The Brighton Academy (TBA) Performing Arts Degree Showcase.
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.
Fabulous 17-piece Sundown Swing invite you to a show packed with well-known big band instrumental and vocal favourites.
Who saw the Queen’s Bahookie? Which castle had an annual rent of one red rose? Which maiden was most feared by Scottish aristocrats? Which job is worse – turnbrochie or pigeon-…
The Mandé jazz sensations blend West African folkloric music with the sounds of London’s music scene.
Singing the Diaphragm Blues and Other Sexual Cacophonies explores the tragic, hilarious and baffling road of silence travelled by women in Western culture.
Hamburg, 1943.
Unite with us in music and dance at the Scottish Parliament.
The contestants on this year’s Bake Off have been doing much much worse than usual.
It’s all in the title (hahahahahahahaha).
Follow the adventures of Mothello, a mothman version of Othello, who can’t quite get his words out, as they explore the world of Shakespeare’s plays.
Festival closing service: Vespers.
Nil penna sed usus – not the pen itself, but the skill in using it.
Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise.
La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ.
The Lord is my Shepherd: Sacred song of the English musical renaissance.
Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation.
In his first Fringe appearance, Thomas W Kuenstner brings part of his sell-out magic show from Duesseldorf, Germany to Edinburgh.
Faure’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – The Howe Street Singers, directed by Les Shankland, perform Faure’s much loved Requiem and equally beautiful Cantique de Jea…
Refuge and the road home.
A three-panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible.
Living stones.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
This immersive family drama, about an older relative’s act of aggression towards a biracial child, actively investigates white privilege, judgement, identity and bias.
Swing with the Spirit! In this innovative performance of sacred Jazz Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral’s celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by Scottish …
It’s Tibby’s 25th birthday and she is throwing a big party: after years, her friends from uni are coming together — and they are all doing better than her.
The Ruthwell Cross is Scotland’s oldest Anglo-Saxon Christian monument.
Guided Tours.
Live performance of selections chosen by the editors from the new edition of Scottish Religious Poetry.
Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 opening service, Sunday worship.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Iced to death at the nation’s favourite baking competition?! Catching the killer won’t be a piece of cake! Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect return to the Fringe with…
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…
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
Award-winning Becky Fury (her real name) investigates the challenging identity that is being British-ish.
Title says it all! *Evil laugh*.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
An actor makes a deal with the devil.
Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1950.
A comedy drama… or “dramedy” about Ade, a successful writer, or so it seems.
Rosie and Hugh the Hedgehog are best friends.
At dawn, the nation of the Gummy Bears declares war against the nation of the Dinosaurs.
It’s gonna be a bloody night! This dude has taken his crazy kink to a whole new level.
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 …
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is set to take the roof off The Other Palace this summer.
The Institute for Contemporary Theatre, Brighton is proud to introduce the BA (Hons) Performing Arts graduating class of 2024.
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS & THE ARTIST AS CULTURAL DIPLOMAT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-Executive directors of the Pan-Afric…
Staying true to yourself and your beliefs in a complex world can be tricky.
Returning to Brighton Fringe after a sold-out three-night run in 2022, award-winning performer Paul Diello and his 8-piece ensemble are back with an all-new version of ‘The Great 8…
An address for the World
The Brighton Buddhist centre has been offering Meditation, Buddhism and Yoga classes for the last 50 years.
Great Britons starts with pomp and ceremony music setting the scene with a little row of Union Jack flags hung against a black backdrop.
The Other Side Comedy Brighton Fringe Showcase @ The Snug, 3 Jolly Butchers.
Award winning Becky Fury (her real name) investigates the sometimes challenging identity that is being Brit-ish Covering nuanced, and potentially edgy subjects like colonialism, th…
“Nighty Night meets Benidorm” in this dark, satirical one-queen show.
Figment Arts will be sharing the folklore, heritage and history of Sussex this May in association with Artist Open Houses.
A networking opportunity to meet other Brighton Fringe artists and venues who are also taking part for the first time in 2024.
In the same way that, for many, Destiny’s Child is Beyonce, the Brontë Sisters is (are?) Charlotte (Jane Eyre).
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
This one woman show charts Rose’s fascinating and life changing journey with Shakespeare from childhood to recent times.
This one woman show charts Rose’s fascinating and life changing journey with Shakespeare from childhood to recent times.
A story of magic, wonder and rebellion. An irreverent comedy fairy-tale crossover about an accidental hero fighting for some of folklores most beloved characters
Marley was dead: to begin with.
IT’S ABOUT PLUCKING TIME!Armed with endless Ukulele and more pop culture songs than you can shake a stick at, this no strings attached concert pushes the boundaries of just what …
Hoxton Hall will open up its doors for a fun filled day of arts engagement led by members if our community including our own young people, local students and community groups and s…
Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing.
The Dark Arts used by politicians and their advisors, speechwriters, and spin doctors are mired in mystery and their own mythology.
If your walls could talk, what would they say? This solo show dives into the history of an immigrant family, following their decision to move into a new house in the hope to mend t…
Based in Tenerife, Frankie Mack is a born showman who performs the swing and Rat-Pack genre, such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams.
The Exeter Comedy Society is back after last year’s sell-out run to showcase the best and brightest in sketch performance! From a re-assessment of childhood toys, to an astrologica…
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
Love and Other Occult Phenomenons is a witty bizarre stand-up comedy show by debut comic Lizzie Anne Rose (hailing from the Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama).
The University of St Andrews’ funniest, sexiest and incidentally only improvised comedy troupe returns to the Fringe and this year, it’s back to school.
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Sixty musicians perform one of the most popular works in the modern Chinese classical canon, in which Western orchestral influences combine with Chinese folk opera, conducted by it…
The Robin Chapel, built in 1950 at the centre of a unique Edinburgh housing complex, The Thistle Foundation, is a memorial to Robin Tudsbury and well known for its excellent choir.
The Art of Ecclesiastical Heraldry.
Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry.
Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s Window.
Basia Mindewicz, Director of the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, explains the artistic techniques and spiritual inspiration behind one of the most venerated forms of sacred art.
God’s Craftsmen.
The Art of the Icon.
The Desert in the Heart of the World is a filmic study of the impact of the Carthusian monastic movement on the French landscape.
Pitchblenders swing quartet dishes up old-school blues and jazz.
Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Back again after sell-out shows in 2019, swing jazz sensations Out of the Blue Jazz will be performing the ever-popular Great American Songbook, a classic mix of great lyrics, grea…
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing are delighted to be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting programme of instrumentals and vocals.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Sanctified Royalty: Jacobite Relics and the Divine Right of Kings.
Spirituality, Faith and Belief: Voyages of Discovery.
In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape.
Scottish Voices and friends perform settings of poetry in Gaelic and English by contemporary Scottish composers and poets.
Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension.
Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor.
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
A darkly comedic play-with-music about 16th century Italian diplomat and self-described “comedian, tragedian, historian” Niccolò Machiavelli’s relationship and creative part…
A darkly comedic Goth-Rock musical about the life, misadventures and failures of Niccolò Machiavelli.
Francesca is a 20-year-old woman who is able to time travel to speak to her younger self. A multi-genre devised piece about the different stages of growing up and its consequences.
The Sleep Project: presented by Arcana Company.
Gilbert Scott’s dramatic architectural landmark, with its three spires prominent in Edinburgh’s distinctive skyline, provides a magnificent setting for the Opening Service of t…
The Mysteries – Reimagined.
Songs of Displacement.
The Sleep Project: presented by Arcana Company.
‘I tore open your letter and licked the envelope’s seal for any lingering taste of you.
The neo-trad trio brings its innovative blend of Scottish traditional music and pop influences to The Hub.
Pianist Richard Michael delves into the music of Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and Brubeck demonstrating his virtuosic piano playing with unique insights into some of the finest song…
Sketch duos Rompers and Cowtools present a split hour of sketch comedy.
Scotland’s mercurial and psychedelic Safehouse return for a tenth year playing homage to the Allman Brothers Band in Edinburgh’s finest live venue – Stramash.
This award-winning piano and reeds duo play swing classics, telling the stories behind the music with plenty of banter along the way. ‘Fine playing’ (Scotsman).
Bringing gypsy jazz on the wing – sparkling manouche renditions of great American show tunes and much more.
Explore making rubbings, printing, collage and fun with circles and squares, and mixed-media collage.
Out of 117 billion people who have ever lived on this earth, only 38 have been bestowed the title of ‘the Great’ in history.
Out of 117 billion people who have ever lived on this earth, only 38 have been bestowed the title of ‘the Great’ in history.
Brilliantly weird, award-winning Fred Ferenczi bestraddles the great yawning maw of death in brand-new show, a show that’s has been awaited with huge anxiety by all fans and his la…
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.
A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.
Certain Death and Other Considerations is a poor execution of an interesting premise.
Elsa McTaggart, a true folk musician and singer/songwriter in every sense of the word, has waited a long time to finally present this stunning show.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Winner of Best Kids Show at Adelaide Fringe 2023.
Award-winning actor/playwright John Jiler and clarinetist Sweet Lee Odom tell the remarkable story of the youngest child of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Berlin’s prince and princess of art rock and Europop, Otto and Astrid, spent years arguing about which songs should appear on their much-anticipated fifth Die Roten Punkte album.
Award-winning writer Izzy Tennyson returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in the shadow of her previous show Brute to tell the story of two dissimilar sisters who must navigate strained r…
Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo…
Established in 2016, Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band perform vintage music all over the country.
Celebrate the mining heritage of County Durham, the history, the passion and camaradarie through story, poem and song performed by members of The Cheesy Waffles Project showing the…
Celebrate the mining heritage of County Durham, the history, the passion and camaradarie through story, poem and song performed by members of The Cheesy Waffles Project showing the…
The Other is a one-woman show exploring the relationships of a multigenerational Italian migrant family.
Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond! Arabs Are Not Funny sees comedians with roots in the Arab world attempt to prove…
About the show A Creative Youth special performance in association with the Korean British Cultural Exchange 'We have all experienced the feeling of anxiety that co…
SW London’s bold and boundary-pushing festival of arts and culture returns for 17 brilliant days, taking over Wandsworth from 9-25 June with a jam-packed, belly-laughing, awe-ins…
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
In partnership with Black Brighton Market, the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) brings you a vibrant market place featuring arts & craft stalls, pop up performances, a cultural…
In partnership with Black Brighton Market, the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) brings you a vibrant market place featuring arts & craft stalls, pop up performances, a cultural…
In partnership with Black Brighton Market, the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) brings you a vibrant market place featuring arts & craft stalls, pop up performances, a cultural…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work In Progress) For the first time, internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great (‘lights up the stage’ -The Scotsman) br…
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Live at the Palace is a two-day dance music extravaganza at the stunning grounds of Fulham Palace this May.
EDDIE IZZARD PERFORMS CHARLES DICKENS’ GREAT EXPECTATIONS Following her acclaimed New York run Eddie Izzard brings her one woman show to London’s West end stage for a …
Showcase Start Time - 13:00 To attend this Industry Showcase please email actingshowcase@lipa.
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
This programme is for you if you are: o Wanting to earn an income from your creativity by delivering creative projects.
This programme is for you if you are: o Wanting to earn an income from your creativity by delivering creative projects.
Northern Ballet’s sell-out sensation is back – get ready for the most glamorous party in town.
Project COMEDY: Gag’s Army.
Project COMEDY: Gag’s Army.
In this workshop, we will focus on what the body wants to say and how it wants to express itself.
In this workshop, we will focus on what the body wants to say and how it wants to express itself.
Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe.
Brighton’s revolutionary youth artists are joining us in their second year at the Brighton Fringe.
Brighton’s revolutionary youth artists are joining us in their second year at the Brighton Fringe.
Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
When hard times come, when hope is lost, when it seems like this really might be it, we tell stories.
On 25th February 2023, a remarkable event will begin in London’s West End.
Anti-comedy legend of BBC New Comedy Awards and Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol fame.
Stars of the international cabaret scene as you’ve never seen them before, performing lesser-known routines, trialling ridiculous concepts they’ve never dared perform before or eve…
Yuanzi/原子 is a doomer in her 20s and a Chinese living in London.
When Intelligence Squared and History Hit joined forces on this event, neither company imagined it would take place after the death of Britain’s longest serving mo…
Mirror, semen, manoeuvre… HAM THEATRE bring their award winning play to The Bridge House Theatre - a fast paced comedy with bits of physical theatre, music and singing, set …
Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing.
Les Shankland directs the Chapter House Singers in Choral Evensong.
From the experience of the Europe Funded Deaf-led project Beyond Signs, we invite professionals and artists from Scotland and abroad to support and participate in the International…
In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist.
The Art of Illumination.
Love of Creation: Poetry’s power for the present.
Why do we discuss leg hair but not nipple hair? Why do we give advice to strangers in club toilets? Why do we compliment friends when their outfit doesn’t suit them? Communicatio…
Henry Purcell’s Sacred and Secular.
Exhibition: The Art of Illumination.
Scotland’s mercurial and psychedelic Safehouse return paying homage to the Allman Brothers Band in arguably Edinburgh’s finest live-music venue, Stramash.
The Other Guys are back again! After being crowned the Scottish a capella champions The Other Guys are making a triumphant return to Edinburgh to show their award-winning moves, be…
Why do we discuss leg hair but not nipple hair? Why do we give advice to strangers in club toilets? Why do we compliment friends when their outfit doesn’t suit them? Communicatio…
Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written when Messiaen was a prisoner of war in German captivity and first performed in 19…
Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises.
Painting Heaven on Earth.
Schola Cantorum sings MacMillan.
Discover Edinburgh’s Little Ireland in this filmic exploration of the community through traditional music.
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are.
Come join a panel of experts and gain valuable insights into the strategic thinking and collaborative developments linking digital and live art forms in Taiwan and the world.
Come join a panel of experts and gain valuable insights into the strategic thinking and collaborative developments linking digital and live art forms in Taiwan and the world.
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Children’s Classic Ballet for Dance Teachers offer a workshop on how to teach children’s classical ballet, split between a theoretical lecture and a practical demonstration.
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Anti-comedy legend of BBC New Comedy Awards and Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol fame.
Sacred Arts Festival 2022 Opening Service High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated in accordance with the Scottish Liturgy of 1970 in the beautiful setting of the hist…
Painting the Way of the Cross.
This one-act play is a historical drama that tells the true story of a catastrophic, man-made disaster that killed 2,200 people in 1889 when a dam containing 20 million tons of wat…
After an unbroken run from 1990 to 2019, Fife’s premier operatic concert group Ensemble is delighted to be able to return to the superb setting of St.
Relaxing, joyful life-drawing sessions hosted by Revolting Rosy Pendlebaby starring a different Fringe artist muse every day! Are you drowning in the creative outpourings of others…
Red-hot originals and ice-cool classics as Scotland’s native guitar/vocal legend (‘Electrifying’ **** (ThreeWeeks)) presents unique acoustic arrangements from the 20th-century so…
H and B are a young couple struggling with the pressures of their relationship.
Alongside sell-out tribute shows to Gil Scott-Heron and Jimi Hendrix, Remally returns to the Fringe with a whole set of new original funk and soul music! Expect massive grooves, he…
The Loving Earth Project, started by a few Quakers in 2019, now comprises over 400 textile panels exploring responses to climate change and environmental breakdown.
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald; Dinah Washington; Keely Smith; Maxine Sullivan; Peggy Lee.
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
A solo show about a gender identity crisis, in the high-pressure isolation of lockdown.
The night is young and three of the best stand-up comedians from Australia are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo’s Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is in one word, a celebration.
Title says it all! (Evil laugh).
From interviewing guests such as Lorraine Kelly and Karen Dunbar, drag queen Vanity von Glow swaps the studio for the stage as she interviews the stars of the Fringe in this hour-l…
New Perspectives presents The Great Almighty Gill.
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
My Dad is the most important man in the country* but this isn’t about him.
We’ve all been there.
A stand-up performance of extracts from the works of some of the great writers of the past from Ireland, with no particular theme, just wonderful material full of humour and pathos…
Rhum and Clay's Project Dictator is a commentary on democracy and dictatorships, utilising different theatre genres to do so.
The Oxford Revue are back again at the Edinburgh Fringe with an hour of sketches, stand-up and all sorts of assorted silliness! Known for kick-starting the careers of the likes of …
Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo…
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Tick Box Other is a collection of new short plays that take a closer look at the ups and downs of considering life without children.
The Laramie Project is about the 1998 murder of gay university student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.
A brand new kickass-pirational pop musical bursts into life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to tell their stories.
The Song Project returns in 2022 with nine performances in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court, followed by performances at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA) lat…
Legendary magician, the Great Baldini, returns to Brighton Fringe to tell his life story through a series of stage illusions, from his first trick on his 12th birthday to his caree…
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Legendary magician, the Great Baldini, returns to Brighton Fringe to tell his life story through a series of stage illusions, from his first trick on his 12th birthday to his caree…
Brighton Spiegeltent is hosting another of our occasional vital conversations about the state of the arts in in Brighton and Hove.
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
The University of Brighton’s Centre for Arts and Wellbeing hosts a showcase event, celebrating the centre’s innovative work on how the arts can support and inform well-being fo…
The University of Brighton’s Centre for Arts and Wellbeing hosts a showcase event, celebrating the centre’s innovative work on how the arts can support and inform well-being fo…
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
Brighton favourites and award-winning idiots Privates return! Three brilliant big-brained buttheads try to make history and win a Nobel Prize, with some totally stupid homemade inv…
Today, when we think about sexuality, we tend to see broad (but not total) acceptance and can at times take it for granted.
“You are going to tell the whole world that there is such an offence.
Things were warming up at the Spiegeltent Bosco as the pre-Eurovision party crowd was ready for some afternoon goofs and giggles.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
* * * * * SUPPORTED BY THE 2022 ENCORE INSURE BRIGHTON FRINGE BURSARY! * * * * * Mirror, semen, manoeuvre.
* * * * * SUPPORTED BY THE 2022 ENCORE INSURE BRIGHTON FRINGE BURSARY! * * * * * Mirror, semen, manoeuvre.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
This new work by Italian choreographer Sara Sguotti invites us to explore the relationship between performer, space and the imagination and features a live score by Spartaco Cortes…
This new work by Italian choreographer Sara Sguotti invites us to explore the relationship between performer, space and the imagination and features a live score by Spartaco Cortes…
Tadhg Hickey introduces you to Feargal; a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming an alcoholic.
Manic parties and manic dance, glorious swirls of colour, Chanel-inspired floating dresses and jazz from the Roaring Twenties, contrasted with the green light throbbing in the dist…
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?!! The world premiere of a brand new kick-asspirational pop musical bursts to life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to …
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
The Other follows the story of a first and second-generation Italian immigrant family, taking us behind their physical and emotional walls.
Sex, Society and Other Stupid Sh*t is the debut production of ArtsEd graduate theatre company, Fill in the Blank.
Thinking of setting up your own performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal and Industrial Relations Manager at ITC, for a workshop about the legal and administrative basic…
Theatre Relationship Managers, Anna Jefferson and Claire Soper, from Arts Council England will be holding an online advice session on Zoom to talk you through the National Lottery …
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.
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.
Joe went a little bit mad during lockdown – just like you did – and it’s hilariously cathartic to watch.
Joe went a little bit mad during lockdown – just like you did – and it’s hilariously cathartic to watch.
Momentum Theatre Productions is proud to present the Irish premiere of The Great War along with Lovely Head in a night of two dark comedies by Neil LaBute.
Classical music, tango and cabaret - from Kurt Weill to Schoenberg, from Carlos Gardel to Britten, these musical genres have always found ways to meet.
If you either love…or hate… the magic of motoring then you are in for a big treat! Clive St.
The Gay Happiness Project is an 8-week mindfulness-based group training programme designed for gay men who want to increase happiness and life satisfaction.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Following an onstage scandal, James retires from stand-up comedy, only to be offered a surprise comeback gig at a secret London location.
Classical music, tango and cabaret.
A cracking London story with drama, comedy, and romance that has entertained people for over 150 years.
Monkey Barrel Comedy’s alternative comedy night, Project X presents, all the way from Tennessee (US of America), The Chuck Wagon Chuckle with Dusty Rambusky! Join Dusty and his ban…
Classical music, tango and cabaret.
SPIN CYCLE IS WITH A FULL-BODY, ADRENALINE-FUELLED WORKOUT FOR ALL LEVELS THAT COMBINES POWER AND PACE WITH THE SOUNDS OF ICONIC QUEER RAVE PXSSY PALACE.
Trevor’s new attempt at making a thing that only some people will like is similar to Community Circle and Girl v Boy but funnier and not as good.
The 2021 Festival of the Sacred Arts concludes with a service of Choral Evensong.
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
Lunchtime lecture: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture.
One-day exhibition: Faith in Fabrics Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical.
Lunchtime talk: Ms Zoe van Zwanenberg, embroiderer, discusses the art of embroidery. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from the Fringe Box Office.
Lunchtime lecture: The Art of Hymns.
Lunchtime recital: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
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.
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.
Mass setting: Lassus’ Missa Bell ‘Amfitrit’ altera.
Evening concert: one of Scotland’s most renowned string ensembles, The Edinburgh Quartet, plays Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, with the movements interspersed by poet…
The final concert in the A Great Disordered Heart series, curated by Aidan O’Rourke, presents two of the most thrilling acts in Scottish and Irish folk music today.
JONJO JURYJACQUI POTATOJANET DISTRICT COUNCILGINROSY ROSSTED ROGERSANT CJOYLESSBONKSPECIAL GUESTS ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
Some of the world’s most powerful Gaelic voices come together for Shared Songs – the second concert in the Aidan O’Rourke-curated series A Great Disordered Heart – in a nig…
Shared Melodies opens A Great Disordered Heart’s concert series, curated by Aidan O’Rourke, with a mesmerising, stripped-back take on traditional Irish and Scottish melody.
The Emoji Project is an intergenerational, participatory anthology of new writing responding to emojis as an ever-evolving, nuanced language.
The Emoji Project is an intergenerational, participatory anthology of new writing responding to emojis as an ever-evolving, nuanced language.
Drawings of Dromedaries (and Other Creatures).
Moderated by Sandy Hsiu-chih Lo, curator of Green Island Human Rights Art Festival in Taiwan, this webinar will look into how the Festival enabled the artistic expression of …
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.
This is a series of Wudang Kungfu shows and seminars along with Daoist culture and music.
Ripe Fruit are two older women trying to make sense of the world they live in when they explore Husbands, Hair and Other Stories.
Ronald Forbes RSA RGI festival exhibition, The Dreamweaver’s Puzzles at the Scottish Arts Club (28th July to 29th August).
In association with Smock Alley Theatre, acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey brings you his weird and wonderful part-theatre, part-stand-up comedy show, In One Eye, Out the Other…
A unique two-woman retelling of F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece.
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.
A collaboration between North American artists from Mexico, United States and Canada.
Roll up, roll up! Come and see this bright explosion of love & isolation, joy & celebration and a lot of buffering – you’ll want a ticket for this ride.
Come and laugh the trauma away at this dark comedy, inspired by the writer’s ridiculous lockdown diary entries.
Come and laugh the trauma away at this dark comedy, inspired by the writer’s ridiculous lockdown diary entries.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/funk and gospel influences, playing songs from their forthcoming album.
Dance and digital worlds collide on this journey exploring choice and control.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/R&B playing songs from their forthcoming album - guest artist Mark Edwards on piano…
Dance and digital worlds collide on this journey exploring choice and control.
Part of The History Bois residency at ONCA barge, this online workshop run by poet, drag king and artist SL Grange is for folks wanting to connect with their Queer tr/ancestors.
Pole Vault synthesises dynamic physical theatre, classically trained traditional dance and powerful narrative.
Pole Vault synthesises dynamic physical theatre, classically trained traditional dance and powerful narrative.
POLITICAL DRAG WORKSHOP - 24/06, 2.
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender residency, 23-26 June, @ ONCA Barge.
Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson, dubbed “The Master of Milk Wood”, brings the genius of Dylan Thomas’ “other works” to vivid life in his Stage Best Actor Award winning presentat…
Don’t miss The Tango Collective for a celebration of the life and work of composer Astor Piazzolla in the year that would have seen his 100th birthday.
Having studied Dylan Thomas at university, fallen in love with Richard Burton's classic interpretation of Under Milk Wood and having a strong Welsh family connection, I was exc…
Dance and digital worlds collide on this journey exploring choice and control.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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 .
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 .
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.
An online event, in association with the free digital platform The Ironclad Hub ( https://ironclad-hub.
A special virtual tour of Brighton Palace Pier, revealing its amazing history.
Discover a show about the discoveries that changed the world, by people who know nothing.
The Face of the Other is an exhibition that investigates the issues of visibility/invisibility, otherness and hospitality.
A unique two-woman retelling of F.
A unique two-woman retelling of F.
A special virtual tour of Brighton Palace Pier, revealing its amazing history.
The Face of the Other is an exhibition that investigates the issues of visibility/invisibility, otherness and hospitality.
An ode to resilience, a celebration of shadow and light, an ancient ritual for our times ’If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and t…
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Are you aged 16- 25? Fancy getting involved in Brighton Fringe and becoming a young reviewer for Voice? Join Alice online on Monday 26th April, 2pm for this free workshop where we …
This Showcase is the culmination of the first International 10-Minute Play Competition organised by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy which attracted submissions from across the UK, Eur…
!On Sunday 31 October we’re having a special Halloween-themed class.
Two hours of big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing from Scotland’s record-breaking big band, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Join Daisy Rogers, Founder of Liberally, as she discusses the place of storytelling in the fight for greater diversity and inclusion across the liberal arts, through expressive mix…
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
A cornucopia of music and the extraordinary life story of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac, heir to the vast Singer sewing machine fortune.
A screening of short films curated by Soldiers’ Arts Academy, hosted by Román Baca.
Back from sell-out shows in 2019, this band are swing jazz sensations, Out of the Blue Jazz, who will be performing the ever-popular Great American Songbook in the style of iconic …
‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland).
Elsa and sister Irenie (The McTaggart Sisters) showcase a rare opportunity to hear these two highly acclaimed singers/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists come together in a fusion o…
Enjoy a plaguey, fiery hour in this informative and interactive one-man show for history-loving kids.
The night is young and three of the best stand-up comedians from Australia and around the world are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Marketed as a comedic, feminist fairytale mashup, the concept of Lady Wank (And Other Fairytales For Adults) offered much potential.
The original ukulele orchestra.
Welcome to Camden Shorinji Kempo! We’re proud to be an openly LGBTQ+ Shorinji Kempo martial arts club where everyone is welcome.
Game-changer in the world of tap, Michelle Dorrance had dedicated herself to exploring the capabilities of America’s original dance form.
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…
Jay Gatsby invites you to one of his infamous parties.
Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare (Dead Ringers) come to TOM for the first time following their sell-out tour last year.
Dervish bring The Great Irish Songbook to The London Palladium.
Only a couple of weeks ago I, and some friends, were in an Escape Room.
A comedy special featuring a feast of worldwide laughter from some of the brightest, newest and best comics around the globe, recorded in the BBC’s big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Other Guys: Making Waves.
Outrageous political comedy storytelling from left-field comedian James Harris.
Packed with real stories, borrowed utensils, and secret ingredients, The Cardboard Kitchen Project explores cultural inheritance and what gets passed down through recipes and cultu…
A bold new adaptation of three of Shakespeare’s most blood soaked plays.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Back at the Fringe for a fourth sell-out year, the world’s biggest big band (probably!) bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of b…
Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare return to Edinburgh following their sell-out run last year.
Chris Cross – The tricky Geordie cheekster returns for his 14th consecutive Fringe, with his unique madcap style of multi award-winning comedy magic, escapology and cunning stunt…
Chris Cross – The tricky Geordie cheekster returns for his 14th consecutive Fringe, with his unique madcap style of multi award-winning comedy magic, escapology and cunning stunt…
Fabulous swing jazz band.
‘Bold, subversive and dominant’ (ObjectivelyFunny.
Showcase includes: In Mist and Rain by Arts of China, Letter from An Unknown Woman by The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Hear of The Lights by Ningbo Municipal Culture &…
One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
An exciting and engaging art workshop that children really enjoy.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
A hearty meal with a helping of folk.
The 2010s.
The 2010s.
To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be …
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be …
"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv…
"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de…
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
Join Project X in welcoming the weird, wacky and the downright hilarious to the stage.
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
Interactive story telling, plus Riddling Competition! Tom Wayfinder’s Arctic Adventure.
Tom signs up as a driver for Eduardo Dorado, gold-hunter, on a trek that takes him up a ziggurat and a volcano, where he encounters an Aztec god of fire called Xiuhtecuh…
Tom signs on as a ships cook on the good ship Sinkfast, bound from Japan to Mexico, falls foul of the Genie of Chilli Sauce, El Roja The Sweat-head, meets a mermaid call…
Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
A past hit at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival! #213 is a silent, sad clown who has learned how to find laughter through the tears.
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Nothing’s Happening: A Black Mountain College Project celebrates and pays homage to the tiny school in the mountains of North Carolina that in 24 years became one of the most inf…
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman).
A collaboration of Chinese and Western instruments performed by young musicians from Shenzhen Bao’an Children’s Palace Orchestra.
Though the characters may be familiar, these favourite storybook fables are uproariously derailed in this children’s play of fractured fairy tales.
Comic dance-theatre conceived and performed by Yukon born ‘Intrepid’ Jen.
Have you ever closed your eyes and tried to imagine a new colour? Lucy is a little grey girl in a little grey world who escapes to a land of colour through her stories.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
We spend trillions on health but like Brexit, nobody knows what it means.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
‘At first you feel a winding pain.
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
2018: The Supreme Court find a bakery not guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a gay cake.
The night is young and some of the best stand-up comedians at the Fringe are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
If this was billed as Music and took place in a concert hall, the MP4 Quartet’s perfomance of three pieces by Steve Reich, Pendulum Music, Different Trains and WC 9/11 would earn…
These two idiots are about to sell each other out for a chance at making more money than anyone’s ever made at Fringe.
Two years ago, Matt Watson (‘Good Canadian fun’ (Wingspan Entertainment)) moved to Scotland.
I stole the hit songs that our favourite artists play in parallel universes.
James returns with his most ambitious show to date – an epic, thought-provoking stage spectacular celebrating the 1000 great lives that shaped history.
A combination of stand-up comedy, crowd work and improvised music.
‘Three nights to save a soul.
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.
OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Jasmine is a saxophone-led from Leeds, performing music composed by saxophonist Jasmine Whalley.
The Female Role Model Project is just that, a project.
Raggedy Northerner who absolutely refuses to listen to all those warnings about monsters and abysses tries to fight his way through hellish hordes.
Buddhism? Absolute nonsense! I’m appalled about it or something.
Scottish Comedy Award winner Donald Alexander is back with more long-limbed and surreal stand up.
Welcome to Pamela’s Palace.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
The Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People is an all-singing, all-dancing re-enactment of what Rhys’s Mam wrote down 40 years ago.
One day the earth might be so devastated that we might need to leave for a distant planet.
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
During this two hour sketching workshop, you will have the opportunity to be supported to explore your surroundings and views from the arts barge with artist Pennie Lord…
The Electric Swing Circus is a six-piece live band fusion of classy 20s swing and stomping electro beats.
Another chance to see the films by Italian artist Marinella Senatore for her York Symphony piece, created through a series of workshops and conversations, collecting ind…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
"It looks nice.
Family Yoga on the Arts Barge! This is an informal yoga session that brings together elements of traditional yoga practice, play and discovery.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
If you ever want to go to outer space, the probability of you ever getting the job is 0.
This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad.
A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music.
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear.
Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear.
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
Four cups of Apple Sauce.
Four cups of Apple Sauce.
Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos…
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane …
Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos…
Come and learn shape note singing with Tim Eriksen! We are delighted to welcome Tim to York to lead a workshop and a singing on the Arts Barge in advance of his evening …
Two days of Jazz and Manouche as part of The Arts Barge Riverside Festival.
OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Award-winning saxophonist Alex Hitchcock returns to York, with his powerhouse quintet that combines a compelli…
A two day Jazz and Manouche Festival of performances, workshops and open sessions.
Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel…
Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel…
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Alistair to play for the opening of York’s Arts Barge.
The world outside is (probably) falling apart.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers are proud to present their critically acclaimed story and song show “A Good Service on All Other…
SLJO are very excited to introduce their new conductor, James Keirle, to Brighton Fringe.
A raggedy Northerner who absolutely refuses to listen to all those warnings about monsters and abysses tries to fight his way through hellish hoards of horrors.
Mayor Goodman has been assassinated.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Join us for the day at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for ‘London Curious’ on Sunday 19th May, where a series of curious adventures with the legendary Iain Sinclair&n…
Carvin Goldstone is the 2018 South African comedian of the year. Coming from Durban, South Africa.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through both song and over gesticulation.
What’s to be done with the Arts in Brighton? Or Where Are We Now where Are We Now? A discussion at the Spiegeltent on the state of the arts and culture in Brighton and Hove - and w…
Many comedians converge once more in Brighton to find out who is the greatest superhero.
Follow in the steps of the Victorians in a stroll along the pier, a pleasure that has been enjoyed by generations.
The ‘Hera Project’ will present an exhibition and programme of readings, talks and performances exploring the links between creativity and health.
Bright City is a community of musicians, dancers, producers, visual artists and actors from St Peter’s Church.
Protect and survive; imagine what life is like in Brighton following a nuclear strike on the UK? The chaos, the anguish, the resilience.
Any sensible person would look at the night sky and see the horrible purgatory of the cosmos.
An afternoon of live swing music and dancing with the friendly and welcoming Brighton Lindyhoppers.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Pamela is the hard-won queen of a buzzing beauty salon, but behind the glitz and the glamour, the Salon of the Year competition threatens to bring the walls of her suburban palace …
Funny, serious, suspenseful and, above all, expertly crafted….
Tickets: £13.
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
After diving into the world of romance and heartbreak in critically acclaimed multi-award winning May-We-Go-Round?, Cristina and Chess explore what it means to be a young woman in …
Using their powerful blend of comedy, energetic dance and theatre, they imagine a world where women can be, and do, whatever they want, breaking free of the boxes and letting go of…
Saturday 2nd March, 7pm Tickets: £13.
A two-day (Tue 19 and Wed 20 Feb) creative animation project using old techniques and new technologies.
The ThinkingDeveloped at FRINGE LAB with support from Dublin Fringe Festival Your Ma & Other Stories.
An evening of stand-up comedy supporting Nerve Tumours UK and helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 in every 3,000 …
An evening of stand-up comedy supporting Nerve Tumours UK and helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 in every 3,000 …
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits.
It was only towards the very end of last year that it was announced – or rather whispered, hidden away as it was somewhere in the list of actors always included in the National T…
Tickets: £13.
An evening of stand-up comedy with stars of many of the funniest shows on TV helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 …
The Other Realm Lectures are presented by Adrian Jameson; author and artistic director of The Other Realm Theatre Company.
Paul Voodini’s The Raven and Other Nasty Poems brings to life (and Death!) classic Gothic and Victorian poetry of a decidedly macabre nature! Expect to hear tales of ghosts, witc…
One of the most gifted and multi-faceted personalities in modern American music history, Steve Tyrell, has been announced for a special show at London’s Leicester …
Trained at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Dimitris Papaioannou draws on the Greek classics and his visual arts background in this investigation of life and death.
From the surreal mind of Michael Brunström (“The Human Loire”, “The Golden Age of Steam”, “The Hay Wain Reloaded”, “Parsle…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Join comedian/impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy writer/producer Bill Dare from BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers for unscripted, spontaneous comedy and conversation as politi…
Back at the Fringe for a third year, the SLJO bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of big band and beyond.
Relive the era when swing was king, with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals from Scotland’s popular record-breaking big swing band – everything from Basie to Bublé.
Creative Projects: An afternoon with Wendy and friends at Greyfriars Kirk.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Bercerus the Blind Dog introduces Cerberus’ blind twin, and includes Greek legends galore.
21 August 2018, 10:00-13:00, The Space @ Jury’s Inn.
Tectonic Theatre’s The Laramie Project is a masterpiece in verbatim, a chronicle of the 1998 real-life kidnap and murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student from Wyoming.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Great Baldini is a magical legend.
Kevin Jones qualified in Medicine from Liverpool University.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
A musical memoir about one woman’s solo bicycle/music tour 1,254 miles down the west coast of the USA.
The Other Guys are an all-male all-student a cappella ensemble from St Andrews, with a balanced programme of medleys, mashups and straight songs, as well as plenty of dad dancing, …
Inspired by the blistering 2007 film This Is England, this hard-hitting new play examines working class life in early 80’s Yorkshire through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy who becom…
Whoever you are, you’ll only know first love once.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Take a trip through time to discover the origin of classic fairy tales from Aesop’s Fables to the Brothers Grimm to Disney.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Following sell-out shows in 2017, Bruce returns with more Dylan, Paxton, Seeger, Simon, etc.
In 2014, The Telegraph released an article headlined: “Five Geckos Freeze to Death on Space Sex Mission.
At a time of schisms within feminism, ongoing revelations of #MeToo, endless discussions about womanhood, and sirens being the soundtrack to our newsfeeds, Jenny Lindsay found hers…
Mark Ritchie, fresh from tours in Australia and America, returns with a hilarious storytelling show that covers the big themes of life… uncles, God and of course beetroot.
A musical memoir about one woman’s solo bicycle/music tour 1,254 miles down the west coast of the USA.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Performers, producers, activists and cultural workers come together to investigate where power really lies and what needs to be done to ensure genuine diversity and equality of exp…
Chvrches as a charleston dance-off? Biffy Clyro as a torchsong ballad? Join award-winning five-octave vocalist Angus Munro and his floor-stomping jazz trio as they interpret modern…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
One of Scotland’s leading piano-led groups, The Fraser Urquhart Trio plays elegant, swinging jazz and bebop.
A family-friendly mixed bag ranging from cabaret to comedy via spoken word and theatre.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman).
New Zealand’s foremost comedy singer-songwriter, when ranked alphabetically, presents original comedy songs.
The portrayal of a young woman’s search for love and her sometimes crippling fear of being alone.
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…
A wanderer believes his destiny is written along the North Carolina Interstate.
Could you be a psychic spy? In 1972, the Cold War took an unusual turn.
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
Want to experience doing your bit? Meet and hear from characters involved in the WWI war effort such as a field nurse, a coastguard, a canary girl and the mother of a soldier.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Touch and feel Chinese arts and culture by attending CACF 2018.
Other Peoples Teeth is a unique, visceral and violent vignette, exploring the emotional depths of brutality.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
People have never been more scared to say what they really think.
A free Irish comedy show.
If you like pina coladas, and deep emotional pain.
Ray Fordyce is back again to host a delightful afternoon of comedy and entertainment to brighten any Fringe day.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
****1/2 (PerthHappenings.
Multi award-winning creators of Anton’s Uncles, Track 3, Big Shot and Hot Cat, Theatre Movement Bazaar assembles its ultra-modern troubadours for the company’s latest adventure, …
It is the Salon of the Year event at Scissor’s Palace and Pamela, ‘Best Stylist of 1996 before she had a breakdown’, is the ambitious owner who dreams of attaining the covete…
After a sell out run last year the Great British Mysteries return to the Fringe with a new show set 400 years earlier, but still the containing the wit, charm, and ridiculous sense…
Scottish rising star and oddball, Eleanor Morton tries to reinvent herself as the sexy, confident comedian she has always secretly probably been.
Jukebox musicals are undeniably hit and miss.
Imagine a night where Pharrell Williams croons with Judy Garland, Ricky Martin scats with Cab Calloway, and Maroon 5 groove with Ella Fitzgerald – that night is here! In a fusion…
The After School Club join Irish playwright Conor Burke to present their debut production.
Relive the magic of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in this remarkable tribute to the most successful band in music history.
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
Do you like mysteries? Do you like historical inaccuracies? Do you prefer Thomas More to Roger Moore? The follow-up to 2017's sold out debut, but set 400 years earl…
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
Celebrating collaboration, a sensational vintage night of swing music and dance - Rinkadon Jukeboy and his Blind Tiger Dance Band, the hottest sounds this side of the Pe…
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
The XLP Arts South London Showcase Final is the culmination of a series of youth arts showcases held this year within Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, hosted …
A spectacular musical celebration of the West End to close the Arts Festival, featuring the very best of musicianship from across the College and concluding with a masse…
This is a new collaboration with a local drama company that will see an external director working collaboratively with members of the local community and our own student…
Good morning, Baltimore! It’s 1962 and change is in the air.
Don your flat cap, grab your whippet and come and join us for the launch of 2018’s Great Yorkshire Fringe! Lineup to include Tony Slattery, Harry & Chris, Thin…
Don your flat cap, grab your whippet and come and join us for the launch of 2018’s Great Yorkshire Fringe! Lineup to include Paul Foot, Tony Slattery, Harry & …
Balancing work and love is a struggle, but what if your job is killing people? A hitwoman is trying to reconcile these two aspects of her life.
The Junior School pupils of St Dunstan’s College invite you to attend their annual Summer concert.
Led by Drama Prefect, Beatrice Swordy, and her team, Black Box devising is an improvisation work created by Year 7 - 9 students over the last two terms, drawing inspirat…
This time-limited devising project welcomes the return of Briony O’Callaghan, a professional director, who, working with a select number of Year 10 - 13 student…
Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival.
Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare come to Leicester Square Theatre for the first time following their sell-out tour last yea…
It’s Liverpool, 1978.
Writer and storyteller John Osborne is back with a trio of shows across the final weekend of the Fringe.
Bachelor of Arts is one comedian’s attempt to find a use for the most useless of tertiary degrees and perhaps, in the process, prove that a BA is not as worthless as you might thin…
Pamela is the hard-won queen of a buzzing hair and beauty salon.
Balancing work life with a love life is a struggle, but what if your job is killing people? A hitwoman is trying to reconcile these two aspects of her life.
Blue seas, clear sands and a shop overlooking the bay.
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, …
Posturous Productions and the writer of the critically acclaimed Glass Slippers and Silver Bullets and the sell out shows The Haunted Hunt and Build-Up And Climax present…
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.
Rouge your knees, shine your shoes and prepare to enter a razzling dazzling world of Swing! From the decadent 20s Jazz age, the glamourous 30s, the spirit of the 40s, to the rebels…
Inspired by collecting stories for a eulogy, Angus looks at our evolving public selves, how our friends police who they think we should be, and thwart our attempts to try on new fa…
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, Lindy Hop beginners dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Are you hoping to grow and develop your performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal & Industrial Relations Manager of the Independent Theatre Council, for an overview of th…
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…
The Erebus Project has an interesting premise.
‘The She Monsters’ are a cabaret act featuring Evil, Deadly and Beautiful.
Variety is back with a capital V as these legendary entertainers swap their golf clubs for a unique night of comedy and music, in the company of talented friends.
Under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, these terrific tales are woven together with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from Julia…
The After School Club bring you their debut production of Sophie, Ben, and Other Problems by Conor Burke.
IS YOUR SNAIL THE FASTEST? Enter your fastest Snail and win fantastic prizes.
The Publishers Hotel will be jumping to the sounds of MJ & The Blue Progression as they retro refit your favourite songs into modern #Swing and update jazz classics to the current …
A tribute to top-selling global artist, Robbie Williams, showcasing favourite songs from his albums Swing When You’re Winning and Swings Both Ways.
“Funny, engaging, informative and empowering… You will leave feeling inspired, fulfilled and ready to change the world.
Damian Callinan, renowned character and stand-up comedian, suffers from OTTDS (Over The Top Dance Syndrome).
Sylvia Brécko presents “MYTH – the lives and songs of Dietrich, Piaf, Monroe and other female legends!” An Encore! After last year’s great success Sylvia, German TV host & …
Be entertained! Be amazed! Your chance to see some of Adelaide’s best young talent before they take the world by storm.
Alex is a Melbourne based stand-up comedian currently achieving her life long dream of being brave enough to live outside her home state of QLD.
The members of the Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resource Management Board, Tjutjuna Arts and the people of the Western deserts and Far West Coast of South Australia, invite you to t…
This workshop will have you swinging out on the dance floor in no time! Swing dancing is a partner dance style all about rhythm, improvisation, and having a crazy good time.
Join Nikko as he shares the harrowing details of the multiple times he survived capture from the hands of criminal organisations, won the title of world’s healthiest baby and stopp…
GET READY FOR MAXIMUM FUN! Infinite Jest Comedy creator Jez Watts (The Nasty Show, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men podcast) is coming at your faceholes with a brand new power hou…
Monty left his corporate accountant job in Sydney, to base himself in Perth and travel all over the globe performing his Johnny Cash Show ‘A Boy Named Cash’ as seen on ‘The Voi…
An eclectic collection and exhibition of Port Community Arts Centre Members artworks - fabrics, mosaics, printmaking, drawing, woodwork, watercolour, ceramics, oils - explore our m…
“Discover an alternative universe where nothing is quite what it seems when it comes to life in the royal palace.
The 1950s were the golden age of radio drama.
Inspiring, intriguing, tender and true.
Join Adelaide’s premier swing dancing school for a night of dance through the 1920s, 30s and 40s! Students of the school of all levels will showcase the dances of the era including…
Brendan Fitzgerald Jazz Ensemble trumpets the slip and slide dance rhythms and slinky melodies of the 30’s and 40’s Swing era in this suave, sophisticated cabaret.
Emma Rice’s “exquisite” (Telegraph) production comes to Oxford Playhouse following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe.
“The honour would be entirely mine if you would attend my little party.
The Ukrainian ballet star, Sergei Polunin has created a programme that will feature an international cast and creative team, including Polunin himself.
A free event featuring local artists, children’s book illustrators, a range of handmade crafts and a series of events in the theatre with some of our Pictures at Play artists.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Our Storyteller is on the run from those three-headed monsters, trying to bring you the most fantastic tales from the Magic Land of Three.
A trio of improv: The Owls Are Not What They Seem revisits Twin Peaks.
Following on from their hit 2016 tour, Graeme Swann, England’s greatest ever spin bowler and cricket’s best loved commentator, Henry Blofeld, are back by popular demand…
Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK.
The Society is part-show and part self-help group.
Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky is a time-bending tale of music, politics and one of the world’s most beloved composers.
Three elegant women musicians from Suzhou, costumed in Whispering Lotus Chi-pao will give us a concert on Chinese guqin, zheng, dizi and xiao (bamboo flute and end-blown bamboo flu…
Playing an instrument with over 2,500 years of recorded history, after some 100 public recitals in the UK, international classical Zheng performer Yi Dong, a soloist with five albu…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the decaying Miss Havisham; the sudden appearance of a mystery benefactor – this series…
That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band, with another night of toe-tapping music from the era when swing was king.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
Winner of Asia and India’s Best Stand-up Comedian Awards, Papa CJ has performed over 2000 shows in over 20 countries.
The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before.
Bringing you the best comedy the fringe has to offer, The Really Great Compilation Show presents some of the biggest names gracing Edinburgh, as well as some amazing up-and-comers.
Hip-hop dance superstars Boy Blue Entertainment bring emotional energy, fierce movement and blistering music in a bold dance show presented in the heart of the community of Craigmi…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
As artists from across the globe descend on this historic city, this special show, hosted by Nikki Bedi, features top actors, filmmakers, comedians and musicians who live in Edinbu…
A mind reading show based on the true story of America’s psychic spies.
Bringing a playful twist and jazz treatment to classic movie songs from Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Star Wars, Jungle Book to La La Land, let Airlie Scott’s Pronto Swing get your…
Composer and pianist Julian Layn returns to the Fringe to perform his unique 21st century classical music, including his Thunderstorm Trilogy, the Queen and the Ecocalypse works.
This is a show about belonging.
Join other parents/carers and their children at an informal coffee morning.
Snow is the newest prisoner at HMP Young Offenders Institution, Hull.
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
Expect songs of Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Simon and Garfunkel, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Peter Paul and Mary, and more when award-winning singer/songwriter Bruce Davies pres…
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
Relive the magic of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons in this remarkable tribute to the most successful band in music history.
With the combination of classic melody and innovative performing methodology, the concert will demonstrate the charms of traditional Chinese music and dance with the spirits of the…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
What narratives must begin when a war has ended and how does society protect itself from slipping back into conflict? This discussion explores the role of artists in post-war conte…
Through live storytelling, peep-boxes and projection, the audience are drawn into a story circle where ancient tales of boggarts and mermaids hold hands with contemporary accounts …
Can’t cook? Imagine having to come up with a three-course meal, completely from scratch, every week for a year.
Fourteen cast members.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Songs you know and love presented by cabaret specialists Patrice and Richard, who have performed on the east coast in the US, Hawaii, Ireland and on cruise ships.
There’s only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand on piano and Ed Kelly on double bass.
Grieving is a universal human experience, and The Other Half Lives is a play which analyses grief in the years after someone’s passing.
As Americans, who have we been and who are we now? Through a collage of song, scene and verbatim text, we explore our identity as a nation and attempt to answer where do we go from…
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
‘Boogie-woogie.
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
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…
Join four-octave award-winning UK vocalist/saxophonist Angus Munro and his floor-stomping trio as they transform modern indie classics into superbly authentic American standards of…
When a man and a woman… or a woman and a woman… or a man and a man… or any combination really, love each other very much, they come together – well, not always together.
Freaks, undergarments and curiosities! From America’s Wild West to the nether regions in-between comes Eugene, Oregon’s favorite sassy oddity Josephine D’Love, joining forces…
Due to some of the artists being refused visas to enter the UK, we have had to make some changes to the Arab Arts Focus Dance Double Bill.
The Amish Project (Ensemble Version), a story of grace and healing, is a fictionalized account of the shooting at an Amish school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 2006.
A good storytelling piece is lovely.
There is beautiful music at the heart of Atlantic: America & The Great War.
Captain Zarg and Williamina Foxx are Guardians of the Universe.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
How do you hold on to the world’s greatest escape artist? 10 years after the death of his father, illusionist extraordinaire The Great Ridolphi, Victor O’Meara is visited by detect…
This little-known musical is tremendous fun in its own right, but the extremely talented and energetic cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical make it engaging for a full 9…
Not enough material for solo shows and nobody else will work with them.
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…
Ray Fordyce is back to host another afternoon feast of comedy and entertainment. Featuring three or more acts each day, this is a must for every Fringe visitor.
They haven’t got enough material for their own solo shows and nobody else will work with them, so Christian Talbot and Rosie Holt will be performing stand-up, sketches and music wh…
A show for anyone who ever worried they weren’t normal.
The alternative stand-up Sean Turner has natural comedic instincts that lead him to areas most comics wouldn’t ever find themselves.
Do you like mysteries? Are you the sort of person who says: ‘I wonder what that was?’.
“Ah yes.
The finals of the Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year competition as ever throw up a talented assortment of acts.
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows featuring the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit.
Following the phenomenal sold out Vault Festival run, the party continues… "The honour would be entirely mine if you would attend my little party.
On a lake somewhere not far away, a mother duck is sitting on her eggs.
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
A variety of comedians come together to find out who is the greatest superhero of them all.
Award-winning children’s theatre company brings you a collection of short stories that will entertain and delight young audiences.
An inventive and brilliant celebration of Access to Music Brighton as it faces closure.
“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so.
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 …
Brighton comics Vicky Gould and Joe McCarthy join forces to bring you an hour of quirky off-beat humour.
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Apparently, one of the men involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 resides in Hove - but this story isn’t about him, instead it’s about the women behind the heist, the ones…
Juliet Meyers (Writer on ‘Sarah Millican TV Programme’, ‘8/10 Cats’ and ‘News Quiz’) returns with her show about her clingy rescue dog, unconditional love and being a wolf.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Are you an artist or performer looking to make connections beyond Brighton Fringe? Join us for informal networking with a diverse range of arts industry professionals from around t…
Tap is visual jazz.
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…
For 9 weeks only, Dirty Great Love Story makes its West End debut! Two hopeful hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other.
You are cordially invited to the parlour of Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a rousing rendition of this timeless classic served over a two-course Christmas feast.
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
We wonder why so many women wear an ill-fitting bra? Why do some women not wear a bra at all? Do women have to wear a bra? PERKY is a bra revolution, to ‘undo’ bewilderment ar…
More than 10 years ago, Alexander Gog embarked on a radical experiment in the extremes of artistic expression, social protest, &theatrical activism; caged & delivering nightly perf…
Now in its third year, the national Fun Palaces campaign is an international celebration of arts and sciences.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Visit Inside Buckingham Palace See the State Rooms, Used for Official Royal Occasions Walk Through the Picture Gallery Explore the South Garden Enjoy Traditional Afterno…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The exploration of the extreme consequences resulting from an attempt to escape a past that remains current and constant.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
You Wouldn’t Want to Be in the Great Fire of London is a 45 minute, 100 miles per hour show for kids! Two storytellers will transport the children back to 1666 smoggy, grotty Londo…
Get a glimpse of something new happening.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jen Stone and Megan Thompson Dance Project is known for its dynamic physicality, powerful imagery and emotive choreography.
You Wouldn’t Want to Be in the Great Fire of London is a 45 minute, 100 miles per hour show for kids! Two storytellers will transport the children back to 1666 smoggy, grotty Londo…
Digital can bring the world together.
Why should the superheroes have all the fun and the glory? In this version of the Battle of the Superheroes show, a variety of comedians step up to make the case for the greatest s…
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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 …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings a night of music and song from the golden age of the crooners.
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 …
Angus Munro and band offer you a medley of ‘Hipster’ songs reimagined as 20th Century Jazz classics.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Steele Edge: Martial Arts Illusion Show bills itself as “a dynamic fusion of physical excitement and visual wonder” but it’s more of a bizarre fusion of vague ‘oriental’ …
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
From the Fringe First winning authors of Jekyll! comes this brand new adaptation of Dickens’ masterpiece.
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand’s outstanding Trio.
Collaboration has the capacity to break down boundaries of a medium and expand its limits.
After five years of sell-out shows, the worryingly funny doctors of tomorrow are back for their 17th year at the Fringe! Catch this fast-paced sketch show before the Right Honourab…
Tackling an adaptation of The Great Gatsby, one of the most famous and beloved novels ever written, is not a task taken on lightly but it is one the Nottingham New theatre rises to…
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 …
Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up.
Find the perfect whisky for your personality.
The Jazz Bar is packed for this one, and no wonder: this is music you can’t help but tap your feet to.
A mind reading show based on the true story of the Cold War’s psychic spies.
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, all with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
Have you been mistaken for a pervert? Are you awkward in a sex shop? Do you try to disguise your farts with a cough? Have you ever wondered how scissoring works? Do you enjoy havin…
Ross Leadbeater is an alumnus of the all-male Welsh choir Only Men Aloud!, who won the 2008 television show Last Choir Standing.
Fun lyrics and great musical timing manage to bring Neverland to life with a small cast and even smaller set.
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart.
The Other tells the story of a young girl named Mana who escapes from her war-torn home on the Red-Yellow Planet to begin a cruel and poignant coming-of-age journey to the beautifu…
A week of arts and crafts events: an interactive art event unlike any other.
Desperate and looking for love, Anna (AFI award-winner Bojana Novakovic, star of Rake and Shameless) is a woman at a karaoke bar waiting for a date.
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
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…
Each of the short – but far from woeful – tales in this half-hour collection (from Bristol University and National Youth Theatre) have concepts that could be summed up in one l…
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…
Smart, funny, original songs from Michael Roulston and Sarah-Louise Young, creators of Cabaret Whore, Julie Madly Deeply and Songs for Cynics.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
“I don’t want your opinions printed,” Ashley Storrie says to any potential reviewers in the audience.
So You Think You’re Funny? 2015 winner, Italian Luca Cupani returns to the Fringe! The man who was too funny for Italy and moved to the UK tells the truth, the whole truth and noth…
Triple Entendre is directed, created and designed by Emily Cairns and is a comic musical cabaret about “Love, Life and Other Stuff”, consisting of a collection of original song…
Graínne Maguire is a pretty cool woman, and once trended worldwide for tweeting the Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) updates on her menstrual cycle.
Norma’s forced to hold her inaugural Keep Out of My Box meeting at work, a tiny box office, because staffing’s tight with the Fringe! Direct from New Zealand, Torum Heng delights i…
Inspired by collecting stories for a eulogy, Angus examines the evolution of our public selves and how our circle of friends can choose to thwart or support our attempts to try on …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Andrews Sisters meets ‘Smack the Pony’ in this new musical comedy cabaret.
Following its successful run at Theatre Royal Haymarket, Alan Ayckbourn's hilarious comedy transfers to the Duke Of York's from 7 July! Three couples, two dinner parties…
A mind reading show based on the true story of the Cold War’s psychic spies.
LA Dance Project is a Los Angeles-based artistic collective founded in 2012 by renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied, now Director at the Paris Opera Ballet.
Part of the attraction of seeing magic tricks performed well – beyond the sheer spectacle – is trying to work out how they’re done.
Genre-defining classical composer and pianist Julian Layn tours Europe with ‘The Julian Layn Project’ that brings rock-alt classical, Julian’s unique form of 21st century classic…
A unique fusion of live traditional and classical music from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and the UK alongside video performances from Kabul.
A UFO has crashed over Brighton and your help is needed to save them from the Agents In Black.
Gaël Le Cornec (Argus Angel award-winner with Frida Kahlo) returns to Brighton with a new play on immigration based on refugees’ stories.
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.
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Brighton Swing Choir is a brand new community choir specialising in music from the swing era and beyond.
Set in the year 2039, this is a world that man has destroyed.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Three couples, two dinner parties, and a catastrophy waiting to happen.
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on March 26) The Irish company Pan Pan may ruffle some feathers with a performance inspired by Chekhov’s signature seabird.
Fifteen years ago, Shen Wei burst onto the dance scene with a mesmerizing blend of starkly beautiful visual art and propulsive yet meditative movement.
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…
Mr Foote's Other Leg West End transfer Following its sold out run at Hampstead Theatre, Mr Foote's Other Leg, starring Simon Russell Beale, will transfer to the Theatre Ro…
In the past 20 years, Danspace Project has commissioned nearly 500 works, and it’s kicking off 2016 by remounting four recent ones.
In this idea-heavy one-man show, Steven Friedman, a Renaissance man whose areas of expertise include philosophy, seeks to weave a capsule history of philosophical thought with an a…
A glimpse of heaven from the man who created Narnia.
Hector (Was So Great A Crime) is based on the true story of the Scottish military hero in the Second Boer War who was brought down by malicious attacks on his good name.
Grab some popcorn and settle in for “Revelations.
Even if you don’t know the whole story of F.
‘A Fistful of Hunny’ is a dark, frenzied comedy about kidnapping, blackmail, extortion, and heffalumps.
For the fifth consecutive year, Ms.
Following highly successful evenings with Berlin, Porter, Kern and Gershwin, Fife’s premier operatic concert group Ensemble, (www.
A toe-tapping evening of music from the era when swing was king with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals – everything from Basie to Bublé.
Crime writer Mark Billingham and country band My Darling Clementine come together for The Other Half, a blend of storytelling and music about love, loneliness and broken promises.
Do you feel like your brain is half-baked? Or that your mental faculties are going off the boil? Join ‘head’ chef Dr Alan Gow in the Great British Brain Off to consider the recipe …
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
The Fringe premiere of Scotland’s leading singer/songwriter’s latest project following his performance at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and the release of Till Tomo…
‘I looked for it on Blackpool beach with my Mum.
Dictator, lover, husband and murderer, Controversial writer, Christopher Marlowe’s fierce and ferocious play Tamburlaine the Great, hits the stage in an all new gripping, physica…
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
Live art every day.
Live art every day.
Lancaster Offshoots have created an enjoyable and surprisingly funny offering with their take on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit and Other Tales.
In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit.
Irish comedians Giles Brody and Colin Chadwick invite you to a compendium of sketch comedy, featuring childish Nobel Prize winners, Frankenstein’s reformed monster, Teen Pope, Go…
Following their 2014 sell-out Fringe performance, the SLJO are back with an all new set featuring the finest tunes from the golden era of Big Band.
Killing most of an hour, and murder to sit through, The Ted Bundy Project does bait-and-switch on its audience.
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
EurekaDance is the culmination of a week of movement exploration with artistic director of Collision, Lisi Perry and Simonson Modern Jazz facilitator Teresa Perez Ceccon – all th…
Performers, join a discussion set up specifically for Street and Outdoor Artists.
A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration.
Poems and jokes about why women and wordplay are tremendous whilst god and the patriarchy and DJ Steve Wright are much less so.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences.
The Three Belles and their live swing band The Bevin Boys present In Full Swing! Let them take you back to the 1940s with the music of The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Ray Ellington…
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences.
Supporting the progression of youth arts in Fife, FYAH are delighted to offer this varied programme of four individual performances from groups who are working in Fife creating wor…
Live from Edinburgh, The Radio 2 Arts Show captures all the excitement from the Edinburgh Festivals, with guests from the world of comedy, theatre, dance, literature and music.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Go ahead and sip the gunpowder green tea poured into dainty cups by Tom Barnes and Matt Wilks, the handsome, engaging young performers of The Litvinenko Project.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences.
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals – not to mention ‘a certain roguish charm’ (Herald) from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
Strap in, it’s joke time.
A stand-up poetry show about dreams from 2014 AAA star and BBC New Comedy Award London runner-up.
‘Boogie-woogie.
The Paradise Project by Third Angel and mala voadora is set in a futuristic shelter-in-construction, inhabited by Stacey Sampson and Jerry Killick as they create a society within w…
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
Swing Circus is a high-energy show that combines top-level swing dancers launching each other across the stage with traditional circus disciplines including acrobats, handbalancers…
Many people will of course know Christian O’Connell from presenting the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show of which he has been doing now for over 10 years and in his time on the stat…
Tied to a fence, beaten, and left to die in the cold, October night in Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard lost his fight for life five days after being discovered mutilated in this …
A show about power and the relatable struggles of small town life: boredom, noisy neighbours.
Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour.
What connects Monmouthshire, the efficacy of Lucozade, and leviathan-lunged pop princess Adele? Absolutely nothing.
A stand-up poetry show about dreams from 2014 AAA star and BBC New Comedy Award London runner-up.
Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down…
What connects Monmouthshire, the efficacy of Lucozade, and leviathan-lunged pop princess Adele? Absolutely nothing.
Britain’s best-selling children’s writer acts out her stories and songs with a cast of five, including guitar-playing husband Malcolm.
After Flipper Committed Suicide! Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales.
What connects Monmouthshire, the efficacy of Lucozade, and leviathan-lunged pop princess Adele? Absolutely nothing.
Young Curators from Fife College worked with Kirkcaldy Galleries in Fife during the Artist Rooms: Diane Arbus exhibition.
Ayckbourn fans will love this comedy of manners from Durham University’s Fourth Wall Theatre.
There’s a very fine line between watching an actual, heart-in-mouth onstage breakdown and one that’s convincingly feigned.
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…
Splodge that porridge! Slurp that soup! Snap that biscuit! On today’s menu there is a trio of traditional and tasty tales to tantalise and tease.
When life gives you lemons, sometimes you shouldn’t make lemonade.
A dynamic exhibition by highly acclaimed Canadian artist Derek Michael Besant.
After six successful years of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year in London the competition comes to York, with a brand new contest to find the best up and coming…
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
The Arts Barge project knows how to turn a dreary, wet Sunday night into a fun filled extravaganza.
An exciting new competition has opened in the heart of the city; for one week only, every night from the 24th to the 31st July, there will be a raucous gathering of stand-up come…
Victory Dance Project was founded a year ago by Amy Jordan to celebrate her recovery from a near-fatal accident.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
The University of Brighton is hosting a one-day event on place-based arts and how location can provide diverse and rich triggers for writing and other arts based practices.
Many comedians converge in Brighton to find out who is the greatest superhero of them all.
An observational, tragi-comic and absurd stand-up comedy show.
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
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…
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Following a successful run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, quirky and exciting rising comedy talent James Bran brings his solo show to Brighton Fringe.
This musical is billed as a work-in-progress showing as it will premiere at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer.
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…
All Tuesdays: 5th FRANCK SONATA Daniel Shao (flute) Alexandra Gracheva (piano).
“Other Myths,” choreographed by Jonah Bokaer, makes its New York debut after premiering in Budapest last year.
Irish comedians Giles Brody and Colin Chadwick invite you to a compendium of sketch comedy, featuring childish Nobel Prize winners, Frankenstein’s reformed monster, Teen Pope, so…
(previews start on Thursday; opens on June 18) Joshua Harmon, who wrote the coruscating “Bad Jews,” returns to the Roundabout with a comedy about a young man (Gideon Gl…
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on May 21) Second Stage Uptown has never seemed like a particularly haunted theater, but expect dramatic apparitions as Lucie Tiberghien directs E…
Annual exhibition on display at 7 North Road of the arts and craft work of Sanctuary’s residents. Now in its eleventh year.
William Christie leads his vibrant Baroque ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, and soloists from Le Jardin des Voix, his academy for aspiring singers, in a semi-staged performance call…
Following its highly successful Marlowe450 season in Canterbury, Fourth Monkey’s Two-Year Rep company tackles Marlowe’s most epic and savage work, widely acknowledged as a milest…
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…
Deriving its clever name from the Baroque master Monteverdi, this centerpiece of the season for the early-music ensemble Tenet and its artistic director, Jolle Greenleaf, returns w…
This lavish survey of Chinese culture returns to Lincoln Center with an array of musicians, acrobats and dancers consolidating and interpreting 5,000 years worth of tradition and h…
(performances start on Nov.
After a celebrated career as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Benjamin Millepied decamped to the West Coast in 2012 and started the L.
Jacqulyn Buglisi’s “Table of Silence Project 9/11,” first presented on the 10th anniversary of the Sept.
“Queer” has gained mainstream momentum as an umbrella to capture the ever-shifting terrain of gender identity and sexuality.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
China Box Arts Project (CBAP) is a China themed multimedia arts project based on Konghou, a traditional Chinese instrument similar to the harp.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
Guy Masterson, Stage 2001 Best Actor Award winner, celebrates the brilliance of eleven poems and three short stories from the Welsh wizard in his centenary year.
This play, about a group of high school students attempting to adapt the Greek classic with disastrous consequences, thankfully doesn’t end in a case of life imitating art, altho…
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St.
The story of how big band music became the first worldwide pop phenomenon, inspired the first ever youth culture revolution and became a byword for sexual liberation and teenage ex…
Presenting work specifically for early years audiences isn’t that common place in the Fringe.
With Fringe sell-out show awards and an appearance in the Guinness Book of Records to their name, Jon Ritchie’s Swing Sensation Big Band makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fri…
Following their huge success in last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Fettes College Consort and Players return to this year’s festival with another of Mozart’s brilliant Mass settin…
Set in a village in North Karnataka, Singarevva and the Palace is the tale of a beautiful woman whose life is repeatedly commodified and manipulated by her greedy father, an impote…
Thinking of going into performing arts management? Have you wondered if you should get an arts administration degree? Meet and talk with others who are also asking these questions …
Fresh from their massively successful east coast US tour, including a performance at the Lincoln Center on Broadway, award-winning a cappella group The Other Guys from the Universi…
The Electric Swing Circus are a double female fronted six-piece bringing a mish-mash of art funk and ‘50s jive to the opulent halls of the Assembly Checkpoint.
Daniel’s Beard (named after the appearance of the designer of their main venue) perform a series of afternoon concerts in the stunning surroundings of Canongate Kirk.
The Other Guys: Afternoon Delight is an enjoyable and light hearted a capella show.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Ice cool classics and red hot originals from guitar-slinging troubadour and Jazz Bar resident, Graeme Mearns.
Described by TS Elliott as ‘the greatest Scots poet since Burns’, Joe Corrie was a Fife miner who influenced and inspired thousands through his plays and poems.
This show began as an attempt to understand high school in Louisiana today and became a statement on how talent, hard-work and desire can be the ingredients to a great future no ma…
Marking the start of Shanley’s career, this show presents an imaginative and diverse collection of six short plays exploring the the relationships we live and the situations we p…
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…
Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains.
In a near future where genetic screening is used to determine your place in society, the Anima Project uses controversial therapy to cure those with unfavourable genetic personalit…
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing make their debut at the Fringe with an exciting mix of instrumentals and featured vocals in their programme of favourites from Glenn Miller and the sw…
‘Boogie-woogie.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing make their debut at the Fringe with an exciting mix of instrumentals and featured vocals in their programme of favourites from Glenn Miller and the sw…
The Hot! Festival, which has been exploring LGBT themes, identity and sexuality for the past month, concludes with two ensembles that use traditional circus arts to grapple with so…
A slick piece of cyberpunk with noir flourishes, The Orpheus Project is an atmospheric re-imagining of Kafka’s The Trial combined with the myth of Orpheus and his quest to bring …
Hosted by the effulgent (according to her title card) Fay Roberts, this event did as promised, presenting diverse voices from a number of different spoken word artists.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
Hailed as the world’s greatest video DJ, Maxx mixes turntablism with state of the art video technology, mashing together the biggest tunes, film and TV.
‘Our tales are similar but the endings are different.
Seeking to explore the idea that you are your experiences, this positive and inspiring show details how these two up-and-coming comics are not Over It.
A late night lock-in with elf loving, Edgar Allen Poe and speech impediments on the agenda.
Does originality exist? Are all creators thieves in disguise? The answer is no and yes (probably), at least according to Great Artists Steal, a new play by Seamus Collins.
Sometimes we’re too afraid of looking like an eejit to fully embrace life: whether it’s not standing up for something you believe in, or being too shy to ask out the handsome…
A high energy romp through Amanda’s psyche will produce songs such as Childhood: What a Load of Shit, Too Tall Blues and the VPL Blues.
In this farcical one-hour romp through the troves of storybook tropes, Fringe sketch regulars Casual Violence treat the audience to a kids-show-for-adults style adventure into a wo…
Rooted in the past of a dystopian pre-independence future - that means a minimalist set littered with industrial remnants and a broken toilet - Scotland’s greatest heroes, Wallac…
The Wau Wau Sisters’ shows are so smart, sacrilegious and saucy they have brought the crazy, so-called ‘religious’ protestors out of their hovels to ruin everyone’s fun and iss…
Angus Dunican doesn’t get out much.
‘The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children’ (Jim Henson).
A genderless riot from a little old force to be reckoned with.
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.
After the success of ‘League of St George’ last year, Bricks and Mortar Theatre are back with their second Edinburgh Fringe production Barge Baby.
In the appropriately grand setting at Assembly Roxy, this adaptation of The Great Gatsby fuses modern music, simple but effective set design, exquisite dancing and decadent cost…
The atmosphere of this exhibition is a mixture of solemnity and heroism beautifully accompanied by the melancholic sound of bagpipes.
The start of a yearlong partnership between the new-music organization Bang on a Can and the Jewish Museum, this concert is tied to the museum’s current exhibition of global …
Francesca Millican-Slater is a delight.
This Estonian composer has made a rare trip to the States to hear this concert, produced by the St.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
This vibrant chamber ensemble wraps up its season with the premiere of Lowell Lieberman’s “Ten Minutes” as well as Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A, Dv…
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
Portraits from the end of life.
A Beautiful Day in November on The Banks of The Greatest of The Great Lakes (written by Kate Benson, directed by Lee Sunday Evans) is one of three world premieres in rep at The N…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them.
A concert of British music to mark the 2014 centenary of the Great War and the impact of the conflict on heritage and culture.
MAY 11: Julian Trevelyan [BBC Young Musician 2014 Piano Finalist] plays Chopin, Britten, Shostakovich and Ligeti; MAY 18: Jonathan Powell [Music of Conflict: Ravel - Le Tombeau de …
An evening of delights specially curated for us by REVERE.
Ronnie Rialto, Lounge Singer Extraordinaire, entertains at the Cubar Chill-Out Lounge Bar in Preston Street, Brighton.
TGE is a new music festival that showcases emerging artists from all over the world, and is aimed at both music fans & industry professionals.
The comic duo push their oft-neglected third member (their projector) to the forefront, for an hour of slideshow-based stand-up.
Filmed on Brighton’s West Pier, come and see Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’.
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.
Phil and Julie have some very niche concerns they want to tell you about.
Need a producer? A venue? A mentor? A residency? Want to improve your work and make new contacts, but don’t know where to start? Hear from venue managers, producers and companies…
The outback can be a dangerous place, but Compagnia T.
In 2005, the Chinese choreographer and painter Shen Wei created “Map,” a mesmerizing visualization of Steve Reich’s “The Desert Music.
These Dublin Fringe Festival one-acts are profoundly different yet equally winning.
(previews start on April 11; opens on April 24) Steven Cosson is the artistic director of the Civilians, a documentary drama troupe.
Big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing.
A toe-tapping hour of vocals from the era when big band swing was king, with Scotland’s Swing Sensation Big Band.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of fundamentals you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
In two recitals, Stefan Warzycki treats us to a wide-ranging programme of the little-known but fascinating repertoire of realisations and original compositions for the left hand, r…
Opportunities for arts, culture and heritage sectors.
The Laramie Project is a heart-wrenching play depicting the reaction to the 1998 brutal murder of Matthew Shepherd, a gay University of Wyoming student in Laramie, Wyoming.
‘The Laramie Project’, Moisés Kaufman’s internationally successful play, captures the emotions, reflections and reactions of the people who were most closely related to the …
Given that, at one point, Jon Ronson describes himself as ‘essentially [just] a humorous journalist out of his depth,’ you might be surprised that the Cardiff-born writer and docum…
Fresh from YouTube and Top 40 success, St Andrews’ The Other Guys bring their hilarious parodies, exquisite musicality and suspect dance moves for one night only in a show that won…
Originating from Glasgow’s Sloans bar, this promenade opera vividly captures the emotional life of a pub ‘.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
One can’t help but like Joshua Seigal.
In amongst the more controversial theatre on at the Fringe this year we have emerging playwright Sophie Foster’s new work, which dissects the media culture surrounding suspected …
This is a story about brotherly love and filial duty, complete with puppets, paintings, prose and even some Korean mysticism thrown in.
Mr Lyan and the Rebel Dining Society explore the future of food and drink.
Explore the folklore and magical properties linked with common cocktail ingredients, with recipes from the most influential occultist of all time, Aleister Crowley.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
An epic tale told on an intimate scale, inspired by maverick British adventurer Gertrude Bell.
As with any canon, the Great American Songbook - the name given to the most important and influential American popular music of the twentieth century - is difficult to nail down.
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.
Upon entering this show, one was first struck by the grey and white cut-out set which looked like illustrations from a Dr Seuss book that’s gone over to the dark side.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Hundreds of aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes.
Aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes.
Most magic shows you find on the Fringe nowadays are necessarily intimate, close-up affairs – not least because of the size of the available venues, budgets and the ‘close magic’…
This all-female spoken word cabaret claims to offer ‘a veritable smorgasbord of poetry’; yet even though it is, to a certain extent, a daily-changing ‘sampler’ of numerous performa…
Split between two comedians, Over It aims to lift the curtain on the taboo subjects of death and anorexia through the medium of laughter - and it kind of works.
Part protest, part poetry, part party.
A self-deprecating look at adolescence in Dublin. Schooldays, religious retreats, the Eurovision, relations with the English and scary nuns on Harley-Davidsons.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Ian Rankin once described a John Hunt blues set like ‘Seasick Steve in a science lab.
In the bowels of The Jazz Bar, John Hunt perches on his stool clutching a guitar, his ageless face cast in red shadows.
I really wanted to like this show.
Natalie Burgess and Richard Smithies work through the principal monologues of four of Shakespeare’s major tragedies: Othello, Hamlet, Richard III and King Lear.
I was not too surprised to read that The Project was specially created for the Edinburgh Fringe: it has that ‘experimental’ feel.
The title of My Village and Other Aliens is perhaps the best part of this rather awkward one man show.
Scamp Theatre presents an hour-long feast of storytelling that thrills children and parents alike.
Fred Astaire singing ‘Night and Day’ is a good way to start anything.
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…
It was the 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist and theologian known to the English-speaking world as Rumi who said that ‘travel brings power and love back into your life’…
Dan’s got a strange problem.
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.
As we took our seats, furnished with appropriately rose-patterned cushions, and gazed on at the living room set before us, it was as if we were in someone else’s house, listening…
Liz Lochhead is the Scots Makar (the Scottish equivalent of the Poet Laureate) and she begins her performance with a poem from the perspective of an apple (entitled ‘The Apple’s …
Thought I ought to nail down the other half of next year’s show before next year comes around. An all new half-hour of comedy from the once-promising Adam Belbin.
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales immerses children and parents alike into a world of wonder.
Much of Rob Carter’s chat centres on being awkward and posh.
Gavin Webster is on a mission.
Fresh from the Namat Theatre in Cairo, Human and Other Things offers a select glimpse of Egypt, albeit in a rather frustrating manner.
A few hours spent interrogating From Death to Death and Other Small Tales - the Scottish National Gallery’s brilliant new exhibition - feels as much like a psychic regression ses…
This show is an odd mix, performed by the American High School Theatre Festival.
Richard Michael and Family draw from a great songbook indeed, but they can’t be accused of too much deference to their source material.
From the first few seconds of the opening song ‘Drowning’, the Tiger Lillies show just why they’ve achieved worldwide cult following.
I was impressed by the summary this show boasts, breezily claiming to encapsulate the bulky genres of contemporary dance, comedy and social commentary in a neat hour.
Heres the pitch and dont run away: a Victorian-themed Shooting Stars with two insane Victorian aristocrats in the roles of Vic and Bob.
In a rather curt start to the show, Sally Barker apologised to the audience for not being Joni Mitchell.
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…
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Assisted suicide, euthanasia, murder.
Tschaikowsky (and other Russians) is a patter song, which was famously performed by Danny Kaye in the Broadway musical ‘Lady in the Dark’ with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira…
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…
James Acaster claims to be very excitable, but this claim is not borne out by his laid back delivery and mundane choice of topics.
The witty and charming pair Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna give us a beat poetry rom-com ballad that, while not groundbreaking, at least treads old ground with the comfort and warmt…
Reminiscent of a Rihanna concert, the Tiffin Swing Band starts their set late.
It’s hard to know how to judge Rare Notions Theatre Company’s first contribution to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap.
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
This show really intrigued me.
Do you like Art Brut? Half Man Half Biscuit? Have you ever heard of Ian Sinclair? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘no’ then you may be bemused, vexed and possibly appall…
Courage Performers, a youth performing arts club from Wiltshire, presents a very strong rendition of the Shakespeare classic ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with a Second World W…
In the week that a new date for the film version of F.
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
My assumption is that it was The Stand’s decision to blast Method Man out of the speakers as the audience took their seats rather than Simon Munnery’s, but it is a credit to a …
It has been ten years since American university student Matthew Shepard was murdered by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, bringing the issue of gay hate crime to an internation…
The clinical, modern lecture theatre of the Symposium Hall, undoubtedly one of the less atmospheric fringe venues, is rather at odds with the style of this show.
I just saw The Great Puppet Horn and boy do I need to catch my breath.
26-song set divided into two parts in the tall St Cuthbert’s church (which included tea and biscuits at the interval) provided a nostalgic throwback to the 1920s, 30s and early …
A series of five very short plays penned by American playwright Will Eno, Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions is a collection of character-driven glimpses into the human con…
Andreas Grassl is the piano man who washed up in Kent.
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.
Project Adorno is a double act after the philosopher Theodor Adorno.
It will come as no surprise that this is a controversial play.
The UK loves a good soap opera.
It’s only when you look back at your childhood books and films that you realise how many of them are ripe for satire.
When Naomi Grossmans second self-penned show, Carnival Knowledge, premiered in LA, it enjoyed a sell-out, twice-extended run, and the actress was nominated for best solo performa…
The students performing this play take us through the drama wardrobe into a Shakespearean Narnia.
Cape Academy of Performing Arts presents a showcase of their students that more than holds its own against many of the professional companies at the Festival.
In October 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten and tortured to death near Laramie.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Of the many things you might see or do at the Fringe this summer, jousting with lemons has to score among the more unusual pastimes.
Maybe it was the accidental bang on the forehead he gave himself before coming on stage, maybe it was the sparse Sunday night crowd, or maybe it was the higher than usual quota of …
How do I describe this place? is the question at the heart of And Other Observations.
When you arrive five minutes late, panting and cursing the incomprehensible fact that the Zoo has two separate venues and youve turned up at the wrong one it is quite a sur…
Prince Philip supposedly coined the word ‘dontopedology’ in describing his talent for ‘opening one’s mouth and putting one’s foot in it’, and in this free show at Espio…
The Laramie Project is a play documenting the tragic death of Matthew Sheppard, who was kidnapped and savagely beaten before being left to die tied to a fence on the outskirts of a…
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…
Other Voices promised much — ‘comedy, politics, naughty lyrics, free sweets… And a veritable smorgasbord of poetry antics’, but the most significant terminology on its titl…
Mr B is the all-singing, all-rapping chap from Surrey who wants to bring gentlemanly etiquette into hip hop.
Arthur, a doctor sheltering in a besieged city, wants to do ‘something useful.
A wonderful farsical musical romp in the tradition of Mapp and Lucia, Glee and The Stepford Wives, Swing! is the story of a lower-class family who move to wealthy suburban Wafthead…
It’s 2012, we are in a field, I’ve forgotten my tent, Hunters and pac-a-mac, but who cares; it’s Music In a Field with Jonni Music, the Great(ish) and most bizarre music fest…
Eddie Izzard invites you to his brand-new work-in-progress reading/performance of Charles Dickens’ classic epic Great Expectations.
A world class voice and virtuosic musicians seamlessly combine the worlds of alternative pop and masterful baroque.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Graeme Macrae Burnet’s literary thriller, His Bloody Project, explores a brutal triple murder in the Scottish Highlands in 1869 through a variety of different, at times conflicti...
The Army has set up camp for the first time at the Fringe and is stationed with Summerhall in its own premises.
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...
When Matthew Shepard was brutally tied to a fence, beaten, and abandoned outside Laramie, Wyoming, members of Tectonic Theatre Group came to ask questions.
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.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.