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.
In 2018, Simon’s father performed a play about his imminent death to cancer and, to Simon’s horror, it was quite good.
August 1815.
This new play by Michael Bryceson focuses on the relationship between a dying father and his son, Charlie.
A surreal journey about reconciling with grief through the natural world.
Bea visits her grieving friend Olivia in her ceramic studio.
Late at night at the corner store, your card got declined again.
Living.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Step into serenity, a mesmerising meditation experience at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024.
Dive deeper into popular melodies of murder and mayhem in our original musical.
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
Does cancer change you? Jane was adamant it wasn’t going to change her.
Come join the University of York’s premier sketch troupe for another fantastic show of absurdist sketch comedy.
Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday).
Sexy, camp and nepotistic.
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.
Since we were formed in 1983, we’ve believed in doing things differently.
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…
Designed by best-selling historical author and multi award-winning novelist, Jan-Andrew Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Andrew Silverwood will be alive on stage in a dead man’s shirt (don’t worry, the man doesn’t want it back).
Nominee: Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer (2019).
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
After touring the world and making a hit TV show as part of musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates, Emmy-nominated actress, comedian, songwriter (and new mom) Riki Lindhome explore…
When his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Ricky was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out? After rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Ricky Sim returns with t…
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 …
Minor Characters, Major Problems Step aside, Prince Hamlet, for this is the tale of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two hapless minor characters who find themselves thrus…
Joe Burkewood (Shortlisted for Brighton Fringe Best Newcomer) is a drug addict, that no longer takes drugs.
The apocalypse as you’ve never seen it before - undead on stage! Audience suggestions are used to recreate a lost zombie movie where anything could happen! Blending fast-pace…
Join your favourite NHS Hero and local glamourpuss, Sister Brandy Bex, in welcoming some of the finest and funniest stand-up and character comedians from Brighton and beyond.
Iain Stirling's Relevant is undeniable proof of not only of his talent as a comedian and ability to entertain across generations, but also the level of his comedic reflexes, in…
There’s a famous quote by Winston Churchill that says that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma”.
ALJO Entertainment presents a brand-new play from Mitchell J.
Hard Feelings is no ordinary stand-up hour, but then Iliza Shlesinger is no ordinary comedian.
Time travel as a sci-fi trope is fascinating and presents us with endless possibilities and frontiers.
Mischief Theatre is back again with Peter Pan Goes Wrong, an effortlessly hilarious show where magic and mayhem coexist.
The Standard Short Long Drop is Rachel Garnet’s powerful new 90-minute drama filled with gallows humour.
A celebration of the music and lyrics of legendary American composer -Stephen Schwartz, by stars of the West End.
It was a low turnout at the intimate Finborough Theatre for John McKay’s Dead Dad Dog, but we were all clearly in the mood for a fun night out.
Have you heard that the three most stressful life events are bereavement, moving house and divorce? Well, funny story.
A Teacher’s Lament is not the revolutionary political statement that we would expect a show of this nature to be.
Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Carrie Penn and Toby Huelin’s Irrepressible, whilst a compelling story seems to rehash old messages without leaving us with a sense that we should do somet…
What’s the point? Don’t apply logic.
Part stand-up, part autobiographical theatre, Dead Inside is a rollercoaster ride through the hilarious topics of cancer, suicide and whether it’s possible to overdose on potatoes.
Taking you back to the golden age of jazz, The Easy Rollers are a roaring seven-piece jazz outfit performing hits from the speakeasy bars of the Prohibition era and beyond.
Julius Caesar Must Die is a little misleading, as initially it appears to be an absurdist original dramatisation of the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Janey Godley is still alive by popular demand at this year’s Festival Fringe for one night only after her record-breaking Scottish tour and can’t wait to be back doing what she…
How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif…
Ben Tomalin, Maisie Fawcett and Sophie Holmes’ Without is an interesting contender at this year’s Fringe Festival in that it has a very strong cast that handles an equally stro…
It’s Come Dine With Me with a twist, and that twist is murder because apparently that’s what it takes to spice up a dinner party these days.
Throwing the gauntlet down and challenging dominant narratives on women’s need to be vulnerable to be loved, Helen Bauer’s Grand Supreme Darling Princess is an incredibly empow…
Lydia Whitbread’s Winging It is a vague yet very intense coming of age musical.
No use crying over spilt milk is a very commonly used proverb, and its familiarity and any possible connection to it is at the forefront of our minds as we watch this show.
Expecting a retelling of the Greek myth, the office set is initially a little confusing.
Palindrome is Cambridge University Musical Theatres Society’s latest Edinburgh Fringe offering.
Based on the short story by Charles Dickens, Unexpected Places Ensemble’s adaptation of The Signalman is a creative if confusing adaptation as the creative team tries to create a…
A classic story for a modern age, Les Millénniables is a self-aware and uniting musical, because it satirizes the generational divide, and understands its own ridiculous nature.
The Stall by Jack Twelvetree is an abstract show that uses a childhood memory of flying as an extended metaphor to explore grief, loss, regret and mental health.
There’s something really unsettling about 1950s suburbia, and What If They Ate The Baby? really taps into that feeling as it plunges deeply into the aesthetic of a stereotypical …
Ever wondered what would happen when Girl meets Ghoul? Aubury has the worst job in the underworld – training ghosts.
Ed Patrick starts his show Catch Your Breath with a simple, “I’m a doctor, so I’m running late,” a rather light-hearted, if telling, joke that puts us at ease with its self…
Dead of Night by Hurly Burly is a traipse through gothic romantic literature in an exploration of the nature of humanity and monsters.
Lewis Carroll is turning in his grave at Tim Nelson’s Alice in Wonderland.
Hurly Burly’s Death by Shakespeare is a stylised ode to Shakespeare, that lifts and showcases his best-known characters in a tumultuous yet entrancing way.
Organised fun is one of those phrases that can evoke different emotional responses from people.
Written and composed by Bethany, Cameron and Natasha Lythgoe, Pandemonium is a biblical musical of mundane proportions built upon a confusing amalgamation and re-telling of stories…
The room in the Brewdog Doghouse that Patrick Spicer occupies brings with it an air of informality that helps to set the tone for Spicer’s Yes Haha What.
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
Written by Kira Mason and directed by Matthew Attwood, Graveyard of the Outcast Dead is a musical play that tells a series of connected Gothic folktales.
It is genuinely difficult to keep track of all the wellness tips that you’re supposed to follow to have a healthy body and mind.
Eddy Hare’s Leave It With Me is a great example of his dead-pan humour, flair for musical comedy, and joke writing ability.
How To Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World – With a Piano! is a self-help, group-therapy show that really doesn’t tell us anything that we haven’t seen before.
Whilst Colleen Lavin’s Do The Robots Think I'm Funny? is an interesting experiment and indicative of our fascination with AI, it’s not a particularly well-structured or fun…
Our first impression when seeing Antonio! is that it’s chaotic and hedonistic, a impression that is quickly proven to be correct, but in a gloriously celebratory way.
The title, Dead Man’s Suitcase, doesn’t give much away and even at the end it’s a little unclear what the message of Felix Westcott’s musical is supposed to be.
Boasting the tagline, “who hasn’t thought about killing an ex?”, Emilie Biason’s I Killed My Ex shows us about the practical difficulties involved in such an endeavor.
With so many improv troupes at the Edinburgh Fringe, it’s difficult to set yourself apart especially when you’re competing with the likes of Austentatious and Showstoppers!.
Ticking Clock Theatre brings to life the grim days of the Victorian hangman at the Space Triplex Studio in The Standard Short Long Drop, a fascinating play set in the cell of two p…
Coming back from their five-star run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, the Dead Ducks are an incredibly talented sketch comedy troupe from the University of York.
Certain Death and Other Considerations is a poor execution of an interesting premise.
Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe.
Die Hard has long been a pop culture and Christmas movie stalwart, garnering a large swath of fans across generations.
Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added to this review and it will still not be close enough to what he deserves for this s…
Maria DeCotis’ Emotionally Unreasonable is a mildly funny stand-up routine that breaks every so often into really sophisticated pieces of musical comedy that quickly become a tru…
Loudmouth Eve Ellenbogen will tell you pretty much anything, unless you ask about her dead mom.
Patrick has many dead friends, which is a huge bummer.
Thor Stenhaug’s Grateful For The Opportunity is a brief overview of his life in Norway and the United Kingdom as he comments on his relationships and the culture shock that he ha…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
This new translation by Illya Khodosh of Mikhail Bulgakov’s 1932 adaptation of Gogol’s classic novel, Dead Souls, follows the exploits of Chichikov, a social climbing conman, as …
“The primary school teacher vibes don’t end here,” Sasha Ellen jokes lightheartedly at the start of When Life Gives You Ellens, Make Ellenade.
Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping for air.
With such an emotionally heavy title as An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People, I was a little worried what to expect from this comedy show.
Join Brigitte Aphrodite on a wild literary road trip, celebrating Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too) through punk poetry, songs, and stories.
This new translation by Illya Khodosh of Mikhail Bulgakov’s 1932 adaptation of Gogol’s classic novel, Dead Souls, follows the exploits of Chichikov, a social climbing conman, as …
We all know Tennessee Williams the playwright, but the man behind the plays has faded somewhat into the background.
Greek myths have been told and retold, lost, translated and re-translated over and over.
The apocalypse as you’ve never seen it before - undead on stage! Audience suggestions are used to recreate a lost zombie movie where anything could happen and anyone could be zom…
It’s very common to leave a comedy show with a new perspective or having learnt something.
Milo Edwards' comedy is a little like marmalade, but love it or hate it, he is nevertheless a great comedian.
Oftentimes when you go to a stand-up show, a comedian will attempt or fix or comment on a problem in the world, at least by providing a series of observations that you can’t real…
When we hear the word ‘heist’, our mind jumps to high tech gadgets, corporate espionage and John Rogers.
The Disney Delusion is an off-beat stand-up hour from Leif Oleson-Cormack about a less than magical trip to Disneyland, that explores identity, the nature of love and parasocial re…
The holiday meal gone wrong is a classic sitcom episode and genre of comedy, as surprise revelations and drama abound.
The Rob Auton Show is unlike any other stand-up comedy show in existence.
Whatever you may think Four Felons and a Funeral is going to be when booking the ticket, I can guarantee that it is wildly different than what happens onstage.
Tired of explaining his nationality to a crowd, Pierre Novellie has filled his new hour Why Are You Laughing? with a discussion on topics as distinct and unconnected as British dri…
Answering the question, “what if Avenue Q took place in a hospital?” Potty The Plant is a dark, tongue in cheek, comedic musical that subverts our expectations time and time ag…
The apocalypse as you’ve never seen it before - undead on stage! Audience suggestions are used to recreate a lost zombie movie where anything could happen and anyone could be zom…
Celya AB’s Second Rodeo is a patchwork quilt of jokes, as she moves on from the subject of hating on England - although since we’re in Scotland, such jokes are more than welcom…
UK Theatre Award Nominee 2022: Best New Play.
Mr and Mrs Love is a jukebox-esque musical that would work a lot better if it relied more on the strength of its actors as singers rather than force a plot on them.
Amy Matthews’ I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders is a stand-up comedy with an edge.
The Hive is not the most pleasant venue to endure during a Fringe show.
Mark Watson is a stalwart at the Edinburgh Fringe with his casual style and observationist humour and anecdotes that lead us down convoluted paths of thinking.
The discussion around war - especially the two world wars - is usually a very difficult and serious subject.
Goya Theatre’s new musical Actually, Love manages to find the sweet spot between being softly tender and incredibly rousing, as it pokes fun at and dismantles various rom-com tro…
Who amongst us hasn’t uttered the phrase, “I can’t believe you’ve done this!?” whilst laughing with a friend over a particularly embarrassing story.
Musical comedy is a difficult genre of comedy to do well, not only because of the addition of an instrument, but the fact that the jokes have to be succinct and the comedian themse…
The simple ‘good vs bad’ narrative is present in just about every aspect of our culture and society.
Glaswegian comedian and popular Twitch streamer Rosco McClelland enters clad in a denim biker vest and a spider’s web tattoo coning one elbow.
The Last Living Libertine is the debut hour from John Tothill as he tries to dissect our attitude to life and prove that techno music is the true expression of human spirit and the…
Tartan Tabletop: The Neverending Quest is not your average improv show.
Chelsea Hart’s Damet Garm: How I Joined A Revolution is a relaxed and measured show, that is quite restrained in the anger that underwrites it.
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Whenever I feel down about the state of the world, I think of the shows in the Bunker at the Pleasance Courtyard, in particular Lulu Popplewell's show Actually, Actually.
Simon Brodkin’s Xavier follows the rule that you should never judge a book by its cover.
Simon David brings Dead Dad Show to the Fringe this year and it is insane, an absolute piss-take, but also very emotional.
Micky Overman’s The Precipice is an in-depth look into the concept of motherhood and the role a mother plays in society, and pursues this subject with carefully structured jokes …
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and multi award-winning novelist, J A Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest hist…
Monologues from beyond the grave.
Tom Ballard’s It Is I is a bubbly and smugly riotous hour full of puns and political commentary.
Watching Dan Tiernan’s Going Under taught me the distinct difference when reviewing comedy between using language like ‘laugh out loud’ or ‘hysterical’ and laughing so mu…
There is just something so wholesome about Priya Hall’s Grandmother’s Daughter.
The guy is back in Vittorio Angelone’s Who Am I? I Am!; an in depth exploration of self-identity and perception, whilst being cautiously celebratory in its ownership.
Monologues from beyond the grave.
Every time I leave one of Olga Koch’s shows, my notes are filled with snippets of advice or wisdom that she imparts in the guise of a comedy hour.
Six Strangers.
Six Strangers.
Who lives in a pineapple on a tour of the UK? Well it’s Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical based on the cartoon series by Stephen Hillenberg.
Relationships, and break-ups in particular, are a common focus for stand-up.
A few hours before I was meant to see Andrew Stein’s Disruption, the New York Times posted an article about how the Biden administration is relying on AI companies to self-regula…
Unicorn theatre’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Tempest shows the story in a new light.
From the outset the jazz club on the top floor of Toulouse Lautrec appears to have a cosy rustic atmosphere, like one that we'd associate with a gazebo.
This revival of Ken Ludwig’s celebration of George and Ira Gershwin’s music takes us on a full-throttle ride through American classics and culture, brightening up the stage …
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl’s best known books, which is why the expectations are high for James Brining’s tour.
The Scouting movement is an established and respected institution, that hangs on the edge of our cultural understanding, even if we were never a Scout ourselves.
The myth of Robin Hood has been told and re-told through the centuries, and in the oral tradition, each storyteller has put their own spin on the tale.
In the past, I have often commented on the limiting factor of static shows that give the appearance of sit-coms - where two characters just sit and tell us what's happening, an…
Five microphones and music stands, a coat rack and assorted instruments.
Across the street from Moulin Rouge lies a slice of understated elegance that is Brasserie Zedel.
Comedy is very subjective, and despite reviewing predominantly Birtish comedians who occasionally test the limits of my sensibilities, I have never felt particularly excluded by B…
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
The stage at the Mill at Sonning is transformed into a cosy vaudeville theatre with Jospeph Pitcher’s Gypsy.
Monologues from beyond the grave.
Written and directed by Gintare Parulyte, Lovefool is certainly unmissable.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is frankly remarkable.
Monologues from beyond the grave.
From the outset, Danny Rubin and Tim Minchin’s Groundhog Day appears to be part of the trend to turn classic films into musicals.
Part stand-up, part autobiographical theatre, Dead Inside takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the hilarious topics of cancer, suicide and whether it’s possible to overdose on…
Whatever you think Phil Wang’s Wang In There, Baby! Is going to be like, the reality of the show far surpasses it.
Part stand-up, part autobiographical theatre, Dead Inside takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the hilarious topics of cancer, suicide and whether it’s possible to overdose on…
Jim Bowen! Joan Collins! Carol Smillie! Are they dead.
Join your favourite NHS Hero and local glamourpuss, Sister Brandy Bex, in welcoming some of the finest and funniest stand-up and character comedians from Brighton and beyond.
Jim Bowen! Joan Collins! Carol Smillie! Are they dead.
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.
Directed by Ola Ince, Once On This Island has all the hallmarks of a myth; the gods meddling in human life, a quest with high stakes, and a chosen one going on a journey.
Georgie Rankcom’s adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a colourful comedy that laughs at corporate culture and business stereotypes.
In Schalk Bezuidenhout’s I’ll Make Laugh To You, the fun and games start before the show does, introducing us to his subtley pointed sarcasm before launching in a self-deprecat…
Ida Barr is a former star of the British Music Hall.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
This show deserves as many points as its title says.
Whether you remember Tony Blair becuase of the international laws he broke or the fact that he made fox-hunting illegal, TONY! is a raucous, cartoonish musical.
It’s not every day that you see your imagination augmented by the stage adaptation of a book.
In Michael Longhurst’s adaptation of Private Lives, you can really see why Noël Coward’s work receives such acclaim to the point of being replicated in TV shows like Frasier.
Two main questions flit through your mind as you watch SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat - firstly ‘God it’s brilliant,’ followed quickly by, ‘how are they allowed to do that…
Letters To My Dead Mother is a one-woman, “autofictional” show about grief.
Recently bereaved, Paul is haunted by visions of his deceased wife Marie.
Galaxy Train is a new musical with music, lyrics and book by Eden Tredwell and direction by Yojiro Ichikawa.
Rosie Holt’s The Woman’s Hour is a satirical amalgamation of characters that provides a commentary on British politics.
The very best shows always leave you either unsettled or with an inexplicable high that lasts until you fully process what you saw onstage.
Janey Godley is ‘still alive, by popular demand’ with a brand-new show for 2023 and can’t wait to be back doing what she does best! Ja…
Janey Godley is ‘still alive, by popular demand’ with a brand-new show for 2023 and can’t wait to be back doing what she does best! Ja…
Noël Coward’s Hay Fever is largely considered to be a masterpiece, the height of comedy.
In a world where gender has been outlawed, only drag can save us.
After a strong run at the Arts Theatre last year, the hellraisers are back in Nick Winston’s Bonnie and Clyde as it finally finds a home in the West End at the Garrick Theate.
A Woman uncovering letters and photographs from her ancestors suddenly asks herself - “My Dead…Do I really know them?”
Grace Campbell has been called a multitude of things, but after her most recent comedy set A Show About Me(n) she can add electrifying, iconic and all around spectacular to the lis…
What would you do if you came home one day after a long day and found a dead body on your living room floor? Would you freak out and be scared, perfectly calm, or angry? Steph fi…
A man wakes up drunk, scared and alone, with no idea where he is or how he got there.
Writing a positive review is quite difficult without using hyperbole, and in the spirit of Pierre Novellie’s Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things, it is prudent to at least attempt to…
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
Stuart Crowther’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is proof that streamed performances can bring the magic of theatre and then some into our homes, diffe…
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
Have you ever got that feeling of frustration when watching a TV show or a play, when the characters make bad decisions or could resolve their problems if they just talked to each …
The Mill at Sonning is a quaint venue that provides all the amenities for a great theatre trip.
Russian Doll meets clowns in And Then the Rodeo Burned Down, a circular metaphysical piece that combines elements of dance, comedy and mystery to form a labyrinth equivalent of a s…
There are many stories that are lost or hidden from view, and George Takei’s Allegiance takes one of the shameful moments in American history - the incarceration of Japanese-Amer…
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
In one word, Erika Ehler: Femcel is unexpected.
Everybody loves a comeback story, and Lauren Pattison’s It Is What It Is, is an up-beat in-depth look at the ups and downs of life.
Fin Taylor is not afraid to speak his mind, and his recent set Daddy Self-Care is proof of that.
Carrying the banner call of Strike!, Alan Menken and Jack Feldman’s Newsies becomes the call to action that we need to hear.
In this science fiction double feature, Christopher Luscombe’s adaptation of Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show is a fun, mischievous celebration of the cult classic.
Everything about John Nicholson’s adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! at Jermyn Street Theatre has an element of irony to it, but whether tha…
Following three sold-out West End runs and a smash hit UK tour, Death Drop is back! The drag murder mystery sensation is returning with a brand-new show and an all-star cast to be …
The royal affair that is Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, is the most unhinged piece of theatre in existence.
From hand-jiving to slicked hair, Nikolai Foster’s Grease at the Dominion Theatre is a sprint down memory lane with extra twists.
Whilst the boys of G Company may be experiencing monotony in Hawaii, this word cannot be applied to the long-anticipated revival of Tim Rice’s and Stuart Brayson’s From Here to…
Mundane is not a word that could be used to describe Elf Lyons’ Raven.
With music and lyrics by Elton John and Jake Shears, Tammy Faye is as iconic as the woman it is about.
Mark Watson is one of those people who you stop and listen to when they start speaking, whether it is from the middle of an audience, or from a stage.
As far as shows set during the Regency era go, Christian Brighty’s Playboy is not only the most ambitious, but also the best representation of dramas set in this period.
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café.
Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost gives little away to begin with, making it difficult to know what to expect.
Whilst productions do as much as they can to immerse audiences in the aesthetic of shows from the start, nothing can compare to the auditory and visual sensation of pastel that kic…
Mixing survivalism with psychoanalysis, Dave Bain’s Last Sales Conference of the Apocalypse is a fractured and confused trip that leaves us with more questions than answers.
The proverb blood is thicker than water is often used to prioritise family bonds over all else.
Helen Bauer’s Madam Good Tit is a not-so-wholesome coming-of-age set that provides a deep dive into everything from Bauer’s various high school personalities to deeply problema…
Rhys Nicholson must have been pushing down the material in Rhys! Rhys! Rhys! for a long time, for this show is certainly a diamond.
Like most dystopian stories, Simon Perrott’s Everybody Wants to Rule the World has a basis in reality which forces us to reflect on the issues of today.
There’s an upbeat charm that hangs over Grey Area Theatre’s Help! We Are Still Alive.
It’s a classic David and Goliath, if by the end, rooting for Goliath seemed like a reasonable thing to do.
Grant Black and Murray Lachlan Young’s Rehab is an entertaining musical that is full of potential.
Taking self-deprecating humour to another level, Tom Walker’s Javelin is a rather eclectic series of observations and character-based narratives, through which runs a relatively …
What would you do if you came home one day after a long day and found a dead body on your living room floor? Would you freak out and be scared, perfectly calm, or angry? Steph fin…
What would you do if you came home one day after a long day and found a dead body on your living room floor? Would you freak out and be scared, perfectly calm, or angry? Steph fin…
Few will perhaps have heard of Annie Londonderry, but after seeing Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams’ Ride, it will be practically impossible to forget the name.
He’s Dead is a dark fantasy choreography asking the unanswerable question: Was Tupac depressed? This conceptual group work uses dance, live action and sound to unearth the unspoken…
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…
Wow, just wow.
Damnation has never been so fun in Joe McNeice’s adaptation of Diva: Live from Hell.
Smashing Cabinets Theatre’s adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet is ghost-like and haunting, confusing at times, but generally falls somewhere between the mysteriousness o…
All that glitters is not gold, a message that is incredibly clear in Em Oliver’s Beautiful Nothing.
There is a distinctly medieval feel to Ross Stephenson’s Artorigus from the start, despite its modern trappings.
Chevron Theatre’s A Wilde Life is absolutely hypnotic, hinting at a time of debauchery and a glamour that has long since passed.
Hailing all the way from the bright lights of New York, Sarah Sherman’s self-described horror comedy show - with the emphasis on the horror - is incredibly ghastly and overly gra…
Electric, animated, compelling.
Ovation presents a brand new revival of A Drop of Fred - this time, with the lead from Billy Elliot.
Ovation presents a brand new revival of A Drop of Fred - this time, with the lead from Billy Elliot.
Taking you back to the golden age of jazz, The Easy Rollers are a roaring seven-piece jazz outfit performing hits from the speakeasy bars of the Prohibition era and beyond.
Judy Seall’s Splinters is a strangely warm gothic Victorian tale, a warmth that emanates from the bonds between the members of the cast.
Combining the improvisation talents of Mischief Comedy, Austentatious, and Showstopper!, Starship Improvise is a blast out of this world, filled with moments of hilarity and creati…
A stand-up show to make you think: ‘Maybe I’m not doing so badly after all’.
A stand-up show to make you think: ‘Maybe I’m not doing so badly after all’.
Whilst mildly fun, it is odd in this day and age to have any form of pro-police art.
Chronic Insanity’s 52 Souls is a series of monologues that correspond to each indiviudal playing card (plus one Joker) along the subject of death and mortality, all in an hour.
Death is sad enough, but growing up seems worse.
Whilst it may be apt to stage John Montgomery and Derek Batchelor’s Flesh - a musical about Burke and Hare - at Surgeon’s Hall, the novelty stops there.
Turning what we know about morality on its head, Gabrielle James and Joshua Newman’s Living With Sin is an interesting twist on the traditionally 'evil' seven deadly sins…
A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery is an interactive Shakespeare-based whodunnit where the audience (with help from the cast) is tasked with solving the murder.
Jeff Ahern’s presidential campaign based on audience suggestions brings an insightful look at the current state of political affairs.
A man wakes up drunk, scared and alone, with no idea where he is or how he got there.
Children, especially toddlers are known to be tyrants.
The sparkling eyes.
Lauren Brewer and Will Geraint Drake’s The Single Lady is a musical extravaganza, giving Elizabeth I the same treatment that Hamilton did to the Founding Fathers.
GOYA Theatre Company’s Don’t Say Macbeth is a fast-paced show filled with well-balanced satire that pokes fun at and spoofs the theatre and musical industry.
Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo’s Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is in one word, a celebration.
Unassuming at the start, A V Brodrenkova and Aimee Dickinson’s Foundations quickly breaks all boundaries and assumptions.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Filled with classically and subtly nihilistic British humour, Milo Edwards’ Voicemail is full of intelligent and thought provoking commentary that turns Mash House into a safe sp…
The Dead Ducks are back and raring to tickle your funny bone! This new generation of funny folk form York’s finest sketch comedy troupe – anyone saying otherwise is selling som…
Jason Slavick’s Yellow Bird Chase shows us that the best children’s shows have something for everyone, whether it is the gibberish of the language, the compelling storyline or …
From exes to golf coaches, Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge is an eloquent, biting and well-structured analysis of situations when Hannah Fairweather was right and when she wa…
Despite the hyper atmosphere and start of Garry Starr’s Greece Lightning, there is something vaguely unsettling about the manic nature of the way that Starr approaches this show.
Despite what Catherine Bohart tells us in This Isn’t For You, she is more emotionally articulate than she gives herself credit for.
It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de-lovely - it’s the Great Depression as you don’t know it, full of the glitz, glamour and luxury of old Broadway.
Forget everything you may know about Bloody Mary; the cocktail, the game, the queen who burned Protestants at the stake.
From Gigglemug comedy duo Sam Cochrane and Alex Prescot, Runesical is an amusing, action packed quest based on the role-palying game Runescape.
Maisie Adam is Buzzed about a lot of things, and it is a nice change of pace to hear how things are going well for a comedian.
Sarah Keyworth’s Lost Boy is very difficult to fully describe.
Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…
Brenda (Jacqueline King), a marriage counsellor, is faced with multiple challenges.
Filled with the charm of a children’s cartoon, The Song of Fergus and Kate is a quaint story about friendship and embracing differences that any child would find fascinating.
As the title Charlie Russell Aims to Please suggests, the entire show is an amalgamation of various theatre techniques from musical to slapstick to the dramatic in Russell’s atte…
Facing an existential crisis Anna powered off her phone and dived head first into an Ayahuasca retreat in the Irish wilderness.
Too young to be yelling at clouds, Ivo Graham decides to talk loudly at us over the course of an hour instead.
Rhum and Clay's Project Dictator is a commentary on democracy and dictatorships, utilising different theatre genres to do so.
Don’t be fooled by the singing cowboys, this is an incredibly serious play, if only for the fact that the pair of Will Rowland and Eddy Hare have clearly done their research for …
There is something comforting about Angela Barnes’ Hot Mess.
"What happens when you combine holy water and squash? Capers," Jonathan Sayer promises us during Mischief Comedy's Mischief Movie Night.
‘They all knew the person I was when they gave me the part,’ Harry Kershaw complains, words that ring hollow and true, in a prophetic sort of manner, a common feeling that we …
We are told from the start that America’s history is one of violence, and of wars.
Combining history, humour and horror, this walking tour culminates inside the Covenanter’s Prison – a locked section of a 16th-century walled cemetery.
Olga Koch is winning at life and she wants us to know it.
Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better …
Step back in time and experience the dark world of the theatrical seance.
Step back in time and experience the dark world of the theatrical seance.
Some of our most recent experiences of yeast will most likely come from our own fervent lockdown breadmaking.
Whether it was the book or movie, C.
There is an unspoken cardinal rule that life tends to imitate art.
Don’t be fooled by the pink, as the aesthetic over comfort of Elliot Clay’s Millennials is the celebration that this generation not only deserves but needs.
William Shakespeare has been kind enough to leave behind a plethora of quotes about drinking.
‘Who had a better ending, Peter or Wendy?’ This is a question JJ Green invites us to ponder in A-Typical Rainbow, a powerful story about a boy growing up with autism and how it…
Stripping back any recognisable aspect of Russian culture, Jamie Lloyd’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull presents the bare minimum of what theatre can be: a group of …
Michael Morpugo’s stories about the world wars have for a long time been the gold-standard for children’s books.
If schools want a ‘Keeping Yourself Safe’ presentation on incel culture, then they won’t have to look further than Sam Went’s Red Pill.
Provocative, crude and iconic, Fat Rascal Theatre’s production of Unfortunate is nothing short of a showstopper.
Our hosts Risky Maracas (Rikki Tarascas), Honor Mission and their group of hip cats ensure you get fully immersed in the world epitomised by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Caroly…
Our hosts Risky Maracas (Rikki Tarascas), Honor Mission and their group of hip cats ensure you get fully immersed in the world epitomised by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Caroly…
‘The play is memory’.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Ida Barr is a former star of the British Music Hall.
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, tucked away under the arches of Waterloo at the Network Theatre, is an incredibly feminist play.
A quintessentially London musical by Craig Adams and Ian Watson, with new arrangements by Sam Young, Dean Johnson’s Lift at the Southwark Playhouse is a complex musical experien…
Julie Atherton’s production of Ordinary Days at the Cockpit is a work of art.
One of the best things about theatre, and art in general, is the space it creates for difficult conversations and analysis.
A show to make you think: “maybe I’m not doing so badly after all.
A show to make you think: “maybe I’m not doing so badly after all.
An odd combination of nostalgia and existentialism, American Idiot continues to remain incredibly current.
Most of us will be familiar with Arthur Miller’s character Abigail; the seductress who caught John Proctor’s eye and led a group of girls that sent innocent women to their demi…
If we ever needed more proof as to why second wave or white feminism should no longer be considered relevant, here it is.
There are a few infinite things in the universe: greed, love and the elite’s ability and desire to protect the status quo.
Having a gun - albeit a fake one - pointed at my face has never been at the top of my list of fears.
Modern opera is difficult to execute well, because no matter how good it is it will always be judged against the classics.
Considering how much Anyone Can Whistle flopped in 1964, it is a bold, brave (and some may say hubristic) move on the part of Grey Area Theatre Company to revive the show at the So…
High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief.
After years of turmoil caused by politics and pandemic, nostalgia is exactly what Doc ordered.
DEATH DROP, the laugh-a-minute murder mystery returns to the West End at the Criterion Theatre for a strictly limited 7 week run! RuPaul’s Drag Race superstars JuJuBee and Ki…
For aficionados of Ibsen this is a production not to be missed; nor should those who just like to wallow in the velvety richness of traditional theatre ignore this rare opportunity…
The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the…
The (Not So) Quick Murder of Man Death over a bag of crisps Sorry, Denny's Dead.
Based on Baz Luhrmann’s epic love story, Moulin Rouge is a larger-than-life electrifying musical.
Radio City is under threat.
Radio City is under threat.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
This is an Ecstatic Experiential Mutual Care sharing about using the Tarot to Explore Your Soul and understand Your place in the Universe! Its a weekly Tarot drop-in sharing! …
This is an Ecstatic Experiential Mutual Care sharing about using the Tarot to Explore Your Soul and understand Your place in the Universe! Its a weekly Tarot drop-in sharing! …
The third generation of York Comedy Society’s premier sketch troupe, The Dead Ducks, are alive and kicking with their new show ‘Ducks out of water’.
The third generation of York Comedy Society’s premier sketch troupe, The Dead Ducks, are alive and kicking with their new show ‘Ducks Out of Water’.
The third generation of York Comedy Society’s premier sketch troupe, The Dead Ducks, are alive and kicking with their new show ‘Ducks out of water’.
"The legendary BBC Radio 4 series hits London’s Underbelly Festival for the first time in this special live residency starring the dream team of Jon Culshaw, Debra Steph…
Myra is dead; long live Myra! Realising she stands to miss out on the most attention she’ll ever receive, the ‘acid-tongued and funny to the bone’ (Time Out) Myra brings forw…
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.
Some inherit from their mothers material possessions.
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award-winning novelist J A Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
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.
Double Drop by Lisa Jên Brown / Dirty Protest Theatre.
Part of The History Bois residency at ONCA barge, this online workshop run by poet, drag king and artist SL Grange is for folks wanting to connect with their Queer tr/ancestors.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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.
Join the pop star of the Proletariat, Des Kapital (winner of ‘Gulag’s Got Talent’, ‘The Ex-Soviet Republic Factor’ and ‘Strictly Commune Farming’) for a live, physica…
Ida Barr is a former star of the British Music Hall.
Join the pop star of the Proletariat, Des Kapital (winner of ‘Gulag’s Got Talent’, ‘The Ex-Soviet Republic Factor’ and ‘Strictly Commune Farming’) for a live, physica…
A Dragatha Christie Murder-Mystery Murder can be such a Drag.
Listen to the music of the greatest composers in jazz played by one of Scotland’s best Jazz Quintets.
Taking you back to the roaring 20s, The Easy Rollers is a seven-piece jazz band specialising in music from the speakeasy bars of the Prohibition era.
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award-winning novelist J A Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
An introduction to comedy writing for the beginnner.
Stephen Schwartz is the multi-award winning creator of an extraordinary catalogue of songs for stage and screen.
Linda, Brian and Nelly are new to the neighbourhood, everything seems perfect.
The Tower Theatre Company seek to outrage and (somewhat) inspire with their recreation of Dead Funny.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Ophelia is Also Dead follows Ophelia telling us the story of her whole life.
‘Welcome to the Dead Parents Society.
Led by world-famous trials rider and YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill, Drop and Roll make their long-awaited Edinburgh Fringe debut with a brand-new show featuring jaw-dropping st…
Screwball comedians Dominic Goland and Matthew Tallon (Laugh Factory Chicago, Vodafone Comedy Festival) fight off the Forces of Darkness using the only weapon they’ve got– jokes.
The legendary BBC Radio 4 series hits the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in this special live residency starring the dream team of Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and D…
William Mastrosimone’s one-act play, Bang, Bang, You’re Dead, is a powerful response to the wave of school killings that have erupted in recent times.
Ten friends.
Dead Equal is a resplendent feminist perspective on female involvement in combat.
Shaving the Dead starts with two undertakers waiting at a coffin.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Dark, bold and razor sharp, Australian comedian Laura Davis is internationally critically acclaimed as one of the most unique comedic voices around.
The University of York’s Dead Ducks take to the Fringe with their brand-new sketch show: York du Soleil.
Despite the title, it transpires that Joz Norris is not dead, but is merely busy having a bath.
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award winning novelist J A Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
The black box space in Summerhall is perfectly suited to Zanetti Productions’ new one-woman show My Best Dead Friend, at once intimate and epic in its proportions.
Yorkshire’s finest Myra DuBois has tragically ‘died’ but on the upside, she’s invited you to the greatest funeral you will ever attend.
Fresh from the University of York, this double bill of comedy is the perfect way to celebrate the Great Yorkshire Fringe featuring the infamously impressive improv troup…
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
Mayor Goodman has been assassinated.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Dead Happy? is a one man show about life and our journey towards the inevitable.
THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, LONDON Based on George A.
An Evaluation Of Brian What does it mean to be good? Smile C**t, You're Not Dead YetDeath, Cancer, Existential Dread and Laughs An Evaluation Of Brian - Giant'…
An electro rock duo from Orange County formed by Justin Pointer and Tony Kim.
The Dead Daisies are making their highly anticipated return with their Welcome To Daisyland tour.
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Magicians Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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…
Have you ever wondered why you can’t speak to the dead? You aren’t drunk enough silly.
Springing up from the wreckage of his famous car (a Spider), James Dean talks honestly, candidly and sometimes with discomfort about his life.
A new comedy drama.
Your pictures and regrettable digital utterings are public.
Hi! I’m American comedian Chris Laker.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
After last year’s sell-out D Day Dodgers, the Woolly Sheep Theatre Company’s Not Dead Yet! is a one man play which challenges preconceptions about memory loss through real-life…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Magicians Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
Accessible yet still in-depth, funny and disturbingly ironic.
An interactive technological comedy adventure with comedian David Callaghan.
Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’.
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award-winning novelist JA Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
The multi award-winning Fringe cult hit is back.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
An interactive technological comedy adventure with comedian David Callaghan.
Homecoming is the word that comes to mind when watching this musical.
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Magicians Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
James Dean.
Comedian David Callaghan brings his newest interactive technological comedy adventure.
Award-nominated comic Jim Campbell has been busy with a chart-topping podcast, an acclaimed book and his personal life exploding.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
You know those brilliant ideas you get after last orders, and then in the morning you’re like, what was I thinking? This show must have been one of them: “Hey guys, what if we …
Dave Benson Phillips used to be on children’s TV all the time.
Free creative-fun for families.
Do you want to see a show but can’t get a babysitter? Worry no more.
From the House of the Dead is Janáček’s final work and arguably his most powerful.
Al can’t sleep.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
If you like murder mysteries and rapid-fire puns, then you’ll love Dead Drunk Detective: Live in the Rotten Flesh.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cult classic horror movie Evil Dead 2 reinterpreted through the songs of Elvis*.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Come along for an afternoon or evening of improvised fun with some of the best improv teachers in the country! The drop-in is a wide ability class, so everyone is welcome! Every cl…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Everyone has secrets.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
They’re back! Why? Money.
Cult classic horror movie Evil Dead 2 reinterpreted through the songs of Elvis*.
Almost 50 years after George Romero launched the zombie film genre on a shoestring budget, Night of the Living Dead holds a dear spot in the hearts of horror film fans.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
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…
A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof.
Sofie Hagen won an award ages ago and she’s still banging on about it.
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award winning novelist J A Henderson, our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
Do you remember Dave Benson Phillips? If you were a child in Britain from the 80s to the early 00s, there’s a fair chance you watched him on TV.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
The award-winning team that brought you ‘A Puppet Named Desire’ and ‘Puppetgeist’ return with mayhem, masks, and sock monsters.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Magicians Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
Half a century after its premiere on The Old Vic stage, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight, return…
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…
When twenty year old Charles Sorley is killed in action during the First World War, his devastated parents are left with only his letters and poems to remember him by.
Eleanor wants a child.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Murderous intentions corrupt adolescent dreams in the chilling story of six teenagers living 20 years apart in an isolated girls’ school.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go? This is a production that doesn’t try to answer any of your questions - or refer to pigeons, for that matter, even as a metaphor, throughout the…
In this four person concert drama, a celebrated artist struggles to atone for the sins of his past, while desperately searching for a new future.
Here is all the chaos of a Fringe-like show turned into a Fringe show: a farce about two plays being performed by one cast while their unreasonable and definitely shady writer/dire…
When deciding on a show to bring to the Fringe, you have two main choices: one, a piece of new writing - exciting and impactful but harder to market - or two, a take on a classic -…
Start your Fringe day with a laugh-and-learn walk through some of Edinburgh’s weirder backstory.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Part TED talk, part psychic extravaganza, Tom Binns’ extrasensory expert Ian D Montfort is back at the festival and he’s determined to convince the sceptics the dead are among …
The gold from the Great Waverley Train Robbery was never found but, 30 years on, new information has come to light as to its whereabouts.
The initial conceit of this show is that we’re all present at the funeral for Rose Matafeo.
A terrifying journey into the lair of the world famous Mackenzie Poltergeist, the best documented supernatural case in history.
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Magicians Griffin and Jones intend to find out.
Clown, dance and sketch collide as multi-award-winning Australian comedian, Tessa Waters, unleashes her new hour of stupidity.
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…
(closes on Sunday) A white police officer is accused of pushing a black boy out a window, and this play, directed by Eric Tucker from a script by Barry Malawer, explores the afterm…
Chisa Hutchinson’s two hander about an ailing woman and the Christian nurse she tries to bribe into killing her is a series of ethical skirmishes, but not only about the righ…
In anticipation of Douglas Tirola’s documentary “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” (to be released on Sept.
Throwing a great party in an amazing house, what could possibly go wrong? Except you’re supposed to be house-sitting.
This workshop introduces the voice work of Nadine George, used in productions such as Black Watch and Alan Cumming’s Macbeth, to creative practitioners wishing to explore their e…
Death is an important topic and it affects everyone, obviously.
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.
Dead End” is a two act stage play that takes place in post-apocalyptic America.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The beginner’s guide to surviving the Apocalypse, or at least the months between seasons five and six.
Where do letters and parcels go, when – because of an incomplete address, or lack of forwarding address – they can’t be delivered? According to Catherine Expósito and Marli …
Back from their unsuccessful world tour, the singing dictators of dark cabaret have come to Edinburgh.
Imagine if the hosts of your third favourite TV quiz show were propelled into a thrilling adventure involving: murders, robots, quiche, thumb wrestling and evil water coolers.
Imagine if the hosts of your third favourite TV quiz show were propelled into a thrilling adventure involving: murders, robots, quiche, thumb wrestling and evil water coolers.
This is Glasgow-based comedian Harry Garrison’s debut festival show, but with his confident, flawless delivery and natural charm, one would never know.
Jean is sitting in a cafe enjoying a lobster bisque when a phone nearby starts to rings.
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under …
Free trip to space.
‘Scripted comedy of the highest quality’ (Buxton 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…
Edinburgh’s City of the Dead tour company guide fringe audiences along their graveyard route.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Jessica Fostekew (writer on BBC 1‘s ‘Mock the Week’, Channel 4’s ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ and Radio 4’s ‘News Quiz’) previews her new show about what a nonsense all our plans and m…
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.
Simon Lovat’s 2013 hit one-man show returns to Brighton! Experience the world of funeral directing in all its bizarre humour and pathos when Francis Putlock visits your home for an…
Lynn Ruth Miller is 80 years old.
You will sing.
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…
A new dark, comedy farce set in a dingy, small-town hair dressing salon; called Dead Ends Beauty Boutique.
Dead in the Water takes the odd story of Operation Mincemeat - where Welsh vagrant Glyndwr Michael’s body was dumped by MI5 off the coast of Spain, complete with documents iden…
The promotional blurb for Dead Fresh warns you that missing the secret of this dark comedy (or perhaps missing the comedy itself – there’s some pronoun confusion in there) ‘c…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
A man has come to see a psychic.
(performances start on Aug.
Sarah Parker wakes up in an empty room.
Hang on.
Imagine the complete works of Oscar Wilde thrown into a box, shaken about a good bit and then dropped all over the floor.
In the appropriately multi-lingual halls of Espionage is this hidden gem of the Free Festival.
A show which does not allow us to forget the contradictions of a civil and democratic society.
“Death is very inconsiderate.
Dan Willis has been obsessed with zombies for a decade.
Like The Mighty Boosh in a minor key, Dead Ghost Star present a weird and wonderful double act of surreal, whimsical and thoroughly endearing comedy.
A terrifying journey into the lair of the world famous Mackenzie Poltergeist, the best documented supernatural case in history.
The Fringe’s late-summer position in the calendar means that few of those who visit the Scottish capital ever experience one particular form of indigenous theatre — pantomime…
Ever wondered what a conversation with a real-life ghost would be like? In this interesting take on the supernatural genre, writer/performer Lydia Nicholson shows her afterlife i…
The Dead Pony Society are going nowhere; quite literally, they’re performing sketches on a stationary bus for two weeks.
In this era of electronic messaging devices, where nothing texted or emailed seems personal, permanent or important, there is something romantic about a tangible, hand-written le…
Growing up as a kid in the 1970s, my first experiences of academic lectures were either snatches of TV programmes aimed at those studying courses with the Open University (thankful…
80 years old and behaving like someone a quarter of her age, Lynn Ruth Miller is certainly not your typical OAP.
Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like.
(previews begin on July 15; opens on July 20) As one of the original stars of Charles Ludlam’s “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” the actor Everett Quinton has long since…
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
This was by far one of the most outstandingly bizarre pieces of theatre I have ever seen; I am still not entirely sure what I actually witnessed, but I know that I liked it.
Presented by Theoretical Zombiologist Doctor Austin, discover how a Zombie brain works in this spoof lecture, featuring interactive demonstrations and a multi-media presentation.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
This is one of the oddest true stories you will ever hear.
Playwright Werner Schwab was just 35 when he died from what must have been quite a drinking spree after a New Year’s Eve party in 1994.
Nominated - 2013 Dave’s Comedy festival, Geoff debuts a hilarious new hour.
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.
Z Theatre Company consists of a bunch of likeable first year drama students from Hull University.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Drop by our Parlour Bar and be enlightened by our wonderful illustrator, Kanitta Meechubot.
Are you one of those people who love to read but whose habits have stagnated somewhat due to lack of ideas and inspiration? Or do you find books and literature to be something that…
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
It’s raining outside and our host – Stuart Laws – is on a mission to entertain us.
Imagine if Edgar Allan Poe and Marie Antoinette presented an hour of painfully terrible stand up, inviting guests to join them to plug their equally terrible shows, read poetry and…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Katerina Vrana’s multinational show is the kind of comedy gold that makes the Free Fringe all the more worthwhile.
You’ve just received the news that the capital has been struck by a horde of flesh-eating limb draggers, with the power to infect and eradicate the human race from existence.
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.
It may have just been that I was a good 20 years younger than most of the audience, but I felt like I’d gone back in time with Rosie Wilby’s Is Monogamy Dead?With frequent refe…
This show is about suicide and death.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Comedy troupe GibbensMagnusJones’ YouTube mockumentary Don’t Drop The Egg, following the lives of three members of the fictional Clapham Falcons RFC, provided an effective and …
It could be deemed ironic that our group was thrice threatened with murder before our tour had kicked off.
History, horror and a terrifying journey into the lair of the world-famous Mackenzie Poltergeist, the best documented supernatural case in history.
With a name like Showgirl, you’d expect a bit more oomph, but in fact Rachel Fairburn’s show is perhaps the exact opposite, and the low-energy slog begins and ends with little …
The title doesnt exactly sell the show as an evening of mirth and anarchy.
James Lambeth has a gorgeous voice and has selected a good list of Duke Ellington standards for his tribute ‘Drop Me Off in Harlem.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Initially I had high hopes for this young company.
When she sees a stranger die in a café, Jean hardly thinks before answering his ringing phone.
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…
In 1966, when the only definition of a hard drive was the jaunt to Edinburgh from London with a dodgy minibus full of props and costumes, and the beer at the venues was tuppence a …
Dead Cat Bounce embody all that a concept rock band should.
Bang Bang Youre Dead is largely based on a shooting in Oregon in 1998, in which a fifteen-year old boy killed his parents and then two of his fellow high school pupils, injuring …
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way.
A piano, a music stand, a garden hose plus two finely dressed English fellows - and you have the main ingredients of this stiff-upper-lipped-tribute band.
The central premise of the play is that there is an afterlife which everyone goes to after they die.
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.
After starting with an epic video and launching straight into fast paced one liners, it’s clear that this parody show has the objective of mocking every action film we have ever …
That Tom Binns’ now revered earlier creation, Ivan Brackenbury, has polarised opinion over the last few Fringes is undoubted.
There are actually plenty of comedy options at the Fringe if you want to avoid the ‘affable young bloke in jeans and a t-shirt telling jokes’ but perhaps none further removed t…
Rosie Wilby is a funny lady.
Stick Stock Stone Dead is a piece written and performed entirely by the under 18-year-olds of the CrazySchemeTheatre company, and while the show is a decent first attempt at physic…
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is based upon the two characters who appear sporadically in Hamlet.
After several sell-out Fringe shows and a run of worldwide appearances that have seen them tour almost continuously for the last four years, Dead Cat Bounce have honed their dysfun…
Here was the biggest audience yet.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
I attended this production as possibly the only person who was not a blood relative or class mate of someone connected to the show.
Jennifer Lusk’s new piece of writing is a one-woman show recalling a time in the Second World War when a young nurse had a photograph taken of her in an underground station by a …
The memories of two people, Merridy and her father, are explored in a new devised piece, but the American company lagom’s work left me feeling confused about its narrative aims a…
Is The Daily Mail Dead Yet? is a stand up comedy show which is intended to be a hilariously liberal attack against the Mail and other similar voices of outdated, emasculated racist…
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…
Theatre Corsair opens its doors to a space that is transformed seamlessly into an apartment where the lives of three women collide in this site-specific performance of The Dead Mem…
Based loosely on Ibsens When We Dead Awaken, Dead follows artist Pauric Fermoy back to Ireland, his pretty young wife in tow.
Neil LaBute’s companion plays Land of the Dead and Helter Skelter explore a sudden change in life situations, portrayed through the lives of two couples.
Attending free shows at the Fringe is something of a lottery.
The students in this house-share face questions typical to their situation, like how do you split a broadband bill? Or does never doing the washing up make you a git? However, they…
This play is a masterpiece.
After a highly acclaimed debut, Bella Hull returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with her new hour 'Piggie'.
Having gone viral for her impersonation and parodies of Liz Truss, impressionist Nerine Skinner chats with Katerina Partolina about 'The Exorcism of Liz Truss', in the sense of bot...
Before bringing a show about gifts called 'My Gift To You' to the Edinburgh Fringe, award winner, host of Comedy Bandits and a Guardian recommended podcast, Alfie Packham talks to...
Considered to be one of Devon’s and Bristol’s finest comedians, the award-winning, Alex Kitson sits down with Katerina Partolina Schwartz to discuss his upcoming Edinburgh Frin...
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after a sold-out Scottish tour and an OFFFest win for Best Musical/Circus at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, writer and musical director of 'Godfath...
Making his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Michael Kunze talks with Katerina Partolina Schwartz about his show - Infinity Mirror - his character – Mitch Coony - and the nature of comedy ...
The parody musical that makes us reassess everything we think we know about what happened under the sea, Shawna Hamic kindly took the time to give our reporter, Katerina Partolina ...
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
An interview with Crizards duo, Eddy Hare and Will Rowland, about their new stand-up hour Crizards: This Means War.
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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Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Broadway Baby chats to Gemma Wilson and Anna Thomas-Jones from The Well-Behaved Women about their upcoming show Dog Play Dead.
Irene Ros is writer and director of Marcel Vol 1, a surrealist show that attempts to turn the Berlusconi sex scandal into art.