Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy.
16-year-old Brit School pianist, guitarist and singer.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Dolly’s forlorn.
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
A powerful, provocative and funny new play by Nancy Hamada about love, loss and America’s twisted obsession with guns.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
‘Being President of a footy club is pretty straightforward, right? Sign the best players, sell more beer, and try not to burn it all to the ground!’ A loud, obnoxious and darkly h…
Tupac never died.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
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 …
They say love is the glue that holds family together.
Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning.
It’s Christmas Eve 2009: seven years into the world-famous boy band’s indefinite “hiatus”, *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has until midnight to make a wish that could change his life f…
Irina takes erotic photos of average looking men.
The cult classic Bat Boy: The Musical descends on the London Palladium for a Halloween concert with Jordan Luke Gage (Bonnie and Clyde, Heathers) appearing as fans have never seen …
This is the electric, funny and raw autobiographical debut by Declan Bennett.
It was a low turnout at the intimate Finborough Theatre for John McKay’s Dead Dad Dog, but we were all clearly in the mood for a fun night out.
The 1990s, when house music exploded! This is a gripping and immersive stage adaptation of excerpts from the cult book Cola Boy.
It is genuinely difficult to keep track of all the wellness tips that you’re supposed to follow to have a healthy body and mind.
On the surface, this is yet another 'coming out' story.
It’s a Boy? is from the wildly creative comic mind of Ben Hodge, Liverpool Echo’s Top 30 under 30 and winner of Into Film Documentary of the Year 2020.
Welcome to the world of Meat Boy, a tale of mayhem, mystery and meat.
Surviving the streets of Coventry in his NAF NAF jacket, discovering the gay scene in 90s Soho, exploring the lonely aisles of Hobbycraft, Declan Bennett’s electric, funny and raw …
American Boy is a stand-up comedy show about immigrant guilt, gentrified Middle Eastern food, and Barbie.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Dom Chambers’ unconventional magic has made him an online sensation, garnered fans around the world and landed him on a Broadway stage.
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Ben Hodge winner of INTO film best documentary 2020 debuts his first live one-man stage show exploring themes of gender expression and trans masculinity in relation to growing up i…
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
Ben Hodge winner of INTO film best documentary 2020 debuts his first live one-man stage show exploring themes of gender expression and trans masculinity in relation to growing up i…
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
Lorry Boy is a live interactive installation performance piece.
Lorry Boy is a live interactive installation performance piece.
‘There’s nothing gentle about what i’m feeling’ Life’s moving too fast, and Sylvie’s doing all she can to keep up.
What is love? It’s a mystery.
Musical comedian Orlando Gibbs (MCA Finals 2021, 2022, 2Northdown Semi-Finalist 2021) sings and chats about the little things in life.
Comedian Harry Wright develops their hour Smalltown Boy, which was due to appear at VAULT Festival last year.
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
Benny Bonanza: Blue Brisbane Boy is the debut Fringe show for Australia’s best poet you’ve never heard of! From the creator of the Fringe gem Doo Wop Art Flop – Pay what you want…
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
A completely original show.
It’s the summer of 2017.
It’s the summer of 2017.
In this one-person show, Clive does everything to impress people.
Imagine having a passion, a calling, being so good and in love with something you wanted to do it forever – that was me as a child when it came to drumming but sadly it wasn’t th…
A new solo performer show by acclaimed playwright Rosemary Jenkinson, about young bonfire builders in East Belfast.
NYC comedian Harmon Leon (VICE) lives a double life.
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who does? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fin…
On the sand of his seaside home town, Myles Wheeler monologues about home, hospitals and let’s say hope for the alliteration.
Like all women, Jo has been called her fair share of things, many not so flattering.
Young, trendy Spencer leaves home and hits Soho like a whirlwind in a journey of love, laughter, heartbreak and happiness.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 & East New Comedian 2019 finalist Phil Green.
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o…
In his intimate and highly anticipated debut hour, Rich Hardisty (Channel 4, Netflix, BBC) takes us on a journey through the highs and lows of his unusual life.
Join the Superhero Academy to be part of the greatest quest of all: to save the world.
Sarah Keyworth’s Lost Boy is very difficult to fully describe.
After the highly successful Us/Them, Carly Wijs returns to Summerhall with Boy.
In this UK premiere, South Africa’s top ventriloquist, Conrad Koch, chats racism, apartheid and colonialism, with his double International EMMY award nominated puppet friend and …
During a bizarre childhood accident, Trevor was drenched head to toe in dragon’s blood.
Chris Cantrill (half of 2019 Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show nominees, The Delightful Sausage) is The Defendant.
NYC comedian Harmon Leon (VICE) – lives a double life.
NYC comedian Harmon Leon (VICE) – lives a double life.
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
Soho Boy, at the Drayton Arms Theatre, is a new musical, written and composed by Paul Emelion Daly.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from South East New Comedian 2019 and Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Boy out the City at Battersea’s Turbine Theatre is a solo piece performed by Declan Bennett.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
An outdoor, bicycle-powered, eco-musical for children and their families.
Naughty Boy is a thrillingly provocative exploration of mental health, politics and morality.
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
Naughty Boy is a thrillingly provocative exploration of mental health, politics and morality.
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
A work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from South East New Comedian 2019 and Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
NYC comedian Harmon Leon brings you a show about lost love, irony and obscure Scottish poet William Topaz McGonagall.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Meet Davy.
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.
Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffl…
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 & East New Comedian 2019 finalist Phil Green.
A stand-up comedy show from South East New Comedian 2019 and Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
My last show was all about my family and almost nothing about me.
My last show was all about my family and almost nothing about me.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Schef…
Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Schef…
A bicycle-powered eco-musical for children aged 6-10 and their families.
A bicycle-powered eco-musical for children aged 6-10 and their families.
All ticket bookers will have access to the performance ‘on demand’ for a period after the premiere.
Inspired by the ballet Coppelia, with music adapted from Delibes.
Cute! Sexy! Seriously unhinged! The baby queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has decided it’s time Edinburgh found out what it means to be a pussy boy.
It’s worth noting first off that My Boy Danny was never originally intended to appear as an MP3 available for streaming on YouTube, with that compromise being a happy result of l…
Jesse is paranoid and he's frightened and it's messing up his relationship, his job, his daughter and his life… In a bittersweet comedy fuelled by anti-Semitis…
Nick Kroll has established himself as one of today’s most sought-after creators, writers, producers, and actors in film and television.
Joe Spud is twelve years old and the richest boy in the country! He has his own sports car, two crocodiles as pets and £100,000 a week pocket money! But what Joe doesn't …
Join a tiny snail on her trip round the world in Tall Stories’ magical, musical production inspired by the much loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Poor Polly Buckwheat, the Miller’s daughter, is in a bit of a pickle! If she doesn’t turn a roomful of straw into gold by morning, the greedy King will turn a bit nasty.
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Bicycle Boy: an interactive, bike-powered eco-musical for children aged five to ten and their families.
It’s time to pull on your spandex, dive into your capes and head up, up and away with Funbox! Join Gary, Kevin and Anya (formerly of The Singing Kettle) for some singalong sillines…
As a boy, Josh Baulf aspired to be a lad.
The debut stand-up hour from Arnab Chanda (Russell Howard’s Good News, BBC’s Pls Like, 2018 Writers Guild nominee) who was born in Yorkshire, but grew up abroad, but lives in Londo…
Michael Rice takes you on a hilariously raw and honest journey from a farm in rural Ireland to the big city lights of Chicago and back again.
A young boy with an enormous gift. Follow Ma Liang as he discovers a very special skill that could help his whole village as long as it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands…
It is often a challenge to take a piece of original writing that has already achieved success at the Fringe and do something new with it.
Many comedians converge in a mixture of stand-up comedy, improvisation, interactive debate and Q&A to find out who is the greatest superhero of them all.
One of the brains behind the AATTA Podcast returns with his brand-new show in which TT comes to terms with his place in the world, asking some tough questions.
Join the Superhero Academy to be part of the greatest quest of all: to save the world… quite literally! The planet needs all the help it can get and we can’t rely on David Attenb…
Two-time SA Comic’s Choice Award winner, South African comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout is back in the UK with his Edinburgh debut.
Eddy Brimson hasn’t been on his best behaviour.
Finally, after years of toil, Gary Tro has perfected quite possibly the greatest superhero movie screenplay ever written.
A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music.
Above the Stag is – now that has two separate performance spaces – able to put on a dance production for the first time in its history.
#BeMoreMartyn trended on Twitter in the hours after the announcement of Martyn Hett's death at the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 – but what does it mean?Hope asked eight …
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Many comedians converge once more in Brighton to find out who is the greatest superhero.
The filthiest love story on the Fringe: Butt Boy and Tigger meet in a chatroom late one night.
A rollicking romp around the stalls of Romford fills the Union Theatre, Southwark, in a joyous revival of David Eldridge’s Market Boy.
On the farthest edge of a wind-battered rock there sits a small fishing town.
Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experi…
Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experi…
140 Characters#ItsAMatterOfPerspectiveDog BoyGrow up? Woof off 140 Characters - Firefly Theatre140 Characters is a One Man Show that delves into t…
Leigh Bowery was born in Sunshine, Australia (west of Melbourne) in March 1961.
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…
Do you remember when we used to go camping? And when you helped me make an ATM out of cardboard for my school project? Do you realise what a big impact you’ve had on who I am? Fr…
Prime Cut Productions: East Belfast Boy by Fintan Brady.
It starts like this.
This worldwide hit show for geeks and non-geeks everywhere returns with a changing line-up of hilarious comedians with a mixture of stand-up comedy and interactive debate to find o…
NY comedian and Vice contributor Harmon has made a career infiltrating extremist groups.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
From the creator of Will He Bonk You in the Chocolate Factory and Fridged Moan’s Diary comes a new stand-up comedy spectacular! An evening of music and comedy about being young and…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Sequel to 2017’s smash-hit sell-out debut about honesty, this one’s all about the law of the playground, traveling companions from hell and accidentally fulfilling your teenage buc…
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
The celebrated NDT returns with a revelatory programme featuring two works by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot: Shoot the Moon, an exploration of hidden emotions to a score by …
There is a bit of a buzz around BOY.
‘Mad About the Boy’ is a new play with musical interludes by local playwright Edwin Preece.
Set on an island best known for its adorable marsupial inhabitants, Bus Boy is a sweet play about two very different people becoming friends.
The international hit show returns with more great comedians in a mixture of stand-up comedy and debate to find out who the best superhero is! Whether you are a Marvel or DC fan, …
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.
"Make a fist with your hand and place it roughly where you think your heart should be," Cole Moreton instructs us at the start of his set, The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away…
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…
An original musical about school bullying with only children in the cast might not seem a first choice for top Fringe viewing, but it absolutely is.
IS YOUR SNAIL THE FASTEST? Enter your fastest Snail and win fantastic prizes.
As seen on The Project, CRAM & Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network TEN).
A major new revival of Terence Rattigan’s astonishingly involving classic family drama comes to Oxford Playhouse with Tessa Peake-Jones and Aden Gillett.
Making her Australian debut: Stephanie’s love life has been a rollercoaster, if rollercoasters involve a lot of awkward sex, self-sabotage and therapy.
Jamal and Bibi have a dream: to lead Afghanistan to soccer glory in the next World Cup.
A Boy Named Cash: Johnny Cash Experience showcases the greatest hits of The Man In Black as performed by renowned impersonator Monty Cotton as seen on ‘The Voice’, as a one-man-ban…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A one-man band greatest hits tribute to the legend Johnny Cash featuring Monty Cotton, as seen on The Voice.
Emerald Boy – three friends, a police officer and an alien walk into a bar.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A boy washed up on the tide.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Billed as a uniquely grotesque combination of satire, horror and comedy, Bat Boy: The Musical has a small but dedicated cult following.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
NY comedian/VICE contributor, Harmon Leon has made a career out of infiltrating extremist groups in Trump America.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Come watch and be part of this interactive, fun mixture of stand-up and interactive comedy debate as a compere and a number of the best comedians from around the Fringe converge in…
Man And Boy is a perfectly poetic way to punctuate an otherwise hectic day at the Fringe.
If you like superheroes; if you want to learn more about their history; if you’ve ever seen a movie that had superheroes in it… if you’ve read this far already – you should…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Meet Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face, not Tape Face.
Fellacio, faecal ‘docking’ and physical abuse.
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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…
Oyster Boy is a comic telling of the fictional relationship between two young lovers on Coney Island and their subsequent journey into marriage.
‘Hysterical… Terrifyingly brilliant commitment to everything’ (TheEdgeSUSU.
‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
Having recently won English Comedian of the Year, Josh Pugh has the air of a rising star.
It’s time to paint the rainbow and unleash the world’s first one-man gay rom-com cabaret! Hilarious and heartfelt songs meet physical comedy and candid storytelling in one man’s fi…
Sid, struggling to become Sue, proclaims, “The great barrier between myself and the outside world is my appearance”.
Stephanie talks about mental health problems and boys for an hour, but it’s totally funny, she promises, and won’t be as awkward as you think it will.
A variety of comedians come together to find out who is the greatest superhero of them all.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
A brand-new musical by BBC Bursary winner Natalie Sexton.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Inspired by Tim Burton’s poem, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Haste Theatre transport us to Coney Island where Mr Gelati (Valeria Compagnoni) and the future Mrs Gelati (Lexi…
They move among you unseen.
Can you fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? Peter is about to find out when he falls for the sexually ambiguous ‘Blue’.
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…
Have you ever wanted to explore the magical world of the Harry Potter books? Join the Professor of Potter’s brand new assistant for a fun, interactive hour with spells, potio…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
A revolving line-up of great and varied comedians come together in a number of show heats to argue and decide who is the greatest superhero, with the semi-finals and a Grand Final …
VICE contributor/NY comedian, Harmon Leon has made a career infiltrating extremist hate groups in America.
English Comedian of the Year 2014 Jack Campbell brings you his second stand-up show.
Double act Best Boy present an hour of sketch comedy.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
It’s back! The interactive comic book knowledge bomb.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
It’s indefatigably Wilde.
Martha ‘Pigeon Puncher’ McBrier, (‘a glorious hour’ ***** Scotsman), returns with more true stories.
Major Oscar Hadley is flown to the Middle East front line to probe allegations of severe misconduct within a self-styled Bully Boy unit of the British army.
Monty Cotton, a seasoned performer and musician woke up one day and realised he could imitate Johnny Cash.
Joyous in every way, The Snail and the Whale by Tall Stories is a textbook example of how to do theatre for children right.
A Boy Named Sue written by Bertie Darrell provides an interesting insight into the experiences of members of the LGBT+ community, played with great energy by the cast of three.
Lucky pup Elms is back chasing his tail again; he’s learning about sacrifice, guilt, and, as always, love.
A story of a little snail with a big dream, who tries to make it past doubting friends, to go on the adventure of a lifetime.
A Boy Named Cash - Johnny Cash Tribute Show showcases the greatest hits of The Man In Black as performed by Monty Cotton as a one-man-band alongside a variety of pedals and instrum…
‘Now I’m a Big Boy!’ is written, produced and performed by young people, tackling issues of growing up and the problems surrounding sexual consent.
A number of great and varied comedians from around Brighton Fringe come together in a mixture of stand-up comedy and interaction to decide who is the greatest superhero.
Double act Best Boy return to Brighton Fringe with an hour of side-splitting sketches.
Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man, faces a challenge to h…
Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man faces a challenge to hi…
Sy Thomas serves-up the best bits from his 2015 Edinburgh show ‘Jumper’ and some brand spanking new stuff for 2016.
For all we may use the platitude that “life is too short”, the harsh reality is that for most of us, it is anything but – and we fill the many minutes, hours and days bemoa…
If you believe ‘youth is wasted on the young’, then just for a second imagine it was lived by the not-so-young.
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…
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on March 10) Gender trouble abounds in Anna Ziegler’s fictionalized treatment of the famous John/Joan case, about a boy who was raised as a …
Tommy Foggo and his cello are a superhero duo going on epic adventures, overcoming impossible odds – singing and sharing fun with friends along the way! Coffee/tea, fruit juice a…
A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Rise Kagona is a guitar hero to many on two continents! In Zimbabwe, Rise transferred traditional jiti rhythms to guitar, and his band The Bhundu Boys toured the world extensively.
In his last summer before graduation, James (of Utter! Spoken Word) had a Snufkin tattooed on his arm – 20 years on, and things have got steadily more Moomin ever since.
Best Boy thought fame beckoned when the BBC broadcast their sketch – unfortunately, they’d sent in the wrong one.
Did you like The Avengers movie? Well, this show is just like The Avengers (except with more jokes, and no actual Avengers).
Best Boy thought fame beckoned when the BBC broadcast their sketch – unfortunately, they’d sent in the wrong one.
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanish.
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
This stifling performance by young talent Greg Fossard will make you uneasy as the traumas of a troubled Belfast man’s life unravel.
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…
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
One of Matt Price’s ambitions is to be one of the nicest people in comedy, and man, he’s succeeding.
David Elms brings his muted comedic style in the form of musical vignettes.
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…
The composer Mario Diaz de León, who creates vivid canvases for acoustic instruments and electronics and draws from influences including black metal, is in residency at the St…
(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…
Many comedians converge in Brighton to find out who is the greatest superhero of them all.
Best Boy are on a mission: their greatest sketch made the BBC’s airwaves, but wasn’t done justice.
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…
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…
James Bennison has spent the last year going to extraordinarily dangerous lengths to gain superpowers so that you don’t have to.
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
As the cast of Bat Boy: The Musical bowed and smiled at the audience, I tried to ask myself what I had just seen.
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…
(previews start on Oct.
Bringing a show to the Fringe is a daunting prospect even for established theatre companies.
Rise Kagona is a guitar hero to many on two continents! In Zimbabwe, Rise transferred traditional Jiti rhythms to guitar, and his band The Bhundu Boys toured the world extensively …
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
From the gospel parlors of black Florida to the racist salons of white NYC, Sevan learns that it takes more than an NKOTB t-shirt to become a white American.
With the huge success of The Avengers and the Batman trilogy, the return of the Amazing Spider-Man and Superman movies, and Captain America, Iron Man and Wolverine making the A-lis…
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator .
Ben Hart is the kind of magician that makes sceptics become believers.
One man is all it takes.
During this peculiar hour, David Elms takes a different approach to the usual bravado of musical comedy in a consciously quiet, ungainly performance.
Leicester Square Theatre: 30th Jun 7pm.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
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.
Eden Court Theatre: 18th Apr 5pm.
Their flyer is designed like a book which unfolds into a poster.
Scotland’s version of Peter and the Wolf is an enchanting tale with a lot of heart.
Big Sky productions have returned to the festival with this distinctively Scottish storytelling performance for families.
The Jazz Bar is not what first comes to mind as a Fringe hotspot but this small, classy venue continues to offer the eclectic, high quality gigs it programmes throughout the year.
A rare chance to see this legendary Zimbabwean guitarist perform songs from his forthcoming album.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Back by popular demand.
Before the curtain goes up on one of the most whispered about shows at the Fringe, The Boy with Tape on His Face looks at his already delighted audience with wide eyes and what mus…
Ren is performing before the show begins, making up a silly version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with the audience’s help.
Fringe debutant Patrick Turpin takes his audience on a trip down memory lane, as he bids for their approval.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…
I’m not a morning person at the best of times.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland return to the Fringe with an outstanding 50 minute musical from the absorbing pens of Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie.
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.
The strains of, ‘Ali Bali, Ali Bali Bee’, belt out from the PA as the cast tap their feet along with the rhythm.
Nobody’s Boy is a tapestry of songs by well-known songwriters woven together to narrate an emotional tale of childhood, identity and belonging.
Super strength, X-ray vision and lightning fast speed can be fantastic fun if used for personal gain, without saving the world.
The Boy Who Lost Christmas, by The Young Actors Company/Engineerium, is an absolutely lovely piece of children’s theatre.
‘New writing? New wronging!’ proudly exclaims production company Kill The Beast’s website.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
The Kings Head Theatre is once again offering multiple seasonal shows for their audiences to enjoy.
Humour is at its most poignant against a background of human tragedy.
If you were to somehow strap Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas on the front of an Express Train going in one direction, and Sondheim’s Into The Woods on a similar train headi…
We are warned at the beginning of this show that audience interaction is imminent.
Dan! Keep safe! the show starts but how? How can a youngster be safe if they can be knifed on their own doorstep? This is the unfortunate reality of contemporary society …
You know what its like when you arrive in a strange place, and have to ask for help in a foreign language? The only person around is someone who looks strange, unfamiliar, differ…
On April 16 2007 a young student at Virginia Polytechnic carried out two separate shootings approximately two hours apart.
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
As a recent ex-Catholic, I know there’s a lot of material to be got from the Catholic Church, whether you’re a member or not.
This recipe for an autobiographical slideshow sandwich with musical filling could so easily have turned out to be unappetising.
Arthur Conan Doyles story of The Lost World is brought to life using live animation and music by the members of The Paper Cinema.
Bob Slayer treats his audience like a classroom full of unruly students - he is the erratic alcoholic headmaster to lord over them all.
Xavier Mortimer is a talented magician-musician-mime artist and clown.
The problem with starting a play with a man dressed in a moose costume explaining his life story to the audience is that, other than being a little odd, a high level of weird has a…
This autobiographical account tells the story of the Irish playwright and poet Brendan Behans true-life arrest at the age of sixteen when he was caught in Liverpool carrying expl…
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…
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
From their first entrance, comic duo Patrice Thibaud and Phillipe Leygnac had the audience in hysterics.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
There are big names behind this show which starts with some stunning visual film sequences from the Wellcome Trust.
An entertaining hour of fairy tales drawn from Hans Christian Andersens collection.
Life in a rooming house in New Yorks East 10th Street is the subject of this gripping one-man show, which is billed rather pompously as a self portrait with empty house.
For all the excellent performances and wonderfully controlled aesthetic, this production amounts to nothing more than average; because it’s Belt Up, that’s disappointing.
Director Daniel Goldman and Multi-talented musican-actor-storyteller John Hinton join forces again after their collaboration on Crunch! the history of the apple told in an h…
In this highly energetic performance, dancer-actor John Macaulay welcomes the audience and ushers them in, attempting to build up a friendly rapport.
It starts with a chalk circle traced upon the ground.
La JohnJospeh is the Boy in a Dress in this flamboyant autobiographical performance.
Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs.
A highly challenging story which draws on the Arthurian story of Gawain and the Green Knight, and references many others.
Playwrights do seem to love Albert Eistein.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
It’s an intriguing concept, though not a new one: if you could write a letter to your future self what would you want to tell them? Henry Raby, poet and performer, uses the idea …
A Professor tries to find his daughter, Sophie, after the first failed attempt of making a double of her left haunting consequences.
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret.
This musical was first performed in 1954 but is set in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
This musical was first performed in 1954 but is set in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
Airealism attempt to mix circus and theatre to tell a tale of love gone wrong.
Three versatile performers tell the tale of a solitary lamplighter, an endearing character who lives by the sea alone, sleepwalks, enjoys music, food and drink, follows the news in…
Its billed as The Tragicomicall Historie of Cardenio, a lost play said to be written by Shakespeare and Fletcher, reconstructed here by Dr Bernard Richards.
The play is set entirely in the middle of the night in the caretakers storeroom of a school in the North of England.
Bridge Markland performs his own version of Goethes Faust in a maverick combination of blank verse and pop song.
Marc Burrows borrows from the 90s genre of Britpop all he needs to know about sex and girls.
This play, written and directed by Kevin Holladay, makes broad fun of politicians, reporters, TV presenters and others.
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
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.
It all started well enough.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
A harrowing first-hand account of a cycle of transformation from victim of circumstance to victim of fate told by a character who just wants to find a quiet spot where he can just …
Written by (and starring) Jenn Robbins, The Smoking Boy is the story of an upper middle class family from New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 amidst America’s entry into the Great Wa…
In a musical style reminiscent of Claude-Michel Schönberg ballads, Daniel Cainer sings his big, broad Jewish heart out to entertain, engage, enlighten his audience.
In an abstract space evocative of a garage, mechanics workshop, engine room, and/or horologists studio, the members of Brocante Sonore conjure up music from a range of things, …
Sprinkling a little Cinderella magic into the plot, Castoffs Youth Theatre have chosen a worthy subject for their musical The IT Boy, which tells the tale of Chris, a sixteen y…
The A-level drama students of St Marylebone CE School in London give this frothy oldie a new lease of life.
Titus Groan, heir to the great crumbling kingdom of Gormenghast is fourteen.
There are places which have unquestionable resonance.
Jeffrey Solomons play is a tour-de-force of skilful writing and performance.
The show begins in a Greek restaurant.
What happened in this hour long show is still not quite clear; there was singing, nudity, drag, and a large cupboard to be sure.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Tortoise in a Nutshell tell the story of a little string boy who is left out of things, so he goes off on an adventure of self-discovery and returns.
Ah, I always enjoy watching the English parody the French.
Tall Stories is a company that has made a name for entertaining children and family shows.
Blurring the boundaries between theatrical performance and dance, this artful show mixes different styles of movement with poetry, dialogue and brilliant choreography to produce a …
Star of the 1960s TV series The Likely Lads, Rodney Bewes shares some of Dylan Thomas’ short stories about his childhood.
Russian dance company Rain People are to dance what Picasso is to art.
Lindgrens classic story of bravery and self-sacrifice is retold with cinematic scope and vision in this adaptation by Lionheart Productions and The Pleasance Theatre.
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…
Mad About the Boy, the new play from Gbolahan Obisesan, could not have come along at a better time.
Durham University Light Opera Group’s (DULOG) show is an unexpectedly touching coming of age story juxtaposed with moments of raucous insanity.
Two film-makers, filming the lighthouse on Beachy Head for a documentary about lighthouses unwittingly come back with video footage of a mans last moments before committing suici…
A richly textured atmosphere enlivens this bittersweet tale of a young boy who has a very unusual means of keeping his heart ticking.
An ambitious one-man show, in which Martin Aukland, as Iago, acts out single-handedly the story of his machinations against The Moor of Venice, outlining how and why he sets up…
The name alone conjures up nostalgia, decadence, style and class and this show delivers.
What would happen if the beloved characters of Neverland - Wendy, Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys and Peter Pan - had grown-up and confronted the horrors of World War I? This is the ques…
Across the time span of two hour-long performances, Lance Pierson performs a selection of Betjemans poetry.
Luke Wright is a talented performer who plays as much on his baby-faced good looks as with the words and styles he uses.
In this one-hour show, talented Ross Sutherland brings philosophy, physics and fun together to create a highly entertaining view of contemporary society, which transcends the obvio…
Storytelling and theatre meet in a comic theatrical retelling of two classic tales retold with fun and vigour.
A bed, a body covered in a fire-black veil, a single rose, long-stemmed, green-leaved in a slim vase at the foot.
This one-man show features engaging storytelling with a fruit and veg theme.
The Snail and the Whale is an entertaining show about a woman reminiscing about her childhood and in particular her fond memories of her father’s bedtime stories.
In a clinically white setting, with full-length white fabric backdrops suspended from rig to floor, among boxes draped with white sheets, lies a lifesize puppet of Albert Einstein.
Sometimes raw, rough shows, performed on a knife-edge are the most gripping.
Kyds Spanish Tragedy is a product of its time socio-political, full of double-entendre, the themes of revenge and retribution and scenes of killing all the more poignant on st…
This is a very clever, wonderfully traditional, old-fashioned theatrical adaptation of the timeless classic tale of life by a riverbank.
The world-class Ragamala Dance Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a soul-moving performance of South Indian Classical Bharatanatyam dance.
A fringe show with four writers, three directors, two composers, a cast of fifteen and an even larger production team sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Hes a velvety-voiced opera singer with a voice to die for.
With deliciously ridiculous names, fantastic situations, a plot that would make Ian Fleming grin with delight, and toothpaste taking on a significance you would never credit it wit…
Rachel Rose Reid is a young storyteller who places herself firmly within a long tradition of oral storytelling.
This droll play follows the life of an elderly gay man and the relationship he develops with a male prostitute.
Its a conventional play with a difference acted out on stage, with an audience seated front-on in the dark.
Martin Milnes is a unique talent with an exceptional voice and good vocal technique to go with it.
A light broadcasts from Mars. At first it falters, is interfered with, then it becomes clear. It is The Boy with Green Hair, anti-war. A short film.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
You've probably walked the circumference of the globe the amount of times you've been up and down the pier.
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Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
When safe spaces for LGBT people are shut down, what does that mean for the communities left behind? Bertie Darrell talks to Adrian Bradley about his new play A Boy Named Sue, and ...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.