different kinds of video games: roleplaying, shoot-em-up, strategy, the list is endless.
The alternative RSC’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s works might more succinctly be titled Shakespeare: The Pantomime.
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…
Cameryn Moore has made a name for herself as one of the Fringe’s great taboo busters, especially on the subject of sex.
Movement and grace: a Dowland galliard, rousing Bach gavottes, a rippling Russian polka, the compelling rhythms of Cuba and South America.
‘Men are from Earth.
Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th…
‘Divine’ (Rolling Stone, Germany).
Adele is Younger Than Us is a hilarious, down to earth comedy about the everyday struggles that ‘normal’ girls face.
The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp…
A quick-fire dystopian comedy following the daily routine of Harper and Collins: two lexicographers imprisoned by the sinister MW Corporation.
This is Aunty Donna’s fourth Edinburgh Fringe, they have a huge following and return as popular as ever.
A cult hit comedy game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil.
Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart.
Michelle Dorrance brings tap into the age of electronic music with collaborator Nicholas Van Young.
Too fat? Too thin? Never exercise? Gym crazy? Addicted to diets? Hate how you look in the nude? Then this musical revue is for YOU! It’s a riotous evening of fun, flesh and f…
Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie…
Dark Matter is a Devised and Puppetry Performance.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (‘The Crown’, ‘Sunny D’, BBC Radio) is exploring the lost women of science.
Two striking and contrasting puppetry shows form a double bill that explores the journey of dementia patients at the end of their life.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
Comedy’s daft nihilist is back with a new hour of his trademark comedic stylings.
5-star sketch comedy duo Goodbear are back, with a show that’ll leave you questioning everything you’ve ever known.
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
Lambert is an impossibly small man with an enormous love of writing, who one day decides to set his stories’ characters free in the hope they’ll find a home.
Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo, Dirty White Boys, are back in Brighton for their 3rd year running; presenting a brand new show for 2017! The **** pairing bring…
Award-winning children’s theatre company brings you a collection of short stories that will entertain and delight young audiences.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Conceived and directed by Jakop Ahlbom A deserted mansion.
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Put on your headphones and set off on a journey through Brighton’s hidden corners accompanied by the fragments, stories and shifting sounds of six people who have experienced homel…
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 …
One of Rambert's most celebrated works returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time in 14 years.
I wasn’t sure what I was expecting to see when I arrived at the Rialto Theatre.
“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground” said Roosevelt.
“Ilyas has a slickness more reminiscent of US comics, and the gags to back it up, though his most prized asset could yet be his bold, subversive streak” (The Guardian).
This spectacular cluster of dance pieces not only astounded through the sheer physicality of their presentation, but to produce piece after piece of originally choreographed narrat…
THE MAIN THING IS ABOUT BUYING CAKE! Ragroof take you to LaLaLand (14 May) in our very own City of Stars for an afternoon of Hollywood musical delights: American Smooth, Foxtro…
Captivating harp duo, 94 Strings, is a collaboration between Sussex-based harpists Alexandra King and Fiona Hosford.
Sofie Hagen is a Danish feminist comedian, who once badmouthed a cop - not on purpose.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe.
Welcome to Crossbones Graveyard: last resting place of The Winchester Geese.
Join us for a pigment-drenched journey.
“This parable of limiting life down to human usefulness is as beautiful as it is bleak” (Exeunt).
“Traditionally, unmarried girls were sent into the veg garden to choose the ‘perfect’ cabbage.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Hotter, cheekier, funnier than ever: the country’s number one touring cabaret show The Ladyboys of Bangkok return with a Bang in 2017 with their lavish new production ‘Who Runs the…
Brighton Dance Network is excited to present its third site-specific promenade piece.
A roller coaster, tongue-in-cheek homage to the world of musical theatre, CAT (THE PLAY!) is the fictitious account of how Dave the Cat was sacked from the iconic musical…
The Biblical narrative that is the foundation of the Christian faith has been described, on numerous occasions, as “The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Dark Vanilla Jungle is a beautiful, breathtaking drama by Philip Ridley about a young girl’s quest for perfect family & home revealing a biting commentary on abuses of power in a p…
The old showbiz adage that “the show must go on” is usually invoked—in the aftermath of some behind-the-scenes calamity—before curtain-up, but the point of The Play That…
Chigger Foot Boys is an intoxicating cocktail of love, duty, death and dominoes.
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…
Join Children’s Laureate past and present Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell for a sublime afternoon of poetry and illustration for the young and young-at-heart.
Mark Gatiss stars in this strictly limited West End transfer of the first major revival of this iconic play in two decades.
18 years after her death, “blue-eyed soul singer” Dusty Springfield remains many things to many people—not least a gay icon, thanks to her emotional fragility and memorabl…
you thought Gleb was sizzling in the Master Chef kitchen and Kristina was stunning on Strictly then imagine how spicy it will be when you see the…
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
Step back in time to the golden age of the Hollywood movies as a cast of West End dancers and singers recreate some of the most memorable dance sequences from this golden age, live…
This epic production is one of the largest in the history of Rambert: a dance about the creation of Earth.
To mark Rambert's 90th anniversary a programme of specially commissioned work from a new generation of dance-makers, explores themes of capitalism, migration, identity, society…
Wait until Dark is a claustrophobic thriller which finds increasingly clever ways to complicate the limited single setting of a basement apartment.
Yang Liping is one of the most famous dancers in mainland China.
What would you do if one year Winter decided to stay and moved into your house? You would have icicles in the kitchen and snow all over your bed! Well that’s what happens in our …
Pandemonium Performance return to the Abney Park with their new show ‘Fear in the Dark’.
A Dance Umbrella Orbital London Tour in partnership with the Albany, artsdepot, Stratford Circus Arts Centre, and Watermans, with The Broadway and the Unicorn Theatre.
Peaceful Lion Productions presents Orion and the Dark Based on the book by Emma Yarlett, this is a heart-warming tale of friendship, adventure and overcoming your fears.
Formed in 2008 by Beijing-based choreographer Tao Ye, TAO Dance Theater is known for its mixture of art forms, including film and visual art, creating work that has a mesmeric, tra…
The world-famous and world-class dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time since 2010 with an exhilarating showcase of dan…
The world-famous and world-class dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time since 2010 with an exhilarating showcase of dan…
The world-famous and world-class dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time since 2010 with an exhilarating showcase of dan…
A new writing night for alternative comedies.
Roop has had a 20 year career as a celebrity party planner, and he has some special stories to share in his incisive one man show.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Fraser and Ian Bruce (Mrs Bruce’s Boys) released three albums in the 1980s and appeared at festivals, clubs and concerts in many countries.
Jen Stone and Megan Thompson Dance Project is known for its dynamic physicality, powerful imagery and emotive choreography.
Mr Boom – the children’s one-man band from the moon – is no stranger to The Famous Spiegeltent.
Child’s Play begins with the tidying away of props and banners at the end of an organised demonstration; in the meantime, characters exchange strident opinions on how frustrating…
Experience the multi-talented Cathedral Choir singers as you’ve never heard them before in this decidedly non-sacred cabaret programme.
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
You have been cordially invited to a time travel to where the poetry of the Tang dynasty, an artistic pinnacle on par with Shakespeare and Dante, is brought to life by this troupe …
You have been cordially invited to time travel, to where the poetry of the Tang dynasty – an artistic pinnacle on par with Shakespeare and Dante – is brought to life by this tr…
Following last year’s sell-out tour, Limmy returns to the stage with a new selection of stories from his Sunday Times bestseller.
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
Ever been called into that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you’d fought back and told them exactly what you thought of the whole bollock-brained process? Well,…
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Calling all explorers! Join us on the voyage of a lifetime to discover fairy tales, myths and legends from around the globe.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Poetry, storytelling and song weave together to tell but a few stories from our infinite Scotland’s rich folk tradition.
Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 15 years with powerful performances at the Fringe.
Making its European premiere, this Canadian comedy gem packs more ideas and laughs into 40 minutes than most plays triple its length.
An expedition to the North Pole.
Described as Scotland’s ‘very own Tori Amos’ (Sunday Herald) and ‘a heady cocktail of Carole King and Regina Spektor’ (SpiralEarth.
Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
A late-night spectacular of this Fringe favourite! Acts and audiences are plunged into darkness to create one of the most unique and unforgettable comedy experiences.
The music of Egberto Gismonti is like a microcosm of his native Brazil – diverse, joyful and unique.
See the world through childlike eyes as this comic adventure plays out on an epic scale.
A world within a world, a tale within a tale; A Story of Stories is the visually stunning and innovative production that will capture a parent’s imagination as much as a child’…
“Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?”Such is the musical refrain setting the playful, yet pervasively sinister, tone which permeates this piece from the outset.
Who do you turn to when you bring a curse on yourself? Blood Brothers is the story of twins separated at birth, as they fight through superstition and a class divide to continue a …
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
‘Truth hurts, don’t it?’ On a dark and stormy night, Betty, a married, successful dean of the local college, has called upon her resentful, blue-collar brother, Bobby, to help he…
LITTLE BOYS are award-winning improviser Alexander Fox and Oxford Revue president Jack Chisnall in a new surreal double act.
Last year’s cult hit is back with a brand new show! Hell to Play is a bad taste comedy game show set in hell, hosted by the devil.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
Dark Heart is a Shrodinger’s Cat of a show, managing to be both hopelessly amateurish and professionally polished at the same time.
In their sixth appearance at the Fringe, George, Adam and Tom Wilson have borrowed the title of Wilfred Meller’s book for a programme which will include music for organ, solo violi…
This unique comedy experience returns to the Fringe after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
A supernatural romance between John, a strange witch boy, and human girl Barbara Allen.
Calling all explorers! Join us on the voyage of a lifetime to discover fairy tales, myths and legends from around the globe.
In the same way that a musical blends theatre with music, Strangers: A Magic Play blends theatre with magic.
Energetic, exotic, eclectic and completely unpredictable; those glamorous Lady Boys are ready with a dazzling new production of the country’s most popular cabaret show.
The work of playwriting powerhouse Ella Hickson has always been connected to the Edinburgh Fringe, since her debut show Eight premiered there in 2008.
After comedy, horror is the next most difficult art form to tackle; although comedy reigns king at the fringe there is still an eager audience waiting to be scared.
Why toddle when you can dance? Get glam and get dancing at this international hit, retro-fabulous vintage disco for under-5s (babies under 6 months can go free).
Combining clownesque joy with jaw-dropping skill, a quartet of multi-talented virtuosos escapes the critical eye of their instructor and embarks on a musical journey from Tchaikovs…
A play, a pie and a pint.
See a signature work by one of Europe's leading dance companies.
Edinburgh’s favourite ghost-flavoured comedy storytelling show is back for a third year! Huzzah! And this time it’s spooky beyond all imagining! Join Will Seaward on the stroke of …
Moving and funny, Maria Ferguson’s one-woman show, Fat Girls Don’t Dance, deals with issues relevant to today’s young women.
Twenty-six years after winning universal rave reviews for his Edinburgh solo debut, George Dillon is again Stunning the Punters! Herald Angel winner returns with stories by Berkoff…
“You awaken to find yourself in a dark room”, it’s a phrase shouted many times during The Dark Room.
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…
Adele Cliff and Tom Mayhew are hosting a joint party and don’t want to be alone.
My Eyes Went Dark takes us down into the abyss of overwhelming grief and denies us any chink of light.
William Shakespeare is back for his 400th anniversary, but he needs your help with his newest play.
Daffodils is an unusual show of two halves.
SuZanna GonZo had to abandon cruise ship stardom after she almost murdered the man she had fallen deeply in lust with.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
As yet undiscovered comedians, Chazz Redhead and Jack Robertson love making jokes almost as much as they hate each other.
Immerse yourself in a magical journey.
In a festival saturated with comedy shows about Shakespeare, the Reduced Shakespeare Company continue to reign supreme as the undisputed masters at reimagining the Bard into hilari…
I have binge-watched six series of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Netflix and I love drag queens.
We’ve all been there – the shattering realisation that you are not Adele.
Company is a musical so of its time that a string of directors over the past decade have struggled with the problem of whether to present it as an unchanged period piece or contemp…
The strength of this production primarily sits with the intensely provocative script written by Philip Ridley.
Njambi McGrath’s 1 Last Dance With My Father sells itself as a dark comedy telling the story of her Kenyan upbringing and her violent relationship with her father.
Africa is bursting with vibrant cultures, interesting people and weird and wonderful facts.
Spending a full day (11 hours from first curtain up to last curtain call) watching three of Chekhov’s early plays (hence the ‘Young’ of the title) may not sound like the most fun…
Astrid Wentworth is ruthless.
LA Dance Project is a Los Angeles-based artistic collective founded in 2012 by renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied, now Director at the Paris Opera Ballet.
A group of Sixth Form boys in a Comprehensive School in Sheffield set their sights on Oxford and Cambridge.
Award-winning comedy songwriter Tamar returns with a brand new show about walks of shame, the hangover blues and forever blaming everything on the Backstreet Boys.
Back for its second year, ‘The Dance Trail’ invites audience members on a journey of contemporary dance performances in unusual spaces around Brighton.
Brighton Beach Boys with the Psychedelic Love Orchestra present Pet Sounds vs Sgt Pepper.
After having a splendid time in their debut year, Dirty White Boys have returned with a selection of brand-new material.
Adele Cliff and Tom Mayhew are hosting a birthday party, and you’re all invited! Come along for party games and lots of laughs - with special guest Catherine Bohart.
Josh is good at dancing, but not at people.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
The Players mark a milestone at the Brighton Spiegeltent, with two specially themed events: ‘Shall We Dance? A 10-Year Celebration’, a whizz-bang dance through the decades, and ‘Tu…
You awake to find yourself in a Dark Room! Choose an option: A) Find The Light Switch.
Beautiful relaxing classical music for piano duet, including pieces by J.
So much history, so little time.
Ceyda Tanc Dance, with three different programmes of cutting edge and dynamic contemporary dance, works with influences of Ceyda’s traditional Turkish folk dance heritage.
Pleasing an audience is difficult at the best of times, when they’re on your side you can read the room, and you’re in safe hands if tech and logistics all go to plan.
A new work from Australian dance maker Lucy Guerin, Tomorrow, follows on from her collaboration with Carrie Cracknell on Macbeth for the Young Vic, with original music by electroni…
Free alternative comedy from Matt Hutson (Runner-up in Preston Comedian of the Year) and David McIver (Selected for the BBC New Comedy award 2015).
An innovative digital oral history project from Little Green Pig and the heritage strand of the Brighton Homeless Trust .
Strange things happen on a Walke About.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
An inconspicuous townhouse in Fiveways plays host to the promenade performance Dancing in the Dark.
Orion is scared of more or less everything.
Ascending the back stairs of the Marlborough to be greeted by the towering and magnificently coiffed Dr Sharon Husbands, doesn’t quite give an accurate taste of what follows.
This was my first close encounter with the Lady Boys; I’ve never been to Bangkok, but I’ve seen The Hangover II.
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
The annual “Rhythm in Motion” festival is a one-stop shop for today’s top tap.
When was the last time you had Neapolitan ice cream? In her new work “Extra Shapes,” the renowned choreographer DD Dorvillier, along with her collaborators Thomas Dunn,…
Desdemona is dead.
It’s a Wednesday night in March and the UK tour of Jersey Boys has reached its final destination: the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Fifteen years ago, Shen Wei burst onto the dance scene with a mesmerizing blend of starkly beautiful visual art and propulsive yet meditative movement.
Meet Tony Smith loving husband, doting father, murder? Set in the heartlands of urban Yorkshire, Crossed Wires is a domestic drama following the lives of the Smith family and thei…
In recent years, Pam Tanowitz has emerged as one of the most buzzed-about New York choreographers for her ability to embrace and then smartly reconfigure a physical vocabulary pull…
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…
The 44th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association, comprises 36 short films, 20 feature films and four r…
Glistening with sweat, Megan Hill’s comedy is essentially a real-time Jazzercise class with a wacky plot fused to it, as a willfully chipper exercise instructor (Ms.
As a member of American Ballet Theater’s corps de ballet, Gemma Bond is regularly immersed in fairy tales, surrounded by opulent sets and donning fussy costumes.
Mark Vigeant and Yoni Lotan take over this music space for their high-energy monthly comedy show, during which they promise to “sing, dance, give out candy and loudly s…
This company from China makes its American debut with “Dragon Boat Racing,” a glossy production that recounts the origins of a popular Cantonese musical composition.
THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES BROADWAY MUSICAL ABOUT FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS Now a Major Motion Picture! They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first not…
Described as Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off, this is THE smash hit new comedy! The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title su…
Following a sell-out West End run in 2014 and a triumphant stay at the Dominion Theatre earlier this year, Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games returns t…
Dan Fox, Ian Stroud and Mark Vigeant are the Trumpet Boys, three brass-playing comedians who work their instruments into this hilarious night of sketch comedy as the trio records a…
In “Finding Center,” the choreographer David Parsons and the visual artist Rita Blitt demonstrate their shared mastery of swirling, spiraling shapes.
In “Newsteps,” a semi-annual showcase of emerging choreographers selected by a panel of veterans, Takeshi Ohashi looks at dynamics in relationships; Gina Montalto wonde…
American companies hailing from sea to shining sea are presented here by the Joyce Theater and White Bird, an influential Portland, Ore.
This Brooklyn-based festival alternates between mixed-bill programs featuring the three participating companies, and programs where each gets the stage all to itself.
Allison Frasca and Tovah Silbermann will showcase their love for the singer Sia and her hit song “Chandelier” with a melodramatic 45-minute dance routine to the song, w…
After hanging with the Founding Fathers in “Hamilton” on Broadway, revisit Revolutionary War-era Yorktown with Dance Theater of Westchester’s “Colonial Nutc…
This annual festival celebrates dance of the past, promotes dance of today and honors those making significant contributions to the field.
It’s 1988 and Brandon is embarking on his Senior year at St.
Blaktino Dance Concert is the final offering of the month-long BlakTinX performance series, featuring artists – many hailing from the Bronx – who work in a variety of d…
Honoring the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, these companies, both featuring disabled and non-disabled dancers, join forces for one night at the Skirball C…
Dancers in Mr.
Dance exports from Cuba tend to portray the island in cheerful, apolitical terms, and Ms.
In a new work, Mr.
In 2000, Robert Voisey started Vox Novus to promote contemporary music.
Grab some popcorn and settle in for “Revelations.
The modus operandi of General Mischief Dance Theater is dance as play: The company’s shows have been fondly compared to children’s birthday parties.
After 14 years as a dancer with the Mark Morris Dance Group, John Heginbotham founded his own company in 2011 and quickly collected fans for his wit, refreshing physical strangenes…
While this troupe normally presents acts based on stories written by and for children, “After Dark” draws from the same material for an adults-only performance.
For the fifth consecutive year, Ms.
This exhibition at Loretta Howard Gallery examines the interchange of ideas among choreographers and sculptors in the 1960s and ′70s.
Mark Vigeant and Yoni Lotan are hosts of this boisterous comedy show who promise to “sing, dance, give out candy and loudly shout at each other.
Direct from the Scottish Borders, pupils from the renowned Fiona Henderson School of Dance and Performing Arts will delight with their selection of dances in Highland, tap, ballet,…
Irrepressible ponydance return to Edinburgh with a gallop to present their biggest show to date, in collaboration with the brilliant and prolific musician Donal Scullion and his ba…
Fledgling theatre company Open Letter were immediately onto a winner when they chose Ella Hickson’s recent hit Boys to bring to the Fringe.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
Bobby Nitro hosts After Dark, a comedy chat show and showcase.
Ghost Dance, or Dawns Ysbrydion as is the Welsh title, uses three female dancers to explore the parallels between the displacement of Native Americans and the Ghost Dance of 1890 �…
Throwing a great party in an amazing house, what could possibly go wrong? Except you’re supposed to be house-sitting.
Ghostly stories, told by sceptics.
The Silver Moon Poetry Collection gives voice to the unspoken voices of the Feminine.
Ever wondered what Jane Austen wrote before Mr Darcy? Ever wanted period drama without the dull bits? You’re in luck! This is Austen without the slow stuff.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
Setting the evening’s tone from the outset, the audience take their seats while the actors prep onstage, cycling through an exaggerated array of warmup exercises that any perform…
The third play in the Denial Trilogy.
Eight Tibetan monks present an exciting performance of sacred masked dance from their New Year festival, interspersed with the mesmerising chant and music of the Buddhist monastic …
Low fidelity musical based on the horror-romantic comic saga by Davide Toffolo with the songs of Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, the popular indie band with the skull masks.
Because dance is, in many ways, human sculpture in motion, it’s very much at home in Socrates Sculpture Park.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge…
This is the seventh year that producer and curator of dance Jodi Kaplan has brought the variety of American dance to the Fringe with this “festival within a festival”.
Prize-winning performer Stephen Pass recounts short stories and monologues from his recent collection ‘Ten Shorts’, including the power of four short words ‘It’s not for me’.
Based upon the life of the influential and acerbic comedian, Bill Hicks: Dark Poet is a fusion between traditional storytelling monodrama and modern stand-up.
Dance-Forms Productions will celebrate the 21st anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 14 years presenting exciting performances at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Roaring Boys makes a welcome and very successful return to the Festival Fringe this year adding a further chapter to its interesting history.
Edith Nesbit, author of scary stories for children, jumps from the page to the stage in Edith in the Dark, a story fitting of her preferred genre.
A programme of creative dance that is physically challenging with a fresh dynamic edge from this brand new company.
For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance.
Bartlett talks about his experience immersed in the internet’s most shocking and unexplored subcultures, from buying cannabis on the Amazon of drugs to hanging with Bitcoin anarchi…
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
A political satire and a dark comedy revealing an uncompromised view of our political world from behind the scenes.
Game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil.
We all love a good story! Multi award-winning singer-songwriter Mike Willis and his rovin’ band transport you to the smoky mountains of America.
Uncover the linguistic layers of a Russian doll! Hear yourself in Nastya Rybachuk’s contemporary, provocative and witty verses.
A traumatised zookeeper tells the tale of her misadventures with her co-workers and an escaped Tiger who is now their captor… and director.
This charming double bill from Puppets Being Theatre uses poise and precision to bring to life ingenious paper creations.
Game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil.
Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour.
A play, a pie and a pint.
The Mac Twins return after last year’s sell-out run with the only DJ battle that gives the power-ups to the people! Identical superstar DJs, very different music tastes – enter a…
Now running for just over 17 years and seen by one million people, the Lady Boys are most certainly back in town and after all these years you would think it would be hard to keep …
In 1964, 12-year-old Marilyn declared she’d die if she didn’t see The Beatles play in Melbourne.
Get ready for a perfect afternoon of musical fun! Johnny and the Raindrops are a sensational family friendly live band who play jump up and down, rocking and rolling, can’t sit d…
The breakdancing robots (B-bots) have landed in Edinburgh and they’re being chased all over town! Can the B-boys and B-girls of Edinburgh use their breakdancing skills to help the …
Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience.
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
‘Brilliant’ (Mail on Sunday).
The premise of 25 Stories is simple enough; Alex Watts is bored at work and so comes up with short stories to keep himself entertained.
Come to the Globe Playhouse and meet William Shakespeare himself! An enchanting journey through Shakespeare’s most famous characters will start a love for his work that will last a…
The show returns after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
John Robertson’s send up of classic text based video games succeeds in being an hilarious evening of retro fun.
‘Yes, 30 may be the new 20 but no one’s told that to my south-facing tits.
Bobby Mair, Tim Renkow and Dylan Gott roll out some of the darkest jokes at the Fringe.
International Comedian and British job thief Dana Alexander is back with her fourth Edinburgh Show.
Will Seaward’s smash-hit five-star ghoststravaganza is back for a second year with new tales and even more terror! Aaargh! Join Edinburgh’s most booming comedian on the stroke of m…
Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism.
Just So Stories is a fun, interactive storytelling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tales.
London’s boldest dance theatre brings hit shows to the Fringe.
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…
Slick, quick and packed with funny material, high energy comedy from 2013 Amused Moose Award winner and 2013 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee.
An audacious, dark and dirty romp that will have Marcel Marceau turning in his grave.
Celebrated children’s author Edith Nesbit retreats to her attic writing room to escape her husband’s annual Christmas party.
This late night special one hour tour takes you on a journey into the darker side of Edinburgh’s underground history.
On the water’s edge at the southern tip of Manhattan, this free and popular annual event begins with the Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance to commemorate India’s…
Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies
Stuyvesant Cove Park, which abuts the East River, is home to over 100 native plants and dozens of native birds.
There’s no scarcity of al-fresco dance in New York this summer; the latest arrival is this series of classes and performances in public spaces, organized by Gibney Dance.
The arts organization Inception to Exhibition, founded in 2009 to support new creative ventures, presents four Friday nights of free dance in the Midtown outdoors.
It’s been two months since a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal, and the country is still struggling to recover.
Victory Dance Project was founded a year ago by Amy Jordan to celebrate her recovery from a near-fatal accident.
(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…
‘Mighty fine comic’ (The Guardian) Tom Deacon is one of the hottest young stand-ups on the circuit.
With over thirty participants, ‘The Dance Trail’ invites an audience to discover a route of contemporary dance performances in various locations in Brighton.
As heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show.
A real-life story of an Icelandic 49 year old father of three who dared to realise his dream of dancing contemporary dance onstage.
Saturday May 23rd All Saints Church, Hove, 7:30pm.
Melodic, dynamic jazz trio playing creative adaptations of the music of Keith Jarrett.
Ceyda Tanc Dance with three different programmes.
The dance which is like a knife in the shadows, the dance of gamblers and the farewell of lovers - tango! A dreamlike collision of tragedy and unexpected humour.
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…
Rob Coleman doesn’t know his aft from his ebb tide, but despite two failed attempts has an unquenchable desire to cross the Atlantic in a small boat.
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…
Clark is an outsider.
Movies always have a soundtrack… why can’t a stand-up show? “20-something tall comedian” (Online Review) Chris Martin (Milton Jones tour support 2013, Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy …
The Ragroof Players return to the Spiegeltent with two specially themed Tea Dances.
Ria returns to Brighton with her fourth solo show on the back of being nominated for the Amused Moose Laughter Award 2014 and writing one of Dave TV’s Top 10 Jokes at the Edinburgh…
It’s been a productive spring for Pepper Fajans, the founder of this new space at Cadman Congregational Church in Fort Greene.
Once the European martial arts were the equal of any in the world and the sword is the symbol that has stayed with us through story, play and film.
French-Mexican acoustic guitar duo JP & Leonardo bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music.
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…
Once a year the dead rise from their graves and dance with the living in an ecstatic frenzy and this year you get to watch.
It’s clear that Kandake Dance Theater has a preoccupation with queens: The company’s name refers to an ancient title for monarchs, and its latest work, which it calls a…
Insanely talented newcomer Nick Dixon presents a preview of his hilarious and ridiculously honest debut show.
The fool steps off a cliff.
In the title of Teresa Fellion’s new work, “The Mantises Are Flipping W.
Cassandra Bick is your average London girl who happens to run a dating agency for vampires, and suddenly finds herself getting an awful lot of attention when someone starts killing…
No quotes.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on June 16) Do you feel a chill in the late spring air? The Atlantic Theater Company is freezing the blood, unseasonably, with a revival of two …
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
The hottest, funniest show this side of Bangkok.
If the Midwest has a hub for European choreographers, Hubbard Street is it.
The French-born choreographer Pascal Rioult understandably has a soft spot for that country’s most famous voice.
Brighton-based storytellers, musicians, artists and wizards ponder the crippling and humiliating effect of unhealthy relationships (humour included!).
FOUR PLAY is an exhibition of limited edition prints produced in collaboration between Unlimited design studio and a collective of 40 fantastic contemporary illustrators, artists a…
Vitriolic political satire meets manic depravity.
This Mafia-themed comedy is best suited to small stages; here, most of its laughs are swallowed up by a large space, leading to a lackluster show (1:40).
Four dancers and one bunraku puppet make up the cast of Mr.
Mr.
Kenny DeForest hosts long stand-ups sets from two of the city’s finest, Ben Kronberg and Brooke Van Poppelen, and featuring Greg Stone.
Cocoon Central Dance Team is a patently absurd comedy dance group that enlivens every show it’s on.
Even the greatest of parties end with the hangover of cleaning up afterwards.
The folks at Jack NYC have tapped into a rich vein of quirky performance from Philadelphia.
This one-night-only affair offers a sampling of 10 dance companies representing a broad swath of contemporary dance in the city.
In time for May flowers, the Mark Morris Dance Group presents the New York premiere of “Spring, Spring, Spring,” a meditation on “The Rite of Spring,” with …
For those unfamiliar with New York neighborhood acronyms, SoHa stands for South Harlem, and it’s the home of Sarah Horne’s dance company.
In the project “Metropolis,” Jessica DiMauro (of New York) and Ana Miranda (of Miami) take inspiration from their respective cities and regions.
The History Boys – at least according to the programme notes accompanying this latest tour – is “generally regarded as Alan Bennett’s masterpiece”.
For her company’s 15th anniversary, Ms.
In 1981 the dance journalist Celia Ipiotis created this talk show, which aired on public television until 2006.
It’s never too late to reinvent yourself: After 60 years as the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the group returns this year as Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance, a more in…
What does dancing look like from the dancer’s perspective? In “Neon Brave,” the women of White Road Dance Media attempt to share that viewpoint with their audienc…
For more than three decades, Ms.
The 43rd annual festival of dance on film is a colorful collection of big personalities, small stories and inventive choreography created specifically for the screen.
To attend this festival, simply tune in on your device of choice.
On its own, the Indian dance form Odissi is already spiritually enchanting, even more so when interpreted by Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, the two exquisite principal dancers o…
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
This company’s spin on the holiday tradition, “The Colonial Nutcracker,” situates Clara’s tale in Revolutionary War-era Yorktown.
With its very varied performance festival, featuring 33 artists over four days, the American Dance Guild salutes key players in the modern dance field.
Valentina Kozlova, a former principal with the Bolshoi, defected from her homeland in 1979 and landed with the New York City Ballet.
An oxbow is a u-shaped body of water that is created when a meandering river loops back on itself (it derives from the similarly shaped metal contraption used to harness oxen).
On Broadway, dance is now more like a shot of espresso or a vintage Instagram filter and less of a storytelling tool, like it used to be.
This sweet, silly, semi-unwieldy Off Off Broadway play, written by Michael Mitnick and starring the excellent Will Connolly as Kyle, is a coming-of-age comedy about a Colorado dram…
The Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts mixes jazz and burlesque with raw seduction in these heart-breaking, hilarious and taboo tales of sex work, unplanned pregnancy, loss of virginity and…
After a celebrated career as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Benjamin Millepied decamped to the West Coast in 2012 and started the L.
Members of this sketch group from Los Angeles present a live show, during which they’ll preview the second season of their IFC sketch show.
For 20 years, Dancers Responding to AIDS has been producing a popular potpourri of dance on Fire Island to raise money for its myriad services.
New play about the Caribbean slave trade to be performed in William Wilberforce’s church as part of Black History Month ‘It takes sixteen months for the sugarcane to ripen…Aft…
After her eight-year tenure with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ellen Cornfield founded this troupe in 1989.
The first program of this frequently sold-out festival features, on Wednesday and Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet; the New Zealand company Black Grace; a premiere by the Mark Mo…
For two decades this troupe has been entertaining audiences with its spirited interpretations of classical tap.
The enterprising and excellent guitarist David Leisner is joined by the flutist Tara O’Connor and the violinist Philippe Quint for Sonic Stories, part of Mr.
Jacqulyn Buglisi’s “Table of Silence Project 9/11,” first presented on the 10th anniversary of the Sept.
After 12 years with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Annmaria Mazzini struck out on her own, but she hasn’t lost touch with her Taylor roots.
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
1914 - The dawn of the Great War.
The groundbreaking ensemble Dark Inventions returns to St Mary’s with a typically eclectic mix of contemporary and earlier works, including a Scottish premiere of Philip Cashian …
In the 1993 family film “Free Willy,” a boy bonds with a captive whale before helping him escape to freedom.
Simply See Productions proudly present to you.
Come and play.
Come and play?The invitation to play is timeless, but could you, would you play with God? Godly Play does just that.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
You, the audience, become the friends and family of this psychotic gangster’s victims.
The true story of a father, reimagined by a son.
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This fun and fast production attempts to abridge the complete works of Shakespeare into the space of an hour.
See two amazing dance companies captivate through rhythm! The Bang Group bangs it full force and (very) out loud with smiles in tow while Antara elegantly counterbalances the hypno…
One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture.
Little Giant Theatre Company presents a commemorative adaptation of true stories from the Great War in honour of the centenary.
Robert, 35, believes his life is perfect.
With over two million YouTube views for their wicked takes on Atomic Kitten, Kylie, Girls Aloud, Steps and Taylor Swift among others, Queens of Pop take over stylish Edinburgh nigh…
Four Stories Four Songs is a hilarious show based on the music EP of the same name by Emmet O’Malley, which was released in 2014.
A historic mining village in the North East is under threat when Superco want to open an EnormaStore on land that has been inherited from an old miner, George.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
SummerStage is generous with its dance offerings, presenting not just outdoor performances but also preshow master classes, all free.
Valerie Gladstone, known for her series Dance Under the Influence at the Museum of Arts and Design, is good at scouting talent and assembling smartly eclectic programs.
The Seattle troupe Spectrum Dance Theater, which has been around since 1982, got a second wind in 2002 after the estimable choreographer Donald Byrd, known for vivid, spirited move…
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
In the mid-19th Century, Madeleine Smith was accused of poisoning her lover, Pierre Emile L’Angelier.
Celebrating 13 years at the Fringe, Dance-Forms Productions will rock the house presenting Andrey Merkuriev, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and leading soloist of the Bo…
This is an inventive telling of the best folk tales, ghost stories and family anecdotes from a region rich in history.
We are in a small room where one can breathe an air of intimacy.
An original piece of theatre documenting the struggle of one group of Midwestern American kids trying to mount a show that shares their truth only to realize they may not know what…
America, 1947.
The break-dancing robots (B-bots) have arrived in Edinburgh and they’re being chased all over town! Can the B-boys and B-girls of Edinburgh use their break-dancing skills to help t…
A play, a pie and a pint.
Paper Play is the story of a boy who climbed to a great height to see what he could see.
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.
No Fringe is complete without the inclusion of the Lady Boys, who return to their Edinburgh home – for what could be the last time – under the Sabai Pavilion on The Meadows for…
‘A deeply-felt and virtuosic shout in the darkness’ (John Cameron Mitchell, Creator/Director, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus).
Multimedia theatrical comedy that spans millennia.
In this energetic play presented as a game-show the audience is divided into two teams and sat facing one another across the playing space.
(previews start on Aug.
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
Inspired by the traditional Paiwan (an aboriginal group of Taiwan) myth, Kurakuraw Dance Glass Bead brings an epic love story to the stage.
Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet is a hilarious chronicle that spares no painful detail of actor Matthew Schott’s adolescence, colliding the pain of puberty and sexu…
Foul Play offers up the filthiest material from the most daring comics, and it really doesn’t disappoint.
The life of an exotic dancer is a private and challenging one.
It’s back with a twist for 2014! After rave reviews and sell out performances, The Dark Truth Tour returns for 2014, with a new spin looking into the dark tales of death and deca…
Whenever I watch a Beyoncé music video and her incredible dance routines, all I can think is ‘No normal person can move their body like that.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Rooted in the past of a dystopian pre-independence future - that means a minimalist set littered with industrial remnants and a broken toilet - Scotland’s greatest heroes, Wallac…
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! Parents and under fives are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Returning to the Fringe for the third year running, this text adventure game-gone-big seems to have more lives than it gives its players.
‘The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children’ (Jim Henson).
The title of Reduced Shakespeare’s show is accurate to the point of pedantry.
If you wander the streets of the Edinburgh Fringe, you might run into Cameryn Moore.
Comedy in the Dark is exactly what it sounds like.
Capturing the singular Richard Pryor in a staged bio-play is a challenge and this limp, rote production is nowhere near up to it (1:30).
An original multi-media performance, this could be one of the oddest hours of your life. Come with an open mind, leave with a broken one. @electricdada
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
Join a group of ordinary gay friends for an honest and intimate evening together.
Comedian Jay Foreman provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this excellent mid afternoon show in the Green.
On a dark and stormy night at the Fringe, Will Seaward’s Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories will warm your cockles rather than chill you to the bone.
A one-woman cabaret show presenting the life of Anita Boult, a jobbing musical actress trying to cope with life in New York city.
Returning for the fourth year, the Check Us Out Dance Festival is a showcase for female choreographers, with over a dozen artists and companies from around the United States.
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
In 1995, the Fire Island Dance Festival began as a way to raise funds for those suffering from H.
This series at the New Victory Theater is designed for kids ages 8 and up, but the enlivening lineup should appeal just as much to their chaperones.
(performances begin on Wednesday) As director of Public Works at the Public Theater, Lear de Bessonet has been known to corral more than 200 amateur actors for a musical version of…
Of the 10 Brooklyn companies that participated in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2013-2014 Professional Development Program, four were selected to stage full productions at …
Francesca Millican-Slater is a delight.
Turn off the lights, and the world suddenly becomes a very foreign place.
When the acclaimed choreographer Sarah Michelson is involved, you can always expect a challenge — be it aesthetic or logistical.
In what is becoming a summer tradition, this beloved troupe returns to Lincoln Center with four programs of new and classic repertory.
Pascal Rioult and his artistic partner (and wife), Joyce Herring, danced for the Martha Graham Dance Company.
(previews start on June 22; opens on July 16) Michael Counts, creative director of 3-Legged Dog, invites you on a blind date with 17 playwrights.
Spiegel Dance is an exciting mixed bill of contemporary dance works.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
To celebrate his company’s 15th anniversary, Mr.
Two adventures, one man, no idea.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships.
For its 33rd season, Elisa Monte Dance presents three premieres from three artists.
Paul F Taylor and Nick Hodder test out material.
Acoustic guitar duo JP & Xochitl bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music.
Touted as the next big thing in comedy, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist and One to Watch Winner 2013, Sarah asks you for at least one more year of anonymity by keeping this …
A unique telling of stories from a wide range of participants of any age and any background, about Brighton and its people.
Well-timed for Mother’s Day, the Irish choreographer David Bolger arrives at Peak Performances with “Swimming With My Mother,” a tender exploration of the mother-…
Harriet Walter & Guy Paul in a reading of Jessica Duchen’s new play ‘A Walk Through the End of Time’ exploring the astonishing history of Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece compo…
Bonny Boys are Few is a multimedia storytelling performance of wonderful depth and colour.
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.
Can there ever be peace between East & West Sussex? Will Sharks ever go the extra mile and indeed, how far should dog improvement go? What exactly is Bob Dylan’s problem? Just a fe…
A benefit of fund-raising concerts is the mingling of great performers.
This is not your typical childish ghost walk filled with tales of ghouls, beasties and ghostly little girls in their pyjamas.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! DJ Monski Mouse and her team bring high energy smiling in a fabulous retro music and dance event for parents and children under 5.
Directed by MJ Paranzino.
This monthlong series kicks off with an evening focused on the spirit and talent of the Bronx, featuring Sage Rivera, Ranardo-Domeico Grays’s Visions Contemporary Balle…
The term ‘live-action video game’ is usually reserved for disappointing Hollywood adaptations of your favourite computer games (Tomb Raider, Silent Hill, the list could go on).
The Ladyboys of Bangkok is all hyped up.
In 2005, the Chinese choreographer and painter Shen Wei created “Map,” a mesmerizing visualization of Steve Reich’s “The Desert Music.
Brimming with bold ideas, this festival continues with performances that range from fiercely political to poetically formal.
This smart, heartfelt and emotionally exhausting work by the devised-theater company CollaborationTown heaves you into the most intimate moments of family life.
Come and curl up with a living book.
French-American acoustic guitar duo JP & Xochitl bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music.
Most dance companies named after their founders use a concert to showcase the work of their namesakes.
“Atalanta (Acts of God)” is the first part of an operatic trilogy by the composer Robert Ashley, who died last month.
From the team that brought you the huge success that is Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save the Last Dance for Me will take you back through the “music and magic” of the e…
The centerpiece of David Lang’s Carnegie Hall composer residency is a week of concerts demonstrating the enviable range of his tastes.
Last year, New Yorkers welcomed back Dance Theater of Harlem after nearly a decade away from the stage.
Jersey Boys, the internationally acclaimed hit musical, tells the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in pop music history.
Michael Shand’s new one-hour play starts with two men visiting the edge of the cliff from which their friend fell a year before.
Ever wanted to be involved in a flash mob? Well here’s your chance.
Ever wanted to be involved in a flash mob? Well here’s your chance.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of fundamentals you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
If you walk past the front of Dance Base in the Grassmarket you will see a small white dome that looks like it should be in a fun fair.
A heartbreaking meeting in a forest, Dylan meets Dylan, a slaughter in Portobello, and various wayward romantic fictions.
Exquisite, enticing, exhilarating dance from two top USA companies.
Exquisite, extraordinary, captivating dance from two top USA companies.
Dark Matter is a piece of theatre that breaks many of its rules and moulds new ones.
Strict rules, extreme conditions and ferocious competition.
Booking Dance Festival’s annual Fringe show always promises a high-octane hybrid of dance styles, with seven companies participating in one enticing show.
The Booking Dance Festival is a self-titled ‘dance festival within a festival,’ and their annual Fringe showcase certainly offers the opportunity to experience a smorgasbord of…
Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories are fanciful tales that will delight.
Bobby Bulloch takes us through his journey to parenthood in a one man show set in a living room written by Elizabeth R Davidson.
Chances are you know Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ already but you’ve probably never been told those stories quite like this before.
The Superhero Club provides an audience with humour, style and ease.
I had an absolutely wonderful time at this event.
Explore the folklore and magical properties linked with common cocktail ingredients, with recipes from the most influential occultist of all time, Aleister Crowley.
Get dancing the Fly Right way at their 7th annual legendary ‘Tea Dance’! After a brief Palm Court-inspired public masterclass, learning some Foxtrot or Charleston basics, enjoy coc…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland is an independent development organisation for playwrights, working with them across the country, including through its talent development programme.
Ageing is something that transforms us all on the outside and on the inside, but the whole process is much worse if you happen to be a woman.
The Les Clochards combine high-jinx, cheeky-chappy, faux-Francais, ‘Allo ‘Allo, theatrics with a level of musical inventiveness and professionalism that can only have come from…
Down a long, winding staircase, far beneath the bustling streets of Edinburgh stands a city frozen in time.
Alexandra Devon’s play promises an exciting musing on terrorism, questioning violence and injustice and exploring the reasoning behind them.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one.
The idea of using rap as a linguistic art form to present a ‘playful reimagining’ of many of Shakespeare’s finest work is something young Charlie Dupré successfully pulls of…
Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli…
Whispers in the Dark is a harrowing play.
Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves is a dark tale about sexual desire, based on the story of Red Riding Hood.
It’s human nature that we tend to take more interest in people’s failures than their successes.
At the start of the show I heard some people remark that they had seen Beth Vyse last year and had come back.
No Edinburgh Fringe is complete without the inclusion of the Lady Boys, who return to their Sabai Pavilion home on The Meadows for another season with a new production, Glamorous A…
As a huge Angela Carter fan, I had high hopes for Big Shoes Theatre Company’s production of The Company of Wolves.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Absolute Improv Stories is a witty, hour-long show where children can transform their ideas into stories for the stage.
Unlike history’s megalomaniacs, Gary is too distracted by X Factor, I’m A Celebrity, Facebook and YouTube, to actually take over the world, but it doesn’t stop him expressing a ra…
Picturing Leith’s past through a great selection of unpublished photographs and memories.
This refreshing re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s Othello sees the handkerchief drama played out from a female perspective, a comedic take on the tragedy that we’re used to.
This was the most confusing performance I have seen this Fringe.
Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien…
There are few things quite as lively, or amusing, as the imaginations of children.
The hilarious story of a young girl’s tragic past and terrifying future. On in the morning, we don’t like the dark. ‘A funny and enjoyable show’ (BroadwayBaby.com).
Originally written by Paula Vogel, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief is a retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and gives a voice to the female characters who were over…
You awaken to find yourself in a dark room: so begins John Robertson’s interactive comedy hour of live text-based gaming that is so much more fun than it sounds.
Lisa Morrison (Natalie Sutherland) is the very picture of a naive young girl when we meet her, bubbling with enthusiasm over her first tutorial with her literary idol Ruth Steiner …
The art of kamishibai - a Japanese form of ‘paper play’ in which tales are told with illustrated slides drawn one by one through a central frame both physical and fictional - i…
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.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
A girl appears on a blank stage in a white shirt and jeans and with a flower clip pinning back one side of her hair.
This show is about suicide and death.
With only four simply dressed actresses and a range of household objects, Red Table Theatre act out four of Kipling’s tales from The Just So Stories, sticking very closely to his…
‘Schoolgirls have crushes on teachers all the time.
The Cow Play is a trivial comedy about serious things.
Company Man is a joy to watch, with professional clowning and circus skills woven into the stories of office workers.
The three-girl trio behind dance collective Spiltmilk are nothing if not perky.
After my initial panic at being stuck in a room where the mean age of the audience was about four, I began to relax to the dulcet tones of the performing quartet.
The Play That Goes Wrong is an impeccably glorious spoof of such amateur disasters, that centres upon Cornley Polytechnic’s production of ‘Murder at Haversham Manor’ as it de…
The acclaimed trio, Tim Watts, Arielle Gray and Chris Isaac are back in Edinburgh with their latest collaborative project.
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 …
Five experienced improvisers each request an audience suggestion, ranging from an item found in an attic to anyones favourite chocolate bar, and on the spot create characters and…
Since West Side Story was my first ever pocket-money album purchase, I am unbelievably, unreasonably touchy about its treatment onstage and off.
Bad Play is almost becoming a permanent fixture on the Fringe, this being the fourth outing for this frenetically paced absurdist comedy.
I didnt know what to expect from a show with the title Naked Boys Singing.
Willy Russells phenomenal West End hit musical succeeds for many reasons, but most of all because it has great tunes and in the final moments will make the hardest amongst us blu…
What is a Ladyboy exactly? How different the founding principle of The Ladyboys of Bangkok is from any old drag show you see in Brighton.
After the success of their show The Ordinaries.
The highlight of the evening’s performance came as the inconspicuous Iain Mundy joined the orchestra to take the lead in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
What do you get if you mix Gogol Bordello with Bob Dylan, but without Dylan’s lyrical genius? The New Gondoliers.
Liss Fain Dance, the renowned San Francisco based company makes its European debut at Zoo Theatre.
Three hapless 20 something men hang out in a bedroom, no longer at college but not yet ready for the world of grown-up relationships in ‘Boys’ Life’, Howard Korder’s Pulitz…
It’s nice to get out of the manic hustle and bustle of the old town during the festival, so it’s with welcome relief I went to the Theatre Workshop in quiet and leafy Stockbride to…
If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism.
Sandy Grierson will also skip, strip and teach you how to make an origami boat.
The Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue is exactly as described.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
There could be an incredible musical story in the tragic rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots, leading from her ascension to the throne to her eventual abdication, imprisonment fo…
I approached “Big Boys Don’t Dance” with trepidation.
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…
Having expected to be overwhelmed by a selection of gruesomely entertaining stories told by Louna Productions, a German-Scottish company that promises to ‘retell fairytales in un…
This one woman sketch show features strangely sinister characters who are both entertaining and unnerving.
The Old Spice Boys make their debut on the Fringe with a fun show that will get your toes tapping to swing, jazz, reggae and blues rhythms.
There are three productions of Alan Bennetts wonderful play in Edinburgh this year.
It’s easy to see where Australian comic Bec Hill is coming from in this set about refusing to conform to the pressures of adulthood.
Alan Bennetts play, The History Boys, is about a group of eight history pupils in a Sheffield grammar school who are preparing to take their Oxbridge entrance examinations.
Contrary to what some critics might suggest, it’s not a comfortable experience seeing someone ‘coming off the rails’ on stage, especially when they’re clearly talented and …
Unimpressive from the start, The Cow Play leaves the audience confused and unfulfilled.
This show marks the 164th anniversary of the visit Chopin made, beleaguered by illness, to Edinburgh in 1848.
What would you do if your partner began to spend a lot of time with someone you never met? There’d be trouble.
Sequels can be risky when they have the hype of a previous show to live up to.
As the Lady Boys left the stage in a flurry of flashing feathers I questioned whether I may have accidentally taken some kind of hallucinogen.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Peter Pan as your friend? Have you ever questioned what made the witch in Hansel and Gretel so inconsiderate? If you have, this…
Staged in an intimate, archaic room at the rear of a Gothic revival church there was definitely a sense of history conversing when the two musicians welcomed the audience.
Jumping aboard Superbard’s storytelling train is a bit like riding shotgun in Doc’s Deloreon; you’re going to suspend your disbelief and hope he doesn’t crash.
Dennis Alexander is a patriotic and wise Scot with great musical talent and a knack for telling stories.
Away from the battlefield, one of the most challenging aspects of war is displacement.
The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle lies a very beautiful St Cuthbert’s Parish Church.
The clinical, modern lecture theatre of the Symposium Hall, undoubtedly one of the less atmospheric fringe venues, is rather at odds with the style of this show.
I am, it is no secret to my friends, a big fan of Sondheims musical about relationships, Company.
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
I’m not convinced there’s still a place for The Lady Boys of Bangkok anymore.
This performance was never going to be a side-splitter.
Mil’s Trills, starring a very bubbly Amelia Robinson on the ukulele, has travelled all the way from New York City to introduce the little ones of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fri…
If you ever needed proof that Edinburgh isn’t a level playing field, then Kenmac’s production of Company is surely it.
Camille OSullivan seemed, at one point, set to become an architect.
This perma-tanned, white-toothed Glaswegian folk powerhouse produced an evening of (very few) songs, details of his exploits with various celebrities and other anecdotes from his l…
Nottingham Youth Dance was created to provide young dancers from the East Midlands with additional training and performance opportunities and to develop the level and quality of da…
This is a very unusual and enjoyable production.
Bringing his YouTube sensation to the Fringe, Australian comic John Robertson’s show The Dark Room is basically a ‘choose your own adventure’ computer game in which selected …
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.
In a story that’s somewhere between Mrs Henderson Presents and The Full Monty, Boys In The Buff tells the story of Diane Diamante (Faith Brown), the owner of a failing seaside thea…
Only Humour, the first improv group to emerge from Bristol University, present us with Word:Play.
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
Burke and Hare A Musical Play is based on the true story of Edinburghs notorious murderers William Burke and William Hare.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
For this production the songs of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are stripped of their high-energy content and reinvented as cabaret or musical theatre.
Dance Theater of Harlem is back with its annual block party.
Rambert is quite possible the most important dance company performing in Britain today; at the very least their influence is far-reaching.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Patrick Monahans show is a great piece of interactive storytelling that has children standing on chairs waving their arms wildly to be picked to help Monahan tell the story of a …
If there’s one theatre company that can claim to have built an episodic comedy-of-errors at the Fringe, then it’s The Trap.
The idea of searching for a lost parent is particularly fertile territory.
I am sat looking at a white plastic cup.
Agnes, played by Abi Tedder, is hosting a wake for the father who abandoned her as a child.
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…
Three characters from The Seagull are in a CND meeting.
Just what else can you do with a bed? Bedtime Stories brings nine short vignettes that aim to explore just that.
I’ve lived in or near Brighton for decades now.
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
Somewhere in this show there is a turning point.
The songs of Belgian-born chanteur Jacques Brel are renowned for their colourful imagery and dramatic storytelling.
Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival.
Nick Beaton presents a show with enough social observations to make an hour fly by.
I have faint memories of being taken to a children’s dance and movement class when I was about two.
Following last year’s success with Sunday in the Park With George, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s OneAcademy Productions have returned to the work of Stephen Sondheim in…
Hervé is a professional dancer and singer who grew up in Mali and France with his adopted Belgian parents and brother.
Alec Garton Ash brings his new play about an egotistical director who is on a mission to put on the greatest production of Hamlet that ever was.
The world-class Ragamala Dance Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a soul-moving performance of South Indian Classical Bharatanatyam dance.
This was the last of the Dance Base medley of choreographers that I caught and, by far, the most exhilarating.
Show 1 of Dance Bases 2006 Fringe performances consists of four separate pieces by Iskandar Dance Company, Karl Jay-Lewin Company, Michael Popper and the Curve Foundation respect…
Adele’s Heart is an immensely powerful new play by renowned Italian playwright Giampiero Rappa that is unafraid to tackle large and difficult issues.
Dance Base presents three different pieces by three very different companies.
Joseph Moncure Marchs poem, The Wild Party, has been the inspiration for everything from films to plays.
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.
Eddie Izzard invites you to his brand-new work-in-progress reading/performance of Charles Dickens’ classic epic Great Expectations.
Old and new beats meet performance poetry paying tribute to South Africa’s legends.
All Marvellous can hear are the sounds in his head and the music in his heart.
American gospel voyages back to its African roots in this compelling collaboration between two of today’s greatest world music groups.
Do you know what it is like to be a millionaire superstar on world stage? Neither do we.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Four women.
Literacy, lockdown and the love of music are the themes of a new play which has its world premiere in Hove on July 6.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Sondheim’s musical comes to the West End starring Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone at the Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season next year, and you can get your hand on ti...
Architect Rob can't find his Rotoring mechanical pencil.
Glenn Chandler, creator of the legendary Taggart, has become known at the Fringe for his plays exploring different facets of gay life.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Russell Maliphant has today announced the programme for maliphantworks, featuring world-renowned collaborators and works spanning his hugely...
The internationally celebrated dance company BalletBoyz have announced that they will be taking part in ‘The Big Give Christmas Challenge’ from noon on Tuesday 29 November to n...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Into the Water is a fantastical folk-dance adventure set in a magical wasteland.
Adele Hampton was a member of the Washington DC 2013 Beltway Poetry’s National Slam Team.
Today Broadway Baby is having a chat with Katie Merritt, whose company is performing Stories from Around the World this Fringe!
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
Srangers: A Magic Play weaves theatre and magic for a unique experience. Broadway Baby finds out more.
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
We talk to the kid-rocking, dance-loving DJ Monski Mouse about her disco-dancing extravaganza perfect for under fives (and their parents too)
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Part nursery rhyme, part domestic drama, Tumbling After charts the story of two young couples as they 'stumble in and tumble out of love'.
Broadway Baby chats to Gemma Wilson and Anna Thomas-Jones from The Well-Behaved Women about their upcoming show Dog Play Dead.
Comedian David O'Doherty will host a one-off gig tomorrow to pay the temporary theatre license fee for his friend’s site-specific comedy horror show in a six-seater caravan.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...