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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
It's A Wonderful Life
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 19th - 30th Nov 2024
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings…” It’s Christmas Eve, Bedford Falls.
Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 12th - 25th Aug 2024
You know the guy.
The Secret Poetess of Terezin
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
‘How can people on the brink of death experience happiness, write love poems…?’ In 2017, Lenka discovered two notebooks of poems written by her grandmother, then a prisoner in a …
Ex Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
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.
A Feast of Life Drawing
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Palette
- 10th - 27th Aug 2024
Free exhibition of international artists brought together by the SBLDC weekly online sessions with models and artists from all four continents.
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
One Acchord's That's Life in Harmony
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 3rd - 3rd Aug 2024
Embark on a musical odyssey with One Acchord: That’s Life in Harmony.
50 Ways Jesus (Almost) Ruined My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
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.
A Life in Boxes
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
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…
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
2023 Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe/sold-out run in Edinburgh! ‘A sold-out Fringe classic!’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide.
Club Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2024
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…
A Time Traveller's Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
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…
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Chelsea Birkby: This is Life, Cheeky Cheeky
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Following her award-winning debut and sell-out run, Chelsea Birkby’s back with a meditation on lust for life.
I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
House of Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
One-part sermon, one-part purge, three-parts party.
Rita Lynn: Life Coach
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Think you’ve hit rock bottom, then realize you’re nowhere near? Become a life coach.
Justin Moorhouse: The Greatest Performance of My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 12th Aug 2024
A poignant exploration of comedy intertwined with the essence of life’s ups and downs.
Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 30th Jul - 25th Aug 2024
This is a tell-all, personal storytelling comedy show.
Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 29th Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Join BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani.
Babs For Life: An Evening with an MP
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st - 22nd Jun 2024
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…
Laura Smyth: Living My Best Life
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Jun 2024
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life.
Laura Smyth: Living My Best Life
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Jun 2024
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life.
The Secret Garden
- Listing
- West End
- Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
- 15th Jun - 20th Jul 2024
‘Mary would always say that what happened at that moment was almost magic.
Joe McTernan: Life Advice That Won’t Change Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Jun 2024
Hugely anticipated hour of stand up from the Scottish viral sensation who's amassed over 45 million views online.
The Life & Rhymes Of Archy & Mehitabel
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- The Yellow Book
- 29th - 30th May 2024
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.
Babs For Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 29th - 31st May 2024
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…
Old Movies Saved My Life: 2
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 25th - 26th May 2024
Old Movies Saved My Life: 2.
Through the Ages @ Downsview Life Skills College
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Downs View Life Skills College
- 22nd - 23rd May 2024
Travel back and forth in time with Through the Ages at Downsview Life Skills College.
Tell It How It Is: A-True-to Life Storytelling Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 17th - 31st May 2024
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…
Swipe, Life & Gate Number 5
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 16th - 17th May 2024
Inspired by true events, Swipe, Life & Gate Number 5 is an exceptional lesbian love story between a white and a black immigrant.
Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 15th May 2024
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with World Fringe and NRTF
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 10th May 2024
Join the team from World Fringe and National Rural Touring Forum to find out what’s next for you post-Fringe.
Pavlov & The Kingdom of Dogs: A Secret History
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- 35 North
- 9th May - 1st Jun 2024
Come and be surprised, disturbed, and intrigued by an untold story from the history of science and psychology.
Caroline Mabey Will Ruin Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 23rd May 2024
Rip-roaring, off-the-wall stand-up from one of the silliest people I know.
Life Lessons And Laughs: The Coaching Comedy Experience
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 5th - 31st May 2024
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…
Best Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 4th - 26th May 2024
Johnny Wardlow is trying to live his best life in a world that’s falling apart.
Top Secret: The Magic of Science
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th May 2024
This is your opportunity to surround yourself with the mystery of magic, cleverly fused with wondrous and miraculous feats of science.
Top Secret: The Magic of Science
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th May 2024
This is your opportunity to surround yourself with the mystery of magic, cleverly fused with wondrous and miraculous feats of science.
Artista presents: 'Best of the Fest' @ The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 5th May 2023 - 1st Jun 2024
Welcome to The Secret Comedy Club’s “Best of the Fest” shows throughout Brighton Fringe Festival 2023! Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt as we bring you a hilarious lineup o…
'Love, Edith' - The Secret Correspondence
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Golden Goose Theatre
- 30th Apr - 4th May 2024
Giulia would like to leave the stage and cancel the show dates.
Pottervision: Secret in the Chamber
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 13th Apr 2024
The Potter parody show is back with a brand-new show, now celebrating the ridiculousness of the second Potter film.
Life with Oscar
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 2nd - 20th Apr 2024
In a frenetic on-stage exorcism, actor and filmmaker Nick Cohen relives his rollercoaster journey from South London to Sunset Boulevard.
Life of Pi
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hull New Theatre
- 26th - 30th Mar 2024
Based on the best-selling book by Yann Martel, the five-star hit show comes to Hull.
Jenny Foulds: Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton
- The Old Market
- 14th Mar 2024
An ode to the joy and complexities of friendship, queerness and raving.
Still Life With Onions
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 12th - 16th Mar 2024
The war is over, and the Allies have won.
Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Mar 2024
A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today.
Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Mar 2024
A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today.
SHELF | Secret Secrets Shh!
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 22nd - 23rd Feb 2024
SHELF A music infused journey of metamorphosis.
The Big Life
- Listing
- West End
- Theatre Royal Stratford East
- 16th Feb - 30th Mar 2024
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.
Meta vs Life
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Morgan Arcade
- 26th Jan - 17th Feb 2024
Meta vs Life is a theatre gaming experience that can be played online or in-person.
Rita Lynn, The Life Coach Who Wanted To Die
- Listing
- West End
- Turbine Theatre
- 23rd - 27th Jan 2024
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…
Heart of Care - An Installation by Rosetta Life
- Listing Exhibition
- UK Regional & Tours
- Ancient Market Place
- 19th Jan 2024
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…
Transgression: Life in the Aftermath of the Eocene
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theater Pub
- 16th - 27th Jan 2024
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…
LIFE WITH A LITTLE L
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Golden Goose Theatre
- 22nd - 23rd Dec 2023
Charles Bukowski is a true literary legend, the king of the underground and a “laureate of American lowlife”.
Variety Film Club: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Dec 2023
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…
It’s A Wonderful Bleedin’ Life
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 11th - 23rd Dec 2023
“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…
The Secret Garden
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Theatre At The Tabard
- 7th - 31st Dec 2023
Step into the enchanting world of The Secret Garden and let your imagination bloom! Young Mary Lennox, a spirited and curious orphan, is sent away to her Uncle Archibald’s estat…
Infinite Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Dorfman Theatre
- 4th Dec, 2023
The human brain doesn’t allow us to remember pain.
The Life of Meena Kumari, Bollywood Star
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Holborn Library
- 20th Oct 2023
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…
Life Lines: Poetry, Dance and Music by Sage Dance Company, Rack Press Poets
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Holborn Library
- 19th Oct 2023
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 …
The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 17th Oct, 2023
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.
Life, Itself
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 14th - 16th Sep 2023
ÓDÚ brings her one woman album to Dublin Fringe Festival.
Second Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 29th Aug - 2nd Sep 2023
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…
The W.I.G of Life: A Conference
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre / Etcetera Theatre
- 29th Aug - 8th Sep 2023
Time: the not so distant future.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
What a Sad Little Life Jane
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Alchemist | George Street
- 25th Aug 2023
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…
Artist Conversation: Life is a Dream at The Hub
- Listing Talks
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Hub
- 24th Aug 2023
The creatives behind this year’s production of Life is a Dream discuss working across different languages and cultures.
Life is a Dream
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alec Martin
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Lyceum
- 25th Aug, 2023
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.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
- 22nd Aug 2023
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Old Movies Saved My Life: 2
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
Old movies saved Mel Byron’s life a few Fringes ago and they can save yours too.
how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical 'cats'
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 28th Aug, 2023
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…
Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 16th - 27th Aug 2023
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.
Comedy for corporates: work-life balance is for losers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 20th Aug 2023
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th - 25th Aug 2023
The Victorian music hall: a hotbed of scandal and home of betrayal, discrimination, sexual exploitation, domestic violence and press intrusion.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2023
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Scott McPherson: Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly
- 15th - 20th Aug 2023
Scott McPherson: Life is an intimate window into the inner-workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
iHands: A Life Less Lived
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th - 18th Aug 2023
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.
The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Vision Mechanics
- 14th - 27th Aug 2023
Minnie Rubinski, now in her eighties, looks back on her fantastic life.
My Life Online
- Review
- ★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 27th Aug, 2023
My Life Online is an incredibly well performed piece of modern opera, with an unfortunately lacklustre story.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 14th - 21st Aug 2023
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Incidents in the Life of an Anglican Slave
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 14th - 27th Aug 2023
It’s 1723 and writing while Black could get a girl hanged in Virginia.
Alex Martini: Life's a Pitch
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 13th - 17th Aug 2023
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…
Life Flash
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 12th - 12th Aug 2023
Life Flash (2023) interprets what one could potentially see, hear and feel in the final moments of life.
Life Flash
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 12th - 12th Aug 2023
Life Flash (2023) interprets what one could potentially see, hear and feel in the final moments of life.
Cathedral Talk and Music: John Stainer – A Life in Music
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Mary’s Cathedral
- 11th Aug 2023
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.
Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog has Ruined My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 10th Aug 2023
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…
Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog has Ruined My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 10th Aug 2023
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…
'78 Things I Don’t Want to Tell You About the Love of My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 6th - 20th Aug 2023
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
The Relationship Plays: Married Life and Sibling Rivalry
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 5th - 12th Aug 2023
A double bill from Cincinnati LAB Theatre.
Griffin and Jones: A Life-Changing Magic Show!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Griffin and Jones have decided to change the world.
Call Mr Robeson – A Life, with Songs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 5th - 19th Aug 2023
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
Secret Storytellers
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
Society has collapsed and the Ravens rule.
JM Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 7th Aug, 2023
Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse.
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
This highly awarded, inspirational true story returns to Edinburgh after an exceptionally successful 2022 visit.
Painspotting! Choose Life, Choose Laughter!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Depot
- 4th - 17th Aug 2023
When life deals you a grim hand it’s easy to choose oblivion.
Woman. Life. Freedom
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre / Theatro Technis
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
As Women, when are choices not really choices? Woman.
Still Life: A Gallery in Motion
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 4th - 9th Aug 2023
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.
Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 4th - 13th Aug 2023
A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, all performed entirely on Segways.
Woman. Life. Freedom
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre / Theatro Technis
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
WOMAN.
Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Australia’s campest drag queen bares all in this chaotic cabaret about her double life as a drag queen accountant.
The Quality of Mercy: Concerning the Life and Crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Playground Theatre / theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th Aug - 28th Oct 2023
From his cell in the early hours of the morning, Dr Harold Shipman records a confessional tape as he prepares to end his life.
House of Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Isabella Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 26th Aug, 2023
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…
Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
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.
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Sasha Ellen: When Life Gives You Ellens Make Ellenade
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 15th Aug, 2023
“The primary school teacher vibes don’t end here,” Sasha Ellen jokes lightheartedly at the start of When Life Gives You Ellens, Make Ellenade.
Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Join the crew of a saucy ship and unleash your inner pirate in the most ridiculously playful adventure comedy you’ve never had.
Life with Oscar
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Darryl Jo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 9th Aug, 2023
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…
Dean Misdale – Life's a Drag
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
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…
I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 27th Aug, 2023
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
The Death & Life of All of Us
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
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…
Joe McTernan: Life Advice That Won't Change Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
Hugely anticipated debut hour from the Scottish viral sensation who’s amassed over 30 million views online.
Club Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Mel Evans
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 16th Aug, 2023
Club Life is club promoter Fred Deakin's personal autobiography.
Babs for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C cubed
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
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…
Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Award-winning musical comedian and viral internet-hit-maker Anesti Danelis returns with his hit comedy concert that will change your life.
Monet X Change: Life Be Lifein'
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2023
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…
The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
Max & Ivan: Life, Choices
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 23rd Aug, 2023
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…
The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
The creators of smash-hit The Man Who return with an explosive new show.
THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Concerning the life and crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 26th - 28th Jul 2023
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…
Secret Cinema Presents Grease: The Live Experience
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies: it’s time to immerse yourself in the world of Grease like never before! Step back in time to the 1950s and experience those summer nights…
THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Concerning the life and crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 26th - 28th Jul 2023
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…
The Secret Garden
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joy Watters
- Scotland
- Pitlochry Festival Theatre
- 15th Jul, 2023
Pitlochry has the perfect show for all the family this summer with a new stage adaptation of The Secret Garden written by its own artistic director, Elizabeth Newman.
A Little Life - Savoy
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Savoy Theatre
- 4th Jul - 5th Aug 2023
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.
Laura Belbin: Knee Deep In Life
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 11th Jun 2023
Author and social media sensation Laura Belbin is on a mission to make people laugh.
Jeremy Segway: A life out of balance
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Jeremy Segway: A life out of balance
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2023
A dramatic retelling of the life of Jeremy Segway.
Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caxton Arms
- 27th - 28th May 2023
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…
Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 27th - 28th May 2023
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.
Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 24th - 31st May 2023
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
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 24th - 31st May 2023
Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human is an ode to the joy and complexities of friendship, queerness and raving.
Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub
- 24th May 2023
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…
A Funny Old Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 13th - 20th May 2023
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
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s / The Caxton Arms
- 13th - 20th May 2023
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
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th - 14th May 2023
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Scott McPherson: Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th - 14th May 2023
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Life Drawing at The Bosco
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 8th - 29th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Life Drawing at The Bosco
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 9th May 2022 - 29th May 2023
Join life models and circus performers for a series of evening life drawing events with different costumes and themes each week.
A Cosmologists Guide to Life and Love
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 28th May 2023
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
The Infinite Life Journey
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh
- Dance Base
- 7th - 11th May 2023
Taiwanese dance company B.
A Cosmologists Guide to Life and Love
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 28th May 2023
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 5th - 7th May 2023
The Victorian Music Hall: Discrimination, sexual exploitation, domestic violence and press intrusion.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 6th May, 2023
We have more than likely at some point in our lives, heard of music hall star Marie Lloyd.
A Little Life
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Harold Pinter Theatre / The Harold Pinter Theatre
- 25th Mar - 18th Jun 2023
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…
Woman, Life, Solidarity – a whirling extravaganza
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Cavern
- 18th - 19th Mar 2023
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…
Jeremy Segway: A life out of balance
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 17th - 18th Mar 2023
A dramatic retelling of the life of Jeremy Segway.
The High Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 14th - 18th Feb 2023
Stuck in a dead-end job serving coffee, Kayla longs for something more.
Zoe Ball presents “Johnny Ball – My previous life in Comedy!”
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Feb 2023
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
Zoe Ball presents “Johnny Ball – My previous life in Comedy!”
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Feb 2023
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 Secret Dance Floor
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground Lates
- 28th Jan 2023
Throw off your winter coat as you head in to the depths of the iconic VAULTS for The Secret Dance Floor: one night filled to the brim with flooring filing and top spinning Internat…
VARIETY FILM CLUB: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 15th Dec 2022
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…
The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 22nd - 26th Nov 2022
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.
It's a Wonderful Life - English National Opera
- Review
- ★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 27th Nov, 2022
Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
SUGGS What a King Cnut – A Life in The Realm Of Madness
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 10th Oct 2022
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.
Bright Half Life
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- King’s Head Theatre
- 7th Sep - 1st Oct 2022
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…
The Secret Garden - In Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 28th Aug 2022
This stunning masterpiece and Tony award-winning musical, based on the 1911 novel of the same name, returns to the West End for a one-night-only concert celebration.
Konkoba: My Environment, My Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 27th - 28th Aug 2022
Konkoba, from Upper Guinea, is a rhythm used to encourage farm workers as they toil with the daba (hoe) in the fields.
The Life That I Have
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 25th - 28th Aug 2022
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
The Life That I Have
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 25th - 28th Aug 2022
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Past Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
A washed-up television personality lives out a Dickensian nightmare when they are visited by the ghost of their past.
Is This the Real Life?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
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…
Louis Horne: Secret Jazz Diaries
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Water Rats
- 21st Aug 2022
Secret Jazz Diaries is an award-winning comedy show hosted by fictional jazz trumpeter, Louis Horne, a former child prodigy whose early years were tainted by the lure of fame.
Louis Horne: Secret Jazz Diaries
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Water Rats
- 21st Aug 2022
Secret Jazz Diaries is an award-winning comedy show hosted by fictional jazz trumpeter, Louis Horne, a former child prodigy whose early years were tainted by the lure of fame.
A Little Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Festival Theatre
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2022
Acclaimed director Ivo van Hove adapts Hanya Yanagihara’s novel for the theatre, crafting a deeply moving performance of epic proportions.
Accost Your Imposter and Empower Your Power: An Interactive Life Coaching Seminar With Genevieve de Beauvoir
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 18th - 25th Aug 2022
Troubled? Weak? Feel like a fraud? Good.
Hard Knock Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 17th - 28th Aug 2022
A split hour of comedy from two southern acts trying to make it in the no-nonsense northern comedy scene.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
- 16th Aug 2022
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 16th - 23rd Aug 2022
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Angela Bra: Life Lessons
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 15th - 28th Aug 2022
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…
How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
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.
A Wilde Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 21st Aug, 2022
Chevron Theatre’s A Wilde Life is absolutely hypnotic, hinting at a time of debauchery and a glamour that has long since passed.
Last Night a Musical Saved My Life!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
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…
The Book of Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Church Hill Theatre
- 13th - 16th Aug 2022
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…
Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance (Presented by the Duncan Brothers)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 13th - 28th Aug 2022
From the makers of Legs and Logs.
Robert Burns: A Life in Songs and Poetry
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 10th - 11th Aug 2022
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.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait
- 10th - 24th Aug 2022
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Revolting Arts Club... Life Drawing Aboard the Blun-Doodle-Bus!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 9th - 13th Aug 2022
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…
Pianodrome Life Drawing
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pianodrome at the Old Royal High
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2022
All abilities, untutored life drawing accompanied by live music at the Pianodrome – a playable amphitheatre constructed entirely from upcycled pianos.
David Alnwick: Secret Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 6th - 7th Aug 2022
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
The Circle of Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Life is a game.
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
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.
The Secret Story of Sammy Wise
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Sammy, an artist with a love of music, has a dark secret.
The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuinness
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Des Reynolds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 9th Aug, 2022
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…
Triple Bypass: Three Ten Minute Plays About Living for Death and Dying for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
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…
Life Drawing With a Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Life drawing meets comedy! That’s right, if our jokes don’t make you laugh our poses will.
Newcastle United Ruined My Bloody Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
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.
Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
Nancy Clench: If Your Symptoms Aren't Life-Threatening, Please Hold!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
She’s back, the 6’5” towering Scottish drag legend Nancy Clench, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Angela Bra: Life Lessons
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
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…
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
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…
The Life of Riley
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C place
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
A series of unfortunate events led Riley to realise that there is no place for him in society.
Guerilla Autistics Year 8 – Scenes From an Undiagnosed Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 4th - 19th Aug 2022
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 …
Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Musical comedian and viral internet songboy, Anesti Danelis, presents a comedy concert inspired by all of those stupid self-help books.
Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Award-winning documentary film about one of the most popular, controversial and troubled comedians in the UK.
Susan Riddell: Living My 2nd Best Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St)
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
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.
Life's a Drag
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
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…
Call Mr Robeson – A Life, with Songs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 4th Aug - 29th Sep 2022
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
A Secret Show by Cameron Young
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Cameron Young is one of the hottest names in modern magic, with appearances on national television shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Tu Si Que Vales, C…
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
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…
Taiwan Season: Light of Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 11th Aug, 2022
A magical, charming show of dance and acrobatics which will delight children and adults alike.
Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 5th Aug, 2022
Alexander S.
Life Is Soft
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2022
Life is Soft – Martin Creed, Turner prize-winning artist.
REDEEMher – How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Tatum, a university student, becomes the virgin bride of her sweetheart, entering an eternal marriage in the the Mormon church.
Sikisa: Life of the Party
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Sikisa is the life and soul, the hostess-with-the-mostess and the party don’t start ‘til she walks in.
Secret Cinema X Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy (No Film)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 8th Sep - 29th Oct 2022
Please note, your ticket will be for the immersive experience ONLY, to include the film, please go to SECRET CINEMA X MARVEL STUDIOS' GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY + FILM Taking the …
Secret Cinema X Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy + Film
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 4th Sep - 30th Oct 2022
Taking the most-loved stories to life through immersive experience of epic proportions, Secret Cinema presents Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy this summer.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 1st - 29th Aug 2022
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
- 1st - 29th Aug 2022
This incredible retrospective spans 20th-century British artist Hepworth’s entire career.
The Life we Lived
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The City Theatre
- 26th - 31st Jul 2022
Michael is a lonely undertaker in his Late 20’s.
The Life we Lived
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The City Theatre
- 26th - 31st Jul 2022
Michael is a lonely undertaker in his early 30s.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 25th Jun - 15th Oct 2022
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.
My Mental Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Crown Kemptown
- 4th - 5th Jun 2022
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…
Alex Camp & Dom Hatton-Woods: Hard Knock Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
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 & Dom Hatton-Woods: Hard Knock Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
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.
Tandy and Toby have a Terrible Secret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd - 27th May 2022
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
Tandy and Toby have a Terrible Secret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd - 27th May 2022
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
A Substitute For Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 22nd May, 2022
A Substitute for Life was a different and exciting take on a Victorian thriller, as we were introduced to Francis Kentworthy.
A Substitute For Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
‘Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for real life.
George Coppen: Coppen Through Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 13th May 2022
My name is George Coppen and life for me is unusual.
George Coppen: Coppen Through Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 13th May 2022
My name is George Coppen and life for me is unusual.
Life Drawing at The Bosco
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 9th - 30th May 2022
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…
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 19th Jun 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Not Done Yet ! - A Life In Progress Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 8th May 2022
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.
...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Artista Upstairs
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
A.A.A. presents The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Artista Upstairs
- 25th May 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Union Theatre
- 25th Mar 2022
Betrayal, Age Discrimination, Sexual Exploitation, Domestic Violence, Press Intrusion, Robbery….
Call Mr. Robeson -A Life With Songs
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 26th Nov 2021
Call Mr.
PARTY IN THE ATTIC: A Secret Cabaret in the Heart of Soho
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Soho’s Attic
- 8th Oct 2021
Party in the Attic brings an evening of jaw-dropping performances, diva anthems, exquisite drag and the best of London’s Cabaret to our stage over the crazy streets of Soho.
LIKE A STURGEON: LIFE AFTER LEAVE
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 10th Sep 2021
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…
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre / Museum of Comedy
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre / Museum of Comedy
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
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.
Get Your Life Back!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
It’s been years since anyone has been allowed outside, mandated by the Executives.
Classic Them Presents: A Slice of Life
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 13th - 15th Aug 2021
Classic Them, a London improv duo, bring their (pre-pandemic) monthly night to the Camden Fringe.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 21st Aug 2021
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…
Classic Them Presents: A Slice of Life
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 13th - 15th Aug 2021
Classic Them, a London improv duo, bring their (pre-pandemic) monthly night to the Camden Fringe.
Awkwardian - Snapshots from an anxious life.
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 13th Aug 2021
Awkwardian - Snapshots from an awkward life.
Awkwardian - Snapshots from an anxious life.
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 13th Aug 2021
Awkwardian - Snapshots from an awkward life.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Water Rats
- 8th - 21st Aug 2021
” 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…
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Tez Ilyas: Life Is A Tezt
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown / Comedy Cabin
- 8th - 30th Aug 2021
A Work In Progress from TV’s Tez Ilyas of his upcoming Autumn tour.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Water Rats
- 8th - 21st Aug 2021
” 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…
Tez Ilyas: Life Is A Tezt
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown / Comedy Cabin
- 8th - 30th Aug 2021
A Work In Progress from TV’s Tez Ilyas of his upcoming Autumn tour.
Will Mars: Life in One-Liners
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 29th Aug 2021
It’s a Fringe 1st.
Bach'n'Roll: The Unconventional Life of Virgil Fox
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 7th - 25th Aug 2021
In 1970 Virgil Fox played the music of JS Bach at the Mecca of rock’n’roll, Fillmore East.
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House / Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 7th - 23rd Aug 2021
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.
Will Mars: My Life's a Joke!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 29th Aug 2021
Brilliantly self-deprecating stand-up, Will Mars, is a supercharged combination of old-school joke-telling and modern, autobiographical wit.
Your Perfect Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
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
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
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…
Still Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A site-specific theatrical performance combining movement and text, featuring two women and two couches in two different cities.
A Theatrical Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Online@theSpaceUK
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
After spending 5+ decades on the stage, Siobhan Bremer’s life is more than just a bit theatrical.
Dear Donald / Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Elaine Liner’s unapologetically satirical play takes liberties for laughs, with the biographies of famous political rivals Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
Triple Bypass: Three Ten-Minute Plays About Living for Death and Dying for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Online@theSpaceUK
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
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.
Get Your Life Back!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Online@theSpaceUK
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
It’s been years since anyone has been allowed outside, mandated by the Executives.
Miss Lindsay’s Secret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Macrae
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 14th Aug, 2021
Safely stowed in a sewing box and found utterly by accident, join the cast of Miss Linsday’s Secret in the reading and exploration of love letters that have been hidden for over …
Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Stage In The Park
- 28th Jul 2021
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music.
Secret Cinema presents Dirty Dancing
- Listing Film
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 13th - 31st Jul 2022
Secret Cinema Presents DIRTY DANCING The year is 1963 and Kellerman's Resort is back for another summer of love! Step into the world of Dirty Dancing in this 4+ hour immersive …
Summer in the Garden: Adam Kammerling and Friends’ Real-Life, Totally Awesome Book Launch Party
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 8th Jul 2021
Join poet Adam Kammerling as he launches his debut collection Seder, alongside a gang of hyper-talented poets and musicians.
The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 24th - 26th Jun 2021
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
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 24th Jun - 9th Nov 2021
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.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd Jun, 2021
Whenever we think of Jack the Ripper, immediately we think back to Whitechapel and his gruesome victims.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 13th Jun 2021
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 13th Jun 2021
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 9th - 10th Jun 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else .
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 9th - 10th Jun 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else .
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Take Shelter!: My life as a child during WW2
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 6th - 27th Jun 2021
An immersive museum about life in Brighton during WW2, built inside an original school air raid shelter.
All is Fair in Love and Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 27th Jun 2021
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.
SUSIE DENT - The Secret Lives of Words
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 30th May 2021
Tickets: £24 Duration: approx.
All is Fair in Love and Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 27th Jun 2021
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.
Dear Donald/Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
The play takes liberties, for laughs, with the biographies of the famous political rivals.
Awkwardian: Snapshots from an Anxious Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 29th May - 4th Jun 2021
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…
Awkwardian: Snapshots from an Anxious Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House / Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 29th May - 20th Jun 2021
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…
Lord of Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
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
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Lord of Life Winner of a Standard Bank Ovation Award for innovation and excellence at the 2020 Virtual National Arts Festival, South Africa.
Dear Donald/Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
The play takes liberties, for laughs, with the biographies of the famous political rivals.
Artista presents The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 11th Jul 2021
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
AAA presents The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 11th Jul 2021
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Artista's Secret Comedy Club: The Comedy Hub
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 27th Jun 2021
Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you! Performances on 6 days per week, 4 to 6 times per day, from 17:30 until 23:00 on weekdays and 14:3…
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 29th - 30th Apr 2021
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
SUGGS: KING CNUT, A LIFE IN THE REALM OF MADNESS
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2021
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Online & Broadcast
- theSpaceUK
- 15th Jan, 2021
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 Secret Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Online & Broadcast
- Scottish Ballet
- 19th Dec, 2020
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Adam Kay – This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 20th - 21st Aug 2020
Multi-million bestselling author back at the Fringe for two nights only.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2020
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th - 15th Aug 2020
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.
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Fresh off a successful, sold-out, Off-Broadway run, this show will inspire you, make you laugh and will tug at your heartstrings.
The Secret Garden
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 24th Aug 2020
Olivier Award-nominated Wizard Presents has created an entertaining, interactive and imaginative production based on this timeless classic.
Life of Pi
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Wyndham’s Theatre
- 22nd Jun 2020 - 30th Oct 2022
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…
West End Goes Pink For Life
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Jun 2020
A night to remember our daughter, sister and friend Janine Benecke and all the other victims of drunk drivers.
The Secret Garden
- Listing Events
- West End
- Adelphi Theatre / London Palladium
- 4th Apr - 15th Nov 2020
When The Secret Garden first premiered on Broadway, it was met with rave reviews, international success and multiple Tony Awards.
A Quick Guide to Ruining Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Bradford Playhouse
- 28th - 28th Feb 2020
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.
Life And Death Of A Journalist
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amber Jackson
- Vault Festival
- The Cage, Vaults, Leake Street
- 2nd Mar, 2020
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.
The Silence Of Snow: The Life Of Patrick Hamilton
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 20th - 21st Feb 2020
Acclaimed actor Mark Farrelly presents his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years.
A Life Twice Given
- Review
- ★★★
- Monica Yell
- Brighton
- Rialto Theatre
- 1st Nov, 2019
A simple production, A Life Twice Given stretches itself to do justice to a very complicated idea, with only limited resources and space.
Half Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 3rd - 5th Oct 2019
An intergenerational cast of performers explore the difference age brings and the constant things in life that bind us all together.
Half Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Albany Deptford
- 3rd - 5th Oct 2019
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 …
Attempts on her life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- The Rialto Theatre
- 1st - 3rd Oct 2019
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…
The Life I Lead
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Wyndham’s Theatre
- 16th - 21st Sep 2019
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…
THE LIFE & RHYMES OF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 14th Sep 2019
Saturday 14th September, 7.
Luna Cinema Presents Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Listing Events
- West End
- Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
- 8th Sep 2019
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Monty Python’s Life of Brian is back on the big screen.
The Secret Policeman's Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 24th Aug 2019
In cahoots with Deborah Frances-White (Guilty Feminist), Amnesty International’s revered Secret Policeman’s Tour comes to Edinburgh.
Mémoires d'un Amnésique (The Life and Music of Erik Satie)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cuthbert’s Church
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2019
In equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique theatrical experience.
Still Life by Noël Coward
- Review
- ★★★
- William Leckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2019
The Hart Players theatre company brings Noël Coward’s Still Life to the Fringe.
Life. In Hong Kong
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Contemporary mime inspired by daily life.
The Soundtrack of Life
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
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…
Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 18th - 19th Aug 2019
Million-copy bestseller Adam Kay returns to the Fringe for two nights only, sharing entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-u…
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Bach: A Year in the Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Canongate Kirk
- 17th Aug 2019
Central to Bach’s output as a composer are his chorale preludes.
Tally Ho, Secret Several!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 15th - 24th Aug 2019
Spoof of Enid Blyton’s famous adventure book series The Secret Seven.
Still Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 13th - 18th Aug 2019
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…
Borchert: A Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Wolfgang Borchert.
Will, or Eight Lost Years of William Shakespeare's Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
England, 1585.
Semi-Toned Presents: Life on Mars
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following two consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe.
Dorothy Fields: Lyrics and Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Argyle Cellar Bar
- 11th - 18th Aug 2019
In Tin Pan Alley it was rare to find women, but Dorothy was prolific.
Kimchi: Life is a Happy Dream
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 11th - 26th Aug 2019
Kimjang is a Korean foodie tradition, where families and friends come together to make kimchi.
The Life of Reilly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Living in a world where people don’t say what they mean or mean what they say can be tricky, and Reilly has questions.
The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Castle
- 10th - 22nd Aug 2019
Sell-out event with a new line-up! On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle.
The Life of Spies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 6th - 10th Aug 2019
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…
Icelandic Folk Songs and Stories from Icelandic Life and Culture, Viking to Contemporary Iceland; Piano, Voice and Drums with Passion and Humour
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
Icelandic folk songs and bits of Icelandic culture.
Secret Dinosaur Cult Live
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 5th - 20th Aug 2019
Live comedy podcast about daddy issues, queerness, trauma and dinosaurs by comedian and (now) author Sofie Hagen and comedian and drag king Jodie Mitchell.
Pianodrome Life Drawing
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pianodrome at The Pitt
- 5th - 12th Aug 2019
All abilities life drawing accompanied by live music at the Pianodrome – a playable amphitheatre constructed entirely from upcycled pianos.
MUSE: An Experiment in Storytelling and Life Drawing
- Listing Events / Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 4th - 20th Aug 2019
In a world where we learn to hate the bodies of others and fear our own, MUSE offers a chance to find them instead.
Yolk: A Tale of Life, Told By an Idiot
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
A ridiculously surreal celebration of human existence, journeying from the womb to above and beyond.
Choose Life, Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Custom House
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2019
Experience the Trainspotting walking tour on location in Leith.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2019
The boy I love is up in the gallery.
Life Between Yes and No
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados, Room 3
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
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.
Amy Matthews: The Life Aquatic with Amy Matthews
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Amy Matthews blends observational routines with offbeat whimsy, resigning to the absurdity of modern life.
Last Life: A Shakespeare Play
- Review
- ★★★★
- Freddie Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th Aug, 2019
Last Life feels like a social experiment.
Unspoken (One Day in the Life of a Park Bench)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
Eddy Brimson: Life Coaching for Arseholes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Hi, I’m Eddy Brimson.
Ladylikes: Top Secret House Party!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
Karaoke Saved My Life
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
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.
Funny in Real Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 18th Aug 2019
A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage.
Lateef Lovejoy – Life, Times and Society's Crimes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 1st - 16th Aug 2019
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…
The Struggling Life of an Artist
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C aquila
- 1st - 26th Aug 2019
A struggling movie actress and an aspiring horror writer are on the very brink of success – each just a compromise away.
Andy Storey: Still (Awkward) Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘It’s difficult, I think, being a human person.
Life Is No Laughing Matter
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 31st Jul - 18th Aug 2019
‘Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel and from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new.
Ian Smith: Half-Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 6th Aug, 2019
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.
Ivo Graham: The Game of Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Freddie Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard / Pleasance Dome
- 13th Aug, 2019
Tommy Fury once said “if life is a game, then love is the prize”.
How to Save a Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Meet Melissa.
Harry Revell: Life Through a Convex Lens
- Listing Music
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 28th Jul 2019
Music, quotes and verse.
Ian Smith: Half-Life
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 26th Jul 2019
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - The Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Ambassadors Theatre.
- 15th Jun - 12th Oct 2019
Move over Cats - It's time for a mole! This joyous new musical adaptation of Sue Townsend‘s best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ -The Music…
A Substitute For Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Nomad Festival Greenwich
- 14th Jun 2019
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
The Beautiful Dance of Life & Death
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 27th May - 2nd Jun 2019
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…
Old Movies Saved My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 25th - 27th May 2019
Sometimes the best education comes from the most unexpected places.
Alan Mullery in Conversation (His Life and Christian Belief)
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church, Patcham
- 24th May 2019
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…
The Seven Ages and the Dance of Life and Death
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- St Augustines Centre
- 23rd - 27th May 2019
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…
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
LADYLIKES: Top Secret House Party!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Pipeline
- 18th - 19th May 2019
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th May 2019
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through both song and over gesticulation.
Cyborg Life Drawing: Carnivale de Robotique
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 13th - 20th May 2019
Roll up, roll up! Come and feast your eyes upon our collection of curious characters at the ‘Carnivale de Robotique.
Karaoke Saved My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 13th - 19th May 2019
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)…
My Life Closed Twice
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Doghouse
- 9th - 11th May 2019
After being diagnosed with schizophrenia aged 20, Joe’s life becomes a cacophony of visions, voices and questionable media stereotypes.
Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th May 2019
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.
Roger Clammy: How To Save a Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Nest
- 6th - 9th May 2019
Join freelance first aid instructor Roger Clammy on this taster course covering some of the most essential life-saving skills.
Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th May 2019
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.
Andrew Steiner: Life is Weird
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th - 17th May 2019
Andrew Steiner has French-kissed trees, studied under a Zen Master in Japan and trained kick-boxing in Thailand.
Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rhian Bowley
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 12th May, 2019
Jenny Rowe’s solo show Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own is about a woman with many lives, who is best known for not being a man.
Sunday Encounters: Dame Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music - A Life in Musical Theatre
- Listing Events
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 5th May 2019
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…
A Cosmologist's Guide to Life and Love
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 5th - 26th May 2019
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.
The Unremarkable Life and Wholly Undignified Death of Lee Griffiths as Performed by Lee Griffiths
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 4th - 5th May 2019
Lee Griffiths, household name* and all-round philanthropic hero has given himself the honour of hosting a charity telethon to help those less fortunate.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Nest
- 3rd - 6th May 2019
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…
Julian Dutton in Do You Think That's Wise? The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
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…
Julian Dutton in Do You Think That's Wise? The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
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…
The Secret Comedy Club: Fringe Comedy Hub
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 3rd May - 2nd Jun 2019
We have over 80 professional comedy acts who applied to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
ALAN JOHNSON: IN MY LIFE
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 24th Apr 2019
Tickets: £23Duration: approx 2hrs with an intervalSuitable for: ages 16+.
Get a Life!
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- The Studio
- 11th Apr, 2019
The sketch show can be a difficult beast to tame.
The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- GUILD HALL / Stamford Arts Centre / The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
- 18th Mar, 2019
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…
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Secret Cosy Living (Address Revealed 24 Hours Before) / The Horse & Stables
- 23rd Feb - 9th Mar 2019
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
TRAJECTORIES II WORKSHOP: Creative programming with artificial life
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 16th Feb 2019
A creative programming session that is designed for those who are interested in the idea of artificial life.
It's A Wonderful Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton
- Rialto Theatre
- 18th Dec, 2018
Unmasked Theatre are filling the week before Christmas with a stage adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life, the 1946 festive favourite.
Esther Rantzen: That’s Life! - Dame Esther Rantzen in conversation with Rebecca Wilcox
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th Nov 2018
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…
The Confessions of a Secret Agent
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 4th Nov 2018
Simon Trewin has spent the last twenty-five years as a literary agent working with some of the biggest names in the world and helping launch the careers of countless deb…
The Morning After the Life Before
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 20th Oct 2018
Gúna Nua presents the internationally acclaimed and multi award winning, The Morning After The Life Before, at The Liverpool Irish Arts Festival.
Get A Life
- Listing Theatre
- Glasgow
- Websters Theatre
- 19th - 20th Oct 2018
A crazy look at a not altogether crazy world!
Anthony Jeannot: Life Coach (Age 14)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Rosemary Branch
- 17th Oct 2018
One night only! Edinburgh encore.
One Life Stand
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Canada Water Theatre
- 13th Oct 2018
When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship?
Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt (Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 1st Oct 2018
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-up comedy.
Bookworms/Van Life (Radio Recording)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 31st Aug 2018
2 Brand New Radio Comedies - For Free! This event is ticketed through EventBrite - please click belwo to reserve your free ticket: https://www.
Secret Cinema - Romeo & Juliet
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
Secret Cinema presents William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Location
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
Amnesty International UK and the Guilty Feminist Presents The Secret Policeman's Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
The Guilty Feminist joins forces with Amnesty International UK to bring The Secret Policeman back to life for 2018! Following the magnificent Secret Policeman’s tradition of presen…
Rachel Sambrooks: Life is a Caba-Rach
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Tolbooth Market
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2018
Rachel Sambrooks is trying to love life even when it’s rubbish.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
Just One Wise Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 19th - 27th Aug 2018
To be well or not to be well, that is the question.
The Grey Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 19th - 27th Aug 2018
Open the window, take a breath – outside it’s grey.
The Secret Diary of Scott Mitchell, Aged 43 and 3/4
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 18th - 26th Aug 2018
Scott Mitchell lives in Singapore.
The Insignificant Life and Death of Colin McKenzie
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 16th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
A Country Way of Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th - 18th Aug 2018
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…
Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 14th - 18th Aug 2018
Back for five nights only.
Secret Mountain
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
Secret Mountain is a children’s educational show, not suitable for children.
Life on Venus
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jurys Inn
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
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.
Angelos and Barry: A Matter of Life and Death
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub / Le Monde
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
BBC’s Angelos Epithemiou and Channel 4’s Barry from Watford return with a new show following their sell-out tour.
A Life on the Silk Road
- Review
- ★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 19th Aug, 2018
The National Theatre of China have brought their visually stunning production of Life On The Silk Road to Zoo Southside.
Frauenliebe und Leben: A Woman's Life and Love
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 12th Aug 2018
Robert Schumann’s song cycle of a woman’s life, paired with music by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Alma Mahler.
Esther Rantzen: That's Life!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 10th - 12th Aug 2018
Broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist Rebecca Wilcox, discuss careers and family ties.
The Not So Secret Society
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bourbon Bar / Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse / Voodoo Rooms
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
From the team behind the hugely successful Bongo Club Cabaret and the UK’s premier free variety night franchise, comes this epic family-friendly variety show, a generation in the m…
The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Castle
- 7th - 21st Aug 2018
On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle.
Chris Difford: Some Fantastic Place, My Life in and Out of Squeeze. With Boo Hewerdine
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th - 12th Aug 2018
Chris Difford celebrates the release of his autobiography with some very special shows.
Choose Life, Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Dockers Club
- 4th - 27th Aug 2018
Experience the iconic Trainspotting on location in Leith, including places featured in the book such as Central Station and Leith Dockers Club.
Bag for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 4th - 11th Aug 2018
Dark comedy exploring morality and mortality.
Secret Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Tolbooth Market
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Take a chance on a real free Fringe experience.
The Good Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
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.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Old Movies Saved My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jurys Inn
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Sometimes the best education comes from the most unexpected places.
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
A Gallant Life
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
It’s August 1918 and it’s finally beginning to look like an Allied victory is on the cards.
Noël Coward's Still Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 3rd - 11th Aug 2018
‘Forgive me? For everything.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2018
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
Life and Death of a Near-Hero
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jurys Inn
- 3rd - 11th Aug 2018
A “nearly” comedy about my memories as a professional stripper and near-hero during London Bridge terror attack in 2016.
Live Your Best Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 2nd - 18th Aug 2018
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…
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
A Substitute for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2018
‘Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for real life’.
Karaoke Saved My Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 27th Aug, 2018
All month I have spotted Scott Swinton, star of Karaoke Saved My Life, on the streets of Edinburgh, flyering for his show.
Tamar Broadbent: Best Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
‘Is it too much to ask for everything?!’ she shouted drunkenly at a bin.
Do You Think That's Wise? – The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
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.
Life Coach (Age 14)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2018
A letter from the past, a date with a doomsday survivalist and the start of your dream career.
The Newcastle Revue: Tyne of Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2018
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…
Single Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C aquila
- 7th Aug, 2018
Every now and then a sparkling gem comes bubbling to the surface of the Fringe.
It's a Joke Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 2nd - 13th Aug 2018
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.
Emil Nolde: Colour Is Life
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
- 1st - 31st Aug 2018
Emil Nolde was one of the greatest colourists of the twentieth century.
Matt Price: Last Night a Weegie Saved My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Friendly Cornish giant Matt Price was going out with a woman.
Magic 8 Ball (My Life With Asperger's)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th Aug, 2018
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…
The Secret Room at The Writers' Museum
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Writers’ Museum
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2018
The final resting place of the work and artefacts of Scotland’s most creative writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
One Life Stand
- Review
- ★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2018
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 …
Andrew Roper – What Is Best in Life?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 30th Jul - 26th Aug 2018
‘What is best in life?’ If you know the answer, come to this show.
Dusty Limits: Life and I
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 19th Jul 2018
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…
Livin' Larger Than Life
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- St Nicholas Church
- 2nd Jun 2018
The SLJO are back with an all-new set featuring tunes from the golden era of Big Band and other jazz classics.
The Morning After the Life Before
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sebastian Beaumont
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 31st May, 2018
24th May 2015 was the day that Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.
Rambert - Life is a Dream
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 22nd - 26th May 2018
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.
The Beautiful Dance of Life & Death
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 21st - 24th May 2018
Adam Astra, a young rocketeer witnesses a star-girl fall to earth one night and vows to rocket her back among the stars.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
Life In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 13th - 15th May 2018
When life fell apart, Rob moved into a caravan.
Life is a Caba-Rach
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 9th - 26th May 2018
Feel-good stand-up show on how to love life even when it’s rubbish.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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's Life is A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 8th - 21st May 2018
Bisha K Ali brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Dom Mackie's Poor Life Choices
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th - 17th May 2018
Dom Mackie, with support from Harrison Salter, present stand up that will leave you in constant stitches.
Aquarium History Tour: Sea Life Brighton
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- MEET: SEA LIFE Brighton - Main Entrance
- 4th - 25th May 2018
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.
Adam Kay - This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Duchess Theatre / Garrick Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2018 - 11th Jan 2020
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music.
Quarter Life Crisis
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Burton Taylor Studio Theatre
- 17th Apr 2018
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…
Secret Life of Humans
- Review
- ★★★★
- Niall Hunt
- London Fringe
- New Diorama Theatre
- 29th Apr, 2018
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
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Live At Zédel
- 9th - 17th Apr 2018
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.
The Life of Galileo
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oxford Playhouse
- 27th - 31st Mar 2018
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…
Refugee stories, secret recipes and dinner!
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Welcome Centre Bowden
- 17th Mar 2018
Refugees bring many things to Australia not only new and interesting food but amazing stories, stories of courage, determination and resilience.
The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Adelaide Fringe
- St Mary’s College / Stirling Fringe
- 10th - 17th Mar 2018
Acclaimed locals Slingsby present a 10th anniversary season of this captivating international hit show! Suitable for adults and children 8+.
Scarred For Life
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Lab
- 15th Mar 2018
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 …
Jason Pestell: Kmart is Life
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Rhino on Raj
- 10th - 17th Mar 2018
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…
Secret Hyde Away
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- RAJOPOLIS at Raj House
- 12th Mar 2018
A Monday night variety showcase, featuring performers from all over Fringeland… You better Hyde your dips, and Hyde your chives, IT’S GONNA BE A CRACKER!
THAT'S LIFE
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Lab
- 10th - 11th Mar 2018
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 …
Amos Gill: Where Have I Been All Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony / Rhino Room
- 10th - 17th Mar 2018
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
The Life of Stars
- Listing Exhibition
- Adelaide Fringe
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
In every 24 hour cycle, experience Lindy Lee’s ‘The Life of Stars’.
Sound & Fury's Secret Mystery Cabaret of Mysterious Mysteries
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Live From Tandanya
- 10th - 17th Mar 2018
The boys of Sound & Fury present selected “Best-of-Fringe” artists to perform new, or experimental pieces NOT from the shows they’re mounting at Adelaide Fringe! New lineup each we…
Parade of Light: A Balloon Dog's Life
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- The University of Adelaide
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
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…
The Beautiful Bogan - Life's Not Fair
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 20th Feb - 10th Mar 2018
This is a tale of a man that lost his mullet and his identity.
Parade of Light: Lindy Lee’s Life of Stars
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
‘Life of Stars’ is based on the incredible works of renowned Biennial artist Lindy Lee and the processes and themes behind her work.
A Life:MT
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Arkaba Hotel
- 7th Mar 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s bio begins with his great grandfather in the fledgling colony of Sydney, back then known as ‘Brisbane’.
Salisbury Secret Garden - Family Fun Day
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - Civic Square
- 4th Mar 2018
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
Fame, Fortune & Lies: The Life and Music of Eileen Joyce
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Lab
- 4th Mar 2018
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…
Salisbury Secret Garden - Sounds in the Square
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - Civic Square
- 3rd Mar 2018
Join us in the square for an evening of fun, entertainment, markets and great food.
Salisbury Secret Garden - Showcase
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - Civic Square
- 2nd Mar 2018
A fun filled evening with so much for the family.
Salisbury Secret Garden - Defying Gravity
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - Len Beadell Library
- 28th Feb 2018
An afternoon of humour and levity through words and music. Guest artists interspersed with open mic.
Andrew Roper - What is Best in life?
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Griffins Hotel
- 25th Feb 2018
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…
It's Only Life - A New Musical Revue featuring John Bucchino
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Parks Theatres
- 25th - 25th Feb 2018
Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S.
Salisbury Secret Garden - Poetry Slam
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - The Mawson Centre
- 25th Feb 2018
The Annual Adelaide Fringe Salisbury Poetry Slam $100 First Prize $30 Second Prize $20 Third Prize Organised by Friendly Street Poets and MC’d by Nigel Ford.
The Secret Life of Suitcases
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- GROUNDED
- 24th - 24th Feb 2018
Larry’s got no time for fun, but that’s all about to change.
THE LIFE OF BRIAN
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Crown & Anchor Hotel
- 18th Feb 2018
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…
Mike Rudd's 1st BASE in Life after Life
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 17th Feb 2018
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…
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance - Bayadere -The Ninth Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 16th - 17th Oct 2017
Ground-breaking dance-maker Shobana Jeyasingh brings her radical imagination to Petipa’s legendary ballet La Bayadère.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jim Naughtie – My Life in Broadcasting
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 23rd Aug 2017
Jim Naughtie is one of Britain’s most distinguished radio broadcasters and journalists.
It's a Wretched Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 21st - 27th Aug 2017
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…
The Secret Life of Your Mobile Phone
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 21st - 26th Aug 2017
A unique journey into the private life of a gadget you thought was on your side.
Amino No; the Building Blocks of an Australian Life in Scotland
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Depot
- 20th - 27th Aug 2017
Two years a Leither and it feels so good! But a Penguin is not a Tim Tam, and a Penguin is not a straw.
My Body, My Life: Real stories of Abortion
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2017
2017 marks 50 years since the partial legalization of abortion in the UK.
PreScribed (A Life Written for Me)
- Review
- ★★★
- Bella Roux
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 27th Aug, 2017
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.
This is My Life
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 14th - 15th Aug 2017
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.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Eric Liddell Centre
- 10th Aug 2017
Tom McNab, using a rich range of film, provides a vivid account of Leni’s life as dancer, actress, director and stills photographer.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Judy Garland: Soundtrack to a Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 6th - 13th Aug 2017
Judy began performing on stage before other children had started kindergarten.
Mid-Life Climax
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sneaky Pete’s
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Dan is English, Mick is Australian, and their comedy stats are impressive.
Dirty Little Secret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
Everybody has a dirty little secret.
My Life with Doris
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 4th - 19th Aug 2017
We all have our idols and for one girl growing up that was a singer and actress from a bygone age.
Andrew Roper's Superhero Secret Origins: The Movies
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
If you like superheroes; if you want to learn more about their history; if you’ve ever seen a movie that had superheroes in it… if you’ve read this far already – you should…
Standard Life Opening Event: Bloom
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- St Andrew Square
- 4th - 5th Aug 2017
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’.
Marni – The Secret Voice of Hollywood
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 4th - 12th Aug 2017
Film stars in the 50s and 60s needed to sing.
Viggo Venn – The Life of Pepito
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gillian Bain
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 7th Aug, 2017
Viggo Venn’s act is a hard one to categorise.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Semi-Pro 4 Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 19th Aug 2017
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…
Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
A Sad Joke About Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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.
For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
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…
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
A brand new improvised radio show from the team behind Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film.
Helga - Life of Diva Extraordinaire
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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�…
Three Tales of Life and Death by Craig Lucas
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
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…
Quarter Life Crisis
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lynn Rusk
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 13th Aug, 2017
If you are looking for an unpretentious, heart-warming comedy show at the festival, Quarter Life Crisis is where you will find it.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Vic St Coffee Co
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
My Real Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jared Liebmiller
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 15th Aug, 2017
Noel has multiple sclerosis.
Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Juliet (writer on The Sarah Millican Television Programme and 8 out of 10 Cats) and her dog have issues.
The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never
- Review
- ★★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 22nd Aug, 2017
The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never is exactly what you want from a cabaret.
All My Life Long
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Elliot Steel: Near Life Experience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
Conspiracy theorist and slacker Elliot Steel has grown up a lot in the last year.
Secret Life of Humans
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Nuri Syed Corser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2017
An eclectic and beautiful production – Secret Life of Humans combines a baffling diversity of genres into a single theatrical masterpiece.
Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Life has three guarantees: you’re born, you die and if your name is Rio, you dance on the sand.
Bernie Keith: Life Without Sat Nav
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
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
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 8th Aug, 2017
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.
True to Life – British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
- 31st Jul - 3rd Sep 2017
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.
For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil
- Review
- ★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 27th Jul, 2017
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.
Ross And Doug Present Scenes From The Life And Death Of Lord Haw Haw, Britain's Most Patriotic Traitor
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 25th - 28th May 2017
Funny. Political. Ends with a hanging.
Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 29th May, 2017
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…
Life in the City 2017: An Inclusive City
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Dorset Gardens Methodist Church
- 20th May 2017
Poetry reading, exhibition, workshop and photography.
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
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 …
Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 15th - 18th May 2017
Life is a hilarious high-energy rant from multi-award-winning South African cult comedic phenomenon Rob van Vuuren.
Scott Gibson: Life After Death
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 12th - 14th May 2017
Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever.
Viggo Venn: The Life of Pepito
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 12th - 14th May 2017
Winner, Rising Star: The Media Eye, 2016.
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- New Steine Hotel, Bar and Bistro
- 12th - 21st May 2017
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.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Aquarium History Tour: Sea Life Brighton
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- SEA LIFE Brighton - Main Entrance
- 7th - 25th May 2017
Exclusive after hours tours, just on offer as part of the Brighton Fringe in May.
The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lou Rogers
- Brighton Fringe
- ONCA
- 15th May, 2017
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…
Life Without Dog
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 5th - 8th May 2017
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
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Jubilee Library
- 5th May - 4th Jun 2017
‘Love a Positive Life’ is a multimedia exhibition telling the positive stories of young people living with HIV in Africa and Asia.
The Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 14th - 29th Apr 2017
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…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
The Unlikely Life of Leonard Langley
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard
- 24th - 28th Jan 2017
This is the unlikely story of an unlucky man, Leonard Langley.
Attempts on Her Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 23rd Aug, 2016
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…
L!ghten Up Your Life!™
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2016
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…
The Life and Crimes of Reverend Raccoon
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 21st - 29th Aug 2016
Conman, faith healer and US Army reservist.
RLB: Real Life Broadcasting
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Crags Bar
- 21st - 28th Aug 2016
Life in the office, it is dull.
The Attenborough Tours: Life on Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 19th - 29th Aug 2016
Life-changing daily walking tours with Stompy (Half Naked Chef).
Is This Your Life?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 18th Aug 2016
We all leave a trace.
Dr Bill Aird Presents The Men in St Margaret of Scotland’s Life
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place
- 17th Aug 2016
The Life of St Margaret provides a unique insight into late 11th-century Scotland and her profound influence on her husband and his kingdom.
Think No Evil of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th Aug 2016
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.
Kids With Beards: The Curse of the Secret Ham
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 16th - 28th Aug 2016
The Brighton-based beardy babes are back, baby.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
YCA Secret Opera: Mansfield Park
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Following a sell-out run and five star reviews for their recent production of Carmen, Edinburgh Studio Opera return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Jonathan Dove’s Mansfiel…
Young Classical Artist Secret Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
The Life of the Party
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bourbon Bar
- 14th - 20th Aug 2016
Travel across time from mod to rave to disco with Calling All Parties in a vivacious interactive theatrical and film experience.
Lush Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 14th - 21st Aug 2016
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…
Your Life in Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 14th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Life to Come
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 13th - 16th Aug 2016
Aberdeen Performing Arts Youth Theatre presents The Life to Come by Timothy Mason.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Dr David Silkenat Presents The Long Life of the Lost Cause: Why it Took 150 Years for the Confederate Flag to Come Down
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place
- 12th Aug 2016
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…
David Steel: My Life in Politics
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 11th Aug 2016
Lord David Steel joins Professor Chris Carter to reflect on an illustrious career in public life.
Bringing Death Back to Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 9th Aug 2016
Dying is a universal human activity, and it shows no sign of abating.
The Secret of the Kelpie: A Journey Round Scotland
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland
- 9th - 13th Aug 2016
Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths.
My Life in...
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 8th - 26th Aug 2016
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 …
Kirsty Newton: Life Begins at Party!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
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 Secret Garden
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 6th - 19th Aug 2016
‘If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
Life and Death (But Mainly Death)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Timothy Leonine Tsang
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 9th Aug, 2016
In spite of the morbid title, Dr Phil Hammond’s stand-up show makes mischief of the macabre.
The Life and Times of Lionel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 12th Aug, 2016
New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so.
A Matter of Life and Death
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andrew Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 18th Aug, 2016
We very rarely think about our own deaths.
Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More
- Review
- ★★★
- Joe Spence
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 16th Aug, 2016
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
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Euan Brook
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 13th Aug, 2016
Life By The Throat tells the life story of James Joseph Patrick Keogh.
Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Juliet (writer on Sarah Millican Television Programme and 8 out of 10 Cats) and her dog have issues.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Andrew Roper – Superhero Secret Origins: Special Edition
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
It’s back! The interactive comic book knowledge bomb.
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
The Weaning of Life / Free Festival
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Crags Bar
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
If you want to see comedy that is a little different, this is for you.
Susie McCabe: There is More to Life Than Happiness
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Susie McCabe’s worst fears are coming true: she’s slowly turning into her parents.
Elliot and Farhan's Life Lessons
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Elliot Wengler and Farhan Mitha’s Fringe debut show is surprisingly educational.
Abandoman: Life + Rhymes
- Review
- ★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 15th Aug, 2016
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: Love, Life and Other Stuff
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 21st Aug, 2016
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…
Mark Dolan: Life Hacks
- Review
- ★★★
- Jamie P Robson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th Aug, 2016
Few would disagree that our world is in dire need of fixing.
Scott Gibson: Life After Death
- Review
- ★★★★★
- chhewitt95
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 21st Aug, 2016
This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic.
Katie Brennan's Quarter-Life Crisis
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
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…
Life According to Saki
- Review
- ★★★★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 5th Aug, 2016
Whether you’ve never heard of Saki before or consider yourself a die hard fan, this production is sure to please.
L!ghten Up Your Life!™
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gayfield Venues
- 3rd - 22nd Aug 2016
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…
Briony Redman: Secret Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
Shh, it’s a surprise.
Kids with Beards: The Curse of the Secret Ham
- Review
- ★★★★
- Cal Kenny
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 26th Jul, 2016
Kids With Beards is a six person-strong sketch comedy group from Brighton.
Today, Life, The Universe and the Little Blue Bowl
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Moors Bar
- 20th Jul 2016
New solo show written & performed by Elaine Fellows.
Triple Entendre: Love, Life and Other Stuff
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 14th - 16th Jul 2016
The Andrews Sisters meets ‘Smack the Pony’ in this new musical comedy cabaret.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridewell Theatre
- 21st - 25th Jun 2016
Ken Harrison is a talented sculptor and teacher whose career is cut short after a horrific car accident.
Aidan Killian: A Life of Silver Linings
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2016
Aidan Killian’s World Tour - ‘Around the World in 80 Jokes’ is here.
Always Be Rolling: How Board Games Can Change Your Life And Save The World
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 28th - 31st May 2016
Award-winning comedian James Cook has read the back of the box and is ready to play.
Maria: The Life, Loves, and Music of Callas
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 27th - 29th May 2016
Laurene Hope, who amazed as Piaf, is now ‘La Divina’ Callas - from unwanted child to opera Goddess and her obsession with Onassis.
The Half Life of Love
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rialto Theatre
- 16th - 20th May 2016
The half life of love is forever - it remains toxic, poisoning life long after love is over.
Conductors' Unbecoming Scenes from Orchestral Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 14th - 22nd May 2016
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…
Secret Innuendos
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Claremont
- 13th - 15th May 2016
Welcome to The Claremont Hotel, where strangers come and strangers go and some may stay for longer.
Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog & Evil Imaginary Child Are Ruining My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2016
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’.
Rob Dumbrell: Life in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 11th - 27th May 2016
Rob’s life fell apart five years ago.
Aquarium History Tour: Sea Life Brighton
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- SEA LIFE Brighton - Main Entrance
- 10th May - 2nd Jun 2016
A unique opportunity to go off the public route and learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
A Secret Life
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Theatre 503
- 10th - 15th May 2016
Follow our characters on an everyday journey through Battersea hearing their inner thoughts via an app previously downloaded to your smartphone.
The Secret Garden
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 8th May 2016
A vibrant re-imagining of Burnett’s classic story with an inclusive cast of young actors, bringing the garden to life through music, dance and umbrellas.
Mark Dolan: This Show Will Change Your Life
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 7th May 2016
Broadcaster and comedian Dolan is one of the most in-demand MCs.
Abandoman: Life & Rhymes
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 6th - 7th May 2016
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…
BalletBoyz - Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Sadlers Wells
- 20th Apr - 6th Jun 2016
BalletBoyz are back with a brand new show, performed by its all-male company of ten incredible dancers.
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Maurice Hines Tappin Thru Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Off Broadway
- New World Stages
- 23rd Dec 2015
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 …
BOUND FEET BLUES - A Life Told In Shoes
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 24th Nov - 12th Dec 2015
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…
In My Life
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 30th - 30th Aug 2015
Mark McGann brings his acclaimed show based on the life of John Lennon, IN MY LIFE, to the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.
Lasses, Love and Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 29th Aug 2015
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’ …
AC Grayling: The Meanings of Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 22nd Aug 2015
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 …
Mr B's Guide to Modern Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Tuesday McPhail
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 26th Aug, 2015
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 HandleBards: Secret Shakespeare
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 18th - 26th Aug 2015
Join the HandleBards on their bikes and cycle to a secret location in Edinburgh for a Fringe experience unlike any other.
The Secret of My Failure
- Review
- ★★
- J W Close
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th Aug, 2015
The Secret of My Failure is a farcical, eclectic sketch comedy show hosted by the energetic Dr Postscript, which weaves through sarcastic appraisals of bad comedy sketches (a cleve…
A Matter of Life and Debt
- Review
- ★★★
- James Moore
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 25th Aug, 2015
From the very moment you walk into the space, the aesthetic style of the piece is made abundantly clear.
Real Life Becomes a Rumour
- Review
- ★★
- Alex Hargreaves
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th Aug, 2015
This ‘pitch black comedy’ revolves around three unlikely friends sat in a room for what we believe is a friendly get together.
Daze of My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 15th - 20th Aug 2015
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.
Scarfed for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just Festival at Central Hall
- 14th - 22nd Aug 2015
‘The play, Scarfed for Life, is a loud, lively piece about sectarianism in Glasgow .
Orkestra Del Sol – Larger Than Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 14th Aug 2015
Globally inspired, but distilled in Scotland.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
A Beggar for a Miracle: A Fan’s Life in Football
- Review
- ★★★
- Conor Matchett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 15th Aug, 2015
This was a talk for the footballing purist – a no-frills, brief chat with two of the footballing world’s most renowned authors.
Wheel Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 11th - 15th Aug 2015
Replicate on stage the chance and excitement of daily life.
Pappy's Presents...The Secret Dudes Society
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 11th - 25th Aug 2015
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy award nominees and stars of BBC Three’s Badults, Pappy’s, bring their comedy club to the Edinburgh Fringe for four very special shows.
Night of My Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah Gough
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2015
Sketch Club 7 has six members.
Life Jim (But Not as We Know It)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 10th - 15th Aug 2015
Come with us on a journey through the ups, downs and sideways of life.
GM Bacteria Could Save Your Life!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 9th Aug 2015
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…
Val Mcdermid: My Life In Five Games
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 8th Aug 2015
One of the biggest names in crime writing, McDermid’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
The Coin-Operated Girl – A Sex Worker’s Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Liquid Room Annexe
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
From the star of Audible.
The Secret Life of Suitcases
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 22nd Aug, 2015
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
Secret Honour
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 15th Aug 2015
‘Remarkable’ (Press).
Superhero Secret Origins
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
Did you like The Avengers movie? Well, this show is just like The Avengers (except with more jokes, and no actual Avengers).
Real Life Becomes a Rumour
- Review
- ★★
- Alex Hargreaves
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th Aug, 2015
This ‘pitch black comedy’ revolves around three unlikely friends sat in a room for what we believe is a friendly get together.
Acting Human: Live Life Alive
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 7th - 28th Aug 2015
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 …
Pope Head (The Secret Life of Francis Bacon)
- Review
- ★★★
- Andrew Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Garry Roost is both writer and performer in this broad, jumbled examination of the life of the troubled artist, Francis Bacon.
More C*nt Than Cant: The Scandalous Life and Fast Times of Lord Byron
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephens
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Lord Byron: hellraiser, fashionista, sexual predator, poet, punk.
A Life With The Beatles
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elaine Liner
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 19th Aug, 2015
For some of us among ‘the olds,’ the Beatles provided the lush soundtrack of our lives.
Sing for Your Life
- Review
- ★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 11th Aug, 2015
For those of a squeamish nature, this may not be the best review to read over your breakfast.
Matthew Crosby: Smaller Than Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Matthew Crosby (one of Pappy’s, co-star/co-writer of BBC Three’s Badults) returns to Edinburgh with another lovely little show.
Sarah Bennetto: Fritters Away an Hour of Your Life... Mmm, Fritters
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
A new stand-up and character solo show by the London-based Melbourne comedian and host of Storytellers’ Club.
A Life in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 6th - 14th Aug 2015
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…
Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life (Data Update)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
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 …
The Double Life of Malcolm Drinkwater
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andrew Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 14th Aug, 2015
The Double Life of Malcolm Drinkwater is a play about secrets, recycling, and the industry of murder.
Attempts on Her Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 11th Aug, 2015
Attempts on Her Life has a notoriety surrounding it that most shows would kill for.
Life Gives You Lemons
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
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.
The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2015
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.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
The Solid Life of Sugar Water
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th Aug, 2015
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…
The Secret Garden
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 15th Aug, 2015
The Secret Garden from Not Cricket Productions is a faithful and on-the-whole, effective, adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic tale.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Half a Person: My Life as Told by The Smiths
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 26th - 28th May 2015
An emotionally charged coming-of-age story, blending wry comedy and the music of a beloved cult band, sung live.
Mass Observation: My Life in a Day (Family event)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Keep
- 23rd May 2015
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…
The Silence of Snow - The Life of Patrick Hamilton
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rialto Theatre
- 21st - 31st May 2015
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’.
Rethreading my Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Redroaster Coffee House
- 21st May 2015
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.
Secret Honour
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: Main Space
- 19th - 21st May 2015
President Nixon arms himself with a bottle of scotch and a gun to record memoirs no one will hear.
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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’s Guide to Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: Main Space
- 5th - 6th May 2015
My grandfather used to be old.
It's Only Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: Main Space
- 5th - 17th May 2015
Musical theatre that packs a punch.
Enjoy a Life of Tea, Art and Zen Philosophy
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Ambassador Hotel
- 2nd - 30th May 2015
Weifan (Ophelia) Chen - founder of Namasia Tea House from Taiwan, would like to introduce the art and culture of Taiwanese tea to the UK.
Bright Half Life
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- City Center Stage II
- 1st Feb 2015
(in previews; opens on Feb.
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New World Stages
- 1st Jan 2015
(previews start on Jan.
The Happiest Day of Brendan Smilie's Life
- Review
- ★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Oran Mor
- 27th Feb, 2015
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…
Bound Feet Blues - A Life Told in Shoes
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 13th Oct 2014
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…
Life Deconstructed
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 17th - 24th Aug 2014
Two improvisers take you on a hilarious, musical and sometimes unnervingly familiar journey through a myriad of characters, places and worlds.
Why Is Life Like Sparrows?
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 19th Aug, 2014
Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes.
Life on the One Wheel
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 17th - 25th Aug 2014
Life on the One Wheel experiments with everyday experience and elements of popular culture to explore the fragile simplicity of human emotion.
Dr Bunhead's Secret Science Lab
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 13th - 24th Aug 2014
TV’s favourite stunt scientist (from Brainiac, Blue Peter, etc) reveals his top secret science recipes for amazing experiments you can do at home - but probably shouldn’t! Liquid m…
London Life
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceCabaret @ 54
- 15th Aug, 2014
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…
My Luxurious 50 Square Feet Life
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- just Festival
- 12th Aug, 2014
In Hong Kong, thousands of people – poor families, students, white-collar workers – live in dystopian-sounding “sub-divided units” that sometimes only amount to 50 square f…
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
George Galloway: My Life in Five Games
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sue Bevan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 9th Aug, 2014
George Galloway is best known as the fiercely pro-Palestinian Respect Party MP for West Bradford.
Tragedy of Tragedies: Or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pilrig Studio
- 5th - 9th Aug 2014
Tom Thumb, a character who is small in stature and status, yet is granted the hand of a princess in marriage.
The Secret Collector
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 6th Aug, 2014
Jack lives on an island where the community calls itself idyllic.
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th Aug, 2014
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams is an enjoyable hour of theatre that is occasionally funny and often moving, with plenty of eccentricity to keep things interesting.
I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 1st - 9th Aug 2014
Paolo Scheriani, Italian theatre author, winner of several prizes, performs I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life.
The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton
- Review
- ★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 3rd Aug, 2014
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…
Gary Lynch - Missed Life Crisis
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
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,…
Pope Head: The Secret Life of Francis Bacon
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Ryrie’s
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
A powerful portrait of the artist Francis Bacon.
Life with Crayons
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 31st Jul - 9th Aug 2014
The Bilborough College Players make their Edinburgh debut with a double-bill production featuring absurdist and epic theatre, Life with Crayons.
Stories of My Life, Played By Other People
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 31st Jul - 17th Aug 2014
‘The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children’ (Jim Henson).
Ant Dewson and Mark Silcox: Life in the Bus Lane - Free
- Review
- ★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 20th Aug, 2014
Everything seemed against this performance from the start.
Tom Allen: Life/Style
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club V
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Returning to Edinburgh after a three-year hiatus which has seen him performing around the world, on radio and on television.
The Time of Our Lies - The Life and Times of Howard Zinn
- Review
- ★★★
- Jane Harrison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th Aug, 2014
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
Andrew Ryan: The Life of Ryan
- Review
- ★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 8th Aug, 2014
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.
Stuart Goldsmith: Extra Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2014
Many consider Stuart Goldsmith’s career as a comic to be “living the dream.
A Life in Song - Tim Rice
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Festival Hall
- 8th Jul 2014
Royal Festival Hall: 8th Jul 7pm.
Bugle Boy - The Life Story of Glenn Miller
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Jun - 20th Jul 2014
Leicester Square Theatre: 30th Jun 7pm.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
McNeil & Pamphilon: Secret Holding Pattern
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Upstairs at Three and Ten
- 25th - 26th May 2014
“Hilarious” (Guardian), “Wonderfully Funny” (Time Out), “Cleverly crafted sketches that hark back to the glory days of the Two Ronnies or Morecambe and Wise” (ThreeWeek…
Yiri Baa West African High-Life Afro Beat
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 24th May 2014
Yiri Baa – West African Roots Manding AfroBeat Band brings you a performance of the wildest music from The Gambia, Senegal and Mali, West Africa.
Art and the End of Life: A Symposium
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 19th May 2014
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.
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Professor Bennison's Life of Pi
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 17th - 18th May 2014
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…
Read For Your Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Jubilee Library
- 16th May 2014
All day event with distinguished novelist Philip Hensher, poet Jo Skelt and other compelling speakers.
A Still Life
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Upstairs at Three and Ten
- 16th - 28th May 2014
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…
Andrew Ryan: Life of Ryan
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 15th May 2014
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.
A Day in the Life...
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 6th May 2014
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…
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Jack
- 2nd May 2014
(previews start on May 24; opens on June 2) The Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada manages to make the ordinary seem fresh, the inarticulate expressive.
Speaking Volumes: HIV+ Life Stories
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Jubilee Library
- 28th Apr - 8th Jun 2014
Come and curl up with a living book.
Jon Ronson - The Psychopath Test and Other Real Life Mysteries.
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
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…
Jamie Andrew Life and Limb
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
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…
Amy Duncan: Cycles of Life
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug 2013
Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter Amy Duncan performs songs from her new Linn Records release, Cycles of Life. www.amyduncan.co.uk / www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
The Secret Garden
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
3Bugs Theatre Company return to the Fringe with a new adaptation of this classic children’s story.
The Life and Times of Victor Biktrakarawitz
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th - 18th Aug 2013
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…
Producers' Panel - Life After the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug 2013
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…
Mr Methane: My Life in Farting
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th - 17th Aug 2013
Simon Cowell says I’m ‘.
Shelf Life: Lotta Quizeen's Guide to Managing the Modern Home
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 17th Aug 2013
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…
Bob Doolally: A Life in Football
- Review
- ★★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
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 Matter of Life and Death
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
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.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Secret Opera Society
- Review
- ★★★
- Lily Blacksell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Centotre’s Italian food is delicious.
Secret Opera Society
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
The Secret Opera Society event at restaurant Centotre brings together music and cuisine in a stunning fusion of Italian culture with a strong Scottish sensibility and humour.
The Secret Agent
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carolyn Mckerracher
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2013
Roll up, roll up, the performance is about to begin! That’s the sense conveyed at the start of Theatre O and the Young Vic’s splendid adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s the Secret Agent…
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 17th Aug 2013
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical written/performed by Katie Wilbert.
Pianoforte, My Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th - 10th Aug 2013
Tells the life, dreams and disenchantments of a concert pianist at the end of her career, accompanied by live piano.
[Life] - An Everyman's Tale
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th - 17th Aug 2013
[Life] - An Everyman’s Tale.
Unprepared For Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Stories of a girl who lived life by the seat of her pants, even when she wasn’t wearing any.
Rowena Haley: There's More to Life Than Chips
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lucy Hoggan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
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…
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Life Sentence
- Review
- ★★
- Joanna Alpern
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Life Sentence follows the story of Theo, who has just been diagnosed with immortality.
In Real Life (IRL)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
We live in a world where technology is changing the way we see ourselves and other people.
Fantasy No. 10 - The Beauty of Life
- Review
- ★★
- Alice Longhurst
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Fantasy No.
Life in 3 Words
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2013
Life in 3 Words is a solo piano and song show written and performed by Irish singer/songwriter Emer O’Flaherty.
Amnesty's Secret Comedy Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2013
From the producers of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, Amnesty’s acclaimed comedy podcasts are back.
The Coin-Operated Girl - A Sex Workers Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2013
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!
An Arab Woman's View of Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2013
Madame Chabane will give you an insight into the daily life of an Arab woman and hopes to make you laugh!
Rob Deb BigBang Theory of Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 17th Aug 2013
Rob Deb, ‘the Lenny Bruce of sci-fi’ (Skinny), returns retooled and rebooted.
The Life and Times of Greyfriars Bobby
- Review
- ★★★
- Beth Cochrane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
Having lived in Edinburgh all my life, I wondered how much Saints and Sinners Walking Tours could really tell me about my city.
42: My Life, My Universe, My Everything
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 24th Aug 2013
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.
Tony Jameson - Football Manager Ruined My Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
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.
An Anonymous Life... and Some Sketches
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
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…
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Tell Me A Secret
- Review
- ★★★
- Agnes Chambre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
The critically acclaimed Airborne theatre company have hit the Fringe once again, this time with a new play, Tell Me A Secret.
Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
The Big Man’s back.
This Was Your Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Pinnington
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
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.
Life Winner
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
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.
Stuart: A Life Backwards
- Review
- ★★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Jack Thorne’s stage adaptation of Alexander Masters’ biography of Stuart Shorter is simultaneously sweet and violently hard-hitting.
Executed for Sodomy: the Life Story of Caterina Linck
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Life must be hard if you want to be a different gender.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part I
- Review
- ★★
- Heather Mort
- London Fringe
- 26th Mar, 2012
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…
Have A Nice Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2009
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
Alan Hudson's Not So Secret World of Magic
- Review
- ★★★
- Fred Maynard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Alan Hudson tries something a little different with this magic show, choosing to weave his tricks around a story of how he came to be at the Fringe in the first place.
Life or Something Like It - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Alistair Grant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
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…
Half a Person: My Life As Told By The Smiths
- Review
- ★
- Josephine Lane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Pop band related shows seem to be something of a trend nowadays.
Sweeney Todd: His Life, Times and Execution!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rob Marks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2009
The sights, smells and sounds of eighteenth century London live on in the Gilded Balloons Debating Hall.
Another Heartbreaking But Ultimately Life-Affirming Show About Death
- Review
- ★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2009
Sanderson Jones lost his mother at the age of 10 and has been thinking about death ever since.
Boys' Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Lindley
- London Fringe
- 4th Jun, 2013
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…
Alan Davies - Life is Pain
- Review
- ★★★
- Ali Quaile
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
The star of Jonathan Creek and QI returns to the stage in his first foray into the world of stand-up since 2001.
Life Begins!...
- Review
- ★★★
- Alice Trueman
- Brighton Fringe
- 15th May, 2008
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 …
DeAnne Smith: Livin' The Sweet Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
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…
Secret Agents
- Review
- ★★
- David Walter Hall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2008
Based on Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent, transplanting its protagonist to modern-day Soho, attaching the story to a real alleged bomb plot on the London Eye, incorporating so…
Life of a Lonely Flyerer
- Review
- ★★★
- Beth Kahn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2010
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…
The Top Secret Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tiffany Shepherd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Apparently not such a big secret after all, the Whistlebinkies was packed with those in the know waiting for a line-up of top comedians to kick start their night.
Life, the Universe, Whatever...
- Review
- ★★
- Anna Cory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
If ever there was a lesson in the value of being patient, this show is it.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Secret City Screening with Filmmakers Q&A
- Review
- ★★★★
- Daniel Tovey-Hayes
- Brighton Fringe
- 29th May, 2013
John Donne claimed “No man can be an island.
Pete Johansson: Naked Pictures Of My Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2009
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.
Obsession - A Life With Magic
- Review
- ★★★
- Alexander Boughton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It is not often at the Fringe when you are welcomed into the auditorium by the performer himself with the house lights fully up.
The Secret Garden: In Concert
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Robert Ball
- London Fringe
- 13th Feb, 2013
This picture-book musical follows a young orphan girl who casts off her mourning clothes and warms the hearts of those around her.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
Markus Birdman – Love, Life and Death
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alistair Grant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
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 …
Milo McCabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
The premise of the show is that This Is your Life is doing a special on Kenny Moon, comedian.
Steve Hall's Very Still Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Thom Louis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
Steve Hall, part of the sketch comedy show We are Klang, is an appealing comic.
A Life In The Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Linda Haller
- London Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Out with the old and in with the new.
Laundry of Life Pegged on the Line
- Review
- ★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Dee Mardi gives us a cabaret of life, with the twist that everything is related in some way to laundry pegged on the line.
Life Is Too Good To Be True
- Review
- ★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
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).
Stephen Grant - Lifes Too Short
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Bruce Kent
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2006
Stand up comedian Stephen Grant hilariously analyses the problems of modern society.
Lucy Porter - The Good Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Bruce Kent
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2006
This is Lucy Porter’s 5th visit to the Fringe and at last she’s managing to fake sincerity.
Nick Page: My Glorious Hypothetical Life As a Eunuch
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tristram Fane Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
This is frighteningly honest stuff.
This Was Your Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amber Gregory
- Brighton Fringe
- 15th May, 2013
Should he go to heaven or face eternal damnation? The audience decide in this fresh and raucously funny musical.
Lloyd Langford: One Day in the Life of Lloyd Owen Langford
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryony Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
I'm High On Life: What Are You On?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Cory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Billed primarily as comedy, it’s only natural to spend the first few minutes of this show wondering where the jokes are.
Still Life: An Audience With Henrietta Moraes
- Review
- ★★★
- Rohanne Udall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
I’ve often wondered what was going on behind the life models eyes.
Lady Garden: Top Secret Gig
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2010
It must make many a performer, struggling to get even their front two rows filled for a Fringe show that they have spent months meticulously planning for, that a show with practica…
Karen's Way: A Kindertransport Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Bloodworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
The story of a World War Two child survivor is delightfully told in a simple production which exudes energy and passion.
Life As We Know It
- Review
- ★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
‘Life as we know it’ turns out to be about a very specific time in life: the teenage years.
Harlem Renaissance - The Life of Florence Mills
- Review
- ★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2007
Watching Jonelle Allen in Harlem Renaissance, you can’t help thinking you’re in the presence of Broadway Royalty.
Sean Hughes - Life Becomes Noises
- Review
- ★★
- Dave Coates
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
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…
Aspidistras - Secret Breakfast Gig
- Review
- ★★★
- Rob Hayward
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2010
It is impossible not to warm to The Aspidistras.
Heath Franklin's Chopper in A Hard Bastard's Guide to Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Cerys Mather
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Heath Franklin’s Chopper claims to be the ‘International Ambassador of Hard’.
Still Life (or Brief Encounter)
- Review
- ★★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
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…
Steve Shanyaski’s Life-Survival Bible
- Review
- ★★★★
- Cerys Mather
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
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.
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
A Pirate's Life For Me!
- Review
- ★★
- Leon Conrad
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2009
It all started well enough.
Think No Evil Of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2006
A recreation, by David Benson, of scenes from Kenneth Williams life, together with episodes from his own childhood.
Shelf-Life
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 31st Oct, 2012
‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone.
Paul Foot: Still Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Lebovits
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
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.
Have A Nice Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2006
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.
Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Graham Macpherson, aka Suggs, has produced a show with a clue in the title.
Secret Garden
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2010
Norfolk Youth Music Theatre has a history of successful Fringe productions, including The Enchanted Lovers A New Dido, based on Purcells Dido & Aeneas and Little Shop Of Horro…
Street Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2006
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.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Have a Nice Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
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…
Passion, Pints and Potatoes - An Irish Guide to Life
- Review
- ★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
At the start of this amateurish pub stand-up set, we are told the reasoning behind its name.
Secret Weapons
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
Dickson Telfer’s solo play, in which he also appears, charts the struggle of a teacher to impose control on a rogue class in so-called Higher Education.
It's A Puppet Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Jules Sanderson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Three sisters sit in a shop dressing room trying to find the perfect dress.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
Fliss Russell - Life is Fliss
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nina Seale
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
There once was a skinny redhead who wanted to sing in Les Miserables.
Colin Mars: A Life Full of Lemons
- Review
- ★★
- Jock Maitland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Colin Mars put on a brave face for a disappointing turnout.
Lloyd Langford: The Cold Hard Facts of Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laurie Coldwell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
What did Lloyd Langford want for his birthday? Who knows.
66a Church Road: A Lament Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave London
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
Home is where Daniel Kitsons heart is.
Paul Tonkinson The Anti Mid-Life Crisis
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2008
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.
Dream/Life
- Review
- ★
- Mary Chapman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
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.
How Bruce Springsteen Changed My Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Holtz
- Brighton Fringe
- 9th May, 2013
We were repeatedly warned, by the man himself, that Sarfraz Manzoor is not, nor will he ever be, a comedian.
Nice People Have Ruined My Life
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
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…
The Life Doctor
- Review
- ★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
The Life Doctor’s vital signs are all there: lights, music, movement and a very talented cast.
The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Catherine Anderson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
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.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part II
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 5th Apr, 2012
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…
The Secret River
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh International Festival
- King’s Theatre
- 10th Aug, 2019
Who owns the land? What if the land you think is yours already ‘belongs’ to someone else? The tragedy that is Australian history, the encounter between the ‘savages’ and th…
Her Majesty's Secret Circus
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Adelaide Fringe
Honeymoon and Butterfly are two highly trained operatives on a mission to save the planet from boredom—one show at a time.
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Wendy Weiner Brings Cursed House to Life
- Feature
- Elaine C
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Jul, 2023
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Dennis Elkins - Life in a Cardboard Box
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Jul, 2023
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks to Dennis Elkins about his life and Trilogy at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Interview with Catherine Bohart: A Comedians Life on the Megabus
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- UK Regional & Tours
- 2nd Feb, 2020
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...
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
From Stage to Screen: Modern Life is Rubbish's Philip Gawthorne
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh
- 10th Jul, 2017
Modern Life Is Rubbish is romantic comedy about a couple whose love of music brings them together as well as revealing their differences.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
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...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 24th Mar, 2017
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...
Tim Carlsen on the Real-life Homelessness Behind One Day Moko
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
Dave Chawner’s Late-life Circumcision
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2016
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.
Brighton Insider - Living the High Life
- Feature
- Francesca G
- Brighton Fringe
- 6th May, 2016
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...
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
‘I’ve always found it very easy to fall in love with life, and people, and sparkle’ - Brigitte Aphrodite Extended Interview
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2015
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.
BB Radio: David Mills performs a life hack
- Feature
- Abigail Lewis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Jul, 2015
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.
Going To Space: Real Life Becomes a Rumour
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st May, 2015
Real Life Becomes a Rumour asks what three people have really done in their lives. We investigate.
Going To Space: Life Jim (But not as we know it)
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Mar, 2015
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.
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