A new Jazz musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”What does it take for a woman to make it in a man’s world?Meet Vy, a talented songwriter looking to make it big in …
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
THE ONLY UK TOURING SHOW DEDICATED TO THE MAESTRO AND LEGEND- BARRY WHITE! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Will…
The only UK touring show dedicated to the maestro and legend - Barry White! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Wil…
The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &…
The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &…
From award-winning Hambledon Productions (‘Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show’, ‘Steptoe and Son’) comes the Godfather of all sitcoms, Hancock…
Fringe legend Pip Utton (Adolf, Bacon, Dickens, Churchill, Dylan, Maggie, Einstein, Hunchback) is Shakespeare in this moving and comic romp through Will’s life, including some of h…
What happens when you put Shakespeare’s work through Google Translate 15 times? By deconstructing language, we can examine how we interpret classical text in the 21st century, wh…
Follow the adventures of Mothello, a mothman version of Othello, who can’t quite get his words out, as they explore the world of Shakespeare’s plays.
Dave Kirby (Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Council Depot Blues, Reds & Blues) is back at The Court with the smash hit sequel to Lost Soul! Smigger&rsqu…
Dave Kirby (Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Council Depot Blues, Reds & Blues) is back at The Court with the smash hit sequel to Lost Soul! Smigger&rsqu…
Berlin, January 1942.
A sophisticated and symbolic exploration and portrayal of the poignant literary works of Shakespeare? Not really.
Alexa, Play, a comedy, follows the weekly meetings of Alexas Anonymous, a support group run by one very motivated Alexa.
Though dementia is increasingly common in an ageing population, it remains an unknown quantity to many.
In 2012, two girls stabbed their friend 19 times at Slenderman’s instruction.
Orange Claw Hammer, following their triumphant appearance at the Zappanale Festival in Germany, continue to rework the music of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band for the 21st ce…
The first banana appeared on earth 10,000 years ago.
We have thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the US, but we’re particularly at home on the Fringe.
Discover a little-known symphonic masterpiece alongside works by Bruckner and Mahler.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Nature versus nurture? Are villains born or bred? Can they ever find true redemption? Theater OCU explores Shakespeare’s most villainous characters – Macbeth, Iago, Aaron, Tamora…
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’… Migrant actors take on the Bard, reinterpr…
New, dark comedy exploring how suffocating hiding the truth can be.
Kick off your International Festival in style with Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and handpicked music icons.
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…
When blind-date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner.
‘Chock-full of humor and satire, accompanied by a constant vein of honesty and self-analysis, Rachel Pollock’s solo performance is a hidden gem amongst the Fringe scene’ **** (DC…
Following their hugely successful run at last year’s Fringe, CRE8IV are back with their show that encourages you to sing along! You won’t be thrown out for belting out these musica…
How is it possible: we all watch this, we all agree, we all shake our heads, yet we all get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again? Matteo and Reggie, fuelled by John’s sugge…
The tumultuous life of Richard III: not the villain of Shakespearean lore, but loyal brother to a king, devoted husband and father, and eventually reluctant monarch.
Boyhood is all about spit-shakes, rope swings and playing soldiers.
Two boys meet.
Three agents are given a vital mission.
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
The award-winning Northern Irish stand up, BBC New Comedy Award finalist and winner of Dublin’s Laughter Lounge Irish Comedian of The Year brings his hilarious debut show to the Fr…
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand.
Morag’s death left a silence in her place.
If you took every thought you’ve ever had about your life, every comedy sketch you’d ever seen and the vast, inky blackness of space and put them all into a blender: you’d pr…
A young writer is forced to face Death, his ego and his dying, critical mother after getting stuck in a play of his own creation.
This was supposed to be an ode to creativity and words.
Laughing at conspiracy theories.
Returning after a total sell-out run in 2019, Fragility of Man follows one man’s epic, lifelong battle with the justice system.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Ever sat in a comedy show about falling in love and wanted to speed run through to the breakup? Sometimes it takes years to find out why it all went wrong.
On the heels of a major childhood event, K Lorrel Manning’s Lost.
A dotcom billionaire pays an esteemed American theatre company to translate Shakespeare into English (Wait.
Ralph’s festival show last year was all about how unlucky he is – then in the middle of one show, he and his unsuspecting audience were taken hostage at gunpoint! See? Very unl…
Addicted to any mobile devices or know others who are? If so, Wen-Jen Huang’s restlessly swift, hot-wired dance quartet should produce jolts of recognition.
After a complete sell-out run in 2023, the Scottish comedian and viral sensation who has 50+million views online is back with a brand-new show or even a brand-new Joe.
The Bardic Breakfasters are back for our 33rd Fringe, with a brand-new show, breakfast included! The Tempest meets 10 Things I Hate About You and High School Musical in a teen rom-…
A joyful, captivating comedy about love, cancer and running for a really long time.
Winner: 2023 Best Theatre Award.
What would you do if you became a millionaire overnight? Would you invest? Save it for a rainy day? Or blow it as quickly as possible? BBC New Comedy Awards finalist.
The five-star, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and an absolutely s…
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
From the creative team behind the five-star, multi-award winning plays Jesus, Jane Mother and Me, and Heroin(e) for Breakfast.
Once upon a time, a little girl and a little boy were lost in the woods.
The incredible true story of missing WWII soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew David William Bryan.
Birdy is 19.
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
Based on true events, The Lost Lionesses tells the story of a team of pioneering young women who travel to Mexico to play in the 1971 women’s football World Cup in front of 90,000 …
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
IS LONDON READY FOR SLAVE PLAY?At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well.
At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well.
On Wednesday August 1st 1962, seven people gathered at Marilyn Monroe’s home to celebrate her new $2m two-picture deal with 20th Century Fox.
The Long Table originated as a performance installation by Lois Weaver, which experiments with using the private form of a dinner party as a structure for public debate.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
Who knows what Shakespeare looked like? We might think we do, yet as Pip Utton points out in his solo performance of At Home With Will Shakespeare at the Prague Fringe, the most fa…
Experience the first on-screen adventure of everyone’s favourite archaeologist/action hero, with live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.
Zoologia is a choreographic research project intended for the creation of different imaginary beings of zoolatrous nature starting from the human body.
Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose.
Love is a powerful emotion.
Join multi award-winning double act Low Effort Sketches for an hour of silly sketch comedy! Andy and Alice desperately want to be respected, adored (and ideally paid) for their wit…
Who makes the art that we love? And why do they do it? Why do white women keep making one woman plays? Is doing drugs actually cool? Who will tell annoying people to STFU? Kitsch …
After its hit run at last year’s Brighton Fringe, Chet Baker: Let’s Get Lost comes to The Bridge House.
Affectionate musical comedy tribute to the world’s longest-serving monarch - a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model who headed up a country & united a commonwealt…
Ever sat in a comedians show about falling in love and wanted to speed run through to the breakup? Sometimes it takes year to find out why it all went wrong.
Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese a…
Thirty-one, single and living with his Chinese immigrant mother.
Lost to the Sea is an exploration of grief after losing a child to an accident at sea and how the power of words can be a huge part of the healing process going forwards.
Does your kid want to have awesome skills! Do they love the circus? Well this is the class for them! An hour long workshop learning all the foundations of circus skills taught b…
A networking opportunity to meet other Brighton Fringe artists and venues who are also taking part for the first time in 2024.
If Emily Burns’ immaculately realised Love’s Labour's Lost is anything to go by, there is a fresh new breeze whispering through the corridors of the RSC.
Enemies.
Enemies.
Experience the thrill of the world’s most famous ballet with your little ones, in this specially adapted version for children aged three upwards.
A captivating, joyful comedy about love, cancer and really long journeys.
Lost and Found is a re framing of the story of the highwayman MacHeath, and his gang of men, Peachum the Thieftaker, his daughter Polly and all the murky underworld of L…
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, makes his return to the London stage in Spring 2024 starring in Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
“Just because you're paranoid doesn’t mean you’re not being followed” Conspiracy theories used to be fun.
“Just because you're paranoid doesn’t mean you’re not being followed” Conspiracy theories used to be fun.
“Just because you're paranoid doesn’t mean you’re not being followed” Conspiracy theories used to be fun.
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
Will ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age.
Ryan Long is an NYC Comedian who has amassed more than 100 million views with his viral digital shorts, and is currently the host of popular podcast 'The Boyscast&a…
Ryan Long is an NYC Comedian who has amassed more than 100 million views with his viral digital shorts, and is currently the host of popular podcast 'The Boyscast&a…
The Muse Group Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the return of its sell-out production The LOST Lombi.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
The protagonist of Matthew Howell and Jack Michael Stacey’s new comedy farce almost says,“The name’s Blonde, Jane Blonde”.
Saddle up, little donkeys! It’s time for another ride.
When all of the studios in Hollywood reject his newest script, a frustrated screenwriter invites you, an audience of independent financiers, to a one-night-only presentation of… …
“There are stories in everything.
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ returning to The Hen & Chickens Theatre, playing from Thursday 30th November until Saturday 2nd December at 19:30.
BEFORE THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN… Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries.
Choreographer Dam Van Huynh draws upon the words of writers, poets, activists, and his experience as a child refugee from the Vietnam war to create a choreographic work about overc…
First- look rehearsed readings This is an exciting opportunity to catch early draft development scripts from exciting new contemporary voices.
Kyle is a New York based comedian, actor, writer, songwriter and improviser.
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 Rachel Baptiste Programme is a paid and mentored script development programme for Black Irish theatre makers and writers of colour, named after the 18th Century sing…
AMENDMENTS: A PLAY ON WORDSHas ‘political correctness’ gone mad? Is censorship overshadowing common sense? Or is it vital to protect vulnerable people against prejudice?Meet Kennet…
‘this is not a play about ophelia (a play about ophelia)’ is a groundbreaking production that seamlessly blends new writing with text from Shakespeare’s much beloved classic …
Kim is having one of those days.
The Standard Short Long Drop is Rachel Garnet’s powerful new 90-minute drama filled with gallows humour.
Strategic Love Play offers a tragic and often hilarious mirror to the fears and hopes of the vast majority of us who harbour a fear of dying alone.
My First Time was in a Car Park tells the story of Mira who lives by the sea with her mum and loses her virginity to her teacher.
'Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
Four loudmouth lords vow to study for three years to win fame for denying their desires.
This play comes from a fresh writer who is so fresh, he’s writing jokes that most writers would think were TOO silly.
Join the crew in hoisting the true-colours of our past high and blowing the ‘golden age of piracy’ myth out of the water!
Live, feature-length version of the cult interactive game born at the festival two years ago.
Popular South African production, Baked Shakespeare, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! Baked Shakespeare – a group of professionally trained actors – performing Shakespeare ho…
Arriving in Australia in 1989, Bob planned a six month stay.
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Eigg-based independent label Lost Map celebrates its 10th year with full band performances from Pictish Trail, L T Leif.
Bryony’s done with clowning.
An avid fan of Davis, Colin Steele is the master when it comes to paying homage to musical legends.
When a young Prince is confronted with the death of his father he must now become the leader and man he always dreamt of being and bring forth his family’s legacy into new and enli…
It Won’t Be Long Now is drawn from first-hand accounts of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation.
When a young Prince is confronted with the death of his father he must now become the leader and man he always dreamt of being and bring forth his family’s legacy into new and enli…
Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns or Can They Not See Them Like How We Can't See Our Noses may be in the running for the Fringe’s wackiest title and the show itself is an equally pl…
A hilarious stand-up show all the way from Barcelona about communication, culture and.
Join Sam, a chronically online twentysomething, at the airport in Terminal, directed by Jett Fink and starring Samantha Vita.
Good Morrow, I am sure one has been made aware of the Obviously Very Sad news.
We invite you to watch our very raw, honest and unfiltered tragicomedy show.
Are things feeling hectic? In need of some sacred space? Lost in wonder is an immersive storytelling experience, offering you a micro-sabbath experience while you’re in Edinburgh.
Good Morrow, I am sure one has been made aware of the Obviously Very Sad news.
An ‘imaginative and emotional’ storytelling and poetry show with ‘several laugh-out-loud routines’ by ‘fabulous performer of spoken word’ **** (NorthWestEnd.
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the …
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the …
Insert Laughter Here present Spin-a-Play! In this completely improvised comedy show, you will be invited to suggest genres for a “brand new” play to be made up on the spot by the …
Insert Laughter Here present Spin-a-Play! In this completely improvised comedy show, you will be invited to suggest genres for a “brand new” play to be made up on the spot by the …
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE - is not that strange?" Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all-new…
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
‘Absolutely stunning, stylish, eccentric, confident and honest’ (NODA.
Hurly Burly’s Death by Shakespeare is a stylised ode to Shakespeare, that lifts and showcases his best-known characters in a tumultuous yet entrancing way.
Join Nicola Benedetti and artists from across the 2023 opening weekend for an evening of music celebrating community.
Preaching the word to thousands in football stadiums and evangelising undercover in China, amidst 30 years of door-knocking, and all the while the sound of sexuality was knocking l…
Marlon’s a Jew.
‘Have you ever been told that you’re too much? Too loud? Too chaotic? Too ambitious? Too Scottish? I have.
The Quest to Save Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale.
Get ready to sing your heart out at Sing-a-Long to Smash-Hit Musicals! CRE8IV presents an exhilarating revue show that brings together the best of Broadway’s iconic tunes.
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to Edinburgh for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
What a remarkable and fluid performance full of depth and charisma!Mister Shakespeare is a detailed tale penned by Michael Barry, that shows Shakespeare at work in his lodgings.
The Great Baldini (the “Maharajah of Mystery”) is a magical legend.
La codista / The queuer is a deceptively simple show about a woman who waits in line for other people.
Set in the unconscious mind of a tortured poet, Mahan Nikbakhsh’s new play Lost in Translation examines cultural and intellectual disconnection that seeks to unpack the British-I…
Okay, let’s start at the beginning.
Long-Distance Roommates is an hour of stand-up comedy, split between up-and-coming comedians Casey Filips and Ollie West.
What happens to Shakespeare’s best-loved heroes and most reviled villains after the curtain falls? Come and join a host of familiar Shakespearean characters as they reflect back on…
Christopher Marlowe is forever fated to be associated with his peer and likely chum William Shakespeare.
Ticking Clock Theatre brings to life the grim days of the Victorian hangman at the Space Triplex Studio in The Standard Short Long Drop, a fascinating play set in the cell of two p…
Two bodies meet in a circular LED-lit space, framed by two sinister poppet dolls.
Pianist Brian Kellock and trumpeter Colin Steele are amongst Scotland’s foremost jazz musicians.
This is the classic tale about a group of English boys who were being evacuated to a safe country in the pacific to escape worldwide war fallout.
15 years after the brutal events of February 2020 in Delhi, a nation reckons with the truth of what really happened.
This is a strange one.
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro Murrieta (aka Zorro) decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
Soldiers of Tomorrow tells the story of Itai Erdal’s conflicted relationship with Israel, specifically his time as a soldier and the prospect of his nephew’s future as a soldie…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Wakey wakey, eggs and Shakey!Or rather, a free croissant with Shakespeare.
In this immersive production for children from Punchdrunk Enrichment, the guardians of the Lost Lending Library are in urgent need of stories to fill a mysterious new department.
In her second hour, Arzoo returns with more jokes and lots more to say.
London-based Chinese comedian Alvin Liu’s debut show delivers distinctive cultural humour with his playful views on China and the UK.
You are cordially invited to a comedy show! Comedians and married couple Katharyn Henson (USA) and Mark O’Keeffe (IRE) met at the Fringe in 2019, had a lockdown wedding in Melbourn…
A ridiculous variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful.
Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, returns to Edinburgh.
In Married at First Sleight, married magicians Kat and Alan Hudson introduce their show with boundless enthusiasm, demonstraing the obvious chemistry you'd hope to witness from…
What if Shakespeare had a daughter who inherited his wit and creativity? A retelling of the life of Judith Shakespeare, Upstart gives voice to a feminist born before her time.
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – “trippingly on the tongue”.
Temper Theatre’s Home is an environmental displacement, family and imagination.
Mozart, via blues, tango and rock’n’roll.
‘Once upon a time, a little girl and a little boy were lost in the woods.
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards finalist 2021, as seen and heard on Dave, Channel 4 and BBC Scotland) is a rising star from Belfast.
Get on the Lash! Just in time for last orders.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back! With a genuinely inebriated cast member each night, no two shows are ever the same in this rauco…
Returning after sell-out runs in 2018 and 2019, In Loyal Company is the incredible true story of missing WWII soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew Dav…
A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall.
I advise you arrive early and treat yourself to a pre-show pint (or two) because it’s that kind of show!I mean this in the best possible way.
Primary Times Children’s Choice Award Winner! Musical-comedy versions of Shakespeare’s greatest works, Brave Macbeth and Juliet & Her Romeo.
William Stone (BBC New Comedy Award finalist and Moth Club star) wants you to spend an hour with him taking it easy, inspired by YouTube relaxation playlists.
Shakespeare’s gone awol so his cast must make it up.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
“This is not a play,” we’re told.
Visionary theatre director and designer, Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillips, reimagines his classic work about a Wyoming tap dancer that’s stranded in Cuba.
So they’ve both swiped right.
Can a group of strangers successfully stage a Shakespearean play in a day? Shakespeare’s Speakeasy is the place for you to find out.
Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose.
Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
MACBETH by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s thrilling drama of the power of evil presented by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
MACBETH by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s thrilling drama of the power of evil presented by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
“We’ve got another 10 minutes before shit really hits the fan.
About the show The world is dying.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE- is not that strange?" Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all …
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all new production of their hit show Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing.
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play 1986.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE- is not that strange?" Shit-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all …
The universal love story. Where you fall in love with someone for the first time but also for the last. Four Actors, cast live, whose story will you see?
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to the stage for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
The Long Table originated as a performance installation by Lois Weaver, which experiments with using the private form of a dinner party as a structure for public debate.
The Long Table originated as a performance installation by Lois Weaver, which experiments with using the private form of a dinner party as a structure for public debate.
The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old-school theatrica…
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old-school theatrica…
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith” Bruce Dessau (The Times) This is Arthur Smith’s love letter to the world of comedy and the playground of the…
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith’ Bruce Dessau” (Times).
A deeply moving, fast-paced true story of catastrophe, survival and love from Britain’s home front: these uniquely told stories intertwine and unfold to take you on a journey you…
A deeply moving, fast-paced true story of catastrophe, survival and love from Britain’s home front: these uniquely told stories intertwine and unfold to take you on a journey you…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities.
In 2022 Charlie Phillips and Eddie Otchere, two of Britain’s leading photographers were commissioned by the University of Sussex to photograph Black alumni as the starting point …
In 2022 Charlie Phillips and Eddie Otchere, two of Britain’s leading photographers were commissioned by the University of Sussex to photograph Black alumni as the starting point …
Yehaaa! Its gold rush time at the Lost Chance Saloon.
Yehaaa! Its gold rush time at the Lost Chance Saloon.
Mixture of music and dramatic monologue.
Mixture of music and dramatic monologue.
Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose.
The world is dying.
The world is dying.
Witness all your favourite divas on stage together, in the singular form of internationally acclaimed performer, Christina Bianco.
Affectionate musical comedy tribute to the world’s longest-serving monarch - a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model who headed up a country & united a commonwealt…
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro De La Vega aka Zorro decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
Best way to solve any argument is with a few laughs! Comedians and married couple Katharyn Henson and Mark O’Keeffe will talk proposal stories, wedding disasters, & then each do a …
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro De La Vega aka Zorro decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
Best way to solve any argument is with a few laughs! Comedians and married couple Katharyn Henson and Mark O’Keeffe will talk proposal stories, wedding disasters, & then each do a …
“Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
“I think it’s quite a shit time to be a young person.
You want a blurb? I’ll give you a blurb right now.
“Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
“I think it’s quite a shit time to be a young person.
You want a blurb? I’ll give you a blurb right now.
Are authentic selves only attainable in our own safe spaces? Is acceptance only possible through compromise? Can we really be understood through our words, raw and uncensored?Lost …
A magical dance-theatre retelling of Kipling’s classic set against the backdrop of the climate crisis.
A new musical for families adapted from the book by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris.
What’s the only thing proven to change the world? That’s right: issue-led fringe theatre.
Calling all chill seekers.
Sit down for a game of Mahjong with one of the most feared and powerful women of all time, Ching Shih 鄭石氏.
After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi.
There are situations and circumstances in which if you didn’t laugh you’d cry or perhaps in Katie Arnstein’s case just freeze.
Join the raunchy revolution: say no to the fast and flaccid romance of the digital age, as we revive the lost art of the smutty letter! Enjoy a selection of salacious readings of…
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
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A new political satire transfers to The Other Palace.
We Wrote This Before She Died Disco Trolley Productions A story of two friends, two timelines, one all-powerful wizard, one magical trolley, six Anne Hathaways, and as m…
Penny and Anthony were once an item, but things went pear-shaped and they broke up.
‘After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi.
‘After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi.
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
One Night at The Disco Get ready to recreate the Magical 70’s and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco! Relive some of the greates…
A solo show exploring the formative years of Phil Lynott.
Penny and Anthony were once an item, but things went pear-shaped a year ago and they separated.
The sea is blue, so blue.
Kenneth Grahame claimed the only period in his life he enjoyed was his carefree childhood.
A comedy improv special! “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games & scenes followed by an improvised play-all inspired from audience suggestions “Give them their own TV show” The Me…
NOMEETS is challenging ‘Global Sync Theatre’ that spins a single story in real time.
Lisa O’Hare’s debut show at the Greater Manchester Fringe in 2019 was described as ‘a perfect little package of fringe theatre.
Lisa O’Hare’s debut show at the Greater Manchester Fringe in 2019 was described as ‘a perfect little package of fringe theatre.
‘After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi.
There’s a lot packed in to Long Nights in Paradise, probably too much, but it still makes for an interesting story that explores the ups and downs of life, the building and disin…
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
In her most intimate work, cellist Justyna Jablonska explores how identities are made, unmade and remade in music.
With maps on every phone and immediate access to the finest cartography ever produced, it’s hard to get properly lost in the modern landscape.
Battle describes itself as a modern mystery play, and takes the audience on an intricately-plotted historical journey from 1066 to the present day: exploring how women just gather …
After sell-out seasons for the last two years, The One Fell Swoop Project returns for its third slightly shorter three-week run this summer.
Sirqus Alfon has attracted international attention for its innovative and interactive approach to merging technology, music, performance and the human body.
William’s dream comes true, chosen to play at Mozart’s birthday celebrations.
Jon Long (star of Radio 4’s Extinction Compendium) is back with more stand-up and songs about our impending doom, with thoughts on how we might yet avoid it.
10 years on from its 2012 Fringe debut, La Merda remains raw and relevant.
William ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age.
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following four consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe! This time, the boys in burgundy want to attemp…
Following a sell-out UK tour, Lost Voice Guy returns to Edinburgh with his brand-new show.
Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose.
Chineke! Chamber Ensemble returns with a concert including the European premiere of a new work by composer and didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton.
Bye bye Gatsby! It’s 1933 and Ali is throwing a party with her pals.
The children of Cargilfield School present an abridged version of Shakespeare’s classic love story, performed in the round in Shakespeare’s original language.
We think we know this story.
NYT return with a magical portmanteau production of love, friendship and forgotten messages that connect people across warzones and Christmas wish lists in a collection of heart-wa…
Does it matter that snail mail letters are dying out in our fast moving world? We can now email instead, cutting down fewer trees, so what have we actually lost? Plenty, say Newbur…
First Impressions is a stand-up comedy show written and performed by Stefano Paolini featuring impressions, characters and beatboxing.
First Impressions is a stand-up comedy show written and performed by Stefano Paolini featuring impressions, characters and beatboxing.
First Impressions is a stand-up comedy show written and performed by Stefano Paolini featuring impressions, characters and beatboxing.
Start the day with a riot of cray kid-friendly laughter for the whole family. Zany sketches, acrobatics, cirque skills and mayhem.
Chloe, Maia and Anna are reunited under the most painful of circumstances, the death of their mother.
Art27’s First Hand: Women Artists combines the work of four award-winning artists who have had residencies at Art27 scotland.
From a single fateful phone call taken reluctantly from the toilet, a Shakespearean actor finds his world collapsing around him.
‘Arry Everyman has had all the crap careers in history: cannibal pot stirrer, medieval plague sniffer, lizard war cannon fodder, undandy highwayman, popper of anchovies into small …
Edinburgh-based award-winning Siamsoir Irish dancers return with their fifth original show – an Irish dance play.
‘Arry Everyman has had all the crap careers in history: cannibal pot stirrer, medieval plague sniffer, lizard war cannon fodder, undandy highwayman, popper of anchovies into small …
William ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age.
Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will is is a nice little premise for a play.
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
Primary Times Children’s Choice Award winner.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Tamar’s getting married.
From Mozart to Muddy Puddles! Peppa Pig – My First Concert is a fun interactive introduction to a live orchestra with everyone’s favourite Pig family! Join Peppa as she discovers…
Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2022, makes his solo Edinburgh debut.
‘After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi.
Lanessa has been performing shows all her life.
A melancholy artist and a mute architect take a road trip of the soul.
Sarah Keyworth’s Lost Boy is very difficult to fully describe.
Today I Killed My Very First Bird, a piece of new writing by poet, playwright and performer Jason Brownlee and directed by Lee Hart, is a strange beast.
Maggie McKenzie is a self-professed mad woman who passes a day addressing her sacred audience – a caged pack of wolves.
Two’s Company is Gillian Duffy’s take on rekindled romance and finding new direction in later life, following 55-year-old Maureen as she navigates life after her second divorce…
Oh no.
In aid of the suicide charity CALM, and sound-tracked live with songs from his upcoming second album, the acclaimed beatboxer is back with Breathe: a breathtakingly theatrical disp…
After an uncomfortable fling with an average guy, a woman falls in love in one of the few remaining lesbian bars that haven’t yet been colonised by Pret.
How do you cause a shipwreck or conjure goddesses at will? Tricksy spirit Ariel has you covered.
The end of show speech to an audience.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with their hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Macbeth, with an entirely s…
The Bardic Breakfasters are back! C’s sensational Shakespearience returns for our 31st Fringe, with free coffee and croissants! A pleasing plethora of pentameter, puns and pastry.
On the eve of his birthday, Bobby struggles to find a wish to blow out his candles.
You won’t have had children yet, as Jenny is the first person to ever go through this particular ordeal, but you might be keen to learn a little something about this incredible new…
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
Hot Dog has just been dumped by her girlfriend, Dumpling, and now she must candidly examine what it means to live in a post-Dumpling world.
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’… Migrant actors take on the Bard, reinterpr…
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
Lost & Found is an hour-long tale of two women who have ended up living in foreign countries as ethnic minorities.
Lost & Found is an hour-long tale of two women who have ended up living in foreign countries as ethnic minorities.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back at Leicester Square Theatre with their version of Romeo and Juliet.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back at Leicester Square Theatre with their version of Romeo and Juliet.
William Shakespeare has been kind enough to leave behind a plethora of quotes about drinking.
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!Play On Words 5!Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see perfor…
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast.
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast.
In the greatest underwater discovery since the Titanic, the wreck of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship has been found and Dan Snow and Saunders Carmichae…
GET DOWN .
GET DOWN .
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Loss and loneliness stalked Kenneth Grahame, the author of The Wind in The Willows.
Loss and loneliness stalked Kenneth Grahame, the author of The Wind in The Willows.
Madman William explores the idea of William Shakespeare's plays from the perspective of his characters, including Macbeth, King Lear and Hamlet.
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’.
Three men walk into a bar – a Dane, a Swain, and a Thane.
This Is Not A Theatre Company is pleased to present its live, site-specific, participatory, multi-sensory Play in Your Bathtub 2.
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’.
Jude (Michael Lake) and Iris (Ella Muscroft) are a couple who care – both about each other and their respective careers in directing and acting.
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!Play On Words 4!Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see perfor…
Back again and bigger than ever - Roles We’ll Never Play arrives at the Lyric Theatre for a night of musical theatre madness.
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!POW!Play On Words 3Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see per…
Children Playing Downton Abbey to avoid death.
Following a sold-out run at the Barbican Art Gallery and a Weimar performance for Bono and Chris Martin, the “cabaret kings” (The Londonist) return with more Songs of Resistanc…
The truly mind-boggling story of how a long, long time ago two hunter-gatherers, Ugg and Ogg, palled up with their enemies the wolves and invented man’s best friend, the dog.
Unrivalled in their ability to present exciting and new international choreography as well as some of the most memorable masterpieces from the past 100 years, Rambert Dance Compa…
Thinking of setting up your own performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal and Industrial Relations Manager at ITC, for a workshop about the legal and administrative basic…
The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry!POW!Play On Words 2Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see per…
Music from Bróna Keogh Established in 1989 by poet Theo Dorgan, Poetry Ireland’s Introductions Series offers exciting opportunities for talented, eme…
Actor, singer, soldier, lover, icon.
Dublin, 1742.
Dublin, 1742.
Actor, singer, soldier, lover, icon.
The Burlesque Company are back at Cherry reds with a fabulous show to start your Halloween weekend off with a bang With burlesque, cabaret, drag, comedy there will be li…
From the team that brought you I, Dido a world premier of new play by Bloomsbury playwright Non Vaughan-O’Hagan.
This show has been rescheduled from Thu 22 October 2020Sh*t-faced Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out fringe phenome…
From the team that brought you I, Dido a world premiere of a new play by Bloomsbury playwright Non Vaughan-O’Hagan.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Mira loses her virginity in the car park at her school.
Drag-A-Long is BACK! With another incredible night of dragifying your favourite musicals.
POW!Play On WordsCurated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see performances from established performance poets as well as the opportunity for others to showcase their …
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
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Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45.
Oh, you like Josie Long? Political and personal in one sentence, angry but tender, did a brilliant and much-lauded Fringe show when we last had civilization.
Mercurial, subtle and rousing Starting from First Position is a blend of dance and poetry performed by Nigerian born poet Ben Okri (also 1991 Booker prize winner for his novel, The…
WELCOME TO DRAG-A-LONG! A queer musical cabaret.
The Chineke! Orchestra joins dynamic mezzo soprano Andrea Baker in a filmed performance of the trailblazing song cycle woman.
Making their debut at the Fringe this year, Perfect Forth are an a cappella ensemble that formed just before the first lockdown struck.
Meet Shakespeare, but not the Shakespeare you know.
Chineke! Orchestra joins dynamic mezzo soprano Andrea Baker to perform the trailblazing song cycle woman.
Fringe roulette is part of what keeps us coming back year after year.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose! The Bard is back.
Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose.
Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose! The Bard is back.
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq…
King Henry, recently come to the British throne, sets forth to claim the throne of France.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Interactive Virtual Museum Tour live from Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall in Stratford-upon-Avon.
An English adaptation of an award-winning comedy from Iceland that looks at all the firsts: first class, first place, first rate, and even love at first sight.
Half-man half-piano, Will Pickvance combines storytelling and musical madness in this rollercoaster show about Mozart, music and the moon! Will daydreams of playing in front of a b…
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before.
Interactive Virtual Museum Tour live from Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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.
The story of Emily: brassy, funny and forthright.
Those People: A Play About QAnon is based on interviews with young people from the UK, conducted online and from accounts written on the subreddit: r/QAnoncasualties.
To celebrate the opening of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021, Dovecot is excited to present Little Sparta in a live in-person instrumental performance of their latest album, Lost…
Roll up, roll up! Come and see this bright explosion of love & isolation, joy & celebration and a lot of buffering – you’ll want a ticket for this ride.
After the rip-roaring success of Twelfth Night, Troubadour Stageworks is back and bigger than ever with this summer’s outdoor tribute to the bard! All’s Well That Ends Well …
Award-nominated Shakespeare’s Wanderers are delighted to present a new production of Twelfth Night, which will take audiences back to the roaring twenties for an evening of romance…
Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare.
What’s it like to go to the theatre and not know what you’re going to see? Across the summer and for three performances only, it will be up to you to vote for which of …
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
The genius combination of an hour-long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation.
An interactive audio horror experience with escape room elements.
An escape room style experience with a paranormal twist, Retrogression is about a ghost who scares visitors to the Brighton Toy Museum and needs to be released.
Performing songs from the critically acclaimed album Waves on Wire.
Performing songs from the critically acclaimed album Waves on Wire.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Plandemic, 5G, Bill Gates, Agenda 21, Chemtrails, they replaced Avril Lavigne, microchipped vaccines, David Icke’s rusty beanpole, masks masks masks, it’s the flu, it isn’t the flu…
Plandemic, 5G, Bill Gates, Agenda 21, Chemtrails, they replaced Avril Lavigne, microchipped vaccines, David Icke’s rusty beanpole, masks masks masks, it’s the flu, it isn’t the flu…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose! The Bard is back.
Impromptu Shakespeare had all the right ingredients for a good night out, as well as a genuine love for William Shakespeare's language, plays and the characters involved.
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
The story follows Delvin, a black British teenager as he discovers the wrath of police brutality at the same time as the rise of the Black Power Movement in London in the late 1960…
The story follows Delvin, a black British teenager as he discovers the wrath of police brutality at the same time as the rise of the Black Power Movement in London in the late 1960…
Shakespeare’s 21st-century females.
Those who know of William Shakespeare will probably recognise several of his intricate plots.
Three time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Josie Long is back with her most critically-acclaimed show to dateAfter a brief hiatus, during which she had a baby, started bringing the …
The smash hit film as you have never experienced it before.
Saturday 3rd April 2021, 8pmTickets: £16Suitable for: ages 14+Duration: 30mins with support act, interval and then 60-70mins with Lost Voi…
Sit down for a game of Mahjong with one of the most feared and powerful women of all time, Ching Shih.
The Scottish Play is a solo performance written by Victoria Gartner, founder and artistic director of Will & Co which produces plays about Shakespear, under the umbrella title …
Scrooge & Company is the latest slice of madcap tomfoolery from Micawber Theatre Company in co-production with NoriTheatre; a fast-paced, slapstick romp through the Victorian festi…
Ceridwen the witch has a problem.
A Season of New Digital Performances - written and performed by an acclaimed and international female-led creative team.
With the support of Darbar Festival, Akram Khan Company present: We are but Shadows.
Akram Khan brings his theatrical Until the Lions, a piece originally created for The Roundhouse in 2016, to Sadler’s Wells for the first time.
Stirring classical and contemporary, Akram Khan’s latest production, Outwitting the Devil, is an epic dance piece about ritual and remembering in the midst of our ever-changi…
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between.
A powerful musical about living with dementia.
This jaunty little potter through the more gruesome elements of Shakespeare’s works really ‘gets’ the tone needed for this strange 2020 hybrid of live theatre / film / desper…
Online premiere of Rosie Kay’s 10 SOLDIERS exploring the training, friendships, loves and the incredible teamwork behind an army unit.
The Coming Out Play is a 40-minute one-woman play that follows the twenty-six-year-old and sucre-sweet Lucy Moran as she travels to her parents’ house to tell them that not only …
Who was Shakespeare’s true love? Anne Hathaway who seduced the young Will.
The genius combination of a one hour long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation.
What do we make with our lives? An artist worries his work has lost its way.
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique “Shakespeare” play inspired by…
They have toured the world, won multiple awards, broken onto London’s West End, survived nine consecutive Edinburgh Fringes and once received a zero-star review in The Times! They …
After total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs in 2018 and 2019, In Loyal Company returns in a bigger venue for 2020.
William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” A full costumed production of Shakespeare’s classical tragedy, This production is the full uncut script, set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back for the 5th year at Leicester Square Theatre and it’s going to be a bloodbath, with their all-new production of Macbeth.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
In 2017 New Wave Associate Artist Alexander Whitley combined film and dance for 8 Minutes, a breath-taking journey to the sun.
balletLORENT returns as part of Family Weekend, Sadler’s Wells’ annual throwing-open of doors with free activities taking place alongside the performance.
The Jeff Rodrigues Trio present an evening exploring the music of Thelonious Monk – considered to be the father of Modern Jazz – and Joe Henderson, one of the most revered inst…
Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism.
Message In A Bottle is the spectacular new dance-theatre show from triple Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince to the iconic hits of music superstar, Sting including Roxanne, Every B…
by Jake Brunger A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.
Hit Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton for its final shows of the year.
A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped.
Incubated over two years, Created a Monster presents Conspiracy of Orphans.
ZooNation’s smash-hit sensation Some Like It Hip Hop thrilled audiences and critics when it opened in 2011, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations with its infecti…
From The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Paul O’Grady Show and ITV’s The Imitation Game, the girl with a thousand voices returns to the UK with a brand new show.
A live radio play within a play! Based on W.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand…Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we cre…
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
Sh*t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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In 1919 the Weimar Republic is born from chaos and resistance and built on the edge of a volcano.
Following the unprecedented success of his appearance on the final of Britain’s Got Talent 2018, BBC New Comedy Award winner and star and writer of BBC Radio 4’s comedy…
Returning home from war, Macbeth encounters three mysterious women, whose prophecy of kingship, sets in motion his ambition, and ultimately his fall into madness and blood.
Everyone’s favourite Pig family is back, leading an interactive introduction to live orchestra.
This play is about dreams, where forgotten memories go, déjà vu, laughter, the inability to laugh, that sense you get when you can tell someone is staring at you, the song Girls …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Reality TV lurches onto the stage, with four familiar Shakespearean characters competing to win a thousand gold crowns.
Over the last three years, playwright Nicola McCartney and actor Dritan Kastrati have worked together to tell Dritan’s story of two epic journeys of survival set against the back…
Award-winning production.
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
The Hart Players theatre company brings Noël Coward’s Still Life to the Fringe.
With thrilling stories, silly games, and pervy puppets, Sex Ed is the smartest, slam-bangin’-est cabaret in town.
A bold new adaptation of three of Shakespeare’s most blood soaked plays.
This show follows the journey of a team of podcasters setting out to investigate the disappearance of an iconic infomercial grifter.
Nick is 14 years old.
Irene Possetto’s one-woman play presents a young girl named Isabelle living a life of true tragedy in 1301.
Yellow, written by Conky Campfner, is a modern adaptation of a Victorian short story The Yellow Newspaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
After sell-out shows for the last four years, join Scotland’s top jazz stars as they take a trip with everyone’s favourite nanny! Playing all the greatest hits, we guarantee a supe…
Should schools be the main engines of social mobility? Or are teachers being tasked with a responsibility that truly belongs to the government? Is the education system supporting t…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Brian Molley Quintet recreate and reimagine one of the bestselling jazz albums of all time, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba.
With thrilling empathy, phenomenal solos and driving musical energy, Steele’s trumpet fronts a quintet covering classic arrangements of Miles Davis’s seminal albums of the 50s …
A poignant, bittersweet comedy about Dino, a lost soul from a small town in Sicily, and Fran, his American boss, both transplanted to the UK.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man’, Phil Green.
Internationally acclaimed writer John Philip Newell works with some of the most talented young artists of Scotland to tell the story of an enchanted Hebridean world that was lost b…
Following last year’s sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run, No Nonsense Productions (It’s a Wonderful Life: **** (EdinburghGuide.
Ceara Dorman’s one woman play poignantly explores the abuse that countless women were subject to within the Magdalene laundries.
It’s an old feminist adage that the personal is political – and it doesn’t get much more personal than this.
The Heresy Machine, by Seth Majnoon, claims to be about Alan Turing.
A joyous tribute to the music of Cannonball and Nat Adderley, featuring a quintet of Scotland’s foremost jazz talent fronted by saxophonist M Kershaw and trumpeter Colin Steele.
Gill Mcvey’s play focuses on the struggles of dealing with dementia and the sacrifices that are inevitably made.
England, 1585.
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
This new comedy gives the audience a fly-on-the-wall view of how messy putting on a student Fringe play can be.
I’m somewhat sceptical of companies bringing classic plays to the Fringe, be it an average Hamlet or yet another Woyzeck.
Welcome to Bert and Horace’s junkyard.
Following the unprecedented success of his appearance on the final of Britain’s Got Talent 2018, BBC New Comedy Award winner and star and writer of BBC Radio 4’s comedy series Abil…
After the success of his debut hour, political comedian Don Biswas returns to the festival with a brand-new WIP show: Left-Wing Conspiracy Theorist with Dyspraxia 2.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
A glorious celebration of the work of the world’s greatest playwright.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Existing deep within the mind of writer Jonathan P Sims, two friends debate the legitimacy of platonic relationships between men and women, which leads them (and Jonathan) to obser…
Lost in a Book! Too much of a good thing is still too much! When Melissa keeps re-reading her favourite fairy tales at the expense of family and friends, she goes from turning page…
A play, a pie and a pint all included in your ticket price! Contemporary interactive play and great craic. See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/events
The Design Informatics Pavilion is a pop-up exhibition space designed by biomorphis architects featuring a range of objects and experiences that invite you to step into the future.
What makes Shakespeare funny after 400 years? Theatre OCU (Bad Shakespeare, Fringe 2016 and 2018) explores, answers and celebrates the giddy mysteries of love and romance in scenes…
The National newspaper and ELT short playwright winners.
Shakespeare at his most sexy and salacious! A physically dynamic ensemble perform a musical, lyrical mash-up that explores love, sex and relationships in some of the Bard’s most fa…
Last seen on the Fringe with their 2017 adaptation of Cymbeline, Shakespeare on a Shoestring is the next generation of the Fringe First Award-winning Shoestring Players.
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes.
Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself.
On Sunday 4th August, a cast who have just met an hour beforehand will give a completely unrehearsed performance of As You Like It at a secret pop up location in south London!
Crichton Kirk welcomes internationally renowned ensemble The Marian Consort, whose dynamic, fresh approach to Portuguese polyphony entranced audiences in 2017.
In our twenties, an independent lifestyle seems liberating.
Hell to Play is a bad-taste absurd comedy game show set in Hell.
The play follows Nick: a young, successful artist struggling with his identity and mental health.
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game.
Never seen before.
At age seven, Phil was sent to Dublin by his single mother, Philomena, to be raised by her parents so she could earn enough money to survive.
A woman walks into a bar.
In order for theatre to be political, it certainly does not have to make any truly profound statement on the state of the world.
An interesting insight into the man who stole Christmas, leader of the ‘doomsday cult that controls eight million lives’.
Last Life feels like a social experiment.
Following the success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe with the five-star show After Today, Stage D’Or returns with their latest work from acclaimed playwright Tim Connery.
A side-splitting flashback to the 16th century, where the Bard of Avon is holding auditions for his newest show – a pantomime.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Discover the true story of Valentina Tereshkova, a young textile worker plucked from obscurity to lead the Soviet Union’s race to the stars.
The Edinburgh Fringe is awash with shows designed to shock and push our buttons.
With First Impressions, Christina Bianco further cements her reputation as the First Lady of Impersonation.
A mix of comedy, storytelling and even a poem or two.
What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords…
Albert Einstein used to work in a patent office, reportedly because the mundanity and ease of the job allowed his mind to wander to more complicated concepts.
We all have to work.
The Artists Collective Theatre consider what could prompt an eighteen year old girl to create one of the most lauded, feared, impressive and appalling tales of the overpowering nee…
Willie MacRae – anti-nuclear campaigner, SNP politician and successful lawyer.
Andy Quirk, the UK’s premier rapper of first world problems and his surly lead backup dancer Anna J invite you to join their crew for their latest musical comedy show dealing wit…
Horror meets hilarity! Spine-tingling original theatre that is hilariously dark and frighteningly funny.
You are watching three actors sat at a table.
Conspiracy theories can sometimes be reduced to light hearted niche interests only fully embraced by weirdos on the fringes of society.
The hilarious science show is back with a new food-themed show.
Despite the title, it transpires that Joz Norris is not dead, but is merely busy having a bath.
Josie Long has spent twenty years being a beacon of hope amongst the cynical cruelty of stand-up comedy.
There are lots of words you can use to describe Jon Long, purveyor of clever gags and witty songs.
This is definitely not the first time I have seen a play about being gay or about the AIDS epidemic, but it is the first time I have seen an eclectic and moving look at life post H…
Runaways.
He was exhausted by life.
In the late 1960s three women were murdered by an Old Testament quoting serial killer by the name of Bible John.
How much of your future would you sacrifice in order to preserve the past? Sarah Burns is a mother and wife, but in 1865 she gave up her life in Australia to return to Britain.
Enjoy alfresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique Shakespeare play inspired by a…
They have toured the world, won multiple awards, broken onto London’s West End, survived eight consecutive Festival Fringes and once received a zero-star review in The Times! They …
Some assert that homophobia, for the most part, has been eradicated.
‘I’m not going to gamble the happiness I have with you for a chance at happiness with someone else – what’s the point?’ Ollie and Laura have been together for three years, and ar…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
This 50-minute adaptation of Hamlet is one for Shakespeare lovers with short attention spans.
Adapting Mozart, Chopin and Scott Joplin for outer space requires a specially equipped pianist.
Bombs are falling on Liverpool.
Shakespeare for Breakfast is a great show to start your day… and that’s not just because of the complimentary coffee and pastries!It’s the 28th year C theatre have put on a S…
A perfect introduction to Shakespeare’s beloved clowns.
Perhaps the end of Romeo & Juliet wasn't quite as tragic as we remembered.
EDINBURGH PREVIEW It's 1616.
The smash-hit, internationally-acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back at The Great Yorkshire Fringe with its brand new production for 2019: M…
Sh*t-faced Shakespeare is back for 2019 and they promise to be wilder, funnier, gorier, more outrageous and drunker than ever before! These Fringe legends have toured the world, br…
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique Shakespeare play in…
Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Poetry-Theatre on Love and Creation – is a unique theatrical work of Shakespeare’s lyrical creation of the sonnets adapted for stage.
Punk supergroup, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, have covered every genre under the sun and now they're bringing their extensive range of tunes to the big smoke.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2019: Taming of the Shrew an…
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2019: Taming of the Shrew an…
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Dave Kirby (Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Council Depot Blues, Reds & Blues, The Wrath of Ann Twacky, Barry White Christmas) is back with a brand new seque…
After sell-out shows in 2016 and 2017, Theatre InThe Garden return with an exciting and very funny new production of this well-loved play.
It’s systematic, it’s hydromatic… Why it’s Grease lightin’. Back at the Courtroom for another spin. T-Bird, Pink Ladies and Beauty School Dropouts all welcome.
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
In 2008, choreographer Rosie Kay joined the 4th Battalion The Rifles, to participate in full battle exercises, and visited the National Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre.
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man,’ Phil Green.
William Stone (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2018) is gathering moss, stuck somewhere between reality and dreams in the nineties.
Come have the the time of your life, with the cult-dance musical of the 80’s. Our very own Steph will get you in the mood before the screening.
Be our guest at our Beauty-and-the-Beast sing-a-long. Free sweets for everyone in fancy dress.
The name of the game is, Mamma Mia 2… Here we go again! Calling all Super Troupers, Dancing Queens and Fernados. Join us for the second instalment of the smash hit film.
The Twins Macabre return to Brighton with ‘Crime Doesn’t Play’, a horror-crime-thriller-comedy.
Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
Eva and Billie found each other; searching for someone to commit suicide with.
Its supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Calling all dancing queens! Come and sing-a-long to the original smash hit film!
Be not afeard.
We are greeted by host, James Murfitt, who arrives dressed in sparkly trousers and a disco ball top hat, and explains that the show might be a little “illegal, illicit, illogical…
Consisting of a small team of incredibly brave actors, Impromtu Shakespeare sees them improvising an entire 'Shakespeare' play based on audience suggestions.
Aspire’s youth performers present an energetic, dynamic adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Roll up, roll up, to the greatest show on earth! Sing-a-long with all your favourite songs, fancy dress encouraged.
The multi award-winning Spanish-based company dedicated to producing magical shows for family audiences, Aracaladanza, have been favourites at Sadler’s Wells since their Fami…
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2019: Taming of the Shrew and Hamlet.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2019: Taming of the Shrew and Hamlet.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2019: Taming of the Shrew and Hamlet.
English National Ballet present the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, in a colourful and spellbinding show for all the family.
Celestial Motion transports you to an alternate universe where you are joined by a virtual cast of world-class dancers on a thrilling journey towards the sun.
"Not one for the puritans" is a phrase often used to describe avant-garde Shakespeare productions.
“The music I listened to between the ages of 11 and 21 probably affected by life more than pretty much anything else.
Deep in the heart of a medieval palace dungeon, two strangers dwell.
MAKE, LEARN, PLAY and PERFORM on your own fully working ukulele, made from a spread tub! If you don't believe it, take a look at the YouTube extract below.
Lost in TransmissionA deranged channel-surfing sketch show StarletGet a lad with a car Lost in Transmission - Shabadoo TheatreTake a trip through the strange, les…
ON LOOP Cork is no New York Issues: An Important PlayMaking a statement - no matter what ON LOOP - Sadhbh Mc Loughlin + Isobel O'ReganThe sound of a dial ton…
Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults.
Performed in a unique dome structure, The Lost Things is about losing things and finding things you didn’t even know you were looking for.
A boy falls and finds himself in a dark and terrifying new world.
A gripping psychological drama with moments of intensity and also unexpected comedy.
£50 for both sessions (ticket price is joint)Saturday 19 & 26 January10.
Join “Cabaret Kings” (The Londonist) William Ludwig and Dean Austin for a pine tree of songs from Weimar Berlin and beyond – Jennys, Johnnys and Killer Queens.
Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at Greenwich Theatre.
The Lost Disc is a riotous quest for the holy grail of recorded music.
The Clash released their acclaimed second album "Give 'Em Enough Rope" in 1978.
Icon, actor, singer, soldier.
Marianne Elliott directs Company, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical about life, love and marriage.
Kids Play is now running in London following its triumph at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received multiple five star reviews.
Cantica Alba, the Edinburgh-based, ten-voiced, a cappella ensemble, directed by Michael Harris, return for their annual Fringe performance.
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
After sell-out shows for the last three years, join Scotland’s top jazz stars as they take a trip with everyone’s favourite nanny! Playing all the greatest hits, we guarantee a sup…
Steadily establishing a reputation as specialists in music from the Enlightenment era, Opera dei Lumi return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a rare performance of the very first Engli…
With thrilling empathy, phenomenal solos and driving musical energy, Steele’s trumpet fronts a quintet covering classic arrangements of Miles Davis’s seminal albums of the 50s …
Artists of pantomime and clownery Mikhail Kukota and Igor Chekhov are graduates of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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…
Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify, as James Beagon (co-director and actor) did at the start of the show, that Aulos Productions’ Shakespeare Catalysts is a work…
Deep in the heart of a medieval dungeon, two strangers dwell.
Whoever you are, you’ll only know first love once.
Springing up from the wreckage of his famous car (a Spider), James Dean talks honestly, candidly and sometimes with discomfort about his life.
Be transported back to early 90s Los Angeles; the seedy underworld of gangsters, drugs, danger, and a mysterious briefcase.
Lost Lore is a production by new company Lost Tail Theatre.
Glen Chandler, Edinburgh’s theatrical detective story-writing son, returns to the Festival Fringe this year with yet another ingenious triumph.
No Nonsense Productions – It’s a Wonderful Life: ‘A delight’ **** (EdinburghGuide.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Join us on an exotic journey all the way from Barcelona, via Seattle, Paris and Leeds?One very single Spaniard, one very married Englishman, one very real question.
Enjoy a feast of songs performed by (classically-trained) singer Heidi Innes and (Thomas Beecham Scholarship) pianist Nick Launert from Sondheim’s most beloved shows including A Li…
Come and join the members of the First Dates dating agency on their journey into the world of love.
Little Shakespeare Company returns once again to the Fringe with a talented group of Scottish young actors.
Nature versus nurture? Are villains born or bred? Can they ever find true redemption? Theater OCU explores Shakespeare’s most villainous characters – Macbeth, Iago, Aaron, Tamora…
Water is the essence of life.
The buns are burning in The Great Brexit Bake Off as Beatrice battles Benedick, Don Juan’s confused and Hero harassed.
Part-play, part-floristry masterclass, Funeral Flowers takes you inside the world of Angelique, a young black woman caught within the foster care system who dreams of becoming a fl…
Your pictures and regrettable digital utterings are public.
Join Jem (Best Newcomer Midlands Awards 2018), Joe (Chortle finalist 2015) and Horatio (Chortle semi-finalist 2018) for an absurd hour of stand-up about dads, insects, long hairy l…
Visual theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell aim to inspire the imagination of their audiences with their creations.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Two of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes fantastically performed by the 15 to 20-year-old children from two of China’s schools, Shanghai International Studies University and For…
Amid the hubbub of cafe chatter and the hiss of milk steaming a mobile phone vibrates with messages of condolences.
Phyllis M.
Vivaldi’s classic Four Seasons, hacked by electric violin and laptop, then reconstructed live into a personal and innovative take on one of classical music’s most well-loved work…
Come along and enjoy a fantastic sing-along to the musical classics.
Chuckle award runner-up (1998) Berlinda will take you on a journey to The Lost Matriarch, leaving behind all you have ever known about gender.
Modern dating and a devastating terrorist attack do not, at first, seem like complimentary subject matters for a romantic comedy, and yet in 52Up Production’s new show 9/11 Was a…
I’ve got a lot of love for YESYESNONO.
Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold.
A play, a pie and a pint. All included in your ticket price. Contemporary interactive plays and great craic! See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/fringe.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
What makes a woman? Facing motherhood and marriage, Girl is on the edge of womanhood.
Four friends decide to ignore the warnings about their local woods and meddle with seemingly demonic forces in the hope to create a film about a local urban legend.
Jasper Red invites you to a special healing session.
On average, victims of domestic violence experience 35 assaults before calling the police.
We’ve all been there.
Enough fantasies of the apocalypse, it’s already here.
Kate’s cast is revolting; fed up of being outnumbered by the audience, they want to make Shakespeare fun to watch by turning the history plays into a rugby game, Romeo and Juliet…
After an award-winning London run, The Empty Chair comes to Edinburgh.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Following on from last year’s successful stand-up show of the same name, Bruce Fummey will take a small group in a people carrier to hear the real story of this much maligned Sco…
Cock, cock… Who’s there? is a multimedia, autobiographical documentary-cum-social experiment all about writer-performer Samira Elagoz’s relationship with men after being rape…
Enjoy al fresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Willie MacRae – anti-nuclear campaigner, SNP politician and successful lawyer.
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique Shakespeare play inspired by a…
Felicity’s on a fantastic date.
A love story, set on Preston Road, and also in space and in time.
Recognising that land is a busted flush, comedian John Whale and musician Kieran Rafferty have decided to ditch the dry stuff in favour of a life slightly under the sea, producing …
A journey through the side and under-mind.
Winner: VAULT Festival Comedy Award.
Jon Long (Musical Comedy Awards Audience Favourite 2016) is out to entertain you and he’ll be using all the tricks of the Troubadour trade.
Meet William Shakespeare and some of his fabulous friends on a mission to change the world! Adventure, suspense and lots of laughs.
The invincible William Brown considers he is ‘jolly well equal’ to solving most of life’s trickier problems, although devising a plan to get the elder brothers of the Outlaws marri…
The creator of Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries (sell-out shows 2016 and 2017), returns with 40 minutes of jokes and silliness.
August 5, 1962.
The devilishly addictive live music experience is back! Join TV presenters and best friends Tim and Gendle for their high-paced game that gives you a show and a party rolled into o…
East London’s premier rapper of first-world problems, Andy Quirk, and his backup dancer, Anna J, invite you to join their crew for fist-pumping therapy tackling the inconsequential…
What does the transcript of a 17th century Italian rape trial reveal about the state of the world nowadays? That, despite 400 years of supposed social progress, the impulse to blam…
For the 27th run of this Edinburgh Fringe staple, C Theatre have utilised a cast of four to present this contemporary pidgin adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew.
Those familiar with the work of the National Theatre of Scotland won’t be surprised by the style or the content of First Snow / Première Neige.
What can you remember from five years ago? Or five days ago? Five minutes ago, even? What can you be absolutely sure, beyond all doubt that you remember? MALAPROP Theatre’s new s…
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Alex Stone is a hotshot lawyer about to make partner, when an urgent call from an old friend drags her back to the town she thought she’d left behind.
Chase Scenes is exactly what it says it is: 60 scenes in which performers create a variety of famous and original chase scenes, filmed lived onstage and projected onto screens at t…
I hated Daughter.
A joyful return to stand-up for this cult idiot.
Join Paddington Bear on his adventures as he leaves home, meets his new family and enjoys his first concert – not without causing his fair share of mayhem, of course! The charmin…
There are shades of Beckett but without the plodding pretentiousness in Signals, Footprint Theatre’s new show all about human connection and the search for life beyond Earth.
Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir…
Robert says he saw strange lights over Tesco car park.
If you haven’t already heard of this band of bawdy, Bardy performers, it prompts the question, “Is this your first time to the Fringe?” If the answer is yes - what have you b…
What does it mean to be human? Can a machine learn to be human? Or failing that can it at least learn how to be funny? That’s Alice Fraser’s main objective and constitutes the …
A 1960s caravan housing a left-luggage Museum.
If you were anywhere near the Pleasance Courtyard this year, you’ll of heard of Lab Rats Theatre’s In Loyal Company as it shook the Fringe with its sell out run and critical ac…
There’s a lot going on in the world at the moment, isn’t there? So many stories needing to be told, so many national myths being rewritten, so much is constantly changing that …
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
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 …
Jake lives alone, cuts his own hair, has an ability to remember the exact date he first tasted each specific food for the first time and has a one-eyed cat.
What’s a ‘square go’? Noun: A rammy.
Taking the form of both an exhibition and a book, The Lost Words celebrates the relationship between language and the living world, and of nature’s power to spark the imagination…
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back at ‘The Great Yorkshire Fringe’ with their latest production of Haml…
Devised and performed by Chickenshed, Planet Play is a magical world of sensory learning, wonder and exploration, for babies and toddlers aged 0-3 years.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, led by the club’s musical director, take to the stage to celebrate two giants of jazz…
Inspirational internet memes are everywhere these days and Lost Voice Guy is sick of being an unintentional porn star.
A play promising to be the first of its kind premieres in July at Landor Space, Clapham, inviting audiences to take control of a show where every night really is different.
According to its author, Loo Killebrew, The Play About My Dad “should feel quick-moving, and hopefully have a rhythm that is similar to the rhythm of a storm.
Rain is in love with her best friend, Ash.
An idyllic new estate in a commuter town (very convenient for the M50 and the direct train to Dublin) is flipped on its head when divine forces begin to interfere.
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2018: The Merchant of Venice and Romeo…
Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door.
Marking his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece, Akram Khan takes to the stage alongside five world-class musicians.
Three rounds.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Winner Vault Festival Comedy Award 2017 Winner of the IYAF: Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy Award in 2017 After the success of their five-star, award-winning farce ‘The Starship Os…
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South present .
James Dean.
Inspirational internet memes are everywhere these days and Lost Voice Guy is sick of being an unintentional porn star.
Debut hour from award-winning new comedian Jon Long (Musical Comedy Awards Audience Favourite 2016, Winner of Comedy Store King Gong 2015).
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.
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Are you hoping to grow and develop your performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal & Industrial Relations Manager of the Independent Theatre Council, for an overview of th…
Shit-faced Shakespeare is one of those things you either love or hate, a bit like Stilton cheese or anchovies.
Hi, It’s been a while.
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…
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
East London’s premier rapper of first-world problems, Andy quirk, and his backup dancer Anna J, bring fist-pumping therapy for modern living to the masses.
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
Ecotricity is not your usual energy company.
Inspired by The Fool, Now, (& Death?).
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with TWO new shows for 2018: The Merchant of Venice and Romeo…
The multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London for 2018 with two new shows kicking off with The Merchant of Venice (18th April - 2nd June).
Theatre play by Jean CoDirector: Bogdan PetkaninCast: Fahradin Fahradinov, Aleksandar Dojnov, Aleksandar Kadiev, Anelia Lucinova, Kateto Evro‘The comedy tells the …
The ever popular My First Ballet series returns with a new beautifully adapted version of Swan Lake, in a unique collaboration between English National Ballet and English National …
Richard Alston choreographed his very first dance in 1968 – 50 years later Mid Century Modern celebrates this landmark with new and old work from Alston, a fitting celebrat…
Join this potentially lifesaving journey with beloved cartoonist First Dog on the Moon and prepare for the looming collapse of civilisation and the demise of everything you ever ca…
‘It’s about the randomness of life … of how you’re here one minute and gone the next, and how you’d better get relationships established because there’s not much else tha…
★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ Metro (UK) ★★★★ WhatsOnStage (UK) ★★★★ London Theatre This multi-award winning, interactive, cult-…
Do you want to see a show but can’t get a babysitter? Worry no more.
Do you: Want to have heaps of FUN with your kids? Have kids that probably won’t sit still through a show? Don’t want to spend a bomb on a 10 minute ferris wheel ride? Like natu…
Love a bargain? Love to sing along? Join us for some op shopping bargains as we head to a number of Op Shops around Adelaide.
A fun and interactive show for an audience of one at a time! Taking place in a public cafe, but you’re the only one who knows a show is happening.
Are you watching closely? Join Adelaide’s Card-King! He explores (and restores) the state of card magic today.
The renowned contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers returns to Sadler’s Wells with a double bill commissioned and performed by Candoco.
Every Thursday night of the Fringe the William Bligh will be showcasing the greatest in local music entertainment! Check in every Thursday for a different free show.
Woody and friends’ musical party will inspire all children (and their parents).
From the producers of ‘Wank Bank Masterclass’ and fresh from an international tour of pleasure activism! ‘Pussy Play Masterclass’ returns to Adelaide Fringe after it’s award winnin…
This extraordinary show is for the shy who want to be bold, the different who’d like to belong, the humble who need a stage, the confident who want to yell, the fun-loving who just…
Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks deliver a blistering set of hits from the 5 decades spanning Ross’ spectacular career as singer, songwriter and producer.
So who was Hollywood’s first Australian? Bet you thought it was Errol Flynn? But no, that was not even close.
In a fiery display of wit, comedy and anecdotes dressed up with glamour and style, Joanne Kam (Comedy Central Asia) will have you crying with laughter as she shares her views on li…
After his fall from grace, lawyer Kane returns to the family sheep station for the first time in ten years.
The Fringe Festival 2018 sees a return of The Brewster Brothers with a difference.
Bring your best mates, your Mama, even your Last Time Lover.
‘Everybody just stared at them and loved them and wanted to be them – but nobody was.
It’s Bobby’s 35th birthday party & his married friends are all asking the same question – will he ever give up his bachelor lifestyle & settle down? Oliver Savile, Anit…
Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed produ…
Olivier Award-winning smash hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong returns to Oxford for another calamitous week! Don’t miss this brilliantly funny show that’s guaranteed to leave…
Ride the wind with Air Play, a modern circus spectacle that brings to life the very air we breathe.
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play Will Luera has flown in from Boston to perform with a crack team of players United is an improvisation sh…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play on the spot, inspired by audience suggestion.
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play on the spot, inspired by audience suggestion.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join us for a Burns Night with a difference! Revisit old favourites and discover more about Scotland’s bard in this light-hearted performance of his much loved songs and poems.
A postmodern post-mortem of how hate won.
A homeless person, a gambling addict, a political preacher, a television presenter.
The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before.
This play, set against the historically accurate backdrop of the first day of the Somme, features fictitious soldiers from the Durham Pals regiment, preparing for the big push.
Deep in the medieval dungeons of the Royal Palace, two strangers dwell.
Heart-warming, laugh-out-loud comedy delivered in the most relatable way.
The Other Guys return to the Fringe with their show All Night Long with more charm, energy and dulcet tones than you can shake a stanky leg at.
Ever had to walk into that room where your boss, with fake concern in his eyes, tells you that he’s having to let you go? Ever wish you had the balls to say ‘f**k you’? Well, I did…
A man collects stories of lost keys and dreams gone astray, wayward wallets and absent loved ones, abandoned playthings and misplaced memories.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
It was the race they said Clinton couldn’t lose.
Marlon’s a Jew.
The central aim of Celebration is “to give anyone who can’t quite believe the world they live in something to believe in” which is a brilliant intention and starting point but …
A dirty, disused room, empty except for a box with lots of holes in it.
A few ideas structure Josie Long’s new show, the central one being simply that “not everything is for everyone.
Can Hamlet please come into the diary room? You’ve had regular Big Brother.
Shoestring returns! The next generation of the Fringe First Award-winning Shoestring Players bring their trademark fast-paced and irreverent take on Shakespeare’s most troubled p…
Unafraid to show the peaks and troughs of getting over an upsetting event, TheForgottenMoose Theatre Company put on an endearing performance of their original piece: The Play.
Two men meet in a club.
You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept.
Shakespeare’s enduring comedy bubbles with youthful wit.
Barrel Organ’s new show Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here feels like a natural development of the company’s practice and philosophy whilst also managing to delve into a very dif…
Marlon’s a Jew.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas is an initiative set up to ‘take the academics out of their ivory towers and engage with the public’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Two of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes fantastically performed by the nine to 16-year-old children from two of China’s schools, Chongqing Foreign Language School and Chongqing…
Meticulously crafted and uplifting, ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
Coltrane invites his best friends in comedy down for a friendly late-night geek retreat, as comedians play Super Mario Maker live: the most thrilling and infuriating platforming ga…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Quilarious: A new exciting comedy format.
Ghost Light Players have brought an animalistic Hamlet to theSpace on the Mile with fervour and intensity.
Where there is Fringe, there is Shakespeare, and Rolling In The Aisle Productions have returned to Edinburgh with a fresh faced, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelf…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Was Shakespeare ever really in love? On 27 November 1582, he registered to marry Anne Whateley.
It’s hard to tell what kind of show MINEFIELD is trying to be.
Marlon’s a Jew.
The stage is awash with cold, blue LED light.
East London’s premier rapper of first world problems invites you to join his crew for a chart rundown of fist-pumping therapy for modern living.
DJing and poetry is surely a combination that deserves greater exploration.
Marlon’s a Jew.
It’s every child’s (and adult’s!) dream job isn’t it? Join this professional LEGO artist as he explains how he turned a hobby into a full-time career, building models out of LEGO b…
What happens in the mind of a bilingual person? Lose yourself in a joyful and intimate journey celebrating languages, cliches and pop culture.
Musical comedy versions of Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet.
A cast of expert improvisers promise a fast-paced, tuneful turn on the Bard’s works as if Shakespeare met Sondheim.
A homeless person, a gambling addict, a political preacher, a television presenter.
Exploring all of the potential love triangles the original story has to offer, the world’s most beloved couple receives a fresh, re-imagined staging as told through the eyes of the…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A darkly comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
This is Not Culturally Significant is an incredibly rare thing indeed.
One night can change your life.
Ever wondered what would happen if karaoke had consequences? If Stars in Their Eyes involved real glory in front of a baying, boozed-up Gladiator-style crowd? Well wonder no more, …
In our youth-obsessed society, women become sexualised at a very young age.
Company, Sondheim’s second Tony Award winner, is a difficult show to get right: it’s disjointed, complex, and built on subject matter that can be uncomfortable to look at.
Ever made a pussy out of plasticine? Now is the time to get down and dirty with our vulvas and the crowds are hungry for it.
What happens in the mind of a bilingual person? Lose yourself in a joyful and intimate journey celebrating languages, cliches and pop culture.
Play On! is the hilarious story of a theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script.
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes, which fuse together familiar characters and scenes to create a…
What is money? For Belgian theatre group Ontroerend Goed, money isn’t actually metal coins or pieces of paper with numbers printed on them, no, money is so much more than a physi…
A play, a pie and a pint.
Meet William Shakespeare, and some of his fabulous friends for a truly magical experience.
Of all Shakespeare’s plays, The Tempest demands the most obvious and taxing effort of imagination from the audience.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Yael Farber’s critically acclaimed Mies Julie has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe and it’s easy to see why, with its incisive portrayal of colonialism, gender politics, and wh…
Pixel Dust is a rare thing: a piece of theatre about the internet that isn’t utterly technophobic.
Jon Long performs stand-up comedy with songs – songs about unusual recycling, his hatred of jogging, alcoholism, and falcons.
To hell with the consequences! Jon loves jumping in feet first when it comes to the big decisions.
Just twelve short months ago, Mark Row had never stepped on stage to perform stand-up comedy.
Armed with exhaustive statistics, a wild imagination and a uniquely hilarious take on current events and systemic conspiracies, Don Biswas delivers a frantic hour of lighting-fast …
Bruce’s comic observations probe deep into medieval Scotland.
Adapting well-loved source material can be a tricky art, but Shedload Theatre have managed to maintain the essence of Richmal Crompton’s Just William stories in this riotous hour…
From the producers of bold, subversive and wonderfully camp comedy musicals: Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho and How to Win Against History, Prom Kween certainly has a lot going f…
Americana Ad Absurdum Productions certainly lives up to its name by combining America’s most-loved export, free-market capitalism, with some surreal and absurdist humour.
Returning for yet another year at the Fringe Impromptu Shakespeare bring us a fun little romp of an hour, packed a plenty with witty one-liners and every Shakespearean trope under …
There are many different kinds of video games: roleplaying, shoot-em-up, strategy, the list is endless.
The alternative RSC’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s works might more succinctly be titled Shakespeare: The Pantomime.
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…
Cameryn Moore has made a name for herself as one of the Fringe’s great taboo busters, especially on the subject of sex.
When viewing a show as celebrated and adored as How to Win Against History there is always the risk that it’ll never be able to live up to the hype.
Fringe 2011’s Best Newcomer nominee Paul Valenti is back, this time on a semi-silent casual quest for universal truth.
Inspirational internet memes are everywhere these days and Lost Voice Guy is sick of being an unintentional porn star.
Luke Kempner takes a Luke in the mirror in this gently funny show, poking fun at himself and the impressions he uses to express himself.
A morning staple of the festival Fringe, Shakespeare for Breakfast (with its customary coffee and croissant) has provided a fun twist on the Bard’s classics at C venues for over …
South African-born, New Zealand-based award-winning Urzila Carlson’s natural, straight up style has audiences eating out of her hand the moment she takes the stage.
Some things seem as traditional to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as being bombarded with flyers on the Royal Mile.
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Amy Conway’s Super Awesome World is a hidden gem of the Fringe that starts off all fun and games (literally) before delving into an account of living with depression that is so h…
Testosterone is a touching, funny and incredibly brave piece of theatre from Rhum and Clay Company and Kit Redstone.
A quick-fire dystopian comedy following the daily routine of Harper and Collins: two lexicographers imprisoned by the sinister MW Corporation.
A cult hit comedy game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil.
From the team behind Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs comes a brand new adaptation of David Walliam’s children’s book The First Hippo on the Moon.
Theatre Conspiracy’s interactive show, Foreign Radical, is more than likely to mess with your moral compass.
Impromptu Shakespeare improvise a new & unique Shakespeare play on the spot from audience suggestions, while The Maydays present Happily Never After – a dark, twisted musical tal…
Everyone's favourite rags-to-riches story, in a beautifully adapted ballet version for children aged three upwards.
We live in a world in turmoil.
We live in a world in turmoil.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
Lambert is an impossibly small man with an enormous love of writing, who one day decides to set his stories’ characters free in the hope they’ll find a home.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Conceived and directed by Jakop Ahlbom A deserted mansion.
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
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 …
“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground” said Roosevelt.
Join Falstaff, Hal and the regulars at the Boar’s Head Tavern to raise a glass to the dear departed.
Andy Quirk and Andy Onions go halves on a uniquely energetic and entertaining comedy show.
“Swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Come and sing your heart out in this special viewing of the west-end hit turn film. Greek style mezze included in the ticket price. Prizes for fancy dress. Rating PG.
Lets do the Time Warp again! Join in with this cult classic in our big screen auditorium and don’t forget the rice and newspapers. Fishnets at the ready…
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
Blending many influences, The Shakespeare Heptet’s distinct sound is alluring and wholly contemporary, providing a stunning soundtrack to the sonnets.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Come and sing along to this Disney blockbuster at our big screen, child-friendly auditorium in the heart of Brighton.
“This parable of limiting life down to human usefulness is as beautiful as it is bleak” (Exeunt).
Introduced in last year’s Brighton Fringe, Rory and Simon are back, still struggling with the age-old problem of family communications.
A roller coaster, tongue-in-cheek homage to the world of musical theatre, CAT (THE PLAY!) is the fictitious account of how Dave the Cat was sacked from the iconic musical…
The Biblical narrative that is the foundation of the Christian faith has been described, on numerous occasions, as “The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Shit-faced Shakespeare is the Fringe favourite combination of high theatre and falling-down drunkenness.
The old showbiz adage that “the show must go on” is usually invoked—in the aftermath of some behind-the-scenes calamity—before curtain-up, but the point of The Play That…
'If we don't get lost, how can we find a new route?' Pioneering improvisers and theatre makers Improbable bring you their latest show, Lost Without Words - a theatrical…
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…
18 years after her death, “blue-eyed soul singer” Dusty Springfield remains many things to many people—not least a gay icon, thanks to her emotional fragility and memorabl…
'We lose ourselves to keep our oaths.
Love's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays.
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
What would you do if one year Winter decided to stay and moved into your house? You would have icicles in the kitchen and snow all over your bed! Well that’s what happens in our …
London-based actor William Ludwig and Musical Director Dean Austin have firmly established themselves over the last year as a highly successful international, high-profile cabaret …
A new writing night for alternative comedies.
Consort of Voices return to Canongate Kirk for our eighth consecutive year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Edinburgh Fringe veteran, Perrier nominee, co-founder of the Comedy Store Players, multiple BAFTA-winning Horrible Histories songwriter, inadvertent creator of the phrase ‘comedy i…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of film.
Award-winning comedian Lost Voice Guy started off in a disabled Steps tribute band.
Blow Off is part concert, part theatre and deals with one woman’s journey to committing an act of terrorism.
In Shakespeare Tonight, the famous playwright gives his first ever television performance on a talk show with host Martina, only to be confronted by his so-called ‘enemy’, huma…
For those of you not yet converted, Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music is a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen technicolor, with subtitles – s…
It’s a troubling question and most of us probably don’t know the answer.
Child’s Play begins with the tidying away of props and banners at the end of an organised demonstration; in the meantime, characters exchange strident opinions on how frustrating…
DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self.
As hilarious as it is poignant, Lost in Blue is an individual and gripping story from one of the UK’s top storytellers.
Shoot the Women First revolves around a mercenary company.
Ever been called into that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you’d fought back and told them exactly what you thought of the whole bollock-brained process? Well,…
Comedian and social change pioneer Josie Long is joined by investigative journalist and regular Guardian contributor Martin Williams for a topical mix of reportage and gags.
Lost in Complete is a poetic, witty show brimming with the collective energy of Sweden’s top all-male, six-strong street dance squad, Complete Dance Crew.
Hecate’s Poison is a one-woman version of Macbeth, performed by Players Tokyo’s T.
The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, BBC Radio 4 star and cult optimist Josie Long returns to The Stand with an hour of new material and knockabout fun, as she works towards …
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
This is a true story.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
This one-woman show by playwright Lois Blanco involves Spanish actress Paula Blanco alternately playing William Shakespeare, a range of Shakespeare’s individual female characters…
Cinema screening of film.
Making its European premiere, this Canadian comedy gem packs more ideas and laughs into 40 minutes than most plays triple its length.
Edinburgh singer/songwriter Fiona J Thom brings the Lost Head Band together for the fourth year in a row to perform her songs influenced by the songwriting traditions of the Americ…
An expedition to the North Pole.
Cinema screening of film.
The Lady Vanishes is one of those shows that doesn’t fit into simple categories.
Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English.
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…
Every day he writes to her from his cell.
The music of Egberto Gismonti is like a microcosm of his native Brazil – diverse, joyful and unique.
See the world through childlike eyes as this comic adventure plays out on an epic scale.
Panti Bliss has had a whirlwind of a few years and, naturally, she has more than a few fabulous stories to share.
“Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?”Such is the musical refrain setting the playful, yet pervasively sinister, tone which permeates this piece from the outset.
Who do you turn to when you bring a curse on yourself? Blood Brothers is the story of twins separated at birth, as they fight through superstition and a class divide to continue a …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Three people’s dreams merge in post-apocalyptic Britain.
Breach Theatre blew everyone away with The Beanfield last year, and their new show, Tank, is no disappointment, retaining their distinctive brand of semi-devised/semi-verbatim thea…
A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring.
For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you.
Cinema screening of film.
Shakespeare on Love offers a heartwarming performance given by a group of Milwaukee high school students: the brainchild of their two English teachers.
Last year’s cult hit is back with a brand new show! Hell to Play is a bad taste comedy game show set in hell, hosted by the devil.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
Raising a laugh and a lump in the throat all at once is a good trick – possibly the best.
Balthasar’s bemused, Romeo’s a wuss and the Friar’s on the fiddle but Juliet Capulet calls the shots in an ice cream war with the Montagues.
Balthasar’s bemused, Romeo’s a wuss and the Friar’s on the fiddle but Juliet Capulet calls the shots in an ice cream war with the Montagues.
How We Lost It is a piece about who we are now, where we’ve come from and asks what we’ve lost (and gained) in between.
As it turns out there are lots of reasons for Marcus to have a long face at the moment, not least because he was born with one.
Java Dance Theatre have somewhat sworn myself and the rest of the audience to silence after the triumph that is Back of the Bus so as not to ruin the wonderful surprises in store f…
Sex, politics, and puppetry are alive and well in William Shakespeare’s Measure 4 Measure (Abridged).
Cinema screening of live performance.
In the same way that a musical blends theatre with music, Strangers: A Magic Play blends theatre with magic.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Hamlet’s got the hump.
Lines is a touching spoken word show surrounding the diverse lives of people travelling along the London underground.
In Shakespeare Syndrome, brought to Edinburgh by the talented Mermaidsgroup from the University of St.
Shakespeare Shorts: Hamlet - Shakespeare’s Hamlet condensed into an hour by kids, for kids.
Can one person bombarded by the pressures of modern life shake an entire society? Resident Island Dance Theatre use dynamic movement, multimedia projection and an experimental rock…
A darker look at what happens when we refuse to grow up.
Something of a misnomer, Bad Shakespeare does not reflect the quality of the acting or of the performance.
It’s a familiar scene to many a Fringe-goer: a black-box stage, a chair and an actor with his story.
Nassim Soleimanpour is known for his intelligent plays that have no need for a director, designer or even rehearsals.
In the programme, The Shakespeare Club promises to be a somewhat cheesy, yet harmless play about finding oneself through Shakespeare’s characters.
In the prologue to Malcostume Compagnia Teatrale’s show Machina, the company explains that the word ‘machina’ roughly translates to machine or structure and the company’s n…
A play, a pie and a pint.
On the Conditions and Possibilities of Hillary Clinton Taking Me as Her Young Lover definitely wins the title of most intriguing show title at the Fringe, and it’s definitely wor…
Gravity and Other Myths are the future of contemporary circus and their show A Simple Space is utterly unmissable.
Little remains of Gogol’s original short story, Diary of a Madman, with Al Smith taking much artistic licence in updating it to post-Brexit Britain and turning it into a story of…
Will poor Viola ever find her twin brother Sebastian? Expect adventure, suspense and lots of laughs.
To say Dolly Wants to Die is a dark comedy is like saying water is wet: the irreverent jokes come left, right and centre, but only a few of them properly hit their target.
Nowadays, stories of celebrity nudes abound, attracting much unwanted media attention and accusations of who’s to blame flying in every direction.
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…
Adele Cliff and Tom Mayhew are hosting a joint party and don’t want to be alone.
Uplifting, illuminating and meticulously crafted comedy, from a ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
William Shakespeare is back for his 400th anniversary, but he needs your help with his newest play.
Daffodils is an unusual show of two halves.
Leaf by Niggle is a little-known allegory by J.
“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter.
First things first.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
What to expect from a show called F*cking Men? Yes, it is ostensibly about sex, specifically gay sex, and as you’d expect it’s ripe for memorable one-liners like “I’m not g…
Rob Drummond is known for being one of Scotland’s most experimental and accessible theatre makers and his new show In Fidelity is no exception.
Every single audience member is given a ping pong ball with Shakespearean tropes written on them upon entry.
Fun for parents and children alike, The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare: the man and his plays.
Counting Sheep is a theatrical triumph that throws the audience into the centre of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
The internet seems to have triggered a new dawn for conspiracy nuts everywhere.
Death is a funny thing when you think about it: it’s the only certain thing in this world yet the majority of us deny its existence, but as performer Liz Rothschild points out, i…
Quebecois circus group Flip Fabrique fill the massive Assembly Hall with awe and joy at their contemporary circus skills.
Have you ever met someone so beautiful that you didn’t know what to say? And then have you ever found yourself just saying ‘Yeah’ to everything that they say because you’re…
Strange Face is Michael Burdett’s story; Drake himself is something of a side character.
In a festival saturated with comedy shows about Shakespeare, the Reduced Shakespeare Company continue to reign supreme as the undisputed masters at reimagining the Bard into hilari…
There’s a specific challenge involved when reviewing autobiographical shows surrounding horrendous personal suffering, in this case performer Karen Hobbs’ diagnosis and treatme…
Shakin’ Shakespeare does an incredible job at presenting the playwright’s work in an accessible and side-splittingly funny way.
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.
Helen Duff has gone from strength to strength, after her hilarious yet heart-breaking Vanity Bites Back show last year.
The ever experimental Flanagan Collective is back with their new show, From the Mouths of the Gods, all about maths, free will, and determinism, with a little bit of kissing thrown…
Being Norwegian is a play that follows Sean and Lisa as they talk throughout the night, gradually getting to know each other and growing as confidants.
Company is a musical so of its time that a string of directors over the past decade have struggled with the problem of whether to present it as an unchanged period piece or contemp…
On the surface Jenna Watt’s new show Faslane sounds like it should be a simple comparison of the reasons for and against renewing the Trident nuclear base; it turns out to be jus…
What to expect from Bea Roberts’ modern day update of Flaubert’s classic novel Madame Bovary? Instead of surrounding herself with romantic literature to distract her from the b…
What Edinburgh Fringe would be complete without a trip to Shakespeare for Breakfast? Now in its 25th year at the festival, the group have not lost their touch.
A Boy Named Sue written by Bertie Darrell provides an interesting insight into the experiences of members of the LGBT+ community, played with great energy by the cast of three.
Loyiso Gola is a rare kind of stand-up comic.
Possibly the most ridiculous show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets are in their ninth year and were greeted with a sell-out audience.
Ontroerend Goed’s World Without Us imagines a future in which humanity has simply ceased to exist, and it’s surprisingly soothing.
Nel is a charming little love letter to cinema that follows foley artist, Nel, on her misadventures with her insufferable aunt, demanding boss and a hopeful screenwriter.
The Edinburgh Fringe ‘smashed’-hit Shit-Faced Shakespeare returns in its seventh year to perform Measure for Measure in its unorthodox and unique inebriated manner.
Joe Sellman-Leava has lived with labels his entire life and he also has to live with the consequences of them.
Do you know what a foley artist does? No? Well here’s your chance to find out from Hollywood’s unsung hero, Dusty Horne.
Fringe favourite Pip Utton returns for his superlative performance of Margaret Thatcher in his enlightening and intimate show Playing Maggie…The Iron Lady.
Battle the Sith Pirates with real lightsabers! Blast the Dark Side’s droids! Master the Force with Jedi Knight Crusoe! Professional interactive theatre for kids who don’t just want…
Spending a full day (11 hours from first curtain up to last curtain call) watching three of Chekhov’s early plays (hence the ‘Young’ of the title) may not sound like the most fun…
Oberon’s gone mad.
Can you really not talk? Are you just in it for the parking? These are just a few of the questions that BBC New Comedy Award Winner Lost Voice Guy gets asked on a regular basis.
“Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere.
There’s a simple idea at the heart of Australian company cre8ion’s show Fluff; rescuing and giving a new home to lost and abandoned toys.
This is a true story.
This is a true story.
It’s back! Once again we’re ready to lead you in a sing-along of hits from shows such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, Grease and Oliver and so much more! With a live band backing you and fun…
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Adele Cliff and Tom Mayhew are hosting a birthday party, and you’re all invited! Come along for party games and lots of laughs - with special guest Catherine Bohart.
For those of you who have yet to encounter the fringe phenomenon that is Shit-Faced Shakespeare, this is a show that does exactly what it says on the tin.
2016 commemorates 400 years since Shakespeare’s death and the BRIT School mark this event with their annual Shakespeare season at Brighton Fringe.
Communication? Between a father and a child? How difficult can that be? Communication? Between a father and a transgender child? How much of a nightmare can that be? After 400 ye…
Beautiful relaxing classical music for piano duet, including pieces by J.
Ever wondered what would happen if Shakespeare was kidnapped by a crazed fairy king in an enchanted forest? With the fate of the Bard and his mystical infinity quill in the balance…
Brighton’s rich cinema history rediscovered on this acclaimed 90 minute tour.
On 10 January 1992, the container ship Ever Laurel, several days out from Hong Kong en route to Tacoma, Washington, hit a storm in the North Pacific Ocean.
Giulia Rozzi debuts this clever take on the stand-up show.
(previews start on Sunday; opens on April 27) The Roundabout revives Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood.
As a baby, Princess Aurora is cursed by the evil Carabosse: on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die.
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
Meet Tony Smith loving husband, doting father, murder? Set in the heartlands of urban Yorkshire, Crossed Wires is a domestic drama following the lives of the Smith family and thei…
Steve N Allen (MC): “Apollo-quality live comedy” - ThreeWeeks Rhodders: Award winning radio presenter Rosie Holt: “disgustingly talented” - TheatreWales.
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…
For many dancers, the term “lyrical” may call up memories of high-school dance competitions and recitals, where dancing to pop songs with lyrics in a jazzy-acrobatic st…
Glistening with sweat, Megan Hill’s comedy is essentially a real-time Jazzercise class with a wacky plot fused to it, as a willfully chipper exercise instructor (Ms.
Described as Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off, this is THE smash hit new comedy! The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title su…
John F.
The Classical Theater of Harlem’s new Christmas musical means to tug at the heartstrings, and it does — but thanks to the musical performances, not the formulaic story …
A gem of the British comedy scene, Ms.
(previews start on Oct.
(performances start on Wednesday) The Emerald Isle meets the Big Apple in this festival devoted to work from Irish artists.
Following a sell-out debut UK tour with critically acclaimed show The Racist, South African megastar and newly announced Daily Show host Trevor Noah returns to Edinburgh with a bra…
Irrepressible ponydance return to Edinburgh with a gallop to present their biggest show to date, in collaboration with the brilliant and prolific musician Donal Scullion and his ba…
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
One of the songs included in Captain of the Lost Waves: Unsolved Mysteries is titled A Song No One Wants to Hear.
A Traffic Jam On Sycamore Street is a Kafka-esque tale of persecution of the every-man figure by illogically logical authorities.
Throwing a great party in an amazing house, what could possibly go wrong? Except you’re supposed to be house-sitting.
NakedFeet Theatre’s Dust Never Settles in Torchlight is a short and sweet reimagining of a selection of Greek myths.
In Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope, Jones proves himself to be an engaging and eloquent speaker without any airs of pretension.
The cocaine trade has enormous social and ecological consequences on both global and local scales.
Touch is the new one-woman play from Asylon Theatre exploring the difficulties of genuine human connection.
Join the HandleBards on their bikes and cycle to a secret location in Edinburgh for a Fringe experience unlike any other.
Corium, the new show from Accidentally On Purpose Productions, tries to be exciting and contemporary by stylistically borrowing from Frantic Assembly but sadly doesn’t find its o…
‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Brand New and Pembroke Players’ joint production of Thom May’s war war brand war is wonderfully witty and compelling.
A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend.
Vanity Bites Back is a clown show about anorexia.
Not So Native Now is a talk about multilingualism as part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, engaging and inviting the audience to consider our preconceptions about bilingualism an…
Thread Theatre’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests is a boisterous and entertaining farce.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why.
Fun for all the family – a hugely popular, inspirational hour.
This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge…
Lost in Transition looks at Romania’s decretei: children born as a result of Ceausescu’s 770 Decree that forbade contraception and abortions.
A moving multilingual anthology of the First World War, recreated by contemporary poet and playwright, Andy Cargill.
Set against the dramatic and hauntingly beautiful backdrop of the South African landscape, these 15 works by Meyer offer a personal and compelling look into how war affects individ…
Brashly comic and acutely emotional, bravely exploring a woman’s intrinsic role in life’s creation.
A programme of creative dance that is physically challenging with a fresh dynamic edge from this brand new company.
A comedy show about comedy.
It can be hard for a children’s show to be entertaining for both adults and children simultaneously, but Captivate Theatre’s latest addition to their Shakespeare series is effo…
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Macbeth’s afraid of his missus, the witches think they’re on Masterchef and a pair of murderers want Banquo’s head on a platter.
Like the cat in the picture on the lamp post, Richard and Robin are lost.
Game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil.
Mrs Shakespeare is a bold and thought provoking show about a woman struggling to find her own identity in a male-dominated world, as told by a gender-bent reincarnation of William …
A ridiculous romp through nearly 500 years of American history, as seen and interpreted through hearts and minds of students from Stow Munroe Falls High School, Stow, Ohio.
A traumatised zookeeper tells the tale of her misadventures with her co-workers and an escaped Tiger who is now their captor… and director.
Brave Macbeth returns to The Famous Spiegeltent in St Andrew Square after a successful run in 2014.
This charming double bill from Puppets Being Theatre uses poise and precision to bring to life ingenious paper creations.
This comedy show started with a question: why is it that conspiracy theorists will chew your ear off explaining that 9/11 was an inside job, global warming is a hoax, and chemtrail…
This comedy show started with a question: why is it that conspiracy theorists will chew your ear off explaining that 9/11 was an inside job, global warming is a hoax, and chemtrail…
The Hogwallops is a joyful show for all the family that combines astounding acrobatics, physical humour and a heartfelt story meaning there is something for everyone.
In a world dominated by stock phrases, have words completely lost their sense of meaning? Moving through an unsteady political world, individuals look for an escape from a crumblin…
Clout Theatre prove themselves to be and provocative theatre makers in their new piece FEAST by challenging theatrical conventions as well as ignoring the age old advice not to pla…
Lungs is a) a remarkable piece of writing by Duncan Macmillan and b) a remarkable show brought to life by director, George Perrin, and actors, Sian Reese-Williams and Abdul Salis.
Transit Cabaret by Six Faux Nez is described as ‘A silent show, like a silent movie, a clever, poetic and festive mix of music, gesture and underground cabaret-theatre.
Romeo loves Juliet, but does she love him too? Romantic Romeo gets its debut this year in the Famous Spiegeltent as part of Captivate’s musical Shakespeare series.
Like the cat in the picture on the lamp post, Richard and Robin are lost.
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”.
Game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil.
When William Shakespeare is kidnapped by Oberon, the fairy king, it is up to his team of Avengers to rescue him and keep Oberon from re-writing his plays (and the sonnets.
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
A play, a pie and a pint.
Multiple mistaken identity as confusion and hilarity reign.
The Mac Twins return after last year’s sell-out run with the only DJ battle that gives the power-ups to the people! Identical superstar DJs, very different music tastes – enter a…
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
Get ready for a perfect afternoon of musical fun! Johnny and the Raindrops are a sensational family friendly live band who play jump up and down, rocking and rolling, can’t sit d…
Not the End of the World is based on the novel by Geraldine McCaughrean which reimagines the story of Noah’s Ark from the point of view of Noah’s daughter, Timna, as she grappl…
Music has a way of providing the most honest portrait of a person, be it someone listening to an opera in the Royal Albert Hall or someone moshing in the belly of Bannerman’s, mu…
After four years of consistently filling the smallest room in Edinburgh, Adam Belbin is set to return with possibly the final instalment in this quadrilogy of shows.
Amid a cluttered set that looks like a dirty old flat sits Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
Going to a percussion based show at the Fringe could go one of two ways: it’ll either be a case of just watching people hit things for an hour, or it’ll be a veritable fiesta f…
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
Come to the Globe Playhouse and meet William Shakespeare himself! An enchanting journey through Shakespeare’s most famous characters will start a love for his work that will last a…
‘Yes, 30 may be the new 20 but no one’s told that to my south-facing tits.
One of several pieces of modern American writing brought to the Fringe by Phantom Owl Productions, Neil Labute’s 1989 play Filthy Talk for Troubled Times takes a frank look at ge…
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is definitely not an easy watch, though ‘listen’ might be a better description, as Aoife Duffin delivers a highly unsettling stream-of-consciousne…
‘Welcome to my mind.
Shakespeare’s body of work is well-traveled by theatrical patrons – some might say imposingly so.
Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism.
Do we choose the journeys we make or do the journeys choose us? A one-woman bittersweet comedy told through 80s tunes, old tapes, childhood memories and cake and tea.
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
Adapting Romeo and Juliet for a younger audience is by no means an easy feat.
Can you really not talk? Have you considered an exorcism? Are you just in it for the parking? Have you ever tried talking just to see what happens? How do you have sex? Seriously, …
In Macbeth, Act II, Scene 3, the Porter states “Drink [.
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…
I have never before been moved from laughing to tears pouring down my face – in the space of one sentence – until I saw this piece.
When I consider Charles Dickens, a man whose life was seemingly a stumble from one tragedy to the next, I tend not to think ‘comedy stage show material’.
Manfred Karge’s Man to Man is described as a modern fairy tale that follows the life of Ella, a woman who disguises herself as her dead husband in order to survive under Nazi …
St Andrews Revue’s new sketch show Fashion is a fun and enjoyable way to spend 50 minutes, but it’s not going to split your sides or radically change your point of view.
Celebrate Shakespeare’s Globe’s Fringe debut by seeing both Shakespeare Untold shows (The Party Planner’s Tale based on Romeo and Juliet and The Pie Maker’s Tale based on Titus And…
With the title Some People Talk About Violence one would be forgiven for thinking Barrel Organ’s new show is serious and depressing.
This is a big year for Nish Kumar.
Shakespeare for Breakfast is to Fringe as dawn is to day: whilst you could technically have one without it, it really wouldn’t feel very right.
‘One-man Titus Andronicus for Kids’ sounds like one of those joke titles you suggest to late-night improv troupes.
Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies
“Shakespeare’s R&J” is an exciting and refreshing new adaptation of Shakespeare’s original love story.
Love’s Labour’s Lost follows the fortunes of King Ferdinand of Navarre and his three friends, who have made a vow that they will eschew women (among other things) for three years…
(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…
Melodic, dynamic jazz trio playing creative adaptations of the music of Keith Jarrett.
I first heard of Shit-faced Shakespeare when I performed my first Edinburgh Fringe play back in 2013; it was one of those plays that ‘everyone was talking about’ and of course …
When Lost Voice Guy was rushed to hospital during last year’s Fringe, he nearly died.
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 BRIT School returns to Brighton Fringe with their annual Shakespeare season. This year the plays performed will be ‘The Comedy of Errors’, ‘Coriolanus’ and ‘Henry V’.
West End On Sea bring London’s theatre stars to Brighton.
William Shakespeare has been reincarnated as a woman and is the cause of confusion and frustration for her therapist, Henry.
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…
This award winning show returns with a wild new twist! “Sensational piece of cabaret theatre that had the sold-out crowd roaring with laughter one minute and silent in awe at ele…
FOUR PLAY is an exhibition of limited edition prints produced in collaboration between Unlimited design studio and a collective of 40 fantastic contemporary illustrators, artists a…
Kenny DeForest hosts long stand-ups sets from two of the city’s finest, Ben Kronberg and Brooke Van Poppelen, and featuring Greg Stone.
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…
John F.
Emmy Blotnick invites two headlining comics to perform 30-minute sets. This month’s guests are Adam Newman and Gary Gulman.
Unjustly, Rossini’s radiant final opera of political ideals and fatherly love is known today almost solely for its overture.
In a protection unit far away from the Earth’s surface, two strangers wonder what earth used to be like, as the fast paced nature of humanity races before our eyes.
A position paper and a cri de coeur, Han Ong’s play for Ma-Yi Theater mingles rage, rational argument and bleak comedy as four Asian-American actors and a white P.
This sweet, silly, semi-unwieldy Off Off Broadway play, written by Michael Mitnick and starring the excellent Will Connolly as Kyle, is a coming-of-age comedy about a Colorado dram…
The British comedian Josie Long performs her critically-acclaimed show, “Cara Josephine,” an hour of stand-up about relationships, love and family.
New play about the Caribbean slave trade to be performed in William Wilberforce’s church as part of Black History Month ‘It takes sixteen months for the sugarcane to ripen…Aft…
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First Draft tries to explore some interesting territory, but gets weighed down in its own symbolism and confused opinions.
Gowanus Art and Production presents its quarterly choreographic showcase with a broad spectrum of investigative artists, who were selected from an extensive submission process.
Simply See Productions proudly present to you.
A sharp, satirical show examining the annoying habits of those trying to change the world, while finding themselves.
Come and play.
Come and play?The invitation to play is timeless, but could you, would you play with God? Godly Play does just that.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
Alain Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes is the inspiration for this in-house created musical which sees the return of Shrewsbury and Severn Opera group to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Moving On Theatre Piaf: Love Conquers All by Roger Peace is an inspiring roller coaster of a show around Piaf’s life, music, breakdowns and addictions.
In connection with the exhibition “James Lee Byars: 1/2 an Autobiography” at MoMA PS1, the Museum of Modern Art’s Performance series presents a rarely performed w…
This fun and fast production attempts to abridge the complete works of Shakespeare into the space of an hour.
Led by poet and translator Ian McDonald and director Liz Carruthers, this practical workshop will explore innovative ways of adapting Shakespeare and other works of fiction.
The Year Out Drama Company’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing begins with a game of charades and its brisk humour quickly melts away my scepticism.
Shakespeare in Song attempts to bring the works of Shakespeare to life using songs from through the centuries and chosen complimentary verses.
Robert, 35, believes his life is perfect.
Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits does pretty much what it says on the tin: runs through some of the Bard’s best-known monologues and soliloquies, from Jaques’ “All the world’s…
Travel back in time and explore long obsolete emotions from history, with the help of an amazing machine.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
In the mid-19th Century, Madeleine Smith was accused of poisoning her lover, Pierre Emile L’Angelier.
After a successful career in London as a playwright and actor, William Shakespeare has returned home to his wife in Stratford.
In the surreal world of Ephesus, mistaken identities and mishaps abound as Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio encounter their Ephesan doppelgangers, each unaware of the …
An original piece of theatre documenting the struggle of one group of Midwestern American kids trying to mount a show that shares their truth only to realize they may not know what…
A play, a pie and a pint.
Paper Play is the story of a boy who climbed to a great height to see what he could see.
This young rag-tag bunch of misfits share with us an eclectic mix of sketch, stand up, and general tom-foolery.
Multimedia theatrical comedy that spans millennia.
In this energetic play presented as a game-show the audience is divided into two teams and sat facing one another across the playing space.
(previews start on Aug.
Perrier/Chortle award-winning musical comedian makes sense of your universe.
The scene is Renaissance Europe.
No Lost Generation is a strategy to mobilise champions across the globe for the children of Syria, and to mobilise the necessary resources to provide millions of young people with …
This comedy show started with a question: Why is it that conspiracy theorists will chew your ear off explaining that 9/11 was an inside job, global warming is a hoax, and chemtrail…
Foul Play offers up the filthiest material from the most daring comics, and it really doesn’t disappoint.
Those familiar with Shakespeare and fans of musicals will enjoy Emanuel Theatre Company’s fun romp that mashes the two genres together.
The California Shakespeare Ensemble’s exploration of Shakespeare’s greatest villains reminds us why the Bard can’t be beat.
There are no actors in this show.
Montreal-based Paul van Dyck brings imagination and passion to this polished one-man telling of John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
William Luce’s 1984 play comes to life in this rendition by the Thespis Studio that is made vivid by the solo acting of Loana Pavelescu.
A family show about one of the most popular forms of entertainment - magic.
Rooted in the past of a dystopian pre-independence future - that means a minimalist set littered with industrial remnants and a broken toilet - Scotland’s greatest heroes, Wallac…
‘I’d like to take the opportunity to ask every one of you to listening in, whoever and wherever you may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours…
This production of Shakespeare’s classic and well loved comedy is set in the pretty garden of a church.
Sometimes, we can miss what’s important.
Mike Burdett’s one man show has all the signs and potential for being a Fringe hit but, sadly, due to some underdeveloped writing and wayward lessons, it doesn’t quite hit the mark…
Live action sketch comedy video game.
The title of Reduced Shakespeare’s show is accurate to the point of pedantry.
If you wander the streets of the Edinburgh Fringe, you might run into Cameryn Moore.
The long walk to the remote control.
First Class takes the form of three intercutting monologues which follow the lives of three different people.
Lady Carol sits on her stool with her ukulele and mandolin, wearing a black velvet robe that gives her the appearance of a fairy tale enchantress.
Join a group of ordinary gay friends for an honest and intimate evening together.
Not be confused with the Milton epic, Leodo: Paradise Lost follows the story of a young girl lost at sea and transported to a magical island beyond the horizon, Leodo.
With a free croissant and tea in hand, Shakespeare for Breakfast almost had me sold before kick-off.
Brian K.
I admit to having felt a tad disappointed when I heard that Josie Long wasn’t doing her political stuff this year.
Sh*t faced Shakespeare is a show that revolves entirely around its own unique concept - get a cast of classically trained actors, get one of them drunk, and let hilarity ensue.
A one-woman cabaret show presenting the life of Anita Boult, a jobbing musical actress trying to cope with life in New York city.
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
(previews start on July 7; opens on July 13) Few heartthrobs boast résumés as daunting as James Franco’s.
(previews start on June 22; opens on July 16) Michael Counts, creative director of 3-Legged Dog, invites you on a blind date with 17 playwrights.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 12 certificate film in the UK and so you can only attend if you are 12 or older.
The brilliantly funny Myq Kaplan celebrates the release on Netflix of his new special, “Small, Dork, and Handsome,” with performances from Chris Gethard, Aparna Nancher…
An entirely serious Shakespeare play .
How does a hazelnut end up in a walnut tree? Who wins the duel between a Mexican bandit and an American cowboy? And most importantly: does it hurt more to be hit by an imaginary st…
Come along to a fun and friendly Plantswap and exchange of anything horticultural.
CrAzYToWn: my first psychopath, is creative arts therapist Jude Treder-Wolff’s comic take – and true story - about a shocking encounter with a deceptive, dangerous person - the n…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships.
As a Bard-olator, I was keen to see this show.
Cabaret with a story to touch your heart and stir your senses.
Harriet Walter & Guy Paul in a reading of Jessica Duchen’s new play ‘A Walk Through the End of Time’ exploring the astonishing history of Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece compo…
We were welcomed into the Cathode Ray Museum of Broadcasting, East Cheam by Terence (played by Bob Sinfield) in full evening dress.
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.
Trace the story of Brighton’s secret river, flowing from the source’s solo in the attic to the sea-bound chorus in the cellar, then enjoy a feast of foods foraged en route! Thur/…
This smart, heartfelt and emotionally exhausting work by the devised-theater company CollaborationTown heaves you into the most intimate moments of family life.
The storied festival offers a tantalizing program of teasers from its two-month season, including appearances by the soprano Dawn Upshaw and the conductor-pianist Robert Spano, in …
This program of six short plays is both unsatisfying and perplexing in its disregard for its audience (1:15).
A family show about one of the most popular forms of entertainment.
A modern twist on an ancient tale.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of fundamentals you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
After an unassuming entrance where he wanders onstage in jeans and a checked shirt, Jason Manford thrust aside his microphone stand and quipped “Alright chairs in here, aren’t …
Bert and Horace own a scrapyard filled with all the rubbish nobody wants.
Thirty-seven Shakespeare plays, three actors, less than two hours.
An hysterically funny, fast paced, witty, tongue-in-cheek romp through the nooks and crannies of Shakespeare’s 37 comedies and tragedies, performed through the hearts and funny b…
Cards on the table: this is an incredibly impressive show.
In 1926 a silent adaptation of The Great Gatsby was produced by Paramount Pictures, and even to this day, all evidence of the production .
Almond Roca is one of the strangest and funniest things you are likely to see at the Fringe.
Year Out Drama Company, in association with Stratford-upon-Avon College, present one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed plays.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.
Have you ever wondered what lurks behind the gates of a scrap yard? Some old tyres, a wheelie bin and maybe the odd rat or two, yet what about the people who work there? Bert and H…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Danish comedian Valdemar Pustelnik creates a picture of general discontent in his first English stand-up show, delivering laughs as big as the man himself.
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland is an independent development organisation for playwrights, working with them across the country, including through its talent development programme.
Alexandra Devon’s play promises an exciting musing on terrorism, questioning violence and injustice and exploring the reasoning behind them.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one.
Two pm - neighbours changed Wi-Fi password.
Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves is a dark tale about sexual desire, based on the story of Red Riding Hood.
Dr Professor Neal Portenza has more titles than I would give stars.
As a huge Angela Carter fan, I had high hopes for Big Shoes Theatre Company’s production of The Company of Wolves.
Comedy duo Dan & Dan, famous such YouTube hits as Requiem for a Wardrobe and the brilliant Daily Mail Song, have graduated to the real world of live comedy.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
Natalie Burgess and Richard Smithies work through the principal monologues of four of Shakespeare’s major tragedies: Othello, Hamlet, Richard III and King Lear.
Waiting in the Summerhall lobby, three other people and I are greeted by a smiling American in chunky glasses who takes us downstairs.
This refreshing re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s Othello sees the handkerchief drama played out from a female perspective, a comedic take on the tragedy that we’re used to.
I found Hurly Burly’s ‘best of Shakespeare deaths’ a thoroughly educational experience: I learnt that Shakespearean ‘best of’ simply does not work.
Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien…
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
Originally written by Paula Vogel, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief is a retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and gives a voice to the female characters who were over…
Having been a stalwart of English-language culture for over four centuries, William Shakespeare’s favourite dramatic motifs are surely common knowledge to at least most of the coun…
Comedian Paul Harry Allen revises his four-star 2010 show, all about some 1960s letters found in a junk shop.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
The value of art, human redemption, dead labradoodles.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
Free frivolous fun and spontaneous silliness, improv and stand-up from comedy circuit regular, TV sitcom actor and professional improviser.
Cymbeline is not one of Shakespeare’s most eminent plays and is seldom performed.
The Boy Who Lost Christmas, by The Young Actors Company/Engineerium, is an absolutely lovely piece of children’s theatre.
This show is about suicide and death.
Marking the 25th anniversary of Lockerbie, Lockerbie: Lost Voices tells the story of the infamous Pan Am flight 103 and seeks to provide a voice the those who now can’t speak.
Messing with Shakespeare is par for the course at the Fringe.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
‘Schoolgirls have crushes on teachers all the time.
The Cow Play is a trivial comedy about serious things.
Company Man is a joy to watch, with professional clowning and circus skills woven into the stories of office workers.
C Theatre Company gives George Alexander Louis’ recent entry into the world a brilliant twist.
The Play That Goes Wrong is an impeccably glorious spoof of such amateur disasters, that centres upon Cornley Polytechnic’s production of ‘Murder at Haversham Manor’ as it de…
A year from their 2012 debut, the hype surrounding Shit-faced Shakespeare continues to saturate the Fringe.
Lost Voice Guy is the funniest comedian I’ve seen on the Fringe so far.
The Big Bite-Size Play Factory’s Family Creatures may seem an impenetrable sort of name but early into watching this show it became apparent that this was a sketch show intended …
Directed by Fringe First Award winner, Andrew Dawson, The Idiot Colony is a stylish, symbolic and sorrowful account of three womens lives inside a mental asylum.
Five experienced improvisers each request an audience suggestion, ranging from an item found in an attic to anyones favourite chocolate bar, and on the spot create characters and…
Since West Side Story was my first ever pocket-money album purchase, I am unbelievably, unreasonably touchy about its treatment onstage and off.
Heather Newton and Ernest Merrys critically acclaimed 2005 Fringe hit returns to bring you more holy milk, Hellish whores and stitch-inducing laughs.
Bad Play is almost becoming a permanent fixture on the Fringe, this being the fourth outing for this frenetically paced absurdist comedy.
Based on a true story, Sophie Pelhams one-woman show about coping with bipolar disorder is sensitively disturbing and, surprisingly, also fantastically funny.
From the moment you walk into this performance, you are greeted by anxious luxury.
This one-woman show about travelling the world to find a moment of peace tries hard but suffers from too much content and too few moments of empathy.
Based on the Raymond Carver short story What Do You Do In San Francisco? this is a fragmentary tale of a postman, some beatniks and a whale.
Attempting to combine physical theatre with traditional Slavic song, acclaimed Czech directors Martin Kukučka and Luká Trpiovský have created an enchanting performance a…
Wolfgang Weinberger introduces his show as a lecture and perhaps that should have been the hint that this would be about as informative and as funny as secondary school sex-educati…
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
The seventeenth-century garb and easily believed den of Restoration iniquity that awaits a wet and windswept audience inside the Baby Belly promises an onstage Black Adder, but sad…
Willy Russells phenomenal West End hit musical succeeds for many reasons, but most of all because it has great tunes and in the final moments will make the hardest amongst us blu…
Ged Manns apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful.
After the success of their show The Ordinaries.
New Yorks acclaimed Company XIV present a gorgeous display of hedonistic excess and divine manipulation.
The highlight of the evening’s performance came as the inconspicuous Iain Mundy joined the orchestra to take the lead in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat.
Lake Simons and John Dyers musical re-imagining of Lewis Carrolls much-loved tale is stylish and charming, but not quite captivating.
The award-winning Christopher John Domig stars in an unsettling and highly topical play about immigration.
I must admit that I’ve never attended a stand-up gig where the audience is implored by the comic to perform the national anthem before commencing.
Office Space meets Miranda July: Little Bulb Theatres delightful take on the mundane nine-to-five existence combines Indy humour with quirky performance art.
Critically acclaimed at last years Fringe and fresh from a successful run at the Avignon Festival, Koreas Cho-In Theatre return with their heartbreaking movement piece.
Having enjoyed a couple of drinks before Jason John Whitehead’s show, I became acutely aware within five minutes that I was desperate for a pee.
‘What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening.
A multi-talented ensemble present, through music, song and dance, the stories of Tantalus, Narcissus and Sisyphus, three men sentenced to eternal frustration for offending the gods…
What do you get if you mix Gogol Bordello with Bob Dylan, but without Dylan’s lyrical genius? The New Gondoliers.
Fancy a stroll on a Scottish summer evening? Follow four lost city-dwellers into the park beneath Arthurs Seat for an intimate and enchanting play about fantasy.
Be warned, nobody is safe in the audience of Tom Crawshaws new play, Auditorium .
The Putney Players, a US ensemble comprised of High School students who only met three weeks ago, bring an original interview-based docu-play to the Fringe for the fifth year.
While Arthur Smith protests that he’s no longer on the sauce, the format and sheer unpredictability of this concept seem like they were conceived on some booze-addled bender.
Jay Parinis adaptation of Kiplings harrowing First World War story Mary Postgate is stiff but visually stunning.
Multiplex by Christopher William Hill was originally written as one of the plays commissioned for young people by the National Theatre’s Connections Festival.
For the seventeenth year, C theatre gives festival-goers the chance to start the day with a croissant, coffee and a boisterous but brilliant slice of the Bard.
Irvine Welshs foul-mouthed portrayal of the drug-induced party scene makes a lewd, loud and laughter-filled transition to the stage.
Observing a possibly cannibalistic civil insurgency ashore, two isolated sailors experience the grotesque impact of the last centurys contribution to warfare.
Straight from The Royal Court, Anupama Chandrasekhars poignant drama about the impact of one girls sex life on the rest of India cant help but provoke.
Though the name suggests this is another gimmicky Fringe production concentrating more on standing out in the bulging programme than putting something worthy onstage, Philip Stokes…
If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism.
Miranda Julys feature length film Me and You and Everyone We Know is a beautiful and captivating meditation on the themes of love, isolation and art.
Who doesnt want to wake up to a coffee, a croissant and five finely crafted short plays? Hangover theatre or simply one for the early-birds, The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show is …
The Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue is exactly as described.
Stuart Spencers century shifting, bed-hopping romp through American history leaves a smile but not a laugh.
Having contrived to mix up my ‘C’s, I arrive late.
This is one of Shakespeares toughest plays to pull off.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Arthur Conan Doyles story of The Lost World is brought to life using live animation and music by the members of The Paper Cinema.
Mitch Benn, a comedian much loved for his fantastically catchy musical contributions to Radio 4’s “The Now Show”, returns to Edinburgh with a new show supposedly based around h…
In 1928, at the young age of 18, Django Reinhardt lost the use of two fingers in a fire.
There could be an incredible musical story in the tragic rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots, leading from her ascension to the throne to her eventual abdication, imprisonment fo…
Considering that all the members of this Glaswegian trio are award-winning (and by this I mean prestigious awards like ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ and Chortle, rather than Be…
In the rickety, bomb shelteresque ‘Beside’ venue, located deep in the bowels of the Pleasance Courtyard, Zoe Lyons is in typical, yarn-spinning mood.
Silent Shakespeare attempts to give meaning to some of his most famous characters, but without words.
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…
The Bardic Breakfasters are back! C’s Shakespearean sensation returns for its twentieth sellout edition.
The sweetness and innovation of this young children’s puppet show was overshadowed by some of the flaws in its production.
The props may have been a bit wooden but the acting certainly wasn’t! Pants on Fire’s Pinocchio tells the classic story of a wooden mannequin who is brought to life but just can’…
It’s easy to see where Australian comic Bec Hill is coming from in this set about refusing to conform to the pressures of adulthood.
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
Unimpressive from the start, The Cow Play leaves the audience confused and unfulfilled.
What would you do if your partner began to spend a lot of time with someone you never met? There’d be trouble.
Years ago, before my broad mind and narrow waist had changed places and I was a young actor, I went to Northern Ireland on tour.
Upon entering the Wee Coo venue tucked away to the side of the Udderbelly behemoth, Catriona Knox has transmogrified into the imposing Greek waitress that typifies many a holiday t…
Elis James bounds onto the stage with wonderful energy and a poetic way with language; there is something wonderfully friendly about this Welshman that gives you the feeling that r…
Dana Alexander arrives on this side of the Atlantic with a significant reputation, but the venue chosen for Alexander can only be described as ambitiously large for a comic at her …
A gently tumbling visual buffet whose menu is resplendent with clowning, puppetry and magical storms.
The Creative Martyrs are an absurdist cabaret duo who dress in white face make-up, bowler hats and black suits.
This years fringe is host to a few shows that brand themselves as Shakespeare for the ‘iPod Generation.
You know youre not in for a conventional approach to the Scottish Tragedy when the Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow speech opens proceedings.
The girl on the platform is the story of Brenda Norfield’s journey to Wales as an evacuee during the second world war.
The lights slowly fade up on a young woman in a flowing white lacy dress, red bow at the waist, and shiny grey hi-top sneakers.
You would have to be as tough as a criminal to not be moved at least a little by Sankarits performance.
The play opens with four American boarding school boys preparing for the start of their day and we are then taken briefly through it, from church through their daily classes.
Many people spend an inordinate amount of their lives fiddling with their penises.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.
There has been a lot of comedy this year at IYAF, but for children ‘Kick it!’ has scored as the funniest.
Shakespeare, you say? With bingo? Such subversion excites me.
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle lies a very beautiful St Cuthbert’s Parish Church.
I am, it is no secret to my friends, a big fan of Sondheims musical about relationships, Company.
It is hard to describe this show as it contains such a variety of eclectic ideas yet is entirely successful in its execution, and offers much originality throughout.
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
If you ever needed proof that Edinburgh isn’t a level playing field, then Kenmac’s production of Company is surely it.
Anybody who thinks that you can perform Love’s Labour’s Lost without doing something serious to the script probably hasn’t read the play.
Shakespeare Shattered is performed by the Mainstage Theatre, Washington, as part of the American Highschool Theatre Festival.
With the curtain going up at 10am, Shakespeare for Breakfast is certainly one for the early birds, but is full of all the right ingredients to wake you up, cure a bad hangover and …
The prospect of Shakespeare at the Fringe is often met with a due sense of trepidation.
When a grim-faced man takes the stage with a bag of frozen peas, carefully selects two after rejecting many and places them neatly on the floor before smashing them smithereens wit…
Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro…
If ever there was a perfectly matched pair, like a pie and a pint, a horse and cart or Edinburgh and rent-scalping, then surely Shakespeare is now inexorably linked with Breakfast.
When Andrew O’Neill starts his show with a ditty advising how to cook baby meat, swiftly followed by challenging an elderly woman in the front row to ‘a fight in the rain’, i…
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.
I wanted to give this a one-word review, but Broadway Baby reviews can’t contain profanity and I have to do everything I can to make sure nobody wastes their money on this.
Only Humour, the first improv group to emerge from Bristol University, present us with Word:Play.
Burke and Hare A Musical Play is based on the true story of Edinburghs notorious murderers William Burke and William Hare.
This show was written by Adam Long, a founder member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company.
Shakespeare for Breakfast now has something of an unassailable reputation at the Fringe.
Josie Long’s Be Honourable! is on some level about being nice not the easiest subject for laughs, but one with which she succeeds partly by being such a shining example.
If you’d never seen Matt Kirshen before, as he begins his set you’d be forgiven for thinking you were merely watching an overly enthusiastic sound technician, such is his affab…
Paul McCaffrey can very much be categorised as an observational comedian.
When Martin’s best friend is murdered by a shadowy assassin, he discovers he’s at the heart of a 400-year-old conspiracy involving the RSC, Shakespeare’s most nefarious villain and…
Veritable veterans of the Fringe, NewsRevue return with their unique whirlwind tour of the last year’s current affairs.
While call centres are certainly no stranger to the routines of stand-ups, it is a rarity to find someone from the other side of the fence.
Rambert is quite possible the most important dance company performing in Britain today; at the very least their influence is far-reaching.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The Big Project’s children’s choir returns for its third year at the Fringe, and if you’ve got children who love nothing more than to sing-a-long to chart toppers this is the…
This pretty much does what it says on the tin.
“Has anyone been on an adventure today?” asked Veronica Hare as she welcomed the audience into the magical space for William, a one-person storytelling performance combined wit…
Someone was plied with Echo Falls and Premium French Lager before curtains up - and it ain’t Puck (though I’d pay to see him have a crack at it later on in the run).
If there’s one theatre company that can claim to have built an episodic comedy-of-errors at the Fringe, then it’s The Trap.
There is a clear, and very much appreciated Python influence at the start of this show as two hooded monks glide onto the stage humming in a mysterious medieval tone.
This is a new, all-male company making its first visit to the Fringe.
This production began with a cute song that went on for a little too long with an inartistic, uninteresting cartoon world displayed on a huge screen at the back of the stage.
Josie Long, arguably the highest profile comic on this year’s Free Fringe, and newcomer Sam Schäfer are an odd pairing.
Agnes, played by Abi Tedder, is hosting a wake for the father who abandoned her as a child.
In the beguiling little bunker that is the Tron, the Lunchtime Club, class of 2011, are predictably well attended.
Lee Ridley, aka Lost Voice Guy, has cerebral palsy, and as such has been asked questions ranging from the ridiculous to the downright offensive.
From the start Richard Purnell (the short one) and Gary From Leeds (the horribly tall one) insist that their teaming up as ‘360 degree poetry consultants’ is not a gimmick.
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…
I don’t think that political soapboxing should ordinarily have a place in comedy.
The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
Matthew Highton had absolutely no right to make this an enjoyable show.
Josie Longs effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines.
What would happen if the beloved characters of Neverland - Wendy, Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys and Peter Pan - had grown-up and confronted the horrors of World War I? This is the ques…
Nick Beaton presents a show with enough social observations to make an hour fly by.
Starting with a song, Felix Dexter quickly moved onto gags, explaining the slightly racially dramatic title, and covering issues of black stereotypes.
Josie Long’s latest solo show at this year’s Fringe is optimistically titled Romance and Adventure.
Following last year’s success with Sunday in the Park With George, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s OneAcademy Productions have returned to the work of Stephen Sondheim in…
Alec Garton Ash brings his new play about an egotistical director who is on a mission to put on the greatest production of Hamlet that ever was.
Performed in the Pleasance Undergrand, 30 Birds multimedia production is undeniably aesthetically pleasing.
Shakespeare’s Passions is a one-man play devised by David Owen-Bell and performed by Bruce Morrison.
Having premiered in Edinburgh in 1988, Joe Sears, Jaston Williams and Ed Howards humorously disturbing portrayal of small town America returns for its 20th anniversary.
Atmospheric is the word for this production.
Turnpike, three-sixty, tailwhip and wall ride: these are just a few of the words that entered my vocabulary in the hour I spent watching ten talented Edinburgh yout…
Joseph Moncure Marchs poem, The Wild Party, has been the inspiration for everything from films to plays.
The Soap Kitchen have an act which will be familiar to anyone who’s seen Who’s Line Is It Anyway.
When a group bills themselves as the self-proclaimed greatest improv comedy team in America, you have to question why they can find nobody to quote but themselves.
Meet Robert Swann, the talentless writer, director and star of what is possibly the trippiest travesty of a play ever to be seen at a Fringe.
After a successful run at the National Student Drama Festival 2008 and working in conjunction with the Donmar Warehouse, Nottingham New Theatre present a new play by Anthony Lau th…
Andrew Dallmeyers Fringe First Award-winning exploration into the mind of the Surrealist genius, Salvador Dali, shocks, seduces and, most of all, utterly amuses.
This charming play, devised by New Yorks Messenger Theatre Company, is a classic tale of courage, masculinity and valour, but theres one difference: the hero is late.
C Theatre presents their latest Shakespearean adaptation, Taming of the Shrew, breakfast included, of course.
BBC New Comedy Award winner and star and writer of BBC Radio 4’s brand-new comedy series, Ability, has unwittingly become an unintentional porn star because of the inspirational me…
Double Fringe First Winners, Xhloe & Natasha talk to us about the Edinburgh Fringe and what made them want to bring their Fringe First winning shows, And Then The Rodeo Burned Down...
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Four women.
Anu Vaidyanathan talks about her show, Blimp, at the Edinburgh Fringe and the many influences on her life and achievements.
Lisa Verlo talks about how her Hollywood experience gave rise to her show Hollywoodn't, in another of our meetings with artists from the USA.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Sondheim’s musical comes to the West End starring Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone at the Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season next year, and you can get your hand on ti...
Rehearsal photos released of Julian Clary and James Nelson-Joyce in the world première of the two-handed black comedy, Le Grand Mort.
Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
In nineteenth-century Holland, a leading neuroscientist tries to ‘civilise’ a wild girl who was raised by lions in the heart of Borneo.
Architect Rob can't find his Rotoring mechanical pencil.
As part of the Edinburgh International Festival the Royal Court was invited to present a series of rehearsed readings by playwrights from Chile, China, Cuba, Lebanon, Palestine and...
When Matthew Shepard was brutally tied to a fence, beaten, and abandoned outside Laramie, Wyoming, members of Tectonic Theatre Group came to ask questions.
Glenn Chandler, creator of the legendary Taggart, has become known at the Fringe for his plays exploring different facets of gay life.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
We don’t know quite how big the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe will be this year quite yet – the final number’s a closely guarded secret until the official press launch in Ju...
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Russell Maliphant has today announced the programme for maliphantworks, featuring world-renowned collaborators and works spanning his hugely...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
A delicious Fringe First cocktail at Brookes Bar with the super funny and talented Naomi Petersen! Go see her show I Am Telling You I'm Not Going... and tonight she didn't!
It’s been 400 years since William Shakespeare shuffled off to wherever he is now, and the Fringe guide is filled with his plays—possibly even more productions than usual, which...
How do you tell a story using Shakespeare’s characters and make it original? How do you tell a story about Shakespeare himself for that matter? For Catriona Scott, playwright of ...
The festival is a place for the taboo and James Wilson-Taylor has brought the final taboo to Edinburgh… sort of? Ginger is the New Black sets out to rebrand redheads and challeng...
Our exclusive Bobby Award has found its first EdFringe home, in the hands on Pepperdine Scotland for their 5-star show Interference at C venues.
Screenwriter, producer and director Tom Kinninmont’s latest feature film, The Carer, starring Brian Cox, made its European premiere at 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
In the first of three sets of Charlie Gray’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child portraits, joining the previously announced Jamie Parker as Harry Potter are Poppy Miller who will ...
Srangers: A Magic Play weaves theatre and magic for a unique experience. Broadway Baby finds out more.
On his 400th anniversary, can Shakespeare help a father and child explore each other’s worlds? We talked to Rory and Simon Waterfield discussing how the bard inspired their ...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Luke Wright is a British poet, performer and broadcaster.
Our first Bobby Award of the year goes to the inimitable Luke McQueen, whose playful and genre-breaking show Double Act wowed our comedy editor, Martin Walker, and t...
Dickens Abridged, a fast-paced musical romp through Charles Dickens's life and works, has been entertaining audiences in Edinburgh and beyond for the last eight years.
Actor William McGeough was terrified to perform a sexually explicit extract from his one-man play Mistaken to the august Edinburgh establishment that is the Scottish Arts Club.
Based on the the poem by Milton of the same name, Paradise: Lost is a sinister thriller exploring the fall of Man and the origin of original sin. Broadway Baby investigates.
Broadway Baby chats to Gemma Wilson and Anna Thomas-Jones from The Well-Behaved Women about their upcoming show Dog Play Dead.
LOST & Found: A Musical Revue at LOST Theatre promises to be a one-night-only mash up of gender stereotypes in musical theatre.
Meet The Captain! A vaudevillian space detective! Broadway Baby asks why.
The musical based on the 1924 'thrill killers' Leopold and Loeb, Thrill Me, has been named as the first Broadway Baby 'Bobby Award' winner for 2014.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...
There's something funny going on under St George's Church in Bloomsbury.