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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Persistent Shadows

Persistent Shadows

Persistent Shadows is a narrative-driven piece of work exploring the historical, political and social landscape of Britain throughout the 1980s and drawing parallels to issues face… 

Laura Rose: BUSHPIG

Laura Rose: BUSHPIG

An autobiographic comedic feast following stories from growing up on an Australian pineapple farm, misadventures abroad, Laura’s crazy family, and her forever loving husband. 

The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis

The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis

A multimedia concert experience calling attention to the urgency of the climate crisis through original songs by American musician and songwriter Dan Sheehan. 

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

‘There’s no greater love story than female friendship’. 

ScotlandsFest: Forth Bridge Stories – Barbara Henderson

ScotlandsFest: Forth Bridge Stories – Barbara Henderson

The iconic red railway bridge has spanned the Forth since 1890. 

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

She’s an LA actress. 

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Jessica Fostekew returns to the Fringe for a limited run of her critically acclaimed new stand-up show Mettle, a show about passion, pace and purpose… 

Rose Matafeo: On and On and On

Rose Matafeo: On and On and On

Do you ever feel like you’re meeting yourself again and again in a bad way? Winner of the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award and creator of Starstruck, Rose Matafeo returns to the Fringe … 

Songs Without Words

Songs Without Words

Two of Scotland’s foremost acoustic guitarists, Simon Kempston (‘a master of fingerstyle guitar’ (Scotsman)) and Paul Tasker (‘one of the leading guitarists of his generation’ (Mav… 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

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

Annaliesa Rose Sings the Peter Allen Songbook

Annaliesa Rose Sings the Peter Allen Songbook

This show shines a new light on Peter Allen in his capacity as incredibly gifted composer/songwriter, while also showcasing Annaliesa Rose’s unique and diverse vocal expertise, wit… 

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

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

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

Jessica Aszkenasy: BRA SHOW (WIP)

Jessica Aszkenasy: BRA SHOW (WIP)

An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one. 

Sam Dodgshon's Memory is Full

Sam Dodgshon's Memory is Full

Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

The feel-good, eight-piece band returns to Edinburgh with their award-winning show, taking its audience across America and discovering the roots of blues and soul. 

Thor Stenhaug: It's So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid

Thor Stenhaug: It's So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid

Thor Stenhaug is a Norwegian comedian based in the UK. 

Aidan Jones – Stories

Aidan Jones – Stories

A few years ago I got punched in the face by a lady on the train. 

Sophie Rose McCabe: Mother Bored

Sophie Rose McCabe: Mother Bored

Fringe debut by Edinburgh native, single mum and rising comedy star, Sophie Rose McCabe. 

Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane. 

Stories from the Office of a Sex Dungeon

Stories from the Office of a Sex Dungeon

A BDSM dungeon is only as good as its staff: the dommes, the subs and of course, the manager. 

Toy Stories, or How Not to Make a Living as an Artist

Toy Stories, or How Not to Make a Living as an Artist

A storytelling odyssey through art, contemporary politics and twentieth-century history, told in Chris’s signature style: satirical stand-up meets art lecture-demonstration. 

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush

Howl with the hounds and dance on the moors! She’s not there – but you are. 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

A year after inexplicably winning Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe, and therefore killing comedy (Sun), Lorna Rose Treen brings her sell-out debut character comedy show back to t… 

Mel & Sam: High Pony

Mel & Sam: High Pony

Pussy-poppin’ Mel & Sam are yanking you by ya ponytails through a chaotic hour of musical sketch. 

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining a Cult

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining a Cult

Kate-Lois Elliott’s family lived in a secretive cult until her mum escaped. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

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

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

Have you experienced the intensity of being famous without any of the perks? Been doppelgäng-banged to the point you no longer exist? Lube up for this deep dive into fame and misf… 

Sam Lake: Esméralda

Sam Lake: Esméralda

An uplifting new show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise. 

Flat and the Curves: Rosé-Tinted

Flat and the Curves: Rosé-Tinted

With rosé-tinted glasses, award-winning Flat and the Curves piece together bygone years of revelry. 

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

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

The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York … 

Persistent Shadows

Persistent Shadows

Persistent Shadows is a narrative driven piece of work exploring the historical, political and social landscape of Britain throughout the 1980's and drawing parallels to issues… 

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle

Jess Fostekew's son’s joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually. 

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle

Jess Fostekew's son’s joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul - The Road Trip

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul - The Road Trip

Join Ken Wood and the Mixers on a once in a lifetime musical journey around America to discover the roots of soul. 

Sam Savage: Soar Like a Pigeon

Sam Savage: Soar Like a Pigeon

A show about getting older but not wiser. 

Stacey and Rose

Stacey and Rose

Winner of the Best Comedy Show and Best Comedy Partnership at Liverpool Fringe Festival 2023. 

Sam See: And I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore

Sam See: And I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore

In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time. 

Sam Dodgshon's WIP

Sam Dodgshon's WIP

Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos. 

Sam Dodgshon's Work in Progress

Sam Dodgshon's Work in Progress

Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos. 

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining A Cult

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining A Cult

After multiple sell-out shows across the UK, Brighton Bred, award-winning comedian Kate-Lois Elliott brings you a WIP of her debut hour. 

“The Hairy Indian Bikers” Without The Bikes (Because Our Mums Won’t Let Us)

“The Hairy Indian Bikers” Without The Bikes (Because Our Mums Won’t Let Us)

Join hairy Indians Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat as they join forces to provide you with pure laughter for an hour! They’re a bit like the Hairy Bikers but they’re not allowe… 

Jessica Kirson

Jessica Kirson

Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage. 

Jessica Kirson

Jessica Kirson

Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage. 

A Rose by Any Other Name

A Rose by Any Other Name

This one woman show charts Rose’s fascinating and life changing journey with Shakespeare from childhood to recent times. 

A Rose by Any Other Name

A Rose by Any Other Name

This one woman show charts Rose’s fascinating and life changing journey with Shakespeare from childhood to recent times. 

Rose + Bud

Rose + Bud

Real or Ideal? Be your selves. 

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining A Cult (WIP)

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining A Cult (WIP)

Kate-Lois Elliott’s family were brought up in a secretive cult until her mum escaped as a teenager any questions? One generation later in a completely unrelated set of events a … 

Beneath the Currents | Rose

Beneath the Currents | Rose

Beneath the Currents Dive beneath the currents and listen Rose I can't remember her voice. 

Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters

Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters

Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n… 

MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS

MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

Peter Pan - Rose Theatre

Peter Pan - Rose Theatre

A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits. 

'Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About'. The final chapter

'Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About'. The final chapter

‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ returning to The Hen & Chickens Theatre, playing from Thursday 30th November until Saturday 2nd December at 19:30. 

Stories Untold

Stories Untold

This festival celebrates the art of storytelling. 

A Night Of Standing Up Comedy Featuring Sam Tallent

A Night Of Standing Up Comedy Featuring Sam Tallent

Sam Tallent (“the absurd voice of a surreal generation”- The Denver Post) is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast. 

Paddy McDonnell - Stories

Paddy McDonnell - Stories

Following on from a sold out tour across the the UK and Ireland, Paddy McDonnell, one of Irelands best storytellers, brings his new show “Stories” to the Lei… 

Paddy McDonnell: Stories

Paddy McDonnell: Stories

Following on from a sold out tour across the UK and Ireland, Paddy McDonnell, one of Ireland's best storytellers, brings his new show “Stories” to the L… 

Love. Stories.

Love. Stories.

Love. 

Love. Stories.

Love. Stories.

Love. 

Venice without the Stains

Venice without the Stains

Venice, Europe’s most depraved city, produced the sublime Vivaldi, the enduring influence of Lully, the extraordinary beauty of Handel’s music. 

An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends

An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends

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. 

Without By Neil Reidman

Without By Neil Reidman

A very poignant in myriad ways. 

Without By Neil Reidman

Without By Neil Reidman

Very poignant in myriad ways. 

I'm Muslamic – Don't Panik

I'm Muslamic – Don't Panik

Bobak dances, clowns and flings himself about the stage for an hour as he tells the audience about his Iranian heritage and growing up in Bristol in the 90s where Islamophobia and … 

Vocal Vengeance: A Murder on the Stage Floor

Vocal Vengeance: A Murder on the Stage Floor

Steelworks A Cappella group presents a murder mystery, Vocal Vengeance, which is like an musical version of Cluedo. 

Ageing Folks Telling Jokes

Ageing Folks Telling Jokes

The Ageing Folks are back! After a sell-out run in 2022, your favourite comedians over 40 return, older but triumphant. 

Tandava

Tandava

Tandava – the cosmic dance of Shiva – symbolising time; existence; non-existence and so much more. 

Movin' Melvin Brown presents Sweet Soul Music (The Sam Cooke Story)

Movin' Melvin Brown presents Sweet Soul Music (The Sam Cooke Story)

World-class entertainer Brown returns from his five-star musical A Man, A Magic, A Music presenting a dazzling journey through Sam Cooke’s life: The King of Soul Music. 

Sam Campbell. Bulletproof Ten

Sam Campbell. Bulletproof Ten

Despite the allegations… The champ is back!!! The show will only go for ten minutes but you will remember it for longer. 

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up. 

Bird

Bird

Relating the most horrible experience a woman can go through portrayed in the most beautiful form, Amina Khayyam Dance Company return to the Fringe with a stage version sequel to t… 

What Goes on Without Me

What Goes on Without Me

After their death, Jude wakes up in a waiting room located on the upper east side of the afterlife. 

Without

Without

Ben Tomalin, Maisie Fawcett and Sophie Holmes’ Without is an interesting contender at this year’s Fringe Festival in that it has a very strong cast that handles an equally stro… 

Six String Stories

Six String Stories

Taj has worked with a diverse range of musical styles, as a guitarist improviser he has worked with John Hiseman and Dominic Miller. 

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back

“If you like dick and hate tories this is the show for you” – Reuben Kaye 2023I was gagged from start to finish, Reuben Kaye is one of the best performers I have seen at this… 

2020 The Musical

2020 The Musical

2020 the musical follows main characters Emily Goodhand and Adam Pictor, two musical theatre performers who have faced a lot of rejection, finally get their big break in a show tha… 

Bruce Fummey: Stories of Scotland

Bruce Fummey: Stories of Scotland

Bruce Fummey has spent fifteen years creating comedy and Scottish history-themed comedy shows for festivals around the world. 

Shadows of Angels

Shadows of Angels

Set in the city slums of 1920s Australia and based on true events, Shadows of Angels sees four women recollect the part each played in a crime on one hot, volatile day. 

A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line - and what a chorus line! I was wowed by this performance of A Chorus Line presented by the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group. 

Losing the Plot

Losing the Plot

Losing The Plot is a new queer jukebox musical comedy, jam-packed with top hits from the 70s and 80s, Originally performed in Manchester and has now come to the Fringe this year. 

Paul Black: Nostalgia

Paul Black: Nostalgia

Social media star Paul Black returns to the Fringe this year with his new stand-up show, Nostalgia, a look back into his childhood as a gay wee boy growing up in Glasgow as the son… 

Do you remember that this is the play I was telling you about

Do you remember that this is the play I was telling you about

‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the … 

Blue Rose Code + Support from Steph Macleod

Blue Rose Code + Support from Steph Macleod

Ross Wilson, aka Blue Rose Code, writes songs straight from, and to, the heart. 

Do you remember that this is the play I was telling you about

Do you remember that this is the play I was telling you about

‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the … 

Maati Katha (Earth Stories)

Maati Katha (Earth Stories)

In the dangerous and magical land of Sunderbans, living is about a fragile balance: between land and water, domestic and wild, human and human, calm and storm. 

Living Proof: Stories of Hope and Recovery from Chronic Pain

Living Proof: Stories of Hope and Recovery from Chronic Pain

Living Proof is a recoveree-led non-profit working to promote a neuroplastic approach for full recovery from chronic pain and many other chronic symptoms. 

Siblings and Family Friends

Siblings and Family Friends

These girls are batshit crazy and I love it. 

Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)

Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games. 

Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)

Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games. 

Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the World

Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the World

Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the World is a show that is not only thought-provoking but stirs emotion too. 

Poesie Geht Ohne Schuh (Poetry Walks Without Shoes)

Poesie Geht Ohne Schuh (Poetry Walks Without Shoes)

The poetry of Rilke, Eichendorff (and more) set to original music written and performed by Christoph Hilger, with Janet de Vigne. 

The Whitney Houston Story

The Whitney Houston Story

Cleopatra Higgins gives a fierce performance in The Whitney Houston Story, along with her band, Higgins sings Whitney Houston’s most recognisable hits while exploring Whitney Hou… 

Sunset Stories

Sunset Stories

Ailsa Dixon, Bob Mitchell and Jackie Ross, three leading storytellers with a fierce love of their native north-east of Scotland invite you to a fast moving and light-hearted homage… 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

Come on a musical journey around America to discover the roots of soul. 

Janitor/Manager and How to Have an Affair Without Really Trying

Janitor/Manager and How to Have an Affair Without Really Trying

Janitor/Manager: Inspired by the expression ‘If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere’, Sean Conrad booked a one-way flight to NYC to become a stand-up comedian and quickl… 

Flamenco Fiesta

Flamenco Fiesta

Alba Flamenca presents Flamenco Fiesta, a fierce dancer and amazing musicians team up to bring Spanish flare to Edinburgh’s Southside. 

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s. 

Songs Without Words

Songs Without Words

Two of Scotland’s foremost acoustic guitarists, Simon Kempston (‘a master of fingerstyle guitar’ (Scotsman)) and Paul Tasker (‘one of the leading guitarists of his generation’ (Mav… 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe. 

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

***** (On The Mic, podcast) **** (FestMag. 

jD Shapiro: If It Ain't Woke Don't Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

jD Shapiro: If It Ain't Woke Don't Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

jD Shapiro is the writer of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. 

Sam Coade and James Trickey: Floorfillers

Sam Coade and James Trickey: Floorfillers

Join rising stand-up chart-toppers James (Chortle Student runner-up, BBC New Comedy Award shortlist, Amused Moose New Comedian runner-up) and Sam (Komedia New Act nominee, West End… 

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

Using the back catalogue of The Proclaimers, this jukebox musical follows Davy (Lewis Kerr) and Ally (Kerr McKinley) as they navigate life after serving in the army. 

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle. 

Ticked-Off Einstein Telling Jokes

Ticked-Off Einstein Telling Jokes

Everybody is getting more stupid. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

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

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe. 

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical)

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical)

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical) is an eye-opening performance about Section 28 a series of laws introduced to the UK in the 1980s that prohibited the “promotion of homosexua… 

The Black Blues Brothers

The Black Blues Brothers

An acrobatic spoof of the movie The Blues Brothers, with plenty of flips and stunts weaved in alongside some clowning. 

Havana Street Party

Havana Street Party

The vibes of a Havana street party brought to McEwan Hall, this dance troupe from Havana, Cuba are simply stellar, with styles such as street dance, salsa, rumba, afro and contempo… 

Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF

Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF

Sam Lake wants to be a Daddy. 

Tennessee, Rose

Tennessee, Rose

The works of Tennessee Williams rank as some of the greatest and most iconic plays ever written. 

Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine

Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine

I’ve never laughed so much at a someone else’s shortcomings in my life. 

Knock, Knock

Knock, Knock

Four TikTok comedy stars try their hand at stand up comedy this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, hosted by Coco Sarel and stars Steven Mckell, Ayamé Ponder and Henry Rowley. 

Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People

Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People

Comedian Mamoun Elagab will not kiss your ass. 

Cam Gavinski: Bonheur

Cam Gavinski: Bonheur

Cam Gavinski: Bonheur has been the strangest thing I’ve seen so far at the Fringe. 

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Simon David brings Dead Dad Show to the Fringe this year and it is insane, an absolute piss-take, but also very emotional. 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Character comedian Lorna Rose Treen has been pretending to be other people for fun since she could dress herself. 

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle). 

Without Sin

Without Sin

A contemporary confessional for the modern sinner. 

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

Relationships, and break-ups in particular, are a common focus for stand-up. 

Sam Morril: The Class Act Tour

Sam Morril: The Class Act Tour

Stand-up comedy Sam Morril joins us at Leicester Square Theatre on July 1st as part of his "The Class Act Tour. 

Sam Lake: Aspiring D.I.L.F

Sam Lake: Aspiring D.I.L.F

After his “Gut Bustingly Funny” (Deadline News) debut show last year, Sam Lake is back and he is DADDY. 

Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris: Hooters!!!

Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris: Hooters!!!

A smoking hot bill of stand-up from Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris. 

Sam Lake: Aspiring D.I.L.F

Sam Lake: Aspiring D.I.L.F

After his “Gut Bustingly Funny” (Deadline News) debut show last year, Sam Lake is back and he is DADDY. 

Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris: Hooters!!!

Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris: Hooters!!!

A smoking hot bill of stand-up from Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris. 

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s. 

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s. 

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle). 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe. 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Awwwww I Feel Good! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to jump and jive to the fun, all-action sounds of ‘Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul’. 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Awwwww I Feel Good! Join manic frontman Kenneth B Woode and the cast of ‘Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul’ as they tell the sensational story of soul music and its greatest pe… 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

A work-in-progress character comedy show from award-winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen (Funny Women 2022 Stage Award and 2022 Comedy Shorts Award, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee). 

Hidden Stories

Hidden Stories

Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the… 

Hidden Stories

Hidden Stories

Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the… 

Wuthering Heights - Rose Theatre

Wuthering Heights - Rose Theatre

'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take … 

Rose

Rose

Martin Sherman’s Rose is already an award-winning production that received widespread critical acclaim during its sell-out runs at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and the Park T… 

The Telling: Into the Melting Pot

The Telling: Into the Melting Pot

“Last night’s performance was so utterly moving - a human story brought to life. 

The Telling: Into the Melting Pot

The Telling: Into the Melting Pot

“Last night’s performance was so utterly moving - a human story brought to life. 

Stories in the Garden: Atalanta the Adventurer

Stories in the Garden: Atalanta the Adventurer

Stories, games and puppets! Join our team of Story Archaeologists on a magical adventure into the world of Greek myth and help us recover the story of a forgotten hero! Returnin… 

Stories in the Garden: Atalanta the Adventurer

Stories in the Garden: Atalanta the Adventurer

Stories, games and puppets! Join our team of Story Archaeologists on a magical adventure into the world of Greek myth and help us recover the story of a forgotten hero! Returnin… 

Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy

Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy

Fresh from his off-broadway run and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, Sam is coming to London. 

Movin' Melvin Brown presents Sweet Soul Music (The Sam Cooke Story)

Movin' Melvin Brown presents Sweet Soul Music (The Sam Cooke Story)

World-class acclaimed entertainer Movin’ Melvin Brown is back in Brighton with his smash hit soulful Musical ‘Me and Otis’. 

Toy Stories

Toy Stories

Meet Chris, a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up. 

Toy Stories

Toy Stories

Meet Chris Dobrowolski a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up. 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Georgie Rankcom’s adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a colourful comedy that laughs at corporate culture and business stereotypes. 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Big Con Productions and The Grey Area Present How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock & Willie… 

Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)

Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)

Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor… 

SHADOWS

SHADOWS

SHADOWS Is a one-man show that entails the stories of individuals who have been abused, depressed and also suicidal. 

Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)

Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)

Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor… 

SHADOWS

SHADOWS

SHADOWS Is a one-man show that entails the stories of individuals who have been abused, depressed and also suicidal. 

Richard III - Rose Theatre

Richard III - Rose Theatre

Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa… 

Lord of the Flies - Rose Theatre

Lord of the Flies - Rose Theatre

By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c… 

Comix Without Borders

Comix Without Borders

A Canadian, an American, a Somali, a Londoner and a Dane walk into a bar - it’s not the start of a joke, but it’s the origin of something that is pretty funny. 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

SKIN PIGEON is a WIP character comedy show from award winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen (Funny Women 2022 Stage Award and 2022 Comedy Shorts Award). 

Flinch | One Hundred Ghost Stories

Flinch | One Hundred Ghost Stories

Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho… 

Rose Johnson (Work in Progress)

Rose Johnson (Work in Progress)

Rose Johnson is 37 and all she’s got to show for it is nine chin hairs, a Love Island addiction, and a world-class talent for over-thinking (plus jokes re: all the above). 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake. 

Stacey and Rose

Stacey and Rose

Stacey and Rose have watched all the films. 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus stop (work-in-progress)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus stop (work-in-progress)

Why does one become obsessed with Taylor Swift at 30 when one loved Sting at 8? (years old, not AM) Can one shit on a bus and also maintain a healthy romantic relationship? WHY ARE… 

A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre

A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre

From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic. 

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

A show about sexy things (awkward), private things (oh no) and a woman trying to sit on the face of time to keep it still (hot, right?). 

A Year Without Summer (WIP)

A Year Without Summer (WIP)

It’s 1816 and Mary Shelley is about to start work on Frankenstein. 

Victoria Amelina: “Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened: Stories and Poems from Ukraine”

Victoria Amelina: “Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened: Stories and Poems from Ukraine”

Victoria Amelina will talk about the role of writers and artists who chose to remain in Ukraine after the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24th and discuss her ne… 

Tenor Seán Kennedy and Some Stories

Tenor Seán Kennedy and Some Stories

I always say- you can’t just do a stuffy old recital Seán! But the music is so beautiful, it comes to life when sung, it needs to be sung! Every piece has m… 

Songs & Stories with CHRIS HELME (THE SEAHORSES) Do It Yourself – 25 Years On

Songs & Stories with CHRIS HELME (THE SEAHORSES) Do It Yourself – 25 Years On

25 years on from the release of The Seahorses’ seminal album Do It Yourself, vocalist Chris Helme will revisit the iconic record with a series of one-off acoustic performances ac… 

The Chorus of Ghosts Living in my Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a shit in the Fruit Salad

The Chorus of Ghosts Living in my Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a shit in the Fruit Salad

A brand new show from the award-winning Belfast comedian. 

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

A show about sexy things (awkward), private things (oh no) and a woman trying to sit on the face of time to keep it still (hot, right?). 

Rose

Rose

Blending the personal with the political, this sharply drawn portrait of a feisty Jewish woman traces Rose’s story from the devastation of Nazi-ruled Europe to conquering the Ame… 

Chansons – Songs & Stories from Piaf, Brel & Me

Chansons – Songs & Stories from Piaf, Brel & Me

How about travelling to France for one hour without a jetlag? Stefanie Rummel, the multi-award winning musical cabaret artist, who travelled the world with her show returns to Edin… 

Rose

Rose

Following a hugely successful award-winning online run, which was later broadcast on Sky Arts, Dame Maureen Lipman returns to the title role of Rose for a new production starting o… 

Song for the Forgotten Rose

Song for the Forgotten Rose

Join classical trio Oscen Ensemble as they explore works by female composers in their Song for the Forgotten Rose. 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

There are 400 million pigeons on the Earth. 

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

There are 400 million pigeons on the Earth. 

Words Without Consent

Words Without Consent

Following a tour across England, 2Gal are bringing their four-star political satire to Edinburgh Fringe. 

Matt and Sam Attempt Murder

Matt and Sam Attempt Murder

At the 2022 Camden Fringe, Matt Rouse(“Solid attitude which he skilfully exploits” - Chortle) and Sam Picone(“Slick timing and effortless delivery” - Mo Gilligan) will atte… 

Matt and Sam Attempt Murder

Matt and Sam Attempt Murder

At the 2022 Camden Fringe, Matt Rouse(“Solid attitude which he skilfully exploits” - Chortle) and Sam Picone(“Slick timing and effortless delivery” - Mo Gilligan) will atte… 

Apradhini – Women Without Men

Apradhini – Women Without Men

Apradhini is a collection of stories about women who have been incarcerated for life for crimes including armed robbery, dacoity and murder. 

Science Stories for Grown-Ups

Science Stories for Grown-Ups

Science communication that engages the heart as well as the mind. 

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith

For centuries philosophers have asked the question, Who am I? But it’s now time to ask, Am I Sam Smith? Through the camp ecstasy of comedy cabaret, Dan Wye, creator of Séayoncé, … 

New Stories of Homelessness

New Stories of Homelessness

An art exhibition documenting journeys out of homelessness in Scotland, which aims to change the perception of homelessness by exploring how we depict the practical and structural … 

Sam Eley: Ratbag

Sam Eley: Ratbag

Are you reading this? Wow. 

Sam Campbell: Comedy Show

Sam Campbell: Comedy Show

Warning: I want to be worldwide performer. I hope you do not mind but this show will pretty much just involve me going up there and being nice with it.  

Exploring Deaf Heritage: Stories from People and Places

Exploring Deaf Heritage: Stories from People and Places

Explore Scotland’s oldest Deaf Centre as we share stories from the community, from Deaf History Scotland archives to screenings from contemporary artists. 

Six Stories

Six Stories

Taking inspiration from the Korean shamanic rituals known as Gut, WeMu reimagines the traditional in a concert combining Western and Korean instruments, creating modern music based… 

Sam and Joe: Strikeout!

Sam and Joe: Strikeout!

Chortle Student Comedy Award winner Joe Kent-Walters and runner-up Sam Williams join forces to bring you an absolute home run of a comedy show, covering two bases: stand-up and cha… 

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture

Zany music and a psychedelic multimedia screen await the audience as we take our seats for Sam Nicoresti’s show Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture. 

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices … 

Bumble Me Tinders: Dating Horror Stories!

Bumble Me Tinders: Dating Horror Stories!

The risque sensation is back! Watch comedians share stories, lead audience games, provide good and bad dating advice and much more. 

Fallen Rose

Fallen Rose

Look through the smoke. 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

This feel-good show connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion of the pioneering R&B and soul acts of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. 

End without Days

End without Days

Cool with underlying passion and deceptively simple choreography by New Yorker/San Franciscan Stephen Pelton, End Without Days gets under your skin. 

Kurt Vonnegut: My Lives' Stories

Kurt Vonnegut: My Lives' Stories

On the occasion of the centenary of Kurt Vonnegut’s birth, Fringe veteran Todd Wronski presents a portrait of one of the 20th century’s great writers using Vonnegut’s own unique sp… 

Songs Without Words

Songs Without Words

Two of Scotland’s foremost acoustic guitarists, Simon Kempston, ‘a master of fingerstyle guitar’ (Scotsman), and Paul Tasker, ‘one of the leading guitarists of his generation’ (Mav… 

Rebels Without Applause

Rebels Without Applause

Coming off a sell-out tour of Edinburgh in 2021, up-and-coming stars Luke Terry, Katie Kamola and Ed Thorne (with appearances from Jonnie Smith on select performances) return to th… 

Sam See: Government-Approved Sex

Sam See: Government-Approved Sex

‘There’s real steel in his comedic bones’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

Ageing Folks Telling Jokes

Ageing Folks Telling Jokes

Hot flush banter? Dodgy knee chit-chat? Yes, the finest comics over 40 are here to entertain you – if we can get up the stairs! Remember telephone tables? Or looking up facts in… 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret. 

Rebels Without Applause

Rebels Without Applause

Coming off a sell-out tour of Edinburgh in 2021, up-and-coming stars Luke Terry, Katie Kamola and Ed Thorne (with appearances from Jonnie Smith on select performances) return to th… 

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

It’s back! ‘For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival’ ***** (Scotsman). 

Paul Currie: The Chorus of Ghosts Living in My Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a Shit in the Fruit Salad

Paul Currie: The Chorus of Ghosts Living in My Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a Shit in the Fruit Salad

A brand-new show from the grand master of Dada nonsense that will endeavour to kick both the stigma of mental health and the patriarchy right in the non-binaries! Hold onto your re… 

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

It’s back! ‘For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival’ ***** (Scotsman). 

Friends Without Benefits

Friends Without Benefits

This a comedic, ridiculous and masculine social commentary on the absurdity of men from a queer female perspective. 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake. 

Sam Taunton: Yoho Diabolo

Sam Taunton: Yoho Diabolo

One of Australia’s best stand-up comedians returns with his new show Yoho Diabolo. 

Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy

Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy

Dealing with grief is something that is very difficult because it’s so personal and particular to the individual. 

Daniel Cainer: More Jewish Chronicles (and Other Musical Stories)

Daniel Cainer: More Jewish Chronicles (and Other Musical Stories)

Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs. 

Friends Without Benefits

Friends Without Benefits

This a comedic, ridiculous and masculine social commentary on the absurdity of men from a queer female perspective. 

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush

Howl with the hounds and dance on the moors! Kate’s not there, but you are. 

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

A new show about private things, public things and trying to wrap your big sexy arms around time to keep it still. 

¿Rob or Rose?

¿Rob or Rose?

Like binge-watching a season of MTV’s Catfish on acid, Henry Charnock’s ambitious new comedic drama ¿Rob or Rose? leaves us with the question, “what if reality . 

¿Rob or Rose?

¿Rob or Rose?

Like binge-watching a season of MTV’s Catfish on acid, Henry Charnock’s ambitious new comedic drama ¿Rob or Rose? leaves us with the question, “what if reality . 

Sam Avery: Role Model

Sam Avery: Role Model

Sam needs to step up. 

Sam Avery: Role Model

Sam Avery: Role Model

Sam needs to step up. 

A RARE APPEARANCE FROM ALFIE PACKHAM AND SAM ELEY

A RARE APPEARANCE FROM ALFIE PACKHAM AND SAM ELEY

Alfie Packham and Sam Eley have turned up in Brighton to perform a blistering hour of their best stand-up for the first time. 

A RARE APPEARANCE FROM ALFIE PACKHAM AND SAM ELEY

A RARE APPEARANCE FROM ALFIE PACKHAM AND SAM ELEY

Alfie Packham and Sam Eley have turned up in Brighton to perform a blistering hour of their best stand-up for the first time. 

Sam Rhodes - Colossus of Rhodes

Sam Rhodes - Colossus of Rhodes

Sam Rhodes is a Musical Comedian from South London. 

Sam Rhodes - Colossus of Rhodes

Sam Rhodes - Colossus of Rhodes

Sam Rhodes is a Musical Comedian from South London. 

Rebels Without Applause

Rebels Without Applause

An hour of stand-up comedy from three up and coming comics! 

Rebels Without Applause

Rebels Without Applause

An hour of stand-up comedy from three up and coming comics! 

Spellbinding Stories

Spellbinding Stories

Brocker the badger has a big bum. 

Spellbinding Stories

Spellbinding Stories

Brocker the badger has a big bum. 

Bumble Me Tinders! Dating Horror Stories

Bumble Me Tinders! Dating Horror Stories

The risqué sensation is back! After sold-out runs at both the 2019 and 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the 2020 Perth Fringe World festival, the interactive and ever-evolving c… 

Bumble Me Tinders! Dating Horror Stories

Bumble Me Tinders! Dating Horror Stories

The risqué sensation is back! After sold-out runs at both the 2019 and 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the 2020 Perth Fringe World festival, the interactive and ever-evolving c… 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Award-winning stand-up and nice young man Sam Lake presents an hour of hilarious and camp stand-up shaped into a heart-warming love story, talking about his life goals, and how he … 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake. 

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam's Scriptz!

Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s. 

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti-Wokeflake Snow Culture

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti-Wokeflake Snow Culture

The new show from ‘Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021’ Sam Nicoresti. 

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti-Wokeflake Snow Culture

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti-Wokeflake Snow Culture

The new show from ‘Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021’ Sam Nicoresti. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul returns to the Brighton Fringe for a second great year with a humorous all-action stage show that mixes storytelling with great music. 

Paul Merryck - Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories

Paul Merryck - Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories

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… 

Paul Merryck - Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories

Paul Merryck - Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories

He’s survived another year and he’s back! For the fourth year running (he even did a show in 2020), it’s the Brighton Fringe gig that is fast becoming a very dodgy institution. 

Stories in the Garden

Stories in the Garden

Award-winning companies Bee In My Beanie and Actors of Dionysus join forces to share the magical tale of Ariadne! Join Tess the Story Archaeologist and her assistant Fred the Puppe… 

Stories in the Garden

Stories in the Garden

Ariadne! Award-winning companies Bee in my Beanie and Actors of Dionysus join forces to share the magical tale of Ariadne! Join Tess the Story Archeologist, her intrepid sidekick … 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Bienvenue to Chansons, the original musical intercultural cabaret. 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Bienvenue to Chansons, the original musical intercultural cabaret. 

FRESHERS | Anyone Seen Mary Rose

FRESHERS | Anyone Seen Mary Rose

FRESHERSWhy can't she leave her room?Anyone Seen Mary Rose Text me when you're home safely FRESHERS - Caoimhe McGee Síofra is desperate to leave… 

GHOST STORIES

GHOST STORIES

A Comedy of Improvised Horror!To ride out the raging storm, Captain Laragub and his fishermen will take suggestions from the audience and perform a spontaneous one act c… 

Tartarus & Other Stories / Livestream

Tartarus & Other Stories / Livestream

An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness. 

Tartarus & Other Stories

Tartarus & Other Stories

An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness. 

Tokyo Rose

Tokyo Rose

Turn back the dial to 1949. 

Autumn Rose Garden

Autumn Rose Garden

Welcome to “Autumn Rose Garden” – student’s talent showcase of Cairo Rose belly dance studio at The Space theatre in London. 

The Misadventures of David & Sam

The Misadventures of David & Sam

Farmers-turned-entertainers David & Sam are ploughing up to George Square with their rambunctious family comedy, littered with the absolute best showmanship they can muster. 

Stories of a Dish

Stories of a Dish

A global pandemic may have struck, but we have a chef who’s just stuck. 

Sam Campbell: Companion

Sam Campbell: Companion

Listen here. 

Sam and Tim Present: Behind the Fringe

Sam and Tim Present: Behind the Fringe

A series of quick-fire sketches riffing on ten years’ worth of observations on the bizarre quirks that make the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the collection of misfits and mishaps that… 

Stories in the Stone

Stories in the Stone

Contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings inspired by the ancient standing stones of Calla… 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake, a show about our obsession with goal setting, why we feel pressure to achieve things before a certain age. 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake, a show about our obsession with goal setting, why we feel pressure to achieve things before a certain age. 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Award-winning stand-up and nice young man Sam Lake presents an hour of stand-up talking about his #GOALS, and how he copes with succeeding and (more often) failing at them. 

Best Before by Ellie Rose Amit

Best Before by Ellie Rose Amit

The awkwardness of a blind date. 

Best Before by Ellie Rose Amit

Best Before by Ellie Rose Amit

The awkwardness of a blind date. 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else. 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else. 

The Misadventures of David & Sam

The Misadventures of David & Sam

After an outstanding premiere at VAULT Festival 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing across to Islington with their rambunctious family comedy, littered wi… 

Italian Stallion Stories

Italian Stallion Stories

A nearly comedy about my memories as a professional stripper and near-hero during the London Bridge terror attack in 2017. 

Words Without Consent

Words Without Consent

Using the exact words spoken by both prominent figures and from their interviews with everyday women, Words Without Consent is a verbatim play telling two stories: an increasingly … 

Words Without Consent

Words Without Consent

Using the exact words spoken by both prominent figures and from their interviews with everyday women, Words Without Consent is a verbatim play telling two stories: an increasingly … 

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

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

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

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

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

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

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

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

Sam and Mark's On The Road Show

Sam and Mark's On The Road Show

Children’s TV royalty Sam and Mark, as seen on CBBC’s Big Friday Wind Up, Copycats and Crackerjack are delighted to be joining the hotly anticipated line up at Underbel… 

Husbands, Hair and Other Stories...

Husbands, Hair and Other Stories...

Ripe Fruit are two older women trying to make sense of the world they live in when they explore Husbands, Hair and Other Stories. 

Rebels Without Applause

Rebels Without Applause

Rebels Without Applause! An hour of stand-up comedy from three up-and-coming comics! Featuring: Luke Terry, Jonnie Smith and Ed Thorn. 

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

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

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

Fireman Sam Live - Saves the Circus

Fireman Sam Live - Saves the Circus

When all of his friends go away, Norman Price decides to find adventure in Pontypandy and become the star of a visiting circus. 

Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories: Paul Merryck & Friends

Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories: Paul Merryck & Friends

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… 

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep… 

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep… 

Lies, Alibis and Filthy Stories: Paul Merryck and Friends

Lies, Alibis and Filthy Stories: Paul Merryck and Friends

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… 

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner

The average person will speak about 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. 

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner

The average person will speak about 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. 

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

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

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

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul returns to the Brighton Fringe for a second great year with a humorous all-action stage show that mixes storytelling with great music. 

Words Without Consent

Words Without Consent

Using the exact words spoken by both prominent figures and every day womxn, Words Without Consent tells two stories: an increasingly out of control debate and two gals getting read… 

Words Without Consent

Words Without Consent

Katie Rice and Ellen Patterson are two performers on a mission to highlight how womxn are portrayed in today's world, as well as specifically within the political environment. 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else . 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else . 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake. 

Perspectives on Visibility: Outside Inside, Performed by: Ebony Rose Dark

Perspectives on Visibility: Outside Inside, Performed by: Ebony Rose Dark

How have ways of seeing and being seen reshaped the nuances of accessibility under lockdown? Three film vignettes released throughout the year explore the subjective relationships… 

Perspectives on Visibility: Outside Inside, Performed by: Ebony Rose Dark

Perspectives on Visibility: Outside Inside, Performed by: Ebony Rose Dark

How have ways of seeing and being seen reshaped the nuances of accessibility under lockdown? Three film vignettes released throughout the year explore the subjective relationships… 

Snapshot Stories

Snapshot Stories

Join writer and performer Naomi Paul and the community of Meon Vale in their collaborative film ‘Snapshot Stories,’ where arts meets activism! The film was part of Live & Local… 

Snapshot Stories

Snapshot Stories

Join writer and performer Naomi Paul and the community of Meon Vale in their collaborative film ‘Snapshot Stories,’ where arts meets activism! The film was part of Live & Local… 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

  Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation. 

Animal Stories

Animal Stories

This new exhibition is now on display at Feltham Library. 

Akram Khan Company - We are but Shadows

Akram Khan Company - We are but Shadows

With the support of Darbar Festival, Akram Khan Company present: We are but Shadows. 

Mister Dusty Rose's GHOST SHOW

Mister Dusty Rose's GHOST SHOW

Light a candle, turn off the light, and let us begin. 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

In proud association with Camden Fringe; Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation. 

Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics

Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics

Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa… 

Telling Stories Without Text with Jessica Rose McVay, 45North

Telling Stories Without Text with Jessica Rose McVay, 45North

Tableaux. 

Sam Campbell: Companion

Sam Campbell: Companion

If you want to make the finest wine, use the sweetest grape on the vine. 

The Misadventures of David & Sam

The Misadventures of David & Sam

After an outstanding premiere at VAULT 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing up to Bristo Square with their rambunctious comedy spectacular decorated with t… 

Sezar Alkassab: Telling Stories

Sezar Alkassab: Telling Stories

Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his conversational comedy style to the Camden Fringe with silly stories, informed observations, and provo… 

Compañia Ana Morales - Without Permission, Songs for Silence

Compañia Ana Morales - Without Permission, Songs for Silence

Emerging talent Ana Morales blends the traditional with the avant-garde in the innovative and emotive, Without Permission, Songs for Silence. 

Women Without Men

Women Without Men

Ireland in the 1930s. 

Di and Viv and Rose

Di and Viv and Rose

Manchester. 

Sam Avery: Toddlergeddon

Sam Avery: Toddlergeddon

The time is 4. 

Sam Avery: Toddlergeddon

Sam Avery: Toddlergeddon

The time is 4. 

The Misadventures of David & Sam

The Misadventures of David & Sam

Join us, farmers, David and Sam, under the watchful eye of our rumbustious Gran, as we courteously portray to you our untold and epic adventures right here at VAULT Festival, in th… 

Shadows by Jon Fosse

Shadows by Jon Fosse

Suspended from the ceiling of the Coronet Theatre are five crystalline orbs that almost look like faces. 

Will Seaward’s Spooky Ghost Stories VI

Will Seaward’s Spooky Ghost Stories VI

Ghosts! Cobwebs! Woooooo noises! The spine-curdling cult comedy Ghoststravaganza returns!Join Will Seaward (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, “genuinely, terrifyingly… 

Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia! (and other stories!)

Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia! (and other stories!)

Join us on this fin-de-siècle rattling rollercoaster ride as we wheel and dip through some of the infamous adventures of Holmes and Watson while tackling the tenacious and enigmat… 

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

It’s a Wednesday night in Brighton and Komedia is packed. 

The Sun Rose

The Sun Rose

Choreographer Matthew Rawcliffe (BBC Young Dancer Grand Finalist) presents The Sun Rose: a duet between two female dancers - celebrating fantasy and queer intimacy. 

Youth Without God

Youth Without God

Youth Without God at the Coronet Theatre is heralded as ‘a dark fable about the individual conscience in a time of social uncertainty’ and the 1937 novel by Ödön von Horváth… 

Shadow of the Rose

Shadow of the Rose

A new play by John Knowles written for the students of the PQA. 

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

The Edinburgh Comedy Award 2018 Best Show winner returns for one week only. 

Without Your Permission

Without Your Permission

‘What I had experienced had not been a full life, nor was it a full death but it was a real loss. 

The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition

The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition

After a showstopping visit in 2017, The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition returns with extra stories, all beautifully handcrafted from wool by members of the knitting group at the S… 

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

Nick is 14 years old. 

Blue Rose Code Presents: This is Caledonian Soul

Blue Rose Code Presents: This is Caledonian Soul

What is Caledonian Soul? Ross Wilson (AKA Blue Rose Code) will, with help from some very special guests, attempt to answer this question by offering his unique take on generations … 

Legend of Shadows

Legend of Shadows

All the way from Macao and Taiwan comes a magical production of traditional and modern Chinese shadow plays! Mingled with stories from Journey to the West and famous animation figu… 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

Largest Square Without Corners

Largest Square Without Corners

This dancing poetry is inspired by Tao Te Ching, which says that the largest square has no corners. 

Rose McGowan: Planet 9

Rose McGowan: Planet 9

It needs to be said, you must go into this show with an open mind. 

Auditions – MA Classical and Contemporary Text

Auditions – MA Classical and Contemporary Text

The RCS is holding auditions for this innovative programme for actors and directors, with some experience, who want to become more reflective, aspirational practitioners. 

Sezar Alkassab: Telling Stories

Sezar Alkassab: Telling Stories

Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his storytelling comedy style to the Camden Fringe with silly stories, informed observations, and provocative punchlines. 

The Hoovering Podcast Live with Jessica Fostekew

The Hoovering Podcast Live with Jessica Fostekew

The podcast all about eating: live. 

The Bureau of Untold Stories

The Bureau of Untold Stories

The world’s stories have gone missing, but with outrageous accents, some unconventional storytelling skills, live sound effects and your help, the inspired inspectors of The Bureau… 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion generated by the pioneering R’n’B and soul acts of the 40s, 50s and 60s. 

Sitcom Stories

Sitcom Stories

Room 5064 Productions presents six short plays inspired by classic British sitcoms. 

Dean Friedman – Singing Songs, Telling Tales

Dean Friedman – Singing Songs, Telling Tales

Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary, pop icon status for chart-topping hits… 

Rose Room

Rose Room

Scottish Jazz Award-winners Rose Room present ‘a dazzling night of classy vintage swing and gypsy jazz played by a band that combines brilliant musicianship and warm personality’ (… 

Icelandic Folk Songs and Stories from Icelandic Life and Culture, Viking to Contemporary Iceland; Piano, Voice and Drums with Passion and Humour

Icelandic Folk Songs and Stories from Icelandic Life and Culture, Viking to Contemporary Iceland; Piano, Voice and Drums with Passion and Humour

Icelandic folk songs and bits of Icelandic culture. 

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush

Sarah-Louise Young is one of Edinburgh Fringe's most respected and sought after musical variety performers, and it's no stretch of the imagination to see why, as she delive… 

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

An hour of gorgeous stand-up from two gorgeous comedians. 

Shadows

Shadows

This thought provoking production by Want the Moon Theatre is a compelling exploration of connectedness – to ourselves, to those around us, and to reality. 

Cover Stories

Cover Stories

Join Scottish jazz vocalist Louise Dodds this August as she debuts her brand-new show Cover Stories at The Jazz Bar. 

Joan Baez: Presented by Miss Irenie Rose

Joan Baez: Presented by Miss Irenie Rose

Miss Irenie Rose sings the well-loved songs written and sung by Joan Baez. 

Funny Stories About Pain

Funny Stories About Pain

Funny Stories About Pain is a one-hour journey through some decidedly not-funny events in the life of comedian Troy Alan, which would amount to a depressing Ted Talk if Troy couldn… 

Alcohol is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian

Alcohol is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian

Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016-18. 

Tokyo Rose

Tokyo Rose

Tokyo Rose is a complex story, told phenomenally well by a company quickly proving itself to be one of the hottest theatre groups in the country. 

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

This. 

Sam Russell: Privileged to be Here

Sam Russell: Privileged to be Here

2019 eh? Why is politics? When is religion? Who is gender? Where is race? Confused? So is Sam. 

Bumble Me Tinders – Dating Horror Stories

Bumble Me Tinders – Dating Horror Stories

Hosted by comedian Patrick Melton (USA) and featuring a new line-up of hilarious comedian eye candy each show. 

Sam Nicoresti: UFO

Sam Nicoresti: UFO

In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens. 

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

It’s a fact of life that any standup on the Fringe who is neither white nor straight is likely required to spend at least part of their show addressing it. 

Sam Lake and Chloe Petts: Household Essentials

Sam Lake and Chloe Petts: Household Essentials

Sam Lake and Chloe Petts are Household Essentials. 

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories VI

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories VI

Ghosts! Cobwebs! Wooooo noises! The original cult midnight comedy ghoststravaganza returns for a sixth year! Run while you can! Join Will Seaward (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live), f… 

Sam Haygarth: Climate Crisis

Sam Haygarth: Climate Crisis

Sam Haygarth was arrested recently. 

Jessica Fostekew: Hench

Jessica Fostekew: Hench

Hench is an engaging exploration of female strength in its many forms. 

The Pat Hobby Stories

The Pat Hobby Stories

F Scott Fitzgerald’s sparkling, waggish tales of 1939 Hollywood delightfully rendered by LA-born actor Paul Birchard. 

Sam Taunton: It's Nice, It's Modern

Sam Taunton: It's Nice, It's Modern

Winner: Pinder Prize, 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

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

Got a Text: A Musical Parody

Got a Text: A Musical Parody

Ahh, Love Island. 

Sam Nicoresti: UFO £5 / PWYW

Sam Nicoresti: UFO £5 / PWYW

In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens. 

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

Berk's Nest and Avalon present: WINNER: Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2018 - Best ShowRose Matafeo has kissed nearly 10 men in her life, AKA she’s a total horndog. 

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush

The chaotic cabaret cult, AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH is here!Enter Strange Phenomena, howl with the The Hounds Of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heigh… 

Shadows

Shadows

Nat and James work together, struggling against a possibly imagined attraction. 

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2's Insert Name Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz and… 

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Featured in the NYTimes and Time Out, this 24-year-old American sensation is set to make a bizarre and touching Edinburgh debut. 

The View From Behind The Futuristic Rose Trellis

The View From Behind The Futuristic Rose Trellis

The View From Behind the Futuristic Rose Trellis enthusiastically sings and dances its way through inner and outer realities, sifting through its characters to reveal moments of go… 

Hidden Stories On Tour

Hidden Stories On Tour

Presented by Root Experience, Hidden Stories is back in its hometown of Brighton for an informative and uplifting day at the Jubilee Library. 

Sam Went: Bicentennial Fan

Sam Went: Bicentennial Fan

Sam Went got dumped and did the very normal thing of transferring his feelings onto the 17th worst movie of all time - ‘Bicentennial Man’. 

Comic Without a Cause

Comic Without a Cause

Peter Hose is a respectable adult, and it’s tearing him apart! He doesn’t know what to do anymore, but he’s gotta do something. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Robert Ross presents: Jonathan Kydd - My Dad, Sam Kydd

Robert Ross presents: Jonathan Kydd - My Dad, Sam Kydd

There was once an industry joke that Sam Kydd was in every British film ever made. 

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes

Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through both song and over gesticulation. 

How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying

How to Succeed is a witty, satirical show with an exhilarating musical score and a plethora of interesting and diverse characters.  

Une Vie en Rose

Une Vie en Rose

Adrien Mastrosimone presents ‘Une Vie en Rose: The Life and songs of Edith Piaf’. 

The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

The lives of an eclectic community living in abandoned shipping containers are thrown upside down when a mysterious man arrives. 

Colourful Stories

Colourful Stories

Short stories about Colourful World “Сундук со сказками” приглашает самых маленьких зрителей и их р�… 

Jessica Fostekew: Power Bungalow (Work in Progress)

Jessica Fostekew: Power Bungalow (Work in Progress)

Power Bungalow is a new show all about strength. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul, from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smoldering sounds of Stax and Motown. 

Be Not Afeard: A Sensory Telling of Shakespeare's The Tempest

Be Not Afeard: A Sensory Telling of Shakespeare's The Tempest

Be not afeard. 

Telling Stories

Telling Stories

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his storytelling comedy style with silly stories and provocative punchlines to the Brighton Fringe. 

MOOP: STORIES

MOOP: STORIES

The award-winning Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) returns with a series of events that delve into last year’s exhibits, exploring how collections of everyday objects and archive… 

Sam Savage: TRY

Sam Savage: TRY

How do you fit into a chaotic high-flying world when all you have ever really wanted from life is a smaller forehead and some biscuits? And what happens when you are ready to fight… 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

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

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner

Unspoken thoughts and heavy silences become deafening in this gripping production of Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by First Floor Productions. 

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

What’s it like to be the 11th most famous BBC Jeremy, behind Paxman, Clarkson, Vine and the rest? Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings his succe… 

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

Following record breaking sell out shows, a West End transfer, productions in China, Australia, Canada, Italy, Germany and a smash hit film, the original terrifying live producti… 

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Parenthood is a crafty beast. 

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2's Insert Name Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz … 

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2's Insert Name Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz … 

JESSICA | Dancing Queen

JESSICA | Dancing Queen

JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO. 

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey 2019

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey 2019

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey. 

Silence – A storytelling from Rachel Rose Reid

Silence – A storytelling from Rachel Rose Reid

Listen to the “Queen of the New Wave of Storytellers” (BBC Radio 3), as she reclaims and reconfigures a lost Arthurian epic following a non-binary knight on a quest for equalit… 

The Thinking | Your Ma & Other Stories. Vol II.

The Thinking | Your Ma & Other Stories. Vol II.

The ThinkingDeveloped at FRINGE LAB with support from Dublin Fringe Festival Your Ma & Other Stories. 

Snow White, Rose Red & Bear Brown (4+yrs)

Snow White, Rose Red & Bear Brown (4+yrs)

Snow White and Rose Red – sisters, twins, best friends – have lived in the forest since they were Babes in the Wood. 

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Parenthood is a crafty beast. 

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Parenthood is a crafty beast. 

Snow White, Rose Red and Bear Brown

Snow White, Rose Red and Bear Brown

Snow White and Rose Red – sisters, twins, best friends – have lived in the forest since they were babes in the wood. 

Fresh Blood: Paul McNeive, Olivia Kiernan, Alex Reeve with Sam Blake

Fresh Blood: Paul McNeive, Olivia Kiernan, Alex Reeve with Sam Blake

Bestseller Sam Blake brings you some of the strongest new voices in crime fiction and finds out just how they did it. 

Will Seaward’s Spooky Ghost Stories V

Will Seaward’s Spooky Ghost Stories V

What’s that? Halloween, you say? Why that’s GHOST STORY TIME!!Fresh from a dangerously spooky run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Will Seaward “genu… 

Doktor James’ Skary Stories

Doktor James’ Skary Stories

Doktor James loves Halloween, it’s the one night he doesn’t try to take over the world. 

Stories

Stories

“Racist comments don’t belong in a play about mothers and shit. 

Untold Stories

Untold Stories

Untold Stories New Writing Festival is delighted to be bringing their New Writing Festival to The Pleasance this Autumn, presenting a collection of diverse new plays by some of the… 

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

Some productions are enhanced when a director changes the contexts of a play. 

Sam Nicoresti's Bedtime

Sam Nicoresti's Bedtime

The hypnopompic boy king slam-dunks a sleepover-themed show so hard the hoop disintegrates. 

Creating Stories Through Soundscapes

Creating Stories Through Soundscapes

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

The Land, The Sea, The City: Stories and Songs of Scotland

The Land, The Sea, The City: Stories and Songs of Scotland

Original and collected songs and stories from father-daughter duo: with Margaret drawing from her album Brigid’s Birds and Russell sharing some of his very favourite stories. 

Rose Room

Rose Room

‘A dazzling night of classy vintage swing and gypsy jazz played by a band that combines brilliant musicianship and warm personality’ (JazzScotland. 

Telling the Wrong Man He Had Cancer and Other Hilarious Stories

Telling the Wrong Man He Had Cancer and Other Hilarious Stories

Kevin Jones qualified in Medicine from Liverpool University. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

At 8pm, In the delightful setting of Lighthouse Bookshop, join storyteller, Niall Moorjani, for an evening of tales which contain: giants, dragons, lovers, witches, joy and sorrow. 

Blue Rose Code Presents: This Is Caledonian Soul

Blue Rose Code Presents: This Is Caledonian Soul

What is Caledonian Soul? Ross Wilson (aka Blue Rose Code) will attempt to answer this question with the help of a 14-piece band and some well-known musical friends. 

Stories and Songs With Beans on Toast

Stories and Songs With Beans on Toast

UK folk singer, cult hero and festival legend Beans on Toast makes his debut Fringe appearance. 

Text Analysis Through the Body

Text Analysis Through the Body

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Edinburgh in the Shadows

Edinburgh in the Shadows

‘A collection of. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul – from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smouldering sounds of Stax. 

Alternative Bedtime Stories

Alternative Bedtime Stories

Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”. 

The Bureau of Untold Stories

The Bureau of Untold Stories

In the minds of people just like you are tales of significant importance, waiting to be discovered. 

Sam Outlaw and Band

Sam Outlaw and Band

Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year. 

Seven-Day NHS: Naughty Health Stories

Seven-Day NHS: Naughty Health Stories

The Oxford Medical Students’ Tingewick Society come fresh from a sell-out slapstick pantomime to bring an insider’s view of medical life to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Auditions: MA Classical and Contemporary Text

Auditions: MA Classical and Contemporary Text

The RCS is holding auditions for this innovative programme for actors and directors, with some experience, who want to become more reflective, aspirational practitioners. 

She Rose

She Rose

AD1 Youth Dance Company presents an original contemporary dance work She Rose. 

Someone Somewhere by Sam Potter

Someone Somewhere by Sam Potter

Summer. 

Dreamer by Sam Fitton

Dreamer by Sam Fitton

‘Ethereal tricks and awesome stunts fall effortlessly from his hands’ **** (TheWeeReview. 

Modern Horror Stories

Modern Horror Stories

An anthology horror show featuring nine modern day tales of terror, death and the supernatural. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Foolish woman still expects to live a happy and comfortable life without releasing a sex tape. 

Arnab Chanda: Stories from Arnab

Arnab Chanda: Stories from Arnab

Arnab Chanda (Russell Howard’s Good News, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2007) quit stand-up in 2011. 

Year Without Summer

Year Without Summer

Cast Iron Theatre have rocked a minimalist set – an intimate three chairs and floor space surrounded by a ring of audience members – and have stretched it expertly to the peak … 

Joan Baez: A Tribute by Miss Irenie Rose

Joan Baez: A Tribute by Miss Irenie Rose

Miss Irenie Rose sings the well-loved songs written and sung by Joan Baez. 

Visual Short Stories

Visual Short Stories

Visual comedy, dynamic emotions, innovative narrative techniques inspired by films and the never-ending pleasure of transformation . 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

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

Sam Campbell: The Trough

Sam Campbell: The Trough

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world’s largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398… 

Forbidden Stories

Forbidden Stories

A multimedia performance that explores the theme of borders in the separated island of Cyprus. 

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

Melbourne’s Out Cast Theatre company, using ‘bits of Mr Oscar Wilde’, as stated on the flyer, return a sort-of version of The Importance of Being Earnest to the Edinburgh Fri… 

Macbeth Without the Shakespeare Bollocks Tour

Macbeth Without the Shakespeare Bollocks Tour

Following on from last year’s successful stand-up show of the same name, Bruce Fummey will take a small group in a people carrier to hear the real story of this much maligned Sco… 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Every comedian has their set-list: jokes which are tried and true, presented in a timely fashion to showcase their best zingers, punchlines and their best dick joke. 

Good Evening Edinburgh, It's Sam Kissajukian

Good Evening Edinburgh, It's Sam Kissajukian

Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

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

Sam Russell: Lucky Bastard

Sam Russell: Lucky Bastard

Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white, male privilege. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories V

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories V

The legendary late-night, vampire-flavoured torch-wielding storytelling ghoststravaganza returns for a fifth year! Run while you can!! Join Edinburgh’s favourite spooky comedian … 

Di & Viv & Rose (In an Hour) by Amelia Bullmore

Di & Viv & Rose (In an Hour) by Amelia Bullmore

’Have you just got exactly what you wanted by working hard and wanting it?’ A courageous look at the enduring bond of friendship. 

Frank Foucault: Shoes

Frank Foucault: Shoes

On the second floor of The Caves, in an arched, brick room with streamers cascading down either side, stands Frank. 

Alcohol Is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian

Alcohol Is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian

Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016 and 2017. 

The Adventures of Sam Swallow

The Adventures of Sam Swallow

Soar with Sam on his thrilling migration North! Journey through wondrous landscapes, meet the creatures that inhabit them, and see the impact of pollution and climate change. 

Jessica Michelle Singleton: Codependent Arising

Jessica Michelle Singleton: Codependent Arising

Codependent Arising is an immersive theater experience revealing the deepest, weirdest parts of one comedian in her most vulnerable state. 

Sam & Tom: Interview

Sam & Tom: Interview

After reviewing your application, Sam & Tom are pleased to offer you the opportunity to interview for the position of audience in their new cult comedy show. 

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories from My Disastrous Broadcasting Career

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories from My Disastrous Broadcasting Career

Sony Award-winning broadcaster Jeremy Nicholas brings his hilarious debut hour. 

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted

If you enjoy relatable comedy which is sprinkled with a dusting of political satire, then Angela Barnes: Rose Tinted is the show for you. 

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

As the audience file in Rose Matafeo is playing table tennis with members of the front row, in a gimmick that does not factor into the later story at any point. 

Sam & Tom: Interview

Sam & Tom: Interview

After review of your recent application Sam & Tom would like to extend to you the opportunity to interview for the position of ‘Audience’ for their new c… 

Knights of the Rose

Knights of the Rose

"Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon" (II Samuel 1:20) is a line that does not appear in Knights of the Rose. 

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings you his hilarious debut hour. 

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Chronic Irish over-thinker Eleanor Tiernan would like to think it’s possible to keep some things private. Is she delusional?  

John Osborne: John Peel's Shed and Other Stories

John Osborne: John Peel's Shed and Other Stories

Writer and storyteller John Osborne is back with a trio of shows across the final weekend of the Fringe. 

Year Without Summer

Year Without Summer

May 1816. 

Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories

Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories

A celebration of Brighton’s diversity, Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories, organised by the Brighton and Hove BME Heritage Network, is an opportunity for everyone to hear the … 

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

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

By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way. 

Cabaret From The Shadows

Cabaret From The Shadows

Winner of Nordic Fringe Network Award at Brighton Fringe 2017. 

Stories of the Sword: The Second Stab

Stories of the Sword: The Second Stab

So much history, so little time. 

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening). 

EAST by Steven Berkoff

EAST by Steven Berkoff

Berkoff's East is one of the most powerful examinations of the white working class culture in England. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d… 

Sam and Ben: Aliems!

Sam and Ben: Aliems!

Do you believe in. 

Gauhar Jaan – The Datia Incident

Gauhar Jaan – The Datia Incident

Looking at a beautifully lit and visually enticing set on a traverse stage, this production of Gauhar Jaan - The Datia Incident looks very promising. 

Refugee stories, secret recipes and dinner!

Refugee stories, secret recipes and dinner!

Refugees bring many things to Australia not only new and interesting food but amazing stories, stories of courage, determination and resilience. 

ATHENS MEETS AUSTRALIA IN SONGS AND STORIES

ATHENS MEETS AUSTRALIA IN SONGS AND STORIES

First employer Cat Stevens. 

Sam Simmons - RADICAL WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, 1960-1985

Sam Simmons - RADICAL WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, 1960-1985

Think you know everything about the feminist Latin art movement of urban Puerto Rico in the 1970s?!?! Well think again as Sam Simmons turns this world inside out and upside down. 

Sam Perry Live

Sam Perry Live

Sam Perry is a one-man orchestra who uses only his voice, a loop station, an effect pedal and microphone to create layers of haunting vocal harmonies, heavy bass-lines and break-be… 

Alcohol is Good for You Too - Sam Kissajukian

Alcohol is Good for You Too - Sam Kissajukian

Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017. 

Sanaa Story Telling

Sanaa Story Telling

Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer and activist. 

[sic] Rose

[sic] Rose

Curator, Dr Patty Chehade, invited 10 female artists to explore a text by Albert S Lyons MD and R Joseph Petrucelli II MD: ‘Medicine: An Illustrated History’. 

Sam Garlepp: Never Have I Ever

Sam Garlepp: Never Have I Ever

Drinking. 

ROSE CALLAGHAN: WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE?

ROSE CALLAGHAN: WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE?

Winner – Best Comedy at 2016 Sydney Fringe Festival ★★★★ - Herald Sun ★★★★ Theatre People ★★★★ The Australia Times Rose Callaghan (ABC, triple j, Nova… 

Beginning

Beginning

Two desperately lonely people open up to each other at the end of a house warming party and eventually become a couple. 

Ten Thousand Million Love Stories plus The Society/The Dreamweaver Quartet

Ten Thousand Million Love Stories plus The Society/The Dreamweaver Quartet

The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh… 

Shadows

Shadows

“DON’T YOU REALISE OUR HISTORY’S ALL WE’VE GOT LEFT. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

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

Knock Knock

Knock Knock

This one hour solo performance was a truly mesmerising and moving experience. 

Mother Courage And Her Children

Mother Courage And Her Children

Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children is given a safe and very competent revival at The Southwark Playhouse. 

Ghosted Stories Live Show

Ghosted Stories Live Show

This hilarious live show of the podcast called Ghosted Stories invites guests to talk about their crappy dating situations & stories of being ghosted to make dating less frightenin… 

Without a Hitch

Without a Hitch

There’s no doubting the raw energy and physicality of this show, a work of dance theatre that definitely prefers choreography to speech, and uses it—along with some pretty st… 

Ten Thousand Million Love Stories plus Piggyback

Ten Thousand Million Love Stories plus Piggyback

A night of stand-up comedy and improv featuring love stories unfolding in front of your eyes – every one new and made up on the spot! 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

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

The Paper Cinema's Macbeth

The Paper Cinema's Macbeth

The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth is a dazzling feat of storytelling. 

The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition

The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition

A fun, yet breathtaking and moving display of thirteen stories chosen from the Bible and reproduced by hand in wool. 

The Strange and the Eerie: Ballads and Stories of Auld Scotland

The Strange and the Eerie: Ballads and Stories of Auld Scotland

Scotland’s dark and mysterious past is hidden deep in its songs and legends. 

Treasure Trove of Shadows

Treasure Trove of Shadows

As the industrial world collides with agricultural life, China’s traditional folk arts are in decline. 

Sunshine at the Rose

Sunshine at the Rose

After sell-out productions of Sunshine on Leith, Oliver! and Les Misérables School Edition, Captivate Theatre brings you the most uplifting and rousing songs from the world of mus… 

Bonnie Fechters – Songs and Stories of Hope and Resistance

Bonnie Fechters – Songs and Stories of Hope and Resistance

‘In the 1970s there was a wee bit of a stooshie here in Scotland. 

My Body, My Life: Real stories of Abortion

My Body, My Life: Real stories of Abortion

2017 marks 50 years since the partial legalization of abortion in the UK. 

Bach Without Boundaries

Bach Without Boundaries

The relationship between musician and dancer is turned on its head during this unique, intimate gallery performance of Bach Cello Suite No 4 by violist Bridget Kinneary and dancer/… 

Fuaigh – Interweaving

Fuaigh – Interweaving

Fuaigh – Interweaving is a collaborative project about belonging, language loss and home. 

A Case of Wonders by Sam Fitton

A Case of Wonders by Sam Fitton

A theatrical twist on the traditional magic show, A Case of Wonders combines magic, comedy and special effects in its Edinburgh Fringe debut promising to be something out of the or… 

Turntable / Edinburgh

Turntable / Edinburgh

Michael John McCarthy’s Turntable is a project that has been touring Scotland for four years now, with the simple premise that music can help total strangers open up to one anoth… 

Me, as a Penguin

Me, as a Penguin

Tom Wells’s Me, as a Penguin, performed this August by Exeter University Theatre Company, is both a fun and melancholy look at loneliness, love and family. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul – from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smouldering sounds of Stax. 

Macblair

Macblair

Charlie Dupré’s Macblair reimagines the political life of Tony Blair as, to quote the production’s marketing, ‘a Shakespearean tragicomedy’. 

MakeyUppers' Bedtime Stories

MakeyUppers' Bedtime Stories

Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”. 

Sam Simmons A-K

Sam Simmons A-K

Sam Simmons is a dad now. 

Rose Room

Rose Room

Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles influenced by gypsy jazz. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

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

The Magical Trip of a Bead – Stories from China

The Magical Trip of a Bead – Stories from China

A musical marvel – a magical journey undertaken by three little children, each with their own striking personality, who unite their efforts and complete a series of challenging t… 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

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

From the Body to the Text

From the Body to the Text

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

Stories of Serendipity

Stories of Serendipity

Dance and storytelling which powerfully connects, fusing text, movement and music. 

Wrong Tree Adventures

Wrong Tree Adventures

This August, Durham-based Wrong Tree Theatre are bringing three shows to Edinburgh; currently on offer is Souvenirs, a light-hearted adventure that draws on the heavy use of props,… 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

A Case of Wonders by Sam Fitton

A Case of Wonders by Sam Fitton

A theatrical twist on the traditional magic show, A Case of Wonders combines magic, comedy and special effects in its Edinburgh Fringe debut promising to be something out of the or… 

Fred and Rose

Fred and Rose

Three decades of killing - 24 hours to break the case. 

Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake: Queens

Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake: Queens

Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake are queens. 

MA Classical and Contemporary Text – Auditions

MA Classical and Contemporary Text – Auditions

The RCS is holding auditions for this innovative programme for actors and directors, with some experience, who want to become more reflective, aspirational practitioners. 

Was it good for you?

Was it good for you?

Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey. 

Cold Fronts and Hot Flushes: The Short Stories of Kevin Spacey

Cold Fronts and Hot Flushes: The Short Stories of Kevin Spacey

A ghostwriter and his best friend work tirelessly to create the greatest book ever written. 

Bone Woman

Bone Woman

Bone Woman is a quiet, strange and beautiful production. 

Atlas

Atlas

Natural philosophers Edmund Halley and Robert Hooke are engaged in a scientific wager that will crown the man who can prove why the planets move elliptically the victor. 

Pike St.

Pike St.

I’ll make no bones about it: Pike St. 

Border Tales

Border Tales

Following a turbulent year of politics and current affairs, this year’s Fringe programme is unsurprisingly loaded with all manner of shows trying to make sense of the world in 20… 

The Sleeper

The Sleeper

In 2015, Henry C Krempels was commissioned by VICE to write an article on the refugee crisis which was then at its peak. 

Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers

Opening with an audio recording of various real-life political statements – given by both normal citizens and political leaders – Sleepwalkers quickly registers its interest in… 

Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band

Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band

Rock’n’roll in all its facets. 

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

Inspired by a Kafka story, writer Josh Luxenberg and Brooklyn-based Sinking Ship have created a weird and wonderful piece of theatre in A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation). 

The Crossing Place – Romantika

The Crossing Place – Romantika

The Crossing Place – Romantika has an absurdly joyous opening, which is unexpected considering that the show is marketed as a study of loneliness, anxiety and desire. 

Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable)

Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable)

The premise of Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable), here performed by Clumsy Bodies Theatre, is truly exciting. 

Stories from China

Stories from China

This magnificent show will bring you all the quintessence of China: Beijing Opera, chorus, string orchestra, drama, traditional folk music and dance. 

Frogman

Frogman

Frogman is an oceanic coming-of-age drama split between two time frames. 

Rose Red: A Grimm Panto

Rose Red: A Grimm Panto

Join us as we present to you the untold story of Snow White’s forgotten sister, Rose Red, and her attempts to escape her happily ever after as mistakenly predicted by the Brothers … 

Misterman

Misterman

For a one-man play, Enda Walsh’s Misterman feels almost mythically large in its intensity. 

Mairi Campbell: Pulse

Mairi Campbell: Pulse

Mairi Campbell, acclaimed Scottish folk musician, is a joy to listen to. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

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

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories IV

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories IV

There has never been a more perfect match for the phrase ‘larger than life’ than Will Seaward. 

Aaaaaaargh! Macbeth… Without the Shakespeare Bollocks

Aaaaaaargh! Macbeth… Without the Shakespeare Bollocks

Bruce’s comic observations probe deep into medieval Scotland. 

Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans

Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans

There are comedians that are laugh out loud funny, every couple of minutes a big laugh; but the stuff in between is dead air and tumbleweed. 

Sam & Tom: Unrectifiable

Sam & Tom: Unrectifiable

Post-sketch revival. 

One-Man Apocalypse Now

One-Man Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on… 

Frank Carson – A Rebel Without a Pause

Frank Carson – A Rebel Without a Pause

Funnyman Frank Carson blazed a comedy trail for 50 years. 

Guns 'n' Rosé With Peter E Davidson / Free Festival

Guns 'n' Rosé With Peter E Davidson / Free Festival

Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers. 

Sam Goodburn: Dumbstruck

Sam Goodburn: Dumbstruck

Accidental clown turned multi award-winning performer Sam Goodburn plays a dumbstruck young man the morning after his first steps into manhood. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam… 

Sam Garlepp: Well, There You Go

Sam Garlepp: Well, There You Go

Ninety-four word limit? Well, better not waste any. 

Creature

Creature

Creature is a contemporary dance show that tries to capture the essence of being human through what the publicity calls ‘aerial acrobatics and earth-bound choreography’. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Once again, Set List: Stand Up Without a Net returns to the Fringe at Gilded Balloon Teviot, just as loud and energetic as in previous years and with just as much potential for cat… 

Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend

Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend

Despite failing to romantically woo Matthew in the front row, who resolutely resisted her bookish clumsiness and snazzy jacket, Rose Matafeo delivers a tour-de-force performance in… 

Form

Form

Form is a wordless physical tragicomedy about escaping the pressures and boredoms of contemporary life, if only momentarily. 

Jelly Beans

Jelly Beans

Jelly Beans is a really, really horrible play. 

Staging Wittgenstein

Staging Wittgenstein

Staging Wittgenstein is a difficult production to categorise. 

Swan Bake

Swan Bake

Swan Bake is a riotously trippy and acerbically funny show. 

Phil Wang: Kinabalu

Phil Wang: Kinabalu

Kinabalu is an astutely clever and astutely silly hour of stand up from British-Malaysian comic Phil Wang. 

Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran

Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran

Life has three guarantees: you’re born, you die and if your name is Rio, you dance on the sand. 

Bernie Keith: Life Without Sat Nav

Bernie Keith: Life Without Sat Nav

Following his sell-out shows in theatres in the UK, comedian and award-winning broadcaster Bernie Keith makes his hilarious Edinburgh debut. 

Medea on Media

Medea on Media

Medea on Media is not your average spin on an Ancient Greek classic; Seongbukdong Beedoolkee’s production is fearless, irreverent, unsettling and, most surprisingly, a lot of fun… 

Luocha Land

Luocha Land

Told through contemporary and ancient physical storytelling techniques, the National Theatre of China’s Luocha Land is a visual treat. 

Speaking in Tongues: The Lies

Speaking in Tongues: The Lies

Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues: The Lies is one half of a Doughnut Productions double bill showing at the Pleasance Courtyard this August. 

Sonder plus Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society

Sonder plus Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society

Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart. 

Bumper Blyton - An Improvised Enid Blyton Adventure! PLUS Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society

Bumper Blyton - An Improvised Enid Blyton Adventure! PLUS Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society

Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie… 

Carly Smallman: A Work in Progress and Other Terrible Stories About Why I Keep Ruining it for Myself

Carly Smallman: A Work in Progress and Other Terrible Stories About Why I Keep Ruining it for Myself

Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy. 

Bambert's Book of Lost Stories

Bambert's Book of Lost Stories

Lambert is an impossibly small man with an enormous love of writing, who one day decides to set his stories’ characters free in the hope they’ll find a home. 

Bourgeois & Maurice: How To Save The World Without Really Trying

Bourgeois & Maurice: How To Save The World Without Really Trying

Critically acclaimed musical satirists make a triumphant return to Brighton Spiegeltent with their out-of-this-world Edinburgh Fringe smash hit. 

Creating a Believable Character Without the Use of Text

Creating a Believable Character Without the Use of Text

Award-winning Dutch performer Hiske Eriks presents a physical workshop in which we will search for a believable character by making small transformations. 

The Lions Roar and Other Stories

The Lions Roar and Other Stories

Award-winning children’s theatre company brings you a collection of short stories that will entertain and delight young audiences. 

Street Stories

Street Stories

Put on your headphones and set off on a journey through Brighton’s hidden corners accompanied by the fragments, stories and shifting sounds of six people who have experienced homel… 

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

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

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

New York Stories

New York Stories

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting to see when I arrived at the Rialto Theatre. 

Sofie Hagen tells some stories and tries out some jokes

Sofie Hagen tells some stories and tries out some jokes

Sofie Hagen is a Danish feminist comedian, who once badmouthed a cop - not on purpose. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe. 

Jessica Fostekew: You Know What I Did Last Summer

Jessica Fostekew: You Know What I Did Last Summer

A brand-new show in preview from Jessica Fostekew. 

Wilder Stories: Rhapsodies in Colour

Wilder Stories: Rhapsodies in Colour

Join us for a pigment-drenched journey. 

Sam and Ben: Shnozzleballers!

Sam and Ben: Shnozzleballers!

Sam and Ben fled a supernatural wizard realm 700 years ago after being challenged to a deadly game of Shnozzleball, which they were too chicken to accept. 

Life Without Dog

Life Without Dog

Following a sell-out performance of Katherine Chandler’s ‘Hood’ at the National’s Dorfman Theatre, Found in the Forest return with a new world premiere. 

Cabaret From The Shadows

Cabaret From The Shadows

Amid the abundance of hard hitting and harrowing new work presented at the Fringe, one could be forgiven for wondering why we’re all taking ourselves so seriously. 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Do you wish that your life was more successful? Do you yearn to reach the pinnacle of business and change the world for the better? Do you just love getting ahead? Well, we have go… 

Lost Without Words

Lost Without Words

'If we don't get lost, how can we find a new route?' Pioneering improvisers and theatre makers Improbable bring you their latest show, Lost Without Words - a theatrical… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

Stories with Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell

Stories with Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell

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. 

Rose Room

Rose Room

Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles, influenced by the gypsy jazz genre. 

Ron White – Live in Scotchland

Ron White – Live in Scotchland

If you’ve ever seen Ron White before, you already know what to expect. 

Party Animal Roop – Stories About a Unique Career in Show Business

Party Animal Roop – Stories About a Unique Career in Show Business

Roop has had a 20 year career as a celebrity party planner, and he has some special stories to share in his incisive one man show. 

The Rose and Crown

The Rose and Crown

There’s always a good smattering of obscure, seldom-performed or minor plays at the Festival Fringe. 

Melody of Love and Shadows

Melody of Love and Shadows

Saudha, ‘one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country’ (BBC Radio), offers a hypnotic and ‘breath-taking’ presentation (Rhapsody of Soul, Guardian) of India… 

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for … 

Limmy: Daft Wee Stories

Limmy: Daft Wee Stories

Following last year’s sell-out tour, Limmy returns to the stage with a new selection of stories from his Sunday Times bestseller. 

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for … 

Stories from Around the World

Stories from Around the World

Calling all explorers! Join us on the voyage of a lifetime to discover fairy tales, myths and legends from around the globe. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

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

Songs and Stories of Scotland

Songs and Stories of Scotland

Poetry, storytelling and song weave together to tell but a few stories from our infinite Scotland’s rich folk tradition. 

Blue Rose Code (Extra)

Blue Rose Code (Extra)

Following extraordinary interest in his 2016 Fringe show, Blue Rose Code has added a second gig at AMC @ St Bride’s for the Fringe. 

Macbeth: Without Words

Macbeth: Without Words

Macbeth: Without Words is an abstract and aesthetically pleasing piece, rich in tension. 

Stories Untold: Album Launch

Stories Untold: Album Launch

Described as Scotland’s ‘very own Tori Amos’ (Sunday Herald) and ‘a heady cocktail of Carole King and Regina Spektor’ (SpiralEarth. 

Blue Rose Code

Blue Rose Code

‘I feel like I’ve been forever a child of exile, a wanderer. 

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether. 

TalkFest 2016: Invisible Stories

TalkFest 2016: Invisible Stories

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

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

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

Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free

Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free

The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English. 

A Story of Stories

A Story of Stories

A world within a world, a tale within a tale; A Story of Stories is the visually stunning and innovative production that will capture a parent’s imagination as much as a child’… 

Rose

Rose

Following their ‘simply superb’ (AllEdinburghTheatre. 

Stories from Around the World

Stories from Around the World

Calling all explorers! Join us on the voyage of a lifetime to discover fairy tales, myths and legends from around the globe. 

The Rose of Jericho

The Rose of Jericho

Kevin Hely stares, bares his teeth and darts along the stage. 

Huge Davies and Sam Lake: Joking Hazard

Huge Davies and Sam Lake: Joking Hazard

Huge is a musical comedian from Asia. 

Red Rose / White Rose

Red Rose / White Rose

There were two actresses in Strindberg’s play: one I called his white rose, the other his red rose. 

Ellis & Rose: Obsolete

Ellis & Rose: Obsolete

Ellis and Rose’s act is dated, unfashionable and belongs in the comedy bin – according to one famous and respected comedian. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories III

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories III

Edinburgh’s favourite ghost-flavoured comedy storytelling show is back for a third year! Huzzah! And this time it’s spooky beyond all imagining! Join Will Seaward on the stroke of … 

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Running since 1997, Faulty Towers the Dining Experience has become a Fringe staple and international success. 

Bourgeois & Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying

Bourgeois & Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying

2016’s been a bit of a bumpy year to say the least so, it was only a matter of time before we started receiving advice from extra-terrestrials. 

Stunning the Punters (& Other Stories)

Stunning the Punters (& Other Stories)

Twenty-six years after winning universal rave reviews for his Edinburgh solo debut, George Dillon is again Stunning the Punters! Herald Angel winner returns with stories by Berkoff… 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

‘For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival’ ***** (Scotsman). 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b… 

David Longley: Everything I Hate About My Club Set

David Longley: Everything I Hate About My Club Set

David Longley’s act is structured almost like Shakespeare, summarizing the course of the evening in its first moments: “I’ve always wanted to do standup that’s like talking… 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Wilde Without the Boy

Wilde Without the Boy

It’s indefatigably Wilde. 

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

Immerse yourself in a magical journey. 

Suzi Ruffell: Common

Suzi Ruffell: Common

Suzi Ruffell greeted the audience at the door with a charming and cheeky smile on her face, perfectly setting the tone for her hour of standup. 

Children and Animals

Children and Animals

Florence Read’s play takes place in a hotel room. 

Sam Simmons: Not a People Person

Sam Simmons: Not a People Person

“It’s a bit tense in here tonight. 

Sam Fletcher: Daftwerk

Sam Fletcher: Daftwerk

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee and CBBC star, Sam Fletcher, presents his usual heady, mid-afternoon blend of jokes, lo-fi showbiz flair, idiotic theatrics and so… 

Fossils

Fossils

Fossils is an intriguing play where scepticism meets the loch ness monster. 

The Interference
BOBBY WINNER

The Interference

It is hard to tackle a subject such as campus rape in America and get the tone right. 

Sam Campbell: The Last Dreamer

Sam Campbell: The Last Dreamer

Winner, Director’s Choice 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 

Nina Conti: In Your Face

Nina Conti: In Your Face

The hype for Nina Conti is huge. 

World Without Us

World Without Us

Ontroerend Goed’s World Without Us imagines a future in which humanity has simply ceased to exist, and it’s surprisingly soothing. 

Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile

Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile

Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile is intended as a celebration of the awkward moments of social life. 

Orlando Baxter: Suspensions, Detentions and Summer Vacations

Orlando Baxter: Suspensions, Detentions and Summer Vacations

Watching Orlando Baxter perform is like sitting down with your favourite teacher again: you hang on his every word. 

Rose Matafeo is Finally Dead

Rose Matafeo is Finally Dead

The initial conceit of this show is that we’re all present at the funeral for Rose Matafeo. 

Naomi Petersen: I am Telling You I'm Not Going

Naomi Petersen: I am Telling You I'm Not Going

Naomi Petersen is a newcomer to the Fringe and in this whirlwind hour of musical and character comedy the laughs fail to keep pace with her sky-high enthusiasm. 

Africa – Weird and Wonderful Facts, Rhythm and Stories

Africa – Weird and Wonderful Facts, Rhythm and Stories

Africa is bursting with vibrant cultures, interesting people and weird and wonderful facts. 

Ellis & Rose - Obsolete

Ellis & Rose - Obsolete

The award-winning duo return with their unique brand of anarchic idiocy - join them as they take comedy into another dimension, in the high budget arena spectacular! 

Year Without Summer

Year Without Summer

May 1816. 

I am Telling you I'm Not Going

I am Telling you I'm Not Going

Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia. 

I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

“Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia. 

The Devil Without

The Devil Without

Faust re-imagined. 

Stories of the Sword: The Second Stab

Stories of the Sword: The Second Stab

So much history, so little time. 

Jessica Fostekew: Monster in a Cardigan (Work In Progress)

Jessica Fostekew: Monster in a Cardigan (Work In Progress)

The early rumblings of a wonderful new show about fear, love and being frazzocked. 

Street Stories

Street Stories

An innovative digital oral history project from Little Green Pig and the heritage strand of the Brighton Homeless Trust . 

Dancing Shadows

Dancing Shadows

A stunning exhibition in a beautiful, spacious setting. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si… 

Women Without Men

Women Without Men

(previews start on Jan. 

An Evening With Sam Morril & Beth Stelling

An Evening With Sam Morril & Beth Stelling

Mr. 

Joshua Bell and Sam Haywood

Joshua Bell and Sam Haywood

These excellent musicians return to Carnegie Hall for a program featuring two major works of the piano-violin duo repertory — Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata … 

Stories, Told

Stories, Told

Ghostly stories, told by sceptics. 

The Ex

The Ex

Dutch jazz punk veterans The Ex, have been going for thirty-five years. 

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour. 

Borderlands

Borderlands

We are on the border between England and Scotland, life and death, fluid and solid. 

Jane Austen's Forgotten Stories

Jane Austen's Forgotten Stories

Ever wondered what Jane Austen wrote before Mr Darcy? Ever wanted period drama without the dull bits? You’re in luck! This is Austen without the slow stuff. 

Darkness Falls – John's Gospel

Darkness Falls – John's Gospel

The Gospel of John is the most interesting of all the New Testament gospels. 

Mark Dean Quinn: More Observation Without Comedy Is Not On Today

Mark Dean Quinn: More Observation Without Comedy Is Not On Today

Mark Dean Quinn returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the fifth year running attempting to win the best newcomer award. 

To Sleep To Dream

To Sleep To Dream

To dream or not to dream? For the residents of Lhaytar, the only remaining city on an otherwise flooded Earth, the answer is definitively the latter. 

The Greatest Stories Never Told

The Greatest Stories Never Told

Setting the evening’s tone from the outset, the audience take their seats while the actors prep onstage, cycling through an exaggerated array of warmup exercises that any perform… 

Quiet Violence

Quiet Violence

The room smells of Deep Heat. 

The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation is given a shaky new lease of life in this parody adventure by Tobacco Tea. 

Blue Rose Code

Blue Rose Code

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

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

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

Short stories and poems

Short stories and poems

Prize-winning performer Stephen Pass recounts short stories and monologues from his recent collection ‘Ten Shorts’, including the power of four short words ‘It’s not for me’. 

Stockholm

Stockholm

Todd and Kali are a young couple. 

Eclectically. Arranged. Poe and The Tell-Tale In Part

Eclectically. Arranged. Poe and The Tell-Tale In Part

Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

What if someone else wrote a set list of outrageous and original topics for the world’s best stand-up comedians, and they had to perform from it with literally zero seconds to pr… 

Edinburgh in the Shadows

Edinburgh in the Shadows

Want to know the Edinburgh the tourist brochures won’t tell you about? Beattie and Scratchmann tell it like it really is in this spoken word show about the city’s sinister side w… 

ErictheFred

ErictheFred

An ambitious clown show from veteran performer Chris Lynam, ErictheFred never quite lives up to its multimedia promise despite some impressive and funny moments along the way. 

Woolly Eyed Turtle 3D

Woolly Eyed Turtle 3D

Emily Johnson and Maeve Bell are a double act from Ireland. 

Tall Tales for Small People: American Folk Stories and Songs

Tall Tales for Small People: American Folk Stories and Songs

We all love a good story! Multi award-winning singer-songwriter Mike Willis and his rovin’ band transport you to the smoky mountains of America. 

The Mountain Top

The Mountain Top

In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr went to Memphis. 

Off the Top

Off the Top

Baba Brinkman (science rapper, Fringe First winner, and half the cast of Off The Top) really loves his wife. 

Twin Primes

Twin Primes

As any GCSE maths student will tell you, a prime number is one that has only two factors: one and itself. 

Souvenirs

Souvenirs

Ashley (Ellice Stevens) has just moved to a new town. 

Fiesta de los Muertos

Fiesta de los Muertos

It’s one of the very few natural certainties that as we begin, so we must end – everything that lives, one day, has to die. 

5 Kilo Sugar

5 Kilo Sugar

Tik-sho-ret (‘communication’) Theatre Company have achieved their manifesto of giving a platform to Israeli and Jewish theatre. 

Writing

Writing

A charming, witty and engaging show, Writing is an exploration of just that - the process of writing, as seen from a child’s perspective. 

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

Six passengers travel on the tube from Stratford to Ealing Broadway. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

The best in improvised stand-up, Set List presents a daily changing selection of Fringe favourites performing a never before seen set without a moment’s preparation. 

The Communist Threat

The Communist Threat

A hotel room in Vienna, 1950. 

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour. 

On Track

On Track

A gallery space with assorted artworks: chainsaw, feathered headdress, a map of the world. 

Incarnadine

Incarnadine

Macbeth gets the prequel it never needed in Chiaroscuro’s portrait of the thane as a young warrior. 

Happy Birthday Without You

Happy Birthday Without You

It is difficult to know where to start with Violet Fox’s autobiographical show about her fraught relationship with her mother – I’ll take a note from her and start at the beg… 

Somebody Out There Loves Me

Somebody Out There Loves Me

Peculiar Spectacles’ Somebody Out There Loves Me is another theatrical examination of the trials and tribulations of online dating. 

A Reason to Talk

A Reason to Talk

Sachli Gholamalizad moved from Iran to Belgium when she was five. 

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons

123,205,750. 

Sam and Tom from TV!

Sam and Tom from TV!

Sam and Tom! are an anarchic double-hander made up of comedic wunderkinds Tom Burgess ‘coldly psychotic’ (Chortle. 

Sam Gore: The Cryptid Crossword

Sam Gore: The Cryptid Crossword

Cryptozoology is the posh word for ‘the pursuit of hidden animals’ – those creatures that are theorised to exist, but haven’t yet been proven to by science. 

Sam and Helen: Out There

Sam and Helen: Out There

I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break. 

Scott Bennett: About a Roy (Stories About Me Dad)

Scott Bennett: About a Roy (Stories About Me Dad)

Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience. 

Hamlet (A One Man Play)

Hamlet (A One Man Play)

Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play. 

Wilde Without the Boy

Wilde Without the Boy

This is a haunting and powerful solo show that lingers with you long after leaving the theatre, sticking closely to Oscar Wilde’s signature style: simultaneously intellectual and… 

PAN

PAN

PAN, the Korean word for festival, is a showcase of traditional dance and drumming and forms an eye-opening if not always compelling introduction to the country’s performance. 

Traces

Traces

Traces has been amazing audiences around the world for nigh on a decade; it is a testament to the visual and theatrical power of the show that it’s lasted as long as it has. 

Kafka's Ape

Kafka's Ape

Franz Kafka’s short story A Report to an Academy takes the form of an informative lecture given by an ape called Red Peter. 

25 Stories

25 Stories

The premise of 25 Stories is simple enough; Alex Watts is bored at work and so comes up with short stories to keep himself entertained. 

Mitch’s Movie Pitches

Mitch’s Movie Pitches

Mitch (Eric Sigmundsson) loves movies. 

Don't F*ck with Me Gweilo: Stories from a World Citizen

Don't F*ck with Me Gweilo: Stories from a World Citizen

International Comedian and British job thief Dana Alexander is back with her fourth Edinburgh Show. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories II

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories II

Will Seaward’s smash-hit five-star ghoststravaganza is back for a second year with new tales and even more terror! Aaargh! Join Edinburgh’s most booming comedian on the stroke of m… 

Wojtek: The Happy Warrior

Wojtek: The Happy Warrior

In 1942, a girl traded some food for a Persian bear cub. 

Rose Matafeo and Guy Montgomery Are Friends

Rose Matafeo and Guy Montgomery Are Friends

Winners of the 2013 and 2014 Billy T award. 

Just So Stories

Just So Stories

Just So Stories is a fun, interactive storytelling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tales. 

The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton

The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton

Pantomime is not just for Christmas, according to Òran Mór, whose take on the genre is a wonderfully satirical look at the corridors of power. 

I Would: A Hypothetical Sketch Show

I Would: A Hypothetical Sketch Show

This sketch show offers an hour of clean-cut and well-rehearsed comedy. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b… 

Sleeping Trees: Mafia?/Western?

Sleeping Trees: Mafia?/Western?

Western? is like watching your three little brothers playing Cowboys and Indians - with excellent band accompaniment, inventive slapstick and relentless wit. 

Sam Brady: Kindness

Sam Brady: Kindness

Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk Sam Brady explores his ongoing struggle to be a good person, and asks why kindness is so undervalued and so hard to practice. 

Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

Rose’s earliest memory is a ruined birthday party at the age of eighteen. 

The Remnants: As Thyself

The Remnants: As Thyself

A short and beguiling piece of theatre, As Thyself is presented here as the first part in a conceptual series of plays by Isla van Tricht, although it was originally a standalone p… 

Sparrow-Folk: SuBIRDia

Sparrow-Folk: SuBIRDia

Sparrow-Folk are Catherine Crowley and Juliet Moody - a female comedy duo who hail from Canberra, Australia. 

Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast

Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast

Sam Simmons’ show is completely mad right off the bat. 

Munch

Munch

Thanks to E. 

Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943

Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943

A crucifix, a menorah, the smell of incense. 

Sex Rated G

Sex Rated G

Advertised as ‘A One-Woman Play With A Man In’, I had preconceptions about this show that involved transgender, cross-dressing, and insightful anecdotes about sexual orientatio… 

Scattered

Scattered

When their estranged father dies, twins Nicky and Jake reunite to execute his will. 

The Remnants: Threadbare

The Remnants: Threadbare

Archimedes (Alexander Wilson) is interested in scopophilia, pleasure derived from looking. 

Sam & Tom from TV!

Sam & Tom from TV!

Sam Nicoresti and Tom Burgess used to be on Nickelodeon until “the incident we can’t talk about”, happened. 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc… 

The Rose of Jericho

The Rose of Jericho

In this critically acclaimed new play, an ex-soldier casts an unflinching and at times darkly humorous eye over his childhood, its impact on his relationships, his experiences of w… 

The Devil Without

The Devil Without

Faust re-imagined. 

Without Further Alliteration: Poetry, Coffee & Purple Robert

Without Further Alliteration: Poetry, Coffee & Purple Robert

Submerging performance poet, ‘Purple Robert,’ revisits Brighton Fringe with his own kind of ‘on the edge’ direct art-form engagement. 

Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit

Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit

An award-winning solo character piece that uses heart-breaking comedy storytelling to evoke the life of librarian Ms Samantha Mann, giving an intricately crafted English twist to a… 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener… 

Text

Text

Award-winning theatre company Rational Madness bring a new version of Text by Paul Levy based on real text conversations. 

The Stories of the Sword: Truths, Secrets & Lives

The Stories of the Sword: Truths, Secrets & Lives

Once the European martial arts were the equal of any in the world and the sword is the symbol that has stayed with us through story, play and film. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2… 

Telling the Story of Parkinson’s Disease: Can Comics Help?

Telling the Story of Parkinson’s Disease: Can Comics Help?

People with Parkinson’s Disease, researchers, graphic artists and comic creators have come together to capture a sense of being diagnosed with the condition. 

Ghost Stories: “The Shawl” and “Prairie Du Chien”'

Ghost Stories: “The Shawl” and “Prairie Du Chien”'

(previews start on Wednesday; opens on June 16) Do you feel a chill in the late spring air? The Atlantic Theater Company is freezing the blood, unseasonably, with a revival of two … 

Unhealthy relationships: Song, Stories and Visual Mayhem

Unhealthy relationships: Song, Stories and Visual Mayhem

Brighton-based storytellers, musicians, artists and wizards ponder the crippling and humiliating effect of unhealthy relationships (humour included!). 

Sam Kim

Sam Kim

In “Sister to a Fiend,” Ms. 

Paul Huang and Jessica Xylina Osborne

Paul Huang and Jessica Xylina Osborne

Lincoln Center’s popular Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts series offers rewarding, mostly younger artists in 60-minute programs starting at 11 a. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L… 

Stories of Love and Passion

Stories of Love and Passion

The Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts mixes jazz and burlesque with raw seduction in these heart-breaking, hilarious and taboo tales of sex work, unplanned pregnancy, loss of virginity and… 

Guitar Plus: Sonic Stories

Guitar Plus: Sonic Stories

The enterprising and excellent guitarist David Leisner is joined by the flutist Tara O’Connor and the violinist Philippe Quint for Sonic Stories, part of Mr. 

(Un)tied

(Un)tied

Georg Büchner’s fragmented masterpiece Woyzeck has always attracted experimentation, from one-man shows to Punchdrunk’s latest, The Drowned Man. 

Amy K

Amy K

The expectations and contradictions of the modern world are explored in Deborah Gibbs’ well-meaning but heavy-handed production inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Trial. 

Why Is Life Like Sparrows?

Why Is Life Like Sparrows?

Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes. 

Telling Tales

Telling Tales

Todoandahooha’s Telling Tales is a series of 21st century morality plays commenting on and critiquing the contemporary world. 

Seawall

Seawall

Putting on Sea Wall at the Fringe is a bold move. 

Actors

Actors

There’s an hour to go before an amateur production of Hamlet – the star of the show still hasn’t turned up, the rest of the cast hate each other and the director’s an egoma… 

The Boy in Blue

The Boy in Blue

Bringing a show to the Fringe is a daunting prospect even for established theatre companies. 

The Constant Soldier

The Constant Soldier

A soldier sits in an anonymous room. 

Pieces of Eight

Pieces of Eight

Aberdeen’s Literal Lines bring their confused and incoherent sketch show to Edinburgh for the first time. 

The Hunting of the Snark

The Hunting of the Snark

Chicago’s Forks & Hope Ensemble brings Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsensical poem to magical life in this youthful and ebullient adaptation. 

Four Stories Four Songs

Four Stories Four Songs

Four Stories Four Songs is a hilarious show based on the music EP of the same name by Emmet O’Malley, which was released in 2014. 

This Wide Night

This Wide Night

Chloë Moss’ 2008 play about two women reunited after getting out of prison is confidently revived by SUDS in Eliza Gearty and Tom Herbert’s searing production. 

Leave Me

Leave Me

Boy meets girl. 

My Luxurious 50 Square Feet Life

My Luxurious 50 Square Feet Life

In Hong Kong, thousands of people – poor families, students, white-collar workers – live in dystopian-sounding “sub-divided units” that sometimes only amount to 50 square f… 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

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

Echoes and Shadows

Echoes and Shadows

An evening of candle-lit poetry about anything and everything. 

Blue Rose Code

Blue Rose Code

Blue Rose Code is not folk music. 

I Promise I Shall Not Play Billiards

I Promise I Shall Not Play Billiards

In the mid-19th Century, Madeleine Smith was accused of poisoning her lover, Pierre Emile L’Angelier. 

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

Every evening, the understated sacred space of St. 

The Day Sam Died

The Day Sam Died

This piece of surrealist theatre successfully dramatises the issues it sets out to explore and uses neat theatrical devices to do it. 

Sweet Tea and Gollywhopper Eggs: Stories from the American Deep South

Sweet Tea and Gollywhopper Eggs: Stories from the American Deep South

This is an inventive telling of the best folk tales, ghost stories and family anecdotes from a region rich in history. 

Private View

Private View

 Plunge Theatre’s Edinburgh debut unflinchingly explores 21st century femininity in this confrontational piece of modern feminism in which three women explore perceptions of… 

Landscape with Skiproads

Landscape with Skiproads

What happens when the past collides with the present? If the philosophical is made tangible, does it still have the power to transform? And can myths ever hold any relevance to our… 

Stories About Love, Death and a Rabbit

Stories About Love, Death and a Rabbit

Charles Adrian Gillott as Samantha Mann presents an hour of stories about the life and loves of a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit. 

Stackard Banks is Self-Discovered

Stackard Banks is Self-Discovered

An Amazonian tribe, a German arch-nemesis and The Bourne Ultimatum are just three of the things on the mind of world-renowned adventurer Stackard Banks, played with much gusto … 

The Evolution Will Be Televised

The Evolution Will Be Televised

Kate Smurthwaite brings a wonderful hour of comedy mixed with a lovely science lesson to the Free Fringe, and is on every day at 8:20pm until the 23rd August. 

Sam Avery: Rock and Dole

Sam Avery: Rock and Dole

Sam Avery wanted to be a rock star. 

Watching Windows

Watching Windows

In 1964, a young bride is discovered standing on a high window ledge at her own wedding reception. 

Sam Brady: Kindness

Sam Brady: Kindness

Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk Sam Brady explores his ongoing struggle to be a good person and asks why kindness is so undervalued. 

Enigma - Emmy Goering (Hitler's Diva)

Enigma - Emmy Goering (Hitler's Diva)

Never has pre-show music been better selected: upon entering the second theatre space at Surgeon’s Hall we are greeted with a single mournful violin battling against heavy acoust… 

Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet

Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet

Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet is a hilarious chronicle that spares no painful detail of actor Matthew Schott’s adolescence, colliding the pain of puberty and sexu… 

Elsa Jean McTaggart and Miss Irenie Rose

Elsa Jean McTaggart and Miss Irenie Rose

ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award winner 2012 Scottish singer/songwriter and fiddler Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with her sister Miss Irenie Rose nominee for best newcomer in the Scottish … 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

In Set List, spontaneity is the name of the game; a selection of comics perform completely improvised sets in front of your eyes, with nothing to guide them but key phrases which a… 

Mafia on Prozac

Mafia on Prozac

Jay (T. 

Sam Larner Can't Say His R's - With Other Guests Who Can

Sam Larner Can't Say His R's - With Other Guests Who Can

A late night lock-in with elf loving, Edgar Allen Poe and speech impediments on the agenda. 

The Rose of Jericho

The Rose of Jericho

In a bare room, ex-soldier Danny (Kevin Hely) tells his life story: a troubled childhood, new beginnings in London and the horrors of Kosovo and Iraq. 

Hamlet

Hamlet

New theatre company Gin & Tonic makes an assured debut with an abridged version of Hamlet that breathlessly energises Shakespeare’s masterpiece with a confidence not often seen i… 

Gordon

Gordon

Sometimes less is more. 

Plastic Rose

Plastic Rose

Set inside a mental hospital, Plastic Rose has been compared to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. 

Ricky and Dave - Gigglelos

Ricky and Dave - Gigglelos

Ricky and Dave – Gigglelos is a Free Fringe show and hour of light humour that relaxes you into laughing in a comfortable atmosphere. 

Bond!

Bond!

There is only one way that Gavin Robertson can possibly start Bond!, his one-man parody of Ian Fleming’s greatest creation. 

Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge

Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge

Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter. 

A World Beyond Man

A World Beyond Man

In 1912, Captain Georgy Brusilov sailed to the Arctic. 

Old Folks Telling Jokes

Old Folks Telling Jokes

As a card-carrying, paid-up member of the Grumpy Old Men squad, I occasionally look at all those fresh-faced stand-ups staring out from the posters plastered across the city like S… 

Stories of My Life, Played By Other People

Stories of My Life, Played By Other People

‘The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children’ (Jim Henson). 

Red Tap/Blue Tiger

Red Tap/Blue Tiger

A taut piece of modern drama about broken homes and broken lives, Red Tap/Blue Tiger marks Richard Vincent’s successful return to theatre and sees the emergence of exciting young… 

Concerto Without Orchestra

Concerto Without Orchestra

You might find yourself wondering how far into the past you’ve strayed during this excellent piano concert by Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell. 

The Quant

The Quant

The world of high-level economics is no less mystifying after this one-man show by Jamie Griffiths, but he does at least shed some light on the individuals caught up in the financi… 

God Is in My Typewriter

God Is in My Typewriter

Anna-Mari Laulumaa’s one-woman show about the life of troubled poet Anne Sexton is as uncompromising and uncomfortable as Sexton’s work itself. 

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Comedian Jay Foreman provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this excellent mid afternoon show in the Green. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories!

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories!

On a dark and stormy night at the Fringe, Will Seaward’s Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories will warm your cockles rather than chill you to the bone. 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Durham University Light Opera Group’s production of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying is a masterfully polished piece of theatre. 

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

Dream Girls is a masterful collection of comedy mixed with surprisingly (even for McCullough) emotional moments that had the audience in awe. 

The Devil Without

The Devil Without

Half Derren Brown mind tricks and black magic show, half theatrical monologue, this 50-minute lock-in with John Faust is frighteningly good fun. 

Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man

Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man

The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost… 

The Sam & Joe Show

The Sam & Joe Show

The up-and-coming favorites Sam Morril and Joe Machi host this weekly stand-up show, with performances from Josh Gondelman, Nick Vatterott, Anthony DeVito and Seaton Smith. 

Leith At War

Leith At War

Set in the midst of the Second World War as the planes start to fly over the skies of Britain, Leith At War brought a wave of nostalgia to the audience. 

Our Shadows Walk

Our Shadows Walk

Ben has been told he committed high treason. 

The Forensics of a Flat (and other stories)

The Forensics of a Flat (and other stories)

Francesca Millican-Slater is a delight. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

Soapy Sam

Soapy Sam

Sam LOVES hiding, especially at bath time. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

Tin Can Stories

Tin Can Stories

A unique telling of stories from a wide range of participants of any age and any background, about Brighton and its people. 

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ is the third of Frank Loesser’s trio of Broadway masterpieces, following ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘The Most Happy Fella… 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

The Jokes I’m Most Fond of...

The Jokes I’m Most Fond of...

Glenn Wool is a 20-year veteran of the comedy circuit. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival. 

Things Have Been a Little Bit Tricky

Things Have Been a Little Bit Tricky

Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d… 

Sam Brady: Kindness

Sam Brady: Kindness

Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk, Sam Brady explores his struggle to become a ‘good person’ and asks why kindness is so undervalued. 

Speaking Volumes: HIV+ Life Stories

Speaking Volumes: HIV+ Life Stories

Come and curl up with a living book. 

Collected Stories

Collected Stories

The centerpiece of David Lang’s Carnegie Hall composer residency is a week of concerts demonstrating the enviable range of his tastes. 

Sam Brady: Kindness

Sam Brady: Kindness

Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist Monk, Sam Brady, takes his comedy show, Kindness on UK tour, starting in Leicester on 22nd February. 

Kim Edgar

Kim Edgar

Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Kim Edgar played to an appreciative and reverent audience at St Mark’s on Castle Terrace, during a set that featured songs from both of her… 

Jonathan Wood - With and Without His Friends

Jonathan Wood - With and Without His Friends

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… 

Steve Bell: Rose Bladder - How did Cameron get to look like that?

Steve Bell: Rose Bladder - How did Cameron get to look like that?

Given that Edinburgh is something of a Glastonbury equivalent for guardianistas, Steve Bell’s show seethes with lively, middle-aged enthusiasm. 

Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final

Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final

A reliable vein of new talent since its inception in 1988, the So You Think You’re Funny? comedy awards have provided a steady stream of ingenious new acts. 

Rave Generation

Rave Generation

To describe this show as a love letter to drugs would probably undersell the level of pro drug propaganda that this tripe puts forward. 

Flhip Flhop

Flhip Flhop

Rannel Theatre’s breakthrough 2009 show Flhip Flhop is back in Edinburgh for a limited run and they’re as brilliant as ever. 

Flanders and Swann

Flanders and Swann

In celebration of the 90th anniversary on the birth of Michael Flanders, Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh-Atkins return to the Fringe armed with suits, songs and plenty of style. 

Sid and Valerie

Sid and Valerie

All singing, all dancing, all Werther’s bearing Sue MacLaine and Emma Kilbey bring to the Fringe their characters Sid and Valerie Lester. 

Bruce Dingerdik's Top End Tour

Bruce Dingerdik's Top End Tour

If you thought that ‘Neighbours’ was about as mundane as Australian stereotypes got, then you were wrong. 

Stories My Killer Told Me

Stories My Killer Told Me

A heartbreaking meeting in a forest, Dylan meets Dylan, a slaughter in Portobello, and various wayward romantic fictions. 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs. 

Ragged Glory

Ragged Glory

Bringing together traditional Scottish folk songs, bluegrass and Americana, Ragged Glory present an hour of curated folk for a more discerning Fringe audience. 

Shadows

Shadows

Shadows is an original piece devised from the actual experiences of students. 

Distant Shore

Distant Shore

Hailing from Canberra Australia is The Other Side, a group comprised of Mike Lyons and John McCarthy, joined by Mary. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford

Folk stalwarts Yard of Ale are in residence at the Guildford Arms for the duration of the 18th Caledonian Folk and Blues Festival and they play with the confidence and verve of old… 

Just So Stories

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories are fanciful tales that will delight. 

Brain Without a Body

Brain Without a Body

Original musical comedy inspired by 1950s B-movies. 

Music in Manufacture

Music in Manufacture

Comprised of 9 silent short films with musical accompaniments from Dmytro Morykit, Music in Manufacture seeks to bring together two different mediums to create something entirely n… 

Just So Stories
BOBBY WINNER

Just So Stories

Chances are you know Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ already but you’ve probably never been told those stories quite like this before. 

Merrymouth

Merrymouth

Although Merrymouth may not be instantly recognisable to the lay-person on first glance, they are a band that after one listen grab hold of you and don’t let go. 

The Alternative Comedy Experience

The Alternative Comedy Experience

With a formidable line-up and a jam-packed room in the Stand’s main auditorium, the Alternative Comedy Experience was always going to be one of the most promising comedy events i… 

At Wit's End

At Wit's End

With sketches ranging from speed dating to a prostitute on Dragons Den and women talking at the toilet mirrors, At Wit’s End is a sketch comedy that covers lots of bases but fails … 

Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett

Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett

Bringing their fusion of guitar and mandolin to the Fringe Festival, Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett set out a show that promises ‘a depth of soul seeking and cerebral intensity … 

The Deep Red Sky - Live (Acoustic)

The Deep Red Sky - Live (Acoustic)

The Deep Red Sky are Scottish five-piece ensemble which blends guitars and three-part harmonies to create a brand of alternative rock akin to Pacific Northwest bands. 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Describing himself as a ‘troubadour’ musician, Dougie MacLean returns to the Fringe Festival for the twentieth consecutive year with his classic folk sounds. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

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

Fleurs de Cimetiere / Age Freckles and Other Tall stories

Fleurs de Cimetiere / Age Freckles and Other Tall stories

Ageing is something that transforms us all on the outside and on the inside, but the whole process is much worse if you happen to be a woman. 

Pip Utton - Adolf

Pip Utton - Adolf

Twenty years on from his first performance, Pip Utton returns to the Fringe Festival with his one man show Adolf. 

Are You a Technophile? - Free

Are You a Technophile? - Free

Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta… 

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

The story of Anne Frank is one that many in the world are familiar with. 

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [B]

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [B]

Gareth Morinan likes his women the same way he likes his data: compatible with Microsoft Excel. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

The Rimers of Eldritch

The Rimers of Eldritch

Set in the fictional Rust Belt town of Eldritch, Missouri, Lanford Wilson’s play The Rimers of Eldritch is brought to the Fringe by Bronxville High School. 

The High-Schooler's Guide to the Galaxy

The High-Schooler's Guide to the Galaxy

Claiming to ‘hilariously’ address the issues of high-school and create a helpful guide, Memorial High School from Houston Texas have come to the Fringe Festival with their show ent… 

Charlie Dupré Presents: The Stories of Shakey P

Charlie Dupré Presents: The Stories of Shakey P

The idea of using rap as a linguistic art form to present a ‘playful reimagining’ of many of Shakespeare’s finest work is something young Charlie Dupré successfully pulls of… 

Charlie Dupré Presents... The Stories of Shakey P

Charlie Dupré Presents... The Stories of Shakey P

Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli… 

Comedy Death: True Horror Stories from the Circuit

Comedy Death: True Horror Stories from the Circuit

It’s human nature that we tend to take more interest in people’s failures than their successes. 

Norwegians of Comedy

Norwegians of Comedy

From the country that gave the world fjords, A-Ha and open sandwiches comes Lars and Martin with their stand-up comedy act Norwegians of Comedy. 

Domestic Science

Domestic Science

Ever found yourself sat in the audience for a stand-up and thought: ‘This is all very well and good, but I don’t think they know much about physics’? If you’re the sort tha… 

Jessica Fostekew: Moving

Jessica Fostekew: Moving

The theme of moving house - especially a move that brings you into permanent residence with your partner and an opportunity to learn all their annoying habits - might strike many a… 

10 Films with My Dad

10 Films with My Dad

Many of my formative childhood memories involve the cinema – the first time I was taken to see Star Wars on the big screen, or watching an animated African savannah unfold in The… 

Rory O'Hanlon: Don't Drink Don't Smoke

Rory O'Hanlon: Don't Drink Don't Smoke

One of the saddest things you can see at the Fringe is a good act being ignored. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

Big Comedy Lunch

Big Comedy Lunch

Early afternoon gigs are generally seen as low-profile, low-quality slots in the hierarchy of festival scheduling, but sometimes they can hide events that definitely shouldn’t be… 

Absolute Improv Stories!

Absolute Improv Stories!

Absolute Improv Stories is a witty, hour-long show where children can transform their ideas into stories for the stage. 

A Patchwork of Leith Memories: Photos and Stories of Leith, Edinburgh

A Patchwork of Leith Memories: Photos and Stories of Leith, Edinburgh

Picturing Leith’s past through a great selection of unpublished photographs and memories. 

Laquearia

Laquearia

Describing itself as ‘lecture-demonstration’ in its program introduction, Laquearia attempts to answer whether the chess match in Samuel Beckett’s 1938 book Murphy could be used as… 

All Or Nothing

All Or Nothing

Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti… 

Chatroom

Chatroom

What exactly is your teenager doing on the computer? Who are they talking to? These are two questions that many parents are asking in this internet-dominated era. 

The TEAM Makes a Play

The TEAM Makes a Play

Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien… 

Absolute Improv Stories!

Absolute Improv Stories!

There are few things quite as lively, or amusing, as the imaginations of children. 

Sam Rose in the Shadows

Sam Rose in the Shadows

In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level. 

The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree

The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree

A sketch comedy with an overarching narrative, The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree is this year’s offering from the Birmingham University’s sketch troupe. 

Punchline

Punchline

Just how easy is it to be a comedian? Why are some things funny and others not? These are just some of the question that Punchline, written by Ross Ericson, poses. 

Cut!

Cut!

A piece of new writing from Durham University’s Hyena theatre company, Cut! stages the tumultuous and often frustrating journey that it can take to put on a theatrical production… 

Peter Antoniou: Comedium

Peter Antoniou: Comedium

In the saturated comedy-magician subgenre, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd, but Peter Antoniou’s show ‘Comedium’, blending Derren Brown-esque mind reading with a q… 

Chris Mayo's Identity Crisis

Chris Mayo's Identity Crisis

We’ve all had our fair share of embarrassing moments, and at The Brunswick Chris Mayo, complete with a projection of various photos, is happy enough to share some of his most gut… 

The Durham Revue: Friends Without Benefits

The Durham Revue: Friends Without Benefits

For years, the Durham Revue have been one of the strongest university sketch troupes around and this year is no exception. 

It Goes Without Saying

It Goes Without Saying

When Broadway veteran and world-famous mime Bill Bowers starts his show talking about sitting in a Hollywood make-up truck at three in the morning, with Hugh Grant to his left and … 

Mike Wozniak - Take The Hit

Mike Wozniak - Take The Hit

Mike Wozniak seems too nice to make a good job of murdering his mother-in-law, even though he seems to fantasize about it a hell of a lot during his show Take the Hit. 

Collected Stories

Collected Stories

Lisa Morrison (Natalie Sutherland) is the very picture of a naive young girl when we meet her, bubbling with enthusiasm over her first tutorial with her literary idol Ruth Steiner … 

The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults

The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults

The art of kamishibai - a Japanese form of ‘paper play’ in which tales are told with illustrated slides drawn one by one through a central frame both physical and fictional - i… 

Say It Again, Sam

Say It Again, Sam

Sam tells a dark story of hidden Edinburgh - a tale of desperation, existentialism, slow jazz and, of course, a woman. 

Jonny Donahoe: Class Whore

Jonny Donahoe: Class Whore

Making his solo stand-up debut at the Fringe, Jonny Donahoe brings us his show Class Whore that has a message both political and emotional. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty. 

Nick: An Accidental Hero

Nick: An Accidental Hero

In this one woman show by Renee Lyons, accidental hero Nick tells the remarkable true story of Nick Chisholm, a New Zealand native who suffered a brain stem stroke and his recovery… 

Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark

Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark

Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity. 

John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless

John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless

Pointing his target at corporations, appealing to the lowest common denominator and anthropomorphism, John Gordillo’s Cheap shots at the Defenceless is a satirical look at aspects … 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Setlist is just a bloody good idea. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Improvised stand-up is a tricky business, but luckily the organisers of The Set List continue to get some of the country’s most well-known comedians to take part. 

Tristan Garrel Cambridge

Tristan Garrel Cambridge

Part of the duty of a Fringe reviewer is to tell the entire world when they’ve found the worst act in the festival, so that the rest of the public can avoid it and save themselve… 

The Maydays: Confessions

The Maydays: Confessions

My only experience of the confessional comes from mafia films, but after The Maydays’ brilliantly funny afternoon show at the Underbelly, I might just start attending on a regula… 

Faux Latino Show Pony

Faux Latino Show Pony

Sometimes, you’ll see a comedian so bad, so poor, so earth-shatteringly unfunny that you’ll ask yourself: is this supposed to happen? Fortunately for Jacob Edwards, it is part … 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a story that has been told countless times on stage and screen, in almost every guise under the sun - yes I’m looking at you Baz Luhrmann. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the … 

Susan Calman: Always (A Work in Progress)

Susan Calman: Always (A Work in Progress)

Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion. 

Hannah Gadsby: Happiness is a Bedside Table

Hannah Gadsby: Happiness is a Bedside Table

For many, a stand-up show themed around the worst moments of a performer’s life sounds like the least comedic thing imaginable, but Hannah Gadsby’s show is nothing if it is not… 

Helen O'Brien: Bronagh's Big Weekend

Helen O'Brien: Bronagh's Big Weekend

Most of us remember our early teenage years with a mixture of mortification and despair, but then again, most of us don’t have the ability to translate our stories into devilishl… 

Terry Alderton: Season 4

Terry Alderton: Season 4

Terry Alderton is the sort of comedian that will delight the more jaded comedy fans amongst this year’s Fringe crowd. 

The Just So Stories

The Just So Stories

With only four simply dressed actresses and a range of household objects, Red Table Theatre act out four of Kipling’s tales from The Just So Stories, sticking very closely to his… 

Lockerbie: Lost Voices

Lockerbie: Lost Voices

Marking the 25th anniversary of Lockerbie, Lockerbie: Lost Voices tells the story of the infamous Pan Am flight 103 and seeks to provide a voice the those who now can’t speak. 

Henry Paker: Classic Paker

Henry Paker: Classic Paker

Winner of the 2008 Leicester Comedian of the Year, Henry Paker brings his show Classic Paker to the Fringe to put some surrealist comedy into your life. 

Eleanor Conway's Comedy Rumble

Eleanor Conway's Comedy Rumble

In this wild and raucous show, two comedians face off against each other with the aid of the audience. 

Garrett Millerick: Does it Matter?

Garrett Millerick: Does it Matter?

The world is out to get Garrett Millerick. 

Gavin Webster: Don’t Give Any Money to Comic Relief and Other Opinions

Gavin Webster: Don’t Give Any Money to Comic Relief and Other Opinions

Gavin Webster is on a mission. 

Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed

Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed

For many people, Sam Lloyd will probably never be anything other than Ted from Scrubs, something that is understandable given the distinct part he plays in the famous series. 

Sam Fletcher - Drawn-out Jokes

Sam Fletcher - Drawn-out Jokes

With his sex offender specs and wiry frame, Sam Fletcher is a high-octane Jarvis Cocker. 

Iain Stirling: At Home

Iain Stirling: At Home

Taking into account the sheer amount of posters and placards bearing Iain Stirling’s inquisitive countenance, one might expect that the quality of his show might prove to be simi… 

The Just So Stories

The Just So Stories

After my initial panic at being stuck in a room where the mean age of the audience was about four, I began to relax to the dulcet tones of the performing quartet. 

Brothers and Sisters... It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III

Brothers and Sisters... It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III

Any show at the Fringe that has an audience carries an inherent risk – that said audience will contain drunks, crazy people or some slurred combination of both. 

Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster: Just a Normal Girl Doing a Cool Show

Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster: Just a Normal Girl Doing a Cool Show

Pattie Brewster is a normal girl desperately in need of three things: friends, cat food and a crash course in Microsoft PowerPoint. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t… 

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga

If growing old quietly was the status quo nowadays then clearly no one informed Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden. 

Madge Wildfire

Madge Wildfire

Kicking off their first gig together, Madge Wildfire put on a brave face and played through an admirably well-worked set. 

New Gondoliers Play Mediterranean Homesick Blues

New Gondoliers Play Mediterranean Homesick Blues

What do you get if you mix Gogol Bordello with Bob Dylan, but without Dylan’s lyrical genius? The New Gondoliers. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart

Elsa Jean McTaggart

When folk music is mentioned in conversation, images of rolling hills, heather covered moors and pale skinned damsels are amongst those that spring to mind. 

End to End

End to End

End to End tells the story of three girls’ journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using as many forms of transport along the way as possible. 

Hard Hearted Hannah And Other Stories

Hard Hearted Hannah And Other Stories

It’s nice to get out of the manic hustle and bustle of the old town during the festival, so it’s with welcome relief I went to the Theatre Workshop in quiet and leafy Stockbride to… 

Song of the Seagull

Song of the Seagull

A musical drama inspired by Chekhov? It’s a concept that inspires more of an ‘oh’ than an ‘oh my, where can I get a ticket?’ Visions of passionate speeches interrupted by… 

Hypnotist,Titan Knight

Hypnotist,Titan Knight

Titan Knight sure knows how to put on a show. 

Kelly Kellner

Kelly Kellner

After playing in support of her latest album for much of the last year, Kelly Kellner brought her show to the Fringe down at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s. 

No Picnic

No Picnic

Don’t go down to the woods today. 

Bug by Tracy Letts

Bug by Tracy Letts

When a lonely, alcoholic, substance abuser takes in an AWOL soldier into her home, and inevitably into her heart, I think everyone’s alarm bells start ringing, don’t they? This… 

What Would Helen Mirren Do?

What Would Helen Mirren Do?

It’s unusual for a play to make you smile before you’ve even reached your seat. 

The House of Shadows

The House of Shadows

Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing. 

The List

The List

Set in rural Quebec, The List is a one-woman play which gives the audience a window into the ostensibly simple world of a housewife who has an unhealthy obsession with lists. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

Get Carter

Get Carter

It is unclear why, forty years after the release of the original, Get Carter requires a transfer to stage. 

Botallack O'Clock

Botallack O'Clock

Inspired by the later life of abstract artist Roger Hilton CBE, when he effectively lived in self-imposed exile, Botallack O’Clock is a black comedy by playwright Eddie Elks that… 

Rosie Nimmo

Rosie Nimmo

Rising star Rosie Nimmo played an intimate gig in the Back Room of the Acoustic Music Centre, performing songs from both of her albums ‘Home’ and ‘Lazy and Mellow’. 

Theseus is Dead

Theseus is Dead

Initially I had high hopes for this young company. 

Hit Comet

Hit Comet

It’s surprising to find Hit Comet in the Comedy section of the Fringe Guide as the heartfelt friendship at the core of the piece is far more successful than some of the comic ele… 

Ten Plagues

Ten Plagues

With pre-festival recommendations from The Guardian and The Scotsman as well as a slot at one of the Fringe’s most prestigious theatres, performances of Ten Plagues have been pac… 

Jessica Fostekew: Brave New Word

Jessica Fostekew: Brave New Word

Jessica Fostekew is in love with words. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi… 

Alba Brass

Alba Brass

Whilst much of the Acoustic Music Centre’s programme for the Fringe involves folk and blues artists, Alba Brass provide a shot of variety into the arm of this venue. 

Grim(m) - Unreal Stories for Real Times

Grim(m) - Unreal Stories for Real Times

Having expected to be overwhelmed by a selection of gruesomely entertaining stories told by Louna Productions, a German-Scottish company that promises to ‘retell fairytales in un… 

Fire and the Rose

Fire and the Rose

Fire and the Rose faces up to the more harrowing articles of the human condition. 

Carl-Einar Hackner: Handluggage

Carl-Einar Hackner: Handluggage

Carl-Einer Häckner returns to the fringe after a seven year absence with his new show Handluggage. 

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir… 

Stories from the Middle

Stories from the Middle

Contrary to what some critics might suggest, it’s not a comfortable experience seeing someone ‘coming off the rails’ on stage, especially when they’re clearly talented and … 

Award-Winning Comedian Nik Coppin

Award-Winning Comedian Nik Coppin

When you see ‘Award-Winning’ in front of a comedy act, you tend to sit up and expect something pretty good. 

Paul Kirby Trio

Paul Kirby Trio

Those looking for a bit of relief from the frenetic pace of the Festival can find it underground, in the idiosyncratic Jazz Bar on Chambers Street. 

Jim Rose Circus

Jim Rose Circus

This is not a show that actually merits any stars. 

The Stories of Shakey P

The Stories of Shakey P

Staged in an intimate, archaic room at the rear of a Gothic revival church there was definitely a sense of history conversing when the two musicians welcomed the audience. 

Dating George Orwell - Free

Dating George Orwell - Free

Dating George Orwell is a one woman play that looks at the unhealthy relationship between a teenage girl and the books that she has become engrossed in. 

Nick Hayman: Middle Aged, Useless and Talented! - Free

Nick Hayman: Middle Aged, Useless and Talented! - Free

In the press blurb for his show Middle-Aged, Useless and Talented Nick Hayman compares himself to Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom. 

Jessica Pidsley's I Can Make You Thin(k)

Jessica Pidsley's I Can Make You Thin(k)

Jessica Pidsley has given herself a challenge, one that she hopes will help her audience to change their attitudes towards their body. 

Sam Fletcher - Good on Paper

Sam Fletcher - Good on Paper

It’s impossible not to like Sam Fletcher. 

Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez

Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez

Based on an early 20th century poem by Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero Y Yo tells the story of an old poet and his faithful silver donkey, and the life that they lead in the town of Mo… 

The Rabbit and the Rose

The Rabbit and the Rose

Taking a seat for The Rabbit and the Rose is a treat. 

Lach's Antihoot - Free

Lach's Antihoot - Free

Those looking for a dose of the unexpected, who enjoy wandering off the beaten track, will be delighted by Lach’s Antihoot. 

A Dastardly Fiction

A Dastardly Fiction

A Dastardly Fiction tells the story of a struggling author’s ill-advised deal with a demon and the ensuing consequences. 

Acting Funny

Acting Funny

Remember ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ and ‘Give Us a Clue’? Well this improvisational theatre workshop adopts that fun and spontaneous attitude to try and create different pie… 

Superbard and the Sexy Quantum Stories

Superbard and the Sexy Quantum Stories

Jumping aboard Superbard’s storytelling train is a bit like riding shotgun in Doc’s Deloreon; you’re going to suspend your disbelief and hope he doesn’t crash. 

The Silent Movie Experience

The Silent Movie Experience

Following the success of The Artist in 2011, the silent movie has had a new burst of interest amongst today’s audience. 

Mary Rose

Mary Rose

Mr Barrie has a way with mysterious islands. 

Dirty Pretty Money

Dirty Pretty Money

Dirty Pretty Money is a play that looks at the relationship people have with power and money in today’s society. 

Songs, Stories and Downright Lies

Songs, Stories and Downright Lies

Dennis Alexander is a patriotic and wise Scot with great musical talent and a knack for telling stories. 

The Showhawk Duo

The Showhawk Duo

Hailing from Bath, Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright are two guitarists that together make up the Showhawk Duo. 

Anthony Rapp - Without You
BOBBY WINNER

Anthony Rapp - Without You

The question of how a person really measures the value of their lives and those lives that they effect has always been the heart and soul of the Broadway smash-hit rock opera Rent. 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a children’s show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w… 

Dracula

Dracula

This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs… 

This is an insult to Beckett and Fo

This is an insult to Beckett and Fo

“Be prepared,” the caption warns, “to laugh and cry, probably at the same time!” This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent… 

ASBO! The Musical

ASBO! The Musical

A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre… 

Truant TV

Truant TV

Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day… 

Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives is the story of the overwhelming weirdness of small-town American life and the empowerment of its women, through the discovery of pink sequins and two-barrelled shotgu… 

Coal Head, Toadstool Mouth and Other Stories

Coal Head, Toadstool Mouth and Other Stories

The clinical, modern lecture theatre of the Symposium Hall, undoubtedly one of the less atmospheric fringe venues, is rather at odds with the style of this show. 

Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On

Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On

Straight out of Cambridgeshire and truly embracing the spirit of the fringe, Get It On is a stand-up comedy show that showcases two up and coming performers called Ben Hustwayte an… 

Poem Without a Hero

Poem Without a Hero

Holly Strickland performs the poem by Anna Akhmatova, translated by D M Thomas, with extra verses translated for this performance. 

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o… 

Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience

Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience

Based around the last 12 months of comedian Jeff Leach’s life, Boyfriend Experience looks at the journey Leach has undertaken to change his outlook, both generally and also speci… 

Mil's Trills' Music and Stories

Mil's Trills' Music and Stories

Mil’s Trills, starring a very bubbly Amelia Robinson on the ukulele, has travelled all the way from New York City to introduce the little ones of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fri… 

Mace & Burton Present... Rom Com Con

Mace & Burton Present... Rom Com Con

So we all know the premise for a rom com: girl meets boy, some sort of complication, girl and boy fall in love. 

Sam Simmons - About the Weather

Sam Simmons - About the Weather

Sam Simmons takes absurd comedy to new extremes in his latest offering All About the Weather. 

Jimmie MacGregor - A Gathering of Songs, Stories and Famous Folk

Jimmie MacGregor - A Gathering of Songs, Stories and Famous Folk

This perma-tanned, white-toothed Glaswegian folk powerhouse produced an evening of (very few) songs, details of his exploits with various celebrities and other anecdotes from his l… 

Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire

Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire

What are one’s chances of assuming a position at the top of the Turkish royal family? Pretty bleak for the average man, but not for Naz Ozmanglu. 

A Few Man Fridays

A Few Man Fridays

In 1966 the American government wanted to build a military base in the Indian Ocean. 

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

Musical comedy duo Horse and Louis attempt to take their brand of zany, self-aware songs to the next level, indulging in madcap special effects and a paranormal storyline for their… 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary. 

The sun that casts no shadows

The sun that casts no shadows

Brand spanking new, home-grown theatre company The Brighton Laboratory arrive at Brighton Festival in the most impressive style with their adaptation of Albert Camus’ modern clas… 

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

The tale of an orphan - sheltered by her rich aunt, charming the snobs she meets with her sense of fun - Pollyanna is a relentlessly idealistic story. 

The School of Night

The School of Night

The School of Night may take their name from an intellectually exclusive Elizabethan collective but what this improvisational group performs is high culture made accessible to the … 

Glasgay! Uni Comedy Gala

Glasgay! Uni Comedy Gala

Last night saw some of Glasgow University’s funniest alumni return to their student union for a comedy showcase held in support of Stonewall. 

Patrick Monahan: Hug Me I Feel Good

Patrick Monahan: Hug Me I Feel Good

Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b… 

Ophelia

Ophelia

Ophelia is a strange concept: take what is widely considered to be Shakespeare’s masterpiece and try and rewrite it yourself, using lines from the original plus a couple of other… 

Dead Cat Bounce... Howl of the She-Leopard

Dead Cat Bounce... Howl of the She-Leopard

After several sell-out Fringe shows and a run of worldwide appearances that have seen them tour almost continuously for the last four years, Dead Cat Bounce have honed their dysfun… 

The Melody Blog

The Melody Blog

Musicals are a challenge to perform on a budget at the best of times but the problem is made worse when the performance space is absurdly tiny. 

Funny Women Brighton Nights

Funny Women Brighton Nights

One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to. 

Poison

Poison

Poison invites the audience into the world of Rachel de Quincy and her close friends and family. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Hunger

Hunger

Based on the novel of the same name by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, Artem Kretov brings his one man production of Hunger to the Fringe. 

A Machine To See With

A Machine To See With

Making sure that I arrived exactly five minutes early, as instructed by the lady at the box office, I promptly passed my telephone details to a stranger and had left the venue in n… 

Patrick Monahan - Stories and Tales for Kids, Who Can Run Faster Than Snails

Patrick Monahan - Stories and Tales for Kids, Who Can Run Faster Than Snails

Patrick Monahan’s show is a great piece of interactive storytelling that has children standing on chairs waving their arms wildly to be picked to help Monahan tell the story of a … 

Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Newton Double Bill

Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Newton Double Bill

Taking a break from their work in popular folk band Shee, Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Newton present an hour-long set comprised of found songs, previous material and their new sol… 

Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice

Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice

From the outset Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice sets itself firmly at the surreal edge of fringe theatre. 

Josie Long and Sam Schäfer's Awkward Romance

Josie Long and Sam Schäfer's Awkward Romance

Josie Long, arguably the highest profile comic on this year’s Free Fringe, and newcomer Sam Schäfer are an odd pairing. 

Miles Jupp:Telling It Like It Might Be

Miles Jupp:Telling It Like It Might Be

Miles Jupp is wound up, angry and wants to tell us what’s irking him. 

Killers by Glenn Chandler

Killers by Glenn Chandler

Ian Brady. 

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se… 

Tunnel

Tunnel

In response to the Arab Spring, Tunnel is one of four plays to come out of Sandpit Arts’ first annual playwriting competition, Bulbul. 

Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine

Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine

From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them. 

Abyssinians

Abyssinians

This roots harmony vocals trio are pretty much reggae royalty, although for many people today their name, The Abyssinians, would not ring a bell. 

Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase

Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase

Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed … 

The Modernists by Jeff Noon

The Modernists by Jeff Noon

Living in Brighton you occasionally hear the Mods mentioned, in particular regarding the fights on Brighton beach with the Rockers. 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid… 

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

Just what else can you do with a bed? Bedtime Stories brings nine short vignettes that aim to explore just that. 

It's So Nice

It's So Nice

Part physical theatre, part comedy, part history lesson, It’s So Nice is a two women play that describes the relationship of two cousins who never met. 

Punishment Without Revenge

Punishment Without Revenge

There is a film of the life of Lope de Vega, in English The Outlaw¸ but no film could do justice to his extraordinary life. 

The Dick and the Rose

The Dick and the Rose

I had an inkling that The Dick and The Rose was going to be something special when I was handed a silver poker chip in lieu of a ticket at the box office. 

Kin

Kin

Kin is one of those rare, precious shows that could only ever be found at the Fringe. 

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to. 

Little Shop of Homos!

Little Shop of Homos!

The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt. 

Wee Andy

Wee Andy

Set in Glasgow, this hard-hitting play speaks out about community violence and gang mentality based on director Paddy Cunneen’s own experiences whilst working in Edinburgh. 

Flesh Eating Tiger

Flesh Eating Tiger

Flesh Eating Tiger is a frequently over-complicated little beast but one that prides itself on confusing its audience. 

Hervé - A Collection of Songs, Dances and Stories

Hervé - A Collection of Songs, Dances and Stories

Hervé is a professional dancer and singer who grew up in Mali and France with his adopted Belgian parents and brother. 

The Picts in Concert

The Picts in Concert

Ranking amongst the best Scotland has to offer in folk-rock, The Picts come to the Fringe with a concert show that moves and excites in equal measure. 

Jessica Ransom: Unsung Heroes

Jessica Ransom: Unsung Heroes

Jessica Ransom hits the Fringe with an excellent idea that could be amazing but isn’t quite there yet. 

Rachel Rose Reid: And They Lived ...

Rachel Rose Reid: And They Lived ...

Rachel Rose Reid is a young storyteller who places herself firmly within a long tradition of oral storytelling. 

Cleansed

Cleansed

How far would you go to instil good religious values into your child? Would you send them to work against their will? Cleansed looks at one young girl’s journey at a Magdalene la… 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose

Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose

​We talked to Clare Cockburn, who, at the age of 54, is presenting her debut play Tennessee, Rose at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.  

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.  

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman

The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for... 

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

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... 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support... 

Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre

Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre

Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned. 

Cocktail of the Day: Jessica Rabbit

Cocktail of the Day: Jessica Rabbit

Having a Jessica Rabbit at The Whistle Stop with my mum. It's her Birthday today. She's 70!! 70!!! Look at her skin!!! She looks younger than me. 

No Horizon's Andy Platt & Sam Reid on Creative Minds Overcoming Disability

No Horizon's Andy Platt & Sam Reid on Creative Minds Overcoming Disability

It’s the 1600’s, and a blind boy from a village in Yorkshire wants an education. 

How To Market Your Show event at C venues on 3rd August

How To Market Your Show event at C venues on 3rd August

Experienced industry professionals are offering personal time and advice to fringe performers at a How to Market Your Show event hosted by C venues. 

SpaceDating: Stories from Around the World

SpaceDating: Stories from Around the World

Today Broadway Baby is having a chat with Katie Merritt, whose company is performing Stories from Around the World this Fringe! 

SpaceDating: The Rose of Jericho

SpaceDating: The Rose of Jericho

Broadway Baby chats to acclaimed playwright and novelist Alex Martinez. He's bringing The Rose of Jericho back to Edinburgh and we can't wait to hear more. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

The Sam O'Rourke Three Minute Interview

The Sam O'Rourke Three Minute Interview

Sam O’Rourke is co-writer and co-director of Much Ado About Zombies, a play coming to theSpace this August that. 

Feelgood Fringe Stories: David O'Doherty & The Caravan on the Cobbles

Feelgood Fringe Stories: David O'Doherty & The Caravan on the Cobbles

Comedian David O'Doherty will host a one-off gig tomorrow to pay the temporary theatre license fee for his friend’s site-specific comedy horror show in a six-seater caravan. 

The Jessica Sherr Three Minute Interview

The Jessica Sherr Three Minute Interview

Jessica Sherr is returning to Edinburgh with her show Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies. 

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