Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Russell Hicks heads out on his first tour, but not his first rodeo.
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.
Fearlessly hilarious delivery combined with honesty and sincerity, Kane Brown is 19 years in the game.
Shane Todd is about to hit the road with his biggest ever tour.
Following his Biggest Award in Comedy nominated debut and subsequent hit tour, multi-award-winning comedian and junior doctor Michael Akadiri is back in London with his …
A raucous evening of music, comedy and musical comedy hosted by AJ Holmes (Book of Mormon, StarKid) and Caitlin Cook (The Writing on the Stall).
The Glass House, where beauty thrives, where night ends and light begins.
It’s the early 80s at Cambridge.
It’s all in the title (hahahahahahahaha).
Charismatic jazz musician Domo Branch returns to The Hub for a night of original music and improvisation.
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts, and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe for one week only! Featuring the very best impro…
Inspired by poetry from her homeland of Orkney, Catriona Price’s debut album Hert (Orcadian Scots for ‘heart’) explores the contrasting perspectives that make up the rich t…
Welcome to Hackton! Cyclists can’t get to Hackton library, literacy rates are dropping, cyclists can barely name a single book, library membership is dwindling and Hackton counci…
Join the brilliant London-based cello/piano duo of Anne-Isabel Meyer and Julian Jacobson as they return again to the Fringe to present a series of two concerts of music by Borodin,…
Scottish bagpipe music played by solo musicians and groups.
Berlin Philharmonic’s principal horn, Stefan Dohr, presents Brahms’s poignant Horn Trio and Ligeti’s 20th-century masterpiece, inspired by the former’s brilliance.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
Boom wer on! With guests, naughty and nice, Mr English will host former serial killers, gangsters, as well as facing his own demons through a spiritual journey live on stage.
Prepare yourselves for a wild and wonderful variety night hosted by character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye of critically acclaimed Siblings, starring their family…
Russell Howard, “one of the world’s top comedians” (Sunday Times) is warming up and trying new material.
Two friends, one party, zero social skills.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Multi-award winning Scottish stand-up Ray Bradshaw is coming back to the fringe with a brand-new work in progress show for 2024.
Come and see the Rated 18 Podcast LIVE.
Kane & Abel return with magic and comedy based on being twins.
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…
Remember childhood-favourite Guess Who? It’s that, but based on vibes and played with you, the lovely audience.
Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col…
After a sold-out 2023 season, your favourite Jewish Australian cancer survivor with one testicle is back with lots to say about the state of the world.
The award-winning comedy trio Bad Clowns are putting on a night of the best comedy acts from this year’s festival every Friday and Saturday of the Fringe, and you’re invited!
From @everydaysametime the online series takes to the stage. The story of how easy it is to make friends from around the world and have restaurants remember your order.
What’s your name? Where are you from? What do you do for a living? Who’s drinking? Are you two a couple? Etc etc.
Pete Carson and Cobin Millage: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
Stick your tongue out, do a peace sign, and tilt your head.
Edinburgh show number five for the five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist.
Michael Kunze is actor Mitch Coony in this Hollywood odyssey, where you’re only ever one hit away from a Tom Hanks sex party.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
‘Nobody on this planet makes me laugh as hard as Ross McGrane’ (Jordan Gray).
Comedian Michael Balazo (writer, Schitt’s Creek) presents a show about family secrets, shame and.
Sobriety, sex and profound stupidity.
After a series of sold-out performances, Benedict Townsend brings his stand-up show to the Fringe for the very first time.
One guest.
Explore the world of enchanting glamour with the return of the MESSY FRIENDS! Fresh from their acclaimed Australian tour, witness outrageous drag, breathtaking burlesque, mesmerisi…
Australian comedian Ross Purdy attempts to perform the most culturally significant show the Earth has ever seen with his chaotic brand of alternative anti-comedy.
After a sell-out 2023 season, your favourite Jewish Australian cancer survivor with one ball returns to the Fringe.
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places? Toby was, until he discovered the ancient lost Gaelic secrets to love, life and the universe.
Michael sheds light on the everyday challenges of his condition, from the struggles of memory loss and impulse control to the comical mishaps that ensue when navigating social inte…
House of Life is a place of worship with one goal: happiness for all, at any cost.
Comedian Michael Welch returns with a new show filled with jokes, mischief and perhaps stuff he will later regret saying.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Have you ever seen a ghost? Comedian Eleanor Morton hasn’t.
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
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 …
BAFTA award winner, star of Live at the Apollo and Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Michael Odewale returns to the Fringe.
A family in mourning.
Star and co-creator of the critically acclaimed, BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated Channel 4 show Catastrophe, author of two-time New York Times and Sunday Times Bestsell…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
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.
If entrepreneurship tickles your taste buds, then this is the event for you.
London’s favourite sex-positive live comedy experience, as seen in Time Out, Metro and Londonist.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Copernicus Now is a joyful and surreal caper in which the Renaissance-era astronomer reshapes the sola…
Stand-up comedian and semi-harmless fanatic Daniel Powell (plus special guest) take a deep dive into the work of the comedian Stewart Lee.
In a small town in America the Wrights reside.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
After his 2018 sell-out run Join Ben Carter for ‘How to Approach People and Make Friends (Volume II)’ as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the …
The 2023 Brighton Fringe award-winning show returns! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two life-cha…
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.
Club and dance music pioneers bring a bespoke live selection of recent recordings, remixes, reinterpretations and classics.
We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated.
Mitchell Coony knows what people say about him.
Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun.
Local Brighton alternative comedian Brad Jon Kane presents a character comedy show, where all the characters have been politely asked to ‘Please Slow Down’.
Award-winning Irish comedians, Marty Gleeson and Roger O’ Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards nominees, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist & Unexplained Legends Podcast) invite you…
Bank holiday 6/5 classical music with the Elegia Consort [Daria Robertson, soprano, Paul Houston, clarinet, Andrew Storey, piano] including music by Rimsky-Korsakov 12/5 Ellie Bl…
Tours of St.
A networking opportunity to meet other Brighton Fringe artists and venues who are also taking part for the first time in 2024.
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Sunshine is back for his 3rd year in London at Leicester Square Theatre and enjoying his 5th year on Broadway.
Musical Theatre legend Jason Robert Brown comes to the London Palladium for one night only, in an unmissable concert spectacular on Sunday 24 March 2024.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Robbie Ross? A wild(e) divulgence of Victorian indulgence.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its beloved Leicester…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Fin Taylor previews his upcoming UK tour in a room above a pub in Penge.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
Music is something that we are all touched by.
Music is something that we are all touched by.
Ricky Gervais takes to the stage with a selection of comedian friends to debut new material.
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
A great family opera sung in English – Antony McDonald’s exquisite production of Humperdinck’s fairytale masterpiece returns in time for Christmas.
There’s a famous quote by Winston Churchill that says that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma”.
Bridget Christie is headlining a night of comedy in aid of Women and Children First, joined by her funny friends.
Looking out at you from the poster for the National Theatre’s latest version of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Harriet Walter cuts an imperious figure.
Star and co-creator of the critically acclaimed, BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated Channel 4 show Catastrophe, author of two-time New York Times and Sunday Times Bestsell…
A Brixton House Production.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
What happened last night? The girls turn up to perform their show as usual, but something is wrong.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Dan has spent the last two years changing the comedy industry from the inside out, paving new career paths for himself and many others, whilst being one half of the smas…
Dan has spent the last two years changing the comedy industry from the inside out, paving new career paths for himself and many others, whilst being one half of the smas…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
What if the Big Bad Wolf blew your house down? What if you had to start building your life all over again? Award-winning show about family disability and being an accidental carer…
The contribution of Stephen Sondheim to musical theatre was commemorated in a one-off tribute show last year, following his death in 2021.
Brap brap and indeed another brap, hello legends, it's me, MC Hammersmith, posh west London's leading freestyle gangsta rapper.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
Nai Barghouti is joined by her quartet for a life-affirming, jazz-infused musical feast that showcases a dizzying depth of international influences.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
Theater Camp is a hilarious feel-good mockumentary movie that celebrates the wonderful world of performing arts with all its eccentricities.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends, and what an afternoon; Du Beke gives a hilarious and dazzling show filled with humour, dance and song.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
It’s a woke, woke world – political correctness has gone mad! If only a group of strong, forthright, red-blooded males in tight t-shirts would break free from the oppressive an…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosts a late-night improv show featuring the best improvisers at the Fringe.
Character comedy sketch duo Mudfish host their friends in this wild show featuring their favourite sketch, stand-up and short films.
Andy is one of Scotland’s top swing vocalists offering a big band sound production with professional sound and light.
Join Jack Whitehall as he returns to the Pleasance to host a special late-night stand-up show with some of his friends from around the Fringe.
Rave Forever is back at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms this August for a 5am-finish Fringe special with the man responsible for bringing Acid House to Scotland back in the late 80s, the …
Internationally renowned oboist Albrecht Mayer and friends perform lively pieces by Mozart, Britten and Moeran.
Michael and Hilary Whitehall have escaped the antics of their son Jack and are bringing their hit podcast The Wittering Whitehalls live to The Prestonfield on Saturday 19th August.
‘The queen of Australian cabaret comedy’ (GlamAdelaide.
Scotsman Michael Herd, one of the rising stars of the English comedy scene in China, spent 14 years in the People’s Republic and has returned to live in Scotland after doing most o…
Eigg-based independent label Lost Map celebrates its 10th year with full band performances from Pictish Trail, L T Leif.
Fiddle melodies inspired Burns across his life.
Star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, and the man behind viral sensation Fin Vs The Internet with over 50 million views online - Fin Taylor is working up material fo…
Join performance poet Robert Garnham for his new show, Bouncer.
Aalex believes her basic bitch mentality gets her far in life when used to hone in on big grown-up things, like human psychology.
Experience a unique and occasionally surreal evening of laughter from Ireland’s favourite internet comedians Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann, bringing their jokes, sketches and …
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
Twice nominated for Young Musician of the Year, acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Scottish tunes played on bagpipes, performed by groups of players and solo: marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes, jigs, piobaireachd, and songs.
The double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns with a brand new show about moving to a new area, people he has met and losing his mind.
Where Friends meets Pitch Perfect! The Bristol Suspensions tell a story of friendship and scandal using chart-topping hits, familiar characters, and funky choreography… not to me…
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
Join young soloists from Coro 23: Lesley Bruce, soprano, Holly Gowen, mezzo-soprano, John Hails, tenor, Matthew Fulton-Peebles, bass-baritone, and pianist Jamie Lang as they perfor…
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
The violinist and composer performs music from her acclaimed first solo album, Hert, which draws musical and storytelling inspirations from her Orkney heritage.
Pianist Richard Michael delves into the music of Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and Brubeck demonstrating his virtuosic piano playing with unique insights into some of the finest song…
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
The French harpist presents a programme of music by French composers, designed to display the full beauty, power and complexity of the instrument.
These girls are batshit crazy and I love it.
Prepare for a sidesplitting and heartwarming comedic adventure in the must-see Soup Group: Art Show!; an exceptional masterpiece.
Emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry, and musical husbandry are the cornerstones of Men With Coconuts, at PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse.
The first of two concerts from the American violinist and his friends features a series of upbeat works influenced by folk music.
Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to.
‘Nobody on this planet makes me laugh as hard as Ross McGrane’ (Jordan Gray).
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse.
A cocksure and impassioned performance.
From the crazy mind of Sid Singh (Comic Relief, Muzlamic) comes the most diverse show on the whole Fringe! Its half comedy show and half game show as every night a brand new lineup…
Mick McNeill’s rapid climb up the Scottish comedy ladder has seen him become a weekend favourite at every comedy club in the country.
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen.
A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe.
It’s time.
In what could be crowned the most uplifting show of the Fringe, The House of Life aka Ben Welch and Laurence Cole from Sheep Soup combine preaching, live music, comedy and all roun…
The Leeds Tealights bring joy and mirth to the Fringe this year in A Very Special Birthday Party.
Success.
Michael Porter is an incomparable comedy talent with an unmistakable Irish flair! ‘Fearless in ever sense of the word.
Patrick has many dead friends, which is a huge bummer.
Join New York comedian Alexis Gay and her funniest comedian friends for an hour of fresh, fun, fast-paced stand-up comedy.
In 1941 a precocious young upstart of New York’s glittering theatre scene tried his hand at making a movie and accidentally created the greatest motion picture of all time.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
25 podcasts in 25 days! Come along for a live recording of a different podcast every day of the Fringe! Visit our site to see who is on, or just show up and be surprised.
After a decade of writing jokes, Bazely is out of ideas.
Which ethnicity will he be? Come join us to see! You are invited to Michael Welch’s Ethnic Reveal Party in which he will finally answer that age-old question: ‘where are you really…
The Magic of Terry Pratchett is an absolutely smashing show that sweeps us into a captivating journey through the life and legacy of the legendary Sir Terry Pratchett, presented by…
Lucy McCormick may think she's the diva of her feral, budget cabaret of brazen filth but the real joy is taking part in the push and pull of being in an audience under her spel…
In 1886, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse near San Francisco.
The Chatham House Rule is an agreement which allows those in power to share ideas with impunity: the discussion itself can be reported upon, but names are protected.
Each human being is a galaxy.
Drew Michael's one-man show is a poignant yet probably divisive performance that promises a unique experience but will leave its audience grappling with a combination of innova…
The artists are unmasked in this multi award-winning drag variety show from Australia.
Attending John Kearns' show, The Varnishing Days, was an absolute treat that demands to be seen! Right from his entrance, he had us hooked with his distinctive and uproarious p…
Prepare to be blown away by an evening of non-stop laughter as Mat Ewins takes the stage in his sensational show, Mr TikTok.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
Becky Heaviside & Friends Becky Heaviside (“A cheeky and intelligent act.
Becky Heaviside & Friends Becky Heaviside (“A cheeky and intelligent act.
Kane and Abel perform comedy and magic based on the cliches of being twins.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
Kane and Abel perform comedy and magic based on the cliches of being twins.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London, a member of Weirdos Comedy Collective and winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Michael McMillan’s The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home draws on his critically acclaimed and internationally renowned installation The Front Room, now permane…
Michael McMillan’s The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home draws on his critically acclaimed and internationally renowned installation The Front Room, now permane…
It’s the tenth bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Dinner of the Willing is simply a cross sector gathering of people who have a willingness and enthusiasm to be part of a shift on how we seriously push diversity conversations into…
Dinner of the Willing is simply a gathering of like-minded souls who have a willingness and enthusiasm to be part of a shift on how we seriously push diversity conversations into a…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Character Comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye, of critically acclaimed ‘Siblings’, are back with another mixed bill variety night starring their weird and wonderful frie…
Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, smelling and tasting different ingredie…
FOOD CULTURE & ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, s…
FOOD CULTURE & ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, s…
You are invited to Break Reality, a cabaret night where you step out from the real world and into a dimension where objects come to life and anything is possible! Hosted by Beanpig…
You are invited to Break Reality, a cabaret night where you step out from the real world and into a dimension where objects come to life and anything is possible! Hosted by Beanpig…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
‘“Phenomenal!” - (Woman, 31, Helsinki) “Funny as fuck” - (Man, 65, New York) “Better than a real penis!” - (Gay man, 44, Helsinki) “I didn’t even have to be ashamed” -(Kaisa’s mum)…
‘“Phenomenal!” - (Woman, 31, Helsinki) “Funny as fuck” - (Man, 65, New York) “Better than a real penis!” - (Gay man, 44, Helsinki) “I didn’t even have to be ashamed” -(Kaisa’s mum)…
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.
1918.
Brighton Fringe seems to be going through an interesting trend at the moment giving characters from well known plays a voice, so they can finally have their say.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
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…
In May we are celebrating all things Eurovison so our Variety Lunch Club is getting a Eurovision Special!Sam Avery will be brining Eurovision themed acts to the stage to…
Saint Michael’s church was established in 1862 but then the building greatly extended some twenty years later.
Saint Michael’s church was established in 1862 but then the building greatly extended some twenty years later.
Award-winning musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury is putting on her Sunday Finest to present an hour of music & laughter including a special guest act and a quirky collaboration! …
Award-winning musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury is putting on her Sunday Finest to present an hour of music & laughter including a special guest act and a quirky collaboration! …
Michael Fabbri stand up comedy Work in progress show
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Stand-up comedy Work in progress show.
The Cassettelord & Friends at Caravanserai is an art exhibition and working studio with up to 4 professional artists displaying and creating artworks on site.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
Brace yourself.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
Come join Boogie Roo as she takes you for the best silent disco dance-walk adventure through the streets and the beaches of Brighton.
Brace yourself.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
Six time Fringe Award winner Alfie Ordinary welcomes you to the House Of Fun! Opening the iconic Brighton Spiegeltent with a conga line of the UK’s most outrageous acts, Alfie retu…
The Many Deaths of Michael Malloy is a brand new, immersive comedy musical set in a 1930a speakeasy.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Tommy Cannon is one of Britain's greatest ever straight men.
Tommy Cannon is one of Britain's greatest ever straight men.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all …
OUR TWO CURIOUS PODCAST HOSTS TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST INTRIGUING FACTS THEY CAN FIND, AND IN PART 2 OF EACH SHOW MEET A GENUINE EXPERT WHO CAN TELL US MORE.
Notting Hill.
On the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after one final drink she will go to The Dry House to get sober.
The 4 friends is based on a story, usually named “The Musicians of Bremen” told to the Grimms Brothers by the Haxthausen family and Dorothy Viehmann.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
After a smash-hit, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, London’s Soho Theatre, and on tour across the UK, Olga Koch is bringing one of the best reviewed shows of …
Behold - It’s time for the Rise of the Feminine Divine.
A new comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens.
‘Laura Riseborough’s Only Friends’ is a solo character-comedy pick and mix.
Tiler Peck turns up the heat with this handpicked showcase of talent.
A & B want so badly to help.
Tamina was from Pakistan but living in London’s Notting Hill area during the 1950s, in the times before the decriminalisation of homosexuality came in 1967.
Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
This striking reimaging of Ibsen’s classic play is set in Calcutta during British colonialist rule.
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Come and party with the UK’s top burlesque diva’s in an epic carnival of costumes, cocktails, glitter encrusted chaos.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its beloved Leicester…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to …
Holding up a glitter encrusted mirror to the crazy times we are currently living in, top UK trailblaizers House of Burlesque bring you PoliTITs - a sizzling, showgirl satire of con…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to …
Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is a show all about bugs.
Sam Toocaram: Identity Crisis! Mixed Race! Middle class! His mouth talks rich but his wallet talks poor! Is his addicition to hinge dates making him lose touch with reality? Are hi…
In NAKEDpresents hedonistic utopia expect a cabaret that fuses drag icons, cabaret greats & circus legends into one queer spellbinding show.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre.
The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES.
The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli…
FESTIVE DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! And they drop at 8!(I’ve tried make it festive, basically we’re pl…
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It’s that time of year again when, as an Irish community committed and passionate about HIV, we celebrate World AIDS Day with the Irish Aid Annual Professor Michae…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Show And Tell present Mae Martin Experiments With Friends Mae Martin hosts a truly special one-off late night of stand-up and improv, alongside their favourite…
Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions.
When couple Karen and Gabe’s closest friends’ marriage falls apart, their world turns upside-down.
Irish baritone Benjamin Russell is currently a member of the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
1st Show: 18:30 2nd Show: 19:30 Cultural Comedy Tours returns to the Grant Museum for a wonderful Halloween special evening of discovery and laughter with a one of a kind look …
Are you a writer who is interested in having your work produced? Join us for Stage Write Open House where producers, writers and course participants will be giving …
House of Flamenka is lavish, extravagant and sexy.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Experience a unique night of laughter from Ireland’s favourite internet comedians Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann, bringing their jokes, sketches and tunes live…
On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
He’s back! After two years of forced solitary accordion squeezing at home, and to the huge relief of his neighbours, Sandy returns to the A Club once again, upgraded, biceps bulgin…
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
The latest surrealist caper from Michael Brunström, award-winning comedian and creator of The Human Loire, The Hay Wain Reloaded, Parsley and The Great Fire of London.
The British harpsichordist and conductor joins brilliant Baroque performers for a journey through the riches of European 17th-century chamber music.
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.
When a struggling actor can’t pay rent, she signs herself and her roommate (she won’t mind) up for a fun robot friend in order to receive a big paycheck.
Ross performs tracks from his new album, Provenance, a collection of works for piano and electronics.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good …
Come watch the live show of the hit comedy podcast The Year Is where every episode Red and Bobby go back to a year in history and talk about the weirdest and strangest events from …
Join Colin MacLeod and friends for an hour’s musical journey through the centre of Edinburgh to discover some of the Celtic music delights, tunes, their stories and the musicians…
Join the creator of The Room Next Door in this final run at the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful sell-out tour as he talks about making comedy under the radar and the dangers of…
ComedyMania UK, in association with Monkey Barrel Comedy presents Aurie Styla and Friends.
ComedyMania UK, in association with Monkey Barrel Comedy presents Aurie Styla and Friends.
This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled.
Come and hear an EdFringe podcast recorded live and listen to the backstage chat and meet the Edinburgh legend/veteran/star.
Live podcast with celebrity guests! Join Lynn (Scottish and mouthy) Neil (quiet and brooding) and the one and only Chesney Hawkes (frankly adorable) for chat, live music, temporary…
A brand-new show where volunteers from the audience unlock their imaginations and create a once-in-a-lifetime show of improvised comedy under the influence of hypnosis – live on …
After four years of platforming experimental, emerging and established variety acts at the Cockpit, Gareth & Friends returns as part of the Camden Fringe with a brand new show full…
Join John Bishop and Tony Pitts as they meet a special guest to chat about three words that mean something to them.
Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to.
There’s a point beyond burnout where all you can do is laugh and Deirdre O’Kane has well and truly reached it.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Dr Reverend Jimmy Goodlove, the 1980s-styled American televangelist, preaches and teaches! Life’s answers are found in the lyrics of Grammy Award-winning album Faith by George Mich…
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Robert is a poet.
Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher.
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Join Edinburgh’s prestigious Poosie Nansie Burns Club in this their centenary year for a lively celebration of the life and works of Scotland’s National Bard, Robert Burns.
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
Award-winning jazz trombonist Rory Ingham joins forces with ground-breaking Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie for a night of high-energy, encapsulating and accessible jazz, featuri…
Escape from the House of Mercy is a dance/theatre work which looks at institutions which have compromised the rights of women in the past and the present through the buried stories…
This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled.
The drunk knight returns.
Diane Chorley brings you her chart-topping podcast Chatting with Chorley live from the glamour of her cult 1980s nightclub The Flick.
The world’s changed, Michaels confused and snowflake is a cold dessert? Is it just me? Let’s find out together.
Five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist brings his third hour to Edinburgh.
Elvis and Friends starring Oliver Harris.
Runner-up for Best Comedy at Standing Ovation Awards 2021.
Have you ever wondered where the divas go, in between getting married or getting killed, night after night at the opera house? Madame Chandelier’s Opera House Party, of course.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
Robert Miles is a quirky one-liner comedian. Also an outstanding ventriloquist. Robert Miles is also in a double act with Cyril the squirrel in a stand-up comedy show.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
France 1789.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Sascha LO (Chortle Student and Brighton Komedia finalist, character comedian and shockingly still single) presents a split bill featuring some of the biggest rising stars of the UK…
‘Russell’s mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the…
Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o…
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
This a comedic, ridiculous and masculine social commentary on the absurdity of men from a queer female perspective.
Highly anticipated debut hour from comedian and junior doctor.
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…
This a comedic, ridiculous and masculine social commentary on the absurdity of men from a queer female perspective.
It’s the late night comedy gameshow that put’s the ‘dick’ in dictionary.
“Eagles! The eagles are coming” says Pippin Took in Lord of the Rings.
We’ve all been there.
Fresh from their universally adored BBC Three pilot, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson make their long-awaited return to the Fringe with a sketch show about love.
Olga Koch is winning at life and she wants us to know it.
Following the recent deposit of the landmark archive of acclaimed street photographer Robert Blomfield (1938–2020) at the Centre for Research Collections, this exhibition celebra…
A split bill stand-up comedy show featuring two of the country’s most attention seeking stand up comedians.
Becky Heaviside & Friends Becky Heaviside (“A cheeky and intelligent act.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
A man confronts his notions of masculinity and fatherhood as he decides to record a video message to his estranged son, who is competing in a reality TV show… for drag queens! In…
Midnight Snacks is a new breed of late-night show - a chilled out hour designed to relax you before bed, featuring surreal stories, strange sketches and tall tales.
Celebrate the closing of the 2022 Penge Festival with the Heatwave House Party at The Bridge House!An all day party downstairs in the pub with special live music sets in our theatr…
Based on the bone-chilling works of Bram Stoker, “Dracula’s Guest” takes you into the dark heart of Victorian horror to reveal the very meaning of terror and the consequences of co…
Based on the bone-chilling works of Bram Stoker, “Dracula’s Guest” takes you into the dark heart of Victorian horror to reveal the very meaning of terror and the consequences of co…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
By Lucas Hnath There's a knock at the door.
“Have you ever felt so sad you thought you’d never be happy again?” Charles, Billie and Alex live in the same house but they never see each other.
Ricky Gervais returns to Leicester Square with a night of new material.
You are invited to Break Reality, a cabaret night where you step out from the real world and into a dimension where objects come to life and anything is possible! Hosted by Beanpig…
Reportedly T S Eliot carried a pocket version of Dante around, and although he could not understand Italian explained that he simply listened to the music of the words.
Reportedly T S Eliot carried a pocket version of Dante around, and although he could not understand Italian explained that he simply listened to the music of the words.
Russell Hicks has gained legendary status in British comedy for his masterful improv and crowd-work skills, hosting and headlining at iconic venues across the UK and abroad.
Russell Hicks has gained legendary status in British comedy for his masterful improv and crowd-work skills, hosting and headlining at iconic venues across the UK and abroad.
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Please join us for a very special evening celebrating the “Otherwise Engaged” exhibition, which features the beautiful artistry of 3 talented practitioners from the Creative Fu…
It’s the tenth bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
Sunday Assembly is a worldwide network of non-religious gatherings that aim to celebrate life and build community through thought-provoking speakers, readings, poems, quiet reflect…
Sunday Assembly is a worldwide network of non-religious gatherings that aim to celebrate life and build community through thought-provoking speakers, readings, poems, quiet reflect…
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Sharing funny stories from the front line of teaching, this live show will see the Two Mr P's reminiscing on their own school days and looking at the wonderful and …
Phil McIntyre Live LTD proudly presents TWO MR Ps IN A PODCAST - LIVE Mr P has been a primary school teacher for over 14 years.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
“Ross Kamp has a strong future ahead of him as a comedian, as well as a writer” Broadway Baby Ross Kamp invites you to look on the bright side of life as he explores the world of…
Let’s face it, the future has seemed quite blurry for a while now hasn’t it? Well, it’s time to look ahead to a brighter and queerer future! Join queer comedian Ross Kamp as he s…
The award-winning stand-up and BAFTA-nominated star of Netflix/Channel4’s Feel Good, Mae Martin, is back at London’s Leicester Square Theatre for a truly spe…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
With mum Sue across the road at the neighbour’s 70s themed soiree, rebellious teenage daughter Abi is left to host a party of her own.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
It’s a new day at Sittingbottom school and FROG is looking for a place to sit, but CAT has other ideas and DOG is happy to play along.
Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll …
Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll be joined by T…
We are thrilled to present the world première of Maria Friedman’s brand-new show celebrating the brilliance of Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and prove…
Join author, campaigner and podcast host Ruairí McKiernan, Senator Lynn Ruane and special guests for what is guaranteed to be a lively and inspiring conversation …
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In a desperate attempt to bring some spark back to their all-too-cosy married life, professional millennials Michael and Phil switch a sherry on the couch for a night on the town.
BirminghamFriday 19th November, The Nightingale Club Were finishing this year with a bang and pleased to announced the return of MAX to the U.
Steam Down return to the Albany for a special homecoming gig.
Reclaiming the European Street: Speeches on Europe and the European Union President Michael D.
The Queer Gaze is a podcast presented and produced by Homotopia Associate Artist Ashleigh Owen.
THIS HALLOWEEN WEEKEND, THE SPOOKS COME ALIVE WITHIN DRAG ATTACK V!International lip-sync assassin, rocknroll songstress and your ghost hostess Crystal Lubrikunt welcomes you …
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
The Wife of Michael Cleary is the first piece of music theatre from composer and performer Maz O’Connor.
AVA VIDAL AND FRIENDS - OCTOBER Ava Vidal, comedian, broadcaster and the sharpest social commentator on Twitter is back at The RVT for the next Ava Vidal and Friends.
AEG Presents Jeremy Piven Plus Special Guests Jeremy Piven is best known for his role as ARI GOLD in the hit HBO series Entourage, which aired for eight seasons; le…
Join Aidan Orange with this weeks guests Tequila Thirst & Issamood!
An amazing evening of dinner and live music.
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They are back! Come join Aidan Orange and his good dear friends Heather Duster & Dahlia at West Five Bar.
Romancero Books con el apoyo de la Oficina de Asuntos Culturales y Cintificos de la Embajada de Espaa en Londres presenta el Festival de Literatura Queer Espaola en Londres - FLQEL…
Vroom vroom Join us on Friday 1st October for our next Mothers Meeting with a superstar cast of Alexis Meshida, Miss Terri Boxx and Rupauls Drag Race U.
South East London’s favourite alternative drag show and queer cabaret revue returns after its sellout relaunch with a truly phenomenal smorgasbord of LGBTQ+ talent.
Whether you love opera, or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier’s OPERA HOUSE PARTY is the place for you.
Aidan Orange & Friends, This week Aidan Orange is joined by DeDeLicious & Beau Jangles Doors Open 7:30pm / Seated by 8:15pm / Show Time 8:30pmPlease note Covid 19 rest…
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford dissect t…
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford dissect t…
This weeks friends include Miss Leigh Ding and ME the Queen If you are booking from your friends separately and wish to be seated together please E-mail us in advan…
Join Mawaan Rizwaan and friends for an evening of showstopping comedy, live music and dancing to celebrate this year's Pride.
SPECIAL PRIDE : Bring your best pride outfit while pushing yourself with the best pop playlist! The ultimate bootcamp experience.
RM Events is proud to announce our new collaboration with Aquum Bar Clapham! Do you like house? Do you like garage? Or do you just want an excuse to party before pride?RM Even…
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
AVA VIDAL & FRIENDS AT THE RVT We are thrilled to welcome the brilliant Ava Vidal back to The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for her first & Friends show of 2021.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Aidan Orange & Friends! This weeks friends include the Sensational Tayris Mongardi & Sissy Lea Door Open 7:30pm / Seated by 8pm / Show Time 8:30 …
South East London’s favourite alternative drag show and queer cabaret revue is BACK from the miserable depths of quarantine with a truly phenomenal lineup of LGBTQ+ talent.
Dirty Harry not only has the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
This weeks guests with Aidan are Miss Saffron Slayter - The original singing Slayter Sister! This sexy red head causes nothing but camp catastrophe wherever she sashays around…
The wait is finally over! The world’s first Gay Fairytale Prince is coming to Manchester - and just in time for Pride!Perhaps happily ever after does exist after all? Or should we …
This twelve-strong company are enthusiastic, bright young things who sing, sway and beat-box with great spirit.
This week, the Gladiator workout is co-hosting a join event with the gay touch rugby team the Clapham feelers.
A unique take on the transition from the Ottoman Empire’s period to the Republican era through the story of an old mansion and its demolition.
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
Join Barrie Kosky and Katharine Mehrling in an intimate soirée and discover the songs of German composer Kurt Weill.
After only about four years, Iona Fyfe is very well established as one of Scotland’s finest folk singers.
Jody Kamali presents a multi-character comedy/variety show.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of musical friends in a filmed concert of songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.
Distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of musical friends perform a concert of songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Ross Cullum (Bridgerton) plays villainous English bastards on TV, depicting the cis-het-masc-posho-twat demographic.
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.
Scotland’s best and much-loved stand-up comedian, Fred MacAulay is back with a brand-new comedy show with some of his favourite guests from across the UK.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Pianodrome presents four stunning performances from exceptional musical acts who are passionate about bringing their deep understanding of classical chamber music to a contemporary…
We’re gonna be honest.
We’re gonna be honest.
Join Glasgow-born Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone) accompanied on the piano by Keval Shah as he sings a selection of songs by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
He’s back with a brand new comedy show for 2021! Mask off, mic on, laughs had! Four-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist.
The past stalks the present in this gripping drama with the world in a state of flux.
Celebrating his 34th year Fringe and Merv has gone al fresco.
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.
Pianodrome presents four stunning performances from exceptional musical acts who are passionate about bringing their deep understanding of classical chamber music to a contemporary…
France 1789.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
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Three friends are here to make you laugh.
Three friends are here to make you laugh.
Three friends are here to make you laugh.
“Mrs Kirkham comes up to my classroom at lunch and sees.
“Mrs Kirkham comes up to my classroom at lunch and sees.
Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare.
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and prove…
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and pr…
Join poet Adam Kammerling as he launches his debut collection Seder, alongside a gang of hyper-talented poets and musicians.
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
I was five when I first heard them.
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…
The Jerk Store.
I was five when I first heard them.
The Jerk Store.
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.
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…
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Seeing Queerly was a comedy show that presented a different take to life during and after lockdown, as well as dating.
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.
Jody Kamali presents some of his favourite characters in this multi-character comedy/variety show.
Jody Kamali presents some of his favourite characters in this multi-character comedy/variety show.
Stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Ryan Mold, introducing short sets from some of the very best comedians across Brighton Fringe.
Stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Ryan Mold, introducing short sets from some of the very best comedians across Brighton Fringe.
Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sami Abu Wardeh.
3 - 5th June - Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sam…
Hello Sailor! Fun Sun Seekers! An open-air dance-walk Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party returns to beautiful Brighton with their ‘Super Seaside Special’! It’s the outra…
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
Brighton got their boogie shoes on as they danced around Brighton with Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party under the guidance of our ship's captain Mama Roo and her shipmat…
MEETING is a short “Zama” (Zoom Drama) about the most awkward meeting imaginable on Zoom - and given that almost every meeting on Zoom is awkward, you can imagine just how awkward …
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
MEETING is a short “Zama” (Zoom Drama) about the most awkward meeting imaginable on Zoom - and given that almost every meeting on Zoom is awkward, you can imagine just how awkward …
TV paranormal shows are misleading at best, fake at worst.
Reality and fiction fuse in this interesting piece focusing on the paranormal world, as a TV editor called Sam struggles to accept where the lines of reality lie when asked to chan…
Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s…
Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s…
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Gloria, Sarah, Sioned and George.
Writer and poet Michael Rosen celebrates his 75th birthday at Brighton Festival, sharing stories of his life and work with Hannah Azieb PoolOne of Britain’s best loved writers an…
A digital installation inspired by BS Johnson’s celebrated novel, directed by Tim Crouch.
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Sioned and George.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
£7510am-3pmSuitable for ages 18+This workshop is all about signage onto rustic wooden planks that will be prepared for you.
We could all do with a distraction.
Kill The Cat Theatre invites you to play what seems to be a simple game of blackjack in the “The House”.
This event has been rescheduled from Tue 17 November 2020.
This film is a socially distanced film.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and the smash hit Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe comedy game show is bringing you all the action that Hallmark always let you down on - the…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
!On Sunday 31 October we’re having a special Halloween-themed class.
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of Blondie, but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
25 years since the premiere of ‘Toasting The Lassies’, does the costume still fit? Can she still hit the high notes of Ae Fond Kiss? Gill Bowman revisits the material and wonders i…
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Edinburgh-based musicians Andrew Leslie and Stephen Roberts have played at AMC since 2013.
Charlotte Green, writer of Lest We Forget, and James Robert Moore, writer of POSTERBOY, join us for a chat about the process of developing their plays and their ambitions…
It’s 2086.
A live-from-home reading of a twenty minute section of brand new play POSTERBOY based on the autobiography OUT IN THE ARMY by James Wharton – telling the insp…
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex.
A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, …
France 1789.
3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Ross is a father of four cool guys and still the coolest guy in town.
After surviving testicular cancer, one of Australia’s fastest-rising comedians Michael Shafar debuts with his critically acclaimed show 50/50 that is equal parts raw, honest and hi…
A NEW INTERACTIVE GAME THEATRE PIECE THAT YOU CAN PLAY FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.
After surviving testicular cancer, one of Australia’s fastest-rising comedians Michael Shafar performs his first ever show in London with his critically acclaimed …
Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200…
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS.
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and prove…
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but why are Eric & Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd so fondly r…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
The heritage of comedy is a troubled one - littered with the shells of those whose genius is inextricably linked with struggles with mental health.
Comedy legend Tony Slattery is live on stage in conversation with Britain's foremost comedy historian Robert Ross.
You only get a few chances to hear performances of this quality in such welcoming surroundings.
Mark’s podcast investigates what it is to be British.
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage for the first time to raise money for LBC’s charity Globa…
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage for the first time to raise money for LBC’s charity Globa…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers retu…
When Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan covered the stage with a flurry of white feathers for his re-imagining of Swan Lake, it earned him a flock of five s…
From the producers of Searching For Sugar Man and Whitney: Can I Be Me comes this intimate new documentary into the heart and soul of the internationally renowned and enigmatic fro…
The NoSleep Podcast will be bringing its live show across the Atlantic for the first time ever in January 2020.
She played here with Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
The NoSleep Podcast will be bringing its live show across the Atlantic for the first time ever in January 2020.
A charming New Year’s night of music, mischief, tall tales and magic from around the country, brought to life here at Lauriston Castle.
Shirley & Shirley went forth and multiplied.
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation return for their annual Christmas charity special in aid of Age UK.
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
‘Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools, gophers sit on sofas and frogs sit on logs’ Are you sitting comfortably? It’s a new day at Sittingbot…
Nearly five years old and up to 200 podcasts, successful collaborations with Nike, Red Bull and Deezer, The Halfcast Podcast is hitting the centre of London for a very s…
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Welcome to the campaign after the campaign! Three unlikely adventurers attempt to right the wrongs caused by a party of legendary heroes who screwed up the world wh…
He’s the man with the sunglasses and the black suit who delivered some of the world’s darkest and most emotional ballads, yet Texas-born Roy Orbison remains …
Faith - The George Michael Legacy returns with a brand-new production for 2018.
We got an extension – it’s the Will of the People! After our 7pm show with James O’Brien sold out in record time, REMAINIACS is proud to present a seco…
It’s 1980s London and change is happening.
Calcutta.
Every fortnite Dylan Dodds (comedian) writes a blog about Friends (sitcom).
Fringe favourites the Sleeping Trees are doing Christmas in Edinburgh! Offering their surreal take on the most Christmassy story of all time; The Nativity.
Russell T Davies is the man behind classic and acclaimed TV series Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Cucumber, among many others.
A classroom comedy.
Join the star of Live at the Apollo, Sunday Night at the Palladium and Britain’s Got Talent as he and some of his comedian friends try out new material.
Dear diary, definitely going to this! Award-winning musical geniuses who are old friends and two of the best musicians of their generation come together for this rare demonstration…
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
An exceptional international ensemble with its roots in Scottish culture.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but while Eric ‘n’ Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd are still celebrated, some of the gr…
Nominated for Best New Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
Internationally acclaimed pianist Richard Michael performs a wide-ranging programme of standards looking back on a distinguished career, whilst looking forward to new possibilities…
Following a five-year sell-out residency in London, Matt Forde (as seen on Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, The Royal Variety Performance and Question Time) returns to Edinb…
The podcast all about eating: live.
Complete sell-out 2017 and 2018.
Get your rig in to shape and your salad sorted, because the Grade Cricketer lads are heading to the UK for a very special run of LIVE performances to coincide with this …
Based upon an idea by David Gest and Michael Jackson, Robert Burns the Musical by Tish Tindall is the story of love, Scotland and one man’s struggle to redefine his pride of worth.
[SFX: FANFARE] Michael Brunström is an Olympic athlete striving for gold medal glory.
Chameleon Lady are the latest big noise from Edinburgh with their exciting brand of semi-acoustic pop.
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
A man and a woman are living in a refugee camp.
Peri is fifteen when her adopted mother dies.
A new feminist comedy cabaret, debuting at the 2019 Camden Fringe.
Star of Made In Chelsea, business tycoon, man of the people.
A TV and newspaper pundit whose views on Scottish football and politics have roused vast armies of both admirers and detractors.
Pianist and educator Richard Michael BEM celebrates his 70th birthday by appearing with family members, Paul Michael (bass), Hilary Michael (violin and sax) and Joanna Duncan (viol…
Music festival favourite Colonel John Thomas McMustard brings you a show with guests from the world of music, comedy and spoken word.
From debut album Raintown to follow-up When The World Knows Your Name, through to 2016’s The Believers, Deacon Blue are one of the most respected and best-loved bands of their ge…
I feel ripped off, and frankly you should too.
Mark Simmons (ITV’s Out There) brings his hit podcast to Edinburgh for a series of special live recordings.
Russell performs his work-in-progress show testing new material.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Edinburgh Fringe's premier magical twins, Kane and Abel, return for their sixth run here in their regular home as the flagship magicians of PBH's Free Fringe venue the Liqu…
Sublime tribute to George Michael and last year’s Fringe sell-out show returns.
Whether you bought a ticket for the slightly unnerving image design or for the sheer length of the title, you would be forgiven for rethinking your choice once you notice a dauntin…
Robert Graham is celebrating its 145th Anniversary this year and we have organised some fantastic educational whisky tasting afternoons in our atmospheric underground tasting room …
A character comedy show from a comedian with real character.
The Guilty Feminist podcast has become a comedy phenomenon with over 60 million downloads since it launched in early 2016.
As a teenager, Calum asked a famous comedian how to get into comedy.
A one-man variety mash-up of story, song and stupidity.
RLS is synonymous with Edinburgh.
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
‘The angriest man in UK comedy is back at the Fringe for another hour of spleen-venting, more misanthropic, bitter and agitated than ever’ **** (Chortle.
2019 eh? Why is politics? When is religion? Who is gender? Where is race? Confused? So is Sam.
Michael Fabbri, star of BBC Radio 4’s Dyslexicon, has graced the global comedy circuit for many years.
Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he’s trying to find out why.
Dracula can return to his crypt.
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh.
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
The long-awaited debut Fringe show from Leslie is here.
Have you touched The Orb? Want to meet two that have? A mainstay of science, wonder and amazement since its inception in the late 80s, The Orb is science’s greatest invention.
After dropping 10 stone in weight Michael Livesley, the man described by Stephen Fry as an ‘outrageous talent’ is half the man he was but still just as funny.
Come join Russell for his early afternoon bonus hour.
Four years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question: could he BE any more ridiculous? The answer, it turns out, is yes.
This multimedia theatrical experience explores an old Istanbul mansion’s transition from Ottoman to modern eras, through video art and traditional Turkish music, live looping and…
Boys don’t cry – but should they? Ross Smith can’t remember the last time he did and is unsure if he still can.
‘Edgy and very funny’ (Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club).
Olivier Award-nominated Wizard Presents brings Morpurgo’s treasured story to life, sparking imagination in both young and old.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Michael Odewale is selfish.
Somehow Comedy Historian Robert Ross and Hi-De-Hi star Jeffrey Holland didn't meet until a Comedy Legends cruise in the autumn of 2018, but it was an instant connec…
Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he never knew why.
Marc Almond brings the glitz and glamour to the first ever Apollo Nights Summer Series this summer with his orchestra and very special guest renowned burlesque dancer, Immodesty Bl…
A night of Stand-up comedy for our charity partner BIRD featuring the best up-and-coming comedians from the open-mic circuit.
Previewing his eagerly anticipated return to the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in conversation with comedy historian Robert Ross.
A new and exciting improvised comedy show where some of the finest Improvisers around will perform solo! High-risk comedy as our intrepid performers stand alone and spon…
The Comeback Special Written by Ian Salmon Directed By Mike Dickinson “Given the choice, Robbie would rather not talk to the dead.
Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience.
Four years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
The nominees and winners of the British Podcast Awards are always a who's who of UK podcast talent.
Tony Slattery is back in his natural habitat, joining forces with his improvisation partner, Allan Lear, for a brand new show of spontaneous laughter.
Brighton16 is a newly formed choir of 16 classically trained singers.
It is 1989 and about time someone brought an end to the Cold War. Enter Michael Phish with his warm front. The rest is history.
The brilliant British pianist Jonathan Powell returns in a colourful programme of works by Granados: his Goyescas and Szymanowski: his Masques, Metopes and Mazurkas.
Brighton’s much-loved, resident satirists with their legendary mix of bang up to date topical sketches and songs, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s f…
‘Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl’ is a romp of bizarre happenings that explore the completely fabricated lives of the colourful and controversial.
The EU has reset the Brexit Doomsday Clock to October.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Zahra’s never stood in front of a mirror and taken a selfie.
There was once an industry joke that Sam Kydd was in every British film ever made.
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
Faith – The George Michael Legacy Faith - The George Michael Legacy returns with a brand-new production for 2018/19.
Billed as a ‘dark, uncompromising play about the myths of modern love’, this starts promisingly enough but soon veers off.
Ever since he was a kid Nick has loved Barrymore.
Comedy actor Peter Butterworth is undoubtedly best-loved as an integral member of the Carry On team, appearing in sixteen of the film classics as well as an eighteen-mon…
This Brighton local gigs across the UK and all over the world, but can’t resist the yearly pull of performing a new show just a gentle stroll from his front door.
Following on from 4 sell-out dates at the Leicester Square Theatre, Ed Gamble is back for one day only (and he’s filming something special)!Live at The Apollo…
Much-loved local violinist Ellie Blackshaw pairs up with London based pianist David Elwin to perform the rarely heard 1932 violin and piano sonata by Frank Bridge.
The brilliant British pianist Simon Ballard returns to play works by Schubert, Ries, Dvorak, Smetana, Ireland, Moszkowski, de Severac and Sydney Smith.
Unique and personal interpretations of songs from the jazz/blues years - plus a touch of Latin! Julie’s expressive voice is complemented by Michael’s superb piano playing in an exc…
For almost sixty years, Hollywood superstar Lindsey Ordell has been drinking too much, smoking too much and over indulging in an endless parade of sexual conquests.
Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he never knew why.
3 top professional oboists come together to play for us on the first May bank holiday Monday.
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Michael Morpurgo began writing stories in the early ‘70s, inspired by the children he taught in his primary school class in Kent.
Come and celebrate life with Sunday Assembly Brighton at our Spiegeltent Special on the theme of ‘Home’, including glorious songs from the Choir With No Name and uplifting stories …
London based violinist Benedict Cruft once again surveys all of Bach’s solo violin music and over two evenings.
Showman, story teller and clown, London cabaret star, Andrew Pepper (“barnstorming, no-holds barred, grab the audience by the goolies and give them everything you’ve got”, Ca…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Sold out at Edinburgh Fringe 2018, Boogie Shoes Silent Disco presents our ‘Cheeky Seaside Special’ tour of Brighton.
There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthra…
Christian Kane is an American actor and singer.
A gentle and immersive multisensory experience.
After sell out shows in November and January, award winning character comedian Tracey Collins (Tina T'urner Tea lady) returns along with some new and old …
After sell out shows in November and January, award winning character comedian Tracey Collins (Tina T'urner Tea lady) returns along with some new and old …
Watermans welcomes back the ever popular Comedy Club 4 Kids, featuring the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the comedy circuit.
Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown electrifies audiences with high-wire piano playing, impassioned singing and the emotional rollercoasters of his songs both c…
This month Jon Davies presents the latest film by Marselle-based Robert Guédugyuabm The House By The Sea, and looks at how French cinema has celebrated France&apo…
Duration: Approx 2hrs Get ready for an unforgettable evening with a global superstar, as he puts the Boom Boom into your heart in the all new production, Fastlove - A tr…
Celebrated choreographer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant collaborates with Oscar-winning composer Vangelis for this stunning new work.
Robert White wowed the judges and viewers alike with his fast-paced comedy routines when he made the finals on this year's Britain’s Got Talent.
Robert White wowed the judges and viewers alike with his fast-paced comedy routines when he made the finals on this year's Britain’s Got Talent.
Robert White wowed the judges and viewers alike with his fast-paced comedy routines when he made the finals on this year's Britain’s Got Talent.
Two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar met in 2011.
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship.
Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey.
The UK's undisputed number 1 comedy brand returns to its home, the Broadway Theatre Catford, for another unmissable night of hilarious stand up comedy action.
This Valentine’s weekend, join us for an intimate evening of five star variety from London’s cabaret trailblazers and winners of Best Production at the London Cabaret Awards.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the worldwide hit returns to its beloved Leicester Square Theatre fo…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the worldwide hit returns to its beloved Leicester Square Theatre fo…
Two leading lights of the cabaret scene, Dusty Limits and Michael Roulston have been writing together for over a decade.
Get Comedy Present Terry Alderton After two successive sell out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe and multiple 5 star reviews, award wins and nominations Terry Alderton is ba…
Get Comedy Present Terry Alderton After two successive sell out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe and multiple 5 star reviews, award wins and nominations Terry Alderton is ba…
As Brexit screeches towards a nightmare climax that not even the Prime Minister can predict, the REMAINIACS podcast crew return for an evening of high-end Brexit talk an…
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Sunday 3rd February, 2.
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Something between two refugees gradually changes the shape of their relationship.
Nominated for César Awards, France 2018 – Best Supporting Actress Winner of two Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 By a little bay near Marseilles lies a pict…
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
This interactive workshop is for anyone who wants to know more about dementia and how we can take small steps to make everything we do more dementia friendly.
After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song.
After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song.
International stand-up sensation Gina Yashere is back in London for Chritmas… Taking a break from travelling the globe and making a splash in the USA, Gina return…
Guests to be confirmed Following sell-out Christmas Special’s in 2016 and 2017 which featured Ed Balls, Alastair Campbell, Nick Clegg and Anna Soubrey.
Booming surrealist storytelling comedian Will Seaward (“part Brian Blessed, part Oscar Wilde” - the Telegraph, “genuinely, terrifyingly chari…
Angelos and Barry record another of their legendary award winning improvised podcasts in front of a live London audience.
Alfie Ordinary’s Christmas Special is back! For one night only, get fizzy and festive and sing along to all your favourite Christmas songs, performed live! With extra special guest…
Barbara Nice is back by popular demand with her annual festive shindig complete with raffle, tombola and mince pies.
Crime Scene Improvisation return to the Museum of Comedy for their popular charity Christmas special.
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
Michael Schenker Fest will be touring the UK this coming November in celebration of their latest studio album release, Resurrection, whilst also performing an extended setlist of c…
Who is El Hablador? It’s Ross Noble.
This sell out Edinburgh Fringe show comes to London for one night only featuring the act that won Best Newcomer at the London Cabaret Awards and Nominee for Best Comedy …
The novels of Robert Goddard have ranged freely across the generic landscape.
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
Direct from London's West End, the UK's finest George Michael tribute show.
From the surreal mind of Michael Brunström (“The Human Loire”, “The Golden Age of Steam”, “The Hay Wain Reloaded”, “Parsle…
Michael McIntyre WIP
Following the huge success of Michael’s previous visits to The U.
Footloose from a glittering turn on Dancing with the Stars and revelling in her return to stand-up, Deirdre has really hit her stride.
It’s chapter two of Remainiacs Live! The cast of Britain’s biggest independent Brexit podcast take the stage for an evening of no-bullshit Brexit talk, bad B…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Minister for UK negotiations on Scotland’s place in Europe and MSP for Argyll and Bute.
The Guilty Feminist joins forces with Amnesty International UK to bring The Secret Policeman back to life for 2018! Following the magnificent Secret Policeman’s tradition of presen…
Creative Projects: An afternoon with Wendy and friends at Greyfriars Kirk.
Special additional show featuring former Zappa Plays Zappa vocalist/instrumentalist Ben Thomas, who will be opening the show with his own material and then joining the band for.
CKP and InterTalent present: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special.
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…
Recapture the sounds of a bygone era with this unmissable evening of classic big band of the 1940s and 1950s, including: In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, New York, New York.
David Alacey, Des Coleman and Paul Drakeley star as Frank, Sammy and Dean in the original Rat Pack show, now celebrating its 21st record-breaking year.
One man.
Robert Levin Fortepiano Mozart Piano Piece in C major [Fragment, completed by Robert Levin]Mozart Four Preludes K284aMozart Sonata in B flat K333Mozart Sonata in E flat K282/189gMo…
An hour of stand-up from Toronto comic; Mike Sheer and Essex funnyman; Ross McGrane (Russell Kane Tour Support).
Wild man of the accordion Sandy Brechin gathers together from all four corners of the car park some of his oldest chums (and a few born more recently) for the usual musical mayhem …
Audience pick anecdotes from Bentley’s Bag of Showbiz Despair: Namedropping frenzy of failure, covers being a famous hate figure, trash TV and the dark side of comedy.
Bendy House – an improv duo.
Complete sell-out 2017.
A new musical by Tish Tindall based upon an idea by David Gest, Michael Jackson, and the life and works of Robert Burns.
Following five years of sell-out London shows, Matt Forde’s Political Party returns to Edinburgh for two live shows! Previous guests include: Tony Blair, Nigel Farage, Michael Port…
Fresh from Britain’s Got Talent 2018, Robert White brings you his unique form of musical stand-up in a laugh-packed hour.
The Lads with special guest Murray McGrath and Some Criminals.
Michael Clarke has felt something.
Guests for this popular podcast include Romesh Ranganathan, Angela Barnes and Mark Thomas, who join Aidan Goatley for a lovely chat about the films they love.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Full of joy and love following the royal wedding, the Wedding Guest Extraordinaire has brought her obsession with love matches to Edinburgh and wants to share her tales with you.
This is one of those shows where to review too closely is to spoil the experience for future audiences, so I’ll stick to the abstract.
Visit the magnificent Parliament Hall, once the seat of Scotland’s politics, and gain a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Su…
Traversing Edinburgh in August is sure to invite all sorts of flyerers.
Sunjai Arif and Nathan Eagle are Stranger Friends.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Award-winning cult favourite returns after her sell-out Edinburgh debut with new musical comedy characters including the melodramatic Audrey Heartburn.
You first descend into a low-ceilinged basement.
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
Sublime concert tribute to George Michael, starring Grant Macintosh – ‘soul sensation’ (Sun).
Fresh from last year’s Bubbles and Martini sell-out hit, this show features the forever charming Michael Bublé tribute host Michael Bubbles in conversation, taking the audience …
Join your hosts, Ross Brierley and Joshua Sadler, as they bring the UK’s finest spoof chat show and chaotic cabaret back to the Fringe.
Lovable Brit Ollie Horn (‘always a crowd pleaser’ (Edd Daggers, ROR Comedy)) tells fast-paced tales of life as an unlikely Japanese TV star and life on the road as he tours around …
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white, male privilege.
On March 20th, 7:13pm.
A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House.
Laugh it Off Comedy presents Matt Watson and Friends.
Comedians Bronston Jones (USA) and Martin Mor (IRE) are joined each day by a different guest.
How did this dentist get arrested by armed police? Want to hear the story of all stories? This is it! After a sell-out world tour and release of his bestselling book Gobsmacked, Mi…
I realise I’m breaking the Greek code by saying this, but George Michael is Greek is quite possibly the most underwhelming show I’ve ever seen.
Australian comedian Ross Voss’s show in the form of a basketball game! Four quarters of 12 minutes of comedy! Each quarter is different, from more about me to storytelling, longe…
Russell Hicks returns with another free-form explosion that he deems ‘necessary medicine’ for any artist who is trying too hard to make it.
When he was seven, Edinburgh-based comedian Ross Hepburn saw the film Beetlejuice for the first time.
Russell Hicks attempts to hone a work that is forever in progress by walking on stage with – literally – a fist full of ideas.
It’s Fringe time again and I’m back at The Beehive.
What would you do if you had a bet on the horses and won a year’s wages in a day? Quit your job and become a professional gambler? Sure, why not.
A late night slot at the Pleasance Dome perfectly suits the latest offering from The Lampoons, a raucous, defiantly silly parody of the creaky well-loved William Castle classic, de…
Ever since he was a kid, Nick has loved Michael Barrymore.
He’s been Annie Lennox, Madonna and Cole Porter to great acclaim.
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner and his multiple personalities host an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
‘Private Peaceful at the theatre is a moving experience that not only tells the story of a young soldier’s final day in World War One, but perhaps more importantly conveys the stre…
Lizzie, her mother and an elephant from the zoo flee the Dresden firebombing in the Second World War.
Off on the adventure of a lifetime, Michael, his parents and their faithful dog Stella set sail around the world.
Fran, Jo and Ger live in isolation.
Russell Howard returns to Edinburgh for two weeks only. New ideas, New routines, Anything could happen! It’s gonna be great, and it’s only a fiver. Who’s in?
US comedian and host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update has announced his first London show in three years on 30 July at the Union Chapel in Islington.
What would you do if you had a bet on the horses and won a year’s wages in a day? Quit your job and become a professional gambler? That’s what Ross did.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Michael Palin CBE is a founding member of the internationally renowned Monty Python team, revelling in the fish-slapping dance, the lumberjack song, and performing the D…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
The GYF Podcast is back – Comedy historian Robert Ross with his special guest Michael Palin CBE, FRGSRobert will be in conversation with founding member of Monty P…
Step aboard, get your glass of grog, relax and enjoy a very special city cruise on the River Ouse.
Step aboard, get your glass of grog, relax and enjoy a very special city cruise on the River Ouse.
Elliot & Eliott, outcasts to both society and themselves, are in need of friends to save them from the verge of social redundancy.
BELLA & POLLY are appearing at York's Great Yorkshire Fringe in July and are delighted to present a full bill of special guests.
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane Mo…
Michael Bublé – a true global superstar in his only UK performance is coming to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2018! The undisputed ‘King of …
Imagine the love-child of Saved by the Bell and Art Attack! That’s Lead Pencil and they've made a sketch show, by literally sketching it.
Energetic, playful stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian Russell Arathoon.
Critically acclaimed and award winning Stand Up comedian, host of his own TV entertainment show and Stand Up show on Comedy Central, Celebrity Juice regular and the only…
A new and exciting improvised comedy show where some of the finest Improvisers around will perform solo! High-risk comedy as our intrepid performers stand alone and spon…
A new and exciting improvised comedy show where some of the finest Improvisers around will perform solo! High-risk comedy as our intrepid performers stand alone and spon…
Choir Byrdsong sing music by Willaert, Gabrieli, Bassano, Lassus and more.
Lunatic comedy double act John Dredge and Andy Harland present a manic hour of radio comedy weirdness, to be broadcast in simulcast with local radio titans Hove FM 95.
‘Lone Wolf McQuade & Friends’ is a glimpse into the weird and often surreal minds of three stand-up comics who’ve poured all their hope into this show.
An evening of poetry and performance poetry with special guests, Phonetic and Dean Atta.
Benjamin and Shiva have lived in a refugee camp for two years whilst they work towards completing their citizenship applications.
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…
Ambrose Page and Friends present ‘Celebrating Haydn’ - piano and vocal items by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, interspersed with readings from his letters and diaries.
Mr Fabbri, Star of Radio 4’s Dyslexicon, has graced the global comedy circuit for many years and is back in Brighton.
Relax and enjoy Julie’s warm, expressive voice with Michael’s superb piano interpretations.
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.
Pop the champagne.
Alcoholics recovery meetings are happening all around us, all the time.
Anarchic twin tricksters Kane & Abel will break all the rules of the Magicians’ Code of Conduct passed down to them by their grandfather, to prove that it feels great to be bad! Co…
Come on a journey to the upside down and meet some of Sunjai’s weird and wonderful friends.
The Sussex Flutes’ flute quintet (Anne Hodgson, Victoria Hancox, Sue Gregg, Marielle Way and Nicole Le Clercq) play Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens and much more.
Elliot & Eliott, outcasts to both society and themselves, are in need of friends to save them from the verge of social redundancy.
Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon.
Brighton’s much-loved resident satirists with their unique brand of topical comedy, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s festival package.
Sofie Hagen brings her successful podcast ‘Made of Human’ to Brighton to record live episodes in front of an audience.
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…
Sunday Assembly is a global network of non-religious gatherings celebrating life through inspirational speakers, fascinating science, thoughtful readings, raucous pop music, peacef…
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Michael Mooney hails from Glasgow but has been living in Brighton for 15 years.
Join local comedian Ben Carter on his debut hour, as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the lonely front half of a pantomime camel or a lousy fl…
Direct from London’s West End, the UK’s biggest George Michael tribute show.
A sensational line-up of Fringe favourites assemble to launch Brighton Fringe 2018.
Alongside his interviewing and writing Sir Michael Parkinson has spent much of his career promoting the appreciation of the music of the Great American Songbook and encouraging t…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Running with Scissors is the theatre company of Adelaide High School committed to the creation of returns to the Fringe after a [near] sell out season in 2017 with a brand new show…
Aria Hall of Fame inductee, #1 selling Platinum artist, King of Pop, Australian Icon!! These are a few phrases commonly used to describe Aussie legend Russell Morris.
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
We’re bringing all the eye popping, sugar rushing, heart racing fun to The Garden.
One of comedy’s greatest marvels’ (Daily Telegraph UK) Ross Noble, surrealist connoisseur and story spinner returns to Adelaide with his new show, El Hablador.
In Room 21C Port Adelaide-based artist Michael Hocking undertakes a far-ranging investigation of underlying ties and tensions in visual art: drawing-painting, surface-content, line…
Another hour of Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo?! Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more ridiculous, these two assholes are joined by a rotating line-up of special guest …
Dr Ahmed, the loveable GP, returns to Adelaide Fringe! After making a totally sold out debut in 2016, he is back with more titillating tales from the consulting room.
From the House of the Dead is Janáček’s final work and arguably his most powerful.
Since 1989, MTV’s ‘Unplugged’ series has achieved iconic status in modern music & pop culture.
Britain’s bad boys of magic have finally arrived in Australia, direct from London’s West End via the world’s largest arts festivals including Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury Festi…
Immerse yourself in a journey mirroring the dynamic showmanship of Michael Jackson.
The Aussie sirens of satire are back with a gut-bustingly hilarious new show.
It’s their world now – what will they do with it? The bomb’s gone off, & this rabble of young “leaders” are the only ones left.
Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks deliver a blistering set of hits from the 5 decades spanning Ross’ spectacular career as singer, songwriter and producer.
Marla tries to get The Red Forge Publishing House team to promote the concept of Brenda’s story about Max, an information agent from the Maxden Libary, and his twin sister Charlott…
Ever felt like you should be better at feminism? For the first time in Adelaide, comedian Deborah Frances-White and guest discuss topics ‘all 21st century feminists agree on’ w…
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Sedos presents a new production of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen with an English language version by Simon Stephens, at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from 23 to 27 Jan…
Join The Parentheticals as they mix hohoho with hahaha in a special holiday edition of Bracket Racket, their monthly improv show and jam.
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play Will Luera has flown in from Boston to perform with a crack team of players United is an improvisation sh…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye Will Luera is back in London and playing for two nights with a crack team of London improvisers The Owls Are Not What T…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
The revolution will be crystallised… This innovative and bold show show is like nothing you have seen before.
When twin sisters inherit the house where Poe composed The Raven, their lives take twisted turns that affect the future of mankind.
Christian Slater stars in David Mamet’s acclaimed masterpiece, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, returning to London’s West End this Autumn for its first major revival in over a dec…
A comedy verging on farce, by Brian Parks.
Playing an instrument with over 2,500 years of recorded history, after some 100 public recitals in the UK, international classical Zheng performer Yi Dong, a soloist with five albu…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A faithful and heartfelt tribute to the beautiful Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album Raising Sand.
Join us for a one-off performance of The Starship Osiris, performed the way George Vere originally intended.
Svelt, intelligent, adorable balladeer trapped inside the body of an oversized, oft-bearded folk ogre.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A father’s horrifying sacrifice of his daughter sets in motion a cycle of bloody revenge.
Fresh from supporting Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett and Shappi Khorsandi on sold-out tours, Tom brings his hotly anticipated debut show to the fringe.
Join host Joe Lycett (as seen on TV giving Lorraine Kelly a quiche lorraine) and a bunch of special guest comedy friends (to be announced because I didn’t have a chance to book t…
The first Edinburgh Fringe live performance of the global smash hit podcast.
Two huge and awful comedic talents, Michael Legge – ‘often copied, never matched’ (Time Out) – and Caroline Mabey – ‘oddball genius’ (Chortle) – fuse together and become …
Following four years of sell-out London shows, Matt Forde’s political interview returns to Edinburgh for one show only with special guest, Alistair Darling.
Zaltzman, host of legendary podcast The Bugle, delivers satire on commission, as ordered by you, the public, in his unique interactive show.
Wild man of the accordion Sandy Brechin gathers together from all four corners of the car park some of his oldest chums (and a few born more recently) for the usual musical mayhem …
Let Bendy House take you on a journey – maybe to a Romford kitchen sink or perhaps the weather control arm of the civil service on the planet Zarg.
A spectacular night of comedy to celebrate the middle of the festival from award-winning production company Berk’s Nest, featuring festival favourites, the best new acts and specia…
Michael is live in Edinburgh for another game of On The Ball, alongside great live music and your Sunday Boasts.
The Scottish Godmother and multi award-winning comedian Janey Godley (acclaimed comic famous for her Trump is a c*nt protest) and her award-winning comedian daughter Ashley Storrie…
The Nick Ross Orchestra presents Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
For one night only Proud Camden is hosting a night of music and comedy with an all killer no filler line up: Australian comedy rock artist Huw Joseph, the incredible talent of quir…
After sell-out shows at last year’s Fringe and Celtic Connections festivals, Bwani Junction return with their joyful rendition of Paul Simon’s Graceland album.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths is Annie Lennox.
Sarah, a single parent, and her child Barney are caught in a time loop, destined to return to the small Suffolk village where a tragedy occurred; Sarah was drowned as a witch in th…
Alcoholics’ recovery meetings are happening all around us, all the time.
Sink is a poignant and fascinating drama about one of China’s greatest playwrights, Lao She; a man who wrote for his country and was once honoured as an ‘Artist of the peo…
Join Ewan Spence and the team behind the BAFTA nominated ‘Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show And Podcast’ at this year’s daily recordings of the live show in the Rose Theatre .
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Join Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin for a nightly live podcast with guests, chat, stand-up, and all round fun and games.
Hot, new(ish) comedy trio are back in Edinburgh with a playful new sketch show.
Comedy conjurors Kane & Abel invite you to join them for an evening of close-up magic, comedy and silly stunts.
Returning to the Fringe, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
The Wedding Guest is an award-winning solo character comedy chronicling the ups and downs of two idiots, Juan Dominguez a thick-moustached general, and J’VaAnN a lovesick poet as…
Following last year’s smash-hit, these anarchic twin tricksters return to break more rules of the Magicians’ Code of Conduct.
Darren has arrived to explore Earth when unexpected circumstances leave him stranded.
Why do we do traditions? Good question! You’ll find the answer and more in this show.
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place.
The story goes that in November 1786 the Scottish poet Robert Burns borrowed a pony and left his native Ayrshire for Edinburgh.
Following last year’s successful run of ‘Made in Cumbria’, Jane’s back to Cumbria in The House where you’re invited to meet some new characters and get involved in some sinister …
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and multi award-winning ‘Podfather’ (Elle) returns with the internet chat show, that all the cool kids who hang around the Omni Centre call RHEFP (RH…
Join Snigel, the inquisitive snail, in their cosy home underneath the leafy canopy; a colourful and sensory world where Snigel’s insect friends come to visit, brought to life by …
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
One year late, because he got the maths wrong, Ivan celebrates 11 years actually on the Fringe with guest appearances from other creations of Tom Binns, who have recently featured …
Canadian comedian Dylan Gott performs a brand-new hour of stand-up comedy about being a virgin until 23 (he’s 31 now) and how that affected attempting a long distance open relation…
Did you support the #WomensMarch? The only place to march this August is down to this female-led show! A rotating line-up of talented, award-winning, critically acclaimed guests, t…
The star of ‘Dempsey and Makepeace’, ‘Episodes’ and ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’, Michael Brandon gave himself two years to star in a Hollywood movie.
70% improvisation, 30% stories about illicit drug use and Christian scientists.
Spend an hour in the company of leading Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish.
Michael Clarke has felt something.
Don’t miss the best of today’s new comedians at yesterday’s prices in this stellar lunchtime show.
Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast! John Hastings improvises an hour of comedy based on suggestions from the Fringe’s top comedians, his teenage blog, and his friend Paul Stanley H…
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.
As seen on ITV2, Michael Stranney (NATY winner, Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, BBC New Comedy Award finalist) presents the debut hour from his character Daniel Duffy.
When you’re genetically blessed with an unthreatening physique and the voice of Frank Spencer, comedy cannot go much more in your favour.
Michael Redmond did indeed write a joke in 1987, a good one that still gets a laugh today.
Join your hosts Ross Brierley and Joshua Sadler as they take the late-night chat show to its illogical conclusion.
You are cordially invited to The House of Pigs.
The last stand in not-growing-up, Nath Valvo is holding the frontline for all those amongst us who are done shelling out for their brother’s baby monitor, done giving up every we…
Malcolm Hardee Award-winning, gay, autistic comedian adopts a new stance.
Join your hosts Ross Brierley and Joshua Sadler as they take the late night chat show to its illogical conclusion.
Comedy legend Scott Adsit, known for performing at US improv institutions Second City and UCB, as well as his TV roles in 30 Rock and Veep, is joined on stage by some very special …
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling al…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
A concert of words and music focusing on the relationship between Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny.
A lonely scientist clones a perfect army of women, until something goes horribly wrong.
One entertaining community.
Valerio brings surreal stand-up with a pinch of spice, whilst Dervish brings hilarious musical and spoken word idiot genius.
A new relaxing lunchtime concert.
Funny. Political. Ends with a hanging.
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
World-travelled Canadian comedian, Dylan Gott (JFL42, Canadian Comedy Awards, iChannel), performs an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy that blends skilled storytelling with observa…
Brighton writer Richard Hearn’s comedy/drama asks the question “If you could replay a key moment in your life, what would you do differently?” ‘The Missing Special’ won the R…
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 …
In 1987, celebrated BBC weather forecaster Michael Fish stood up on national television and shrugged off reports of an oncoming hurricane.
Bringing together the best comedy, magic and cabaret acts at Brighton Fringe, following last year’s sell out shows, comedy magician Stu Turner hosts a smorgasbord of variety.
How do you like your Burlesque – sweet, dirty or perfect? In year four of their wildly successful Wonderground residency, multi sell-out House of Burlesque are back with a do…
Four time Brit Classical Awards winner Russell Watson has announced details of his 2017 tour, his first since the release of his new FOD album True Stories.
Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.
‘The Wedding Guest’ is a solo character comedy chronicling the ups and downs of Juan Domínguez, a thick-moustached general, and J’VaAnN, a lovesick poet, as they pine for th…
The Wild is a three piece Americana/Alternative Folk band from Sussex, aged between 16 and 17, playing all original material uniquely arranged and utilising the many instruments th…
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities.
A double bill from: Joe Hart (SYTYF finalist, Tickled Pig winner, as seen on BBC Trending) and Liam Webber (Best New Act nominee, Midlands Comedy Awards).
No one does satire quite like Brighton’s very own ‘The Treason Show’.
A week long exhibition of visionary art and imaginative Realism in central Brighton.
‘Tree House’ is an original idea devised by Bloody Nora Theatre exploring the relationship between two sisters estranged after their parents’ death.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Welcome to Crossbones Graveyard: last resting place of The Winchester Geese.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Brother and sister duo Jack and Anna Harris bring us a stand-up comedy show using sketches inspired by their life as siblings.
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country.
Miranda has been trying to get a flying penis for four years, but every year it eludes her.
Pick of the Fringe Launch Night Special, kicked off Brighton Fringe at The Warren with fragments of 7 shows.
In 1987 Michael Phish (yes, like Fish) is a household name and weather Guru, giving portentous predictions of things to come.
Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik brings his latest musical to the newly rebranded The Other Palace – formerly the St James Theatre for a limited season.
An eerie lighthouse stands on the sleepy East Coast of America.
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.
If politics is about people—specifically the ever-fluctuating power imbalances between people in different situations—then Federico García Lorca was right to focus his “po…
The forbidden fruit gets its comeuppance in Gandini Juggling’s cult-hit show Smashed.
The Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing – Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it! A young girl’s enchanted present…
This Christmas Chiswick House plays host to a remarkable event – within a Big Top in the beautiful walled garden will be a spectacular new stage production of Cinderella.
From the imagination of one of Ireland’s foremost dance and theatre-makers, Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan, comes a magical new adaptation of one …
Taking place over the five years in the seventies that turned out to be the last Labour Government for nearly 20 years and that led to the Thatcher era, the politics being manage…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
After a seven-year break from stand-up, during which she had babies, made a movie in Vietnam and became the mother of Moone Boy, Deirdre O’Kane returns with a brand new show.
Robert Schumann’s Fairy Tales for clarinet, viola and piano, stormy and tender, set the mood for György Kurtág’s deeply-felt Hommage to R.
Alex returns from his recent tour of New Zealand with another extravaganza showcasing old, new and traditional songs and stories.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Charting a journey of frustration, emotion, negotiation, memory, love, loss and the passage of time, culminating in the arrival of a very important package.
To commemorate the 100th year of the Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) the gang have invited back some of the best loved guests from the back catalogue, and some new faces, to help celebra…
Simon Munnery marks his 30th year of Fringe shows with an unmissable, one-off gala.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is a work that is in many ways very problematic, due to its fetishising and cultural stereotyping of the Japanese, written at the height of the …
The Handlebards are a unique group, reinventing the concept of the company of travelling players.
In Shakespeare Tonight, the famous playwright gives his first ever television performance on a talk show with host Martina, only to be confronted by his so-called ‘enemy’, huma…
Comedy duo Ronnie and Jonny split up five years ago and haven’t spoken since.
A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen.
Following three years of sell-out London shows Matt Forde’s Political Party returns to Edinburgh for a one-off special! Previous guests include: Tony Blair, Nigel Farage, Michael P…
Ross and Tom return to the Fringe with a new show after their sell-out performances in 2013 and 2014.
Hecate’s Poison is a one-woman version of Macbeth, performed by Players Tokyo’s T.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Presented by The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh, the programme for this concert comprised of lesser-known and hugely underappreciated works by the three baroque greats: Antonio Vivaldi…
Featuring the music of Madness.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
This one-woman show by playwright Lois Blanco involves Spanish actress Paula Blanco alternately playing William Shakespeare, a range of Shakespeare’s individual female characters…
That meeting that we’ve all been to.
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
Fencible Productions invite you to an entertaining and enlightening encounter with the Adam Family – father William and brothers Robert, John and James – pillars of Scotland an…
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English.
An acoustic programme of traditional and contemporary songs in French and English presented by singer Coreen Scott and friends.
Classically-trained Canadian singer Melanie Gall presents this one hour recital of the music of legendary Francophone singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, with songs presented them…
A crisis-stricken Southern family within a house “in the eye of the storm” employing a semi-realist dramatic structure.
Thunderstorm is an award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai.
You couldn’t make it up if you tried! The hilarious, heartwarming true story of how The Fabulous TT came to write Robert Burns: The Musical.
Tucked away in the intimate and comfortable setting of the Scottish Arts Club, Canadian singer Daniela Nardi and her group Espresso Manifesto, comprising Ron Davis (piano), Chris J…
Herald Angel 2015 award-winning show from traditional legend Cathal McConnell (Boys of the Lough) in concert with Scottish composer/harpist Karen Marshalsay and Glenfiddich fiddle …
Countertenor James Laing, theorbo player James Akers and bass violist Susanna Pell’s hour long feast of Dowland was one of the most spectacular concerts I have attended in a whil…
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
This celebrated international soloist returns to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (Xinhua, China).
After 13 years abiding by the magicians’ code of conduct, Kane & Abel will break every rule in the book passed down to them by their grandfather to discover how different their l…
Returning to the Fringe for the fourth year, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and intera…
Great live music followed by some blasts from the past and current gems.
For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you.
Oh boy, this looks good! David McIver is a silly little man and he’s got a bit of fun for you.
Shakespeare on Love offers a heartwarming performance given by a group of Milwaukee high school students: the brainchild of their two English teachers.
Simultaneously one of the funniest and most heart-warming acts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Kieran Hodgson is not to be missed.
Kane Brown has a lot to get off his chest.
Most seven-year-olds don’t pick a ghost as a role model.
Edinburgh-based improv group Men with Coconuts present an entirely improvised Bond film, based on suggestions from the audience and using many familiar tropes and improvisation gam…
Responding to phenomenal demand, Russian Standard are bringing PingTron, a unique and exceptional take on ping pong, to Edinburgh for the very first time.
Ross Leadbeater is an alumnus of the all-male Welsh choir Only Men Aloud!, who won the 2008 television show Last Choir Standing.
This exhibition within the magnificent Parliament Hall gives a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Mavericks: A Sketch Show (of Sorts) is the product of talented comedy duo and Cambridge Footlights members Ruby Keane and Luisa Callander.
This informal hour long recital, starring singer Elspeth McVeigh and fiddle player Gabi Maas, features a variety of folk songs, or ‘Broadside Ballads’, from 17th to 19th centur…
In Shakespeare Syndrome, brought to Edinburgh by the talented Mermaidsgroup from the University of St.
Shakespeare Shorts: Hamlet - Shakespeare’s Hamlet condensed into an hour by kids, for kids.
Often, the expectation brought to mind by the genre “Musical” means that successfully producing a new and original one at the Fringe Festival is no mean feat.
Allan Foster, a writer whose name is practically synonymous with Edinburgh literary tourism, is our guide on the Book Lovers’ Tour, which specialises in introducing tourists to t…
Something of a misnomer, Bad Shakespeare does not reflect the quality of the acting or of the performance.
Vivaldi for Breakfast is an interesting attempt to dramatise the enigmatic life of notorious Baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi, as he worked in the famous Pietà orphanage for youn…
In the programme, The Shakespeare Club promises to be a somewhat cheesy, yet harmless play about finding oneself through Shakespeare’s characters.
Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop.
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a generic literary tour, because of the way it had been marketed in the Fringe programme.
In a previous show, we witnessed Robert Newman intellectually tear down Dawkin’s view of evolution.
It was immediately evident upon walking into the jam-packed Cabaret Bar that I was significantly changing the demographic awaiting the arrival of radio and television legend and na…
Ladies in Waiting, written by and starring James Cougar Canfield as the lascivious and misogynistic King Henry VIII, is a steamy, feminist critique of the most notorious of England…
Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib…
Hurricane Michael is the kind of production I come to Fringe to see: a very specific, niche show, seemingly outside of my interests, that is found to be a surprisingly charming hou…
When Stephen Carlin was named by Stewart Lee as one of the ‘Ten Best Comedians in The World Ever’ in 2008, he wasn’t exactly a household name.
Michael Griffiths is obscenely talented.
For a comedian with such a cult following, renowned for surrealist originality, I was very excited about my first encounter with Paul Foot’s comedy.
Dead’liner’ n.
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…
It’s back! The interactive comic book knowledge bomb.
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015, Faye Treacy went to the Brit School with Adele and Jessie J and then studied the trombone at The Royal Academy of Music with no one intere…
Italian comic Giacinto Palmieri, in this hour of comedy, tries to draw comparisons between himself and renowned misogynist and philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche in their approach to…
Perhaps one of the most entertaining shows I have seen on the Free Fringe, Lovehard consists of comedians Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (see what they did there?), who in what is …
Star of the critically acclaimed BBC One TV show Hospital People is back with an updated version of his sell-out five-star one-man variety show Club Sets.
Based on audience suggestions, the hour’s traffic of the stage is an improvised case which promises to be ‘the greatest Sherlock Holmes story ever’, The Case of the Lemon Pos…
What are a couple of self-deprecating, twenty-something stand-up comediennes to do at the Fringe, if not perform a stand-up act in two halves, in a rather shockingly intimate karao…
Winner of the 2015 Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality, Michael Brunström (The Human Loire, The Golden Age of Steam), presents his strangest show yet: an ambitious Suffolk …
Lunchtime stand-up to warm up your chuckle muscles.
A stand-up show for miserable grown-ups, fuelled by self-loathing, paranoia and a course of anti-psychotic medication.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Scottish comedian and Fringe veteran McTavish has celebrated his 60th birthday this year, and has therefore adopted a more ponderous and docile approach in his set, instead of dedi…
Jane Eyre – An Autobiography has to be one of the most moving pieces of theatrical storytelling ever created; quite simply, it’s astounding.
Every single audience member is given a ping pong ball with Shakespearean tropes written on them upon entry.
Fun for parents and children alike, The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare: the man and his plays.
Spend an intimate evening of insightful and intelligent comedy with this British doctor.
London-based Clean Break fit two plays into one show: House, a tight family drama set in a British-Nigerian household, and Amongst the Reeds, a nondescript tale of homelessness, fr…
Meet the real edgy Bard.
Sherlock Holmes, true to its original with all the same characters and tropes that keep fans hooked, but with a twist.
Quartet, Mixed Doubles, have brought a comedy sketch show to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, framed with four peculiar characters from the peaceful UKIP-voting Middle England villa…
Picture the scene: two women in letterbox face paint — a pair of punkish, postmodern clowns — sit on a couple of threadbare armchairs underneath an enormous screen, sipping bee…
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…
As one of the most commonly adapted works in the English canon, Frankenstein often leaves one unmoved when he or she leaves the auditorium.
Shakin’ Shakespeare does an incredible job at presenting the playwright’s work in an accessible and side-splittingly funny way.
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Four strangers survive the end of the world and end up stranded in a swan pedalo.
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
The Cambridge Footlights have such a reputation that their name is practically synonymous with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Oxford Imps’ technologically-heavy Fringe show, Hyperdrive, perform a mixture of long and short form improvisation, using technology as stimulus.
Randy is a bald, bright purple Australian stand-up puppet with a really quick wit and a sharp tongue.
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
It’s a struggle to review Holly Burn.
What Edinburgh Fringe would be complete without a trip to Shakespeare for Breakfast? Now in its 25th year at the festival, the group have not lost their touch.
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year and rising star, Eshaan Akbar, invites some of today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest names to share the stage, including star of the BBC, Sindhu…
Californias Dreamin’, performed by California Poly SLO’s company Smile and Nod, comprises a mixture of short and long form improvisation, based on audience suggestions.
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
Waiting for the Call: The Improvised Musical’s Notflix has to be one of the best improv shows I have seen at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
Possibly the most ridiculous show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets are in their ninth year and were greeted with a sell-out audience.
Possibly the most beautiful show you will watch at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, Teatro Delusio is a marvel: original, stunningly choreographed, very funny and incredibly moving.
Improvised comedy at its most virtuosic, Sean McCann and Adam Meggido (of Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical and School of Night fame) are two masters of their artform, with an a…
Australian comedian’s Edinburgh debut.
The Edinburgh Fringe ‘smashed’-hit Shit-Faced Shakespeare returns in its seventh year to perform Measure for Measure in its unorthodox and unique inebriated manner.
During thirty years of exhibitions programming Inverleith House has originated and presented some of the most memorable exhibitions ever staged in the UK, and achieved an internati…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Making a musical out of poetic animal stories aimed at children is nothing new but, while Andrew Lloyd Webber opted to turn T S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats int…
A funny, angry and poignant story of one man using his creation of a new stand-up comedy act to find a path through his confused and damaged mind, and reconnect with the world.
Brighton’s biggest monthly performance poetry and open slam event presents a clash of the titans of spoken word: Three-times World Slam Champion Buddy Wakefield v European Slam Cha…
A funny, angry and poignant story of one man using his creation of a new stand-up comedy act to find a path through his confused and damaged mind; and reconnect with the world.
Treason Show: Festival Special.
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015 Faye Treacy.
‘Still Lives’ hinges on a chance meeting between wheelchair-bound Harriet and lost boy, Fred.
Having left the UK for sunny Australia, Dr Ahmed returns to share the comical aspects of being a modern day GP.
The Black Fields’ Circus of Lujuria is back! The Black Fields will be tearing the place down with new music from their upcoming EP.
Enjoy the mellow voice of Julie Roberts, and the superb accompaniment of Michael Hinton on grand piano, in a relaxed programme of jazz and Latin standards.
Bringing together the best magic, comedy, and cabaret acts at Brighton Fringe, comedy magician Stu Turner hosts a smorgasbord of entertainment.
Alan Felton and Tim Roycroft will give an insight into Skiffle, a form of entertainment influenced by American and British folk and jazz music that encouraged do-it-yourself music …
‘The Synagogues of Great Britain’: Dr Sharman Kadish is the Director of Jewish Heritage UK and a research fellow and lecturer at the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of …
Michael performs a new stand-up show.
Russell Howard, one of the UK’s most successful stand-up comedians, will be a performing a one off benefit gig in aid of Coppafeel.
Directed by Roger Kay, Glengarry Glen Ross depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen who have been supplied with the names and phone numbers of some new leads.
Mister Bus will be bringing its special brand of surreal sketch comedy to Brighton Fringe! That’s a long train journey and we don’t even like each other that much.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Theatrical serendipity currently means that, after some masculine brutality set during the latter stages of the ancient siege of Troy (in the Royal Lyceum’s new adaptation of H…
Jo Firestone hosts a special Valentine’s Day edition of her live dating game show, where single audience members send up friends to act as proxies in a hilarious “Datin…
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…
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Hartshorn - Hook Productions presents The Blues Brothers XMAS Special, the most electric rock'n'roll party of the year.
We Grew Up in the Back of a Van is a fun and energetic show with a big heart.
The Crick Crack Club’s Gilgamesh is a tour de force piece of storytelling.
Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat…
Ms.
This saxophonist leads the world premiere of John Plant’s “Insomnia,” featuring ChoEun Lee on piano and the soprano Yungee Rhie.
Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre.
The Thirty Years Tour is a brand new stage show in which Michael Palin, aided and abetted by a rich and often rare archive of film, video, photos and recordings, looks back over th…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Multi award nominated Inel Tomlinson is back with his sell-out show, Kinetic Comedy.
Renowned traditional music genius, Cathal McConnell, founding member of the Boys of the Lough is joined by Christine Hanson on cello and Duncan Wood on fiddle, for an unmissable co…
Angelos Epithemiou (BBC Two’s Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford (BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon) record their award-winning iTunes Best of 2014 podcast in front o…
Live podcast recording and variety show in aid of Peruvian Kettle Syndrome.
Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that.
From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics.
Angie Darcy returns to the fringe with her stellar tribute to and exploration of Janis Joplin.
Heather has the voice of an angel with the power of a hurricane.
New kids on the block in Edinburgh’s bustling folk scene, Dowally make unclassifiable, thrillingly energetic music, fusing their love of traditional Scottish music with jazz harmon…
In Silver Darlings, celebrated writer Alexander McCall Smith has joined forces with innovative Scottish composer James Ross, to write a song cycle about Scotland and the sea.
Classical zheng performer, Yi Dong, is one of the only five soloists who has given a recital in China’s Great Hall of the People, and the soloist with the biggest number of public …
The award-winning Maydays take you on a tour of improv shows from the past, present.
The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
For fans of the unusual and the alternative, Macolm Hardee Award nominee Michael Brunström (AKA The Human Loire) investigates the nature of reality and illusion through a collecti…
This is a show I really wanted to enjoy; each part of the production tries very hard to achieve an ambitious vision, but don’t quite make it.
Dorothy, part of the Wendy House Trilogy, is a humour-infused adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by Greg and Joe Allen and directed by Joe Allen.
Matt Forde’s Political Party comes to Edinburgh for one night only, following a complete sell-out London run with guests including; Alastair Campbell, Nigel Farage, Michael Porti…
Richard is plotting his escape to art college, just as lecturer Graham settles in.
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
The thinking person’s late night alternative! Triple award-nominated podcast reveals your favourite comics’ creative secrets.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Fringe veteran, freewheeling storytelling Phil is joined by Russell the brilliant young American upstart, cut from similar cloth.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from Edinburgh. Join us for two hours of jazz performances from some of the best names in Scottish jazz and beyond.
This comedic beat poetry duo have spent the last seven years successfully entertaining festival audiences across the land.
Hula House, created by Permanently Visible Productions, is an immersive, semi-interactive look at the life of sex workers.
For fans of the unusual and the alternative, Macolm Hardee Award nominee Michael Brunström (AKA The Human Loire) investigates the nature of reality and illusion through a collecti…
Join Chris and Carl, plus special guests, for an hour of unedited nonsense in this live version of what the Guardian listed as one of the Top 10 Podcasts on the Web.
A joyfully improvised comedy following the adventures of the world’s most beloved partners in crime.
A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a…
Alex Kealy is a gangly, self-hating comedian trapped inside the body of a gangly, self-hating comedian.
Christine Bovill has returned to the Fringe once again to grace us with her incredibly heartfelt renditions of some of Piaf’s greatest songs, on the centenary of the icon’s bir…
An hour of stand-up from award winners and best friends, Thom Barrett, Rob Saunders and Liam Sullivan.
Great live music followed by some blasts from the past and current gems.
Join this pair of idiots for all the bits too stupid for their “proper” shows in this ‘deeply flawed event’ (Threeweeks).
High-energy, left field stand-up for people who’ve read a book, without pictures, and enjoyed it.
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
Start off your day with Murray and friends. Comedy, standup, improv, storytelling and fun.
Based on the American Emmy Award-winning children’s series, School House uses a wide array of musical styles to teach grammar, math, science and American history while telling the …
UK rising comedy star Nicky Wilkinson hosts an hour of rip-roaring stand-up, with special guest performers.
Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence and Ivor Novello, together for one last time at the The Desert Inn, Las Vegas.
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
Ostensibly, Worbey and Farrell’s show is a piano recital.
Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Following a sell-out Fringe Season in 2014, dancers from Scottish Ballet return to Dance Base to present new work freshly made and premiered exclusively for the Dance Base Fringe p…
Stephen is leaving his little Steph, to go to university and refuses to give her any of his time.
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show.
Prosumer aka Achim Brandenburg has a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour with a vision, passion and knowledge which makes Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the f…
Comedy’s bleak philosopher is back asking the questions nobody else will.
Micheal Legge - Prince of Bitterness, Lord of Fury - has his sights on an award.
Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews.
John Hastings is back with his totally improvised stand-up comedy show that is released each day as a podcast (you know, internet radio thing).
Ross & Rachel is an exploration of beyond ‘happily ever after’, using the two Friends characters we all know so well as a medium through which to explore the artifice of relati…
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 …
UK rising comedy star Nicky Wilkinson hosts an hour of rip-roaring stand-up, with special guest performers.
One of the fastest rising young comedians from across the pond, Michael Che is back in Edinburgh for a third year running with his new show Six Stars.
Winners of the 2013 and 2014 Billy T award.
American smart ass showcases the wit that got him described as ‘a mix between Jack Dee and Dennis Leary’ (BroadwayBaby.
Lunchtime stand-up to warm up your chuckle muscles.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte…
This show begins with the sound of drums and then a dreadful storm and so gives its audience certain expectations of what is to come but, as Russell himself exclaims, “prepare yo…
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…
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
A dynamic exhibition by highly acclaimed Canadian artist Derek Michael Besant.
An unmissable evening of traditional Scottish music and performance.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is.
Orson’s shadow looms heavily in Austin Pendleton’s play about the prolific director; not only over the protagonist but over the entire play which whilst fascinating and fait…
John Early and Cole Escola team up with the author Isaac Oliver and the drag queen Hamm Samwich to host this benefit for SAGE, a group that provides care for L.
To promote their new movie “Trainwreck,” Amy Schumer, the film’s writer and star, and Judd Apatow, its director, have teamed up for this comedy tour, which benefi…
(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…
Michael Fish, Svengali, Weather-guru & scourge to the meteorological Sanhedrin.
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See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
A guest house sits precariously on the coast keeping watch over a cruel and tumultuous sea.
Submerging performance poet, ‘Purple Robert,’ revisits Brighton Fringe with his own kind of ‘on the edge’ direct art-form engagement.
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…
Nora has a secret that she needs to keep from her perfect family life, only one person can help her but they want something in return.
Michael Fabbri performs a comedy show about dyslexia in preparation for a Radio 4 series he’s recording later in the year.
House, location, value, location, perceptions, location.
An evening of polls, puns and psephology, spin, sleaze and swingometers, battling past the ballot box with a cabaret cabinet packed with a parliamentary portfolio of political ente…
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…
Not just an evening of song, but rather the story of a not particularly famous man whose words have been sung everywhere from Hong Kong to Geneva, from the National Theatre to the …
Have you ever looked through a window into someone else’s world? The house is for sale but after the move, what is left behind? Staged by twelve actors in a Victorian town house …
Brighton’s all year-round cult satire comedy sketch show, with their unique take on the General Election.
The award-winning travel writer, Robert Macfarlane, will be discussing his work with Andrew Tomlinson, Executive Producer, Media Literacy, BBC Learning.
Robert Edwards regales, reading from the books - four poetry, two journals - published under his Burble imprint, featuring the pedlar diaries and a revised, newly-illustrated editi…
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
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Join Hayden as he chats with comedians, musicians & performers from across the Fringe.
Agatha Christie’s 1958 whodunit is an interesting choice for Theater Breaking Through Barriers: The victim, a sadistic bully, is discovered shot through the head in his wheel…
The tireless star violinist Itzhak Perlman headlines the centennial gala of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene in a musical extravaganza that features stars from the klezmer s…
SubCulture hosts two noteworthy young pianists this week.
It’s always a treat to hear the pianist Richard Goode, here in partnership with young artists he has mentored at the Marlboro Music Festival.
Shannon O’Neill, artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater New York, and the veteran improviser Tami Sagher invite some of their improv friends for a night of…
Mr. Ross’s insults are so piercing that he’s known as “The Roastmaster General.” This weekend he headlines at Carolines on Broadway.
Short, sweet and still sort of nebulous, William Burke’s play centers on therapy dogs and the people who find solace in their wet-nosed company.
After a near sell-out run at the London Horror Festival, award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa returns with her second solo show, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, po…
Perhaps the fastest-talking and cleverest comedian in New York, Mr.
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…
After writing for “Saturday Night Live” last season, Mr.
After years of hosting his popular stand-up show in the front bar, Mr. Buress moves into the Knitting Factory’s main room to celebrate its fifth anniversary in Brooklyn.
Following the last year’s sell out, it’s back!
Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv.
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily reimagined itself as an art museum?” That question is a starting point for this enticing series of installati…
Award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa presents her second solo show at the London Horror Festival, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, cabaret and theatrical performanc…
Most people know at least the odd line from Samuel Taylor’s epic poem from 1798, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Told through a journey into the comparable worlds of beauty pageants and dog shows, Victoria Melody’s Major Tom explores how easy it is to become obsessed with personal image and…
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
(previews start on Sept.
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Morran, Weatherby, Brechin, Duff and Freeman perform Tannahill’s captivating lyrics and haunting Irish melodies written in defence of 19th-century immigrants to Scotland.
‘I took him to pumpin’ school, for the guys who are not so good with the chicas’ says Cuban Brothers’ frontman Miguel Mantovani of his newest and shyest member of the team,…
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
In a brand new show, award-winning political columnist and broadcaster Steve Richards takes you behind the scenes as the referendum looms and the next British general election move…
Scottish Independence special.
He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ.
Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company.
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Campy am-dram with a pre-school aesthetic, Edinburgh theatre company, Cat-Like Tread’s The Pirates of Penzance is likely to have you humming the Gilbert and Sullivan Songs but …
You, the audience, become the friends and family of this psychotic gangster’s victims.
Scottish Independence special.
The Tories have take control and Michael Gove is Prime Minister.
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St.
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
Showcasing a medley of bright young things from the Invisible Dot’s impressive roster of talent, The New Wave, hosted by Fringe stalwart David O’Doherty, gave us an exciting …
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
Sid Wick sports a variety of wigs and props to aid his free fringe comedy show.
Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues.
AhhGee presents the #AhhGeePodcastLive.
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
Total sell-out 2012.
In the Pink are a young all female 10-piece a capella group who perform variations of hit pop and hip hop.
This celebrated international classical zheng performer makes her annual return to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (Xinhuanet.
Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2) from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope is an evening of easy listening funny tunes and mild jokes.
The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast is a chat show that revels in the niche.
In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people.
One of the brightest rising stars on the Scottish music scene, 23-year-old singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, with special guests.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Led by Barrowland Ballet’s Artistic Director Natasha Gilmore and playwright Robert Alan Evans (Pondlife McGurk, Sleeping Beauties), a lively workshop on adapting ideas for differ…
The Horne Section have been a staple of the Fringe for several years now, yet their popularity has not necessarily provided them with a renewed sense of creative purpose or origina…
Environmentally friendly? Sustainable? More like greenie hogwash! Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn suggests we take off our Clarkson ear muffs and hear a different take.
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
Al Murray’s One Man, One Guvnor is only in its preview stages, but already it is a spectacularly funny set.
Russell Kane sparks back into action with a new format, anchoring a podcast about various news stories from the last few days.
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from the Fringe.
In Cat Stevens Reconstructed, New York vocalist Jess Abrams performs her own interpretations of Stevens’ classic songs, providing a mellow alto tone and interesting variations on…
Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no.
First things first.
The return of Liam McEneaney’s long-running variety show, with performances from the comedians Gilbert Gottfried and Amanda Melson, the musicians Mike Doughty and Kaki King, …
Whisky for Dafties is a mostly derisive overview of Scotch whisky history and appreciation from whisky-swigging Scottish stand up Alan Anderson, complete with whisky tasting, non…
Comedians Alan Power and Bisha K Ali present a free nightly comedy spectacular featuring some of their very best comedy friends.
Mary McCarthy and friends have fun at the piano: traditional music, classical music, duets…
Famous comedian Russell Brand thinks you shouldn’t vote.
Fleeced is an original comedy musical that tells the story of the made-up ancient Greek hero Jersephules; a simple farm boy doted on by his parents.
“You don’t know what heckling is!” screams Michael Legge at a woman in the first row, cutting down her contention that the Northern-Irish comedian is lovely.
Gary Colman (no not that one) has been a strong force at the free fringe for some time now and he certainly hasn’t dropped the ball this year round.
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
Michael Fabbri delivers an evening of too much information that lives up to his title.
Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
John-Luke Roberts delivered his usual off-the-wall comic offerings in this enjoyable hour at the Voodoo Rooms.
Love, life, families, losing weight and things that make us happy.
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums.
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
With so much improvised comedy coming to Edinburgh every year, it’s important to create a formula for a show that allows it to stand out from the crowd.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
As a comedian, Robert Newman seems somewhat unqualified to espouse a new theory of evolution, especially a theory that is rejected by most scientists.
Paolo Scheriani, Italian theatre author, winner of several prizes, performs I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life.
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
It’s July 1st, 2017, precisely twenty years after China took back Hong Kong from the British.
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
A thrilling double: your chance to see dancers from Scottish Ballet on the Fringe and an exclusive cut of a brilliant dance piece by VTDance.
Davies is a dynamo and a wonder to behold on stage.
Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio.
UK rising comedy star Nicky Wilkinson brings you an hour of rip-roaring stand-up, comic characters and special guest performers.
We got your late night funny covered! Come and witness a fresh batch of Festival Fringe comedians every night.
I felt lucky to have a press pass around my neck when I saw the queues of people being turned away from this show.
Sophie Willian: Novice Detective is a stand up show homage to daytime TV detective programmes like Murder She Wrote and Poirot and when focused on these it’s about as good as you…
Spain during the 1930s.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Part choral performance, part spoken word, Dreams of Peace and Freedom charts the development of the European Convention of Human Rights, reciting passages from one of its main c…
Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes.
Seamlessly shifting between a medley of characters at an alarmingly fast rate, Will Franken’s caustic satire at times verged on the unbalanced, crazed side of affairs, but beneat…
Bill Clinton was one of America’s glowing presidents, a shining democrat in the fashion of Jimmy Carter and even America’s beloved JFK.
The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness.
You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared.
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
A showcase show with some of the best performers at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe.
Twins Jack and Annie McGrath have put on a sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe in a desperate bid to find their third, long lost brother.
Lunchtime stand-up to warm up your chuckle muscles.
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
There is a pleasant buzz in the largest Free Fringe venue, the Three Sisters.
One of the founding members of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of most of their iconic songs, Glen Matlock has arrived at the Edinburgh Festival for one week only for an evening that…
Gooood Morning! Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps starts at 9am.
Before comedy Robert did 67 jobs in seven years, went to prison for a practical joke and wrote symphonies for his sock-puppet.
Spencer Brown covers the familiar territory of ‘kids do and say the funniest things’ in his offering at the Free Sisters, and this provides unspectacular, if gently amusing vie…
Alone on stage, with only a uniform, an old bed and a painted sky, Andy Daniel lays out the story of sixteen-year-old soldier Thomas Peaceful, in an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo�…
Alfie Brown’s persona is defined by a mix of nihilism and desperation, yet this time round he promised the audience that his misanthropic take on the world had cooled.
A video highlighting Tommy Rowson’s previous misdemeanours introduced the audience to this apologetic reprobate, and what follows is a self-examination into how he can refine his…
The stage is adorned with a pair of angel wings, a velvet couch and a large book covered in sparkles with ‘My Life’ adorned on the front.
Attention grabbing opener! Brief description of performers involved: Stephen Harvey (Perrier nominee), Marcus Garvey (Peep Show, Psychoville, Four Lions), Gareth Kane (What’s On St…
Frank Wurzinger’s Goodbye Günther takes the audience on a curious little journey through facing the inevitabilities of life and death, which provides ample amounts of gentle hum…
Al Lubel’s latest outing predominantely revolves around an obsession with his own name.
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion.
Despite his onstage charm, Marlon Davis could have done more to cover up for a set that contained predominantly weak material.
Eddie Pepitone is convinced that we’ve been consumed by the ‘gelato syndrome’, where coziness and contentment have shrouded the harsh reality of our petty existences.
During this peculiar hour, David Elms takes a different approach to the usual bravado of musical comedy in a consciously quiet, ungainly performance.
“What is it that frightens you?” Tom Neenan asks at the start of this one-man pastiche of an Edwardian ghost story.
In Mr.
Back by popular demand! Even more untold stories from TMS! Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter cordially invite you to join them on a trip down memory lane to discover fascinating untol…
They say ‘write about what you know’, so Irish comedian Michael Downey decided to write about being blue, because he’s experienced all its shades.
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
Welcome to Edinburgh’s dark and dirty side.
Ross Leslie and Chris Griffin are joined by Gareth Mutch for an hour of solid observational stand-up as part of the Free Fringe at the Beehive Inn.
John Early, Michael Cavadias and Dave Hill host their version of a daytime talk show, with the guests Jemima Kirke, Cole Escola and Kate Berlant.
The comedians Carl Arnheiter and Dave Hill lead a museum tour-turned-comedy show around the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A former member of the ’90s sketch troupe the State, Mr.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
In a blend of physical theatre and contemporary dance, four women explore the effects of loneliness on emotional wellbeing and literature’s constant re-interpretations of madness…
Critics and audiences agree, NY-based writer and stand-up comedian Michael Che is a star on the rise.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
The Brighton based John Lake Trio will be performing an evening of original melodic modern jazz composed by John Lake along with some covers of modern standards from bands such as …
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them.
I left Lead Pencil and Friends still wiping tears of laughter from my cheeks.
The Brooklyn favorite Eugene Mirman revives his long-running variety show for a mini-tour with the adored British comedy genius Daniel Kitson.
Since all his pals abandoned him, award-winning music & sketch comedian Sid has had a severe nervous breakdown.
This musical represents a massive achievement in many senses.
One of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers gives a recital that pays tribute to some of his composition mentors.
Darius Davies brings his critically-acclaimed HBÖ Special to Brighton for a series of intimate and uncensored gigs.
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.
Eliza Skelton is one of the finest of Brighton’s many wonderful songstresses.
Brighton-based improv troupe, The Twitnits bring their unique night of made-up musical comedy to Brighton Fringe.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
3rd May: Shin Suzuma - piano. 10th May: Ellie Blackshaw - violin. 17th May: Sussex Flutes - Flute Quintet. 24th May: Raija Walker-Piano. 31st May: Ambrose Page - piano.
Welcome to Alice and Harry’s house party.
Beloved for his bouncy energy and animated style, Mr.
Be a part of character comedian Katie O’Brien’s silly theatrical funfair as she brings you her five-star show, SuZanna GonZo.
Best of Friends’ writer and producer Nick Fogarty has proved his dedication and great stamina to this musical project.
Big Jay Oakerson brings his crowd-work show to the Comedy Cellar’s second room, with appearances by Dave Attell, Dan Soder, Luis J. Gomez and others.
This year Susan (News Quiz/QI) has written a show based on the life and times of Rosa Klebb.
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
As a happily married man whose life is upended when his best friend announces he is leaving his wife, Jeremy Shamos (“Clybourne Park”) gives a standout performance in t…
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
Hailing from Shetland and Devon respectively, Ross Couper (fiddle) and Tom Oakes (guitar, flute) are a dynamic duo who incorporate many of the elements of traditional Scottish and …
After a 2/3rd sell-out at the Fringe last year, Jonathan and friends return to put their slant on original songs that speak about our psychological, political and emotional lives f…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
One of the aspects of folk music that makes it so different from any other variety is the connection it has to history and tradition.
The pub quiz returns! Featuring The Pub Landlord’s new comedy character Barry Braveheart, there will be Scots trivia and stuffed guts to be won! In aid of CamKids.
Ask the average punter in HMV what jazz is and they’ll describe squalling saxophones, pulsating trumpets, and the white heat of constant improvisation in a smoky bar.
One of the most enigmatic acts from Scotland.
Star of Fringe favourite The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, Siôn James, ‘utterly charming .
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
Wester Hailes, a suburb of Edinburgh, is about as much of a potential tourist destination as the moon.
Buried deep under Edinburgh, accessible only via a side street and past an inconveniently parked white van, Paradise in the Vault is the perfect venue for this chilling chamber ope…
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s more often than not a badly-played oboe.
Sold out Fringe 2012! This lovely show returns with the critically acclaimed From a Garden of Songs, RLS’s own songs, poems from a Child’s Garden of Verses and a performance of Ste…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
One of the Guardian’s top sketch writers at Westminster, will give a hilarious talk about the politicians, prime ministers, poseurs, poltroons and pratfalls he has seen.
On the eve of the 2014 independence referendum, singer Gill Bowman and broadcaster Mark Stephen use the songs and poems of our national poet to try and explore how Burns might have…
Sarah Kane was an explosively controversial playwright who suffered from depression, communicating worlds of psychological turmoil through incredibly disturbing theatre.
What is it with us and smallness? The Brits love it - being tiny but fierce.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House on BBC Radio Scotland.
Feis Rois and Friends is a show by Feis Rois, an organisation which promotes traditional celtic and Scottish folk music.
Comedian Dave Bailey ‘definitely funny and loads of good gags’ (BAFTA) performs 30 minutes of stand-up and is supported by two top comedians from the circuit doing 15 minute se…
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.
Certainly adhering to it’s name, Todd Gordon and a multitude of talented musicians played well into the night.
Jamie Hamilton is an energetic and inventive sketch writer, with an unusual ability to take conventions from other genres and spin them until they become surreal.
Completing a hat trick of free Fringe shows, confusingly-named trio Rory and Tim return with a new hour of sketch comedy.
Alex Kealy and Friends promise an hour of humour.
A brand new stand-up show about why a 30-year-old American probably shouldn’t be friends with a 19-year-old boy from Norfolk.
The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast is made up to bring you its legendary lunchtime chat show podcast featuring the most fantastic and incredible acts from this year’s Fringe.
‘The Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Stand-up and a dash of improv from Fat Kitten improv alumni James Ross and Steve Violich.
Legendary entertainer Quint Fontana brings his comeback show to Edinburgh.
Darius Davies… I’m sort of in love with him.
Award-winning comedians Joshua Ross and Sunil Patel tell jokes about betrayals, microwaves and pants.
Another outing for put-upon mother-of-three Ruth Rich, Something Fishy charts an ill-fated school trip to Marrakech.
The events surrounding the Christmas truce - which took place in 1914, during the first world war, on the Western Front - have long served as one of the most poignant reminders of …
There’s no denying the pulling power of Lynley Dodd’s best-selling children’s series Hairy Maclary: with vibrant characters, charming stories and colourful settings they are popula…
From the producers of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, Amnesty’s acclaimed comedy podcasts are back.
PhD student Carrie leads us through several case studies of female mental illness, spanning centuries and hitting quite close to home.
Employees of the month, hosted by the extremely likable Glenn Moore, presents Edinburgh’s hottest comedians.
This darkly comedic two-hander plunges us straight into the aftermath of a murder in the Scottish Highlands.
For years, the Durham Revue have been one of the strongest university sketch troupes around and this year is no exception.
Ruth Rich’s madcap scheming to avoid a diary clash fills this hour of light comedy at the Pleasance Courtyard.
As humble a turnout as it was, Paul Revill was very grateful and welcomed us warmly.
Michael Fabbri performs an hour of stand-up comedy.
Robert Golding, the sequel to Owen Thomas’ Richard Parker, walks the path from the ordinary to the unusual before tumbling into the chasm of bizarre.
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.
No wires - no script! A completely improvised 50s radio-play adventure, unique every day.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been framed and is now forced to share a cell with a prostitute and possible murderer, Lina.
‘Somewhere between Flight of the Conchords’ parody and Tim Minchin’s witty word-play lies home-grown talent Robert Taylor’ (Theatre Press).
Including some of the newest and brightest stars, you’ll be hard pressed not to enjoy having an early afternoon pint and listening to these entertaining, hilarious and new young …
Jacques Brel is one of the most famous French singers of all time.
Based on Ettore Scola’s 1977 film Una Giornata Particolare, Working on a Special Day succinctly adapts a historical story of repressed feeling for the stage.
This is an absolutely charming and highly informative performance, made possible by the wonderful writer and historian Allan Foster and his accompanying Scottish folk singer, Andy …
‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer.
‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage.
I Believe in Unicorns immediately invites us into its world.
I went into Anthropoetry not sure what to expect.
‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist…
Michael Che’s show Cartoon Violence offers a little fresh perspective on current issues such as racism, bullying, sex, and the recession.
To devotees of Test Match Special, the voice of Henry Blofeld – deep, resonant, quite improbably plummy – is iconic.
Jason Byrne is a rare breed of stand up comedian.
With so many positive and upbeat comedy shows out there, why not go against the grain? This is Michael J Dolan’s reasoning for his blatantly bleak show.
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
During the Fringe, a haven for ill equipped hastily prepared venues, it can be reassuring to witness a comedy show at a place dedicated to stand up all year round.
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
This gig is a total surprise – just what the Fringe should be.
It is one month before Federico Garcia Lorcas death and he has just completed his latest play, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Tick…Tick…Boom! is a show created by Jonathan Larson (of RENT fame) centred around a promising musical theatre writer ‘Jon’, who is running out of time.
Part of the American High School Theatre Festival, Scarlett High School from Canada present Platus’ 200 B.
Valvona & Crolla is a bit of a household name in Edinburgh, and that’s putting it mildly.
There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead.
From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.
On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated.
Dinner and a show: a winning combination.
I have to admit, I had no idea what to expect upon entering Barabbas production of Hairdresser in the House.
There is a saying in Hollywood that the gun you see in the first scene will go off in the third.
Who am I? What price, fame? What is reality? These are just some of the inane issues dredged up to validate this otherwise empty narrative.
Dong Yi is a celebrated classical Chinese zheng soloist.
The self-proclaimed professors of ‘pop hermeneutics’ return in stunning form to the Udderbelly, revealing their miraculous insights into the world of music and mass-culture, li…
Forget reimaginings and modernisations - Hamlet House of Horror takes the bad Quarto in a vicelike grip and shakes it until there’s nothing left but life, noise, and fun.
In this North London retelling of Bizet’s opera, our feisty titular heroine is caught between two men in a world of crime, sleaze, and skinny black jeans.
An evening dedicated to songs and music inspired by Stevenson and his writings, this one-off performance of the critically acclaimed CD ‘From a Garden of Songs’ was a rare trea…
If you are a fan of hilarious songs and impeccable singing then this is the show for you.
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
It was a strange ensemble that made up the ‘Josh Neicho and Friends’ show on this day, but not an bad one.
Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Cowering away from the insistent drizzle under a table umbrella near the beer tent, my mood was not of the best when Special Ed and the Shortbus appeared in the entrance of the Spi…
Lynley Dodd’s tales of Hairy Maclary, the scampish terrier who gets up to all manner of mischief with his animal pals, never really did much for me as a little’un.
Apollo/Dionysus (Parts I, II & II) is a highly thoughtful play that hurls an audience headlong into a discussion of how we should live our lives.
In this energetic operetta, The Tabard’s own in-house company Pulling Focus give us a bizarre romp through a blood-thirsty country club.
It’s often the simple ideas that are the best.
Revival! by Mairi Campbell and David Francis, the duo also known as ‘The Cast’, is a new companion piece to their previous Fringe outing The Red Earth.
Less a comedy show and more an inventive piece of storytelling, Michael Workman presents an immersive tale of love and freedom of speech.
While chaos and violence unravel outside, within the safety and comfort of a hospital ward two strangers meet for a blind date.
A scream offstage and Laura enters covered in blood.
This picture-book musical follows a young orphan girl who casts off her mourning clothes and warms the hearts of those around her.
If your knowledge of Mongolian history is limited to Genghis Khan, or if you think that folk music is merely background music for washed-out hippies, then Anda Union are the perfec…
The big songs of stage and screen are being presented at the Laughing Horse Free Festival by the Cabaret Freaks.
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…
This pair of independent comedians is sure to evoke a titter from even the stoniest of critics.
35MM is subtitled ‘a musical exhibition’.
Mr McFall’s Chamber highlight an integral part of Scottish culture, proving there’s far more to folk music than twee tunes and the Braveheart soundtrack.
Thank goodness for the British public’s ability to laugh at itself, otherwise the soggy weather might prove too much when it starts lapping at our ankles.
When it comes to unusual instruments, the harp probably is somewhere in the top 5.
This new and contemporary chamber opera from Royal Opera House composer Martin Ward and librettist Phil Porter of the RSC tells the story of Farquar Quimpugh, a world-renowned expe…
As Piers Fawcett lies ill in hospital suffering from AIDS, he receives a visit from his best friend Tom.
In this world premiere from Rachael Coopes, Daniel Goldman’s superb direction reveals a taut piece of drama that is utterly captivating to watch.
Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap.
They say that two heads are better than one, and two bodies certainly are in this poignant two-part interpretation of Deborah Hay’s score I Think Not performed by two different sol…
In this offering from the American High School Musical Theatre Festival, Shakespeare’s text is revamped into a slick news room in a specially commissioned work from Chris Wynters…
Under The Ladder is a piece of theatre that works on many levels, yet is seemingly based on a simple concept.
After winning last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award, Russell Kane’s marriage fell apart, he had a breakdown, and didn’t perform for a considerable part of the year.
Hennessy and Friends is a fast paced surreal comedy sketch show.
Misdirected sexual attraction is the plate of the day from the Cambridge University Opera Society.
Russell Howard has been playing to packed houses down at the Pleasance Courtyard with his show Wandering.
A cast of eight reinterpret The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 19th century short story, which is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician…
Thank goodness they didn’t call it Greenday: The Musical, because if they had, they wouldn’t have got half the audience they did.
Maybe it was lack of sleep.
Call me strange, but watching this show twice (in English and in Japanese) has been my most fascinating theatre experience in a long time.
Let me start by suggesting that people of a nervous disposition need not read this review, since you sure as anything won’t enjoy the show.
I have a confession to make: until recently, I’d never been to the circus.
The stag night: one of the last remaining bastions of masculinity.
In a blank-canvas office, the corporate machine squeezes one last drop of inspiration from two ad-men at the end of their tether.
In this collaboration between American and Hungarian theatre companies, a poignant story unfolds about the turning points and decisive moments that can change a life forever.
‘Ooh, he were good, that Mercutio! Shame he had to die, really.
Chris Corcoran and Elis James aka Mr Chairman and Rex Jones, the Caretaker, invite you to join them (and the third mystery comedian who remains un-credited) at the committee meetin…
Sovereign debt, bad credit, riots and scandals – the Euro, and the sky, is falling.
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
Omigod, I so can’t believe I just saw that! Mod is a brash American import exploring teenage angst amid Beatle-mania as the infamous group set out on their tour of the States.
‘Woof woof here we go, it’s the Hairy Maclary show!’ This was the enthusiastic and warm musical welcome I received as I stumbled into the theatre faced by the sight of the entire t…
The classic tale that is Hamlet has been reborn into a contemporary musical and it tries to be a lively fun-filled show.
‘There’s some room down here if you fancy a dance,’ fiddler John McCusker encouraged vainly during last night’s one-night-only concert of traditional and new Irish music, h…
Musical comedy is a risky business.
I had never been to a strip club before.
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
The Gillis Centre, situated in the leafy Grange, is far away from the hustle and bustle of the Fringe and its blizzard of proffered leaflets.
The wacky trio from The Thistle Creek Thespian Society roll into the old saloon at Cactus Gulch, New Mexico, in 1889 to entertain Mayor Maynot and the apparently simple folk of the…
Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix.
James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice.
Sadly displaced from their usual venue, the St Andrew’s and St George’s West festival-within-the-festival have set themselves up in Royal Overseas House.
This egg-cellent production of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s Olivier award-winning family musical extravaganza is certainly something to quack about.
The best often start out young.
This was a very entertaining start to a Sunday from a very experienced and polished performer.
Deep in the bowels of the Barbican lies a show which defies categorisation.
‘Colour and light’ exclaims Georges, and this production takes that seriously.
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.
Say what you like about the show, the title doesn’t attempt to mislead you.
Children say the funniest things, but the words they say sound even funnier when adults speak them; that is what Monkey Bars sets out to prove.
Kieran and Joe may have gone from a trio to a duo since their last trip to the Fringe but fans can rest easy: the loss of a man doesn’t mean a loss of laughs.
Once in awhile the gods in comedy heaven will align the stars and deliver us a sublime female duo to embrace.
This brilliant one man show covers the entire, short life of Tommo Peaceful, from starting school until his execution by firing squad in the First World War, at the age of around s…
Blues can be a difficult act to pull off.
It is a great honour for any composer to have their work cherry-picked by fans and turned into a revue.
It’s only when you look back at your childhood books and films that you realise how many of them are ripe for satire.
Reuben Johnson’s The Meeting commands a strong central performance by Reuben Johnson, speaking the lines of Reuben Johnson under the keen directorial eye of Reuben Johnson.
The A-level drama students of St Marylebone CE School in London give this frothy oldie a new lease of life.
Choc-a-block with catchy tunes and feel-good fun, The Picture House tells the story of Penny and Oscar, a sweet couple torn apart by the Second World War.
A solitary woman is waiting for her husband to return from home.
This is a proper throw back.
When I was little I had a Jackanory audio tape which I would listen to as I fell asleep.
St Mark’s is an excellent space for chamber music, and I suspect, many other types of music.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Have you seen that Jason Robert Brown musical where the smart Jewish guy falls for the neurotic Irish Catholic girl? Despite being the premise of three of his shows to my mind, in …
This show suffers from a major conceptual problem.
In the Gilded Balloon’s Dining Room the twinned stand up sets of Australian comics Michael Workman and Tommy Little provided some wonderfully imaginative laughs, a pleasing contr…
Dan Wright, with his highly controversial and misleading title, attempts to lure all the Whacko Jacko conspirators under one roof and, Guy Fawkes-like, burn them all down with a fi…
The idea of searching for a lost parent is particularly fertile territory.
When in the first ten minutes of the show there have already been several jokes about vaginas and a song essentially about paedophilia, it quickly dawns that few sacred cows are go…
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…
This was my first venture over to C eca, a venue with a reputation amongst some as being out of the way.
John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens.
Visiting the theatre to watch a piece advertised as ‘the unstageable play’, youre about to see either a well-thought-out staging of a lost classic or an arrogant ensemble perform…
I went into Sex Ed! a little wary.
When is a musical not a musical? When it’s a sung play, of course.
The stunning, young, American-born mezzo-soprano opera singer Andrea Baker was joined for the first time on stage recently by her uncle Newman Taylor Baker, the percussionist and c…
Having recently lost his best friend to unforeseen circumstances, Jim Smallman is on a mission to find a new number one pal.
Multitasking can be very difficult: Gerald Ford was famously said to not be able to walk and chew gum.
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…
My main memory of French lessons is struggling to remember lists of increasingly bizarre irregular verbs, a recollection many will, sadly, find familiar.
Pattie Brewster, played by Amy Hoggart, is just looking for some friends and she’s hoping that her Edinburgh audiences will provide.
Now, here’s the thing: I really wanted to like this sketch show.
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…
There once was a skinny redhead who wanted to sing in Les Miserables.
Edinburgh is a beautiful city, with its ancient monuments, imposing churches and symmetrical townhouses.
A funeral sees the coming together of three siblings for their estranged father’s send-off, but this new musical is not really about death - it is about life and the suppressed t…
More and more churches are using Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival as a window for their work.
Jamie Demetriou was in the Bristol Review last year at the Fringe and now returns to go solo in ‘Jamie Demetriou’s Peoples Day’, his new show in which he showcases just some …
The songs of Belgian-born chanteur Jacques Brel are renowned for their colourful imagery and dramatic storytelling.
Musicals bring me out in a rash.
Callum and Diana work in Educational Children’s theatre.
Flowers are not only part and parcel of music lyrics, but also the pretty packaging on top.
For the first ten minutes of Ben Okri’s the Comic Destiny, I sat there entirely unsure about what was going on.
In the world of organs, the Frobenius brand is king.
Are you back for more Dick, or are you inexperienced in these areas? Of course I’m referring to the madcap world of adult panto at the Leicester Square Theatre.
These are three astonishingly talented musicians; the acclaim surrounding them all is justified.
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Browning’s birth, and Julian Lopez-Morillas solo performance honours the occasion with a presentation depicting one of the greatest roman…
What a charming narrative – a mountain man cons a young lady into marital servitude, at which point his six younger brothers steal six other women, holding them captive over wint…
The Prince and the Pauper has long been a staple of children’s bedtimes so the cast from Newman’s Art College had to satisfy not only children’s expectations but their parent…
This bitter-sweet musical errs self-consciously on the side of the sweet, providing a Rom Com where everything seems to go right.
German comedian Michael Mittermeier makes his début at the Fringe with a sell-out show, packed into an unfairly tiny venue.
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…
What can a reviewer say about a musical that’s different every night? By extension, what can a reviewer say about any show, since surely no two performances are the same? If you�…
Through Kane’s discussion of procreation, something great is indeed born, and that is great comedy.
Tiny Revolutions, the podcast that asks whether comedy can be a force for social change, comes to Edinburgh for a Fringe special.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Franck Piano QuintetDvořák Piano Quintet No 2 Op 81 The Netherlands-based Amatis Trio is one of the leading chamber groups of its generation, formed as recently as 2014 but exa…
Schubert Der TaucherMahler Selection from Des Knaben WunderhornStrauss Three Lieder from Op 87 Mahler Selection from Rückert-Lieder Powerhouse German baritone Michael Volle …
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
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 ...
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ed Edwards gives some observations loosely connected to his new play England & Son at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
In this Valentine's Special we talk to comedian Matt Hoss about what would be on his Valentine's playlist, how to book a tour after Edinburgh Fringe and what to get a vegan for Val...
Kate meets the folks behind the Army@TheFringe and finds out more about this unique venue.
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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Betrayal, money, power, politics and love.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Hidden away in the Old Town on Advocates Close you'll find The Devil's Advocate, and if you're lucky today's Edinburgh Barstar will also be on shift.
Richard's in one of Edinburgh's most unique bars today to meet Ross Bryant, co-owner of Bryant & Mack Private Detectives on Rose Street North Lane.
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...
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
What do we need to nourish ourselves? Is love enough? Can we definitively say that Nandos are the kings of fast food? Such questions and more are explored in the invigorating new p...
Andrew Blair and Ross McCleary are Edinburgh-local writers and collaborators.
Follow comic Clare Plested on an adventure in alcoholism as this year's she's agreed to bring us Cocktail of the Day. For the debut, it's a specially invented tipple at Ciao Roma.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
One of the Free Festival’s flagship Edinburgh venues, The Counting House, will be operated by The Gilded Balloon at this year’s Fringe it was revealed today.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
In their companion piece to 2013’s Fringe First Award-winning Dark Vanilla Jungle, writer Philip Ridley and director David Mercatali tell the story of Donny, a boy who has commit...
Andrew Blair gives Broadway Baby a taste of his spoken-word show This is Poetry with Ross McCleary, an exploration of fictional Edinburgh not at all based on the film Troll 2.
John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia.
Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famous legends of America.
Randy Ross, an erotica-writer, has come to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to put on his one-man show, The Chronic Single’s Handbook, a tale of a never-married hypochondriac, who t...
Cathy SK Lam is a writer, actor and director from Hong Kong.