What has quickly became an annual tradition.
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.
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings…” It’s Christmas Eve, Bedford Falls.
“Spewed from our country, forgotten, bound to the dark edge of the earth…”Thomas Barrett, aged 17.
“Spewed from our country, forgotten, bound to the dark edge of the earth…”Thomas Barrett, aged 17.
Step into the uproarious world of Pitch It Good, where laughter meets lunacy in a show unlike any other.
After sell-out concerts at the Fringe last year, the Bohemians are back, taking you through all aspects of life in their jam-packed, fun-filled concert.
There are two sides to every story.
A raucous evening of music, comedy and musical comedy hosted by AJ Holmes (Book of Mormon, StarKid) and Caitlin Cook (The Writing on the Stall).
Join us for Arkle’s second Wester Ross radio play, combining mythical creatures, illicit whisky and the 19th century scientific survey of Scotland’s lochs, with gentle humour, …
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Meet Perry.
A solo narrative navigating life with neurodiversity.
It’s all in the title (hahahahahahahaha).
Alastair returns to the magical Canongate Kirk for a special celebration of the Scottish fiddle tradition, featuring a stellar cast of top performers.
Charismatic jazz musician Domo Branch returns to The Hub for a night of original music and improvisation.
Escape the hubbub of the Fringe and spend a relaxing hour sketching in the company of canines.
Music that makes people wanna shake their bones! This trio are known for their unique live show, transporting the audience to a bygone era when witches and black magic were rife.
Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise.
For Edinburgh Festival and Fringe legend Richard Demarco, the history of Scotland begins in the words of the great medieval poets Henryson and Dunbar, the composer Henry Carver and…
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts, and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe for one week only! Featuring the very best impro…
Tune-in for a mockumentary edition of This Is Your Life as our imposter Michael Aspel interviews Ludwig van Beethoven.
Life is but a complex, dynamic mix of chemicals.
Inspired by poetry from her homeland of Orkney, Catriona Price’s debut album Hert (Orcadian Scots for ‘heart’) explores the contrasting perspectives that make up the rich t…
Mariah Girouard is not a Good Girl.
Join the brilliant London-based cello/piano duo of Anne-Isabel Meyer and Julian Jacobson as they return again to the Fringe to present a series of two concerts of music by Borodin,…
As Starmer backtracks his way to inevitable victory over the batshit-crazy Tories, come and join stand-up Stephen G Titley (socialist-in-progress) for OHHHH!! JER-E-MY CORBYN! to d…
Salam, y’all! Arsalan Akhavan’s funny and uplifting one-man show interweaves myths from the Persian Book of Kings (Shahnameh) with true-life stories about growing up Iranian in the…
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
Featuring the slow-mo guy and viral sensation Karl Porter and Hot Water Comedy Club’s Breakthrough Act of the Year Ben Silver, 2 Sick Guyz (Doing Stand-Up) will present each act’s …
We spend one third of our lives asleep.
You know the guy.
Scottish bagpipe music played by solo musicians and groups.
Each summer, young Jamie comes to the same spot on the same beach and speaks with a mysterious figure – the king of a magical realm far, far away.
A drama group are performing their new murder-mystery play, but despite their best efforts, everything goes wrong! Their play, a thrilling murder mystery set on a small ship carryi…
The long walk home.
One day you’ll be in M&S and you’ll suddenly go ‘Ooh, a beige cardigan with elbow patches.
Award winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award & Scottish Comedian of the Year) works out his new show about advertising, mental health and potentially cold meat…
Her husband’s affair changed everything.
Rhiannon has always been a good girl: obliging, pretty, and eager to please.
From an illegal rave in an abandoned vagina museum to the PTA cheese and wine – mid-life dating with the mindset of a teen is a wild ride.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Czech fusion guitarist and composer Honza Kourimsky blends the music of Eric Clapton with high-energy jazz, funk and soul.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian cellist/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
Endeavour Chorus plus Go Forth.
Orange Claw Hammer, following their triumphant appearance at the Zappanale Festival in Germany, continue to rework the music of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band for the 21st ce…
Berlin Philharmonic’s principal horn, Stefan Dohr, presents Brahms’s poignant Horn Trio and Ligeti’s 20th-century masterpiece, inspired by the former’s brilliance.
Free exhibition of international artists brought together by the SBLDC weekly online sessions with models and artists from four continents.
Are our memories important in our day-to-day present lives? How can sociologists uncover people’s memories and why should they bother to do so? Delve deeper with Dr Sophie Athert…
Old Git (Jim Bryce) has had enough! Having inhabited an increasingly wizened body for 74 years, he blows the gaff via a head-banging ride powered by comedy, songs and non-sequiturs…
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
Prepare yourselves for a wild and wonderful variety night hosted by character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye of critically acclaimed Siblings, starring their family…
Hot Chocolate in Old Saint Paul’s: an evening of classical music by candlelight, accompanied by a cup of hot chocolate.
Puppet Zoo Adventure is a delightful blend of laughter and learning where animals come to life! Join Steph and Layla as they explore the Zoo and the animals that need your help!
Take Note Choir returns to the Fringe for a second year with a performance celebrating life, love, dreams and fantasies.
Two friends, one party, zero social skills.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Scotland’s other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries.
Join Professor Alan Riach, author of Scottish Literature: An Introduction (‘magisterial’ (Times)), for a dynamic encounter with literary luminaries! Explore creativity, unravelling…
Multi-award winning Scottish stand-up Ray Bradshaw is coming back to the fringe with a brand-new work in progress show for 2024.
A coincidence or an act of a god? Are the children who created a god as a game truly responsible for the unexplained events unfolding around them? Ten years after their last plea, …
Have you ever wondered what life is like being 3’10”? What it’s like doing day-to-day activities? What questions people ask you everyday? Well wonder no more, as George Coppen tak…
A new, bold, poetic reimagining of the myth of Achilles, from storyteller and classicist Jo Kelen.
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…
‘Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
Due to phenomenal demand, award-winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award and Scottish Comedian of the Year) returns to the Fringe with his unique blend of stand-up, …
In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity.
Embark on a musical odyssey with One Acchord: That’s Life in Harmony.
Mona Mae is a Juicy Jurassic Southern Belle transplanted in Scotland.
Based on a little-known Grimms’ fairytale, Godfather Death is an award-winning and gleefully macabre new musical exploring mortality, healthcare and class.
Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers.
In 1916, Christabel Mennell writes a letter of apology to Katie Marsh.
Astrophysicist Dr Julian Mayers asks whether studying the Universe gives us any insight into earthly matters of life, death and love.
Can too much religion in your teens screw up your sex life in your 50s? Then how come Mormons have so many babies? Is eternal life really worth the hassle? Forever is a long time.
The tumultuous life of Richard III: not the villain of Shakespearean lore, but loyal brother to a king, devoted husband and father, and eventually reluctant monarch.
In the 60s, Walt Disney was rumoured to have frozen himself to cheat it.
Unhinged, in the best way, and genuinely original.
In the dusty confines of her late mother’s attic, secrets unravel like cobwebs as Charlotte embarks on a darkly comedic journey through the forgotten chapters of her family’s twist…
The award-winning comedy trio Bad Clowns are putting on a night of the best comedy acts from this year’s festival every Friday and Saturday of the Fringe, and you’re invited!
2023 Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe/sold-out run in Edinburgh! ‘A sold-out Fringe classic!’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide.
What’s your name? Where are you from? What do you do for a living? Who’s drinking? Are you two a couple? Etc etc.
Calling all musical lovers! Clara, an employee of furniture store, helps people establish their homes but wrestles with the idea to create a home of her own.
Pete Carson and Cobin Millage: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen.
The 2023 Fringe First-winning club/theatre immersive experience returns for eight performances only! Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin hosts an interactive joy-ride through his 80s/90s clu…
Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships Winner 2022.
Stick your tongue out, do a peace sign, and tilt your head.
Following in the footsteps of the great time travellers of the past, present and future, the woman with the purple hat, the painted boots and the little wheelie suitcase invites yo…
What do you do when you hate the guy you’re dating, but he only has one eye? What do you stare at when sitting across from an old person whose eyes are constantly dripping in a way…
After the success of last year’s inaugural event, we return, bigger and better.
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
Title says it all! *Evil laugh*.
Ring-a-ding-ding, you’ve got the King! Master of the crowd and slave to the laugh, Kyle Legacy is back with more riffs and less hair.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri…
Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited.
After a lifetime of being a lone wolf, a maverick, an outsider, and fully paid-up member of the awkward squad, Stephen Carlin has finally accepted he needs society.
Following her award-winning debut and sell-out run, Chelsea Birkby’s back with a meditation on lust for life.
Following a host of sell-out shows and hot on the heels of last year’s debut, Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand-new hour…
The Good the Bad and the Irish has been performing at the Fringe for the last 14 years! We’re the original Irish comedy show with regular weekly clubs in Edinburgh and many sellout…
After a series of sold-out performances, Benedict Townsend brings his stand-up show to the Fringe for the very first time.
OMG, have you heard.
Second great year! Old-school jokes meet lived experiences.
Explore the world of enchanting glamour with the return of the MESSY FRIENDS! Fresh from their acclaimed Australian tour, witness outrageous drag, breathtaking burlesque, mesmerisi…
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places? Toby was, until he discovered the ancient lost Gaelic secrets to love, life and the universe.
Lucy has been a Fringe favourite for over 20 years.
Skins actress Megan Prescott – aka Katie F*cking Fitch – writes and stars in her debut solo show.
Turn on the radio, have a cup of tea – and don’t forget to take your pills! Get ready for an action-packed journey through the imagination of a playful, solitary old man as he di…
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! The same spirited show hosted by Kyle Legacy but with all-new faces sharing their best drunken comedic tales! …
Michael sheds light on the everyday challenges of his condition, from the struggles of memory loss and impulse control to the comical mishaps that ensue when navigating social inte…
Chapman’s debut play isn’t just genuine; it is brutally real.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
House of Life is a place of worship with one goal: happiness for all, at any cost.
Belles was the it girl, hip girl, oh-so-very-fit girl.
Think you’ve hit rock bottom, then realize you’re nowhere near? Become a life coach.
This show is about death, being cool before then and giving a f*ck.
Childhood heartbreak and budget therapy.
A poignant exploration of comedy intertwined with the essence of life’s ups and downs.
Step into the wild world of McClelland’s Sudden Death, where old friendships collide with the unexpected in a comedic whirlwind set in the heart of Scotland.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Armed with a dry charm, Bronwyn brings her solo debut to Edinburgh.
Smash-hit, one-woman show from the award-winning Det Andre Teatret is coming to Edinburgh! Nominated for Best Theatre Play by the prestigious Hedda award.
Discover the experiences of Dirmit, the youngest girl in a large migrated family struggling to adapt to city life.
New Zealand’s hottest comedy pop-music duo Two Hearts are back – now with more “vow” factor.
Who’s your go to? Your ride or die? Your best friend? Your mum? Not David.
Chris Grace returns to Fringe after his 2023 sell-out show, Scarlett Johansson.
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 …
This is a tell-all, personal storytelling comedy show.
Join BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani.
Best Show Nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Unapologetically upwardly mobile and working as a bailiff, Delroy’s lifespirals out of control on one surreal day as he races to get to the hospital where his girlfriend Carly is…
A family in mourning.
In February 2023 a letter hit the world news cycle and captured imaginations across the globe.
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular.
Star and co-creator of the critically acclaimed, BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated Channel 4 show Catastrophe, author of two-time New York Times and Sunday Times Bestsell…
Murder! Conspiracy? Audience participation?! 4 officers have been found dead and DC Richard Head suspects foul play.
Despite being dragged by the wig from her seat in Westminster, Babs Romance MP holds a celebratory ‘evening with’ and reflects on her absurdly privileged life and sketc…
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life.
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life.
Hugely anticipated hour of stand up from the Scottish viral sensation who's amassed over 45 million views online.
One King. One Kingdom. And literally no time to rule. Based on historical events, House of the Onion debuts the untold story of the world’s shortest reigning monarch.
Better get your tickets quick because this is going to be one big hit once word gets around.
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
After a sold-out UK and Ireland tour, “The Good Women” returns to London for Pridemonth.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021.
Poor Archy - trapped in the body of a cockroach - reflects on the insanity and inanity of humanity as he records his memoirs on a newly-discovered typewriter.
Dragged by the wig from her seat in Westminster, Babs Romance MP holds a scandalous press conference and reflects on her absurdly privileged life and sketchy career as a Preservati…
Let out your inner child and enjoy The Untold Fable of Fritz by Unsettled Theatre at the Prague Fringe Festival in the Divadlo Inspirace Theatre.
What do Shakespeare, thermodynamics and biochemistry have in common? The somewhat surprising answer is Love.
For fans of Holmes and anyone who enjoys a solid solo show, this performance of Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act at the Prague Fringe by celebrated actor Nigel Miles-Thomas is a must-…
King John - Terrible King, Even Worse Play? Well, that’s not the view of Rendered Retina theatre company who, in their own words, have cut two hours, added plenty of songs, and t…
If you’ve never seen Shakespeare performed Aussie style, this is your chance.
Making their international debut, UnErase Poetry, India's biggest spoken-word collective, with over two million followers on social media, provide an hour of delightful tales, …
Who knows what Shakespeare looked like? We might think we do, yet as Pip Utton points out in his solo performance of At Home With Will Shakespeare at the Prague Fringe, the most fa…
Old Movies Saved My Life: 2.
Travel back and forth in time with Through the Ages at Downsview Life Skills College.
After his 2018 sell-out run Join Ben Carter for ‘How to Approach People and Make Friends (Volume II)’ as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the …
Comedic powerhouse Stephen Catling (Finalist for Stand-up Nights 2019 and semi-finalist in South-coast New Comedian, Chortle Student Comedian, and Get Up Stand-up 2022) brings you …
Ever wanted to tell your story but don’t know where to start? Explore how to tell the tales of your own life in a fun, relaxed environment with award-winning storyteller and th…
Inspired by true events, Swipe, Life & Gate Number 5 is an exceptional lesbian love story between a white and a black immigrant.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Join your favourite NHS Hero and local glamourpuss, Sister Brandy Bex, in welcoming some of the finest and funniest stand-up and character comedians from Brighton and beyond.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show.
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
Club and dance music pioneers bring a bespoke live selection of recent recordings, remixes, reinterpretations and classics.
Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote…
Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun.
Join the team from World Fringe and National Rural Touring Forum to find out what’s next for you post-Fringe.
A Comedy Show About Life, Death, Dying and Grief.
At the end of drunken night out all that Gemma and Jane want is to jump into a taxi, get home and crash into bed.
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? Brighton Fringe makes you confused – where to go, what to choose with so many options? Other people might be having more fun? S…
Meet Richard: the man, the myth, the monster.
Actor and writer Benjamin Kelm taps himself repeatedly about the face as he repeats the mantra, “You can do it, you can do it , you can do it.
Playwright Tim Coakley has created an interesting twist on Luigi Pirandello’s groundbreaking play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, with his latest work, Six Characters in …
The European premiere of A Song of Songs at the Park Theatre sees a work as mysterious in theatrical categorisation as the book on which it is based is in terms of religious litera…
From the moment you are handed your programme at the Bridewell Theatre you are immersed in the world of SEDOS’s Richard III directed by Dan Edge.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Rip-roaring, off-the-wall stand-up from one of the silliest people I know.
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
Discover the power of laughter with life coaches extraordinaire, Sydney and Silvana! What are the chances that two talented and passionate life coaches who also happen to be hila…
Johnny Wardlow is trying to live his best life in a world that’s falling apart.
Clive Copeman (BBC New Act competition runner-up) and Arna Spek (99 Comedy Club Female bursary Winner) are this year teaming up with Michalle Paker (Go New York Finalist)! All 3 …
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
Bribery and corruption, greed and stupidity dominate Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector.
As we sit in the Camden People’s Theatre, a performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is taking place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at least for the purposes this pl…
Christopher Sainton-Clark, the sole actor in A Year and a Day, founded Raising Cain Productions in 2021 ‘with the aim of producing bold, innovative and cinematic small-scale thea…
Before Tom Cruise, Cary Grant or Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks was the King Of Hollywood! Now virtually forgotten, Doug was a remarkable actor and gifted visionary.
Bryony Lavery’s Frozen embraces difficult issues and circumstances.
Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning.
Artistic Director and Founder of London Classic Theatre, Michael Cabot opened the company’s touring production of Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw at the Devonshire Park Theatr…
Stan’s Cafe Theatre, Birmingham, is rooted in the community, so it’s no surprise that they have taken the local story of Trevor Prince, a gospel guitarist and one of the first bl…
What an extraordinary and charming play this is, courtesy of De Insomniis Theatre.
It all starts off so nicely, but it’s not long before Nina Atesh’s drawing-room drama turns into a battleground of conflicts that resurrect the past, fight for the present and …
In a frenetic on-stage exorcism, actor and filmmaker Nick Cohen relives his rollercoaster journey from South London to Sunset Boulevard.
Based on the best-selling book by Yann Martel, the five-star hit show comes to Hull.
Hanif Kureishi’s adaptation of his screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette was at the Liverpool Playhouse as part of its UK tour, courtesy of the Theatre Nation Partnerships conve…
Star of BBC’s Live at the Apollo & Would I Lie To You?, comedian and TV’s Stephen Bailey makes a very welcome return to the stage with his brand new live…
Star of BBC’s Live at the Apollo & Would I Lie To You?, comedian and TV’s Stephen Bailey makes a very welcome return to the stage with his brand new live…
To stage Les Misérables is a massive undertaking for any theatre company, but Director Ben Jeffreys has consummately risen to the challenge with a production of the School’s Edi…
Harry McDonald’s Foam, at the Finborough Theatre, is a chronological series of snapshots that capture events in the life of Nicky Crane (1958-1993).
An ode to the joy and complexities of friendship, queerness and raving.
It’s refreshing to see a much-visited subject of bullying and homophobia in a world dominated by social media, given a fresh treatment that is both innovative and extraordinary, …
The war is over, and the Allies have won.
Lucy’s found the cure for her loveless marriage - the perfect life generated by virtual reality and AI.
Rika’s Rooms is the second in the series of four works that form the Playground Theatre’s season of plays by Gail Louw and features Emma Wilkinson Wright in the eponymous solo …
Celebrating the show’s first anniversary, Nicholas Hytner’s sensational, immersive production of Guys & Dolls continues at the Bridge Theatre with a new lineup of stars, th…
A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today.
A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today.
As a child, Telegonus heard the stories of the mythical king of Ithaca; his trials and tribulations as he made his way home from the trojan war.
The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, has scored a major triumph in securing the services of Sir Trevor Nunn to direct his faithful adaptation of Uncle Vanya in a production that has …
Gail Louw's best-known work, Blonde Poison, forms part of a four-play season devoted to her work at the Playground Theatre.
Love Mooves In Mysterious Ways.
An Introduction to Astrophysics for Very Good Dogs Dogs in space! Earthman Bob + the Daisie chain A positive post-apocalyptic one man show.
Director Rachel Bagshaw has created a vibrant and vivid production of John Webster’s tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre that revels in the candlelight se…
It’s 1948 and on board the Windrush Empire, journeying over from the West Indies to England, Ferdy, Bernie, Dennis and Lennie are full of expectations and aspirations.
What has quickly became an annual tradition.
Richard Blackwood brings his jam packed hour of pure heavyweight punchlines and anecdotes.
Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber.
It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies.
It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies.
Richard, Duke of Gloucester fresh from the conclusion of The Wars of The Roses remains dissatisfied and still ruthlessly ambitious, nothing and no one will stand in his way.
Luverly! Stephen K Amos is back with a brand new show, after treading the boards of London's West End in the smash hit musical My Fair Lady, playing the iconic role…
Luverly! Stephen K Amos is back with a brand new show, after treading the boards of London's West End in the smash hit musical My Fair Lady, playing the iconic role…
Luverly! Stephen K Amos is back with a brand new show, after treading the boards of London's West End in the smash hit musical My Fair Lady, playing the iconic role…
Fin Taylor previews his upcoming UK tour in a room above a pub in Penge.
Meta vs Life is a theatre gaming experience that can be played online or in-person.
After a 3 and half-year-run on Emmerdale that was tragically ended by a fictional car crash, Louise Marwood started to design a car crash of her own and inspired by her wild endeav…
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens.
The culmination of a two-year project working with carers, who are often excluded from cultural activities because of their responsibilities, Heart of Care is an artwork made up of…
Does the name of the father matter on a birth certificate in a post-modern world where gender fluidity is the norm and relationships non-committal? Transgression is set in the Nine…
Ricky Gervais takes to the stage with a selection of comedian friends to debut new material.
Baby Lamb Productions have scored another success with their latest production, Robin Hood (that sick f**k) at the Bread and Roses Theatre.
Coming to destroy the stage! A guaranteed night of uplifting vibes and full on belly laughter! Were bringing the laughs, all you gotta do is bring your friends! Pe…
Coming to destroy the stage! A guaranteed night of uplifting vibes and full on belly laughter! Were bringing the laughs, all you gotta do is bring your friends! Pe…
Charles Bukowski is a true literary legend, the king of the underground and a “laureate of American lowlife”.
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
“A uniquely Dublin take on a beloved Christmas classic” It’s Christmas Eve 2007 and Georgie Travers is propping up the bar in his Dublin local, the we…
Bridget Christie is headlining a night of comedy in aid of Women and Children First, joined by her funny friends.
Star and co-creator of the critically acclaimed, BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated Channel 4 show Catastrophe, author of two-time New York Times and Sunday Times Bestsell…
The human brain doesn’t allow us to remember pain.
Is Eurydice dead? Or did she just exit stage left? Rambert and Ben Duke are masters of dance theatre where the dance is exceptional and the theatre delivers irresistible stories.
Artistic Director Tom Littler, with Francesca Ellis, scores another inspired triumph with his production of Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer.
The traditional blacked-out auditorium that marks the start of a play at the Sam Wanamaker theatre is illuminated one candle at a time, until the six candelabra and four sconces br…
The brief descriptor of Treason the Musical as “a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality” reads like a modern-day newspaper headline.
Memory is a strange thing.
The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,…
Mukul and Ghetto TigersExploring the dark inner life of one of India’s most loved Bollywood icons, Meena Kumari and how it contrasted with the glamour the public saw on the silve…
Playwright Adam Taub says, “In the era of Google, Amazon and Meta, when our every move is monitored and recorded, there is no more relevant story than 1984”.
A cabaret-style event mixing poetry, music and contemporary dance, with Sage Dance Company, a ballet-based dance company for ages 55+, and Rack Press Poetry, an independent poetry …
Following their hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year Box Tale Soup are now performing Casting the Runes, based on stories by M R James, at the Pleasance…
Making its London premier Maimuna Memon’s multi-award-winning Manic Street Creature is now showing at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, following its barnstorming, sell-out world…
Head to the Bridge House Theatre, Penge for an evening of delightful storytelling and charming performances in Alan Booty's two-hander, The Loaf.
Writer Simon Stephens has taken Max Frisch’s 1953 Biedermann und die Brandstifter, variously translated as The Fireraisers or The Arsonists and given it a heightened absurdist in…
Winston Churchill’s famous expression, “It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…” could accurately be applied to the subject of The Kaspar Hauser Experiment a…
If you are partial to rather extraordinary pieces of theatre, that contain elements of many genres but cannot be pigeon-holed into any of them, then The Nag’s Head at the Park Th…
Carly Churchill looks upon Owners, now revived at Jermyn Street Theatre, as a watershed in her life.
There is nothing subtle about Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical attack on the House of Lords in Iolanthe, which premiered in both London and New York on 25th November 1882; the fi…
From time to time a play comes along that ticks every box and gives a surprise treatment to a contemporary topic.
The current transformation of the postage stamp stage of Barons Court Theatre, located in the cellar vaults of The Curtains Up pub, has been wrought by Designer Jane Linz Roberts, …
There is an intriguing opening to The Island at the Cervantes Theatre.
Described as a ‘one-woman show chronicling the life of Kate Kerrigan’ Am I Irish Yet? lays bare her problem as soon as she opens her mouth.
Religious fervour and football fanaticism have much in common, so it seems entirely appropriate that Patrick Marber’s changing-room drama, The Red Lion should open to the sound o…
The play’s excessively long title has a folktale ring to it and with only limited knowledge of Balkan history sounds like a work of comic fantasy.
Billed as ‘documentary theatre’ Lessons on Revolution at the Hope Theatre is a fascinating excursion into performance and the creative process that challenges the traditional i…
Taking on The Threepenny Opera can be a precarious business, as OVO demonstrate, without flinching from the challenge.
A sincerely told story, a captivating performance and a wealth of humour make for a well-spent eighty minutes upstairs at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre with David Patterson, who makes…
Two lives come together in an unlikely match.
We’re all familiar with mess in one form or another, but for most of us dealing with it is probably not an all-consuming activity in the way that it is for writer and performer Jen…
The contribution of Stephen Sondheim to musical theatre was commemorated in a one-off tribute show last year, following his death in 2021.
The extent to which you appreciate James Graham’s adaptation of Boys from the Blackstuff might depend partly on how well you know Alan Bleasdale’s original television series.
ÓDÚ brings her one woman album to Dublin Fringe Festival.
The ever-flexible performance space at the Playground Theatre is once more transformed with great imagination, this time to accommodate the double bill of Rena Brannan’s Artefact…
With horrific events occurring around the world, The White Factory at The Marylebone Theatre, written by Dmitry Glukhovsky’s and directed by Maxim Didenko comes as a poignant rem…
Publicity for Lady With a Dog, written and directed by Mark Giesser, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, promises a version in which ‘Chekhov’s famous short story of romance and infi…
The traditional direction of migrants seeking a better life is turned on its head in Emanuele Aldrovandi’s Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (translated by Marco Young) at the Park Th…
Was she or was she not fully aware of what she was doing? He certainly was, and for that reason should he have stopped before taking Birdie’s virginity? There’s a suggestion th…
Broadway’s greatest comic storyteller” (Deadline) Mike Birbiglia plays a strictly limited run in the West End this Autumn with his hit show The Old Man & The Pool.
Brap brap and indeed another brap, hello legends, it's me, MC Hammersmith, posh west London's leading freestyle gangsta rapper.
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this ground breaking musical (Winner Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) has a s…
After all the hype from it’s reception elsewhere in Europe combined with the legacy of the original film version, the intriguing yet simple plot and the clear characterisation in…
It was a low turnout at the intimate Finborough Theatre for John McKay’s Dead Dad Dog, but we were all clearly in the mood for a fun night out.
Who has not experienced a situation in which a surmountable incident escalates out of all proportion? Then, on the way to resolving it, further baggage accumulates around the subje…
Cathartic Party presents Second Life an ecofeminist thriller about vintage clothing, exploring grief, trauma and the possibility of redemption, brought to life by a fusion of dance…
Time: the not so distant future.
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
Nai Barghouti is joined by her quartet for a life-affirming, jazz-infused musical feast that showcases a dizzying depth of international influences.
Sir Cliff Richard in conversation with Gloria Hunniford discussing his career.
Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.
An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im…
An Americana-soul acoustic group from California, Linda Stonestreet – a honeyed voice full of grace and fire – lends beautiful melodies with intelligent heartfelt lyrics and is…
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
The creatives behind this year’s production of Life is a Dream discuss working across different languages and cultures.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
This show’s title summons up many associations except, perhaps, the one that forms the foundation of the play.
There’s a great, restless energy in Director Declan Donnellan’s production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s seventeenth century Spanish classic Life is a Dream.
An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends, and what an afternoon; Du Beke gives a hilarious and dazzling show filled with humour, dance and song.
‘Broadway’s greatest comic storyteller’ (Deadline.
Old movies saved Mel Byron’s life a few Fringes ago and they can save yours too.
Another in the seemingly endless flow of musicals about unlikely subjects that prove successful.
Two of the comedy circuit’s loveliest boys, Joseph Parsons (‘one to watch’ (Times), shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award) and Joseph Emslie (Runner Up Leicester Mercury Comedian 20…
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosts a late-night improv show featuring the best improvisers at the Fringe.
Good and Gaslit.
Character comedy sketch duo Mudfish host their friends in this wild show featuring their favourite sketch, stand-up and short films.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
The BBC New Comedy Regional Finalist comedian, Vish Ratnajothy presents his new stand-up show – The Death of the Clown - where he tries to find out what makes his brain tick! He�…
The BBC New Comedy Regional Finalist comedian, Vish Ratnajothy presents his new stand-up show – The Death of the Clown - where he tries to find out what makes his brain tick! He�…
Join Jack Whitehall as he returns to the Pleasance to host a special late-night stand-up show with some of his friends from around the Fringe.
This year, celebrating his 50th birthday, one of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents presents an extra-special journey of classic folk music accompanied by his closest collaborator…
We spend one third of our lives asleep.
Internationally renowned oboist Albrecht Mayer and friends perform lively pieces by Mozart, Britten and Moeran.
Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry.
A song recital of music by British and French composers – Reynaldo Hahn and Roger Quilter.
Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong.
‘The queen of Australian cabaret comedy’ (GlamAdelaide.
How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif…
Eigg-based independent label Lost Map celebrates its 10th year with full band performances from Pictish Trail, L T Leif.
Come and enjoy our blend of Scottish traditional instruments! In decades of developing our sound we’ve brought together fiddles, concertina, clarsach, wire-strung harp, flute, smal…
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
Spoken word theatre in a debut one woman show that gleefully jumps from one subject to another in the way only an ADHD brain can.
Star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, and the man behind viral sensation Fin Vs The Internet with over 50 million views online - Fin Taylor is working up material fo…
In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape.
Aalex believes her basic bitch mentality gets her far in life when used to hone in on big grown-up things, like human psychology.
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
The Victorian music hall: a hotbed of scandal and home of betrayal, discrimination, sexual exploitation, domestic violence and press intrusion.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
2016 Edinburgh Best Show nominee.
Scott McPherson: Life is an intimate window into the inner-workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
The Good, the Bad and the Irish! has been performing all over the UK, Ireland and Europe for the last 14 years, showcasing only the best in Irish comedy! We’re all about the craic!…
Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension.
Join self-proclaimed theatre “impresario’” Israel Hands as he brings his own unique touch to his latest production, A Life Less Lived, starring the hapless Richard Bridgerton.
Stand-up comedian and writer Richard Brown (‘A ruthless and angst-fuelled set with clever, impactful writing’ (TheWeeReview.
A young couple meet by chance by Stari Most, the bridge which unifies the multicultural city of Mostar.
Minnie Rubinski, now in her eighties, looks back on her fantastic life.
Twice nominated for Young Musician of the Year, acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Scottish tunes played on bagpipes, performed by groups of players and solo: marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes, jigs, piobaireachd, and songs.
Thomas is excited about tonight; so excited that he has called his parents and his brother with the time to look out for biggest meteor storm in 33 years that will fill the night …
The double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns with a brand new show about moving to a new area, people he has met and losing his mind.
My Life Online is an incredibly well performed piece of modern opera, with an unfortunately lacklustre story.
Where Friends meets Pitch Perfect! The Bristol Suspensions tell a story of friendship and scandal using chart-topping hits, familiar characters, and funky choreography… not to me…
It’s 1723 and writing while Black could get a girl hanged in Virginia.
The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow is a compelling story told with an intoxicating blend of musical styles, set against the fetid backdrop of 18th-century Paris.
Award-winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award and Scottish Comedian of the Year) returns to the Fringe with his unique blend of stand-up, sketch and character comed…
Join Tony Law as he warms you up for 25 minutes of some recent classic routines featuring ww2 bombers and finishes the hour with brand new forays into Space, serial killers and som…
Join Tony Law as he warms you up for 25 minutes of some recent classic routines featuring ww2 bombers and finishes the hour with brand new forays into Space, serial killers and som…
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? The Fringe confuses you – where to go, what to choose? Worry not! After a sold out BlundaGarden show A Divination in 2022, Dr K…
Life been hard lately? Channel this: You can do anything!! Life coach Lex will manifest your deepest wishes, even those you didn’t know you had! Be pitched into radical self-acce…
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
Life Flash (2023) interprets what one could potentially see, hear and feel in the final moments of life.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
Life Flash (2023) interprets what one could potentially see, hear and feel in the final moments of life.
The violinist and composer performs music from her acclaimed first solo album, Hert, which draws musical and storytelling inspirations from her Orkney heritage.
SECRETS.
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…
Professor Jeremy Dibble (Durham University), authority on British music from the 19th century, reflects on the life of Sir John Stainer and his most famous work, The Crucifixion.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
SECRETS.
Juliet Meyers (writer on ‘Sarah Millican’s TV Programme’ and Radio 4 show) presents her stand-up/Storytelling show about loving and cursing her overly-sensitive Portuguese rescue d…
The French harpist presents a programme of music by French composers, designed to display the full beauty, power and complexity of the instrument.
Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia.
Juliet Meyers (writer on ‘Sarah Millican’s TV Programme’ and Radio 4 show) presents her stand-up/Storytelling show about loving and cursing her overly-sensitive Portuguese rescue d…
These girls are batshit crazy and I love it.
Philip Contini sings your favourite, unforgettable, classic songs of Cole Porter, one of the greatest composer-lyricists of the 20th century, accompanied by the sensational 6-piece…
Students from Westcliff High School for Boys, Essex, have arrived in Edinburgh with 14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac, an exciting re-imagining of Edmund Rostand’s 1897 classic tale writt…
Hurly Burly’s Death by Shakespeare is a stylised ode to Shakespeare, that lifts and showcases his best-known characters in a tumultuous yet entrancing way.
UK premier magician and kids entertainer in brand-new and hilarious interactive magic and puppet show for all the family.
The first-ever stage adaptation of the 1996 novel by Stephen Fry.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
Leith Makes Good.
If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why.
Raymond will lead you on a comedy walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
This trio are known for their unique live show, transporting the audience to a bygone era when witches and black magic were rife.
A double bill from Cincinnati LAB Theatre.
Griffin and Jones have decided to change the world.
The Good, the Bad and the Irish! has been performing all over the UK, Ireland and Europe for the last 14 years, showcasing only the best in Irish comedy! We’re all about the craic!…
The first of two concerts from the American violinist and his friends features a series of upbeat works influenced by folk music.
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…
Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to.
Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle).
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to.
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse.
50 years on the planet.
This highly awarded, inspirational true story returns to Edinburgh after an exceptionally successful 2022 visit.
Until Death is a solo theatre and clown show with a touch of circus, set in a hospital where time collapses and humans panic in moments of death and existence.
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
From the crazy mind of Sid Singh (Comic Relief, Muzlamic) comes the most diverse show on the whole Fringe! Its half comedy show and half game show as every night a brand new lineup…
When life deals you a grim hand it’s easy to choose oblivion.
As Women, when are choices not really choices? Woman.
The exhibition features people, street images and architectural details, all taken in the area surrounding the studio in Blackfriars Street.
The Merchants Hall will be open for the complete whisky experience with open tastings and talks about this wonderful industry.
Still Life: A Gallery in Motion is a devised physical-theatre dance piece brought to you by The Canyon Collective of West Texas A&M University.
Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships winner 2022.
The 20 seater upstairs theatre at Riddles Court provides a suitably tight space for The Typewriter, a play based in a cramped office.
This intensely personal show is a fascinating performance with hints of a lecture about it and a suggestion that it is really an audience, in this case with Simeon Morris, as he in…
There is secret connection among all of us.
A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, all performed entirely on Segways.
Ticking Clock Theatre brings to life the grim days of the Victorian hangman at the Space Triplex Studio in The Standard Short Long Drop, a fascinating play set in the cell of two p…
WOMAN.
Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen.
Olivier and triple Fringe First-winning Fishamble’s KING, by Herald Archangel winner Pat Kinevane, tells the story of Luther, a man from Cork named in honour of his Granny Bee Ba…
The story of a lonely and disconnected young office worker who, through a series of minor admin errors, quite accidentally destroys the entire world.
Australia’s campest drag queen bares all in this chaotic cabaret about her double life as a drag queen accountant.
Dancer and performer Elliot Minogue-Stone presents pop art, contemporary dance and cabaret in his brand-new mish-mash show, Groovicle at Zoo Southside.
A chance meeting in an art gallery and a new flatmate moving in provide the simple framework for Be Home Soon, a beautifully crafted and sensitively performed debut play from By Th…
What would it be like for young people if national conscription were still part of growing up; to receive the letter giving you time and place to report for 547 days of duty and ha…
Certain Death and Other Considerations is a poor execution of an interesting premise.
From his cell in the early hours of the morning, Dr Harold Shipman records a confessional tape as he prepares to end his life.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe.
This nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of music legends Carole King and James Taylor is a masterpiece.
Don Paterson and Graeme Stephen are two of Scotland’s leading guitarists.
A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe.
WPB are six rising comedy stars who’ve been performing in prisons across Scotland since November 2022.
Step back in time to 1995 and come join a hilarious taster session of the Cliff Richard Fan Club! Our group of ladies will welcome you, make you laugh (and maybe cry too) and even …
In what could be crowned the most uplifting show of the Fringe, The House of Life aka Ben Welch and Laurence Cole from Sheep Soup combine preaching, live music, comedy and all roun…
Returning for its fourth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy fro…
The Durham Revue presents: Death on the Mile.
If you got that reference you can be our friend… Dave’s Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 runner-up is totally fine with how things are going.
Michael Porter is an incomparable comedy talent with an unmistakable Irish flair! ‘Fearless in ever sense of the word.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! Same spirited show but hosted by Kyle Legacy and with all new faces performing stand-up and sharing their best…
10th great year! Edinburgh’s funniest, and most successful ever kosher comedy show.
Patrick has many dead friends, which is a huge bummer.
Join New York comedian Alexis Gay and her funniest comedian friends for an hour of fresh, fun, fast-paced stand-up comedy.
In October 2022, Richard Cobb was on honeymoon in Cuba.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Jamie – ‘Constantly amusing’ **** (One4Review.
Award-winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award and Scottish Comedian of the Year) returns to the Fringe with his unique blend of stand-up, sketch and character comed…
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
“The primary school teacher vibes don’t end here,” Sasha Ellen jokes lightheartedly at the start of When Life Gives You Ellens, Make Ellenade.
Join the crew of a saucy ship and unleash your inner pirate in the most ridiculously playful adventure comedy you’ve never had.
Edinburgh solo debut from London’s favourite 75-year-old stand-up comic.
Winner of Best Kids Show at Adelaide Fringe 2023.
First featured as a radio drama on BBC Radio 4, The Death of Molly Miller now takes to the stage with its plucky hostage comedy that addresses pertinent social issues.
Life With Oscar is Nicholas Cohen's brutally honest first person (and occasionally third person) account, detailing his own personal heroes journey from Lewisham, South-east Lo…
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian.
Nine bubbly teenagers all dressed in white, a reverberating baritone saxophone and an accordion fill the stage around an empty white picture frame mounted on a white easel.
Winner of Best Cabaret and Variety Show at Fringe World 2022, Life’s a Drag takes you on a reality-shaking rollercoaster ride of what it really takes to be a queen! Vocal powerhous…
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
Mixing documentary footage, storytelling, and live music, The Death & Life of All of Us is a funny and poignant exploration of family secrets, shame, and embracing our imperfection…
This is a refreshingly new and interesting take on death through the medium of a musical.
The premise of Gillian Cosgriff's show Actually, Good is both simple and elegant, revolving around celebrating life's small pleasures.
As 90s TV star Gail Porter walks onstage, she confidently addresses the fact that her mic isn't working, and, in doing so, somehow wins the audience over more than she may have…
The magic and mystery of midsummer combine with things past and present in Sing, River, written and performed by Nathaniel Jones of Love Song Productions at the Pleasance Courtyard…
Hugely anticipated debut hour from the Scottish viral sensation who’s amassed over 30 million views online.
Lucy McCormick may think she's the diva of her feral, budget cabaret of brazen filth but the real joy is taking part in the push and pull of being in an audience under her spel…
Did you just roll your eyes at me? Therapy methods as unconventional as her response “You get what you pay for”.
Club Life is club promoter Fred Deakin's personal autobiography.
I’m sick of everyone moaning all the time, so I’ve written a show about how bloody great everything is.
At a post-scandal press conference, Preservative MP Babs Romance guides the audience through the highs and lows of her political career, with archive footage, dance numbers, speech…
Award-winning musical comedian and viral internet-hit-maker Anesti Danelis returns with his hit comedy concert that will change your life.
This is a brilliant show.
With sex, Siri, and the familiar mundane at the top of the mind, operatic bass-baritone and comedienne Monét X Change shares her anecdotal, intrusive thoughts and opinions on life…
Good Morning, Faggi is a vulnerable and hilarious autobiographical musical where a gay actor in his prime tries to understand why he suffered a sudden nervous breakdown.
Award-winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award and Scottish Comedian of the Year) returns to the Fringe with his unique blend of stand-up, sketch and character comed…
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
A haunting celeste chime creates a sombre mood that permeates John Ransom Phillips’s Mrs President at C Aquila as Mary Lincoln (LeeAnne Hutchison) poses for photographer Mathew B…
Making its Fringe debut after winning VAULT Festival ‘Show Of The Week Award’ and Pleasance ‘Pick of the VAULT Award’, Manchester Anthem has been restaged from the linear L…
This wholehearted and heartwarming family orientated show, from the creators of Commitment, The Wrestling, and Deep Heat is the classic story of a life-long friendship and quirky f…
This is a wickedly fun idea for a production, a retelling of 80s favourite, Die Hard, as a pantomime/musical parody.
Receiving its world premiere at the Fringe is Sound Clash: an urban love story set in a dystopian world of dancehall, where MCs, not MPs, rule the nation! In Sound city, music is c…
The artists are unmasked in this multi award-winning drag variety show from Australia.
The creators of smash-hit The Man Who return with an explosive new show.
If you think coming out as gay or announcing any change from the heteronormative might be difficult, then try telling your parents and friends that you've just been accepted on…
Lucy and Hazel are a Sheffield-based folk duo who perform original, provocative, spirit rousing songs on the melodeon, guitar and clarinet in rich woven vocal harmony.
Lucy and Hazel are a Sheffield-based folk duo who perform original, provocative, spirit rousing songs on the melodeon, guitar and clarinet in rich woven vocal harmony.
The group that brought you Liz Kingsman, Ed Gamble, Stevie Martin, Nish Kumar, Ambika Mod and more are back with a new troupe and 100% new material.
The group that brought you Liz Kingsman, Ed Gamble, Stevie Martin, Nish Kumar, Ambika Mod and more are back with a new troupe and 100% new material.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Becky Heaviside & Friends Becky Heaviside (“A cheeky and intelligent act.
From his cell in the early hours of the morning, Dr Harold Shipman records a confessional tape, setting the record straight about his background and his actions as he prepares to e…
Becky Heaviside & Friends Becky Heaviside (“A cheeky and intelligent act.
From his cell in the early hours of the morning, Dr Harold Shipman records a confessional tape, setting the record straight about his background and his actions as he prepares to e…
In 70 action-packed minutes, Bones highlights mental health issues in sport, looking at one man’s struggle to reconcile his inner mental turmoil with the physical demands expecte…
James Norton (Happy Valley) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language premiere of A LITTLE LIFE.
Having emerged from a period in which we were exhorted to wash our hands at every opportunity and instructed on how to carry out the ritual, it is strange to go back in time to an …
Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel wrote Song From Far Away in 2014 for director Ivan van Hove, who wanted ‘a monologue with song’ for the actor Eelco Smits.
Ottisdotter theatre company’s production of Lady Inger provides a rare opportunity to see one of Henrik Ibsen’s earliest, least performed and less well-known works.
Playwright Philip Ridley seems to be enjoying a resurgence at the moment; not that he has ever been out of fashion.
From the extraordinary story of Cecilia Giménez (Mary Tillett), writer Joe Wiltshire Smith has created a beautifully crafted play that embraces her innocence and resilience, while…
Jonas (Michael Batten) would ideally like to be in full-time employment as an actor on stage.
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
An Anarchist has fallen to his death from a police station window.
Author and social media sensation Laura Belbin is on a mission to make people laugh.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
A dramatic retelling of the life of Jeremy Segway.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
Susanne has a great life – a job she loves, a fantastic Polish wife called Magda, a child she adores, and a gay ex-husband who is now her best friend.
Tomfoolery Dance Theatre present So-fa, So Good.
Susanne has a great life – a job she loves, a fantastic Polish wife called Magda, a child she adores, and a gay ex-husband who is now her best friend.
Tomfoolery Dance Theatre present So-fa, So Good.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Character Comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye, of critically acclaimed ‘Siblings’, are back with another mixed bill variety night starring their weird and wonderful frie…
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
Award-winning comedian Lara A King brings her unique brand of clever observational comedy, uplifting melodies and lyrical wordsmithery, to her spiritual home of Brighton with this …
Award-winning performer Max Norman invites you to join the crew of a ship and unleash your inner pirate in this absurdly epic adventure comedy quest bursting with nautical nonsense…
Join the crew of a saucy ship and unleash your inner pirate in this family-friendly comedy epic ideal for all loose cannons aged 8 to 88.
You are invited to Break Reality, a cabaret night where you step out from the real world and into a dimension where objects come to life and anything is possible! Hosted by Beanpig…
You are invited to Break Reality, a cabaret night where you step out from the real world and into a dimension where objects come to life and anything is possible! Hosted by Beanpig…
Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human is an ode to the joy and complexities of friendship, queerness and raving.
Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human is an ode to the joy and complexities of friendship, queerness and raving.
Award-winning performer Max Norman invites you to join the crew of a ship and unleash your inner pirate in this absurdly epic adventure comedy quest bursting with nautical nonsense…
Martin Sherman’s Rose is already an award-winning production that received widespread critical acclaim during its sell-out runs at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and the Park T…
Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do…
Comedic powerhouse Stephen Catling (Finalist for Stand-up Nights 2019 and semi-finalist in South-coast New Comedian, Chortle Student Comedian, and Get Up Stand-up 2022) brings you …
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Join your favourite NHS Hero and local glamourpuss, Sister Brandy Bex, in welcoming some of the finest and funniest stand-up and character comedians from Brighton and beyond.
Calling the courageous, faithless, devoted and broken Inner Children to a Ceremony of the Dark Mother hosted by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess Lucy Hopkins.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Artistic Director James Haddrell has made a brave and perhaps rather surprising choice for the Greenwich Theatre’s first in-house production of 2023.
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Philip Ridley’s multi-layered, complex and highly acclaimed story Leaves of Glass is breathtakingly revived by director Max Harrison in collaboration with Lidless Theatre in a mi…
Leeds’ hottest alternative comedy cabaret comes to Brighton! Join award-winning sketch comedians, The Lovely Boys and Freddie Hayes, on the big night out of your lives! Present…
Leeds’ hottest alternative comedy cabaret comes to Brighton! Join award-winning sketch comedians, The Lovely Boys and Freddie Hayes, on the big night out of your lives! Presenti…
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
For 30 years now, Guy Masterson has been successfully taking on the monumental challenge of presenting Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood as a solo show; revelations from the fictional …
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
If you had the opportunity to be your most authentic self.
The friendship between Carole King and James Taylor played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Join life models and circus performers for a series of evening life drawing events with different costumes and themes each week.
OLD BONES, by Jen McGregor, is the debut production of Third Pier Theatre.
One day, I’ll work out who I am.
One day, I’ll work out who I am.
Award-winning musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury is putting on her Sunday Finest to present an hour of music & laughter including a special guest act and a quirky collaboration! …
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Award-winning musical comedian Hannah Brackenbury is putting on her Sunday Finest to present an hour of music & laughter including a special guest act and a quirky collaboration! …
Taiwanese dance company B.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
The Cassettelord & Friends at Caravanserai is an art exhibition and working studio with up to 4 professional artists displaying and creating artworks on site.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
It’s 1936.
Brace yourself.
Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring.
Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring.
Brace yourself.
It’s 1936.
It’s not only the title of the play; Biscuits For Breakfast is all that some people have to start the day, and that’s if they are lucky.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
The Victorian Music Hall: Discrimination, sexual exploitation, domestic violence and press intrusion.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
We have more than likely at some point in our lives, heard of music hall star Marie Lloyd.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
The Artistic Director might have changed but the Orange Tree Theatre continues to resurrect plays from eras that many houses might shun.
John Godber reinforces his campaign for the arts in education with Teechers Leavers ’22, an updated version of his original play now on its fourth UK tour courtesy of the outstan…
In an 1838 book Edgar Allan Poe told the story of four men lost at sea.
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
Noah McCreadie has scored a triumph with his debut play Getaway/Runaway and the intimacy of the King’s Head Theatre provides the perfect setting for this intense drama from Shot …
It was just another day in Szechwan with people going about their daily business until three wandering gods in disguise turned up in the city in need of a place to stay while they …
The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th…
The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement.
In a rather surprising debut choice, Stella Powell-Jones has commenced her incumbency as Artistic Director of Jermyn Street Theatre with Timberlake Wertenbaker’s uninspired adapt…
A fast pace and some hilarious banter about their names, how to pronounce and spell them, gets Barry McStay’s Breeding off to an immediately engaging and rip-roaring start that s…
Given the vast repertoire of plays available to theatre companies one often wonders how they decide on what to perform next and why: in this case, the somewhat lesser-known work by…
In an unlikely melding of three disparate stories, Jack Fairey finds common ground in his moving play The Sun, The Mountain, and Me for Bedivere Arts at the Jack Studio Theatre, in…
“What is the cost of being good?”Three gods search for just one honest person on earth to justify humanity’s existence.
One night, in a pub, in the North of England is the setting for Jim Cartwright’s carefully crafted dark comedy TWO.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an interactive comedy adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how we navigate…
There is an inherent difficulty with plays that seek to tell a well-known story and thus lack a sense of mystery and element of surprise.
James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (Network, Hedda Gabler) stages the English language premiere of A…
In this Coronation year, what could be more topical than Shakespeare’s verse-told-tale of coronation, usurpation, coronation and murder? Join Westcliff Boys to experience beautiful…
The 4 friends is based on a story, usually named “The Musicians of Bremen” told to the Grimms Brothers by the Haxthausen family and Dorothy Viehmann.
An Anarchist has fallen to his death from a police station window.
The ancient practice of whirling is being re-purposed in this offering as surreal, female only physical theatre, that not only puts the HER back into heresy, but a soul into solida…
A dramatic retelling of the life of Jeremy Segway.
Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant.
The Coronet Theatre is once again hosting The National Theatre of Norway, who have arrived with their take on August Strindberg’s dark matrimonial drama Dance of Death.
After a smash-hit, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, London’s Soho Theatre, and on tour across the UK, Olga Koch is bringing one of the best reviewed shows of …
A new comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens.
Matthew Jameson embarked on a major project ten years ago.
‘Laura Riseborough’s Only Friends’ is a solo character-comedy pick and mix.
A dying man’s last wish: for his friends to create a show about death.
Hilarious, satirical, superbly staged and brilliantly performed, Accidental Death of an Anarchist has hit the Lyric, Hammersmith in an explosion of theatricality following its sens…
Our lives are indebted to many people.
Tiler Peck turns up the heat with this handpicked showcase of talent.
What a joy to see a very simple and equally silly story adapted for the stage and turned into an hour of light-hearted frivolity, full of humour and ingenuity.
Ira Sylvester in his first one-man show takes to the stage to deliver an auto-biographically generated story of his journey where he tries to delve into where one of mixed-heritage…
Zara lives in a perfect world.
A girl walks down a blossom-lined street, a knife clutched in her pocket.
Promoted as ‘a twisting and darkly comic thriller’, Under the Black Rock, at the Arcola Theatre, has each of those elements in different measures, but probably doesn’t achiev…
Stand-up from a holy cowpat masquerading as a woman.
Kelly wants change.
There are situations and circumstances in which if you didn’t laugh you’d cry or perhaps in Katie Arnstein’s case just freeze.
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
The setting for Lucy Beresford-Knox’s Burn, could hardly be better.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
In her solo show Adventure of an Old CxNT or Living my Dream Helen Prior tells a hilarious story of life with the help of her own curated gallery of art masterpieces.
“Blindness isn’t sexy.
Two main strands are interwoven in Harrison David Rivers’ This Bitter Earth, currently making its UK premiere at the White Bear Theatre, Kennington.
I was invited to see Tabby Lamb’s Happy Meal at Brixton House and made it quite clear that it wasn’t my sort of thing, that I would go in order to be supportive, that I almost …
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Ghost stories are shorthand for questions of memory, inheritance, and generations.
What could be more appropriate to mark the opening of the Southwark Playhouse Elephant than Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce.
A Macbeth that features only the eponymous hero and his wife is an opportunity to define the characters and chart the shifting balance of power between them as the tragedy unfolds.
Stuck in a dead-end job serving coffee, Kayla longs for something more.
Sam Toocaram: Identity Crisis! Mixed Race! Middle class! His mouth talks rich but his wallet talks poor! Is his addicition to hinge dates making him lose touch with reality? Are hi…
Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King.
What’s Good Cabaret is coming to VAULT Festival to bring you the Loud, Live & Luscious cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation! What’s Good Cabaret is here, and we are pr…
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
We all feel underappreciated at work, and Death is no exception.
A heteronormative upbringing fights homosexual desire on a battleground that moves from a playful and sometimes argumentative bedroom to the secluded cell of a conversion therapy u…
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has opened its Spring 2023 season with the world premiere of Ian Rankin and Simon Reade’s Rebus: A Game Called Malice.
Too many cooks, so the saying goes, can spoil the broth.
A man is going through almost a lifetime’s accumulation of important junk in his attic.
A breath of theatrical fresh is often much needed at big fringe-style events and it can currently be found at the Vault Festival in A Manchester Anthem.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
The ladies with their mugs of tea sitting outside a cottage with a fenced-off lawn would have grown up with the song In An English Country Garden, whose tune introduces George Savo…
The debate surrounding refugees, migrants and asylum seekers has dominated the political scene both internationally and domestically for decades.
The National Theatre’s production of the The Lehman Trilogy has now opened at the spacious Gillian Lynne Theatre where it looks set for another sell-out season.
Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five…
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Although written in 2004 this production of The Elephant Song at The Park Theatre is the UK premiere of Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon’s captivating psychological thriller, o…
Heads up all you wannabe drag kings scattered all over the globe - we are kicking off the Year Of the King by bringing back our most popular online workshop, Drag King 101 with Dor…
The need to willingly suspend disbelief in order to fully enter into the spirit of a play is sometimes an essential requirement if the potential for enjoyment is not to be lost alt…
If you are looking for a remarkable piece of unusual drama then the Hampstead Theatre’s production of little scratch is now being presented by New Diorama in their perfectly-suit…
There are time when you wonder, “Why?” Lazarus Theatre Company’s Hamlet at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, is one of those.
Scheduled over twelve rounds, On the Ropes at the Park Theatre goes from 7.
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the gr…
Westcliff High School for Boys’ drama club under the direction of Ben Jeffreys, who otherwise teaches history, first came to our atttention at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 20…
Being dead, the great maestro of late baroque composition has the hope of being raised incorruptible.
The creative team behind Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor at the Park Theatre have done an outstanding job on this production.
Two main strands run through Keeper of the Flame, written and performed by Rob Adams, a play that fits neatly into the confines of the delightful Bridge House Theatre.
Following Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Mark Farrelly returns with his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years.
Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
Kae Tempest’s credentials as a poet and lyricist shine through in Wasted at the Jack Studio.
Show And Tell present Mae Martin Experiments With Friends Mae Martin hosts a truly special one-off late night of stand-up and improv, alongside their favourite…
There’s a delightful anecdote about George Bernard Shaw at one of the early performances of Arms and the Man.
The fabulous Mill at Sonning has revived last year’s Christmas success for another run over the festive season, It’s hard to believe that a full-scale musical like Top Hat, wit…
Berk's Nest in association with United Agents presents Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022, Best Comedy Show Nom…
Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage…
Written in 1990 by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman, the play is set in an unnamed country emerging from a dictatorship.
Clive Judd’s fascinating debut play HERE won the 2022 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record 1,553 submissions.
We’ll never know what, if anything, Shakespeare was on when he wrote AMidsummer Night’s Dream, but the team at Intermission Youth Theatre have based their ‘Shakespeare Remix�…
Following three sold-out West End runs and a smash hit UK tour, Death Drop is back! The drag murder mystery sensation is returning with a brand-new show and an all-star cast to be …
When couple Karen and Gabe’s closest friends’ marriage falls apart, their world turns upside-down.
Jamie Patterson (Will) and Charis Murray (Bean) give delightful performances in Cheer Up Slug by Tamsin Rees, the debut production for their company, Shot in the Dark Theatre, at t…
There was a more than usual buzz in the air at the Coliseum in anticipation of ENO’s latest foray into the world of Gilbert & Sullivan with The Yeoman of the Guard.
Paddy (Brendan Dunlea) leads a traditional life in rural Ireland.
When the setting for your play is the basement of a London pub, where better to perform than at Barons Court Theatre which is located in the basement of the west London pub aptly n…
Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd.
After complete sell-out runs in 2017 and 2018, Tom Lucy is back with a new hour of razor sharp comedy.
Douglas Henshall has wasted no time in returning to the stage after his years in Shetland.
Join storyteller Laura Sampson, accompanying sound artist Sam Enthoven and special guests for a selection of grown-up folk and fairytales on the theme of mortality.
A note on the back cover of Peter Gill’s latest play, Something in the Air, at Jermyn Street Theatre, claims that the stories of the two old protagonists “flow like mist down t…
The frantic moto perpetuo of Philip Glass’s Rubric fills the auditorium as an overture to Philip Ridley’s breathtaking work, The Poltergeist, at the Arcola Theatre.
Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tours with ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again.
Dominic Cooke’s new production of Good was due to arrive in October 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A compelling, humorous and emotion-filled solo show, written and performed by Mark Stratford, which charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor…
In marked contrast to the UK’s recent smooth transition from one monarch to another, the story of Dmitry (Tom Byrne), at the new Marylebone Theatre, tells a woeful tale of power-…
Helen Bauer’s Madam Good Tit is a not-so-wholesome coming-of-age set that provides a deep dive into everything from Bauer’s various high school personalities to deeply problema…
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns …
What if life came with a rewind button? Jumping across time, Bright Half Life tells the four-and-a-half-decade story of Vicky and Erica, who meet, fall in love, start a family, and…
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Konkoba, from Upper Guinea, is a rhythm used to encourage farm workers as they toil with the daba (hoe) in the fields.
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
He’s back! After two years of forced solitary accordion squeezing at home, and to the huge relief of his neighbours, Sandy returns to the A Club once again, upgraded, biceps bulgin…
Anna Mann is back! The acclaimed actress, singer and welder (gotta have a back up) returns after five long years to tell the incredible story of her life in the arts in this, her f…
The indie singer-songwriter blends poetic lyrics with captivating melodies to create moving, spellbinding performances.
As seen on Taskmaster (Channel 4), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky) and his critically acclaimed series Hate Thy Neighbor for Vice, Jamali …
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
The British harpsichordist and conductor joins brilliant Baroque performers for a journey through the riches of European 17th-century chamber music.
Big Boys and Friends is a silly lil’ mixed-bill comedy-cabaret from Channel 4’s critically acclaimed Big Boys, comedian Jack Rooke and character comic Jon Pointing.
There’s a lot packed in to Long Nights in Paradise, probably too much, but it still makes for an interesting story that explores the ups and downs of life, the building and disin…
Patrick Withey gives a delightfully engaging and endearing performance as the troubled 15-year-old in Black Hound Productions’ Alright!, which has absolutely nothing to do with C…
Stunning, imaginative, inspired, colourful, amusing, brilliantly performed and beautifully sung, this Trial By Jury is Gilbert and Sullivan at its very best.
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
A beautifully melodic, rich programme of universally loved music: Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Suite Populaire Bresilienne and Sublime arrangements of classic George Gershwin songs by local…
A washed-up television personality lives out a Dickensian nightmare when they are visited by the ghost of their past.
When a struggling actor can’t pay rent, she signs herself and her roommate (she won’t mind) up for a fun robot friend in order to receive a big paycheck.
Kennedy Muntanga Dance Theatre return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their newest creation.
As an international Chinese student who has been impacted by different thoughts from the East and the West, he often loses sleep and has many weird dreams from the anxieties of Uni…
Do you want to be desirable? Do pretty people have better friends? Let’s look at research on attraction and inspect the Carl Rogers’ famous quote, ‘What is most personal is most ge…
Acclaimed director Ivo van Hove adapts Hanya Yanagihara’s novel for the theatre, crafting a deeply moving performance of epic proportions.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, renowned South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
Join Colin MacLeod and friends for an hour’s musical journey through the centre of Edinburgh to discover some of the Celtic music delights, tunes, their stories and the musicians…
In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
Every universe has an Edinburgh Fringe but the multiverse is collapsing.
ComedyMania UK, in association with Monkey Barrel Comedy presents Aurie Styla and Friends.
ComedyMania UK, in association with Monkey Barrel Comedy presents Aurie Styla and Friends.
Troubled? Weak? Feel like a fraud? Good.
We’ve all been there! That sense of recognition permeates the room during Tim Marriott’s latest play Appraisal.
A split hour of comedy from two southern acts trying to make it in the no-nonsense northern comedy scene.
Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises.
Four terrible actors star in an obscure children’s theatre show that quickly intermingles with their failed careers and their profound hatred with one another, with fatal consequen…
After four years of platforming experimental, emerging and established variety acts at the Cockpit, Gareth & Friends returns as part of the Camden Fringe with a brand new show full…
Four terrible actors star in an obscure children’s theatre show that quickly intermingles with their failed careers and their profound hatred with one another, with fatal consequen…
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
The Greeks knew a lot about war and told great tales of heroism, victory and defeat.
Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to.
Not all shows have clarity of meaning or purpose yet they still retain a certain charm.
There is nothing like a timely reminder from the past.
Singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online su…
A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle.
The rhythm of the tango underpins Los Guardiola - The Comedy of Tango in this superb production from Musique et Toile, but the show is much broader than the one dance form.
Slap ‘N’ Tickle Theatre Company, founded in 2020 by East 15 Acting School alumni, has created a fabulously entertaining piece of devised theatre that explores sensitive issues …
Chevron Theatre’s A Wilde Life is absolutely hypnotic, hinting at a time of debauchery and a glamour that has long since passed.
We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ…
Mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for another journey into the inner depths of your mind! In this brand new mind reading, magic and mentalism show, Mason invit…
It’s a day like any other.
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…
Rwandan writer and activist Kiki Katese takes to the stage with her all-female drumming group to share the powerful stories of those affected by the Rwandan genocide, in a performa…
From the makers of Legs and Logs.
One of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents returns to the wonderful Canongate Kirk with a spectacular line-up and new 2022 album release.
Edinburgh vocalist Victoria Bennett spins delicate, moving tales of love and heartbreak, accompanied by a jazz quartet of top instrumentalists.
Ceremonial mess-about, interactive choral laughter bath and collective act of golden manifestation, orchestrated by everybody’s favourite clown-witch-deity.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
The Year 12 girls from Wycombe Abbey school in High Wycombe under the direction of Phoebe Francis have created a fine production of DNA by Dennis Kelly.
Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church.
The hilarious and profound emotional roller-coaster true story of renowned storyteller, Ted McGrath.
Join Edinburgh’s prestigious Poosie Nansie Burns Club in this their centenary year for a lively celebration of the life and works of Scotland’s National Bard, Robert Burns.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death.
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…
Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh…
All abilities, untutored life drawing accompanied by live music at the Pianodrome – a playable amphitheatre constructed entirely from upcycled pianos.
Saltire Sky Theatre have lived up to all the expectations they raised following 1902, their smash hit of last year’s Fringe that won them the Broadway Baby Bobby Award and Off We…
‘They’ve never tried to cover up these scandals.
Making its debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, up-and-coming Czech jazz fusion guitarist Honza Kourimsky blends the music of Eric Clapton with high-energy psychedelic jazz.
Polly Peculiar, at Greenside Nicholson Square, is a joy from beginning to end: the sort of play that under normal circumstances you might not be tempted to see.
With a busted knee, a burst eardrum and heroic reveries replaced by painkillers and words like ‘ouch’, ‘pardon’ and ‘I’m down here!’, Todd reckons he has one last chance to reinv…
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Full-time comedians, part-time teachers Alex Kitson and Julia Stenton talk the good, the bad and the ugliness of shaping minds.
Fringe legend David Alnwick performs his favourite tricks.
‘Superb and fun’ ***** (TheWeeReview.
Two contrasting elements combine to make Rebel into a spectacular show ideally suited to the vast tent that is Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows.
After airing nearly 2,000 episodes since it was first broadcast in 2009, Pointless has become a regular family favourite and made a nationwide star out of its intelligent and amiab…
Stand up is a challenging format at the best of times - but the one-liner comedian often seems to be the ultimate masochist in a field where self-inflicted pain is surely part of t…
The world’s changed, Michaels confused and snowflake is a cold dessert? Is it just me? Let’s find out together.
What if the characters you created in your plays were to come to life and challenge the lives and circumstances you created for them?Unseen Shepard finds Pulitzer Prize-winning pla…
Old Town – New Perspective is a collection of contemporary photographs of Edinburgh taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard, founders of Tete-a-Tete Photo.
Set over one surreal night of dancing and debauchery, Death of a Disco Dancer is a psychedelic, wild black comedy.
Life is a game.
Elvis and Friends starring Oliver Harris.
One of 18 worldwide ‘Best of’ shows selected to participate in the Fringe Encore series, Off-Broadway, at the historic Soho Playhouse in New York City in 2019.
An untraditional staging of classical Korean themes using the traditional puppetry of pansori and live music.
BBC New Comedy Award winner and the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2018 workshops his unique brand of sketches and characters for the very first time.
After a fully sold-out run at last year’s festival we’re back for the show’s 10th year at the Fringe! Recommended as the best late-night Irish show by the Edinburgh Evening News in…
The Great British Detective tradition! Holmes and Watson meet Poirot and Miss Marple (alongside the usual suspects) in a spoof homage – who murdered Lady Fanshawe!? Why have the …
Runner-up for Best Comedy at Standing Ovation Awards 2021.
Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t…
Any one person show relies heavily on the performance of the central cast member and the quality of the script, luckily The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuiness is blessed with exc…
Fitry is an intriguing one-man show from Faso Danse Théâtre, Brussels, featuring Serge Aimé Coulibaly as the performer.
There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable.
Originally written for online festivals in 2021 and now recreated by an all-Scottish cast and crew for live performance, American writer/producer Deena MP Ronayne’s award-winning…
France 1789.
There are many rags-to-riches stories around but probably not another that follows a young heroin addict’s journey from death’s door to the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Between Good and Evil is a play that uses superheroes and aliens to comedically tell us the truth about ourselves.
A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show.
Life drawing meets comedy! That’s right, if our jokes don’t make you laugh our poses will.
When Gavin Webster was a kid, he liked kings and queens from history, space and the solar system as well as singing, skipping and running.
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
After experimental Zoom gigs where he got muted by 639 people and a drive-in gig where Omid witnessed an audience member get out his car, attach a hose pipe to his exhaust and feed…
She’s back, the 6’5” towering Scottish drag legend Nancy Clench, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sascha LO (Chortle Student and Brighton Komedia finalist, character comedian and shockingly still single) presents a split bill featuring some of the biggest rising stars of the UK…
Singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online su…
Written by Max Dickins (The Man on the Moor, Kin, The Trunk) and directed by five times Fringe First award-winner Hannah Eidinow, Love Them To Death explores Fabricated and Induc…
Here comes the bride, forty-foot wide! It’s the wedding of the century and you’re invited as Lucy Frederick – ‘Eye wateringly honest’ (Scotsman) – walks down the aisle.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
A mother keeps pulling her ill son out of school.
2019 Pick of the Fringe award sell-out sensation.
The new award-nominated show from the lively double act – Kieran and Tom bring you the most unimportant hour of your life.
Tobias hates mash and Steve hates Tobias, but when they discover their mom to be patient zero in a world of flesh-eating zombies, the torn apart brothers get pieced back together, …
Winner of Underbelly, New Diorama and Methuen Drama’s hit-making Untapped Award 2022.
Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t…
David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to (NB you’ll still have to).
A series of unfortunate events led Riley to realise that there is no place for him in society.
Title says it all! (Evil laugh).
For the eighth year of this universally unique, neurodiversifying, audience-participatory solo show, Paul Wady has changed the name to Guerilla Autistics and wants to take you all …
Musical comedian and viral internet songboy, Anesti Danelis, presents a comedy concert inspired by all of those stupid self-help books.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! Same spirited show but with all new faces performing stand-up and sharing their best drunken comedic tales! If…
Award-winning documentary film about one of the most popular, controversial and troubled comedians in the UK.
Shared hour of comedy examining the people we pretend to be when we’re trying to convince the world we’re doing just fine, thank you very much! Luke Healy is an author and come…
A twisted stand-up comedy quest to understand fatherhood.
People can be sensitive about how they are described.
What sort of a prick is living their best life? Richard Branson? Elon Musk? The Dalai Lama? Yes, the Dalai Lama is a prick – all will be explained in the show.
Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o…
Winner of Best Cabaret and Variety Show at Fringe World 2022 Life’s a Drag takes you on a reality-shaking rollercoaster ride of what it really takes to be a queen! Australian vocal…
Calling the courageous, the devoted, the faithless and the broken to a brand new, unquantifiable, ceremonial experience by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess.
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
High-octane character comedy from one of the UK’s foremost TV sketch comedians, as seen in the BAFTA-winning series Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed and People Just Do Nothing…
Sutton Coldfield, 1995.
Stephen Mullan arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe bringing his special brand of goofy energetic comedy to the festival for the first time.
An evening of original songs and existential banter from a dark cabaret band with funny hats.
From House of Cards writer Bill Cain and The Shark is Broken director Guy Masterson, 9 Circles is a brilliantly performed, harrowing psychological thriller that would be shocking a…
This a comedic, ridiculous and masculine social commentary on the absurdity of men from a queer female perspective.
Looking like an ethereally pale, and bearded, pre-Raphaelite muse, Alasdair Beckett-King cuts a striking onstage figure.
The story of the theatrical Dame has had many incarnations and they all revolve around a fairly standard trope.
After complete sell-out runs in 2017 and 2018, Tom Lucy is back with a new hour of razor sharp comedy.
Anna Mann is back! The acclaimed actress, singer and welder (gotta have a back up) returns after five long years to tell the incredible story of her life in the arts in this, her f…
There’s anarchy in the monarchy as renowned swordsman and dumb hussy Don Rodolfo has risen from humble peasant to the highest seat in the land.
Richard Stott returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show filled with trademark storytelling and joyously acerbic one liners.
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
A magical, charming show of dance and acrobatics which will delight children and adults alike.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s darkly comic tale brought to the stage for children and adults to share.
The highly anticipated world premiere of Irvine Welsh's Porno catches up with the lives of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie & Spud, fifteen years after their appearance in TRAINSPOT…
Life begins at 56 and 3/4s – having raised four kids and divorced twice, Jojo is starting life all over again with the emphasis on living and Don’t Stop Me Now as her funeral mus…
This a comedic, ridiculous and masculine social commentary on the absurdity of men from a queer female perspective.
What happens when you train for something your whole life, only to fail at the crucial moment? This question is the stimulus behind False Start, from acclaimed French-German theatr…
Behold: the eternal masterwork of puppetry for adults returns to Edinburgh! Willingly undergo a heart-wrenching parade of theatrical demises that will severely exacerbate your fear…
Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300.
If the title sounds familiar you’re probably thinking of the film, In the Name of the Father, but you’d be on the right track because In the Name of the Son deals with the same…
Fringe-first award winner Joe Sellman-Leava (Labels, Monster) is back at the Fringe with his new work Fanboy in which he explores his relationship with his past and future self.
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Helen Bauer is basic, well, basic-plus, because she is aware of it.
It’s the late night comedy gameshow that put’s the ‘dick’ in dictionary.
We’ve all been there.
Life is Soft – Martin Creed, Turner prize-winning artist.
Tatum, a university student, becomes the virgin bride of her sweetheart, entering an eternal marriage in the the Mormon church.
Sikisa is the life and soul, the hostess-with-the-mostess and the party don’t start ‘til she walks in.
As the crescendo of complaints and controversy was rising over the comedy circuit I was persuaded to abandon the safe confines of the theatre category and go in at the deep end, so…
A brand new stand-up show from the Fringe favourite.
Catriona has a history of making stuff up.
Award-winning writer and actor Rob Ward returns to the Fringe with his latest creation The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me.
Fresh from their universally adored BBC Three pilot, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson make their long-awaited return to the Fringe with a sketch show about love.
2019’s Best Newcomer nominee and your favourite self-aware stand-up returns with an hour about self-confidence, self-esteem and self-care.
Richard Brown returns to the Fringe with a new show that promises to be as bleakly brilliant as his previous endeavours.
Multi award-winning podcast returns.
The American stand-up, TV writer and “neurotic Jewish millennial” returns following her acclaimed 2019 debut.
Olga Koch is winning at life and she wants us to know it.
A fascinating insight into Edinburgh’s past, hear incredible stories of royalty, writers, sieges, battles and plagues.
This entertaining tour will take you through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town covering history, culture, folklore and much more.
This incredible retrospective spans 20th-century British artist Hepworth’s entire career.
A split bill stand-up comedy show featuring two of the country’s most attention seeking stand up comedians.
- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021.
- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021.
Experience the best upcoming talent from the North of England as one cast stage two of Shakespeare’s least known plays… What comes to mind when you thi…
Michael is a lonely undertaker in his Late 20’s.
Becky Heaviside & Friends Becky Heaviside (“A cheeky and intelligent act.
Michael is a lonely undertaker in his early 30s.
Have you had the experience of sitting through a play and thinking, “If I’d known that was how it was going to end I’d have paid far more attention to all the details in the …
Director Max Lewendel has taken Theatre of the Absurd to a new level in his engrossing production of Eugène Ionesco’s The Lesson in a translation by Donald Watson at the Southwa…
In the centenary year of Marie Lloyd’s death this is the story of how the “Queen of the Music Hall” came to fame, told from the perspective of male impersonator Nelly Power.
Richard Stott as seen on ITV2 Stand Up Sketch Show and runner up in Dave TV’s Jokes of 2019 is back with a new show about your mid 30s.
Set in Chester in 1645 as England was ravaged by the Civil War, Offered Up, at the Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio Theatre is a commentary on the political and social life of the …
Stunning from beginning to end The Convert is perhaps the most remarkable piece of theatre ever staged at Above The Stag in Vauxhall and that is no disrespect to the many fine prod…
Drawing on their own experiences with mental health issues, scriptwriters and actors Samantha Crilly and Megan Kerby have produced a light-hearted but equally respectful and inform…
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Touring productions of West End musicals can often feel like a poor shadow of their original run as they usually require considerable downscaling to easily fit into a multitude of …
Porn is a form of entertainment that has always had mixed reactions, yet brings a lot of pleasure to many individuals.
Howard Brenton’s new play Cancelling Socrates at Jermyn Street Theatre is a fascinating piece that transports us to classical Greece in a consideration of the circumstances that …
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay.
The newest show from Richard Filby promises to be his best work to date.
The newest show from Richard Filby promises to be his best work to date.
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Shakespeare knew what it took to pen a romantic tragedy when he wrote Romeo and Juliet and hence carefully structured all the ingredients to meet the demands of the genre and creat…
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Set in an unspecified time and without a location, No Particular Order resonates across the ages, through civilisations and empires, dictatorships and democracies and more, vividly…
Ricky Gervais returns to Leicester Square with a night of new material.
The 12 finalists from more than 300 submissions have been revealed for the gala final of this year’s competition which was open to every student of musical theatre, with audition…
The event might fall short of the hype that The Man Behind the Mask would be a ‘confessional evening – seasoned with highly personal, sometimes startling, and occasionally outr…
You are invited to Break Reality, a cabaret night where you step out from the real world and into a dimension where objects come to life and anything is possible! Hosted by Beanpig…
Beanpig Puppets presents an adaptation of an obscure fairy tale for the enjoyment of all ages! You are invited into an enchanted forest full of surprises, and a small house where…
Beanpig Puppets presents an adaptation of an obscure fairy tale for the enjoyment of all ages! You are invited into an enchanted forest full of surprises, and a small house where…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Alex Camp and Dom Hatton-Woods - regulars at comedy clubs across the north-west - present their Fringe debuts in their split show entitled Hard Knock Life.
Alex Camp and Dom Hatton-Woods - regulars at comedy clubs across the north-west - present their Fringe debuts in their split show entitled Hard Knock Life.
Soho Boy, at the Drayton Arms Theatre, is a new musical, written and composed by Paul Emelion Daly.
“Legendary cock lobster.
“Legendary cock lobster.
Collective act of golden manifestation, sacred laughter bath and ceremonial mess-about, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess.
Collective act of golden manifestation, sacred laughter bath and ceremonial mess-about, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess.
Did Alissa Finn choose to perform Confessions of a Goddess Unhinged at the Water Rats in King’s Cross because the stage has a pair of ionic columns framing the stage? No, is the …
Everything seems normal.
A Substitute for Life was a different and exciting take on a Victorian thriller, as we were introduced to Francis Kentworthy.
‘Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for real life.
Everything seems normal.
Serena Flynn (as seen on BBC Comedy, Soho Theatre) and Morag Davies Productions present ‘Lizard King’.
Calling all seekers, trembling spirits and true lunatics to the late-night, interactive, divine ceremony of divination we always hoped we’d never need.
Calling all seekers, trembling spirits and true lunatics to the late-night, interactive, divine ceremony of divination we always hoped we’d never need.
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot.
Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot.
Searchlight Theatre Company returns to the Brighton Fringe with their delightful show Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy at the Rialto Theatre.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
We’d like to invite you to come along to our ‘Good Grief’ event on Wednesday 18 May 2022, 11:00 –17:00.
We’d like to invite you to come along to our ‘Good Grief’ event on Wednesday 18 May 2022, 11:00 –17:00.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
My name is George Coppen and life for me is unusual.
My name is George Coppen and life for me is unusual.
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
The Dwarfs is a semi-autobiographical work and Harold Pinter's only novel.
The Man In The Shed is a highly amusing and at time hilarious solo rant by actor Alex Dee, co-written as Alex Donald with Tim Connery.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Four varied life drawing events for all the family in a nature-themed wonderland at the Bosco with live music jazz trio! Come and draw circus performers as they pose in costume, wi…
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Jim Spencer Broadbent is a playwright based in South-East London, so he is delighted to be presenting his play The Recollection of Tony Ward as one of twenty-seven companies contri…
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him.
Expectations can work in many ways and it’s interesting to realise the extent to which we can be influenced by what we have just seen.
Done to Death By Jove was a comedic celebration of the murder mystery novel.
‘The 39 Steps’ meets Agatha Christie via Holmes and Watson! A cast of six bring a comic flurry of suspects and sleuths together to discover whodunnit, and how.
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
Brecht would have felt at home watching two Palestinians go dogging at the Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Studio.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
Celebrated director Sarah Frankcom makes her debut at Hampstead Theatre in a spartan production of Naomi Wallace’s morality-defying play The Breach.
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
he Good Enough Mums Club is a new musical, produced, written, directed and performed by mums, featuring songs such as “Only My Nose Is The Same”, “The Price To Be Paid” and…
Both a restaurant and a theatre, The Mill at Sonning, with its beautiful river setting in the countryside near Reading, is currently host to the Busman's Honeymoon, co-written …
Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s amusing challenge to the norms of society, stemmed from her own life and that of her lover Vita Sackville-West, but in her novel, the eponymous hero'…
Dust-sheets cover what little furniture there is in the expansive room of Dr Felix Kersten (Michael Lumsden), trusted personal physiotherapist to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler (Ri…
The award-winning stand-up and BAFTA-nominated star of Netflix/Channel4’s Feel Good, Mae Martin, is back at London’s Leicester Square Theatre for a truly spe…
When Marisha Wallace, who plays Ado Annie, sings “I’m just a girl who cain’t say no” we are left in no doubt as to what she means and it gets the ovation it richly deserves…
Sometimes all the elements of a production combine to form something that is stunning and deeply moving.
NOT PERFECT? SEE THE SHOW! The Good Enough Mums Club is a poignant and hilarious musical toddle through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of mummyhood.
Absolute Certainty? staged by Qweerdog Theatre revolves around the confused lives of two brothers and a friend.
How It Is (Part 2) being Part 2 of a three-part novel of which Part 1 comes before it and Part 3 follows it after which there is no more being a novel it is not a play yet here at …
After sitting through two acts of around fifty-five minutes each at the Union Theatre, quite why David Lindsey-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five To…
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
If you are into boxing, and I’m not, Fighting Irish gives you something to latch onto from the outset.
Gilbert & Sullivan have survived the test of time and now seem to have successfully weathered the pandemic.
Two stunningly energetic performances keep Owen McCafferty’s Mojo Mickyboy, courtesy of Bruiser Theatre Company, rolling along at a cracking pace that provides an hour of action-…
Three rude boys ruin pop culture through dumb questions.
Betrayal, Age Discrimination, Sexual Exploitation, Domestic Violence, Press Intrusion, Robbery….
John Lahr’s Diary of a Somebody makes a return to the stage after an absence of 35 years, this time at Seven Dials Playhouse.
There is deceit in the title of this play.
It’s a new day at Sittingbottom school and FROG is looking for a place to sit, but CAT has other ideas and DOG is happy to play along.
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
I’ll settle for the company’s own description of Under Electric Candlelight as an ‘existential tragicomedy’, but dont worry about interpreting that.
Tobias hates mash and Steve hates Tobias, but when they discover their mom to be patient zero in a world of flesh-eating zombies, the torn apart brothers get pieced back together, …
Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll …
Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll be joined by T…
That irresistible 1970s suburban comedy, Abigail's Party, has been revived again; this time at the Watford Palace Theatre under the direction of Pravesh Kumar.
Dev’s Army, by Stuart D.
Blackpool chip shop heiress Teresa Toti is unlucky in love, to put it mildly.
DEATH DROP, the laugh-a-minute murder mystery returns to the West End at the Criterion Theatre for a strictly limited 7 week run! RuPaul’s Drag Race superstars JuJuBee and Ki…
We are thrilled to present the world première of Maria Friedman’s brand-new show celebrating the brilliance of Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim.
Bacon, at the Finborough Theatre, showcases the talents of two remarkable young actors in a moving exploration of teenage angst.
Simple acts can often have huge repercussions.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
For aficionados of Ibsen this is a production not to be missed; nor should those who just like to wallow in the velvety richness of traditional theatre ignore this rare opportunity…
Politically, it seems like a highly appropriate time to stage a production of Shakespeare’s Richard II - an exploration of the nature of leadership and egotistical entitlement.
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
Andy Warhol once declared, 'Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art'.
The Father of My Daughter Escaping grief by taping over your past.
The University of Cambridge did not grant degrees to women until 1948.
In modern parlance Gustav Holst might be regarded as something of a one-hit wonder, though aficionados could point to many other worthy works that have a more esoteric appeal and a…
Bart Lambert and Jack Reitman were joint winners of the OffWestEnd Award 2020 for Best Male Performance in a Musical for their roles in Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story at The…
After experimenting with a Zoom gig where he got muted by 639 people and a Drive-in gig where Omid witnessed an audience member get out his car, attach a hose pipe to hi…
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
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Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
Call Mr.
When Michał Piwowarski’s granddaughter, Tasha, finally moves out, Michał's whole world changes.
Renowned Scottish flautist and new music champion, Richard Craig, closes the festival with a programme of recent works built around Richard Barrett’s “Vale&r…
Banksy’s works pop up in all sorts of places, but seeing them is often a challenge.
Reversed, deconstructed and re-imagined to create a truly remarkable piece of theatre, Juliet & Romeo is the inaugural long-run production at The Chelsea Theatre, following its…
Writer/Director Paul Stone has unearthed a gem of World War II history and transformed it into a delightful monologue, now on stage at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington.
The Tony Awards for comedy must have had a lean year in 2013 when Christopher Durang won Best Play for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
Some people pace up and down, others rock back and forth.
Luke Oldfield’s Accidental Birth of an Anarchist at The Space on the Isle of Dogs tells of two novice activists from The People’s Movement to Protect the Planet who get jobs on…
As W S Gilbert once observed, “Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?” Cal McCrystal provides plenty of material for that in his pro…
New covid-safe version of Brite Theater’s multi award-winning show! The fourth wall has been utterly obliterated, as the audience take on the roles of all the other characters at R…
Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser evokes memories of a bygone age in British theatre and no setting more befits it than that glorious monument to thespian achievement, the Richmond Th…
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
ANTHEM - OLD SKOOL REUNION - LOVE MUSCLE CLASSICS A SPECIAL EVENT PAYING TRIBUTE TO LOVE MUSCLE DJ LEGEND MARC ANDREWSWith DJsSTEVE BENNISONANDY ALMIGHTYPlus live PA from MOTI…
AVA VIDAL AND FRIENDS - OCTOBER Ava Vidal, comedian, broadcaster and the sharpest social commentator on Twitter is back at The RVT for the next Ava Vidal and Friends.
A stony silence filled the air at the end of act one of Joe & Ken at The Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, the old stomping ground of the eponymous couple who lived just down th…
Huns, we are coming back for another one, presenting to you THE loud, live & brand new cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation!What’s Good is BACK, pressing play…
Join Aidan Orange with this weeks guests Tequila Thirst & Issamood!
SIMPLY THE BREAST - Drag King Fundraiser The m*n, the myth, the legend, Jamie Fuxx, is undergoing some gender affirming surgery this October.
The Salem witch trials are well known, perhaps in large part due to Arthur Miller’s outstanding play The Crucible that put the Massachusetts town on the map.
The Brockley Jack Theatre is currently offering the opportunity to see a rarely performed and probably almost unknown operetta by Gustav Holst.
It doesn’t take long to appreciate why Foxes, at Theatre 503, was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award.
Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
They are back! Come join Aidan Orange and his good dear friends Heather Duster & Dahlia at West Five Bar.
South East London’s favourite alternative drag show and queer cabaret revue returns after its sellout relaunch with a truly phenomenal smorgasbord of LGBTQ+ talent.
The long-awaited Hamlet, directed by Greg Hersov, is finally on stage at the Young Vic and as the young prince Cush Jumbo gives a commanding performance that keeps the whole produc…
The renowned Finborough Theatre is still alive and well as witnessed by its latest production of Jordan Hall’s How To Survive An Apocalypse presented by Proud Haddock.
Aidan Orange & Friends, This week Aidan Orange is joined by DeDeLicious & Beau Jangles Doors Open 7:30pm / Seated by 8:15pm / Show Time 8:30pmPlease note Covid 19 rest…
TV favourite Lucy returns with another fantastic stand-up show.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
How do you successfully relate the biography of a theatrical legend, tell the history of a remarkable period in the development of the arts, create portraits of the famous names of…
Love, Genius and a Walk, at Theatro Technis, a venue billed as ‘one of London's best-kept secrets’, is an ambitious exploration of how artistic individuals struggle with ma…
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
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In 2010 the world was in a sorry state.
Noël Coward described Relatively Speaking as ‘a beautifully constructed and very funny comedy’ and this production at the Jermyn Street Theatre demonstrates how right he was.
In addition to much discussion of the play itself, Peter Gill’s Small Change at the Omnibus Theatre Clapham had the bar buzzing with anecdotes from people recalling what their mo…
This weeks friends include Miss Leigh Ding and ME the Queen If you are booking from your friends separately and wish to be seated together please E-mail us in advan…
Join Mawaan Rizwaan and friends for an evening of showstopping comedy, live music and dancing to celebrate this year's Pride.
Biting political satire The Guardian Observer”The perfect mash-up of drag, political satire, catchy music and entertainment” - Broadway Baby The critically acclaimed LIKE A S…
AVA VIDAL & FRIENDS AT THE RVT We are thrilled to welcome the brilliant Ava Vidal back to The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for her first & Friends show of 2021.
Marcus Hercules, Artistic Director of Hercules Productions, is the one-man wonder behind Prison Games, currently live on-stage at The Pleasance in north London having previouslybee…
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences.
Aidan Orange & Friends! This weeks friends include the Sensational Tayris Mongardi & Sissy Lea Door Open 7:30pm / Seated by 8pm / Show Time 8:30 …
South East London’s favourite alternative drag show and queer cabaret revue is BACK from the miserable depths of quarantine with a truly phenomenal lineup of LGBTQ+ talent.
Two people are left standing on opposite sides of the room at the end of a housewarming party in Crouch End: the hostess and a guy who came as the friend of a friend, but on whom s…
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
This is Paradise, Michael John O'Neill’s new play at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, is a lengthy monologue in which Kate (Amy Molloy) provides a complex interweaving of the…
This weeks guests with Aidan are Miss Saffron Slayter - The original singing Slayter Sister! This sexy red head causes nothing but camp catastrophe wherever she sashays around…
Find your place on the path to The Clapham Grand for our LION KING MOVIE NIGHT Weve already given you Mamma Mia, but were roaring back to full capacity Movie Nights here at T…
Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand-new material for an upcoming show.
Éowyn Emerald & Dancers return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a somewhat different context from previous years with their new work Your Tomorrow.
Intricate Rituals by York DramaSoc at theSpace Triplex is a monologue with alternating actors.
Still by Frances Poet makes its world premiere courtesy of The Traverse Theatre Company at their theatre.
Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award, Scottish Comedian of the Year) and Liam Withnail (Amused Moose Winner for Outstanding Show, Scottish Compere of the Year) are back and rarin…
Pick of the Fringe award winner (2019).
Set in a near-future, post-global ecological collapse, Quandary Collective’s Richard II is a bloodthirsty outdoor exhibition.
Jody Kamali presents a multi-character comedy/variety show.
Join ‘Selfish’ Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King to to better understand yourself and events in your life!Workshop overviewSo, this workshop will be all about how to use w…
It’s Not Rocket Science at theSpace@Surgeons’ Hall is presented by Nottingham New Theatre, England’s only fully student-run theatre venue.
Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si…
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.
Madhouse by Nottingham New Theatre at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall does what it says on the tin.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
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.
A female driven two hander tragi-comedy, the play presents itself as a series of interactions between a grieving mother and the girlfriend of the son she lost to a hered…
Distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of musical friends in a filmed concert of songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
It’s been years since anyone has been allowed outside, mandated by the Executives.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of musical friends perform a concert of songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.
ITS GREAT TO BE BACK.
Classic Them, a London improv duo, bring their (pre-pandemic) monthly night to the Camden Fringe.
Male impersonator, soubrette and headliner at all the major theatres, not to mention a wealthy property owner who performed a daring rescue at sea, Nelly Power was a for…
The avant-garde Northumbrian folk storyteller combines an incredible singing voice, gritty subject matter and dark humour to create his unforgettable style.
Classic Them, a London improv duo, bring their (pre-pandemic) monthly night to the Camden Fringe.
Blackpool chip shop heiress, Teresa Toti, dressed as cat woman , meets her dream man at a bonkers fancy dress party in Muswell Hill.
Jonathan Smeed is making his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Run by Stephen Laughton at Lauriston Halls, courtesy of No Frills Theatre Company.
Richard Stott returns to the Camden Fringe with a show exploring the merits and pitfalls of loyalty.
A surreal poetic tragicomedy on the clash between idealism and reality, to bombard the public with love for life.
Blackpool chip shop heiress, Teresa Toti, dressed as cat woman , meets her dream man at a bonkers fancy dress party in Muswell Hill.
A surreal poetic tragicomedy on the clash between idealism and reality, to bombard the public with love for life.
A carefully selected programme for everyone returning to live public music events.
He and She, both called Max, are boxfresh on the London queer scene.
Awkwardian - Snapshots from an awkward life.
Awkwardian - Snapshots from an awkward life.
Three lads have certain things in common.
” The Boy I Love is Up in the Gallery - and I can’t even get a seat in the crowd” In the true spirit of all comedy, which is based on tragedy, Nelly Power, one of the biggest star…
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.
A Work In Progress from TV’s Tez Ilyas of his upcoming Autumn tour.
Scotland’s best and much-loved stand-up comedian, Fred MacAulay is back with a brand-new comedy show with some of his favourite guests from across the UK.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Oddly Ordinary Theatre Company has made a highly successful adaptation of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) at theSpace Triplex as part of the contribution by the graduates of Que…
” The Boy I Love is Up in the Gallery - and I can’t even get a seat in the crowd” In the true spirit of all comedy, which is based on tragedy, Nelly Power, one of the biggest star…
A Work In Progress from TV’s Tez Ilyas of his upcoming Autumn tour.
Saving Mr Ultimate by John McEwan-Whyte at theSpace Triplex is the debut show of Extra Arca, a young theatre group within New Celts Productions, a consortium of young theatre compa…
Smile.
For a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe entitled Corpsing you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a comedy about laughing out of place.
It’s a Fringe 1st.
In 1970 Virgil Fox played the music of JS Bach at the Mecca of rock’n’roll, Fillmore East.
In this show, I Robert Inston(is), narrate as informatively as I am able, on the mythology that surrounds the murders in Whitechapel in 1888.
Paddy the Cope, written and directed by Raymond Ross, makes its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the delightful Netherbow Theatre at the Scottish Storytelling Cen…
Pick of the Fringe award winner (2019).
Brilliantly self-deprecating stand-up, Will Mars, is a supercharged combination of old-school joke-telling and modern, autobiographical wit.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the master of wordplay.
Moonlight on Leith, by Emilie Robson and Laila Noble, at theSpaceTriplex is inspired by the ‘Save Leith Walk’ campaign; a grassroots movement seeking to preserve the historic s…
Chalkhill Theatre Ltd currently has a double debut with the company’s first appearance at the Festival Fringe and the premiere of their new play.
Your Perfect Life is a loosely autobiographical story, inspired by the lives of the writers and performers: Erika Marais and Faeron Wheeler.
The Life of Hokusai: a freak or a great artist? This work takes you on a non-verbal journey that depicts the anguished inner life of Hokusai through dance, Japanese traditional ins…
We’ve been entertaining audiences all over Europe and Ireland since 2012, with sell-out shows in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moscow and many mo…
Captivate Theatre returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with their production of Sunshine on Leith, at Multistory, first performed in 2014 and twice thereafter.
Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show.
Visit the largest network of 1700s Old Town underground vaults and hear tales of how the poor and unfortunate lived in these former slums.
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
A site-specific theatrical performance combining movement and text, featuring two women and two couches in two different cities.
The past stalks the present in this gripping drama with the world in a state of flux.
Celebrating his 34th year Fringe and Merv has gone al fresco.
After spending 5+ decades on the stage, Siobhan Bremer’s life is more than just a bit theatrical.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
In 1902 Hibs won the Scottish Cup.
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.
Deena MP Ronayne’s award-winning debut as a writer takes audiences on an emotional journey ranging from fear and hate to delight and joy.
It’s been years since anyone has been allowed outside, mandated by the Executives.
Plasters is an original play by Emma Tadmor who founded RJ Theatre Company with co-producer, Daniel Feldman.
Billed as ‘the future of queer comedy cabaret’ Tropicana is Aidan Sadler’s 80’s solo show of classic queer hits at the suitably late hour of 23:15 at theSpaceTriplex.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is our original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
France 1789.
A ninety-minute monologue about a homeless person? Embrace it.
Three friends are here to make you laugh.
Three friends are here to make you laugh.
Three friends are here to make you laugh.
The banner proclaims, ‘Congratulations’ as it hangs from the ceiling above the unimaginable mess left by the previous afternoon's party in which inmates and staff seemingly…
Discover the sinister side of Edinburgh’s Old Town from villains to aristocracy; slums, prisons, execution sites, and the architecture of its famous sons.
Exploring Flow Experiences.
Exploring Flow Experiences.
Is there an issue with capturing plays from the second half of the twentieth century that deal with gay issues of the period? The Southwark Playhouse recently managed a production …
For many it will be impossible to see writer/director Jack Fairey’s every seven years at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre and not be reminded of the groundbreaking sociological T…
“Mrs Kirkham comes up to my classroom at lunch and sees.
“Mrs Kirkham comes up to my classroom at lunch and sees.
Saturday 17th July 2021, 8pmTickets: £26.
The MDs are a group of UCL medical students, whose sketch comedy and stand-up routines reveal a side of medicine that the public has never seen before.
Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y…
As if so-called ‘Freedom Day’ had not generated enough excitement on Monday 19th July, the Arcola Theatre had its planned reopening that evening and showcased its fabulous new …
Join poet Adam Kammerling as he launches his debut collection Seder, alongside a gang of hyper-talented poets and musicians.
The Space on the Isle of Dogs continues its practice of supporting new talent with Helium, an original work by Grumble Pup Theatre, a fledgling company founded in the Black Country…
A wonderfully entertaining evening of laughter and fine acting is currently to be found in Keith Waterhouse’s Mr and Mrs Nobody, staged by Gabriella Bird in her directorial debut…
Exile at the Southwark Playhouse, by JoMac Productions Limited & Blue Heart Theatre, is an interestingly constructed piece consisting of two life-crisis monologues by individu…
I was five when I first heard them.
Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate…
Catch Tom as he tries out new material.
I was five when I first heard them.
Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate…
This work of documentary theatre offers a rare glimpse into a queer life during the Holocaust.
The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton is a riveting, witty, kinetic solo show vividly portraying the life of one of the great English writers of the inter-war years.
The Greenwich Theatre reopened last week with the inspired programming of four short plays by Caryl Churchill.
The Southwark Playhouse has been transformed into an authentic 1960’s barbershop for the revival of Charles Dyer’s hit play Staircase, by Two’s Company and Karl Sydow in asso…
Garry Roost’s one-hander, Warhol: Bullet Karma, at the Rialto Theatre, as part of the Brighton Fringe, explores aspects of the artist’s life through encounters with various peo…
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Collective act of golden manifestation, sacred laughter bath and ceremonial mess-about, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess.
Richard is 38 years old.
Richard is 38 years old.
Whenever we think of Jack the Ripper, immediately we think back to Whitechapel and his gruesome victims.
The apologetic opening to Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire, explaining the failure of the actors to turn up, might seem out of place in any standard piece of theatre, but then it wou…
The Soho Theatre launched its post-lockdown summer season this week with Shedding A Skin, written and performed by Amanda Wilkin, the 2020 winner of the Verity Bargate Award.
Good Grief - Due to unforeseen personal circumstances Good Grief has to be cancelled for Sunday 20th of June and will be replaced by Pocket-Sized Revolution.
There are 7 stages of grief: Shock, denial, guilt, anger, depression, reconstruction, & really bad haircuts.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
The Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley has opened its doors for the first time in fifteen months with a wonderfully heart-warming production of Stewart Pringle’s Trestle.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
Following on from his success at the Brighton Fringe with Waiting for Hamlet, a two-hander with Nicholas Collett, Tim Marriott returns to the Rialto Theatre with a solo show that i…
Diary of an Expat makes a striking impression even before Cecilia Gragnani enters the stage for her solo play at the Rialto Theatre, directed by Katharina Reinthaller.
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy is anything but that when played ad nauseam on a loop while you are kept on hold by a robotic voice saying, “All our operators are currently busy.
One day perhaps someone will write a play about a drag queen where, beneath the frock and below the wig, above the high heels and under the layers of slap exists a man who is happy…
King Henry VIII is ‘brought to life’ in this most dramatic of performances! In all his splendour and magnitude, the King, now in old age, recounts the events of his long life a…
King Henry VIII is ‘brought to life’ in this most dramatic of performances! In all his splendour and magnitude, the King, now in old age, recounts the events of his long life a…
Period music greets loyal subjects as they enter the Friends Meeting House to attend Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII, written and directed by John Wh…
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 .
The Jermyn Street Theatre continues its Footprints Festival with Lucy Betts’ acclaimed production of Ade Morris’s Lone Flyer, which was first staged at The Watermill Theatre la…
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
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.
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
History is brought to life, and the man behind one of the most famous speeches in British history is revealed in this delightful two-hander, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, from Se…
This compelling one-man show by Mark Stratford charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the 19th Century.
Unless you have studied the history of theatre it's easy to imagine that performances on stage have always been very much as they are today.
An immersive museum about life in Brighton during WW2, built inside an original school air raid shelter.
There seems to be a resurgence of interest in the adaptability of works by Robert Louis Stevenson for the stage, with productions popping up in many quarters.
The title of the show and the name of the company drew me to this production.
Waiting for Hamlet has itself been waiting for some time.
Jody Kamali presents some of his favourite characters in this multi-character comedy/variety show.
Jody Kamali presents some of his favourite characters in this multi-character comedy/variety show.
Stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Ryan Mold, introducing short sets from some of the very best comedians across Brighton Fringe.
Stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Ryan Mold, introducing short sets from some of the very best comedians across Brighton Fringe.
Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sami Abu Wardeh.
3 - 5th June - Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sam…
Juicy Lime Productions presents Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play An Intervention, as part of the Brighton Fringe at the Sweet Room, Old SteineTwo characters, identified in the script on…
The burst of applause did not mark the end of the performance.
A brief journey into the careers, friendship and playful rivalry of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, two theatrical giants of the 20th Century, mainly focusing on their passion for tra…
A brief journey into the careers, friendship and playful rivalry of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, two theatrical giants of the 20th Century, mainly focusing on their passion for tra…
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work.
Blue Devil Productions closed the Rialto Theatre’s Brighton Fringe season last week with a two-act production,The Tragedy of Dorian Gray; their first full-length play.
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream.
World famous Richard Filby is bringing his one-man show to Brighton Fringe in 2021.
World famous Richard Filby is bringing his one-man show to Brighton Fringe in 2021.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
Join a cast of two, but a whole host of characters, as they boldly romp through The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power.
Are you socially awkward? Do you worry about your reaction face when someone else is talking? Do you use your partner as a human shield at a social gathering? Fellow Awkwardian (An…
In this mockumentary, we follow the trials and tribulations of 00s boyband 3hree as they attempt a reunion and a comeback gig.
Are you socially awkward? Do you worry about your reaction face when someone else is talking? Do you use your partner as a human shield at a social gathering? Fellow Awkwardian (An…
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
In this mockumentary, we follow the trials and tribulations of 00s boyband 3hree as they attempt a reunion and a comeback gig.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
Join a cast of two, but a whole host of characters, as they boldly romp through The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power.
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
Between Two Waves by Australian playwright Ian Meadows interweaves an urgent call to recognise the world’s impending climate crisis and the troubled smaller world of a young clim…
Lord of Life Winner of a Standard Bank Ovation Award for innovation and excellence at the 2020 Virtual National Arts Festival, South Africa.
Lord of Life Winner of a Standard Bank Ovation Award for innovation and excellence at the 2020 Virtual National Arts Festival, South Africa.
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
What does a woman have to do to give death a good spanking? A comedy drama from award-winning writer Chris Brannick and director Karen Kirkup.
What does a woman have to do to give death a good spanking? A comedy drama from award-winning writer Chris Brannick and director Karen Kirkup.
Coming to you in 2021 Neil Sands and his wonderful cast will be back with a brand new show which will be spreading enough happiness and joy to lift the sp…
In 2010 the world was in a sorry state.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
The greater mouse-eared bat belongs to the family Vespertilionidae of the genus Myotis.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
£74 Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children)£23 Adult £20.
This event has been rescheduled from Fri 02 October.
Kicking off at the end of a particularly boozy and pizza-fuelled wake, then time-skipping over the months of post-funeral aftermath, Good Grief charts the stuttering relationship o…
What do tomatoes, banjos and a recovering executive have in common? Keith Alessi, who used to consume excessive amounts of tomatoes and had 52 banjos in his closet, but couldn’t …
The Scottish Play is a solo performance written by Victoria Gartner, founder and artistic director of Will & Co which produces plays about Shakespear, under the umbrella title …
A Dragatha Christie Murder-Mystery Murder can be such a Drag.
“Drama King” is a compelling new one-man show, written and performed by Mark Stratford, which tells the story of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the…
John Halder is a good man.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends.
Make a good impression is a stand up and impression show with Clare Harrison McCartney and Daniel Benisty.
Edinburgh-based musicians Andrew Leslie and Stephen Roberts have played at AMC since 2013.
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
Following sell-out runs in 2016, 2018 and 2019, mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique brand of entertainment! Having been a fan of time-th…
A small theatre company are performing their murder mystery play, Death at Sea, but during the show, everything goes wrong.
Brad Tassell and Steve Goodie describe themselves as a pair who have been ‘all-around nutty goofballs for more than 30 years’; and it shows.
Three friends from high school revisit a shocking event from five years before.
Anarchist: noun; a person who rebels against any authority or established order.
It’s either a mid-conversation pick-up or a recording error that opens Jane Martin’s monologue, Lockdown Drag-Out, in which she appears as the plummy and plumpy Audrey Stanton …
If you’ve been feasting on BBC iPlayer during lockdown and enjoying the delights of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, it’s worth taking six minutes out of your social isolation t…
France 1789.
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and ‘the best celeb interviewer in Britain’ (Guardian), probably best known for his role of Percy in Servants, brings his multi-award-winning podca…
Male impersonator, soubrette and headliner at all the major theatres, Nelly Power was a force to be reckoned with in an era before female emancipation.
Fresh off a successful, sold-out, Off-Broadway run, this show will inspire you, make you laugh and will tug at your heartstrings.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends.
Horror in all it’s forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
After sell-out runs at the Fringe in 2017 and 2018, Tom Lucy has appeared on a number of TV shows (Stand Up Central, Roast Battle, Live At The Comedy Store, Stand Up Sketch Show) a…
From Dave’s Funniest Jokes 2019 runner-up comes a comedic journey of self-discovery exploring the benefits and pitfalls of both fitting in and standing out.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps; his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
In 2010, the world was in a sorry state.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, and a sixt…
A night to remember our daughter, sister and friend Janine Benecke and all the other victims of drunk drivers.
Stephen Schwartz is the multi-award winning creator of an extraordinary catalogue of songs for stage and screen.
Jeremy Herrin (This House) directs Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Long Day’s Journey into Night) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings) as former …
In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl…
In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
A comedy show by Andrea Hubert, in which she’ll mostly bitch about the people in her group therapy, while attempting to make a point about ageing and being Jewish …
Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism.
If you want to be a ‘successful independent woman person’ you better have something you want to say and you better be wearing a Serious Black Jumper™.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Join The Family Jewels for a full frontal night of comedy, song, and a disarmingly sexy exploration of gendered power.
An award winning play by Laura Harper - From the outside, Dawn has it all; nice house, fast car, great friends and family, and a new job out in sunny Dubai.
Jingan Young is a fascinating writer to follow, as her play Life and Death of a Journalist explores the hardships of journalism amid political turbulence and cultural difference.
You only get a few chances to hear performances of this quality in such welcoming surroundings.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Acclaimed actor Mark Farrelly presents his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years.
It’s easy to feel angry when mad talking heads and evil officials are looking for any slight difference of opinion to plough open and exploit.
It’s easy to feel angry when mad talking heads and evil officials are looking for any slight difference of opinion to plough open and exploit.
Don’t miss John Kani’s highly acclaimed play Kunene and the King marking the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid with a strictly limited London run, following its …
Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand new material for an upcoming show. Star of Comedy Central and ITV. Tour support for Jack Whitehall and Aziz Ansari.
Join Tom Lucy as he tests new material for his upcoming Edinburgh show.
She played here with Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
‘Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools, gophers sit on sofas and frogs sit on logs’ Are you sitting comfortably? It’s a new day at Sittingbot…
There is something wonderfully seasonal about Wind of Heaven at the Finborough Theatre.
Straight from Edinburgh 2019 where it was selected in Editors’ Top Ten Pick of The Fringe’ by Three Weeks.
Forget any notions of political correctness, civility or polite drawing room conversation.
Performing a play in a cathedral about an archbishop assassinated in a cathedral might sound like a match made in heaven.
Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an intensely Irish play set in the wilds of Connemara, premiered locally by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway in 1996.
The prospect of a two-act monologue that lasts around two and a quarter, an interval, is perhaps daunting for both the actor and aficionados of the genre alike.
The decade might be set in history as ‘Swinging’, but for many of us who lived through the ‘60’s the appellation has only a marginal connection with the realities of life.
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
A simple production, A Life Twice Given stretches itself to do justice to a very complicated idea, with only limited resources and space.
Following a sold out run at the Young Vic theatre, the smash hit, critically acclaimed production of Death of a Salesman transfers to the Piccadilly Theatre for 10 weeks only.
Gaslight has stood the test of time in the canon of British theatre.
He’s the man with the sunglasses and the black suit who delivered some of the world’s darkest and most emotional ballads, yet Texas-born Roy Orbison remains …
In a rare proscenium-style presentation at the Almeida Theatre, director Tinuke Craig offers Maxim Gorky’s Vassa as her debut production for the venue in a new adaptation by Mike…
KING OF POP - THE LEGEND CONTINUES showcases the extraordinary talent of an impersonator who has performed for 28 years in over 350 international shows, 62 different cou…
It’s only two years until the face of Alan Turing appears on the new £50 note.
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
An intergenerational cast of performers explore the difference age brings and the constant things in life that bind us all together.
Tangled Feet have created a unique intergenerational company of ten year olds, 20 year olds and 80 year-olds to address life’s big questions: How does our perspective change as …
To compile his one-man show, Velvet, Tom Ratcliffe combined personal experience and the disturbing revelations that emerged as the #MeToo movement gathered momentum.
Theatre No More present their current theatrical challenge, Martin Crimp’s unconventional 1997 theatre piece “ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (17 Scenarios for the Theatre)” - a play that has…
Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler all stand out in the history of the twentieth century.
A couple confront impending death with bawdy humour and burgeoning sadness in Ridiculusmus’s unsettling two-hander, set in a future cursed by eternal life without eternal youth.
It’s 1980s London and change is happening.
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
Playwright Peter Nichols died only last month at the age of 92.
In the late 1920s Frederico García Lorca allegedly read about a bride who fled her wedding to elope with a former amor.
Is a mother’s love unconditional, or can it be stretched beyond breaking-point? This is the consuming theme in Evan Placey’s Mother of Him at the Park Theatre, which was inspir…
Best remembered for playing Mr Banks in Disney's classic film Mary Poppins, David Tomlinson was renowned for playing the classic English gent, forthright, proper, and a loveabl…
One of the world's greatest storytellers, telling the world's greatest stories.
One of the world's greatest storytellers, telling the world's greatest stories.
Saturday 14th September, 7.
One of the world's greatest storytellers, telling the world's greatest stories.
Youth Without God at the Coronet Theatre is heralded as ‘a dark fable about the individual conscience in a time of social uncertainty’ and the 1937 novel by Ödön von Horváth…
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Monty Python’s Life of Brian is back on the big screen.
Luke Norris's Southend-based play and winner of the Bruntwood Prize, So Here We Are, finally comes to Essex in a delightful production that fits perfectly into the Queen’s Th…
The world premiere of Sadie Hasler’s Stiletto Beach has burst onto the stage at the dynamic Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch in a bold, brave, fearless and funny exploration of what…
Falsettos has been around since 1992, but it’s UK premier has only just opened at The Other Palace, London.
Every fortnite Dylan Dodds (comedian) writes a blog about Friends (sitcom).
Appearing for the 29th successive year in the magnificent setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife vocal concert group Ensemble (www.
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, lowland pipes, Scottish small-pipes, double bass and percussion has captivated audiences a…
The neon sign above the stage at the new Turbine Theatre, Battersea, hints at the lights of New York City, but it also reminds us of the history behind director Drew McOnie’s pro…
In equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique theatrical experience.
What would you do if you had the chance for revenge? 15 years after being kidnapped and tortured in General Pinochet’s Chile, Paulina Salas tries to forget the past and build a q…
A remarkably vivid picture of one merciless family and three desperate lives.
As the saying goes, "The path to hell is paved with good intentions".
The Hart Players theatre company brings Noël Coward’s Still Life to the Fringe.
Contemporary mime inspired by daily life.
A bold new adaptation of three of Shakespeare’s most blood soaked plays.
Join the star of Live at the Apollo, Sunday Night at the Palladium and Britain’s Got Talent as he and some of his comedian friends try out new material.
Everyone has a soundtrack to their life – from the songs that get you up on the dance floor to the ones that get you singing in your car, the songs that get you through hard time…
Alastair, together with long-time collaborators Euan Drysdale (guitar/piano) and Iain Crawford (double bass), celebrates Scotland’s proud fiddle tradition.
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Central to Bach’s output as a composer are his chorale preludes.
Eli has mastered the art of necromancy, but will his mum’s new boyfriend get in the way of bringing his dad back from the dead? Death and Botany is an original horror comedy…
Internationally acclaimed pianist Richard Michael performs a wide-ranging programme of standards looking back on a distinguished career, whilst looking forward to new possibilities…
Scotland’s jazz guitar genius creates magical worlds with his loops and harmonies.
Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! Ridiculusmus.
Name a Second World War poet.
What was the first thing you bought? Is there something you would like to pass on? If you were a pharaoh, what thing would you like to be buried with? Still Life is a piece that fo…
Anərkē Shakespeare, a new, innovative theatre company, creates raw, fast-paced Shakespeare, bringing you the multifaceted text by a diverse, gender-blind, actor-led ensemble with…
With a highly experienced team behind this production it is no wonder that Identity by CTC COMPANY at Greenside, Infirmary St.
Wolfgang Borchert.
The Italia Conti Ensemble changes its membership every year as another cohort passes through the famous drama school.
Rarely does the stage premiere of a work take place twenty-three years after it was written, but Out Of Bounds Theatre has claimed the honour with their gritty production of 44 Inc…
England, 1585.
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
Steven Berkoff’s irresistible EAST makes an inevitable return to the Festival Fringe, this time in a vibrant and energetic production by HiveMCR.
Revd Richard Coles is on a fortnight’s leave from his country parish and has been excused from his co-presenting duties of Saturday Live (BBC Radio 4) to bring to Edinburgh this hi…
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following two consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen.
In Tin Pan Alley it was rare to find women, but Dorothy was prolific.
Kimjang is a Korean foodie tradition, where families and friends come together to make kimchi.
Living in a world where people don’t say what they mean or mean what they say can be tricky, and Reilly has questions.
After directing ungrateful clown duo Zach & Viggo, starring in an award-winning funk opera with Thumpasaurus, and touring the world three times over, Jonny Woolley (AKA Mr X) rolls…
Last year I weighed 24 stone and was a Finalist in Old Comedian of the Year 2018.
I need to preface with this review with a disclaimer – this is either a one-star or a five-star show, depending on your sense of humour.
A new feminist comedy cabaret, debuting at the 2019 Camden Fringe.
Star of Made In Chelsea, business tycoon, man of the people.
Misha Rachlevsky and the multi award-winning Russian String Orchestra return for seven special evening concerts, each totally different, showcasing major works from the 18th centur…
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.
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.
Music from the Heart with Andrew Leslie and Stephen Roberts is a concert for lovers of acoustic music featuring compositions by Andrew Leslie played on acoustic guitars and double …
Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church just off the Royal Mile.
Pianist and educator Richard Michael BEM celebrates his 70th birthday by appearing with family members, Paul Michael (bass), Hilary Michael (violin and sax) and Joanna Duncan (viol…
Music festival favourite Colonel John Thomas McMustard brings you a show with guests from the world of music, comedy and spoken word.
“I’ve not seen anything like this in the 12 years I’ve been working at the Fringe,” was the observation from one of the tech guys I spoke to after seeing Ugly Youth, this y…
When the UK’s finest spy, Bonnie, is sent on a mission in the Swiss Alps, everything goes wrong when she discovers that her arch-rival, Soviet spy L, is at the same hotel with a mi…
Aged just 16 and 17, Harrison Sharpe (Matt) and Archie Stevens (Mikey) make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Real Eyes, an intensely moving story of brothers growing up t…
Icelandic folk songs and bits of Icelandic culture.
Enjoy a relaxed walk through the historic Old Town with a bona fide Scottish Historian.
Angus gets a review that says he’s ‘watchable’.
All abilities life drawing accompanied by live music at the Pianodrome – a playable amphitheatre constructed entirely from upcycled pianos.
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen.
In a world where we learn to hate the bodies of others and fear our own, MUSE offers a chance to find them instead.
A ridiculously surreal celebration of human existence, journeying from the womb to above and beyond.
This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui.
Dear Mother Moon is one of four works presented by CalArts this year in what has become the Institute’s Edinburgh home, Venue 13.
Richard Wright is just happy to be involved.
If you’re looking for a fun & overall solid start to your day, this is your show.
Please help. I am trapped in a cardboard supermarket.
Experience the Trainspotting walking tour on location in Leith.
The boy I love is up in the gallery.
Calling the courageous, faithless and broken to the late-night, interactive ceremony of the present moment we always hoped we’d never need.
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible and nothing is quite…
Fight Song is part of this year’s programme of four plays by students from the celebrated CalIfornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts) at Venue 13.
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret…
Life Between Yes and No follows Anna, a call handler for the Department of Work and Pensions, as she answers the phone to people in crisis.
The air of the Speigeltent circus hub is thick with dark debauchery, smoke and gin soaked Weimer punk jazz, setting the atmosphere for a celebration of the extraordinary.
Absurdism runs amok in Well That’s Oz, one of four plays in this year’s programme from CalArts at Venue 13.
When a package bound for Good Good Island is mistakenly delivered to Bad Bad Island, the Bad Bads find something frighteningly horrible inside: a little girl named Rosa! Unable to …
Writer Jack Fairey has taken on a huge task in adapting the substance of Homer’s Iliad into a modern story still firmly embedded in the Trojan War with a running time just short …
‘Settle in girls, it’s story time!’ Golden Delicious is no ordinary queen, and this far-from-ordinary one-woman show joins the Fringe hot off a streak of sold-out performance…
Fresh from touring the UK and Australia, the feel-good comedy maestro.
Part insider look at the making of the film Jaws and part musings on what constitutes an artist, The Shark is Broken, written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon and directed by Guy Maste…
Stepping Out, performed by Stage Avenue Performing Arts at theSpace @ Nidry Street, is a serviceable production of the British comedy originally written in 1984 by Richard Haaris.
Smokescreen Productions is supporting the work of Amnesty International through its new work, Judas, at Assembly Blue Room.
What is it about guns? Today’s American high school students have been raised at a time when school shootings have become common and suicide rates have drastically increased.
(Ab)solution is the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe Play from Swindon-based Jackrill Productions, and it’s an impressive debut at Greenside, Infirmary St.
Louise recently received two reviews.
Black Light Theatre Company features a boisterous and lively cast in their production The Last Bubble.
Two used actors, recycled utensils, hand-carved Czech puppets, live music and you, the court, bring Shakespeare’s poetic drama of power and abdication to life.
Amy Matthews blends observational routines with offbeat whimsy, resigning to the absurdity of modern life.
Enigma, a new musical presented by Enigma Theatre UK is an exciting piece of historical musical theatre telling the story of a unit of female code breakers in America during World …
‘The Podfather’ (Guardian) and ‘King of Edinburgh’ (List), probably best known for playing a policeman on Ant and Dec Unleashed, brings his multi award-winning podcast to Edinburgh…
Last Life feels like a social experiment.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Contemporary dance, physical theatre, and circus swirl together at The Lafayette big top at Underbelly’s circus venue as ten acrobats explore their bodies and each other in Circa…
Noises Off meets Antigone with a lot of great dick jokes thrown in for good measure! Bitch, Antigone from Australia’s Out Cast Theatre and writer Steven Dawson, is a hilarious go…
The Words Are There is a moving and innovative piece of physical theatre that appeals both for its approach to male domestic abuse, and for its style of performance.
Christopher Watts returns to the Festival Fringe with his one-man-show, Bleeding Black, at Greenside, Nicolson Square.
For an incomplete play, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck has nevertheless managed to secure enduring interest.
Pearman, an Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee, Leicester Comedy Awards Best Show nominee, ‘star in the making’ (**** Telegraph) and co-star of BBC Two’s Mister Winner a…
Help Michelle celebrate her first time.
‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those that little bit older.
Brexit, eh? Depending on your point of view and when you are reading this, Brexit is a triumph/success/step forward/minor improvement/non-event/problem/mess/shambles/disaster.
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
Following sell-out runs in 2016 and 2018 Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show! As a child Mason always dreamt of mastering the art of sleight of hand.
Matthew Roberts’ solo show, Teach, at theSpace, Surgeons Hall is performance brimming with conviction and energy.
Actor/writer Christopher Tajah of Resistance Theatre Company gives an impassioned performance in Dream Of A King at theSpace Triplex, as he reimagines the hours leading up to the a…
Following sell-out shows and standing ovations in 2017/18, The Carole King Story returns to take you on an incredible journey through the career of six-time Grammy Award winner and…
A murder mystery exploring relationships where anyone could be the perpetrator! Will Inspector LeFevre, through his love of music, apprehend the villain? Are you the next Miss Marp…
Francis Bacon once observed that ‘in order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present’.
Stand up comedy from the master of wordplay, Richard Pulsford, in his sixth year with The Scottish Comedy Festival at The Beehive Inn.
The Edinburgh Fringe programme’s standard listing format provides a simple yet clear message about Thief at the Hill Street Theatre.
Meet characters including a publican, an investor and a spy who’ll share details with you from Edinburgh’s colourful past as you journey through Gladstone’s Land.
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
Hi, I’m Eddy Brimson.
There’s Stanley the man and Stanley the play.
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown! 1946: Charlie Brown is born in the mind of his creator, Charles Schulz.
At 32 Kate should have so much more: a great career and perfect family.
The Good Scout treads an extraordinarily fine line as a play.
This all-female production of Macbeth was truly a sight to behold.
For those who want more from their comedy than one guy standing still on a stage with a microphone.
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem? Well this show was specifically writ…
The story of Adam and Eve and all of its ramifications is a well-trotted and oft adapted story.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016-18.
A one-man variety mash-up of story, song and stupidity.
Returning for its second year, Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act of the Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainl…
It’s fifty years since the Stonewall riots sparked off the movement that became known as gay liberation.
Joey Page – award-nominated star of Nevermind the Buzzcocks – 31, is having a midlife crisis.
Delightfully deranged and beautifully berserk, Ukrainian group Misanthrope Theatre re-ignite the flames of rebellion and fervour that saw Alfred Jarry’s play close upon its openi…
“Will they or won’t they go through with it?” That is the consuming question that hovers for an hour over Letter to Boddah, written and directed by Sarah Nelson and performed…
This tour will take you into parts of Edinburgh that you did not know existed, off the tourist trail.
Scotty D, a city boy born and raised in South Detroit, will take you on a journey, showing how karaoke saved his life and how it can save yours, too.
The fifth year of the world unique audience autism conversion show faces new issues.
A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage.
Following a sell-out 2018 Fringe and debut UK tour, the ‘utterly hilarious’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Character comedy is a difficult discipline at the best of times and, with a trope as thoroughly picked-over as the oblivious action-hero, it asks at lot from a performer to find so…
Welcome to Good Morning Nation – the semi-improvised (late) breakfast show that brings you the day’s news by the purveyors of the day’s views.
A greatest-hits show with a difference.
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
Collective act of golden manifestation.
A story of a man who decides to be a dancer.
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh.
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
Since she was seventeen, Caitlin Cook has lived by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it.
Willie MacRae – anti-nuclear campaigner, SNP politician and successful lawyer.
Seventh consecutive year for the UK’s longest-running and most successful ever Jewish comedy show.
HD Management presents multi award nominee and the official face of the ITV Hub and uSwitch, Lateef Lovejoy with his solo stand-up show Life, Times and Society’s Crimes where he ex…
Ripped, by Alex Gwyther is a heroic confrontation with the aftermath of a male sexual assault.
A struggling movie actress and an aspiring horror writer are on the very brink of success – each just a compromise away.
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
A Canadian folk ballad duo bring their own sassy and offbeat brand of comedy to Edinburgh.
Raggedy Northerner who absolutely refuses to listen to all those warnings about monsters and abysses tries to fight his way through hellish hordes.
“Seriously, this is talent.
Four years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question: could he BE any more ridiculous? The answer, it turns out, is yes.
‘It’s difficult, I think, being a human person.
Sam (Australia), nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Fix Us, presented by the BareFace Collective playing at the Underbelly Cowgate, is a defiant and inspiring look at how theatre and role play can help all of us to find our true sel…
Anecdotal, episodic, lacking an overarching theme, lighthearted, tittle tattle, way too many characters… Think Charles Dickens but better. ***** (Herald).
‘Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel and from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new.
This is definitely not the first time I have seen a play about being gay or about the AIDS epidemic, but it is the first time I have seen an eclectic and moving look at life post H…
Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back.
Three years ago comedian Lucy Frederick – ‘Delightful’ (BroadwayBaby.
Following an epiphany in the Van Gogh Museum, Fry takes a twisted wander through art history.
The Death Hilarious: Razer starts out with a pretty solid premise: since his Fringe debut in 2017, Darren J.
Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person.
Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills.
A gay themed Friends for the Grindr generation, Fudge, playing now at the Gilded Ballroom Patter House, is a funny slice of gay life play.
Rebecca Perry’s one-women tribute to four icons of the Golden Age of cinema is a cheery and bouncy hour celebrating Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Lucille Ball.
Apparently, Richard Stott got into comedy “for all the wrong reasons”; at least, that’s what the aforementioned Richard Stott says.
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Award-winning drinks writers and comedy performers Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham return to Edinburgh with their latest libation, The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch, in Underbel…
Noise Boys, playing at the Assembly at George Square, is an exhilarating evening of tap, beatbox and music that you and your entire circle of friends can’t miss.
Before even taking the stage, Lucy Porter announces that we’ve won the ‘Sexiest Audience at the Fringe’ award, so you know we’re onside by the time she grabs the mic.
Jayde Adams is back and this time it’s serious.
From the maker of sell-out Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries; tour support for Ed Sheeran’s tour support, Tom Taylor, stars in his debut stand-up show packed full of jokes…
Post Popular is Lucy McCormick's attempt to follow-up her fantastic and hugely popular show Triple Threat.
Have you ever been to a comedy show by someone who can travel through dimensions, from one world to another? No, me neither.
Mutch returns to the Fringe with a hilarious new hour chock-full of his trademark comedic tales of personal woe.
‘Woke, feminist, geezer’ (List).
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Tommy Fury once said “if life is a game, then love is the prize”.
Ginger Johnsons’ Happy Place playing at Pleasance Dome is undefinable in an utterly enjoyable way: It is a mash-up of Mr.
We’ve been entertaining audiences all over Europe and Ireland since 2012, with sell-out shows in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and many more.
The Afflicted, a startling theatre-dance piece produced by Groupwork and performed at the Summerhall Demonstration Room, is a brilliant re-definition of the docu-drama format.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe.
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
The hugely anticipated new show from Best Newcomer nominee.
Meet Melissa.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Music, quotes and verse.
Somehow Comedy Historian Robert Ross and Hi-De-Hi star Jeffrey Holland didn't meet until a Comedy Legends cruise in the autumn of 2018, but it was an instant connec…
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Richard Haslam is a Derbyshire-born classical guitarist currently based in Manchester.
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an innovator in the world of podcasts.
Friends are often made under unusual circumstances.
From the maker of sell-out Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries; tour support for Ed Sheeran's tour support, Tom Taylor, stars in his debut stand-up show pack…
The Grand Old Uke of York will twist your perception of the tiny ukulele.
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem? Well this show was specif…
The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
Welcome to a preview of the brand new show from 4x Competition Semi Finalist Richard Wright.
A debut show from a comedian who was born with Poland Syndrome, making him lopsided with a misshapen hand.
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
Many strange things occur in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, but in this production, by Oxford’s Creation Theatre, there are more surprises than even Prospero might have conjured up…
Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
Relax and enjoy the welcome extended to guests at the local infants’ school which Michele Austin delivers with considerable warmth and obvious delight.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience.
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…
Mercury Musical Developments and the The Stephen Sondheim Society present the 13th annual STEPHEN SONDHEIM SOCIETY STUDENT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR competitio…
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem? Well this show was specif…
Four years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest.
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.
Nominee: Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2017 Best Newcomer.
Three years ago comedian Lucy Frederick - “Delightful” (Broadway Baby) - was picking herself up from the floor and ordering another large gin, now she is picking up dirty socks and…
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible, and nothing is quit…
Can a young astronaut and a fallen star save a former dancer who is fighting a bizarre illness and her bohemian roommate? Or will they be captured and tortured with no end in sight…
June 25th 2018 - weight was 22 stone.
Sometimes the best education comes from the most unexpected places.
Former Brighton & Hove Albion football manager and now club Ambassador, discusses his life and the major incidents that have helped shape a successful playing career for England, T…
Actor Andrew Byron devised his one-man show, The Good Russian, in response to the many bad Russians he’s played across his career.
For Jacques, the journey from cradle to grave is fraught with the negative voices of our culture; but, in our show, Jacques finally gets to see the possibility of hope and life-for…
‘Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl’ is a romp of bizarre happenings that explore the completely fabricated lives of the colourful and controversial.
The Good Grief event is for anyone who has ever experienced loss or for those who would simply like to understand more about grief.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
4 April 1968.
Good Grief tells the story of a family who are moving through the motions of grief and bereavement after the loss of their youngest son in an accident at Saltdean Lido.
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings a work in progress of his debut hour, to the Brighton Fringe.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
1980’s Pittsburgh, a city in decay.
One man.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and Scottish Comedian of the Year 2018.
A comedy about an honest Siberian, navigating his way through modern Britain on the hunt for acting fame.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through both song and over gesticulation.
How many near death experiences have you had? One audience member in The Birth of Death directed by Yael Karavan claimed 10 or 11, which is as impressive as it is shocking.
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Roll up, roll up! Come and feast your eyes upon our collection of curious characters at the ‘Carnivale de Robotique.
Scotty D, just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit, will take you on a Journey, showing how karaoke has saved his life and could save yours (and maybe even save the world)…
Back by popular demand for the second year running! TotRockinBeats throw down an amazingly funky, three hour, outdoor, family-friendly, hip-hop, funk and soul block party.
Journalist Peyvand Khorsandi never intended to become an obituaries editor at The Independent, nor did he intend to work for the Daily Mail.
Death.
Fresh from debut runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and 2018, and unveiling his new show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Richard is now looking to make his mark on the seafron…
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
A workshop with Richard Skinner—novelist and director of the Fiction Programme at Faber Academy.
After being diagnosed with schizophrenia aged 20, Joe’s life becomes a cacophony of visions, voices and questionable media stereotypes.
For almost sixty years, Hollywood superstar Lindsey Ordell has been drinking too much, smoking too much and over indulging in an endless parade of sexual conquests.
A pole-esque tale, telling the story of one woman’s journey through pole, from the seedy underworld of Brighton, to her respectable reinvention as a drag king.
Amused Moose National New Comic finalist and So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist 2018 comes to Brighton.
A funny and fragile farce about ageing, dying and mourningExpect fumbling, coffee, call centres and cat food… rants, dribbles, pills and cough bombs… symbolist mysticism and sy…
An evening of talks and performances exploring our relationship to death & dying.
Ivan has done everything he was meant to do.
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.
Join freelance first aid instructor Roger Clammy on this taster course covering some of the most essential life-saving skills.
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.
Andrew Steiner has French-kissed trees, studied under a Zen Master in Japan and trained kick-boxing in Thailand.
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
Since she was seventeen, Caitlin Cook has lived her life by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
A funny, poignant and uplifting account of what cosmology, and those who study it, have to say about the more earthly matters of life and love.
Calling all seekers, trembling spirits and true lunatics to the late-night, interactive ceremony of the present moment we always hoped we’d never need.
Lee Griffiths, household name* and all-round philanthropic hero has given himself the honour of hosting a charity telethon to help those less fortunate.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas.
Tom Lucy is one of the youngest professional comedians on the circuit.
Come and see James McDonnell; “A breath of fresh air” (We Love Brighton) and Ben Carter; “A force of Nature” (Chortle).
He was an old man who played alone dressed in night clothes.
What do evil tomatoes, heroic banjos and a recovering executive have in common? Former executive Keith Alessi reinvents himself as a writer-performer and banjo enthusiast to tell u…
Tom Lucy is one of the youngest professional comedians on the circuit.
British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2018 In this affectionate tribute to one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton (BBC1&rsqu…
British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2018 In this affectionate tribute to one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton (BBC1&rsqu…
In this show of songs and character vignettes, Nigel Osner casts his perceptive and somewhat mischievous gaze over the poignance and ridiculousness of clinging to the illusion of y…
A brand new stand-up show from the TV favourite Lucy Porter.
The Hired Man has been doing the rounds since 1984 and now finds a home at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch.
A rousing overture, with blasting brass and pounding percussion raises hopes at the Coliseum for the first London production of Man Of La Mancha for over fifty years.
Despite occasional complaints, audiences over the centuries have generally become well-behaved.
Tickets: £23Duration: approx 2hrs with an intervalSuitable for: ages 16+.
Welcome to the darkest, funniest and most debauched kabarett club this side of Berlin! A gin soaked, Weimar-punk jazz band soundtracks a hazy night of dangerously fu…
KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price.
An air of timelessness perversely pervades Three Sisters at the Almeida.
It’s not just a dead body that can be the subject of a post mortem.
A rollicking romp around the stalls of Romford fills the Union Theatre, Southwark, in a joyous revival of David Eldridge’s Market Boy.
A brand new stand-up show from the TV favourite Lucy Porter.
A brand new stand-up show from the TV favourite Lucy Porter.
Terence Rattigan personifies the maxim that you can’t keep a good man down.
After sell out shows in November and January, award winning character comedian Tracey Collins (Tina T'urner Tea lady) returns along with some new and old …
After sell out shows in November and January, award winning character comedian Tracey Collins (Tina T'urner Tea lady) returns along with some new and old …
Court rooms can often make for high drama, but unfortunately in this case the transcript of ‘the trial of the century, proves to be less than gripping.
Possibly less famous than Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, Andy Barrett’s Tony’s Last Tape has much in common with it; not least the obsession each of the eponymous heroes had …
Old Clown Wanted is a show produced by a young group of international people called The Void Theatre Company in their first collaboration with Ementior Dance Company.
The sketch show can be a difficult beast to tame.
There is plenty of barking in the street during Tom Coash’s Cry Havoc at the Park Theatre.
The tragedy of World War II is remembered in many ways, but The Conductor, at The Space, takes a highly focussed look at just one small event in Russia’s window on the west in 19…
There are times when a production comes along that is a powerful reminder of the beauty and eloquence of Shakespeare’s writing, his clarity of exposition and ingenuity of plot, e…
We might still be in the age of Aquarius, or we may not yet have entered it, depending on whose calculations you prefer, but it is now over fifty years since Hair opened on Broadwa…
Welcome to Anatevka! The Playhouse Theatre has been transformed to create this ‘dear little village’ for Trevor Nunn’s penetrating production of Fiddler on the Roof.
The need for ‘a willing suspension of disbelief’ traditionally associated with an appreciation of Shakespeare’s Othello reaches a new level necessity in director Phil Willmot…
A brand new nostalgia show, taking you back to the good old days of variety entertainment.
The palatial ceiling aloft the shattered plaster and exposed brick walls of the newly restored Alexandra Palace Theatre are aptly suited to Headlong’s powerful production of Shak…
ANGER IS AN ENERGY! Old punk rocker Annie and young African Dub Dave strike up an unlikely friendship in this tale of marginalisation, alienation and regeneration.
Master of the monologue, Mark Farrelly, sits slumped forward in an upright chair shrouded in a white smock, whose back-ties make it resemble a cross between a straight jacket and a…
A Dinner Date With Death is an absurd collection of comedy sketches centred around a baffling murder at a dinner party.
The play follows a young prostitute, Shen Teh, as she struggles to lead a life that is "good" according to the terms of the morality taught by the gods and to …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
All Good GuysIrish Men.
A creative programming session that is designed for those who are interested in the idea of artificial life.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins More information to follow
"Frailty, thy name is woman!" That is probably not most women’s favourite line from Shakespeare and could not be further from the truth when applied to Emma Bentley.
I didn’t actually see this performance; not by virtue of being absent, but rather because I had followed the request of actor and spoken word poet, Paul Daly, to blindfold myself…
In the sad world of factory farming the horrors of animals trapped in cages for the duration of their painful lives is well-documented and visually familiar.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Highly acclaimed stand-up comedian Stephen K Amos hits the road with his brand new tour, Bouquets and Brickbats.
Highly acclaimed stand-up comedian Stephen K Amos hits the road with his brand new tour, Bouquets and Brickbats.
Get Comedy Present Terry Alderton After two successive sell out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe and multiple 5 star reviews, award wins and nominations Terry Alderton is ba…
Get Comedy Present Terry Alderton After two successive sell out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe and multiple 5 star reviews, award wins and nominations Terry Alderton is ba…
Just because you’ve committed a crime doesn’t mean you have to be caught; at least, not if you can devise a clever cover-up.
Three wayward women are on a hunt for liturgical dance stardom.
The are more "sounds" than "sweet airs" in Lazarus Theatre Company’s production of The Tempest at the Greenwich Theatre and while some elements of the perform…
Tuesday 5th February, 1.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Tickets: £18.
Director: David Lowery Cast: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Q…
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
The programme notes aptly describe The Orchestra at the Omnibus Theatre, which might be regarded as one of Jean Anouilh’s more incidental pieces.
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II.
This interactive workshop is for anyone who wants to know more about dementia and how we can take small steps to make everything we do more dementia friendly.
After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song.
After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song.
Death Becomes Her was born after Sam bounced off the bonnet of a poorly-driven Nissan Micra.
Unmasked Theatre are filling the week before Christmas with a stage adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life, the 1946 festive favourite.
Join us for an evening of live music, improvisation around new theatrical texts, redirecting in front of the audience's eyes, delicious uncertainties, nibbles, drinks and good com…
The Almeida Theatre’s highly acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke, boldly and sensitively directed by Rebecca Frecknall, is now playing at the Duke of Y…
This sell out Edinburgh Fringe show comes to London for one night only featuring the act that won Best Newcomer at the London Cabaret Awards and Nominee for Best Comedy …
A family on the verge of a momentous decision forms the focus of Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding at the Print Room at the Coronet in a stark production by director Jack McNamara…
In her article for the British Library on Restorations Comedy Diane Maybankobserves that “little can be gained from removing the plays from their historical settings”.
Actor/scriptwriter Charlie Ryall leads an entertaining troupe of actors from Mercurius Theatre Company in her play Indebted to Chance at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
An evening with Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist and broadcaster Rebeca Wilcox For one night only broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughte…
Based on real stories told by a survivor of the Lebanese civil war to her daughter, the play is an exploration of inter-generational trauma, and the ways humour and story-telling h…
With three drummers, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison and Jeremy Stacey, as well as the return of multi-instrumentalist Bill Rieflin on keyboards, guitarist and original founding mem…
After Alan Ayckbourn had seen The Woman in Black and the film The Haunting he was inspired to depart from his usual comedic tales of middle class life and try his hand at a ghost s…
Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première.
The Orange Tree Theatre in a co-production with English Touring Theatre could hardly have expected that renewed police investigations into the mysterious disappearance of estate ag…
Darwen is probably not the most well-known town in England, but it holds a very special place in the history of football.
There are several peaks and notable features in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye that rise above the lengthy exposition of her themes that otherwise dominate this new work.
The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has reconfigured it’s stage and auditorium to house writer/director Alexander Zeldin’s production of Love.
An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static.
The packed audience at The Old Market leant in expectantly towards an ordinary looking closed shipping container dominating the stage, oblivious to the surprises enclosed inside.
Thirty years on from its premiere at the Royal Court, Our Country’s Good is a modern classic, exploring themes of crime, punishment and the unifying and civilising power of theatre…
Ushering in the seasons of mists, Jason will be performing original horror stories from across the world: Dream Eaters from Japan, black necromantic magic from Iceland, and a reima…
Gúna Nua presents the internationally acclaimed and multi award winning, The Morning After The Life Before, at The Liverpool Irish Arts Festival.
A crazy look at a not altogether crazy world!
One night only! Edinburgh encore.
A brightly lit auditorium and bare stage, with its exposed brick walls, look all set for a rehearsal.
When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship?
A little-known theatre hosts a lesser-known play and the result is a theatrical triumph.
The Rebels’ Season continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre with Bathsheba Doran’s Parents’ Evening.
To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham.
Quietly is set in a pub in Belfast.
“It’s only people up there with guitars and other instruments telling and singing their way through an everyday love story.
The autumn/winter season at the Space on the Isle of Dogs got off to a punchy start this week with Little Fools.
Kids Play is now running in London following its triumph at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received multiple five star reviews.
Gordon Brown once observed how Aneurin Bevan’s vision of a National Health Service was unimaginable in its day, yet it has withstood the test of time.
"I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!" Although never spoken in Revelation 1:18 these words from the last book in the bible capture the aspirational i…
Wine makes a return to the Tristan Bates Theatre following its successful run earlier in the year.
Albert Camus’ The Outsider (L’Étranger), is starkly brought to the stage in an adaptation by Ben Okri, Winner of the Man Booker Prize, commissioned by The Print Room at The C…
Shakespeare created ‘the vastly fields of France’ in a cramped ‘cockpit’ and crammed within his ‘wooden O the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt’ all c…
Perhaps as a five-part radio serial Prairie Flower might provide some particular interest to crime enthusiasts, but as a two-hour monologue in the Upstairs at the Gatehouse, even w…
Despite its title, we know very little of what actually happened at Abigail’s party.
About Leo is the first offering in The Rebels Season at Jermyn Street Theatre; an autumn programme that focuses on ‘people who dared to be different’.
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It’s a mark of how well a play is rooted in a particular era that the mere mention of Estée Lauder’s Youth Dew perfume can send ripples of mirth throughout the auditorium to a…
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, clarsach, lowland pipes, Scottish smallpipes, doublebass and percussion has captivated aud…
Appearing for the 28th successive year in the magnificent setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife vocal concert group Ensemble (www.
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live.
Creative Projects: An afternoon with Wendy and friends at Greyfriars Kirk.
Would you lie to the government about who you are? How about to your doctor? Maybe to big companies? Whilst online shopping? How about on your Facebook profile? Do they need your r…
Good Things Come to Those Who explores our generation’s relationship with work, debt, big data, surveillance and public/private space: when everything you have can be an asset, wha…
Rachel Sambrooks is trying to love life even when it’s rubbish.
Good grief is full of sarcasm, laughter and the occasional tear as we try to show that there is no “correct” thing to say to someone who is grieving.
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…
Hoghead Theatre Company Returns to the Fringe with their devised piece In Your Own Sweet Way.
Celebrated pianist, composer and broadcaster Richard Michael BEM pays homage to the song-writing talents of another Richard in a programme of his best known tunes – song-writing …
East meets West in this wild mash-up of comedy, electric violin, characters, spoken word and songs from legendary AmerAsian duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
Old bones ache before a storm.
To be well or not to be well, that is the question.
Open the window, take a breath – outside it’s grey.
Do you remember when we used to go camping? And when you helped me make an ATM out of cardboard for my school project? Do you realise what a big impact you’ve had on who I am? Fr…
Tom Lucy is one of the youngest professional comedians on the circuit.
A proud socialist and trade unionist, elected Scottish Labour Party leader in 2017 on a radical programme of change.
One man.
Nigel Osner takes a quizzical look at the challenges and opportunities for those no longer young.
The Regional Medical Draft Board has strict guidelines for the classification of recruits and their suitability for deployment.
Wild man of the accordion Sandy Brechin gathers together from all four corners of the car park some of his oldest chums (and a few born more recently) for the usual musical mayhem …
Colin McKenzie has only forty minutes left to live! Come join us for the final moments of Colin’s brilliant, majestic and totally mundane existence! A once in a lifetime opportunit…
Goodbye Rosetta abounds with youthful enthusiasm and passion.
End your Fringe day with relaxing classical music by candlelight in this beautiful historic church.
Fifty minutes of country music from Jonny Brick, songwriter and broadcaster, who wants to tell you through song about his love of all forms of country, from Willie Nelson to Luke B…
‘It doesn’t matter how we do it, we’re always going to end up with the same result.
Three Northerners and three Southerners residing in one nursing home.
Death, Dating and I Do.
Join former 80s pop star turned vicar and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles – co-host of BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live and BBC One’s The Big Painting Challenge, star of Strictly C…
The University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society makes their regular contribution to the Festival Fringe, this year with HMS Pinafore.
Glen Chandler, Edinburgh’s theatrical detective story-writing son, returns to the Festival Fringe this year with yet another ingenious triumph.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected.
True Arrow presents a series of scenes which readjust the balance of male to female dialogue by putting women front and centre with a multi-rolling cast of four women and one man.
Free (ticketed).Sellout expected.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang navigate the joys and pitfalls of childhood. Humorous, full of fun and fabulous musical numbers.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured.
Some plays lend themselves to radical reinterpretations and stagings while others need handling with more care.
Oh how easily this ambitious project could have fallen flat on its face and oh how wonderfully it sustains itself.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
BBC’s Angelos Epithemiou and Channel 4’s Barry from Watford return with a new show following their sell-out tour.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen.
Forget Me Nots is a new piece of ‘queer theatre’ from Rokkur Friggjar, a collective of theatre makers based in Iceland and the UK, who are contributors to this year’s Army@Su…
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen.
In the moments before his death, America’s most celebrated author of the macabre reveals how his sins and the tragedies of his life lead to his descent into madness and alcoholis…
In this darkly fascinating look into a genius’s descent into madnessthe audience acts as confessor while time stands still in the last fewmoments of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
The National Theatre of China have brought their visually stunning production of Life On The Silk Road to Zoo Southside.
Robert Schumann’s song cycle of a woman’s life, paired with music by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Alma Mahler.
Alastair celebrates Scotland’s magical fiddle tradition in the glorious Canongate Kirk acoustic.
An Almighty Night Out with PA JILL SAWARD, the voice of Almighty’s JACKIE ‘O’DJs ANDY ALMIGHTY and SEAN SIRRS will play all the big Almighty remixes and productions.
"A British soldier never runs away from a fight", Tommy Atkins proudly proclaims.
Based on Chandradhar Sharma Guleri’s iconic Hindi short story Usne Kaha Tha, The Troth is about one soldier, Sardar Lehna Singh, and the sacrifice he makes to keep his secret pro…
When the soldier goes to war what of those left behind? This is the question posed by InValid Voices, a new theatre piece based on interviews with women serving as and married to C…
Mediocre magic.
Broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist Rebecca Wilcox, discuss careers and family ties.
King Creosote, aka Kenny Anderson, returns to the International Festival three years after he performed his glorious soundtrack to the nostalgia-soaked film, From Scotland With Lov…
A series of very special evening concerts which combine the wonderfully vibrant playing of the Herald Angel Award-winning Russian String Orchestra with the atmospheric and historic…
Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John.
When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king.
The Gin Chronicles in New York is the latest saga in this well-established series that by now has something of a following.
Peter Duncan’s The Dame is hosted at The Dome, one of Edinburgh’s glitziest and most glamorous buildings.
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
Because he’s an idiot, in thrall to his own imagined past, Daniel Kitson (41) has decided to perform an unfinished show that starts at midnight in a room that gets debilitatingly h…
Chris Difford celebrates the release of his autobiography with some very special shows.
Following a successful Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2016, mind control artist Mason King returns for another journey into the inner depths of the human mind.
Bucket Men takes place in a small basement studio at C Royale where two men coincidentally have jobs in a small basement of a faceless government building.
If some of what you are about to read sounds completely bonkers then you are well on the way to an appreciation of You Are Frogs.
Man Down emerges from three years of research and hours of interviews and discussions with people in Baltimore, USA.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Experience the iconic Trainspotting on location in Leith, including places featured in the book such as Central Station and Leith Dockers Club.
Dark comedy exploring morality and mortality.
Weaving through courtyards, kirkyards and vennels, hear poems about Edinburgh past and present written by residents, tourists and those who visited only in imagination, including R…
Welcome to the Good Life! A split-bill stand-up comedy show from two fun-loving, good-time-having, honest to goodness proper cute comedy lads.
Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up 2017, Stephen Buchanan, comes to the Fringe with his debut solo show.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Red and Boiling is an entertaining cabaret-style show with some serious undertones.
A heart-warming comedy play following Rosie and Vera who are brought together through a ‘befriend the elderly’ scheme.
An atmosphere of fun and weimar cabaret beats envelop us as we enter Beauty at the Circus Hub.
Fresh from touring UK and Australia, the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
The first point to make clear is that My Name is Dorothy has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz.
Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy at this year’s Fringe.
After a sell-out run in 2017 The Carole King Story returns to take you on an incredible journey through the career of this six-time Grammy Award winner and 20-time platinum hit mak…
Sometimes the best education comes from the most unexpected places.
Sunjai Arif and Nathan Eagle are Stranger Friends.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
It’s August 1918 and it’s finally beginning to look like an Allied victory is on the cards.
Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford brings his fifth solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Forgive me? For everything.
There’s no such thing as vanilla, boring or prudish.
Simon David bursts onto the stage in a bout of eccentricity that boldly asserts his dominance over the evening.
‘There’s two kinds of blues, happy blues and then sad blues.
‘My favourite DJ on the planet.
Award-winning cult favourite returns after her sell-out Edinburgh debut with new musical comedy characters including the melodramatic Audrey Heartburn.
The world’s most dangerous ukulele group is back in 2018.
Original photographs of the people, streets and architecture of Edinburgh’s Old Town taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
A “nearly” comedy about my memories as a professional stripper and near-hero during London Bridge terror attack in 2016.
It’s like Dylan Thomas without the nice bits! Mr Brown Presents unveils its debut Fringe show all about the sordid private lives of a small town.
A man is murdered at a wedding but whodunnit? Three women have motive and means.
Making their debut at the Festival Fringe, Stolen Elephant Theatre bring to life one of the great voyages of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration in Shackleton’s Stowaway.
Bare Productions are a new, fresh Edinburgh-based company comprising of some of the best local talent who have all performed in multiple five-star sell-out shows at the Fringe.
A young man waited outside the Greenside Royal Terrace Venue for Éowyn Emerald & Dancers to appear after their performance.
Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special.
Curious Pheasant Theatre reinvents the Bard’s most famous tale of ‘star-cross’d’ lovers in a bare-bones, twisted production that will have purists running for shelter and a…
In 1918, the letters stopped and Lucy had to face life having lost her fiancé and brother in the last few weeks of the war.
One of the most valuable functions of theatre is to offer us a way to explore difficult issues without fear of blame without fear of censure.
According to WikiHow, you can Live Your Best Life in just 14 steps (with pictures) but can it really be that easy? Emmy Fyles (Comedy Central, BBC Three) sets off on a journey to f…
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
From ITV2’s Safeword and CelebAbility, ITV’s Weekend with Aled, Comedy Central’s Live at the Comedy Store, Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and having supported …
Lovable Brit Ollie Horn (‘always a crowd pleaser’ (Edd Daggers, ROR Comedy)) tells fast-paced tales of life as an unlikely Japanese TV star and life on the road as he tours around …
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Willie MacRae – anti-nuclear campaigner, SNP politician and successful lawyer.
There are too many shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for real life’.
Richard Brown is too angry to kill himself.
It’s 2025 - a world of mystery, spies and secret missions.
Multi award-winning Welsh comedian, Jenny Collier, is back and gooder than ever.
All month I have spotted Scott Swinton, star of Karaoke Saved My Life, on the streets of Edinburgh, flyering for his show.
Award-winning comedian, TV and radio writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt asks – ‘what really makes us good?’, in his new punchli…
‘Is it too much to ask for everything?!’ she shouted drunkenly at a bin.
Ursine stand-up Richard Hanrahan finally gets his act together, or at least tries to.
In an affectionate tribute, leading impressionist Julian Dutton of BBC One’s The Big Impression brings to life one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars.
A letter from the past, a date with a doomsday survivalist and the start of your dream career.
Laugh it Off Comedy presents Matt Watson and Friends.
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
Three wayward women on a hunt for international liturgical dance stardom.
In association with Bar Brig, and after four sold out tours in Europe, The Good The Bad and The Irish return to the festival for our eighth year! Join host Michael Porter as we sho…
Though now a household name thanks to a semi-final place in last year’s Britain’s Got Talent, singing impressionist Jess Robinson is a familiar face of the Fringe.
After performing to sold out crowds in Toronto, Death Ray Cabaret returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with more fast-paced songs and break-neck banter.
For the love of God, will somebody stop this man before he does himself or someone else an injury? ‘A new comedy original’ ***** (Herald).
As a huge number of the entries in the Fringe programme could tell you, the life of a stand-up is a tough one – hours and hours of unpaid work just to get a decent set together a…
Newcastle Comedy Society’s first foray into the Edinburgh Fringe after gaining popularity in Newcastle for hosting hilarious, chaotic shows for the student population and the pub…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016 and 2017.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
‘There may be many spooky stage productions around.
Richard Wright is a virgin.
Every now and then a sparkling gem comes bubbling to the surface of the Fringe.
Sixth year of the UK’s most successful ever Jewish comedy.
A wonderfully hilarious hour of stand-up comedy by two comedians that have been thrilling audiences throughout Europe with their show It’s A Joke Life.
A beatboxing and storytelling comedy show.
Calling the courageous, faithless and broken.
After a severe case of writer’s block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a child write his show for him.
The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone.
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
One man.
Richard is Britain’s leading blind theoretical physicist turned stand-up comedian with a Blue Peter badge… well, definitely in the top three.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
An artist draws the same image repeatedly with indomitable zeal.
Ever wondered what happens when nice manners go head to head with a Russian gangster? In a fusion between theatre, comedy and cabaret, James McLean is a one-man theatre company and…
Some years ago, comedian Lucy Frederick appeared in a reality TV show in which she had to get naked.
Brand-new sketch show from stars of award-winning Fringe favourites BattleActs (BBC Radio 1).
Emil Nolde was one of the greatest colourists of the twentieth century.
Free speech is a right fiercely protected in today’s society.
In For A Penny is Libby McArthur’s true-life tale of the unforeseen consequences of an unpaid parking ticket - how one person can fall foul of a system that sees only the facts a…
With the advent of the internet, smartphones and social media, today’s politics happens under an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
Home is a powerful concept.
Friendly Cornish giant Matt Price was going out with a woman.
More stories-in-song from this multi award-winning Jewish songwriter and Fringe favourite.
I'm sure that history will suggest otherwise but, after seeing George Steeves perform his one man show, I couldn't help but think that Stevie Wonder must have written his s…
If there’s one thing the majority of people at the Fringe can empathise with, it’s how hard the life of a jobbing actor can be.
A brand-new stand-up show from the perennial Fringe favourite.
An enigmatic title is the hallmark of many Fringe shows – I’m sure no one knows quite what to expect from Duckpond: An Element of Mystery in Umpteen Samples or Lights Over Tesc…
After their five star runaway success with All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Middle Child were always going to suffer from difficult second album syndrome and it’s a real shame …
‘What is best in life?’ If you know the answer, come to this show.
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
For those who pertain to be students of the Theatre of the Absurd movement prevalent in the 1950s and 60s, there is nothing of value to you in this review.
Trump.
“I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee once observed that ‘the House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days’.
Elliot & Eliott, outcasts to both society and themselves, are in need of friends to save them from the verge of social redundancy.
BELLA & POLLY are appearing at York's Great Yorkshire Fringe in July and are delighted to present a full bill of special guests.
King Courgette is an old-time vegetable string band Featuring Wild Zucchini Bill from international trash-bashing phenomenon STOMP! Expect a righteous mix of fiddles, ba…
★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.
‘Write what you know!’ they say.
Returning to the Fringe for the third time, this 13 strong ukulele collective began playing together 7 years ago.
Love is a many-splendored thing, or so the soundtrack maintains as it heralds a fifty-minute romp through teenage troubles, acting aspirations and romantic realities.
Brexit.
Life & I is the new album from DUSTY LIMITS and MICHAEL ROULSTON, featuring a glorious selection of songs about everything from Life to Death and whatever happens in between, inclu…
Recent years have witnessed mounting criticism of mumbling actors, mostly on television but also in the the theatre.
After a severe case of writer's block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a child write his show for him.
Ernst Krenek, Erich Korngold, Frank Schreker, Erwin Schulhoff and Mischa Spoliansky were not household names in the late 1940s when a young Barry Humphries in Melbourne, Australia …
New Year’s Eve.
In a lengthy whirlwind of staccato scenes with lento, adagio and presto interludes, Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in London combines political intrigue, corporate corruption, perso…
"Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon" (II Samuel 1:20) is a line that does not appear in Knights of the Rose.
According to its author, Loo Killebrew, The Play About My Dad “should feel quick-moving, and hopefully have a rhythm that is similar to the rhythm of a storm.
Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and…
Richard Wright is a 35 year old, obese, balding, geeky, adult virgin who still lives at home with his parents.
Clueless Theatre makes a remarkable company debut with a production of Jim Cartwright’s Two.
The End of History is billed as “a moving and funny site-responsive play with music which uses a chance encounter to explore the impact of gentrification on two radically differe…
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near killed by a fire breathing dragon and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy Drug Smuggling Ring.
The SLJO are back with an all-new set featuring tunes from the golden era of Big Band and other jazz classics.
Dennis, 32, is perfect according to his best friend and Nan, Elsie.
‘Lone Wolf McQuade & Friends’ is a glimpse into the weird and often surreal minds of three stand-up comics who’ve poured all their hope into this show.
“Hello” La Voix is the brand new show from ‘Ab Fab the Movie’ star La Voix! La Voix’s new show is a feast for the senses, with a show featuring her amazing live musicians, side-s…
Cult sketch-comedy cowboys ‘Good Kids’ descend on Brighton Fringe for another hour of wicked-ass mayhem.
24th May 2015 was the day that Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
In his new show Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those, shall we say, just that little bit older.
Fired in the kiln of the Free Association’s long-form improv training, this band of reprobates have become regulars on the London improv circuit and have been 3-time champions at t…
Puppets hunting passion.
Following on from the phenomenal success of Transfigured Night, Danish choreographer and two time Olivier Award-winner Kim Brandstrup creates a new work for Rambert.
Adam Astra, a young rocketeer witnesses a star-girl fall to earth one night and vows to rocket her back among the stars.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
After a severe case of writer’s block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a six year old child write his show for him.
The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer award-nominated ‘Story Beast’, “a bearded force of nature” (The Guardian) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), …
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.
‘Good Grief.
When life fell apart, Rob moved into a caravan.
An amazing, three-hour, outdoor, family-friendly, old-school, Hip-Hop, Funk and Soul block party.
Folk tunes, stories and song inspired by the Scottish, Irish and English folk music traditions come alive with the immaculate fiddle and cello mastery of An Dhá.
Come on a journey to the upside down and meet some of Sunjai’s weird and wonderful friends.
Elliot & Eliott, outcasts to both society and themselves, are in need of friends to save them from the verge of social redundancy.
Feel-good stand-up show on how to love life even when it’s rubbish.
Touring the world and winner of awards, artistic sensation Le Foulard comes to the charming seaside town of Brighton to be performed in a tent.
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…
Bisha K Ali brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Having spent three months eating only peas, it comes as no surprise that the eponymous central character in Woyzeck appears in a state of both physical frailty and mental instabili…
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
Dom Mackie, with support from Harrison Salter, present stand up that will leave you in constant stitches.
A living statue watches as a vandal tags her.
Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Join local comedian Ben Carter on his debut hour, as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the lonely front half of a pantomime camel or a lousy fl…
Move over losers, and enter Stephen Carlin with his over-rationalisation, under-emoting and his optimum attention to detail.
Nietzsche’s notion of the Übermensch receives one scant mention towards the end of Patrick Hamilton's Rope, yet it is the driving force that underpins the play.
Single, jobless and living at home, life isn’t treating Richard Stainbank well.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional, work in progress stand-up comedy show.
Remember when Nazis were only found in Germany, Austria, and Clacton-on-Sea? Well now they’re in the White House, Downing Street, and Clacton-on-Sea.
Exclusive after hours tours of Brighton’s aquarium! A unique opportunity to go off the public route to learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp…
“I come from a time and country where I was treated like a wrong hushed up.
Helen and Gordon spend their retirement on their Mediterranean balcony, reading and drinking gin, quite a lot of it.
Previously seen at the BT with On The Edge of Me, Quarter Life Crisis continues Yolanda’s humorous exploration of the world young people find themselves in, using her trademark m…
David Byrne’s The Secret Life of Humans is a captivating insight in to what it means to be part of human civilisation.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
In a well-paced, one-hour monologue, eighteen-year-old Alex talks about the generations of family who have had a significant impact upon his life.
The happy band of players that performs Will or Eight Lost Years of Young William Shakespeare’s Life is reminiscent of the troupes that wandered the country when the Bard was ali…
What price the truth? Oxford Theatre Guild returns to the Playhouse with a striking production of this classic, translated by one of our greatest contemporary playwrights, David H…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Richard Alston choreographed his very first dance in 1968 – 50 years later Mid Century Modern celebrates this landmark with new and old work from Alston, a fitting celebrat…
Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tour, ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again with a brand new show.
Professor McGonagall has called Harry and his friends back to Hogwarts.
As one quarter of the amazing Pants Down Circus and one half of hit children’s show The Circus Firemen, Idris Stanton has absolutely earned the right to put his name above the ti…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017.
Acclaimed locals Slingsby present a 10th anniversary season of this captivating international hit show! Suitable for adults and children 8+.
When Josh Belperio survived flying over the handlebars of his pushbike, rupturing his spleen and nearly bleeding to death, he did the only rational thing an artist would do – he …
Hands-on Cocktail Masterclass Series! Shake, muddle and stir your way through time, mastering the techniques and discovering the science that is mixology.
Start your Tuesday mornings with laughter in the comfort of your favourite cinema.
Have you ever gone crazy over an $89 vacuum? Drunk the sweet nectar of Australia’s Choice Cola? Ate crinkle cut chips from the world’s finest restaurant Holly’s? Join Jason P…
Brexit.
Following the roaring success of the premiere, THAT’S LIFE is back!!! Unexpectedly, Carla became 1⁄2 an orphan just before she turned 30, happy birthday! With Carla’s unique …
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
In every 24 hour cycle, experience Lindy Lee’s ‘The Life of Stars’.
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
How would a balloon dog survive in the real world? What kind of job would he be successful at? This is the light-hearted story of a balloon dog who tries different occupations, all…
This is a tale of a man that lost his mullet and his identity.
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.
Another hour of Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo?! Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more ridiculous, these two assholes are joined by a rotating line-up of special guest …
‘Life of Stars’ is based on the incredible works of renowned Biennial artist Lindy Lee and the processes and themes behind her work.
Malcolm Turnbull’s bio begins with his great grandfather in the fledgling colony of Sydney, back then known as ‘Brisbane’.
Winner of Voice’s Pick of the Fringe Award, Naomi Sheldon’s exceptional debut play comes to London’s West End following a critically acclaimed smash hit run at th…
AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU.
Sydney’s Tom Cashman is debuting his show Good at the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
The Aussie sirens of satire are back with a gut-bustingly hilarious new show.
It’s their world now – what will they do with it? The bomb’s gone off, & this rabble of young “leaders” are the only ones left.
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
Fame, Fortune & Lies : the Life and Music of Eileen Joyce is a window into the life of Eileen Joyce; an Australian concert pianist, recording artist, radio performer, fashionista a…
As seen on The Project.
Sean and Darren went to the same primary school in Ireland and now they’re both tellin’ jokes in Australia.
The King and Queen of Adelaide Comedy reunite to bring you one of the hottest stand-up comedy shows at this year’s festival.
There’s good effort, bad effort and times when you just need to say “eff’ it”.
No one likes to be judged.
What is Best in Life? Well… After 10 years in the UK, and performing at the last 3 Adelaide Fringe’s with non-stop compering and guest spots, a superhero kids show, and the h…
The bawdy, the dirty, and the downright horny - The Towers of Song are going to rock’n’roll their way through the lustful side of Leonard’s music.
Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S.
Larry’s got no time for fun, but that’s all about to change.
Death at the speakeasy is an interactive murder mystery dinner with a 1920’s theme.
Born beneath the storm clouds of Sydney’s recently introduced “lockout laws” (currently draining the magic from a once-vibrant nightlife), this continually shifting mobile street a…
He’s not the messiah, He’s a very funny boy! Brian has been performing open mic spots in Adelaide and around the world for 8 years and has now combined all of his best work into 4…
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live.
With Science telling us the prospect of life everlasting is just around the corner, Mike Rudd’s 1st BASE in Life after Life sees piano accordionist George Butrumlis and bassist J…
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
Our fab disco for Under 7s returns! Grab your pink leg warmers, don your ankle boots and make you hair as big as can be! It’s our retro disco for the digital generation to party …
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play Will Luera has flown in from Boston to perform with a crack team of players United is an improvisation sh…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye Will Luera is back in London and playing for two nights with a crack team of London improvisers The Owls Are Not What T…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
EPIC is a theater troupe for actors living with (and without) developmental disabilities such as autism.
Bomb Happy is a verbatim victory.
Imagine you have two bodies.
Ground-breaking dance-maker Shobana Jeyasingh brings her radical imagination to Petipa’s legendary ballet La Bayadère.
Critically acclaimed Front Foot Theatre presents Shakespeare’s most charismatic, tour de force villain, Richard III.
Scandal and Gallows theatre company shines as a remarkably talented team in this production of The Overcoat by rising star scriptwriter George Johnston, who has imaginatively tra…
10 years.
Svelt, intelligent, adorable balladeer trapped inside the body of an oversized, oft-bearded folk ogre.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen.
Wired is one of several productions with a military theme being performed at the Army Reserve Centre, Summerhall’s new venue, army@Fringe.
Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy.
Jim Naughtie is one of Britain’s most distinguished radio broadcasters and journalists.
When The Sky Falls In is written and presented by Janet Gershlick.
The legendary retired football manager turned alcoholic pundit from hell is back with a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Wembley 1967.
Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999.
A soldier’s kindness wins him mysterious gifts, but he soon learns that good fortune can lead to great loss.
Ivor Dembina is very funny and manages to entertain the audience for an hour by conforming to as many stereotypes of a Jew as he can.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
What’s the deal with children anyway? Why do parents get such crappy birthday presents? Isn’t it enough to be married – does one have to be happy as well? These and many other qu…
In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey.
As the Sirocco winds bring cholera to the Lido and alleyways of Venice, Dr Aschenbach watches Tadzio swimming in the lagoon.
A unique journey into the private life of a gadget you thought was on your side.
Two years a Leither and it feels so good! But a Penguin is not a Tim Tam, and a Penguin is not a straw.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Fresh from supporting Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett and Shappi Khorsandi on sold-out tours, Tom brings his hotly anticipated debut show to the fringe.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show that ‘defined comedy in 2016’ (**** Guardian) and earned a Total Theatre Award nomination for Innovation returns for 10 days only.
Join host Joe Lycett (as seen on TV giving Lorraine Kelly a quiche lorraine) and a bunch of special guest comedy friends (to be announced because I didn’t have a chance to book t…
2017 marks 50 years since the partial legalization of abortion in the UK.
Renowned keyboard player and conductor Richard Egarr is one of the UK’s most compelling musicians – and, as music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, also one of the coun…
“All I knew was the playground song Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off,” says opera singer Louise Macdonald, “until I started learning Schumann’s Maria Stuart Lie…
A selection of favourites, old and new, from those (ouch) fifty years of performance poetry, theatre pieces and bittersweet, polemical, comical, in-character monologues by the form…
Wild man of the accordion Sandy Brechin gathers together from all four corners of the car park some of his oldest chums (and a few born more recently) for the usual musical mayhem …
Prescribed (A Life Written For Me) by performance artist Viv Gordon opens a window for us to peer into the claustrophobically grim life of a GP working at an NHS practice today.
Debut stand-up hour from Ben Shannon about cats, growing up and being easily distracted.
It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience.
Alastair presents his annual celebration of the Scots fiddle tradition in the Canongate Kirk’s vibrant acoustic.
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
This is My Life is a witty, engaging and entertaining theatre show commissioned by RCET, which has been a huge hit in schools throughout Scotland.
If the boys of Semi-Toned ever tire of a cappella they could always take up comedy.
Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence.
Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed.
We’ve all had the question.
Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen.
Join us for traditional Choral Evensong and Benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church.
This outrageously talented 23-year-old Irishman shot to Fringe fame last year with an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination and bookings on McIntyre’s Big Show, Live at the Apollo and …
World-renowned Elgarian Sir Andrew Davis conducts a rarely heard masterpiece: Elgar’s Viking cantata Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf.
Brought to you by EnjoyMedia Cultural Company, Carry King is a visually striking, experimental piece of theatre.
Elgar songs for solo and trio featuring Judith Gardner Jones and pianist Richard J Lewis, with Madeleine Trépanier, and Alicia Pettit.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Tom McNab, using a rich range of film, provides a vivid account of Leni’s life as dancer, actress, director and stills photographer.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Death Squad are pushing the boundaries of the small four-stringed instrument.
Sarah, a single parent, and her child Barney are caught in a time loop, destined to return to the small Suffolk village where a tragedy occurred; Sarah was drowned as a witch in th…
Exploring themes of life and death, wealth and poverty and what it means to be ‘good’, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Sichuan is innovatively and creatively brought to lif…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Luke Stephen feels as though life is passing him by.
Judy began performing on stage before other children had started kindergarten.
Hot, new(ish) comedy trio are back in Edinburgh with a playful new sketch show.
“Black lives matter!” Hold it there and let that well-known refrain ring in your head, along with the image it conjures up in your mind.
Life as a Goth is not easy.
Award-winning, funny and unpredictable wordless puppet show featuring a stunning variety of innovative electro-luminous objects.
The soul of Richard Nixon attempts to justify his actions while the audience act as the jury.
Dan is English, Mick is Australian, and their comedy stats are impressive.
For some Fringe performers, their tech gremlins are the cute ones from the movie franchise.
Old Town – New Perspective is a collection of contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey.
Detailed, charismatic and humorous, State High Thespian Troupe’s take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale is an accessible musical for all the family.
You’ll die laughing at this outrageous show about the thing we all have in common.
Scottish award-winning playwright and novelist Glenn Chandler’s best-known work might be television detective series Taggart, but he also has a string of successful plays and pro…
With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope.
We all have our idols and for one girl growing up that was a singer and actress from a bygone age.
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and multi award-winning ‘Podfather’ (Elle) returns with the internet chat show, that all the cool kids who hang around the Omni Centre call RHEFP (RH…
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
Theatre aiming to portray the lives of millennials is so often completely wrong and patronising (no, we don’t say the word ‘rad’ any more, or believe that wearing snapbacks i…
Join Snigel, the inquisitive snail, in their cosy home underneath the leafy canopy; a colourful and sensory world where Snigel’s insect friends come to visit, brought to life by …
Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford has his choice Phrases Ready, with wordplay, jokes and puns aplenty.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
The Old Men, Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair return for a 6th year, joined again by the fantastic and slightly more youthful Raymond Mearns.
The Carole King Story premiers at the Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the six-time Grammy Award winner and 20-time platinum hit-maker.
The Edinburgh International Festival was established in 1947 in the aftermath of the Second World War to ‘provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’.
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes, which fuse together familiar characters and scenes to create a…
This is a collaboration of stunt and colour: the first of its kind in the world.
“Death Part 7: The Last Word” is the barely anticipated final installment in Jack Trinco’s fabled, quasi-epic, multi-part exploration of the theme of death.
Viggo Venn’s act is a hard one to categorise.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
What do you get when you put a Scotsman and three Irishmen in an upstairs bar? A bunch of jokes that are a bit out of the mainstream but comfortably reside above the others: Semi-P…
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
One year late, because he got the maths wrong, Ivan celebrates 11 years actually on the Fringe with guest appearances from other creations of Tom Binns, who have recently featured …
Canadian comedian Dylan Gott performs a brand-new hour of stand-up comedy about being a virgin until 23 (he’s 31 now) and how that affected attempting a long distance open relation…
Did you support the #WomensMarch? The only place to march this August is down to this female-led show! A rotating line-up of talented, award-winning, critically acclaimed guests, t…
Nominated for Best Comedy 2016 by Fringe World, with 23 sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
There are downsides to most jobs and many come with dangers, hidden or otherwise, but there are usually compensatory factors as well.
Somewhere between a social commentary and philosophical essay, but written by a comedian with the purpose of being somewhat funny. A not to be missed hour of comedy.
The desire to please is instilled into children from an early age, but the side-effects that this can have on their development is often not felt until it’s too late.
Death Ray Cabaret is the apocalyptic musical comedy show from Second City veterans Kevin Matviw and Jordan Armstrong.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
Prolific children’s author, conservationist, believer in fairies – Angela Brazil was a complicated and determined woman with a tendency to write her personal life into her book…
In order to snare the attention of an average jaded and time-poor festival-goer, you’re going to need a pitch that can stop them in their tracks on the Royal Mile and accept the …
Debut stand-up hour from Ben Shannon about cats, growing up and being easily distracted.
Following his sell-out debut tour and appearances on ITV’s Safeword, Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and W’s Celebrity Advice Bureau, everyone’s favou…
First came the Jurassic period, then the Enlightenment and now the Age of Autistics.
Raised a devout Christian, Kevin knew sex was meant for marriage only.
Extra performance on the 21st at Laughing Horse @ Counting House with full run from 3rd to 27th (excluding Tuesdays) at Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake.
Spend an hour in the company of leading Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish.
Like a piece of forgotten sellotape stuck on a wall, neurotic ditherer Richard Todd clings to nothing but his place on the earth; may his grip hold for an hour of art therapy, inne…
A vibrational revolution of being, channeled by a goddess.
A brand new improvised radio show from the team behind Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film.
Meet Helga, cabaret diva extraordinaire! At least, she used to be… Through mime, clowning and circus, this poignant physical comedy reflects on how it feels when our bodies don�…
Greeting each and every audience member with a handshake after they take their seats may seem like you’re overdoing the niceties, but we soon find out that Lucy Pearman’s Maid …
In the world premiere of Pulitzer/Tony Award nominee Craig Lucas’s (Prelude to a Kiss, An American in Paris, Amelie) zany and touching new play, three stories collide in a world of…
If you are looking for an unpretentious, heart-warming comedy show at the festival, Quarter Life Crisis is where you will find it.
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…
Heather Shaw and Olga Koch present a high-octane hour of one-liners, personal anecdotes and, most importantly, good vibes! Many people like to party but only the chosen few really …
A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
Hello, I’m doing a solo show where I play a synth for a while and read some comedic short stories that I’ve written.
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story won the first Broadway Baby Bobby Award in 2014 as one of the most outstanding productions of that year’s Festival Fringe.
Noel has multiple sclerosis.
Juliet (writer on The Sarah Millican Television Programme and 8 out of 10 Cats) and her dog have issues.
Siren Theatre Co’s Good With Maps is a multi-faceted story masterfully guided by Jane Phegan who takes us through this one woman show.
It is a rare treat to hear a dramatised performance of Shakespeare’s first published work, Venus and Adonis.
Bible-black Welsh comedy duo do sketches.
Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen.
The Noise Next Door’s Really, Really Good Afternoon Show is what it says on the ticket.
When you’re genetically blessed with an unthreatening physique and the voice of Frank Spencer, comedy cannot go much more in your favour.
Being a millennial in the modern world is hard.
The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never is exactly what you want from a cabaret.
A two-woman show starring only one woman – not a typo but the conceit at the centre of the latest show by Canadian actress and interactive artist Laurence Dauphinais.
Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps.
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
The King is back, long live the King.
Conspiracy theorist and slacker Elliot Steel has grown up a lot in the last year.
The art of the comedic double act is a difficult one and its success largely based on chemistry between the two performers.
Much as it is a pleasure to discover a hidden gem amongst the mass of shows in Edinburgh, there’s also something very reassuring about having a list of reliable prospects.
In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission.
The award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King is legendary, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
An eclectic and beautiful production – Secret Life of Humans combines a baffling diversity of genres into a single theatrical masterpiece.
This ‘highly energetic laugh-a-minute show’ (TheTab.
Life has three guarantees: you’re born, you die and if your name is Rio, you dance on the sand.
The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh.
Choose Your Battles is Lucy Porter’s 11th Edinburgh Show and it’s a wonderfully crafted hour that is both funny and, at times, a poignant look at someone who goes out of their way …
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Following his sell-out shows in theatres in the UK, comedian and award-winning broadcaster Bernie Keith makes his hilarious Edinburgh debut.
That’s Life on Lisgar is a story of family fissures and the intimate workings of life as a daughter of a Portuguese family in Canada.
Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
A finely-woven, patterned rug hangs from the ceiling, its design typical of the region.
It’s 35 years since Kevin Elyot’s first play, Coming Clean, premiered at the Bush Theatre and 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK.
Bringing together more than 80 paintings by an almost forgotten generation of artists, this exhibition explores the figurative tradition in British art between the two World Wars.
There is a tongue planted firmly in cheek with this affectionate tribute to the music of the Carpenters and in particular the legacy of Richard, forever doomed to be the “other�…
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.
Sid, struggling to become Sue, proclaims, “The great barrier between myself and the outside world is my appearance”.
For the School Colours is an interestingly educational piece of theatre about a forgotten pioneer of school-based children’s literature made popular by Enid Blyton and J.
There’s a lot wrong with the world at the moment, but I reckon if you gave everyone a ukulele then you could go a long way to curing all that’s troubling.
I Loved Lucy is a personal portrait of an iconic comedic entertainer whose public face is all too well known.
A site specific, immersive play invites the audience into Danni’s student flat for pre-drinks and Ring of Fire with her best friend, Jack.
An ‘incident in a hotel room’ becomes a life-changing event for Tom Crowe, a rising star of the Labour Party whose past, present and future form the basis of Tremors.
Comedy legend Scott Adsit, known for performing at US improv institutions Second City and UCB, as well as his TV roles in 30 Rock and Veep, is joined on stage by some very special …
Queers comes with no explanation, but the title alone is enough preparation for an hour of material that is amusing and sad, historical and contemporary.
Richard Alston’s newest creation comes to Sadler’s Wells as part of a triple bill.
Globe-trotting laughter master Stephen K Amos returns with his new tour show.
Saska (Corinne Furlong) decides to hold what which she hopes will be a cosy dinner party for a select group of her closest friends.
A concert of words and music focusing on the relationship between Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny.
Six hilarious young women.
A lonely scientist clones a perfect army of women, until something goes horribly wrong.
The Brighton Academy of Performing Arts uses its Preston Park studio theatre to showcase the talents of its students.
Ryan was a bright lad at school.
The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito is “presented by BA(Hons) Acting and Creative Performance students, from the University Centre Colchester” who “in their final year of study p…
In under thirty minutes Collapse presents a hauntingly hypnotic exploration of Cassandra’ agony as she prophetically laments the collapse of her city.
If there’s a topic sought after in theatre right now, it would most likely be mental health and how we deal with it.
The disparity between the promotional material put out by theatre groups and the reality of what they present to audiences is often quite staggering.
Pets come in many forms.
Summer in the south is aggressively hot and stiflingly humid.
With a coffin full of sympathy snacks, Jack Rooke and his 85-year-old Nan, Sicely, invite you to the happiest town in Britain, where Dad’s dead and the only thing to eat is lasag…
Described as “unconventional, quirky, and voyeuristic”, Peppered Wit’s production of Blink by Phil Porter fulfills each of those descriptions.
Valerio brings surreal stand-up with a pinch of spice, whilst Dervish brings hilarious musical and spoken word idiot genius.
The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer Award-nominated ‘Story Beast’ (“a bearded force of nature” (Guardian)) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), Ric…
‘Puppet Paramour’ is a one-to-one session of craft activity and psychic surgery to create your ideal partner in sock-puppet form.
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
Funny. Political. Ends with a hanging.
In a time of pre-war political tension, gone are the days of frothy fashion journalism for Pamela More, a feisty and glamorous Times journalist who stubbornly prioritises haute-c…
I’m always interested in the extent to which the publicity for a performance matches the reality of the production; how the promise materialises on the stage.
World-travelled Canadian comedian, Dylan Gott (JFL42, Canadian Comedy Awards, iChannel), performs an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy that blends skilled storytelling with observa…
Poetry reading, exhibition, workshop and photography.
Do you lack basic skills? Do you want to be good at everything? Then you should watch ‘How to be Good at Everything’.
Six women.
Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
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.
A day offering people the opportunity to step into our experiences of living with loss and bereavement.
Richard III.
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” Evening Standard.
Life is a hilarious high-energy rant from multi-award-winning South African cult comedic phenomenon Rob van Vuuren.
Have our relationships become a product of a social media obsessed generation? Dating in the 21st century is constantly changing and not necessarily for the better.
Old people, eh? A bunch of forgetful wasters who always have a hatchet to unbury or a cup of tea going cold.
The award-winning team that brought you ‘A Puppet Named Desire’ and ‘Puppetgeist’ return with mayhem, masks, and sock monsters.
Bringing together the best comedy, magic and cabaret acts at Brighton Fringe, following last year’s sell out shows, comedy magician Stu Turner hosts a smorgasbord of variety.
Indie theatre legends David Woods and Jon Haynes of ‘Ridiculusmus’ as two crustaceous elders putting off death in a snail paced farce.
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever.
Winner, Rising Star: The Media Eye, 2016.
The Wild is a three piece Americana/Alternative Folk band from Sussex, aged between 16 and 17, playing all original material uniquely arranged and utilising the many instruments th…
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities.
Escaped psychiatric patient Kevin Haggerty is not pleased about his diagnosis, even less pleased about being on a section of the Mental Health Act and distinctly upset about being …
A double bill from: Joe Hart (SYTYF finalist, Tickled Pig winner, as seen on BBC Trending) and Liam Webber (Best New Act nominee, Midlands Comedy Awards).
Brighton Death Forum present Gimcrack Productions’ ‘Moribund’, a piece of contemporary performance addressing our relationship with death, both light-hearted and poignant.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe.
Everyone has experienced the dreaded ‘bad day’ where nothing seems to work out.
Brother and sister duo Jack and Anna Harris bring us a stand-up comedy show using sketches inspired by their life as siblings.
The world preview of Lucy’s new show - a coming to terms/retelling of the history of England and spiritual revolution.
Exclusive after hours tours, just on offer as part of the Brighton Fringe in May.
“Traditionally, unmarried girls were sent into the veg garden to choose the ‘perfect’ cabbage.
Post-popular prodigy Lucy McCormick and her Girl Squad present a trashstep-DubPunk morality play for the modern world.
This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve…
Following a sell-out performance of Katherine Chandler’s ‘Hood’ at the National’s Dorfman Theatre, Found in the Forest return with a new world premiere.
‘Love a Positive Life’ is a multimedia exhibition telling the positive stories of young people living with HIV in Africa and Asia.
Richard Carpenter is, for those that remember him at all, a somewhat complicated character.
There is more to life than happiness, right? A not-so-perfect guide to happiness is explored in this one-woman show, written and performed by Yvette May who, after finding hersel…
You’re not in Kansas anymore… A thrilling exposé of the darker side of 1980’s New York, The Life is a defiant and heartfelt musical lament for the old Tim…
Whilst it never quite delivers the climax you expect from a show with such a title, The Guide To Good Orgasms offers a certain charm that makes it impossible not to smile throughou…
If you believe the stigma of mental health is slowly disappearing, then Fit for Work will question your perception of this topical subject and how it is perceived in the workplac…
The writer and historian James Truslow Adams once defined the “American Dream” as the potential for life to be “better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity …
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…
Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains to the evocative rhythms of Africa, this spectacular production explodes with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting musi…
This is the unlikely story of an unlucky man, Leonard Langley.
Based on the 1920’s Alberto Cassella play La Morte in Vacanza, Death Takes A Holiday is a chamber musical with a book by Thomas Meehan and Peter Stone, music and lyrics by Maur…
Post Traumatic Stress from a variety of sources is a familiar phenomenon in modern times.
Welcome to The Tempest as Shakespeare and probably most other people never imagined it could be.
Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered.
Much has been said and written about gin but Dorothy Parker probably uttered the most appropriate for this event.
This famous traditional music ensemble has thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the USA, with their unique blend of fiddles, smallpipes, harp, flute, concertina, doub…
Fife’s Kenny Anderson, aka King Creosote, has become one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and prolific singer-songwriters: a squeezebox Casanova and a seafaring pop heart-breaker who…
A condensed version of Shakespeare’s infamous Richard III, one of the playwright’s earliest yet most revered works, which charts its tyrannical protagonist’s rise to the English th…
Former member of the legendary McCalmans, Stephen has formed a new duo with his Danish wife Pernille.
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Performed by a company of young actors, this is a credible adaptation of Shakespeare’s rarely performed King John that revels in the high stakes of its historical narrative.
Simon Munnery marks his 30th year of Fringe shows with an unmissable, one-off gala.
Jamie’s comical lack of good fortune is beautifully summed up in the last two lines of this play, where the parallel monologues of Twix finally come together.
No Exit (Huis Clos) is an existentialist drama, adapted from Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic by Charlie Rogers.
One performance only. Turn up early – sell-out expected.
Take a play with no plot, an unspecified number of players, no defined characters, pages of intense prose and lines that can be spoken by any performer and what do you have? Unmis…
9/11, as it now succinctly known, is one of those ‘where were you on the day?’ events.
Krapp stands frozen staring into the distance, barely living in the present, heading to an unknown future and transfixed on the past.
The only show where it’s all about you! Whether you’re looking for a serious pick-me-up or just a light-hearted put-me-down, pop by Edinburgh’s one-stop shop for the worst advice…
There’s always a good smattering of obscure, seldom-performed or minor plays at the Festival Fringe.
The Wall is a wonderfully refreshing play from Corby Productions.
It’s rare to come across a wandering poet these days and it’s probably not the most effective way to get your message across to the public.
The Handlebards are a unique group, reinventing the concept of the company of travelling players.
Comedy duo Ronnie and Jonny split up five years ago and haven’t spoken since.
Conman, faith healer and US Army reservist.
Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise…
Life in the office, it is dull.
The Cock and Bull’s Death And The Data Processor follows the adventures of office worker Ian, whose murders of two co-workers lead him into the strange world of Harton, a communi…
Adrian Raine’s pioneering work in neurocriminology can be seen as a reaction to the supremacy of nurture over nature in the debate about the causes of criminal behaviour.
‘Downton Abbey with gardening tips’ (Guardian).
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 …
Life-changing daily walking tours with Stompy (Half Naked Chef).
James VII (reigned 1685-8), Scotland’s last Catholic king, was overthrown by his son-in-law William of Orange in the revolution of 1688-9.
Edinburgh’s Little Jazz Bird, vocalist Victoria Bennett, sings beautiful ballads as she spins delicate, moving tales of love and heartbreak.
‘Stephen’s far-reaching guitarist-composer’s voice, now vast and scary, now dreamily delicate, now devilishly catchy, that’s making this strain of his output so enthralling…
We all leave a trace.
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 …
Richard Dawson brings his wonderfully shambling exterior, tales of pineapples and underpants, ghosts of family members and cats to Summerhall’s Dissection Room.
Prospero Theatre have decided it’s their turn to roll out a dark retelling of a well-known fairy tale, showcasing a unique-ish take on Little Red Riding Hood, with their producti…
The Life of St Margaret provides a unique insight into late 11th-century Scotland and her profound influence on her husband and his kingdom.
This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society.
In Edinburgh as members of Group 64, the cast of The Age of (Distr)action are an inclusive young people’s theatre company from Putney who have created, written and performed this…
Twentieth anniversary performance of David Benson’s Fringe First Award-winning tour de force, showing Kenneth Williams at his funniest and his most badly behaved.
Theresa May went to Oxford, but unlike Messrs Cameron, Osborne and Johnson, she could never have been invited to become a member of the infamous Bullingdon Club, to which Laura Wad…
Bildraum is part of the ‘Big in Belgium’ series, featuring six of the country’s many outstanding theatre and performance companies.
Based on the Frank Wedekind play of the same name, the musical Spring Awakening tells the controversial story of a group of young adolescents trying to deal with the tumultuous pro…
Suppose, just suppose, that your mind and body lived separately from each other.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
As an Edinburgh based act performing in the Edinburgh Fringe there’s always going to be a certain level of expectation from the local crowd.
Ranging from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s former national poet and recent recipient of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry weaves a spellbinding and beguiling …
‘Wholesome’ is how a lady I spoke to after the performance described Felix Holt: The Radical.
The tweeting of the birds portends a beautiful day, but the view from the bridge is spoiled by an ominous thick mist.
Delighted to turn 40, Julia is having a breakthrough, not a breakdown! Typically a time to reflect, re-assess.
There are many symbols of class division and expressions of social stratification in this country.
Harold Pinter’s two short plays make only rare appearances nowadays and yet they are rewarding pieces.
It’s Road, but not as we know it.
St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society with Mermaids Performing Arts return to the Festival Fringe with their typically entertaining style of presenting Gilbert & Sullivan, this t…
The Italia Conti Ensemble returns to the Festival Fringe with their second-year students again split into two groups, each with its own choice of play.
Human, a recently deceased teenager, full of life (ironically) and unwilling to move on.
This is no ordinary birthday party.
Never judge a play by its title.
After Fringe sell-out shows in 2014 and 2015, plus releasing their debut EP This Old Guitar this year, the trio return to AMC for two shows.
Travel across time from mod to rave to disco with Calling All Parties in a vivacious interactive theatrical and film experience.
Join us for traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church.
With a style that’s been described as ‘creative… engaging… conversational’ (Jazz Journal), Vocalist Cindy has captured audiences’ imaginations and won admirers among jazz afi…
Alastair presents a concert of music from Scotland’s proud fiddle tradition in the wonderful ambience of the Canongate Kirk.
Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Aberdeen Performing Arts Youth Theatre presents The Life to Come by Timothy Mason.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Confederate States of America lost its quest for political independence in 1865, but its symbol, the Confederate flag, lived on, long after the nation it represented cease to e…
In this one-performer play by writer Donald Smith, actor Robin Thomson plays King James – at once James VI of Scotland and James I of England.
An acoustic programme of traditional and contemporary songs in French and English presented by singer Coreen Scott and friends.
Lord David Steel joins Professor Chris Carter to reflect on an illustrious career in public life.
Herald Angel 2015 award-winning show from traditional legend Cathal McConnell (Boys of the Lough) in concert with Scottish composer/harpist Karen Marshalsay and Glenfiddich fiddle …
The bagpipe is about as intrinsically Scottish as you can get.
Waldorf Wayfarers – Directed by Australian composer Judith Clingan, 20 students and teachers from Waldorf or Steiner schools in Australia and Taiwan will give an hour’s program…
Dying is a universal human activity, and it shows no sign of abating.
Ever wondered how celebrities became the people we know and love? Well-known faces chat about their lives in the world of show business – an exclusive insight into the worlds of …
One of the primary aims of The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten, an opera for children, is to demystify the genre to a younger generation.
John Porter always wanted an interesting life.
Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche.
It didn’t take me long into this show to realise two things: that this as clearly a piece of community theatre and should be recognised as such and that there is clearly somethin…
As the Melbourne Ska Orchestra marched their way down the middle aisle of the theatre, carrying and playing their instruments and shouting through a megaphone, I knew I was in for …
Cinema screening of live performance.
It’s a party… and you’re invited! Join human jukebox, musical comedy maestro and birthday girl Kirsty for a feel-good celebration of growing older disgracefully.
The show’s stated theme is a philosophical discussion of how we end up where we end up, In actual fact this thread isn’t really followed up.
Hailing from Hardin-Simmons University in Texas, The Shadow Box is a reflection of the stages of grief, represented through a series of linked vignettes and monologues.
Oh boy, this looks good! David McIver is a silly little man and he’s got a bit of fun for you.
A Free Fringe double bill of stand-up with no particular theme, Irish comedians Keith Fox and Ger Staunton underwhelm with their unassuming stage presence and only mildly amusing h…
The underground comedian returns, following in the footsteps of the ‘undisputed buzz comedy of last year’ **** (Guardian), Waiting for Gaddot, which received rave reviews, sell…
Almost twenty years ago, Guy Ritchie changed the landscape of British cinema with his love letter to the charismatic psychopaths of the East End underbelly Lock, Stock and Two Smok…
There’s no confetti in Confetti, but there is a complex mix of language and movement that makes it intriguing.
Returning to Edinburgh for the second time, Luke Stephen brings with him all the emotional baggage you would expect a self-destructive, early 30’s Essex bloke to have.
Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited.
If ever the strength of a story lay in its telling, Chapel Street would be a perfect example.
Gregory Akerman, a “stunningly original comic” works better to a deadline & is obsessed with death.
In spite of the morbid title, Dr Phil Hammond’s stand-up show makes mischief of the macabre.
Éowyn Emerald and Dancers, make a welcome return to Edinburgh in their usual Greenside, Royal Terrace location.
Morningside Malcolm’s daughter has married into a family of Glasgow gangsters.
Sitting into a dark room, crammed with many other eagerly awaiting strangers, Stephen K Amos enters, his booming voice announcing his talk show and diving into some sarcasm-laced m…
Many theatre companies oversell their wares with outrageous hyperbole.
There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe.
The Spiegeltent is a far cry from the workhouse and rarely can a setting have been better used than in this stunning production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Captivate Theatre.
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature stand-up comedians return for the fifth year in a row with their successful Old Men show.
International Collegiate Theatre Festival has put together a delightful programme of both well-known and less familiar works to create this production of 2 By 5.
This might only be Partial Nudity, but it’s a full-on piece from writer/director Emily Layton and actors Kate Franz and Joe Layton.
Spring Awakening won an impressive list of Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards.
An improvised comedy show performed by a cast of puppets for adults.
If you missed this show all is not lost.
Call Mr Robeson is Tayo Aluko’s tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most recognisable singers in terms of looks and voice.
It’s apt, if a little predictable, that the pre-show music Doug Segal selects for his latest Fringe show is the classic James Brown track I Feel Good.
Released from the family basement after 300 years, alleged cannibal James Douglas (1697-1715) invites you to join him and his guests for a depraved late night horror show splattere…
We all have our price.
Top ratings aren’t always just about putting on a remarkable production, although 5 Out of 10 Men is that.
After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi…
It’s a little bizarre to go and see something which calls itself ‘a touch of genius’ in its description.
New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so.
When deciding on a show to bring to the Fringe, you have two main choices: one, a piece of new writing - exciting and impactful but harder to market - or two, a take on a classic -…
Breandán de Gallaí, the celebrated ex-Riverdance principal, has devised a biographical series of dances to create Lïnger, which is performed in the generously spacious main thea…
We very rarely think about our own deaths.
The British might be renowned for talking and complaining about the weather, but if you come from Fiji there are more heightened concerns than just cold rainy days.
Welcome to the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, nestled in the South Wales Valleys.
It seems almost almost impossible that a man could go through his life and when his naked body is washed up on a shore in Ireland no one knows who he is.
I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator.
The redness of Red is not visible.
Celebrated Scottish choreographer Jack Webb has brought his latest, typically idiosyncratic work, The End, for performance at this year’s Festival Fringe as part of the extensive…
Great composers sometimes create a theme that is so captivating or remarkable that other great composers write variations on it.
Anna stands pale and powerless before a jealous queen.
Adolph Eichmann never personally killed anyone, but he was hanged in 1962, having been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
UK Pun Championships 2016 runner-up Richard Pulsford has phrases ready.
Given the popularity of the monarchy these days, one forgets about some of the more unsavoury types who’ve reigned (however briefly) in the last century.
Life By The Throat tells the life story of James Joseph Patrick Keogh.
The gamut of performers at Fringe brings with it a spectrum of experience; from shiny new student companies, powering forward on naive enthusiasm and off-brand energy drinks, to ve…
There are many children’s shows at the Fringe that seem to follow the formula of throwing a couple of popular franchises together with whatever kids currently like, before adding…
When Stephen Carlin was named by Stewart Lee as one of the ‘Ten Best Comedians in The World Ever’ in 2008, he wasn’t exactly a household name.
There’s an egg here to find other eggs and see if they’re OK? 30 minutes of relaxing nonsense.
Neil LaBute sets out to upset and disturb audiences and he made a spectacular start with his first play Bash: Latterday Plays.
Lucy Frederick is angry.
Good People is a light-hearted exploration of what should be a natural journey towards being a better person.
Juliet (writer on Sarah Millican Television Programme and 8 out of 10 Cats) and her dog have issues.
Standing ovations are rare, but the house rose as one at the at the end of Tom Gill’s Growing Pains in tribute to a remarkable performer and a stunning show.
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…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Intelligent, alternative comedy from one of Scotland’s rising stars.
Everybody be cool, this is a mother*cking puppet show! The ultimate Tarantino homage, this is Pulp Fiction with strings attached.
In a little circus salon tent named ‘The Omnitorium’ tucked away behind George Square Theatre, Anya Anastasia proves that she is a force to be reckoned with.
This show doesn’t disappoint.
Over the past few years, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland haven’t failed to impress me with their performances at the Fringe and this year is no exception.
I’ve left theatres in all sorts of states from elation to depression, anger to jubilation, in tears and totally numb.
Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy.
I attribute quite a lot of my adult personality to my love affair with girl power and how swept away I got in all things noughties.
Rape allegations.
‘How much happier the man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Ed Caruana and Tamar Broadbent can’t pronounce their own names (so don’t feel bad).
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
Written by John and Gerry Kielty, Confessions of a Justified Songwriter takes us on a journey through the creative processes and struggles of writing music when chasing that elusiv…
The Amused Moose Comedy Award Best Show Nominee and ‘guilty pleasure’ (Daily Record) returns with one of his infamous gossips as he continues on his quest to become the nation�…
If you want to see comedy that is a little different, this is for you.
“Charles Hawtrey 1914 -1988 – Film, Theatre, Radio and Television Actor Lived Here.
Susie McCabe’s worst fears are coming true: she’s slowly turning into her parents.
Come on a real bus with Phil, we’ll fit new tyres and go bloody double-decker off-roading, ram raid a few museums.
Triple Threat is a gloriously transgressive flurry of punky, feminist mayhem.
Chef: Come Dine With Us! should not in a way be confused with the TV series Come Dine With Me.
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…
If your idea of chillin’ is sitting in the armchair with a cup of cocoa and a novel, you probably won’t feel at ease with this play.
It may be difficult to believe that something as uncommon as bilingual theatre could work.
Death is a funny thing when you think about it: it’s the only certain thing in this world yet the majority of us deny its existence, but as performer Liz Rothschild points out, i…
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Elliot Wengler and Farhan Mitha’s Fringe debut show is surprisingly educational.
Irish star Al Porter, as seen on BBC Two’s Live at the Apollo, follows up his hugely successful Edinburgh debut with a brand new show full of cheekiness, honesty and sparkling show…
It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production.
If you’re expecting a cosy drawing-room comedy about an aging female relative then you have clearly not read the publicity and are in for a big surprise.
My name is Lara and I broke the law.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Seeing Care Takers is like watching all the episodes of a fabulous five-part drama series in one sitting.
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Good Kids are back, and this time they’ve had a few.
There are two very good reasons for going to see Fresher: it is an outstanding play that ingeniously tackles contemporary issues, and the production is also raising money for Young…
What do you do when your mother is murdered for protesting corporate and governmental corruption? In the case of Milagros, you fight for the justice your mother was denied and see…
The toilet, which dominates the floor space of this production, is essential to the performance of Squirm.
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
A totally unique and mind-blowing musical comedy experience, if you’ve never seen or heard of Abandoman before then here is your chance to rectify that.
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…
In the beginning it all seemed so straightforward.
A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe.
There’s a lot of camouflage in Dropped.
Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless.
The Aussies have a certain way with words and in the case Adam Seymour with his hands also.
Few would disagree that our world is in dire need of fixing.
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic.
Are you crippled by student debt? Working an unpaid internship? Trying to find prince charming on Tinder? Welcome to the life of a modern day twenty-something! Join Katie for a new…
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year and rising star, Eshaan Akbar, invites some of today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest names to share the stage, including star of the BBC, Sindhu…
Whether you’ve never heard of Saki before or consider yourself a die hard fan, this production is sure to please.
Hamlet in Bed is an exploration of one man’s obsession with Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece ‘The play’s the thing’ that forms the subject of the production and also the m…
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
The only show where it’s all about you! Whether you’re looking for a serious pick-me-up or just a light-hearted put-me-down, pop by Edinburgh’s one-stop shop for the worst advice…
In a melancholic solo show about growing up and facing the inevitable realisation that there is no Narnia, only the real world, we accompany Lucy Grace on an exploration of the ‘…
Puppet pioneers Flabbergast Theatre have made an interesting move this year, establishing their own dedicated performance space, The Omnitorium, within the confines of Assembly Ge…
I’m sure we’re all used to growing the Fringe brochure and seeing shows with enigmatic titles which tell you nothing about the eventual content.
In her latest hour, family favourite Lucy Porter reflects on her younger, more radical self with trademark warmth and verve.
Never underestimate the power or repercussions of a gift.
Two large basement rooms in Summerhall have been transformed into a remarkable installation and immersive theatre, musical, video, sound, and light performance area.
The Fruitmarket Gallery boasts “World class contemporary art at the heart of the city”.
New solo show written & performed by Elaine Fellows.
Making a musical out of poetic animal stories aimed at children is nothing new but, while Andrew Lloyd Webber opted to turn T S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats int…
The Andrews Sisters meets ‘Smack the Pony’ in this new musical comedy cabaret.
Who better to convey the darkness & danger of Shakespeare’s most compelling villain and his scheming entourage than armed forces veterans-turned-actors? Set in a modern military …
Ken Harrison is a talented sculptor and teacher whose career is cut short after a horrific car accident.
Aidan Killian’s World Tour - ‘Around the World in 80 Jokes’ is here.
‘Boipuso and the Grumpy Green Giant’, a folk tale from Botswana and other stories with puppets and percussion.
Award-winning comedian James Cook has read the back of the box and is ready to play.
Laurene Hope, who amazed as Piaf, is now ‘La Divina’ Callas - from unwanted child to opera Goddess and her obsession with Onassis.
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” (Evening Standard) Doug Segal (Winner: Best Cabaret Act, Brighton Fringe) is back in Brighton to preview his new show which is designed to make…
Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big…
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Winner! 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical! Tony Award® winner Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) and Jose Llana (Here Lies Love) star in a magni…
It’s a dangerous move to end your fringe show with a cover of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? as you run the risk of audiences leaving with that very question ringing in…
Betty had a stroke.
The half life of love is forever - it remains toxic, poisoning life long after love is over.
Gavin Henderson regales first hand hilarious stories of the many conductors he has worked with: Stokowski, Otto Klemperer, Giulini, Svetlanov, Barbirolli, Sargent and Rattle among…
“We are in uncharted territory when we sit with death,” Liz Rothschild says in her one-woman show, Outside the Box: A Live Show About Death.
Lamb Comedy returnee Luke Stephen comes with his very own self-destruct button, and far too often he decides to hit it.
Bringing together the best magic, comedy, and cabaret acts at Brighton Fringe, comedy magician Stu Turner hosts a smorgasbord of entertainment.
Work-in-progress show about life with an overly-sensitive clingy rescue dog and an evil imaginary child, acceptability and the joy of loving ‘imperfection’.
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out to win the crown (and 100 quid)! Expect a night of bulging biceps, protruding …
A day offering people the opportunity to consider living with loss and bereavement.
Rob’s life fell apart five years ago.
A unique opportunity to go off the public route and learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
Rising star and general idiot stand-up Harriet Kemsley returns with her new show ‘Good Girl’.
Follow our characters on an everyday journey through Battersea hearing their inner thoughts via an app previously downloaded to your smartphone.
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.
A one-woman character comedy show set in the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, Wales.
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
Hello people of Brighton! I’m bringing my show to you as part of Brighton Fringe.
Broadcaster and comedian Dolan is one of the most in-demand MCs.
A one-woman character comedy show set in the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, Wales.
Mister Bus will be bringing its special brand of surreal sketch comedy to Brighton Fringe! That’s a long train journey and we don’t even like each other that much.
Frankfurt 1938: Jewish pianist Sol and Aryan violinist Hilda are lovers.
Using their trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation, Abandoman (Ireland’s top comedy hip-hop improv team) present their biggest and best show to dat…
This is the second time Michael Pennington has donned the crown of Lear and this time it’s a Lear clearly made for a 21st Century audience; cut down and pacey.
BalletBoyz are back with a brand new show, performed by its all-male company of ten incredible dancers.
Ethan Beach hosts this stacked variety show, with comedy from Michelle Wolf, Brett Davis, Seaton Smith, Mary Houlihan, Mike Kelton and Harry Gensemer, as well as a musical performa…
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
His 20’s were a fist of fun, his 30’s spent deciphering the intricacies of Big Cook and Little Cook’s business partnership, and then, oh fuck!, he was 40.
Two excellent musicians — the cellist Steven Isserlis and the pianist-composer Stephen Hough offer a program focusing on Romantic works for cello and piano by Dvořá…
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back and tougher than ever! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out over three heats to make their way to the final.
(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: …
As ambitious as it is stiff and silly, Peter Mills and Cara Reichel’s new musical for Prospect Theater Company concentrates on the real-life Renaissance composer and multiple…
At the risk of sounding ageist, an immediate concern with any student theatre company taking on Shakespeare’s tragedy of tragedies, King Lear, is that it is in many respects a …
Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr…
Jo Firestone hosts a special Valentine’s Day edition of her live dating game show, where single audience members send up friends to act as proxies in a hilarious “Datin…
Mike Bartlett’s beautifully worded imagining of a constitutional crisis without a constitution invites us to witness the starkness of the Royal Family stripped bare whilst presen…
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…
As Arab-spring style revolution rages in Zitounia, the puppet news crew of a heavily censored morning news show scrambles to air the usual spate of propaganda, fluff pieces and pae…
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
This muddled play by Robert Lyons tries but fails to find bigger themes in a male schlub’s midlife crisis.
(previews start on Jan.
The actor, choreographer and esteemed hoofer Maurice Hines has had an illustrious career spanning Broadway and Hollywood, with cameos from luminaries like Gypsy Rose Lee and Frank …
It’s 1988 and Brandon is embarking on his Senior year at St.
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
In an epic journey from China via East Asia and Australia to England, British-Malaysian writer-performer Yang-May Ooi explores female empowerment and desirability through the o…
The Good Adoptee, written by Award-winning playwright Suzanne Bachner, is the true story of her lifelong search for the truth of her origins.
Ms.
Since 1975, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation has been fostering the careers of emerging singers.
The Construction Company, a 45-year-old arts organization, presents an evening of new and revivified works by the veteran choreographers Sally Silvers and Kenneth King, as well as …
Mr.
Thanks to the fineness of the performances and the clarity of the English supertitles, language is no barrier for a non-Yiddish speaker in this New Yiddish Rep production of Arthur…
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov.
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Mark McGann brings his acclaimed show based on the life of John Lennon, IN MY LIFE, to the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.
A recital by Karen West, Elizabeth Woollven and George Ross, accompanied by Helen Maddox and Alan Graham, to include Schumann’s Frauen-Liebe und Leben and John Maxwell Geddes’ …
Will Hutton examines how Britain could create an economy, society and democracy in which the mass of citizens flourish – reinventing and repurposing core institutions like the co…
This annual concert has built up a wide and loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty of melody and power of rhythm growing from the group’s blend of Scottish smallpi…
Night and Day, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Everytime You Say Goodbye.
Edinburgh’s Little Jazz Bird, vocalist Victoria Bennett, sings beautiful ballads as she spins delicate, moving tales of love and heartbreak.
Renowned traditional music genius, Cathal McConnell, founding member of the Boys of the Lough is joined by Christine Hanson on cello and Duncan Wood on fiddle, for an unmissable co…
Former member of the legendary McCalmans, Stephen has formed a new duo with his Danish wife Pernille.
By the Bi is a show that offers to tackle the heady subject matter - of the difficulties of being bisexual - head on.
While it is laudable to have an open policy for membership of an amateur operatic society the knock-on effects can be dire as demonstrated in Cat-Like Tread’s production of H.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men could be seen as a dark comedy or as just dark.
Piaf opens with a spectacular tableau of the entire cast.
Italia Conti Ensemble score an absolute triumph with Neil Bartlett’s Oliver Twist.
For Queen and Country.
Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical.
Party isn’t that sort of party; well, it sort of is, and maybe it should be, but overall it isn’t – though it might be after it’s finished.
Richard III is one of the most fascinating Shakespeare plays I know, and it is always interesting to see new interpretations by different companies.
Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell.
This is the first year of the ‘iF Platform’ – a new showcase featuring the UK’s top disabled artists and integrated arts companies.
I Am is the sequel to LCP Dance Theatre’s Am I.
If Morfydd Owen had lived three weeks longer she would have been immortalised in the 27 Club.
For those who like their dance without frills, Last Man Standing provides an hour of unrelenting raw movement.
Literary Death Match, now in 57 cities worldwide! Part comedy show, part literary event, part gameshow, LDM brings together four writers to read their most electric writing for fiv…
Is there one kind of life that is the true and right life for all human beings, or are many kinds of good lives possible? If the latter, does this mean that there are no absolutes …
There is dance and there is Scottish Dance Theatre.
Aimee has an ironically funny line in Savage when she refers to John as “a boring old queen”.
Summerhall is proud to present the Sun Ra Arkestra, live in the Dissection Room.
Chap-hop, the hottest trend since hipster beard balm that makes your beard smell like woodsmoke and whisky, hits the Fringe this year in the form of Mr B’s Guide to Modern Life.
The award-winning Maydays take you on a tour of improv shows from the past, present.
Alastair returns to the wonderful surroundings of the Canongate Kirk for his annual celebration of the Scottish fiddle tradition.
At 70, Virginia Ironside writes a regular agony column for the Independent and the OIdie, and her latest comic novel is Yes! I Can Manage Thank You! In her one-woman show she expla…
This show is reviewer proof.
With a cast of nearly fifty, there’s no shortage of oom-pah-pah in this dazzling production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Stage 84, The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts.
This show brings the arts of dancing and paper folding together in an exploration of how the two mediums can unite.
Trying to keep up with the ever changing and intense plot of Dario Fo’s fast paced and absurd play can often be a challenge that leaves many productions lagging behind the playwr…
Here we go again.
The Britwell estate, built in 1957, was created to rehouse people from the slum clearance areas of London and Essex.
‘The last 12 months have been very difficult for me.
A Daily Mirror awaits us on our seats announcing the death of a ‘pair of “star-crossed” lovers … in the wake of increasingly violent clashes in the streets’.
This play within a musical aims to show us what life as part of a touring company is really like.
From the very moment you walk into the space, the aesthetic style of the piece is made abundantly clear.
The title of [Title of Show] tells you quite a lot about what you need to know! This musical, within a musical, within a musical writes itself as it plays out.
In sixteenth-century Germany it was not regarded as irreverant to perform comic puppet shows featuring characters and scenes from the legend of Faust.
That Sickness Unto Death is an original piece that deals with mental illness, loss and the effects of these on the family unit.
The best humour is the kind which refers to shared experiences Luckily, The King of Monte Cristo picks up on the stereotypes and personalities familiar to anyone who’s worked in …
Richard Wiseman, psychologist and bestselling author of several popular psychology books, returns to the Fringe to talk for an hour about the psychology of perception, touching on …
Undermined was going to be called Shafted, but a guy named Godber had already beaten Danny Mellor to it.
Stephen K Amos has charmed and entertained audiences all over the world with his natural, assured delivery and his honest, original material.
This ‘pitch black comedy’ revolves around three unlikely friends sat in a room for what we believe is a friendly get together.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ.
How can you review Barry Cryer? He’s a British comedy legend, practically an institution.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
A young Filipina-American confronts the mystery of her origin and her experience of molestation in an attempt to crush the damaging shadows of her past and find a love of self.
Free morning films for the whole family.
Ross Wilson of Blue Rose Code has gone through quite a transformative journey in the past 18 months.
‘The play, Scarfed for Life, is a loud, lively piece about sectarianism in Glasgow .
Globally inspired, but distilled in Scotland.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
This was a talk for the footballing purist – a no-frills, brief chat with two of the footballing world’s most renowned authors.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders…
Stunning open-air theatre in beautiful gardens by one of Scotland’s oldest professional theatre companies.
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge…
Outdoor cinema returns to the Fringe with a season of classic films in the iconic Old College Quad.
This comedic beat poetry duo have spent the last seven years successfully entertaining festival audiences across the land.
This is the seventh year that producer and curator of dance Jodi Kaplan has brought the variety of American dance to the Fringe with this “festival within a festival”.
Replicate on stage the chance and excitement of daily life.
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, and the obsessive passion of Janacek’s Intimate letters: a lethal late night musical potion with Stephen de Pledge …
With this year’s general election behind us and members now in office the return of Posh to the Festival Fringe is timely.
Sketch Club 7 has six members.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
Kursk is a play attempting to offer real insight into the life of a submariner and the pressures and realities of life below the sea.
Antigone: An Arabian Tragedy started out as two plays in a year-long project by One World Actors Centre (Kuwait) to produce Jean Anouilh’s Antigone in both English and Arabic.
Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden is one of my all time favourite plays; it is a beautifully written text, teeming with monologues many actors would dream to get their hands o…
Ursula K Le Guin, noted author of A Wizard of Earthsea, is visited by an alien adopting her form.
Roaring Boys makes a welcome and very successful return to the Festival Fringe this year adding a further chapter to its interesting history.
Come with us on a journey through the ups, downs and sideways of life.
“In Pirates, there are gems from the first to the last minute.
GM Bacteria? Noooo! But what if I told you that GM Salmonella might save your life one day? Most people remember Salmonella because of the controversy with eggs, and many know that…
Closer Than Ever is a revue musical wherein each song takes us to a different scenario within the complex theme of love and relationships.
A joyfully improvised comedy following the adventures of the world’s most beloved partners in crime.
Some cabaret performers attempt to lull you into a false sense of security about what they do, but thankfully any audience finds out quickly enough what they’re going to get from…
Bayou Blues is beautiful.
One of the biggest names in crime writing, McDermid’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
Love, life, and the Lord.
A tragicomic spoken word show that dives into the paradoxical nature of goodness.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
The follow up to his debut show, This is Not for You (**** Scotsman), this is an alternative comedy show about hopelessness.
Alex Kealy is a gangly, self-hating comedian trapped inside the body of a gangly, self-hating comedian.
This show is a true account of the events surrounding Stephen Carlin according to Stephen Carlin.
From the star of Audible.
When Gaby disappeared from her Scottish home in 2006, it was assumed that her Pakistani father had kidnapped her.
A daily challenge to realise the best marketing scheme on the Fringe.
An hour of stand-up from award winners and best friends, Thom Barrett, Rob Saunders and Liam Sullivan.
Ever wanted to know what a camping trip sounds like through the medium of opera? Yes, I’m being serious, and this is just one of many bizarre performances you will see from The Dis…
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
Fractals are frequently found in discussions within the realms of science, maths, art and nature.
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
It might be a good idea to take five drinks into the auditorium, to see you through a play that has moments of wit and humour but contains nothing profound.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
‘Did you know that the German word gift means poison? It used to mean present – like in English – but then people started using it sarcastically.
Yet again CalArts pushes forward the frontiers of theatre with an extraordinary, fascinating and labyrinthine work.
The troubled comedian returns to the festival for the third year running (Cheese and Crack Whores, 2013; Breaking Gadd, 2014) having received rave reviews, sell-out crowds, critica…
When I think of an all girls boarding school, I think of discipline, tradition, etiquette, and above all a place where success must exceed expectation.
Wonderland is the story of Alice’s encounters in the tale of the Red Queen.
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is being presented by The Kinkaid School of Houston, Texas, as part of The American High School Theatre Festival.
Limbo is a pretty hot ticket this fringe.
Eddie, Imogen and Lena share a flat.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Start off your day with Murray and friends. Comedy, standup, improv, storytelling and fun.
This hilarious beginners guide to theology is the funniest presentation of religious concepts imaginable.
He’s a true-blue, straight-talking Aussie and he’s in town for some old fashioned stand-up, knock-em down comedy.
Damo had his phone stolen.
UK rising comedy star Nicky Wilkinson hosts an hour of rip-roaring stand-up, with special guest performers.
We must be nearly at saturation point with plays and particularly monologues about war veterans.
Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence and Ivor Novello, together for one last time at the The Desert Inn, Las Vegas.
The storyline is shallow, the message insubstantial and the script contrived, so you don’t have anything deep to think about.
This ‘pitch black comedy’ revolves around three unlikely friends sat in a room for what we believe is a friendly get together.
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
Interviewed by Broadway Baby, Hugh Train explained how Ozymandias was generated through free writing around the words of Shelley’s poem until eventually the “nonsensical rambl…
Bones is an intimate and tragic tale of growing up in a bruised family and having to take responsibility not only for yourself but also for those who who should be caring for you.
Love, life, and the Lord.
Given our familiarity with Escher’s unmistakable style it’s hard to believe that this is the first major exhibition of his work in the UK and that there is only one print of …
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”.
201 Dance Company’s Smother sets out to do something very exciting.
In this tense drama the audience is thrown before a confrontation between former A-grade student Amy and her history teacher Mr Reilly.
For actors, writers, directors, performers and creatives of every kind (all of us), this entertaining and interactive talk reveals a fresh way to spark imagination and surprise in …
Fans of Rent will love this full length presentation and for those who have never seen it, this is a great opportunity to watch a rip-roaring production.
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature comedians, return for a fourth year with their Old Men show, for a longer run after last year’s full houses.
The Hendrick’s Emporium of Sensorial Submersion is yet another triumph for the phantasmagorically fertile imaginations of the genial geniuses of gin.
For once, we are given a programme description that is completely accurate and delivers what it promises: ‘a tragicomic thriller about love and accidental murder….
Discoteque Machine, brought to us by Gianmarco Pozzoli and Alice Magione is a morphsuits show.
Is love a many-splendored thing? History, philosophy, science, literature and popular culture all attempt to explain it: but how close do they really get? Steadfast and headstrong …
This one-woman musical show sets out with a pleasant and watchable enough idea.
‘How can I know who I am …feeling with pure energy, / With my heart, my mind, my body, my soul, / This is who and what I am.
Garry Roost is both writer and performer in this broad, jumbled examination of the life of the troubled artist, Francis Bacon.
It’s easy to get lulled by the constant flow of shows at the Fringe, to give in the mid-afternoon slump and the heavy-eyed semi-slumber.
Moon Fly Theatre Company was created this year with the aim of affording opportunities to new and promising writers, actors and directors.
Deciding to paint Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a troubled “anti hero” in a cleverly sarcastic musical romp was always going to be a bit of a treat.
A feast of classic jazz and blues flavoured with iconic jazz-femme legends including Ella, Billie, Sarah, Bessie, Peggy, Eartha, highlighted by acclaimed, internationally touring B…
Old Town – New Perspective, is a collection of contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a show centered around just that; children taking part in their local spelling competition.
Billed as a rom-com, Bear Hug looked to be a pretty safe bet for some laughs – described as a story about how coming out is easy but how getting back in is harder.
The second ever Scots Makar (national poet) Liz Lochhead has teamed up with saxophonist Steve Kettley for this nostalgic selection of her favourite poems from a 50-year career.
Lord Byron: hellraiser, fashionista, sexual predator, poet, punk.
For some of us among ‘the olds,’ the Beatles provided the lush soundtrack of our lives.
For those of a squeamish nature, this may not be the best review to read over your breakfast.
The Unknown Soldier finds an interesting perspective on the lives of men who fought in the First World War.
There have only ever been nine Dr Deaths, but with most of his namesakes dead, and the Russian serving 12 life sentences in Siberia, Australia’s own euthanasia doctor Philip Nits…
Matthew Crosby (one of Pappy’s, co-star/co-writer of BBC Three’s Badults) returns to Edinburgh with another lovely little show.
This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’.
The Edinburgh Gin Company has left its distillery behind and moved to The Boards in the Edinburgh Playhouse to tell a brief history of the city’s alcohol and gin heritage along w…
Last year I used the word Schadenfreude in my description, and it seemed to frighten off dumb people as I had lovely audiences.
I wanted to write you a heart-breaking song so epic it would get her back.
Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire are now in their 11th year of performing in the Fringe with their masters level students and Urinetown is one of this year’s offerings from them.
Suitability: 16+ (Restriction).
It’s a deceptively simple bag of ingredients that Jim Cartwright lists in the script for his new play Raz, which has had its premiere at this year’s Festival Fringe.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
An all female cast takes some of the classic soliloquies and scenes from Shakespeare’s work and deliver them in an almost cabaret, review format, with the addition of new contempor…
This show has the kind of title that gets you feeling excited right away.
A new stand-up and character solo show by the London-based Melbourne comedian and host of Storytellers’ Club.
A dirty afternoon party hosted by the king of alternative cabaret, Tomás Ford.
Join Ryan Cull (2013 BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award winner) as he describes his personal life in progress, from his boyhood adventures in leg braces to becoming a man combating h…
Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run in 2013, and a successful first UK tour, Tony Jameson gives his critically acclaimed show Football Manager Ruined My Life a bit of an end …
Jack Rooke: Good Grief could probably win a prize for ‘comedy show with the least likely to be funny subject matter ever that actually turns out to be absolutely hilarious�…
Tom Dowling and Kieran Ahern are current members of the Oxford Revue, but they’re also bloody good kids.
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under …
Mick is a good bloke.
Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary.
The Double Life of Malcolm Drinkwater is a play about secrets, recycling, and the industry of murder.
A perfect balance of circus and ceilidh, this entertaining and talented troupe bring Le Haggis, a show that guarantees to have you clapping along in your seat.
UK rising comedy star Nicky Wilkinson hosts an hour of rip-roaring stand-up, with special guest performers.
Everybody be cool! This is a mother f*cking puppet show! The ultimate Tarantino homage, this is Pulp Fiction with strings attached, literally.
Galileo lived in age when the church reigned supreme, faith was more important than fact and dogma denied discovery.
Where Do Little Birds Go? follows the story of Lucy Fuller in the heat of London’s swinging sixties, where she has hopes of landing her dream job as a West End star (or a barmaid…
Attempts on Her Life has a notoriety surrounding it that most shows would kill for.
Return of last year’s brilliant hit kosher comedy show.
Is this a damn early time to start a show? Yes! Is it the only way to start your Fringe? Yes! With an interactive musical improv ending, this show you want to set your alarm for.
Thrown into the lives of five characters, Ken Jaworoski’s Acts of Redemption reveals moments of loss, regret, realisation and confession, where a snippet of life is captured in a…
Originally a one-act play consisting of five scenes, The International Stud premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1978 and later became the first part of Harvey Fierstein’s landmark work, …
Winners of the 2013 and 2014 Billy T award.
The Addams Family is an updated take on the iconic family of twisted misfits that brings the story forward from where it left off.
Al Porter Is Yours is the irreverent debut show from Ireland’s newest comedy star.
“Shout! The Mod Musical” has an exclamation mark in the title, which inevitably garners a certain level of expectation: you want explosive energy and a load of volume.
Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte…
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
The seven-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Will Seaward Has a Really Good Go at Alchemy is probably unlike anything you will have ever seen.
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
In this rendition of an all time favourite, in-yer-face piece of theatre, the King’s Head Theatre, London presents Trainspotting, a gritty Scottish drama that isn’t afraid to sta…
Morally upstanding stand-up and sketches from star of Fringe favourites The Beta Males (Radio 4, Chortle Award nominees).
Balletronic has a name that intrigued me from the get-go.
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…
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
zazU, a town (or possibly country) with fairly odd inhabitants, is gearing up to hold its fête.
Boris: World King is a giddy, silly and savagely satirical delight.
Greeting the guests on the door with a bubbly personality in an attempt to brighten up the dark, underground bunker that would play host to his stage, Stephen Bailey set the mood f…
K’Rd Strip: A Place to Stand is a bizarre yet beautiful blend of Māori culture, contemporary dance, vocals and music, drag and real life stories.
Graeae Theatre Company, according to the information sheet handed out before the start of the show, sees itself as ‘a force for change in world-class theatre – breaking down ba…
You can find the characters Taylor and Aalia in every comprehensive school in the country.
Blind Summit bring a mastery of puppetry to the stage, layering meta-narrative upon verbatim performance upon crime headline in an original look at the aftermath of the Jack and th…
Labels are easy to create: they can even be fun.
Welcome to a world in which West Africa meets Jamaica, meets Cuba: A world of burning desire, or as they say in Yoruba, Itara.
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
Fifty minutes of the classic Rat Pack numbers with a full swing orchestra, bringing a little bit of that onstage banter that the trio are known for, and adding in the two Burelli s…
Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years is not an easy undertaking.
The legend of Faustus, the man who sold his soul for knowledge, wealth and power is one which has been in the public consciousness for over 500 years.
What I remember most strongly from Richard Parker, a 2011 dark comedy from playwright Owen Thomas, was the heat.
Troy Diana’s comedy These Troubled Times focuses on Charles (John Curtis), an openly gay man who arrives at his brother’s family home to babysit his niece and nephew.
There’s a huge difference between comedy and black comedy that seems to have eluded the Lincoln Company in their production of Joe Ortons’s Loot.
In keeping with its history, this latest production of La Ronde by Zebronkeyis controversial.
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
Take a walk on the wild side with comedian Lucy Frederick! An animal lover’s comedy dream! All are covered – ponies to porpoises! ‘Delightful!’ (BroadwayBaby.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Brought to the fringe by multi-talented Jethro Compton, The Clock Strikes Noon (along with the rest of the Frontier trilogy) is not to be missed.
They say 50 is the new 30, if that’s true then I am only 27.
Shakespeare’s popular play Richard II recounts the fate of the famously decadent king as he spends his father’s fortune, places punitive taxes onto the poor, and spends his no…
An all-new, all-female production of Shakespeare’s war play, King Henry V follows Henry and her band of brothers as they face the challenges of life on the front line, exploring …
(previews start on July 13; opens on July 27) The career of a sport agent is a high-testosterone avocation, but Liz Rico does it a as well or much better than her male colleagues.
To promote their new movie “Trainwreck,” Amy Schumer, the film’s writer and star, and Judd Apatow, its director, have teamed up for this comedy tour, which benefi…
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
(previews start on Thursday; opens on June 30) A family weekend at the shore might be relaxing to some people, but rarely to the sort of people you find onstage.
Richard Lewis’s long-form, fury-driven stand-up has influenced scores of comedians over the last 40 years.
An emotionally charged coming-of-age story, blending wry comedy and the music of a beloved cult band, sung live.
I didn’t know what to expect upon my arrival at the Dolphin Leisure Centre.
Be part of a national project and keep a diary of your day on May 12, then bring your family along to our event on 23 May at The Keep and add your diaries to the Mass Observation A…
I first heard of Shit-faced Shakespeare when I performed my first Edinburgh Fringe play back in 2013; it was one of those plays that ‘everyone was talking about’ and of course …
Love, Life, and the Lord.
Visceral solo show on Sussex-born writer Patrick Hamilton, author of classic plays ‘Rope’ & ‘Gaslight’ and iconic novels including ‘Hangover Square’ and ‘The West Pier’.
Built in 1766 as a glamourous Georgian Ballroom in the Old Steine, it was the place to be seen for Brighton’s fashionable crowd! The building later became the Chapel to the Royal P…
A brave and fiercely honest memoir of one person’s loss, her grief at her husband’s suicide and the long road to healing and recovery through a unique spiritual and artistic quest.
Take a walk on the wild side with the delightful Lucy Frederick! The “wonderfully light-hearted” (ThreeWeeks) comedian takes you on a trek around the world of pets and creatures.
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance.
An afternoon of coffee, cake and conversation about death and dying.
An award-winning solo character piece that uses heart-breaking comedy storytelling to evoke the life of librarian Ms Samantha Mann, giving an intricately crafted English twist to a…
Join Adam Blampied “Delightful” (British Theatre Guide), Richard Soames “Excellent” (Sunday Times) and The Story Beast “Bearded force of nature” (Guardian) as The Beta Males finall…
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…
Swithin Fry dramatically tells the story of his visit to a draughty Death Row cell block in Ohio to meet inmate A328139, his penpal Tim Coleman; and how that meeting led him to unc…
Drag Queens are over and the boys are back in town! Strap on a strap on, bang on a beard and join your hosts for the Drag King competition of the century! Be amazed by the figurati…
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…
My grandfather used to be old.
Musical theatre that packs a punch.
Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks.
Weifan (Ophelia) Chen - founder of Namasia Tea House from Taiwan, would like to introduce the art and culture of Taiwanese tea to the UK.
At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair.
These dancer-writers, both former members of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, have something else in common: Both are addicted to dance.
Double Bill: A world-premiere stage adaptation of Sapphire’s novel PUSH, best known from Oscar Winning Film Precious, will pair with Blind Summit’s advanced glimpse of their ne…
(previews start on March 12; opens on April 16) Fans of the midcentury musical are most likely whistling a happy tune as Lincoln Center revives this Rodgers and Hammerstein show fr…
It’s always a treat to hear the pianist Richard Goode, here in partnership with young artists he has mentored at the Marlboro Music Festival.
Shannon O’Neill, artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater New York, and the veteran improviser Tami Sagher invite some of their improv friends for a night of…
(in previews; opens on Feb.
Perhaps the fastest-talking and cleverest comedian in New York, Mr.
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
(previews start on Jan.
This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th…
Another new prodigy on the violin? In the latest in the Young Concert Artists series, this 18-year-old takes on a daunting program of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No.
Rona Munro’s comedy drama, originally produced for Radio 4 in 2008, tells the story of a period in the life of Walter Scott when he was tasked with commissioning a kilt for King …
After years of hosting his popular stand-up show in the front bar, Mr. Buress moves into the Knitting Factory’s main room to celebrate its fifth anniversary in Brooklyn.
Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv.
The Happiest Day of Brendan Smillie’s Life opens on sweet, strange Brendan (Ross Allan) who, with the aid of labelled paper plates, is attempting to design the optimal buffet ar…
‘John and Mark’ is a new play about a musical legend and his killer that sees prisoner Mark David Chapman visited by John Lennon, the man he shot dead years earlier.
Protests have greeted the Metropolitan Opera’s staging of John Adams’s 1991 opera, a stylized, emotionally resonant reflection on the politics of Israel and the Middle …
In her intriguing solo performance Bound Feet Blues, Yang-May explores themes of female desirability, identity and empowerment, taking us from the ancient practice of footbinding i…
Since 1975, when the great Brooklyn-born tenor Richard Tucker died, the foundation initiated in his name has fostered the careers of emerging American singers and brought opera to …
This renowned comedian, often considered an heir to Lenny Bruce, is a master of long-form storytelling who turns his endless neurotic energy into brilliant comedy.
Critically acclaimed prolific songwriter, Ivor Novello Award winner, recipient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 20 Guitarists of Al…
Simon Singh has a very easy style and voice which belies the genius within.
Greyfriars Kirk was the perfect setting for this Edinburgh based choir’s return to the Fringe after sellout shows in previous years.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
Green Snake, brought to the Fringe by the National Theatre of China, promises to be a modern take on a old Chinese myth.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
The concept of YOLO or You Only Live Once for those of you who aren’t in the know about these kinds of things, has been a trendy phrase for the past couple of years.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
One of the confusions in this production, although not without precedent, is the running order of the five interrelated plays that make up the complete work.
Declan Cooke is a physically big guy with a powerful presence: if you saw him standing at the bar you would imagine him to be full of confidence and completely in control of his li…
In Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice we see von Aschenbach increasingly obsessed by the beautiful youth Tadzio.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected.
James Bannon’s story has all the ingredients of a good novel: a down-to-earth setting; some very shady characters, some good guys and some dumb ones; a developing plot; plenty of…
I Am The Wind not only plays with these idea of meaningful space but relies upon it.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a Broadway musical based on the Peanuts comic strip, featuring familiar characters like Lucy, Snoopy and Schroeder.
Alain Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes is the inspiration for this in-house created musical which sees the return of Shrewsbury and Severn Opera group to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Your chance to see Richard Bacon present his lively and entertaining BBC Radio 5live show from the Edinburgh Festivals with celebrity guests.
Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913) was a minor English writer, artist and photographer and serious eccentric.
The Tories have take control and Michael Gove is Prime Minister.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Koji Takeuchi was born in Japan and began his search for truth in his teens.
Two improvisers take you on a hilarious, musical and sometimes unnervingly familiar journey through a myriad of characters, places and worlds.
Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes.
Life on the One Wheel experiments with everyday experience and elements of popular culture to explore the fragile simplicity of human emotion.
“She wasn’t abnormal.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the Catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
James Lambeth returns to the Fringe for the third year running with companions Steve Hamilton on piano and Mario Caribe on the double bass.
In Love With Death is a new book written by Indian philanthropist Satish Modi.
Who doesn’t love a good murder? Most of Britain does apparently and this preoccupation is not a recent event.
“Footloose may be a hit, but it’s trash - high powered fodder for the teen market.
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
Could you tell your life story in the space of a moment - the length of a sonnet? Award-winning playwright Jose Rivera’s thoughtful investigation of what it means to be alive takes…
In January 2014, Mercury Music Award nominee Kenny Anderson (AKA King Creosote) completed his first ever film soundtrack for Virginia Heath’s poetic documentary, From Scotland With…
Night School is an odd ‘show’ that seems to hover somewhere between an entertaining lecture and a TED talk.
At Death Cafés people come together in a relaxed and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea and eat cake.
Good Timin’ is Ian Mclaughlin’s personal story about his search to find a connection with his long-lost father.
In a 1990 interview on Japanese television, Berkoff said, “I believe that you don’t need anything more than just utter simplicity and that everything in my art must be created …
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture.
Sid Wick sports a variety of wigs and props to aid his free fringe comedy show.
There is a character in Old Gristle who carries a bin bag and, within it, the liquefied remains of his dead dog.
If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again.
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Autistic, severely depressed and with inadequate provision for her, Tess Humphrey left school at the age of thirteen.
Chain smoker and chaplain, poet and padre, furnisher of faith and fags, Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy dispensed Woodbines and the word of God on the Western Front during the First Worl…
Caroline Bowditch, Welly O’Brien and Nicole Guarino provide a wonderful evening in a cosy little room at Dance Base: it’s not very often a full house can consist of twelve peop…
Ofsted inspections are generally not much fun.
Shakespeare in Song attempts to bring the works of Shakespeare to life using songs from through the centuries and chosen complimentary verses.
Pam didn’t get the chance to sing all of her favourite songs last year and returns with her tribute to the genius of Cole Porter.
Seated Reservations’ description as a “one act comedy play about life, death and coffee” doesn’t raise expectations sky-high, but I was very quickly converted by the fast-pac…
The stunning Grand Auditorium of the Ghillie Dhu provides a spectacular setting for Violetta’s Last Tango and raises high hopes for a marvellous milonga and an evening of songs f…
This comedy from the Z Theatre Company centres around the Broken Vows marriage guidance centre, where three couples have been court-ordered to attend therapy.
With The Three Peaks, the Dunnington Players explore not only the three peaks of Yorkshire but also what can happen to us over the course of a year.
If this show had simply featured the songs of the Three Belles – an Andrews Sisters-inspired act with delightful voices and glorious harmonies – and some references to the 1…
Summerhall’s steeply tiered Demonstration Room gives off the air of an amphitheatre, but its back wall houses very modern projections.
Virginia Ironside writes a regular agony column for the Independent and the OIdie and her latest comic novel is No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses! In her one-woman show she explai…
Canterbury may have one of the world’s most famous cathedrals, but Manchester had the Hacienda.
This is a solid performance of a classic play which, while it doesn’t amount to a re-telling in anything but the literal sense, does a creditable job of rendering the whole thing w…
King Ubu was performed only once in playwright Alfred Jarry’s life.
Gilbert and Sullivan musicals aren’t to everyone’s taste, and could most definitely do with an injection of a more modern approach.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ.
Dressed for the part, Melissa Western welcomes you in a friendly and feisty manner as she takes you through a journey into the realms of jazz and the great female vocalists of a no…
King’s exciting new show pays tribute to the timeless songs and musical genius of one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers of the 20th century, Duke Ellington.
In Hong Kong, thousands of people – poor families, students, white-collar workers – live in dystopian-sounding “sub-divided units” that sometimes only amount to 50 square f…
As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task.
One of the brightest rising stars on the Scottish music scene, 23-year-old singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, with special guests.
Rod Hunter, John Purves and Les Sinclair, three of Scotland’s more mature comedians, return to the Fringe for the third time with their popular Old Men 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.
Soiled bodies writhe across across a primordial swamp in earthbound exploration, rising from time to time in contorted gestures.
Cafe Voices is held in the beautiful John Knox House, where the elegant wooden panels of the large bright room provide perfect acoustics for storytelling.
Lilias Fraser from the Scottish Poetry Library will share a selection of poems for reading and discussion on the theme of death. Tickets at: http://goo.gl/k5F38h
“Immersive theatre productions tend to operate in dynamically fluid settings, allowing the audience a more active, voyeuristic, and central role, while also individualizing their…
Bored with Berkoff? Choking on Chekhov? Fed-up with Feydeau? “Don’t sleep in the subway, darlin’, don’t stand in the pouring rain.
George Galloway is best known as the fiercely pro-Palestinian Respect Party MP for West Bradford.
In this poetry workshop, led by poet and Scottish Poetry Library Programme Manager Jennifer (JL) Williams, we will read, write and discuss poems on the theme of death.
Tom Thumb, a character who is small in stature and status, yet is granted the hand of a princess in marriage.
The return of Liam McEneaney’s long-running variety show, with performances from the comedians Gilbert Gottfried and Amanda Melson, the musicians Mike Doughty and Kaki King, …
I’ve often wondered how Edinburgh locals truly feel about the Fringe - is it a huge party or just a massive disruption? Given the wealth of subjects from around the world being d…
Forget the defendant, it is the cast of this excruciating production who should be in the dock.
A strange uplifting new comedy from a master storyteller about sleep problems, past, family and featuring a haunted doll.
Comedians Alan Power and Bisha K Ali present a free nightly comedy spectacular featuring some of their very best comedy friends.
Mary McCarthy and friends have fun at the piano: traditional music, classical music, duets…
The premise of this devised piece, championed by Director Alex Hargreaves, is to break down the usual comforts of viewing horror in a cinema and instead bring the story to a place …
“I always had a good experience with nuns,” said Dan Coggins, who wrote the book, music and lyrics we all know as Nunsense to show us what nuns are “really like.
Authentic, thrilling and (overly) ambitious, Death is the New Porn is a fine piece of theatre.
A pushy broad, a smart Jew and a Harvard mouth team up to form a defence for two Marines who are on trial for murdering a fellow Marine.
Charles Adrian Gillott as Samantha Mann presents an hour of stories about the life and loves of a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit.
Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe…
Comedy Death does not immediately sound like a good idea: a chat show involving comedians talking about their worst ever gigs seems destined to merely extend that list - but someho…
It’s four minutes in and I find myself clapping harder than ever while singing “Auld Reeke you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind.
Following huge success at last years Fringe, LCP Dance Theatre return this year with an extended version of this multimedia dance performance.
There’s a sort of delicious irony to queuing for a show about rationing whilst watching one of the cast frantically stuffing their face with crisps.
‘I do say, give us another!’ is the tragic cry of mediocrity from an improv show that is several decades too late for salvation.
“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?” Maurice Maeterlinck published his play in this intriguing perspe…
In the bowels of Banshee Labyrinth lurk the most unlikely of creatures, and none more terrifying nor outlandish as Richard Tyrone.
Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
Wellington College make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with the wacky jukebox musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Soldier Box is a new play brought to this year’s Fringe by New Celt Productions, a company that amalgamates the talents of both Queen Margaret and Napier university’s recent grad…
Tina’s always wanted to be top of the class.
Richard Brown, ‘tall, bearded’ (Fresh Air Radio), presents his debut hour.
The writers and performers of Bonded by Blood could have possibly struck gold with having me there to review the show.
The boys of Tiffin School are in town and look set to make a huge impact with The Caddington Affair, one of two devised pieces presented by different groups of year 12 A Level st…
This is a rock-solid, totally refreshing naturalist drama performed by outstanding actors.
How many kilos of flour does it take to tell a good story? In the case of Heather Lai, over fifty during the course of her Fringe run and every gramme is put to excellent use.
“A girl.
“The Nobel prize, by canonising individuals, disguises the truth that they are all, in Newton’s famous phrase, standing ‘on giants’ shoulders’ and on each other’s as well.
Edinburgh Jews is an exhibition originally compiled by two students at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity.
Jesper Arin, who performs this one-man play, stood at the exit to the theatre as the audience left.
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.
Paolo Scheriani, Italian theatre author, winner of several prizes, performs I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life.
Flying High Theatre Company from Nottinghamshire is aptly named; that is exactly what this group of lively youngsters do throughout this performance.
Faith is based on the story of Imber, a village which had the misfortune to be located too near to a military base on Salisbury Plain.
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee Nathan pays you £5 to watch his show.
“Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family.
Hosted in our Medieval Torture Exhibition with some instruments from Nuremberg and Bamburg Castles in Germany from the late 1500s and early 1600s.
Éowyn Emerald and Dancers made a successful debut at last year’s Fringe and are back again this year with another varied programme of short dances.
Off The Curtain is described as an ‘East-meets-West’ one-woman show, using a mixture of storytelling, acting and poetic narrative.
‘The mindless monotony of routine in the workplace’ is how Blue Moon Theatre describe the show that they have brought to this year’s Fringe.
The Edinburgh premiere of this exciting new work from InterAct (Wales).
Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man.
The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it.
Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself.
It’s back with a twist for 2014! After rave reviews and sell out performances, The Dark Truth Tour returns for 2014, with a new spin looking into the dark tales of death and deca…
The spoken content of this play, written and directed by Adam Tulloch, is minimal; the direction is bold and brave.
UK rising comedy star Nicky Wilkinson brings you an hour of rip-roaring stand-up, comic characters and special guest performers.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
We got your late night funny covered! Come and witness a fresh batch of Festival Fringe comedians every night.
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
Mark Farrelly’s The Silence of Snow is a charming and funny, if not particularly deep, depiction of the life of Soho author Patrick Hamilton, best known for penning Rope and Hang…
I felt lucky to have a press pass around my neck when I saw the queues of people being turned away from this show.
Duck lives a typical duck existence: she eats snails, swims in ponds and sleeps peacefully at night.
What happens when a geezer only starts doing all those wild and crazy things he should have done in his youth when he is approaching his 50s? When a guy gets himself married young,…
Chris is 18 years old, gay, and in search of fun and attention.
My first clue should have been the warmup.
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…
An Irish showcase, bringing you the best in Irish comedy!
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
In addition to their main show at the Pleasance, the writer-performer foursome known as the Beta Males have split into pairs to do something a bit different in the afternoon.
A powerful portrait of the artist Francis Bacon.
“This is not The Rocky Horror Show stage production” - a significant point of clarification in the Fringe programme lest anyone might think that this is the real thing.
The Bilborough College Players make their Edinburgh debut with a double-bill production featuring absurdist and epic theatre, Life with Crayons.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Henry is a verbal magician, creating an atmosphere of bold sincerity on stage that will force you out of your comfort zone and into his hilarious domain.
Sometimes, we can miss what’s important.
The idea of a comedy play that’s centred around something we are all really familiar with at the moment - ‘listicles’ - is quite intriguing.
As a card-carrying, paid-up member of the Grumpy Old Men squad, I occasionally look at all those fresh-faced stand-ups staring out from the posters plastered across the city like S…
Braz Dos Santos has quite the tale to tell.
A showcase show with some of the best performers at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe.
‘The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children’ (Jim Henson).
There is no doubt that an audience of a certain age will fondly remember the two famous actors starring in You’re Never Too Old, although audiences of any age could not fail to e…
The premise of the show is simple; Mars has abandoned self-doubt and concluded he is a good comedian; he’s decided that this one is on us; the audience, to enjoy the show or not.
This is one for all the lads who have ever had girlfriends problems, all the lassies who have had to put up with boyfriends, and anyone who likes tea.
An exciting tale of bravery, trust, friendship and love.
Everything seemed against this performance from the start.
In this feminist retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, the desire to be human is not borne out of desire to find a Prince, but a desire to experience motherh…
Shakespeare’s convoluted and graphically violent tragedy “Titus Andronicus” is not usually regarded as one of his best.
Just when you thought it was safe and you hoped you were cool, there comes.
Billed as ‘Comedy (mime, physical theatre)’ I was a little unsure about what to expect from Kraken, but whatever it was that I had been expected was soon proven to be way out.
Liz Lochhead’s solo spoken word show at Assembly Rooms opens with songs from Joni Mitchell’s delicately moody album ‘Blue’ on the sound system; appropriate not only for her…
Comedians can be a cynical bunch.
Returning to Edinburgh after a three-year hiatus which has seen him performing around the world, on radio and on television.
Stephen Bailey—all silver dickie bow tie, floral grey suit and camp demeanour—is clearly in love with love and romance.
Ivor Dembina cut his teeth on the alternative comedy circuit with original material, so I was surprised to discover him performing a show called Old Jewish Jokes for the third y…
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day.
Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this.
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
One of the best things about the Fringe is the energy and ingenuity of the young companies performing here and these are both words that apply perfectly to Double Edge Drama, creat…
It’s hard to imagine an audience that won’t enjoy this show, based (exceedingly loosely, one hopes) on the boarding school experiences of WitTank’s cast of three: Mark Cooper…
A sign for the Walton Street Working Men’s Club hangs on one wall, on the other a set of gold and pink lametta streamers.
What does it take to be remembered? What would you have to do to ensure that your name lives on forever? Three young lads have spent a few years on the music scene and have finally…
As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’.
David O’Doherty is one of those rare stand-ups who is a familiar face without being plastered everywhere, who is successful without being packaged.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
A stand-up show about feeling bamboozled by the modern world.
In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man.
Edinburgh stalwarts Dan and Jeff are back for another energetic hour and, following Potted Potter, Potted Pirates and Potted Panto, it’s the turn of Baker Street’s own Sherlock…
Andrew Ryan’s show this year sees him look at where he is in his life, how he got here and how he’s enjoying it - or not enjoying it, as the case may be.
The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost…
Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like.
It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues.
Many consider Stuart Goldsmith’s career as a comic to be “living the dream.
Apphia Campbell brings an all-encompassing presence to the stage during this solo performance.
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
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Leicester Square Theatre: 30th Jun 7pm.
There may be questions surrounding his historical accuracy, but there can be no denying that Shakespeare’s Richard III is one of the most fascinating and entertaining of Englis…
John Early, Michael Cavadias and Dave Hill host their version of a daytime talk show, with the guests Jemima Kirke, Cole Escola and Kate Berlant.
As the audience takes their seats, they see a man hunched over an easel, drawing pictures on a large sheet of paper with feverish intensity.
One of the brightest young comics in New York, Mr. Lane welcomes three other comedians for a stand-up show and a sit-down of “gossip, drinking and laughs.”
Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, the husband-and-wife playwrights behind this supple production about the towering comic book artist Jack Kirby, deftly compressing much informa…
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The Iron Boot Scrapers, with their 3rd year at Brighton Fringe, bring you songs of tuberculosis, vamparism, prostitution and miasma from their debut album.
Dave, a straight male, takes a satirical look into his anorexic past.
Birthday Girls are a sketch group that leave you laughing and at times utterly confused.
Yiri Baa – West African Roots Manding AfroBeat Band brings you a performance of the wildest music from The Gambia, Senegal and Mali, West Africa.
Wilfred Owen was sent to Craiglockhart Hospital for ‘Nervous Disorders’ in June 1917.
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Portraits from the end of life.
Inspired by the five-star production of ‘Killing Roger’, Sparkle and Dark invite you to join a dynamic panel to talk about how art can tackle challenging ethical issues.
Unfortunately, the likeability of these two ladies wasn’t enough to reject the notion that they should have, to quote an age old cliché, ‘stuck to the day job.
Following a sell-out run at last years Brighton Fringe and described as “one of the highlights of The Brunswick’s Fringe programme for the 2013 Festival”, TPTPC are back with more …
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Disgraced teacher James Bennison takes to the stage in his debut stand up show, tackling that untapped comedy gold mine, mathematics! Join him as he takes you on a journey of hila…
I left Lead Pencil and Friends still wiping tears of laughter from my cheeks.
An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships.
All day event with distinguished novelist Philip Hensher, poet Jo Skelt and other compelling speakers.
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
Awaking in a mental hospital with no idea who she is, Jude begins a comic odyssey into the obscure, where reason is treason, sanity is a sickness and the only truth is that everyth…
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
After a sell-out run at the 2013 Fringe, Le Flop are back with their unique brand of stupidity.
The Brooklyn favorite Eugene Mirman revives his long-running variety show for a mini-tour with the adored British comedy genius Daniel Kitson.
Irishman Andrew Ryan is 31 years old and he could not be happier, or could he? When his Dad was his age, he was very happily married, with a house and three kids.
“Flawed but Fearless dissection of the absurd” (The List) from a comedian who is unapologetically flawed and fearless.
High above the hustling, bustling streets of New York city, the Brooklyn bridge serves as the perfect setting for five New Yorkers to seek refuge from their busy lives.
The first time a comedian tries out an hours set it is a hugely nerve wracking experience, exposing weaknesses that can be hidden in a shorter performance.
Since all his pals abandoned him, award-winning music & sketch comedian Sid has had a severe nervous breakdown.
Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee Nathan has a date of death – now you get yours - and £5 at the end of the show (if you don’t die).
Two sisters reveal themselves in a physical, biographical piece directly examining their relationship, sexuality, experiences and choices.
Spoken Word Poet, Tommy Sissons presents a one-man poetry performance exploring the themes of urban lifestyles, working class values and the impact of politics in a coarse and inte…
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
Eliza Skelton is one of the finest of Brighton’s many wonderful songstresses.
Brighton-based improv troupe, The Twitnits bring their unique night of made-up musical comedy to Brighton Fringe.
Following a sell-out run at last years Brighton Fringe and described as “one of the highlights of The Brunswick’s Fringe programme for the 2013 Festival”, TPTPC are back with more …
After a gruelling past GCSE drama experience of The Crucible, I’ve always thought Arthur Miller’s play to be a weighty piece of theatre that requires a tenacious attention span…
Walking up to the pop-up gallery on its opening night was a difficult endeavour.
Do you have any regrets about your life? Celebrating ten years as a company, The Maydays pose questions to the audience about the last ten years of their own life: whether you have…
(previews start on May 24; opens on June 2) The Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada manages to make the ordinary seem fresh, the inarticulate expressive.
This superlative pianist is an insightful interpreter of a range of repertory.
Come and curl up with a living book.
Be a part of character comedian Katie O’Brien’s silly theatrical funfair as she brings you her five-star show, SuZanna GonZo.
Best of Friends’ writer and producer Nick Fogarty has proved his dedication and great stamina to this musical project.
Big Jay Oakerson brings his crowd-work show to the Comedy Cellar’s second room, with appearances by Dave Attell, Dan Soder, Luis J. Gomez and others.
South Boston, the place of ‘cahs’ instead of ‘cars’, is the all-encompassing setting for Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire’s fascinating story of pride, poverty and the p…
‘BABY/LON’, the second work by Hackney-based theatre company The Big House, is a big story; one of homelessness, violence, motherhood on the lowest rungs of society and the strug…
This admirable writer-composer-pianist sometimes plays one of his own compositions for an encore.
The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected is a comedy panel game where the audience helps decide who’s good, who’s bad and who’s unexpected.
Directed by Patricia McGregor, José Rivera’s drama uses the micro (family ghosts, turbulent love triangles) to explore the macro (Puerto Rico’s future), but the la…
Act One is a company full of high quality actors, all of whom were captivating to watch.
In Arin Arbus’s thoughtful and affecting production, Shakespeare’s most daunting play lowers its voice, the better to be heard more clearly.
It was once thought that school productions of Shakespeare plays were for the enjoyment of supportive parents and few others.
As a happily married man whose life is upended when his best friend announces he is leaving his wife, Jeremy Shamos (“Clybourne Park”) gives a standout performance in t…
After a 2/3rd sell-out at the Fringe last year, Jonathan and friends return to put their slant on original songs that speak about our psychological, political and emotional lives f…
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
BBC 5 Live’s Richard Bacon presents his show from the BBC’s venue at the Edinburgh Festivals. Join him for big name guests and topical debate.
Death is the topic that the performance of For Their Own Good tackles head on.
The music of Cole Porter has always had a kind of mutability and magic to it.
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…
Each time a mountain rescue is reported in the media, it is difficult not to think ‘Why would they climb that alone/in that weather/at that time of year?’ But the truth for som…
The Stephen Gordon Group is a progressive jazz band from the US, dedicated to keeping the legacy of jazz alive and evoking new soundscapes in the genre.
Nick discusses plans for his funeral with a majestic PowerPoint presentation. Will also talk about sport, hobbies etc. Bring a sandwich. #lunchtime. www.freefestival.co.uk
Double act comedy is very difficult.
Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter Amy Duncan performs songs from her new Linn Records release, Cycles of Life. www.amyduncan.co.uk / www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
Star of Fringe favourite The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, Siôn James, ‘utterly charming .
A new black comedy musical set within the confines of the nuclear family home of the seemingly perfect Biktrakarawitz’s, which quickly descends into a gruesome world of murder, inc…
Nervous performer Florence Minder introduces an American version of herself to talk about those moments when shit happens.
Stage One, the charity dedicated to developing the next generation of commercial theatre producers will be putting together an industry panel to discuss the producing profession an…
Page to stage adaptations are nothing new but a sixty-three year old comic strip developing into a stage musical is certainly unconventional.
Although the Fringe offers up a slew of improvised comedy year after year, the youthful set of comics behind Blind Mirth succeed in providing a unique input into the somewhat satur…
Simon Cowell says I’m ‘.
Many readers will be familiar with the experience of almost falling asleep in a lecture theatre; it is probably less common for the urge to arise while a Greek tragedy is in full s…
In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change.
For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right.
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
Fold fitted sheets, design perfect desserts and create consummate canapés! A rich but practical diet of the responsibilities, realities and rituals of domesticity to entertain, ed…
It is very difficult to appreciate a show when the performer alienates you from the rest of the audience.
UK’s No.
I have to admit, I was not convinced by Gavin Crawford to begin with.
Armed with a bottle of vodka, this retired football manager wins the applause of both his seasoned fans and those newer to the game.
A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t…
Before this show, every time I walked past the nondescript sign on Nicolson Street imploring me to give the Scientologists a try, I was tempted to stop.
As Deidre and Veronica awake on their wedding day, the action of this show takes place in a bedroom with conversation ranging from Deirdre’s love of Julie Andrews to Veronica’s ins…
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Slaves of the Kingdom is a new musical based around the Bible story of Moses and the Exodus and it’s one hell of an ambitious undertaking.
Virginia Ironside is witty and sparky as she discusses the triumphs, as opposed to the tribulations, of growing old.
Death by Murder is a hilarious improvised comedy.
Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band celebrate 20 years with our favourite numbers from Prima, Porter, Martin, Sinatra and Naples.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church.
Kourtney Kardashian.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ.
A Matter of Life and Death by Tom Morris and Emma Rice, as well as being a loving ode to the classic film by Powell and Pressburger, is also an original work in its own right.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ.
There’s no denying Scottish jazz singer Carol Kidd has a sweet voice, although it takes a few songs to settle down this evening.
Richard Wiseman hosts an evening of ectoplasm and uncanny spectacle as we cross to the other side and communicate with the deceased. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Although at first you can’t quite tell why, there is something different about Stephen Tobin’s prints.
The affably natured Rod Hunter, John Purves and Les Sinclair bring their charming stand-up routine of one-liners galore and light observation to the Bee Hive Inn.
Hosted at the Edinburgh Christadelphian Church by the local community group there, Inquiry into the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ purportedly sets out to examine evidence …
Feis Rois and Friends is a show by Feis Rois, an organisation which promotes traditional celtic and Scottish folk music.
Philip and The Band celebrate 20 years (!) at the Fringe.
Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast.
On the 26 June 1284, 130 children mysteriously vanished from the town of Hamelin, Germany, for which the Pied Piper has been blamed in legend.
Comedian Dave Bailey ‘definitely funny and loads of good gags’ (BAFTA) performs 30 minutes of stand-up and is supported by two top comedians from the circuit doing 15 minute se…
Looking at an empty, upturned cathedral setting, with the scent of incense wafting around the room and quiet choral music playing in the background, I was unsure what to expect fro…
When you’re looking for a kids’ show at the Fringe, there are a few names which ought to be a safe bet and, of these, none more so than Roald Dahl.
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Certainly adhering to it’s name, Todd Gordon and a multitude of talented musicians played well into the night.
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical written/performed by Katie Wilbert.
Folk is a big deal at the moment, with bands such as Mumford and Sons bringing English traditional music to the stadium stage, while American artists such as Alison Krauss enjoy a …
Tells the life, dreams and disenchantments of a concert pianist at the end of her career, accompanied by live piano.
Death Ship 666 is Airplane meets Titanic; an exuberant rollercoaster ride of humorous grotesques, which revels in its own clichés and absurdities.
Richard Wiseman’s Psychobabble feels like an assembly.
[Life] - An Everyman’s Tale.
Best-selling author, psychologist and magician Richard Wiseman rummages around in your mind.
Alex Kealy and Friends promise an hour of humour.
Watching this show is like experiencing fallout from an imagination bomb.
It’s human nature that we tend to take more interest in people’s failures than their successes.
Tackling real contemporary issues, this poignant, hilarious play says a lot about finding love the second (or third or fourth) time.
From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas.
A brand new stand-up show about why a 30-year-old American probably shouldn’t be friends with a 19-year-old boy from Norfolk.
Can you be just as happy without kids? Child-free Radio 4 Saturday Live regular, Kate Fox takes a hilarious and thought-provoking look at one of society’s last taboos.
Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader.
After a darker time last year in which Aidan Goatley suffered from a patch of bad mental health, he is back to let everybody know he is now on top form and how it was watching his …
Through the darkness of a subterranean music bar, in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, glimmers a gem of theatrical history.
Christian Reilly is on a mission to save the world through music.
There were many moments in this show where I really wanted to enjoy it.
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.
King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall.
Wonderfully dark and disturbing, Richard Gadd has come to Edinburgh’s Free Fringe not only to make his audience cry with laughter, but also to push the boundaries of physical com…
Two girls dressed in leopard print belong in what must be the most boring world possible and for one whole hour let us in on how they pass the time.
Stories of a girl who lived life by the seat of her pants, even when she wasn’t wearing any.
Rowena Haley’s show has a simple, yet entertaining foundation: what is it like to grow up with a 93-year-old as your best friend? Through wittily penned songs, anecdotes and lar…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
Rape is a crime against humanity, especially when used as a weapon of war.
To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend.
An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…
For those who are not experts in Dickensian literature, Grated Expectations might well prove hard to understand.
Life Sentence follows the story of Theo, who has just been diagnosed with immortality.
In The Principle of Uncertainty we have a physics lecture on Quantum Mechanics containing live music with the premise that the only certainty is that nothing in the universe is cer…
We live in a world where technology is changing the way we see ourselves and other people.
Katerina Vrana’s multinational show is the kind of comedy gold that makes the Free Fringe all the more worthwhile.
Fantasy No.
Life in 3 Words is a solo piano and song show written and performed by Irish singer/songwriter Emer O’Flaherty.
The events surrounding the Christmas truce - which took place in 1914, during the first world war, on the Western Front - have long served as one of the most poignant reminders of …
Vessel focuses on the reunion of five Irish siblings who are in the process of building a ship together in memory of their mysteriously absent brother John.
Stand-up legend and Red Dwarf star returns to continue The Sugababes debate plus much more.
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
There’s no denying the pulling power of Lynley Dodd’s best-selling children’s series Hairy Maclary: with vibrant characters, charming stories and colourful settings they are popula…
I found Hurly Burly’s ‘best of Shakespeare deaths’ a thoroughly educational experience: I learnt that Shakespearean ‘best of’ simply does not work.
Stories of hilarious, heart-warming and often bizarre moments in a unique career. Even if it’s not your first time with a prostitute, it’ll be the funniest!
Although far from perfect, this is a pleasant and, at times, touching comedy about the stresses and strains of family life.
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
Watching Three Women is immensely frustrating.
Madame Chabane will give you an insight into the daily life of an Arab woman and hopes to make you laugh!
Employees of the month, hosted by the extremely likable Glenn Moore, presents Edinburgh’s hottest comedians.
I’m not a morning person at the best of times.
My favourite thing about the Edinburgh Fringe is the sheer concentration of talent in creates in the city, an array of people with skills that I can only dream of having.
Rob Deb, ‘the Lenny Bruce of sci-fi’ (Skinny), returns retooled and rebooted.
Thirteen-O’Clock, Parliament Square, London.
For years, the Durham Revue have been one of the strongest university sketch troupes around and this year is no exception.
Having lived in Edinburgh all my life, I wondered how much Saints and Sinners Walking Tours could really tell me about my city.
Douglas Adams said the answer to the big question of Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. I am 42 this year. Find out what I have learned and questions I have.
Music, video, comedy and theatre? A physical performance and an eBook? Attempting to tackle the subject of the apocalypse? From reading the show description of ‘The Flood’, you…
Affable and slightly confused, Lucy Frederick invites you to join her in her tireless quest to be the cool kid in town. From onesies to dubstep … where is cool hiding these days?
Tony, 33, wonders: could he have achieved more in life by not spending 20 years playing video games? Join one of the north-east’s hottest talents in his debut hour to find out.
The memories of an unknown 50-year-old, who happened to meet many characters along his path in life from the rich, powerful and famous to those who make life interesting…
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.
Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity.
The Islanders tells the simple tale of a young Dorset couple, Amy and Eddie; the beginnings of their love, the slow disaster of their living together and the titanic struggle of or…
The idea behind Julia Munrow’s one-woman show has the potential to be entertaining: a mother of two at the end of her tether after being taken advantage of by her husband, friend…
If you love a good story, then you’ll love this.
Fifty years after the death of Marilyn Monroe and public fascination with her is as strong as ever.
The maestro of feel-good comedy.
For fans of Richard Digance, his twenty-two show run at the Fringe is long overdue.
You just know that any show that begins with a bald man in a kilt gyrating camply to Madonna with a male audience member is going to be a winner.
After 35 stitches, two brain scans and returning from the dead, Tommy stopped drinking and started living.
Often high marks are awarded to those companies who create a new world in the theatre through their use of advanced set, puppetry, props or movement so it is good to sometimes be r…
A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t…
From the maestro of feel-good comedy.
We see a lot of Rich Hall on panel shows these days: QI, Have I Got News For You?, Eight out of Ten Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
The Big Man’s back.
Jokes that everyone’s heard before are always the hardest to make funny, so spare a thought for that most venerable of comedian: the ‘Jewish comic’ who has decades of comedic folkl…
Rarely has there been a version of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
From the mega world famous Muppets stable.
This Was Your Life is a rethink of the classic game show, in which its audience can decide whether its contestant, Michael, will go to heaven or hell.
Rik n Mix is actually a showcase of three comedians combining their short sets to make an hour long show compered by Rik Carranza.
It’s likely that, when you think of France at its coolest, there are certain figures who spring to mind –Francois Truffaut, Jean-Paul Satre, Brigitte Bardot.
One of the beautiful things about the Fringe is the way in which so many shows can be supported simultaneously.
Danny’s a winner, by which we mean he isn’t but he thinks he is. Come and spend an hour with someone who isn’t a winner but most definitely an above average comedian.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
From Eastern Finland comes Mammoth which is most definitely an acquired taste.
John Luke Roberts puts on a brilliant, surreal tale of a haunted sock.
The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers.
I’m sure any fringe veteran worth their salt has had the experience of seeing a famous face from their childhood appearing out of an Edinburgh side-street to bring back a flood o…
Ensconced in an inflatable dome, in the children’s area of the Pleasance, bravely struggling through a voice ravaged by cold and flyering, Jay Foreman does not have an easy job o…
In her 22nd year of visiting the Edinburgh Fringe, the ever chirpy, evergreen Lucy Porter puts her identity in front of the audience as she explains her confused, northern routes.
At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h…
‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist…
In his new Fringe show, Stephen Carlin sheds light on a unique problem that comes out of gambling addiction; while most addicts can feasibly avoid their choice drug for evermore, g…
God Bless Liz Lochhead follows three failing actors who attempt to stage an adaptation of Tartuffe, 25 years after a disastrous tour of that production brought chaos to all their l…
Sotho Sounds in the band’s current form is four men: cheerful front-man Khuti, guitarist Tankiso, string-player Josepha and frowning powerhouse percussionist Paseka.
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
Jack Thorne’s stage adaptation of Alexander Masters’ biography of Stuart Shorter is simultaneously sweet and violently hard-hitting.
Tom Wrigglesworth is anything but ordinary.
Though a wayward arachnid hanging from the ceiling threatened to steal Walsh’s show on the night I was there, his genuine reaction to it – ‘HOLY SHIT’ – turned into ten m…
Katie Goodman absolutely delivers – a gutsy comedian with a satirical side and a fairly foul mouth.
I often revisit companies and venues at the Fringe, simply because I know that their work works for me.
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
From the start, the three characters that welcome you to this show about death are filled with an energy and hilarity that captures the audience and holds them until the end.
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
Life must be hard if you want to be a different gender.
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
During the Fringe, a haven for ill equipped hastily prepared venues, it can be reassuring to witness a comedy show at a place dedicated to stand up all year round.
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…
To suggest that this Dickens classic suffered a stage death is a slight exaggeration of the Space’s production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, but I must confess…
There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead.
Every man in the audience stiffened as a pulsating phallus inflated on the screen in front of us at the start of the show.
Some suggest that you have to like a performer to be able to laugh at their work.
Reliance Falls is the redneck American backwater that hides an intriguing secret.
Early in his set Cuddly Loser Damion Larkin describes himself as ‘five foot seven and made of pies.
On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated.
Jessica Almasy is compulsive viewing, much like the material she delivers in her solo performance, Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope).
If you were to somehow strap Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas on the front of an Express Train going in one direction, and Sondheim’s Into The Woods on a similar train headi…
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
Set in Oyo, Nigeria in the middle of World War II, Wole Soyinkas Death and the Kings Horseman centres around the battle between British colonialist views and the local traditio…
There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years.
Located in the small but cosy performance space underneath the main café area of Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, Life or Something Like it sees Mancunian singer-songwriter Claire…
Stand-up comedy can be awkward when the audience is small.
Pop band related shows seem to be something of a trend nowadays.
This is the second year running that I have seen a Fringe set by Henning Wehn – and although the man is a brilliant stand-up, the common threads running through his material are …
I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way.
As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show.
Satirical portraits of Adolf Hitler have been around since Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’, through ‘The Producers’, to the Mr T Experience’s ‘Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend’.
This is a show which will divide audiences, causing disputes of both an interpersonal and internal nature.
The sights, smells and sounds of eighteenth century London live on in the Gilded Balloons Debating Hall.
Sanderson Jones lost his mother at the age of 10 and has been thinking about death ever since.
Three hapless 20 something men hang out in a bedroom, no longer at college but not yet ready for the world of grown-up relationships in ‘Boys’ Life’, Howard Korder’s Pulitz…
The title of Wondrous Flitting is a double reference: it stands for both the miraculous appearance in 24-year-old waster Sam’s house of the Holy House of Loreto, a medieval site of…
Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality.
The star of Jonathan Creek and QI returns to the stage in his first foray into the world of stand-up since 2001.
A night of cabaret at St Marys Church which brought together the quirky poetry of Sue Pearson, with the ethereal music of Astra and the opera-meets-musical-theatre style singing …
This year, Richard Herring is resurrecting his first ever one-man Fringe show, Christ On A Bike, which he performed in 2001.
War! What is it good for? Well, in this case, it’s good for about half of this Warwick University student production of Naomi Wallace’s The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle…
‘Andrew and the Pony’ is, oddly enough, the story of how performer Andrew Bridges has always, since early childhood, desperately wanted a pony and of all the bizarre situations…
The tiny room in the Shack Comedy Club on Rose Street was a fitting venue for an intimate, surprisingly generous and occasionally bleak comedy set from Stuart Black, which often fe…
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When DeAnne Smith entered the stage dressed in an adorable ensemble, picks up her ukulele and started singing a tune that sounded like it had been lifted from the soundtrack of 500…
If you’ve ever been anywhere near the Fens you’ll probably have realised that they’re fucking mental, but if unlike me you haven’t visited Spalding’s Springfields Centre for a fun …
Lucy Porter is a darling of the Fringe.
No matter how annoying you find flyerers on the Royal Mile, even the most exasperated Fringe-goer would probably agree that rounding them up to be slaughtered in death camps is qui…
Byrne’s material tonight takes in a range of styles and moods, but is mostly taken from poetry written in Scots dialect traditions, and there were clearly a number of jokes that I …
Entering the theatre in the midst of a party it was clear that this was going to be an energetic play.
It was a strange ensemble that made up the ‘Josh Neicho and Friends’ show on this day, but not an bad one.
If ever there was a lesson in the value of being patient, this show is it.
There are about ten people in a dank attic room for what Grainne Maguire repeatedly describes as a ‘late night bonnet show’, meaning that for the majority of her set she doesn’t ev…
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
As a recent ex-Catholic, I know there’s a lot of material to be got from the Catholic Church, whether you’re a member or not.
Kids are a notoriously tough crowd.
In 2010, a young American student and an old British academic take an interest in the life of the Romantic poet Chatterton, and specifically the circumstances of his relationship w…
With her phenomenal voice and subtle and sexy ambiance, Ali McGregor knows how to make an entrance.
Lynley Dodd’s tales of Hairy Maclary, the scampish terrier who gets up to all manner of mischief with his animal pals, never really did much for me as a little’un.
Various media have opted for sex as the defining theme of this year’s Fringe, and a number of the shows I’ve been able to see are characterised by a clear-eyed recognition of the d…
It’s hard to fault this set by Ed Byrne, although it’s very tempting to do so.
Brutality is hard to sustain onstage.
I haven’t been to the circus for a while and there’s a reason for that.
Assisted suicide, euthanasia, murder.
Let me introduce you to Blue the Puppet, Alamanda the Awkward Prawn, Toilet Duck Man, and Malcolm and Miranda, the Outsized Cushion Couple.
Naked Pictures of my life is a no holds barred look at Petes life as he approaches middle age and starts to experience and think about aging.
It’s usually a good sign when a sketch group can make you smile before you even enter the venue.
The theme of this years offering is love, which Lucy equates to a mental illness.
One woman laughed out of all control tonight, and Stephen K.
Dinner with Cole Porter was held at Valona & Crolla.
It is not often at the Fringe when you are welcomed into the auditorium by the performer himself with the house lights fully up.
This show provides an enjoyable hour of new material from Stephen Grant that aims to explore and confront stereotypes.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
This pair of independent comedians is sure to evoke a titter from even the stoniest of critics.
Over the last few years at the Latitude festival Robin Ince’s Book Club has been a runaway success.
Markus Birdman’s comedy dwells on serious themes, a fact that is perhaps unsurprising considering the 40-something stand-up suffered a stroke a few years ago which caused him to …
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
Have you ever seen a man sweat through the back of a business suit? If that’s an experience in which your life is lacking, it’s one of many reasons why you might be interested in s…
King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic.
The premise of the show is that This Is your Life is doing a special on Kenny Moon, comedian.
Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday.
Steve Hall, part of the sketch comedy show We are Klang, is an appealing comic.
‘Isn’t memory funny?’, comments Amy, one of the two main characters of DC Jackson’s My Romantic History.
With a billing as an interactive murder mystery with chocolate tasting, the crowds were queuing up at Zoo Southside.
The Old Spice Boys make their debut on the Fringe with a fun show that will get your toes tapping to swing, jazz, reggae and blues rhythms.
It’s easy to see where Australian comic Bec Hill is coming from in this set about refusing to conform to the pressures of adulthood.
Out with the old and in with the new.
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir…
This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown.
Irish sketch group No Pants Thursday have come up with a fairly creative way of making their sketch show stand out from the rest, though it’s not the way their name suggests.
Everyone remembers storytime – that happy time at the end of the day when the hard work of colouring in and sticking bits of paper to other bits of paper could be safely put behi…
Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers.
Dee Mardi gives us a cabaret of life, with the twist that everything is related in some way to laundry pegged on the line.
An entertaining hour of fairy tales drawn from Hans Christian Andersens collection.
An exploration of modern society and our responses to it, Life Is Too Good To Be True is a one-man show presented by the Netherlands’ Het Geluid (The Noise).
French-Canadian drama Bashir Lazhar draws its tension from the point at which two forms of loneliness intersect – that of an Algerian immigrant trying to make his way in a new wo…
Stand up comedian Stephen Grant hilariously analyses the problems of modern society.
This is Lucy Porter’s 5th visit to the Fringe and at last she’s managing to fake sincerity.
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
This award-winning play by Timberlake Wertenbaker was first performed at Londons Royal Court in 1988 and has lost none of its power.
This is frighteningly honest stuff.
Should he go to heaven or face eternal damnation? The audience decide in this fresh and raucously funny musical.
Henning Wehn might be the most bizarre stand-up comedian I have ever seen, but I think that’s intentional.
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
Traverse has presented the most elegant of double bills for the Fringe by showcasing two of Scotland’s prized playwrights, David Greig and David Harrower.
Hennessy and Friends is a fast paced surreal comedy sketch show.
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
Bryony Lavery’s Last Easter is a one-act comedy about cancer, euthanasia and the vestigial presence of religious imagery in our hopeless, secular lives.
neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’.
I have a confession to make: I did not plan on attending this performance.
Adapted from a 1990s German play by David Geiselmann, this student production is a thrilling race through the cruelty and aggression underlying social etiquette.
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…
Billed primarily as comedy, it’s only natural to spend the first few minutes of this show wondering where the jokes are.
It’s impossible not to like Sam Fletcher.
I’ve often wondered what was going on behind the life models eyes.
Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room.
Picture Chris Addison in your mind for a minute.
Dublin’s comedy night The Death of Comedy made relaxing, jovial, if not exactly side-splitting entertainment.
Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent.
Nobody said that a one man show bringing Chekhov and Alison Carr together was going to be easy.
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
There are 21 Richard Thompsons listed in Wikipedia, including a Conservative baronet, a racing driver and a Warner Bros animator.
Richard Herring returns to Edinburgh with his 21st show in 15 years.
The story of a World War Two child survivor is delightfully told in a simple production which exudes energy and passion.
DDMcG Productions have hit on a winner with this piece: a combination of performance poetry, live-looping and music from two very talented strings players.
Twice Total Theatre Award-nominees You Need Me tackle heavy subject matter and live up to their reputation for creating evocative physical theatre in this highly-charged drama, wit…
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
David Egan’s Pork is an interesting stab at an interesting topic; set in a future dystopia where pigs live side by side with feral humans in a sinister charitable enclave known onl…
Previous reviewers have compared Lach to Woody Allen and Woody Guthrie, and while these two are good reference points I’d like to start by pointing out just how much he looks, and …
‘Life as we know it’ turns out to be about a very specific time in life: the teenage years.
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge.
It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently.
I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a childrens show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w…
Deep in the cellars of the Café Voltaire a science experiment is taking place.
Although his writing is poetry as much as philosophy, there is a danger that any performance of a work by Albert Camus might neglect the more intriguingly human aspects of his lite…
This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs…
Be prepared, the caption warns, to laugh and cry, probably at the same time! This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent…
A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre…
Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day…
‘Woof woof here we go, it’s the Hairy Maclary show!’ This was the enthusiastic and warm musical welcome I received as I stumbled into the theatre faced by the sight of the entire t…
Sordid Lives is the story of the overwhelming weirdness of small-town American life and the empowerment of its women, through the discovery of pink sequins and two-barrelled shotgu…
Greshams have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way.
Andre King’s style is an endearing one.
Last year, Wednesday by Ian Winterton was one of my picks of the Fringe.
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
When Bridget Christie bounds onto the stage in a bishop’s vestments and mitre, running around the audience distributing crackers and squeezes of water, and then a couple of minutes…
Academy Of Death is one of two musicals at this years Fringe in which the major theme is body-snatching in Edinburgh in the 1820s, the other being Burke And Hare A Musical P…
Danton was one of the architects of the French Revolution and was instrumental in the execution of the King, his family and other aristocratic leaders.
I just saw The Great Puppet Horn and boy do I need to catch my breath.
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
Watching Jonelle Allen in Harlem Renaissance, you can’t help thinking you’re in the presence of Broadway Royalty.
Fringe mainstay Sean Hughes is performing two shows at this year’s festival and has perhaps bravely decided to make his earlier show, Life Becomes Noises, an extended discourse o…
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
I must start with two clear statements.
There’s a comedy show at this year’s Fringe entitled All Young People Are C*nts.
Socks playing guitar.
Heath Franklin’s Chopper claims to be the ‘International Ambassador of Hard’.
Brecht’s famous parable about living a good life in a world ruled by money is here performed admirably by students from the Chinese International School of Hong Kong.
Relief theatre are a young student company based in Edinburgh.
Dead Posh’s production immediately struck on a winning note before the play had even begun, endearing themselves to hungry reviewers by providing Tunnocks teacakes and plastic cu…
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…
Steve Shanyaski provides an hour of solid laughs; this loveable Mancunian has a twinkle in his eye and a high energy routine that will leave you giggling.
This play is set in a penal colony in eighteenth century Australia.
I didn’t have high hopes for a school drama group bringing one of the classic plays of the twentieth century to the Fringe.
Bad things shouldn’t happen to nice people.
There’s something about the marriage of the arcane and the amusing, the faux Victoriana of shows like ‘Bleak Expectations’, that I always find enjoyable.
A word of warning: if an hour of explicit homosexual phone sex is the sort of thing that sends you running to complain to Mary Whitehouse, then look away now.
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.
Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles …
There are no tickets for The Good, The Bad and The Extra-terrestrials but every audience member is presented with a cowboy hat and a toy revolver to get into the spirit of things.
There’s basically no-one who doesn’t like Roald Dahl – he’s been a cornerstone of kids’ literature for 50 years and with good reason.
Kieran and Joe may have gone from a trio to a duo since their last trip to the Fringe but fans can rest easy: the loss of a man doesn’t mean a loss of laughs.
It all started well enough.
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
If you’ve ever seen or read JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls you’ll be broadly familiar with the message of UnWish Theatre’s Carnivale, a dinner party with a difference where the …
This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen.
You could be forgiven for thinking that Jim Campbell was Mark Watson’s twin brother.
Josie Long’s Be Honourable! is on some level about being nice not the easiest subject for laughs, but one with which she succeeds partly by being such a shining example.
Adapted from Richard Milward’s 2006 novel, Apples is a slice of teen life in all its grottiness, expanded to cartoonish proportions from a starting point of Northern reality.
Love is a pyramid scheme, suggests Richard Herring, in an extended fifteen-minute segment of his strongly-themed set, in which he contemplates the devastating consequences of a lov…
Ring-ring! Ring ring! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of ten students from London trying to get to grips with an un-winable war.
A one-man show about a spare British poet - a challenging prospect for a sweaty Sunday in a tiny black box theatre.
A recreation, by David Benson, of scenes from Kenneth Williams life, together with episodes from his own childhood.
There are many things that make for a successful comedian.
Reuben Johnson’s The Meeting commands a strong central performance by Reuben Johnson, speaking the lines of Reuben Johnson under the keen directorial eye of Reuben Johnson.
I actually feel guilty about disliking this play so much.
Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b…
As she shuffles onto the stage assisted by a Las Vegas showgirl, Ida Barr hardly looks like Grandma-rapper billed in the programme; but Ida is the lesser-known creation of Christop…
A modern interpretation of Macbeth, with atmospheric effects, bright lights and the songs of Frank Sinatra.
‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone.
Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair.
At one point in this freewheeling show, Paul Foot pulls out a heap of colourfully illustrated flashcards and asks us to yield to the ‘glimpses’ of jokes they contain.
Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life.
Graham Macpherson, aka Suggs, has produced a show with a clue in the title.
It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t…
‘I wuv you with the intensity of a thousand suns,’ yells Will (Jack Swain) in Misshapen Theatre’s Phillipa And Will Are Now In A Relationship, a romantic comedy told entirely throu…
Steven K.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
Welsh-born playwright Owen Thomas’ newest play, Richard Parker, explores coincidence – is our life really a series of coincidences, or are they just products of us over-analysi…
Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
Dave Levinsohn and Loyiso Gola are billed as South Africa’s premier comedians, and Barely Legal does not disappoint as a platform to bring both these talented men together.
There are places which have unquestionable resonance.
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
The writer and main performer, Richard Sandling, has appeared once before at the Fringe.
Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward.
There’s not a lot of pink in this show – the four Scandinavian singers who make up FORK spend most of it clad either in dazzling white or figure-hugging black leather – but the…
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
Some would say the journey is more important than the destination, but this rule doesn’t apply to 19;29’s Threshold, a choose-your-own-adventure psychodrama presenting the implosio…
Most comedy shows, like most reviews, come with some kind of inbuilt narrative, some trajectory from A to B that allows the performer to hook on their best jokes, anecdotes and obs…
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
St Mark’s is an excellent space for chamber music, and I suspect, many other types of music.
If you only see one stand-up comedy set at this year’s Fringe, it should probably be Andy Zaltzman.
In this UK premiere of Streetlife, French choreographer Lorca Renoux works with an eclectic ensemble of dancers representing the various hip hop dance styles in Germany today.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
In these increasingly cash-strapped times putting on any musical on the Fringe is worthy of praise, even if — with a cast of six accompanied by electric piano and drums — the d…
Stephen K Amos joins the chat show brigade, setting out his sofa in the Teviot Ballroom.
In the perfect setting of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, sixty or so children of varying ages and sizes sat enraptured by the accomplished storytelling and puppetry of the Theat…
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
Citymoves Productions’ ‘GOD (Grumpy Old Dancers)’ combines two contrasting personalities in a darkly comic exploration of grumpiness.
After last year’s storming Edinburgh performance in All of Me, Stephen K Amos returns with another great comedy outing in More of Me.
Sat atop a hill in Highgate town, beneath the clouds but throned over London’s starry spread sits a gem of Fringe theatre and a pleasure unrestrained.
This show is exactly what it is.
One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes.
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
There’s something a little unusual about The National’s rise to power as a festival-filling headline band; their sound is so hushed, so intimate, so suited to a guttering candle an…
I’m a newcomer to the Frisky and Mannish experience a fresher, as they address me at one point I came into this show lacking any point of comparison with last year’s smash hi…
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
Hailing from Switzerland, Tom Lauri (and his fingers) is attending to all our magic needs at the Sweet Grassmarket with his deadpan offering of comedy/cabaret magic.
At the start of this amateurish pub stand-up set, we are told the reasoning behind its name.
A popular nursery rhyme gets a reality check: just like in real life, the story of the children of the old woman who lived in a shoe, whom she whipped black and blue, did not just …
There are few good things about international terrorism, but this show is one of them.
In this show comedian Stephen Carlin claims he can split the entirety of the human race into two separate camps: pandas and penguins.
Hide and Seek Theatre certainly didn’t shy away from difficult subject matter in Radha is Looking Good, which expresses the interior thoughts of a severely autistic woman – Rad…
OK, this is not, repeat, not a kids show.
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
Having recently lost his best friend to unforeseen circumstances, Jim Smallman is on a mission to find a new number one pal.
‘I’m Withered Hand, and these are my friends’, announces Dan Willson as his three-piece backing band join him on the stage of the Electric Circus.
A fear of the unknown is at the heart of ‘Is It Really Good to Talk?’ and it’s a fear that most of us know well, one way or another.
The title of this show hides nothing about its content, as bubbly Northerner Tom Wrigglesworth recounts his tales of woe and confusion on the 10.
Three sisters sit in a shop dressing room trying to find the perfect dress.
In a dystopian future society where all homosexuals are ‘rehabilitated’ by being forced to have straight sex in a sinister hostel, one man and one woman do a lot of shouting in Rib…
Tania Edwards is a strange sort of stand-up for the Fringe.
The Mandrake charts familiar territory for a Renaissance city comedy cuckoldry, trickery, and professional stereotypes but as might be expected from a play by Machiavelli, th…
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
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…
When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s…
Picture an intimate little room with white curtains all around you.
Death of the Unicorn is a hodge-podge of a play.
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
Pattie Brewster, played by Amy Hoggart, is just looking for some friends and she’s hoping that her Edinburgh audiences will provide.
Now, here’s the thing: I really wanted to like this sketch show.
Despite announcing that she wanted to kill a journalist who referred to her as a ‘mumedian’ in a pre-Fringe interview, Lucy Porter puts on a decidedly maternal show.
Aces High promise a radical, multimedia, re-gendered re-imagination of The Tempest, but deliver a bit of a damp squib, something more like a light drizzle or a power shower when th…
There once was a skinny redhead who wanted to sing in Les Miserables.
A funeral sees the coming together of three siblings for their estranged father’s send-off, but this new musical is not really about death - it is about life and the suppressed t…
Comedy is subjective a cliché the truth of which I’d never truly experienced before seeing Allsopp and Henderson’s The Jinglists.
You might think that a visual gag involving a woman with hair not dissimilar to that of King Charles II, dressed up as King Charles II might get old after a time.
Colin Mars put on a brave face for a disappointing turnout.
What did Lloyd Langford want for his birthday? Who knows.
Jacob Banigan is a Canadian who works with Theater Im Bahnhof and English Lovers in Austria, but on the Park Theatre stage Banigan performed his one man show Game of Death.
Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival.
Starting from a theme of love, and her love life problems, Lucy decided to make things less complicated by searching out the bare necessities.
Were I a paying customer in the audience of The Madness of King Lear, I would have walked out when Lear - Leofric Kingford-Smith – began his imitation of Rammstein using Shakespe…
Many comics wouldnt risk starting a show chatting about their hernia, but Tonkinson quickly gets up close and personal with his audience and their experiences.
I live in Edinburgh and choose to go to this throughout the year because it is so good week after week.
With their smart suits and elaborate PowerPoint presentation, the Gentlemen of Leisure have the air of two eager-to-please, newly qualified teachers trying to pep up an A-level Eng…
A new play written by Lou May Miller, a modern take on Pedo Calderon’s ‘Life Is A Dream’ ,finds an early grave in this debut performance by Kudos.
Guilt and Shame is a sketch show about the failure of a sketch show, or more specifically its utter breakdown.
We were repeatedly warned, by the man himself, that Sarfraz Manzoor is not, nor will he ever be, a comedian.
As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre.
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
Lara A.
The Life Doctor’s vital signs are all there: lights, music, movement and a very talented cast.
As I took my seat to watch The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle, I wondered if the performance could be quite as amusing as its title, and I was not disappointed.
We all live our lives within walls.
Andrianna Smela and her accompanist Maria Dessena are classically trained musicians playing cabaret music, and my main gripe with this programme of the songs of Kurt Weill and othe…
While undoubtedly a good show by anyone’s standards - apart from someone who doesn’t like American men with high, nasal voices reading comic but ultimately touching stories, presum…
Graham Woolnough’s lusciously bizarre backstage peek at the lives of royalty is a theatrical treat for those with any political disposition.
The entrance of Patrick Monahan is an explosive one; the comedian subverts self-introduction by making sure everyone is comfortable with his touchy-feely comedy.
Taking up the action with Kate’s harassment by the rakish Sir Mulberry Hawk and Nicholas and Smike’s return to London, this second half of Space Productions’ revival of the R…
Kings Hall has been taken over by Summer Hall and transformed into the Canada Hub over the festival, showcasing a series of Canadian acts exploring the issues surrounding Canada’…
Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring.
Franck Piano QuintetDvořák Piano Quintet No 2 Op 81 The Netherlands-based Amatis Trio is one of the leading chamber groups of its generation, formed as recently as 2014 but exa…
Ed Saunders-Lee writes about the research and background to creating his solo show, I Am Yours Sincerely, on the life of his step-grandfather, Major John Cox MC.
Sabina Westrup writes about opportunities for middle-aged women and her play Kara, Mickey and Pol Too
Gabriele Uboldi write about Lessons On Revolution: A Meta-theatrical Manifesto
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after a sold-out Scottish tour and an OFFFest win for Best Musical/Circus at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, writer and musical director of 'Godfath...
Submissions are now open for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024
Brendan Shelly talks about Ageless Arts' inaugural production, Porridge Boy at the Greenwich Theatre .
We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play.
Richard Beck met up with Edward Oulton to find out about the grants he's received and his thoughts on the future of writing and regional theatre.
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
We talk to Ellie Jones and some of the cast about her production of Animal Farm for BYMT.
Barry McStay tells us about his experience of writing and revising his play, Breeding
We talk to Lama Alfard about her career in comedy.
FemFestBrighton this March celebrates its fifth anniversary.
We interview the director and cast of Sergio Blanco's When You Pass Over My Tomb at the Arcola Theatre.
EdFringe 2024 Registration Opens
We interview Gareth Watkins about his exciting new play The Gentleman of Shallot.
Greenside makes a dramatic move to The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) on George Street for 2024 Fringe.
St Martin's-in-the-Fields announces it Christmas celebrations.
Argentine dance sensation Malevo perform at the Peacock Thatre.
This week The Loaf by Alan Booty opens at The Bridge House Theatre in Penge, SE20. We spoke to him about his background, the play and its development.
The Bridge House Theatre, Penge announces its autumn/winter programme.
Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2024 is now open for declarations of interest and grant application
VAULT Festival 2024 will not go ahead.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
The producers of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club have announced that from Monday 25 September 2023, the roles of The Emcee and Sally Bowles will be played by music icons Jake Shears an...
Simon Ximenez speaks to Nalini Sharma about bringing lightness to dark in Until Death, ahead of its opening in Edinburgh this year.
We reunited Lithuanian writer, Gintare Parulyte and Croatian-American performer Kristin Winters to talk online about the one-woman show, Lovefool, they have created and are now bri...
Georgie Carroll talks to us about her debut show, Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0, at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Claire Woolner, the LA-based absurdist comedian, performance artist and surrealist clown, talks about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe
We talk to Kerry Ipema and KK Apple present about their UK premiere of Six Chick Flicks.
Nell Bailey, Artistic Director of November Theatre talks about the company's new play, Pitch at the Edinburgh Fringe.
We invited playwright Scott Organ to tell us about 17 Minutes at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Mervyn Stutter talks to us about his 31st year at the Fringe, how things have changed and his show, Pick of the Fringe
We asked Emma Taylor, producer of Newsrevue, the world’s longest-running live comedy show, now in its 43rd year, about its background and success
We asked Charlotte Anne-Tilley to reflect upon her journey to becoming an actor/writer prior to opening with her show Almost Adult at the Edinburgh Fringe.
We talked to Clare Cockburn, who, at the age of 54, is presenting her debut play Tennessee, Rose at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Ed Edwards gives some observations loosely connected to his new play England & Son at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
Chris Grace is performing in three shows this Fringe: Chris Grace As Scarlett Johannson; Shamilton and Baby Wants Candy all at Assembly George Square.
Paige Wilhide performs for the first time outside of the USA with her show Breakup Addict at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Established spoken word performer Jenny Foulds talks about her show, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human at the Edinburgh Fringe nd her life so far.
I met up with Playwright/Actor Will Leckie, Director Zoë Morris and the cast to talk about their play, Crash and Burn at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
We talked with Liz Toonkel about her show, Magic for Animals, at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Quebec clowns Rémi Jacques and Jean-Félix Bélanger talk about their art ahead of their show, Brotipo, opeining at the Edinburgh Fringe
Anu Vaidyanathan talks about her show, Blimp, at the Edinburgh Fringe and the many influences on her life and achievements.
We talked to Phil Green about his background and his show, Four Weddings & A Breakdown at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks with director Lily Wolff, who is bringing Mrs President to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Transgender artist Rebecca McGlynn talks about the background to their show, Asexuality! at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Lisa Verlo talks about how her Hollywood experience gave rise to her show Hollywoodn't, in another of our meetings with artists from the USA.
Catherine DuBord provides some insights into the lives of Zelda and Scott F Fitzgerald, the subject of her show, The Last Flapper at the Edinburgh Fringe
Richard Beck speaks to Lottie Walker about her Edinburgh Fringe play Chopped Liver and Unions, celebrating one of the early pioneers of women union leaders, the Ukranian Jewish...
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Kevin Quantum talks about the science and magic that combine to make his show, Momentum.
John Lampe talks about turning eco-terrorist Ted Kaczynski into the subject his musical The TUNEabomber that premiers at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks to Dennis Elkins about his life and Trilogy at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, interviews US comedian Maggie Widdoes about her Tweets and forthcoming show Stay Big & Go Get 'Em at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, heads to Birmingham to meet, football mascot Bordesley (pictured), the newly-elected Leader of the Council and the team who created him for Stan'...
James Macfarlane chats with stand-up comedian David Ian about his debut Fringe show (Just a) Perfect Gay, queer role models and just what it means to be 'a perfect gay'.
Matt Hale talks about his career and his debut show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, TOP FUN! 80s Hypnosis Spectacular.
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, interviews Noah McCreadie, director of Getaway/Runaway.
The East London Shakespeare Festival (16 June - 13 Aug) promises a ‘summer of partying and love’ and a production of Romeo and Juliet that is ‘riotous and atmospheric’.
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Comedian Catherine Bohart, star of 8 out of 10 Cats and The Mash Report, talks to us about ways to keep smiling despite the news, how to make your run at Edinburgh Fringe a success...
Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues.
The third of our pub crawls, the Old Town North trail has an extensive list of both core and optional bars to choose from.
The Old Market are excited to announce that they have managed to raise £1,057 for Brighton Women’s Centre throughout their Reigning Women season.
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.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And...
The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for...
Richard didn't stumble far from yesterday's bar, Foundry 39, as just a few yards up Charlotte Lane he fell into Sygn, a trendy retro-style cocktail bar & diner where Edinburgh Bars...
Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39.
Warm and welcoming, and always entertaining, 99 Hanover Street is at the heart of Edinburgh's bar scene.
The Army has set up camp for the first time at the Fringe and is stationed with Summerhall in its own premises.
In the heart of the Old Town, Cabaret Voltaire is a legendary live music venue in the vaults beneath North Bridge.
Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be.
The Three Sisters – renamed the Free Sisters during the Fringe – has long been a festival hub and a jewel in the crown of the Free Festival.
Just around the corner from the iconic Greyfriar's Bobby you'll find the Oz Bar, and that's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Erik Stenersen.
Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
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...
Formerly a parsonage, Cloisters Bar is a uniquely traditional Edinburgh pub.
Just off the Royal Mile and Cowgate you'll find a craft beer shop and bar called the Salt Horse.
The Heads & Tales bar is the home of Edinburgh Gin, and it's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Tomas Germanavicius, a Lithuanian who's a dab hand at mixing up a c...
Richard's headed over to Leith to the eclectic bar that is The Mousetrap where he finds today's Edinburgh Barstar, Jay Weeks.
Richard is exploring Edinburgh's East End today to discover the Barstar of the Day at The Newsroom, where Glaswegian Molly McCluskey is making plans on photography while sipping a ...
Richard's headed south to Clerk Street where at the unique Dog House bar he's discovered today's Edinburgh Barstar, Montse Pearce, a Spanish-born artist with good taste in whisky.
Just off George Street you'll find the Thistle Street Bar (the TSB as it's affectionally known).
An authentic Tiki bar in the New Town? Richard popped on his hula skirt and hotfooted over to the Auld Reekie Tiki Bar to meet today's Edinburgh Barstar - Donald McGhie, former ban...
Hidden away in the Old Town on Advocates Close you'll find The Devil's Advocate, and if you're lucky today's Edinburgh Barstar will also be on shift.
It's only open from July to the end of September, but Richard's sought out pop-up bar Whisky Or Death to find today's Edinburgh Barstar Of The Day, Alan Mulvihill.
Richard's in one of Edinburgh's most unique bars today to meet Ross Bryant, co-owner of Bryant & Mack Private Detectives on Rose Street North Lane.
Richard is still in New Town, but with great bar staff like Robbie Johnston at Nightcap - why would you want to leave? Nightcap might be a relatively new addition to the Edinburgh...
Richard's in New Town today to meet our Edinburgh Barstar of the Day, the fabulously hirsute Kyle Jamieson who takes care of his punters at Panda and Sons on Queen Street.
Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails.
Richard ventures over to Broughton Street Lane to the Outhouse where today's EdFringe Barstar is Cordelia Toennies from Germany, who studied drama in Scotland and wants to move to ...
In a sea of celebrities, we chat to the people who really matter - the people serving us a drink. Today we find out a little more about Ben Howard at the Abattoir Bar.
Modern Life Is Rubbish is romantic comedy about a couple whose love of music brings them together as well as revealing their differences.
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.
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
What do you do if you have to have a circumcision at age 27? Well if you’re Dave Chawner, you write an Edinburgh show about it.
Silver Lining’s Throwback is an aerial and acrobatic circus caper about the power of nostalgia and collective memory.
A beautiful show incorporating theatre, live music and song.
If the new i360 on Brighton seafront has inspired you to raise your gaze or you’re suddenly feeling the need to quit your job and run away with the circus, then it's time to ch...
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Following a successful run at Brighton Fringe in 2015 and two previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at the King's Head Theatre, 5 Guys Chillin' returns this February.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
This year's Fringe - both in the children's and adults' sections of the programme - is full of innovative and exciting puppet shows.
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
Actor William McGeough was terrified to perform a sexually explicit extract from his one-man play Mistaken to the august Edinburgh establishment that is the Scottish Arts Club.
Brigitte Aphrodite describes herself as a punk pop poet showgirl who was on the 2009 shortlist for the Musical Comedy awards - but she’s almost impossible to categorise.
Focus people! David Mills returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with brand new, razor sharp rants delivered with his signature cocktail swagger and his biting, acerbic wit.
Real Life Becomes a Rumour asks what three people have really done in their lives. We investigate.
Accidental Death of An Anarchist is being brought to Edinburgh this year by The Hoghead Theatre Company. Broadway Baby finds out more.
Rob Grace and BB are having a little chinwag about Life Jim (But not as we know it), a comedy sketch show incorporating pre-filmed tidbits.
The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more.
Award-winning company Theatre Movement Bazaar, (Anton’s Uncles, Track 3), returns to this year’s Fringe with their new show Hot Cat, an inspired take on Tennessee Williams’ C...
Comedian Lucy Porter’s first foray into theatre, The Fair Intellectual Club, plays at the Assembly Rooms this August.
Lucy Ayrton made her Fringe debut in 2012 when her first show, Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry, won her a Best Newcomer award at PBH's Free Fringe, along with a host of glowing...