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.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Fearlessly hilarious delivery combined with honesty and sincerity, Kane Brown is 19 years in the game.
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 &…
Pound for pound, Brad Williams is the funniest comedian in the country right now, and has become one of the most in-demand comedians working today.
Charismatic virtuoso musician, pianist and composer Kirill Richter returns to the UK to make his debut at The Coliseum for the premiere of this unique, dazzling and deeply immersiv…
Sassy swing and jumpin’ jazz from Scotland’s hugely popular and biggest amateur big band.
Sungho Kim, the South Korean tenor, in a world-premiere recital with Llyr Williams on piano.
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
There are two sides to every story.
Alan Reid, one of the most influential Scottish folk artists of his generation, and founding member of Battlefield Band, joins Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Larry Kaplan fo…
Entrancing concert of Vivaldi and Handel’s sublime music exploring love and redemption.
A range of music from musical theatre, movie themes, popular music and swing.
A Prime Minister with troubles in Europe and within his own party.
A woman embarks on an epic quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
For one night only, the Taskmaster NZ star and Lorde’s favourite Kiwi musician (‘That was really nice of her’ – Paul) plays the hits at this year’s Fringe.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band return for 2024 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music and dance from the Middle Ages to …
Grubby Little Mitts presents a new material night dedicated exclusively to sketch comedy! Join the Grubbs with your favourite sketch comedians as they present a scrapbook of madnes…
Immerse yourself in the timeless music of Glenn Miller and the music of the fabulous 40s with record-breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Recline on a beanbag and lose yourself in the epic story of a loveable rogue turned chivalrous knight.
After three consecutive sold-out runs, Paul Black returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new hour.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
Tired of looking at bad screen? Come and look at good screen! Join regular host Fearghas Kelly as he presents some of the festival’s best acts in this unique and exciting new multi…
The latest chapter in the theatrical saga of ex-detective Richard P Cooper, who now finds himself sucked into a time-bending sci-fi caper! In an impromptu trip to the future, Richa…
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2024, and we’ve got some incredible new recipes! We’ll be chopping, stirring, kneading and boiling to serve you some deli…
The Katet – Edinburgh’s eight-piece jazz-funk superband, famed for their infamous treatment of Stevie Wonder’s back-catalogue – invite you to join them on the dance floor a…
In I Don’t Have a Maths GCSE, Mia Borthwick takes us on a laugh-out-loud musical comedy journey through her own insecurities and low self-esteem after being diagnosed with Dyscalcu…
Reeling in the midst of a family tragedy, Cleo Harris sits in a hospital waiting room recounting the key events and core relationships in her life that led to such a lonely and aim…
Going further afield, we have added some real treasures from Eastern Europe and Central America.
Comedians’ Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life’s work, and he’s finally ready to unveil it to the world.
A man attempts to map the aspects of his mental health through perhaps the worst medium possible: poetry.
From Hillsborough to Grenfell, the Anti-Apartheid Movement to the Miners’ Strike, hear the inspiring tales of 30 years of social justice campaigns.
How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage.
But some are useful.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Once again, this nine-piece ensemble will deliver the music of Springsteen with precision and energy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
Nicknamed ‘the Hendrix of the Kora’, Seckou is celebrated for his ingenious tunings and virtuosity.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
‘This double act is unmissable’ ***** (WestEndBestFriend.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs 12” and 7” singles.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
The hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons performed by UK tribute act The False Seasons.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Dino Wiand is a Chaos Comedian who grew up in Glasgow and New York, often mistaken for looking like Javier Bardem.
Indulge in the ultimate musical celebration of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond as multi-award winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair come together to craft an extraordinary tribute show…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Comedy and therapy for PTSD have a lot in common: both deal with the absurd and rely on authenticity to be good.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Meet the most famous girl group of all time.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
‘The brains and talent behind Half-Cocked Theatre have undoubtedly carved a niche in the world of sketch comedy with their latest offering’ **** (LiveLondonPost.
Making their Fringe debut, The Noteables Choir embark on a musical journey with a Harmony of Legends.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
‘Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
Last year in Edinburgh rocked, so we’re back, baby! Awkward Question Time is the hit show that takes a different panel of comedians and performers from across the Fringe each day…
The Grumpy Magicians present: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity.
Return of the 2022 and 2023 hit show.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Candid and hilarious new stand-up hour, talking about who I am, in an era where people are really keen to hear about who you are, so long as who you are is something they want to h…
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big band era.
An interactive choose-your-own-adventure cabaret! Love them or hate them, tribute acts are here to stay.
Following last year’s debut Topical Comedian Show at the Fringe, Peter Merrett is back with more news, in fact new news; same venue, earlier time.
Dolly’s forlorn.
Work-in-progress show for a new tour.
Amelia Bayler (Best Newcomer, Scottish Comedy Awards) is on a ‘one-woman mission to make musical comedy cool again’ (Rolling Stone).
Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col…
To hell with anger management! Malvolio was done notorious wrong.
Virginia Woolf, Ophelia and ADHD.
“Weird Al” Yankovic and Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe were destined to be together onstage, and now they are! (Sort of.
The Pigeons are up against the clock! Running Out of Time! is The Milky Pigeons’ debut full-length sketch-comedy show.
In this laid-back cabaret hour filled with vocal impersonations, live singing and bluesy banter, drag king Mr Brake Down pays tribute to the wit and wonderment of the iconic Tom Wa…
In his brand new, thought-provoking show, magician and mind illusionist Sean Alexander reflects on the defining moments in time that shape each and every one of us.
‘Absurdist sketch at its peak! …the smartest dumb comedy you’ll ever see!’ (Audience Review).
Lonely musical composer Randy Thatcher has finally found the confidence to share his magnum opus (to an imaginary audience in his bedroom).
Elvis-inspired musical that will have you dancing in your seats! When a strange biker shows up in small-town USA all hell breaks loose! Brilliant show from the New York-based cast …
After a group of Zumba-lovers discover that it’s easier to book a Fringe venue than it is to hire out a rehearsal space in their local parish rooms, drastic measures must be taken.
Up the Antics (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) bring a showcase of some of their best sketches.
Join a fairy-tale princess with her singalong show of your favourite animated characters! With enchanting vocals and gorgeous gowns, this brand-new show emulates the magic of the a…
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Following in the footsteps of the great time travellers of the past, present and future, the woman with the purple hat, the painted boots and the little wheelie suitcase invites yo…
Walk on the wild side and go off the beaten track with a witty guided tour packed full of stories from Edinburgh’s past and present music scenes.
Morag’s death left a silence in her place.
Things have gotten a little bit harder lately.
Acclaimed international vocalist Georg Tormann (BBC One’s All Together Now) brings all of Frank’s greatest hits to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a touching and entertaining trib…
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Stuart Murphy (Stu and Garry’s Improv Show), Stephen Frost an…
In this cabaret experience, Tora Himan transforms the stage into a glittering tribute with WW Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret! Featuring sequins, r…
Join Essex’s cheekiest chap for his debut hour of stand-up.
Be the first to see two new radio sitcoms performed by a cast of top comedians and recorded live for podcast.
A brand new show from award-winning, working-class queer comedian Sian Davies.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has returned due to high demand! Sold-out run 2023.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Piggy Time is a mixed-bill show featuring the funniest and weirdest comedy acts of the Fringe.
Dramatic musical comedy by Torrey Shine (Glastonbury, TEDx).
A groundbreaking one-woman immersive musical written and performed by Daisy Boulton.
Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri…
Take a magic carpet ride into an enchanted castle of adult fantasies and fairy tale follies.
Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF.
This show is autobiographical, about growing up as a vicar’s daughter and being a student at Gordonstoun, where our King Charles went.
‘A Rollicking Roller-Coaster Ride!’ ****½ (TheWest.
Come and experience the globe-trotting international Irish storyteller, Ronnie Neville! From Cork to Edinburgh via New York and Melbourne with a suitcase full of stories.
This time you’ve really crossed the line.
Celebrating their 10th year as the No 1 party of the Fringe, Massaoke is coming to McEwan Hall! Join Rockstar Weekend, the ‘greatest party band of all time’ according to the Britai…
Join Dan Fardell (‘one of the best new joke writers I’ve seen in ages’ (Romesh Ranganathan)) as he turns his charming, gag-heavy style in a very personal direction for this hilario…
Japan’s best silent comedian is back! And you’re invited to his pet Max’s birthday party.
With a heart of gold, a silver tongue and a steel-trap wit, Lucy combines her experience as as a folk singer, Human Biology teacher and Sexual Health Educator to ‘edutain’ one and …
Celya is good in a crisis but cries at flashmob videos.
An emotionally raw blend of memoir and song, Tracey Yarad’s All These Pretty Things is a phoenix rising from the ashes story, taking the audience from Australia and the fallout o…
Award-winning Irish comedian Aidan Greene is back with a whole new show and he wants you to forget everything you know about stammering.
I’m bringing my award-winning brand of humour to the Edinburgh Fringe in a show that explores grief and grieving – for youth, for loved ones, for booze – and what to do about i…
Nominee: Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer (2019).
A poignant exploration of comedy intertwined with the essence of life’s ups and downs.
A funny, candid and poignant solo show about the unique and crazy relationship between Milanka and her flamboyant Serbian mother, Lela.
As she prepares for the audition of a lifetime (playing Anna May Wong in a biopic about Hollywood’s first East Asian starlet) China Doll must confront and untangle the ingénue�…
After two smash-hit, sell-out runs, Chloe Petts returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show… and this time she’s getting personal.
The star of Taskmaster New Zealand returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the third time after sell-out shows in Melbourne, New Zealand and London.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly…
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
In the summer of ‘99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
‘Most reliable sketch group in the game’ **** (EdFringeReview.
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 …
Lift your spirits, soothe your soul with fun, laughter, storytelling, comedy and music.
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Everyone knows it takes more than a pinch of ruthless egotism to make it to the top of the theatrical tree, but Diva: Live From Hell takes that demonic compulsion and ratchets it u…
Set in the deep south of USA in 1918 when interracial marriage was illegal, Julia, a black seamstress, and Herman, a white baker, are defying all odds with their secret love.
With big laughs, big illusions and even bigger characters, Houdini’s Greatest Escape is a fast paced, madcap adventure about the world’s most famous escapologist, fresh from a …
Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominee Jon Hipkiss returns to the Brighton Fringe for the first time in five years with the show that was among one of the best audience reviewed s…
This time you’ve really crossed the line.
For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature.
Meet Me In the Morning is a concert with a twist.
My BF Wouldn’t Buy A Stupid Window (Why I Did and Don’t Regret It) is a brand new, gay rom-com about a neurodivergent queer man and his obsession over a window found in a thrift sa…
My BF Wouldn’t Buy A Stupid Window (Why I Did and Don’t Regret It) is a brand new, gay rom-com about a neurodivergent queer man and his obsession over a window found in a thrift sa…
Dawn is known for her hilariously imaginative and whimsical musings on modern dating, but this show is definitely not a show about dating.
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Gay culture.
Join Brighton comedy stalwart and regular host of On The Edge comedy, Dan Fardell, in his new hour of stand-up, in which he tries a new direction and brings a more personal story t…
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Amelia is a Northern-born, Brighton-based actor, poet and theatre practitioner.
Join Daniel for a Glass Of Sketch, where he will be delivering an informative talk on the ‘serious’ art form that is sketch comedy.
Come join Bobby Prezinsky and Louis George as they debut their split bill comedy show, Best of Greatest Hits GOLD [Platinum Edition].
A blistering new hour from Jacob Hatton about home and the people in it.
Catherine, who is from Hong Kong originally and now residing in the UK, is currently suffering from homesickness.
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
When life feels like a test you didn’t study for, and you’re feeling as useful as an understocked mobile library, climb aboard Tanya’s dilapidated ‘fun’ bus as she navigate…
Serious comic Ryan Hill and loveable idiot Ben Jones present their Sketch Show Goes Wrong play combining original material, tributes to comedy greats and much more silliness! Hill…
Paul and Laura are nice, kind and funny people who make work about tiny details, joy and finding light in the smallest of places.
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey.
Beginners Beatboxing, Looping, and group song workshop.
Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge.
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
A West End Gala at the Adelphi Theatre will celebrate over 75 years of the NHS.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its eighth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its eighth year.
American sketch trio - stars of Saturday Night Live and their own movie - play London’s Leicester Square Theatre.
‘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.
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
The Pretty Pill What's the real cost of beauty? Close All Tabs These are my emotional support tabs The Pretty Pill - Kate Devaney Naomi navigates fitting int…
Ham Sandwiches and Discipline For club and county! Don't tell Dad about Diana If Dad knew, we’d be dead.
Get ready for the premier of In the Time of Dragons, an action packed, funny and ultimately heartwarming new musical from the creators of Spinach.
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
Come join us for a night of pure gold at Piano Smithfield! Get ready for an unforgettable event filled with music and laughter as we shine a spotlight on the Golden Age of Hollywoo…
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
It’s Christmas Eve 2009: seven years into the world-famous boy band’s indefinite “hiatus”, *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has until midnight to make a wish that could change his life f…
The must-see comedy of 2023 hits London this Christmas.
Time travel as a sci-fi trope is fascinating and presents us with endless possibilities and frontiers.
In English and in Spanish on the same performance, with two casts and two different stagings.
After great success in London’s West End, Aladdin heads on a UK tour, enthralling all that come with tale of the street rat-turned-prince as charms the princess.
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK.
Touring the UK in Black History Month and into November is Philip Okwedy’s The Gods Are All Here, a one-man show about the performer's distant relationship with his parents a…
Based on Audrey Niffenegger’s internationally best-selling novel, this new British musical is thrillingly brought to life with original songs from Grammy Award winners Joss S…
In February last year, the celebrated Kyiv City Ballet left Ukraine’s capital for a much-anticipated tour of France.
Step into the whimsical world of Tony Cantwell.
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.
The Bellshill Salvation Army Band was formed in 1921, its primary function being to support the worship and ministry of their church.
Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing.
The Defectors present the next chapter in the theatrical saga of eccentric ex-detective Richard P.
The Prov Johnstone Band is an eclectic mix of musicians and music.
Imagine boarding a spaceship travelling at the speed of light with nothing but a guitar.
Come and see student sketch comedy groups battle it out for the ultimate prize, power.
In his new work, playwright Peter Arnott takes the audience back to those pre-Brexit, pre-Covid days when Scots were on the verge of voting in the independence referendum.
The Defectors present the next chapter in the theatrical saga of eccentric ex-detective Richard P.
Killer Instinct is not just a tribute band, but a true celebration of one of the most popular and influential bands of the 21st century.
Hot off the back of huge sold-out shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London, stellar comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean once again bring their smash-hit true crim…
Variety of music including musical theatre, movie themes, swing, and popular songs for all the family.
Nashville-based international singer-songwriter Stephanie Staples has shared her passionate and contemplative music for over two decades, performing all over the world.
I’m the Greatest Starr (but no one knows it) takes a musical trip down memory lane as the award-winning Starr Domingue shares the herstory of an aspiring musical theatre performer …
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Bobak dances, clowns and flings himself about the stage for an hour as he tells the audience about his Iranian heritage and growing up in Bristol in the 90s where Islamophobia and …
‘Oh my God.
Already a veteran performer, having toured the world’s stages for a decade, predominantly as a founding member of world-folk band Dallahan and as a highly sought-after session mu…
Ho ho ho ho! Come celebrate that special time of the year with Santa (Ray Badran) and his Elf (Josh Glanc).
The winner of Drag Race hits the Fringe as part of their debut solo tour! Join Danny as they take to the stage with their live band in a show which promises to be bigger, better an…
Comedian Matt Storrs (San Francisco SketchFest) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed solo show Portly Lutheran Know-It-All.
Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years for another trip down memory lane.
Maddie Carpenter, a pop Americana artist deeply inspired by the sun-soaked landscapes of California, brings her own enchanting songwriting to the forefront alongside a tribute to f…
Pam Ford Stand-Up Comedian has worked in a care home before and after the pandemic and has met many amazing “oldies” with amazing life stories to tell.
In this hilarious and heartfelt one-woman show, comedian Kassie Thornton goes on a rollercoaster of self-discovery, as she navigates coming out and coming into herself.
‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte…
Slip’n’slide inside a rock’n’roll fantasy party of joy, chaos and catharsis as genderqueer drag-clowns Oasissy (‘Ones to watch’ (List)) invite you into their madferrit, monobro…
Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help.
Andy is one of Scotland’s top swing vocalists offering a big band sound production with professional sound and light.
A comedy told by mad people, for mad people.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band is back for 2023 with a fresh programme of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, the much-loved programme of instrumental music, from the Middle Ages…
Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus in this profound exploration of human nature and our collective search for light i…
Scottish/English violinist Matt Holborn and a group of London-based musicians formed for this year’s Fringe, known internationally for their distinctive hard-swinging approach to…
Existing Kirsty fans know she could take her audience on an emotional rollercoaster from happy to sad, betrayed to raunchy.
Sassy swing and jumping jazz! Enjoy an evening with the classics and more, from Basie, Nestico and Fitzgerald to Earth, Wind and Fire.
Hot Dub Time Machine is the World’s First Time Travelling DJ, a global festival smash-hit and the best party ever! Hot Dub has broken dance floors at sold-out shows all over the …
This dynamic seven-piece band return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the 12th year to play the back catalogue and the latest album! With the precision and energy of the E Stre…
Skip to the end for the top line info* Half-Cocked are back! Following a tumultuous hiatus, full of banana bread, Call of Duty Warzone and an alarming over-use of the incognito…
The Katet – Edinburgh’s eight-piece jazz-funk superband, famed for their infamous treatment of Stevie Wonder’s back catalogue – invite you to join them on the dance floor a…
Skip to the end for the top line info* Half-Cocked are back! Following a tumultuous hiatus, full of banana bread, Call of Duty Warzone and an alarming over-use of the incognito…
An unhinged variety show all the way from Los Angeles.
Principal musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra perform this 20th-century masterpiece.
Visual jokes and creative messing about from this absurd double act.
Imagine you had a time machine so you could travel back to the past to fix your mistakes.
An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter.
The Polis are Scotland’s No.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha wife and boss babe, who took the pledge to become a traditional wife to avoid upsetting her husband’s floundering masculinity.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
‘What would it take for you to eat a real-life human being?’ It’s dinner time in the Abbey stately home.
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
A unique set of your favourite classic songs from the coolest alternative bands.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers.
The podcast where two comedians listen to the best (and worst) albums of all time.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
A wonderful and varied selection of concert band music from 40 musicians featuring music from stage and screen! A free concert with donations to support Edinburgh Direct Aid.
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Fin, a jaded musician, has been invited to his old high school to talk to the students about pursuing their dreams.
Fin, a jaded musician, has been invited to his old high school to talk to the students about pursuing their dreams.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The music that filled the dance halls during the Big Band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK with the Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular.
Andy Williams was one of the world’s greatest light music entertainers and, in celebration of his legacy, Paul performs many of Andy’s biggest hits.
Join comedian and writer David Baddiel for an informal and unscripted audience Q&A exploring ideas in his bestselling books Jews Don’t Count, and The God Desire.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Bruce Springsteen, Elvis, Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Billy Joel, The Beatles, The Temptations – and many more! Enjoy some of the best-loved songs from the past 100 years, made famou…
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s, 00s to present day.
Featuring material written and refined in London’s famed Free Association comedy school and theatre, the ORCA Comedy Sketch Spectacular promises an eclectic variety hour of sketch …
Featuring material written and refined in London’s famed Free Association comedy school and theatre, the ORCA Comedy Sketch Spectacular promises an eclectic variety hour of sketch …
Witness first-hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Freddie Mercury was the consummate entertainer who always got the audience involved.
An improv show of infinite possibilities but probably the worst ones.
John Cambo Cambridge lived with David Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit-record Space Oddity and toured Scotland with him in Junior’s Eyes.
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
Scotland’s most authentic The Who tribute take you on an ‘Amazing Journey’ through the greatest songs of the legendary band.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
An improv show of infinite possibilities but probably the worst ones.
The girl-power show is here! Meet Kim, Sarah, Sally, Amy and Rachael – five unbelievably talented girls who will bring the world’s biggest girl band to life like you have never s…
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Voyage perform a highly-entertaining show packed with all your favourite ABBA hits from Waterloo to Dancing Queen, with sensational singing and authentic costumes.
Prepare for a sidesplitting and heartwarming comedic adventure in the must-see Soup Group: Art Show!; an exceptional masterpiece.
Presenting your favourite fairy tales – the obnoxious bullying of Ashputtel (the first Cinderella) by her stepsisters, the vanity of a fashion-conscious (and strangely familiar!)…
Asian Arts Award 2014 - Best Production (for Brush); ***** (ThreeWeeks for The Tiniest Frog Prince in the World, 2016.
Returning to Edinburgh following his successful tribute show, Frank & Dean, at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pete Sinclair returns with a full-hour show celebrating the hi…
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Described by top showbusiness writer Mark Richie from the Stage Newspaper as ‘an impressive vocal performer’ and ‘his tribute to Tom Jones is one of the best he’s had the pleasure …
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop.
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big-band era.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
For his twelfth solo hour of stand-up, Nick Doody returns to the Fringe with a blistering new show that takes in life in Happy Valley, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, living w…
The Grumpy Magicians present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions.
Iain Dale’s ALL TALK political interviews have in recent years become something of a regular fixture of the Fringe circuit.
An all-American line-up show, featuring the very best comedians from across the pond! Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts this sum…
She’s a bad-ass rule breaker and has got one hell of a story as a result – just don’t tell her family.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name.
‘Extraordinary’ (Daily Mirror).
Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to.
The hit streaming show and podcast are live for the first time in Edinburgh.
Fresh off his TV debut, Padraig brings his hilarious show Bi-Sexual Healing to the Fringe.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The Manchester Revue’s Lonely Hearts Sketch Club is not a tribute act.
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
Scottish singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Simon Kempston has toured the world performing his highly original, contemporary acoustic songs and music.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Stephen Frost (Who’s Line Is It Anyway), Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Sally Hodgkiss (Who’…
Childhood tales of flying boats inspired Brian to travel the world.
Like an electrocuted Tommy Cooper in a car crash with Frank Sidebottom, ‘being in his presence for an hour is delightful’ **** (Times).
‘Oh my God.
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.
Get off the tourist trail and explore Edinburgh’s music scene with irreverent stories of the performers who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city.
‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte…
Come and revel in the earthy tones of this low member of the clarinet family.
Accompanied by a glittering live band and fresh from two sold-out London and Cambridge runs, don’t miss the Fringe premiere of Ed, charting the story of a ginger pop sensation.
Don Paterson and Graeme Stephen are two of Scotland’s leading guitarists.
Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added to this review and it will still not be close enough to what he deserves for this s…
Witness the impossible as Myles and Dan attempt to complete the most live comedy sketches in a single live sketch-comedy show in live sketch-comedy history.
Alice-India – 2Northdown New Comedian of the Year finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist – is just like a regular person.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has arrived! A celebration of bodies, tradition and inclusivity by award-winning world-class artists and rising stars on the scene…
jD Shapiro is the writer of Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
From Glass Crumpet, comes an all-new Sketch Show.
Songs, sketches, a cat! Catnip! is bringing the most unique and exciting comedy music show to the festival this year with his debut, Catnip! Greatest Hits.
It’s Sunday.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
Combining two of his great loves – Weird Al Yankovic and Harry Potter – Steve Goodie creates an all-out musical performance with some killer lyrics and accordion skills.
The incredible Oliver Harris sings the great songs from Les Misérables, Chess, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, We Will Rock You and many more.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
A smorgasbord of radio sketches, performed live.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Back In Time for Tea is a concept imagined to challenge the notion of musical genre.
What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone.
Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show.
We all know Tennessee Williams the playwright, but the man behind the plays has faded somewhat into the background.
With the brash vocals of an Australian zookeeper addressing an unruly tour group, Davis commands the room, immediately taking charge with her distinct brand of offbeat comedy.
Prepare to have your Disney fantasies shattered like an ill-fitting glass slipper.
Mixing documentary footage, storytelling, and live music, The Death & Life of All of Us is a funny and poignant exploration of family secrets, shame, and embracing our imperfection…
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut from performer, writer and creative activist Lilly Burton.
A show about the times*.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
‘An excellent comedy show’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
Join comedian and writer David Baddiel for an informal and unscripted audience Q&A exploring ideas in his bestselling books Jews Don’t Count, and The God Desire.
If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical.
Musical comedy is a difficult genre of comedy to do well, not only because of the addition of an instrument, but the fact that the jokes have to be succinct and the comedian themse…
Politically charged gag merchant Don Biswas returns to the Fringe to take on the status quo.
In this laid back cabaret filled with vocal impersonations, live singing and bluesy banter, drag king Mr Brake Down pays tribute to the wit and wonderment of the iconic Tom Waits.
‘This is the show to see!’ ***** (Entertainment-Now.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
Monster vs Hero, TV Camera vs Reporter, Husband vs Husband: their battles and rituals.
The stage presence and energy of this clown duo is something you have to see live.
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
Where does beauty go when the beholder has no eye? Comedian Richard Wheatley returns to the Fringe with his new show, as he ridicules the perplexing paradoxes of a blind man in the…
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
As Robin Tran walks on stage, she greets us with a warm smile and soft voice.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
“My name is Harun Musho’d.
Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo…
Established in 2016, Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band perform vintage music all over the country.
“My name is Harun Musho’d.
A girl washes up aboard a ship in the middle of a vast void.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
KEITH.
Milne Glendinning Band (MGB) is a cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, with guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass.
KEITH.
A cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass.
A meditation on motherhood, Hendon’s writing is first class in this surprising, shocking and heart wrenching monologue, brought to life theatrically by director Paula Chitty and …
Mark Robert Petty presents Don’t Tell The Bishops! The After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church on Sunday 2nd July at 7.
“I Cross This Universe” is a beautiful offering that solidifies Tuohy’s place as one of Ireland’s great songwriters and performers.
“I Cross This Universe” is a beautiful offering that solidifies Tuohy’s place as one of Ireland’s great songwriters and performers.
Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.
A magical celebration of the late and great star Amy Winehouse. Joanna Rose Barton will be sure to wow her audience and bring Amy Winehouse back to life like you wouldn’t believe!
A magical celebration of the late and great star Amy Winehouse. Joanna Rose Barton will be sure to wow her audience and bring Amy Winehouse back to life like you wouldn’t believe!
a 75-minute chaotic journey through the minds of two dudes; Jack & Jordan, who are actors - nay, artists! And professional ones at that.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
A comedy about the passing of time.
A comedy about the passing of time.
“Miss Googiepants is a lovely performer, dressed as a 1950s prom girl and surrounded by a variety of props and toys.
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
“Miss Googiepants is a lovely performer, dressed as a 1950s prom girl and surrounded by a variety of props and toys.
Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
3 comedians, 1 show! Hannah Lloyd-Davies: A one-liner comedian who is too honest for her own good! Connor Yeates: A slick, sharp narcissist, who really wants you to know that he’…
Burnham meets Boosh.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Celebrating 50 years of Rocky Horror and one wild ride of a life.
Do it or don’t DO it? DO IT, obviously! Join the award-winning Gaulier-Pochinko-trained clown and her singing vagina on an odyssey of sexual catastrophe.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
69 sketches in the space of an hour? The fastest sketch show at the Fringe returns, but this time with a thief running through the production and stealing bits of the skits.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
This programme is for you if you are: o Wanting to earn an income from your creativity by delivering creative projects.
This programme is for you if you are: o Wanting to earn an income from your creativity by delivering creative projects.
Directed by Ola Ince, Once On This Island has all the hallmarks of a myth; the gods meddling in human life, a quest with high stakes, and a chosen one going on a journey.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
A dark comedy set in a prison.
A musical story of love, grief, faith and hope, Once On This Island tells of peasant girl Ti Moune, a boy called Daniel, and a union that prejudice forbids.
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
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The play begins when Daniel reluctantly finds himself in a rehabilitation centre and a voice starts speaking to him through the wall.
Don't Rock The Boat explores the idea of addiction recovery through the eyes of Daniel and Alice.
Brazen Hodgepodge: A Sketch Comedy Show The Lion & Unicorn Theatre Brazen Hodgepodge is a brand spanking new sketch comedy show! A fast-paced hour of original sketch comedy scene…
The play begins when Daniel reluctantly finds himself in a rehabilitation centre and a voice starts speaking to him through the wall.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
“Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
Taking the magic of classic Disney films and turning it all on its head was Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
“Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
Once Upon a Time is a fairy tale like no other.
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
SESSION TIMES: 19.
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Kumar is hailed as one of South East Asia’s most iconic and respected performing artists and a brilliant stand-up comedian.
Kumar is hailed as one of South East Asia’s most iconic and respected performing artists and a brilliant stand-up comedian.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
Carrie Hope Fletcher and Jamie Muscato reunite in a one-night-only concert of this achingly beautiful musical.
Pop music meets poetry in this new monologue about city lights, queer night life and large seafaring birds.
Bill’s been feeling more and more like a ghost these days.
A North-West writer explores growing up queer in rural England and the climate emergency.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
TIME is the story of a middle-aged female cliché, who uses her post-menopausal superpower to visit her successful friends from her past and reinvent her life.
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
Back-stabbing, betrayal and improv comedy.
The Cassandra of Ulster She who prophesies will be silenced.
Part Time Freaks trawls the depths of the hosts’ lives for all their freakiest moments and experiences.
Wo/MiYou don’t even look sick.
The Greatest Story Ever CastThe Devil is in the detail You Who!Knock knock: who's really there? The Greatest Story Ever Cast - Frank Notions Mary is auditionin…
if all the times i cared had names.
“I’ve called him Mr Pandemonium.
Rosie and Ildikó perform citizenship catwalks to live music, in a multilingual exploration of European identity.
All Falls Down is an interactive and improvised storytelling show about a group of friends trying to make contact with civilisation, and survive in the wilderness, after a plane cr…
Do you think the end of the world is nigh? Then safeguard your future by listening to two very smart people: Stuart & Matt are doomsday preppers and are delighted to give the audie…
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive show.
Charles Dickens' beloved classic A Christmas Carol takes on a musical country twist as it line dances its way into the Southbank Centre with Dolly Parton’s rendition: Smoky M…
For many, Christmas is a time of togetherness and a celebration with loved ones, friends and family; yet for others it can be a seriously un-comforting occasion.
The ONLY Elton John ShowThe ONLY Elton John Show is the UKs newest and most exciting Elton John tribute show to hit the Brighton scene.
Bugsy Malone, the 1976 film by Alan Parker charlestons into Alexandra Palace theatre with a tremendous firing of custard pies! The cult classic of the spoof gangster movie reminds …
When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, I am sure he didn’t realise the power his novel would have in the centuries that followed.
Straight off the runway and onto the West End stage, the cast of Queenz: The Show with Ballz, strut their way into the Arts Theatre for a night of gender-bending, show-stopping gla…
WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence.
Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard Mclean bring their hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla to the Royal Court in a special, one off small experimental show lookin…
A performed reading of new plays by Citadel Arts Group.
Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
From the bright lights of Live at the Apollo to the chaotic evenings of Edinburgh’s International Fringe Festival, we now see Tom Stade take on his epic stand-up comedy tour arou…
Oh Yes I Am, at the Bread and Roses Theatre, is a musical comedyset in a retirement home for actors.
Buddy the Elf discovers he is an adopted 'human' baby from New York City and sets off on an adventure to find his biological father who has no idea of his son’s existence…
Kick off is at 2.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t fly a plane. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
When the waters of the world dry up, who will be left victorious in the aftermath?It has been three months since the water dried up; three months or what seems like a lifetime for …
When Intelligence Squared and History Hit joined forces on this event, neither company imagined it would take place after the death of Britain’s longest serving mo…
Dan Snow’s History Hit and Intelligence Squared have joined forces for this in-person debate to discuss a question that spans more than 1000 years: who was the gre…
Dan Snow’s History Hit and Intelligence Squared have joined forces for this in-person debate to discuss a question that spans more than 1000 years: who was the gre…
What a beautiful Noise, it’s got a beautiful sound it’s got a beautiful beat! Get on board for one night only for that night out you have been dreaming of!&n…
What a beautiful Noise, it’s got a beautiful sound it’s got a beautiful beat! Get on board for one night only for that night out you have been dreaming of!&n…
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the…
It’s time to hang on to what we got and celebrate the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing.
Scotland’s number-one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie, and record-breaking Scottish Big Band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation invite you to a night full of seductive songs…
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
Scottish singer/songwriter Gill Bowman shares a collection of songs, mostly self-penned, looking at the many aspects of love we encounter through life and set to her unique pared-b…
Alpha’s All Stars – We live in interesting times.
A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland.
A man walks into a train station to find two strangers waiting on the same platform.
After four years of their infamous Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband completely sold-out its 2019 follow up, tackling their next legendary artist.
Last year’s hit show is back with a new variant which will once again have you laughing, crying and talking about how lockdown was for you, for your neighbour and for your friends.
Sketch comedy that encompasses the horrid, the dark, the bizarre and the stupid.
Set to the last tour of the Tragically Hip, They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too explores what it means to be Canadian in an American world, how music can save your life and how the u…
Scotland’s music industry social night, Born To Be Wide, presents a celebration of Edinburgh’s scene, past and present.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good …
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns in 2022 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of instrumental music from the Middle Ages …
Pop music meets poetry in this new monologue about city lights, queer night life and large seafaring birds.
David Hayman returns as everyman Bob Cunninghame.
The music which filled dance halls during the big band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK with the Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular.
Once more The Rising look forward to delivering the music of the Boss with passion and precision to Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Following previous festival sell-out shows, this seve…
See The Main Street Blues band perform a special two-hour show featuring an expanded line up to their usual four-piece set up for one night only at The Brunton.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Americans are fat, find out why.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Journey into the unknown with musical pioneer Jordi Savall, his Hespèrion XXI ensemble and guests, in a concert inspired by the 14th-century Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta.
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Back by popular demand, Scotland’s No 1 Police tribute, The Polis bring their high energy, live music show to Merchants’ Hall celebrating their fourth appearance at the Edinburgh F…
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams is a solo acoustic concert showcasing many of Andy Williams’ greatest hits.
In a room of questionable hygiene.
The Bugle is a project supporting people affected by homelessness and its surrounding issues to express themselves in art and writing.
The rapidly ageing minor national treasure from Taskmaster and so on, begins building on the success of current show, This Can’t Be It by taking the first steps towards a new one.
Hot off the heels of his critically acclaimed Netflix special, Phil’s bringing his highly infective British-Malaysian variant of comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe once more.
All About the Drama is an insight to the worrying mind of Jovis Hart.
Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’s just a nicer word for different.
What drives a young person who appears outwardly quite happy with his life to one day bring a gun into school? It’s a vital question because it’s a phenomenon that is unhappily bei…
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…
Join us on a tour through medieval and renaissance Europe, playing period instruments of every kind: cornetts, sackbuts, serpents, viols, rebecs, fiddle, violins, shawms, curtals, …
We’ve only gone and managed to turn Exeter into a sketch comedy show! Bad news: it’s no longer a place.
Sassy swing and jumping jazz! Enjoy an evening with the classics and more, from Basie, Miller and Nestico to Fitzgerald and Earth, Wind and Fire.
Can fiction save you from reality? Aimlessly wandering and trapped in her nine-to-five, Rachel is inadvertently catapulted through a rift in the space-time continuum, landing in th…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A work-in-progress for a brand new future-cult musical that is not called ‘Don’t Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber’ but for legal reasons is currently called ‘Don’t Loo…
A work-in-progress for a brand new future-cult musical that is not called ‘Don’t Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber’ but for legal reasons is currently called ‘Don’t Loo…
It’s time to get your head in the game: Bristol’s best trans/non-binary/female comedy night is taking Edinburgh by storm for one night only.
Three young people tell us they don’t feel.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Family, home, belonging: we’ve used these important themes in our lives to create a story, shown through the eyes of a quick-witted, adventurous raindrop! Jump on a parachute wit…
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles – 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s to present day.
In this laid-back cabaret filled with vocal impersonations, live singing and bluesy banter, drag king Mr Brake Down pays tribute to the wit and wonderment of the iconic Tom Waits.
New York-raised, London based comedian Mike Capozzola’s live multimedia show about the unexpected consequences of irresponsible time-travel and ways to outsmart historical adversar…
New York-raised, London based comedian Mike Capozzola’s live multimedia show about the unexpected consequences of irresponsible time-travel and ways to outsmart historical adversar…
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with an in-depth interview featuring audience questions.
This Is Us – The Greatest Showman Tribute you will Never Get Enough of! A show of A Million Dreams, so Come Alive and Rewrite the Stars! Come sing along to This is Me.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh…
Returning after a sell-out 2018 show, Tenement Jazz Band continue their exploration of the roots of jazz, ragtime and blues.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
You’re only a missing person if someone misses you.
‘Extraordinary’ (Daily Mirror).
POV: you’re a vlogger.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A poetic, subtle and witty dance performance on conventions, expectations and perception.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Paul Richards literally can’t stop drumming; he’s performed all over the world, from huge gigs in China to grotty working men’s clubs, posh corporate gigs to the whole of the UK to…
A comedic storytelling show with four true stories: a monkey bite, a bus trip, an arrest, and a mugging.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name.
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary is a macabre new play by the innovative Scottish playwright, Annie James with original music by Singer/Songwriter/Composer Adam Usnami.
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
I think I’ve fallen in love.
A celebration of Queen songs performed by four of the UK’s most talented singers and dancers in a tribute to the musical We Will Rock You.
In 1992 Gavin Webster was in a double act where he was actually the straight man, so he decided to go it alone.
My show is about growing up, getting old and having an 88-year-old Jewish mother (now with no filter) who is making me ‘Jewrotic’ (neurotic and Jewish.
A mysterious broadcast from the future causes 85% of the world to abandon their friends and family forever.
A smorgasbord of radio sketches, performed live.
Multi award-winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair bring to life the Rat Pack era of The Sands Hotel with their tribute to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
Roll up, roll up! Following last year’s sold-out show, the Manchester Revue is returning to the Fringe with a brand-new show! Bringing you the best comedy The University of Manches…
Multi award-winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair return with their sell-out tribute show, bringing together on stage two legends of American music.
The All Stars have toured the world, playing New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Prague, Sydney, Paris, Shanghai, Beirut and Baku.
A hurricane survivor watches rising sea water consume their home.
International comedian Long Hu has returned from Beijing bringing his vaudeville style comedy with him.
BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019.
Witness first–hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
This is the story of Bob Hecklestein, a boy born without a sense of humour, who learned to overcome his disability and grew up to become the world’s greatest heckler.
GOYA Theatre Company’s Don’t Say Macbeth is a fast-paced show filled with well-balanced satire that pokes fun at and spoofs the theatre and musical industry.
The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp…
Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks – is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in t…
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with an hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Join Yorkshire double act The Halls of Ridiculous as they push the boundaries of improv, sketch and character creativity to the max with their quick thinking scenes, zany special g…
The girl power show is here! Meet Kim, Sarah, Sally, Amy and Rachael – five unbelievably talented girls who will bring the world’s biggest girl band to life like you have never …
Canadian comedian Dana Alexander debuts her brand-new hilarious hour exploring history, politics and the concepts we have typically accepted as fact.
‘Russell’s mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the…
The Just Us League of Javier Jarquin and Gary Tro return with an update of their whistlestop tour of the first 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe phases (somewhat contradicting their titl…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Maureen Langan doesn’t want to hate people; they make her hate them.
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
Not ready for the night to end? Neither are we! So head on over to The All Irish After Party, where the craic is only just beginning!! A true late night show, this show is always b…
After his highly acclaimed debut show in 2019, star of The Comedy Underground (BBC Scotland) Robin Grainger is back with more hilarious observations as he tries to put an end to pu…
Shetland comedian Marjolein is back with her brand-new hour.
In this laid back cabaret filled with vocal impersonations, live singing and bluesy banter, drag king Mr Brake Down pays tribute to the wit and wonderment of the iconic Tom Waits.
Voyage perform a highly entertaining show packed with all your favourite ABBA hits from Waterloo to Dancing Queen, with sensational singing and authentic costumes.
Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job.
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Multi award-nominated comedian, Adam Greene takes his debut hour to Edinburgh talking quick fixes for self-improvement, clean living and long-term mental well-being.
One small step for man, one giant pile of rubbish left behind! Man’s dream to reach the stars leaves the world in ruins and disturbs the sleeping dinosaurs.
All of Us is an attack on welfare state reform.
Join New Zealand’s fastest comedian (5km and 10km) for an enchanting afternoon In the Moonlight.
Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online.
The happiest show in Edinburgh! Those of you familiar with the noble Baron and his far-fetched tales of daring do (riding half a horse, flying to the moon on a cannon ball etc) wil…
Lily hasn’t heard from John in weeks.
Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation.
‘The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once’ (Albert Einstein).
Best Debut show Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 and Funny Women runner-up.
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandemic to heal your soul like a hearty dose of medicinal magic mushrooms.
“Eagles! The eagles are coming” says Pippin Took in Lord of the Rings.
Why does time often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show and part heart-rending personal quest, this theatrical, musica…
‘A rollicking roller-coaster ride!’ ****½ (The West Australian).
Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better …
A rapid-fire musical comedy trip through the insanities of the everyday with hooks you’ll be singing in the shower.
Two chefs stir up a lot of chaos in this silly, physical comedy.
Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo…
Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene.
An evening of all of your favourite show tunes! From the household names, to the hidden gems, these boys will be sure to take you on your Musical journey and will have you tapping …
Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents.
A Sketch Show - a 70-minute chaotic journey through the minds of two dudes; Jack & Jordan, who are actors - nay, artists! And professional ones at that.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
A rip-roaring ride through the plagues of history! From swarms of locusts to vine-destroying bugs, from the Black Death to Covid.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
LET’S KEEP DANCING!Big Band Burlesque bring a show led by beautiful Belle de Beauvoir and belligerent Beatrix Valhalla.
LET’S KEEP DANCING! Big Band Burlesque bring a show led by beautiful Belle de Beauvoir and belligerent Beatrix Valhalla.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
Daniel, a failing writer, attends his final session with his “digital therapist”, which are now all the range in a cash-strapped, tech-focused NHS.
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with a solo hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
The big band is back at the Spiegeltent for their 6th season at the Fringe.
Brighton Jazz Mafia big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Mr Bongo is a British, Brighton based independent record label, independent film and publishing company specialising in world music and art house/world cinema.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
Mr Bongo is a British, Brighton based independent record label, independent film and publishing company specialising in world music and art house/world cinema.
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
Let’s put on a show! We learn it and perform it all in one hour and fifteen minutes! No need to know how to dance – just be willing to have fun and try something new.
69 sketches in the space of an hour! Hyperactive comedy group Biscuit Barrel return to Brighton Fringe! A quickfire sketch show with a mechanical murderer on-the-loose - no charact…
Biscuit Barrel: No Time to Digestive is a whistlestop sketch show that ate and left no crumbs.
Let’s put on a show! We learn it and perform it all in one hour and fifteen minutes! No need to know how to dance – just be willing to have fun and try something new.
Guava Palava Arts present an award-winning comedy theatre show.
The sweet journey of an unlikely pear of lovers.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Kenneth Williams was one of the most unique and beloved figures in British comedy history.
Kenneth Williams was one of the most unique and beloved figures in British comedy history.
A victorian inventor is flung into the distant future where he discovers a seemingly peaceful society; But when his precious Time Machine is stolen the fraught Traveller must place…
'Hello! What time do you call this?' A friendly voice called out to the audience as we entered the Rotunda performance space.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
A stellar jazz sextet performs a musical tribute to the jazz composer and pianist, Horace Silver.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
From the glittering heights of Hollywood to the roaring sound of the West End, Jinkx Monsoon delivers a spectacular insight into their kooky (yet incredible) brain and reminds us a…
Simon David invites YOU to the live recording of his horrible DEBUT ALBUM From tender ballads (Daddy I Wanna Dance & Shitting On A Dick) to crowd favourites (Straggot, Why…
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
A group of friends take on Corona O Virus in a battle during “The Strangest Time”Blue Diamond is a third-level drama training academy for people with intell…
Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper.
When Charles Dickens died, he left behind a plethora of iconic novels.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
Back again and bigger than ever - Roles We’ll Never Play arrives at the Lyric Theatre for a night of musical theatre madness.
You pull the strings.
Love.
Juanita's Talk Time to clean up our act Nice Girls Don’t.
Never Not Once by Carey Crim tells the story of Eleanor, who attempts to find her biological father - uncovering a traumatic family secret in the process.
The classic movie from the 1970’s involving John Travolta donning a white suit to wow audience members as he dances the funky chicken to the iconic Bee Gees soundtrack has now Broo…
Now seen by over 350,000 fans live and watched by millions on TV Europe's No.
Alissa in Wonderland is a quirky, enigmatic experience down the rabbit hole that exposes the parallels between eight-year-old Alice and twenty-something-year-old Alissa, while prov…
If you feel the blue in January, join us for 3 nights of fun. Thursday 13th, 20th and the 27th of January at Bar Soho!Ticket link
Join us for a United in Anger screening and UK launch reading of Let the Record Show along with a World Cafe style event on cabaret tables where everyone gets to mas…
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 1998! It was the year pure pop really hit the big time with B*Witched …
There are few things worth travelling the length of the Jubilee Line for on a cold and wet rush-hour on a December night.
Dublin, 1742.
Dublin, 1742.
During the 80s and 90s, Dire Straits were one of the biggest music brands and concert touring bands in the world.
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
Sam Delaney and Andy Dawson have converted their nonsense podcast into a grand theatrical experience once again, with some of the most popular characters and features fr…
Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town is Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper’s 12th pantomime and the continued love for LGBTQI+ inclusive theatre can be seen oozing out of every scen…
Welcome to the Jungle! The appropriately named fictional pub that is set within the walls of the Arts Theatre.
Inua Ellams and Saul Williams bring their own distinct styles to this not-to-be-missed A Toast to the People filmed event.
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
From the team that brought you I, Dido a world premier of new play by Bloomsbury playwright Non Vaughan-O’Hagan.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got…
From the team that brought you I, Dido a world premiere of a new play by Bloomsbury playwright Non Vaughan-O’Hagan.
Mira loses her virginity in the car park at her school.
Dad`s Army Vicar Frank Williams invites you to join him for a hilarious afternoon of TV nostalgia to celebrate his 90th Birthday! With Frank's special star gue…
The music that filled the dancehalls during the Big Band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK.
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
An amazing evening of dinner and live music.
When Darren and Kathleen meet as grieving strangers on the tube, Darren finds that by giving her purpose to live, he manages to silence his own demons- but for how long?Playful, th…
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 2001! Its been 20 years since 2001, the year that Atomic Kitten swappe…
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Learn to bring consciousness to your most hardcore sexual impulsesOVERVIEWWhat about those days when we wake up with strong, animalistic, sexual urges?In those moments, slow and co…
FUNNYBOYZ LIVERPOOL presentsDolly Parton ( ages 18+ )BLUNDELLS SUPPER CLUBFriday 10th September 2021 Beth McAnn as Dolly Parton is coming to London this September! This s…
Just the best bits from over a decade in comedy.
Scotland’s number one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie, invites you to a night full of seductive songs and big band classics in a fabulous tribute to the Canadian Crooner and t…
Dirty Harry not only has the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
Two chefs are making a soup.
Join Jim Parkyn – professional plasticine player, expert Aardman Animator and the mysterious man behind The Amazing Scene Machine.
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
Multi-award-winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair are set to rock Edinburgh with their tribute to two of America’s music legends; Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond, with their amazing …
These neat little monologues are a sort of fan fiction inspired by various works of Shakespeare (The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelf…
Inua Ellams and Saul Williams bring their own distinct styles to this interactive and not-to-be-missed A Toast to the People event.
This Edinburgh Fringe, Clarissa Maycock will explain it all (briefly.
Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in “A Glimpse of Gingham” a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour and expressive dance.
Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in “A Glimpse of Gingham” a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour and expressive dance.
We Do Good Disco PresentsThe All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!To celebrate all things Dynasty we are having a super glam party upstairs in the Carrington Lounge at Ninth Life in …
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
Why does time so often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show, and part heart-rending personal quest, ‘A Matter of Time’ …
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
Why does time so often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show, and part heart-rending personal quest, ‘A Matter of Time’ …
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field As seen/heard on BBC One, Radio …
60 minutes, 12 notes and three idiots.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
Lunchtime recital: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
Come on a musical journey through time as we perform tracks across the years using only our voices! The University of Birmingham A Cappella Society is back for their fifth time at …
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s and 00s to present day.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Ben’s getting older, what should be the final flurries of youth sees him fall squarely into middle age with new ailments to contend with, medical dilemmas, alarming levels of grump…
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill's debut stand-up show covers every single US President, and one man's recovery from a mental breakdown.
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.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Just the best bits from over a decade in comedy.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
It’s time to walk the plank! With a twinkle in our eye, we pay tribute to men who wear sandals, as we celebrate the right to be yourself.
Lockdown has been a universal experience for everyone in this country.
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
A unique opportunity to enjoy this award winning, ever popular Early Music group, who have performed at every Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 1973.
‘Laugh-out-loud funny, bold, fascinating, whip-smart’ **** (Everything-Theatre.
Like Fresh Skin.
L.
Doctor Who: Time Fracture, a ground-breaking Immersive Theatrical Adventure, plunges you into the incredible Universe of Doctor Who.
Don’t miss this post-pandemic solo show from the multi-award-winning Scottish stand-up regularly hailed as the best headliner in the country.
Multi-award-winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair are set to rock Edinburgh with their tribute to two of America’s music legends; Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond, with their amazing …
Something’s going down at the Impossible Things Detective Agency and we need your help to bust open the case! Proceedings take the form of a character-hosted, interactive Zoom.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
We used to give out free samples of cheese at Fortnum and Masons but weren’t allowed to have any ourselves.
When Darren and Kathleen meet as grieving strangers on the tube, Darren finds that by giving her purpose to live, he manages to silence his own demons, but for how long? Playful,…
We used to give out free samples of cheese at Fortnum and Masons but weren’t allowed to have any ourselves.
When Darren and Kathleen meet as grieving strangers on the tube, Darren finds that by giving her purpose to live, he manages to silence his own demons, but for how long? Playful,…
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 …
Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa’s John and Jen is a true masterpiece on what it means to be a family.
Is there a ‘right’ way to be in a gay relationship in the modern world? In this play, written by BAFTA Racliffe-winning, Offie-nominated writer Shaun Kitchener, two gay couples…
2020 sees The Blues Band Celebrate their 40th year together Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher.
Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
A string of questionable relationships leaves one painfully optimistic girl grappling with the realisation that she doesn’t know how to be both happy and alone.
A string of questionable relationships leaves one painfully optimistic girl grappling with the realisation that she doesn’t know how to be both happy and alone.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out we…
Physical theatre, puppetry and clowning combine in this magical under the sea eco-adventure for ages 3+ and their families.
Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand after two years of hilarious sell-out shows! As a V.
Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand after two years of hilarious sell-out shows! As a V.
The award-winning sketch group are back in Brighton with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire …
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender residency, 23-26 June, @ ONCA Barge.
The award-winning sketch group are back in Brighton with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire …
With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc…
Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour, and expressive dance.
Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour, and expressive dance.
With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Physical theatre, puppetry and clowning combine in this magical under the sea eco-adventure for ages 3+ and their families.
Time has a habit of taking its revenges.
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
History is brought to life, and the man behind one of the most famous speeches in British history is revealed in this delightful two-hander, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, from Se…
Chamberlain in the run-up to his declaration of war includes popular songs of WW2.
Saturday 5th September, 7.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
Why does time so often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show, and part heart-rending personal quest, ‘A Matter of Time’ …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Anjali Singh has created a show that is a fusion of a Ted Talk, comedy and musical theatre, to depict how much time changes in the blink of an eye.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Char Brockes and Jack O'Neill (Ava Cardo) brought the Rialto Theatre to life with their unique styles of drag and slapstick comedy, in order to explore the theme of Romantic Co…
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
Friday 14th May 2021, 8pm (doors open at 7.
“Donor Conceived Person? Honestly I think I prefer Test Tube Baby” Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
When thrust into the circus, it can never be easy to tame the lions.
The award-nominated sell out show will be available to stream online! Some people are inherently unlikeable.
Please note due to recent Government guidance changes, all HCBB sessions this term starting Jan 2021 will be held online in a 1 to 1 format.
Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, Scouse Stand-Up Comedian.
The phrase "Every Time a Bell Rings" is well known and resonates especially at Christmas time: straight away we expect a link to the classic It’s a Wonderful Life, and …
The works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are jewels in the English theatrical treasury and I, generally, have scant patience (no pun intended) with 'reimaginings'.
Before “It’s a Wonderful Life” the angels were still at work.
Clap Back Club have done it again! The feminist performance troupe, that started off as a choir, never fail to bring harsh truths to a laughing audience through parody and song.
Emily Atack is back with a brand-spanking new show.
OffWestEnd commended Conflicted Theatre are delighted to return to Omnibus Theatre following their success with Fiji, reuniting once more with Pedro Leandro.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Mama G is out of lockdown and on her way to Brighton with an array of fabulous frocks and stories about being who you are and loving who you want! There’ll be singing, laughter,…
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of Blondie, but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
Two hours of big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing from Scotland’s record-breaking big band, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
A showcase of musical performances from British Army Musicians presented by Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Connor Deacon and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Andee Birkett, two current serving members…
Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre.
A woman tries to reconcile her identity as a Canadian-born child of British parents living in the United States while she desperately tries to score a ticket to the final show of C…
Following a sold-out UK tour, the smash-hit, true crime podcast All Killa no Filla is back for a limited run of huge shows including a one-off special at the Edinburgh Fringe.
It shouldn’t be controversial to assume that one’s ability to enjoy this particular interchange may well rest ultimately on personal politics and the level of individual anger …
Oliver Yellop, (Further Theatre) brings you a workshop on the process of making I Am Gavrilo Princip.
A powerful musical about living with dementia.
Following sell-out runs in 2016, 2018 and 2019, mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique brand of entertainment! Having been a fan of time-th…
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
Currently the world’s leading Daft Punk Tribute Act, having sold-out shows in Europe, China and Russia.
Phil Spencer will discuss the financial challenges of making a short film and how to overcome them.
Absolution is Scotland’s foremost live four-piece Muse tribute band.
In 2019, after four years of their hit Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband tackled their next legendary artist and sold-out every show.
A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, …
‘Infectious fun’ ***** (FringeReview.
Discover the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city with these entertaining, guided walking tours.
Mama G is out of lockdown and on her way to Brighton with an array of fabulous frocks and stories about being who you are and loving who you want! There’ll be singing, laughter,…
One traveler is catapulted on a journey through space-time, only to find himself on a desperate hunt to reconnect with those he left back home.
The very best burlesque performers at the Fringe come together for more glamour and risqué late-night entertainment.
Best in Fringe Kids 2019.
Cameron Cook’s debut solo show, previously performed to full houses at Soho Theatre, offers up that rare and sought-after Fringe experience – you see a show, you know next to not…
The remarkably funny and true story of actor Nigel Miles-Thomas putting on the first-ever Pantomime in Los Angeles in 1991.
McFly are confirmed for a night of explosive pop on Sat 11 July.
Eight-time Grammy award winning Ms.
Searching for meaning in the art of flamenco, María Pagés beautifully blends art and life in her in-depth explorations of the genre itself.
Artist of the moment, Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi scored the biggest selling album and single of 2019.
Continuing the classic theme is Olivier and Tony Award-winner, Lea Salonga.
Sarah Brightman, international singing superstar and world’s best selling soprano, is confirmed to open Greenwich Music Time on Mon 6 July.
A puppet show adaptation of Chris Haughton’s picture book ‘Don’t Worry Little Crab’, created in lockdown.
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Miss Kiddy and the Cads is the UK’s hottest vintage cabaret extravaganza featuring a 5 piece virtuosic band and stunning tap dancer! Their first studio album ‘Vintage Dirtba…
Miss Kiddy and the Cads is the UK’s hottest vintage cabaret extravaganza featuring a 5 piece virtuosic band and stunning tap dancer! Their first studio album ‘Vintage Dirtba…
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Following their smash-hit run of the Pirates of Penzance last year, the award-winning All-Male Company invites landlubbers below deck for a bold re-imagining of W.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Following on from his critically acclaimed shows about talking, hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and the colour yellow, “the Fringe’s comedian laureate” (British Comedy Guide…
Twice grammy award winner Albert Lee with his band continues to delight audiences with his unique guitar style and soulful voice, delivering a great mixture of Roc…
Twice grammy award winner Albert Lee with his band continues to delight audiences with his unique guitar style and soulful voice, delivering a great mixture of Roc…
Performed at Soho Theatre to standing ovations, IT ALL returns to VAULT Festival for one night only.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
In the North of the City, Princess Lila has a huge dilemma; she has many splendid and hilarious jokes which she has practiced to perfection, but everyone in the palace is either to…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Now in its 5th year, Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most …
Now in its 5th year, Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most …
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Now in its 5th year, Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most …
Now in its 5th year, Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most …
Now in its 5th year, Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most …
Now in its 5th year, Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most …
Coinciding with his birthday, TJ brings along a few friends to record his Comedy Dynamics debut album at Littlefield. Celebrate!
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped.
Acţiunea gravitează în jurul familiei formate din Maurice (Marius Manole), Margaret (Medeea Marinescu) şi fiica lor Adele (Diana Roman).
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is.
Fresh from recording her debut Netflix stand-up special, the star of The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo and QI is back with a brand-new show.
Fresh from recording her debut Netflix stand-up special, the star of The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo and QI is back with a brand-new show.
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.
Friday 27th September, 8pm Tickets: £16Duration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: ages 16+.
Explore the effects of dementia on speech, memory and family life.
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As Time Goes By is a fast paced, high energy musical marathon through the ages, featuring toe tapping tunes and the blissful close harmony of the UK's finest vintag…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Andy Dawson and Sam Delaney’s highly-acclaimed podcast is finally reimagined as a theatrical experience.
A Tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, the Man Behind and Beyond Sherlock Holmes with a discussion by New York author, Elizabeth Crowens and Tania Henzell, a relation of the Doyle family…
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and not only has the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie.
Join the star of Parks and Recreation and Fargo for an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better sid…
The Time Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about time.
Wendy showcases new material from her forthcoming album, featuring her powerful, siren-like voice (the mystical creatures that lured sailors to their death, not a police siren!), c…
Fresh from his recent successful tour, Scotland’s number one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie invites you to a night full of seductive songs and big band classics in a fabulous…
Wind down and immerse yourself in an intimate, candlelit performance in this evocative location.
In 2016 we lost Prince, one of the most prolific and controversial musical icons of all time.
Did Grover drop an F-bomb on Sesame Street? Do the names Yanny and Laurel make you want to fight? You know what your ears tell you; you heard it yourself! But why do so many people…
Kirsty Brinkman (Barshens) is bringing her work-in-progress stand-up hour to the Fringe.
We will be picking the very best charts from our vast library to celebrate the golden age of the big bands.
Our world is getting colder – emotionally.
Returning to the Fringe for its fifth year, Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an incredible evening of exciting jazz and toe-tapping swing from Ellington, Basie and many mo…
A decade on from the financial crash, Rachel Findlay (Edinburgh Napier University) explores how bankers shafted us, crashing banks and our economies, how they got it so badly wrong…
After sell-out shows in 2017 and 2018, Durham University’s award-winning Northern Lights return with their most ambitious and best show yet.
Imagine you can travel through time.
An immersive, interactive experience that takes you on a journey full of whimsy and wonder, brought to you by critically-acclaimed veterans of the Los Angeles immersive theatre sce…
Join five intrepid kids as they stumble across the universe to find the answers to life, the universe and everything.
All the way from the land of sun, sea and Mexican* sombreros (*not Spanish!) these intrepid comedians have made their way to Edinburgh by sea, air and Megabus, to show the world th…
Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U.
Discover the secrets of the universe.
Live, original band as seen at The London Palladium with seven critically acclaimed, original albums and over 2,000 live shows.
This is your chance to bring the whole family and sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke Band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on your favour…
Celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Come and join Bessy and friends in their new lunchtime chamber music concerts for children! Bring along your own picnic and munch your lunch as Bessy and friends serenade you in ou…
For the seventh year at this wonderful venue, William Alexander again gives a recital of Chopin’s piano music and performs a selection of preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises a…
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good s…
Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative.
I’m 55.
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, performance-based installation This Time Will Be Different denounces the Canadian government’s discourse on Indigenous people and takes …
BBD Productions make their debut at the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway.
We miss Robin Williams.
Cadenza is Cambridge University’s premier a cappella group.
Chameleon Lady are the latest big noise from Edinburgh with their exciting brand of semi-acoustic pop.
Joanne and Lisa were like sisters.
Forty singers including Barbara Dickson, Karine Polwart, Archie Fisher, Adam McNaughtan, Dick Gaughan, Arthur Johnstone, Ian McCalman and Canadian Iain Rankin, singing the great so…
Music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
Being a teenager is hard and nobody wants to talk about it.
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
Two chefs are meant to be making a soup.
In near-future England, two girls are thrilled to be accepted into the playground, the final stage of their education, but all is not as it seems.
Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band based on the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Hilarious hour of stand up comedy.
Can olives and gravy ever be mixed? The story of a working-class northern girl bringing up three middle-class children in London is told in this very funny, warm hearted and livel…
Join farmers David and Sam, as they share with you their untold adventures, full of mishaps and misfortunes.
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
Springsteen tribute The Rising will once again play a dynamic two-and-a-half-hour set of classics from Springsteen and the E Street Band.
A songwriter’s journey through life and art, its hits and misses.
After four years of their sell-out Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband tackles their next legendary artist.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
An unmissable evening with Edinburgh’s incredible swing, jazz and blues big bands on rotation every Thursday night.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s, 00s to present day.
The Polis are Scotland’s No 1 Police tribute act, performing an energetic and dynamic live set with all the urgency and angst of The Police at their very best.
Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years for another trip down memory lane.
Tenement Jazz Band return to continue their exploration of the roots of jazz, from ragtime through to the jazz age.
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
Following their run of sell-out lunchtime acoustic blues shows in Fringe 2018, Whisky Road are back with their lunchtime acoustic blues show.
Ben likes Al, but Al says he’s straight.
Birmingham Breaking Talent nominee Alex Black puts his teenage heroes to the test as he navigates heartbreak, existential crises and the tribulations of Aldi checkouts by squeezing…
Described last year as the best-kept secret of the Fringe, one of Ireland’s best comedy writers returns with another brand-new show.
International slut and mouthy, old, ethnic poof, Turan Ali tells outrageously funny true gay stories from around the queer world, some heard on Radio 4.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
Jamie (‘Hilarious’ (List), ‘ridiculously hilarious’ (Skinny), ‘utterly hilarious’ (Telegraph)) Fraser brings you a laugh at lunchtime, featuring a rotating cast of his funny and ni…
Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh.
‘The writing is fabulously blackly comic and timed to perfection’ (Deirdre O’Halloran, Literary Associate Soho Theatre).
After numerous fires and showbiz bombs, The Grand Carlysle Theatre is amazingly celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Entertaining and informative guided walking tours that tell the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
FCT returns with its 41st Fringe show following five-star reviews and sell outs for Sister Act and Jesus Christ Superstar.
In Bed With My Brother spend the largest portion of this, notably their third Edinburgh show, conducting a kind of aural warfare on their audience.
Following the show’s sell-out nationwide tour, Jagged Little Pill makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe paying tribute to Alanis Morissette and her iconic album with uplifting …
Star of Scot Squad, Darren Connell comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for one night only! Nominated for a BAFTA, Darren is best known for portraying the lovable Bobby Muir on B…
Amused Moose Best Fringe Show 2018 winner.
It’s the ruby anniversary of Madness and Paul Putner celebrates the past 40 years as a lifelong fan.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Zuma Puma is an accomplished clown, who uses her skill to draw an audience in to a compelling narrative about what it is to experience shame as a woman.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be bringing a true taste of Scotland to the Fringe, with an all-encompassing sensory feast that celebrates the best of our culture.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Get ready for word-bending, thought-provoking, side-splitting comedy.
Multi-award winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair are bringing two of America’s music legends together with their amazing tribute show.
Those dazzling divas are back, ready to party, celebrating being 21 with The Greatest Show Girls Tour! So let’s hear it for the boys as they transform into 16 of the world’s mo…
Featuring former West End singers and dancers, this combined tribute to two of the most iconic musicals of all time is simply electrifying! Have the time of your life watching Baby…
Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show 2018! ‘Absolutely phenomenal, sensitively portrayed with painstaking accuracy’ (BroadwayBaby.
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe.
Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series.
Sketch You Up! bills itself as “Catherine Tate meets Little Britain”, and mostly manages to replicate the character-driven performances that made Tate, Walliams and Lucas house…
The Bristolian bumbling ex-darts champ is back.
A mix of comedy, storytelling and even a poem or two.
Meet Roberta Roberts.
If the title of this show doesn’t let you know that Alistair Williams (as seen on Comedy Central) is a real stand up comedian, I don’t know what will.
You never know what’ll change your life.
Conceptual art, dance, theatre, somebody sh*tting on stage.
Acclaimed stand-up (and the UK’s foremost gilet apologist) Stuart Laws reflects on the day his life changed forever when he risked everything in a Vegas poker tournament.
Comedy sketch swapping live! The hit cult show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others’.
An accidental one-woman show! Standing in the wreckage of a five-piece sketch troupe, one comedian is determined to keep going.
Freddie Folkston takes a whimsical look at three decades and the generations which helped shape a brave new world for millennials.
We all have to work.
The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
A split bill comedy show featuring Thanyia Moore (Funny Women Award winner 2018) and Sian Davies (Hilarity Bites New Act winner 2018).
Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Ockham’s Razor, winners of the Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane Award for Circus 2016 for their hit show Tipping Point, return with their new aerial theatre show, This Time.
Harry Stachini, ‘a must-see act with oodles of onstage charm and compelling, inventive storytelling’ (Spotlight Comedy), invites you into the worlds of a rebellious classroom, an o…
Possibly the best musical comedy show with live piano and a Romanian performer! It is a 50-minute journey through life.
Winner of Fringe World 2019 Best Children’s Show Weekly Award! The multi award-winning, sell-out sensation of 2018, The Greatest Magic Show is coming to Edinburgh for the first tim…
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (‘Observational genius’ (Guardian)) returns with a new show about how difficult it is to be a good person in the modern age.
Wild man of the accordion, Sandy Brechin, launches a brand new show of fast and funky traditional tune sets, featuring amazing new compositions from the long-awaited forthcoming th…
Following the global smash success of the multi award-winning Trash Test Dummies and critically acclaimed Splash Test Dummies, comes Dummies Corp’s all-female circus sensation Don’…
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…
Divet Show will bring glitter, glamour, fun and over 30 world-class stars like Adele, Whitney, Celine, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Freddie Mercury, Cher.
Living in Kent - Maxwell tells us – he is surrounded by the sort of puce-faced, fake WWII heroes who seem to think that having once watched a film with John Mills in it automatic…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter, CNN political commentator and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs to the Fringe for the first tim…
An abandoned party; a neglected bedroom; a cluttered AV desk.
‘Their versions of the Marvel films might even be better’ ****½ (fb.
Doug Crossley’s solo show brings together songs, comedy and the heartache of trying to understand a friend’s suicide.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
London’s best comedy Dungeons & Dragons show is rolling into Edinburgh to ask the funniest people on the Fringe if they have what it takes to be heroes.
For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women.
Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Star of BBC Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian and co-host of E4’s The Hangover Games, Ken Cheng is back with a complete treatise on racism.
It takes a certain bravery, or innocence, to name your debut full-hour show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Don’t Bother.
Can stand-up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so.
Finally, after years of toil, Gary Tro has perfected quite possibly the greatest superhero movie screenplay ever written.
Silly, surreal show about time travel, love and time travel.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Star of Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian, E4’s The Hangover Games and winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Ken returns with a love-letter to all the Twitter …
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time…
Award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal and her All Stars will traverse a rich landscape of timeless and sparkling material as they celebrate the Gr…
American rapper, singer-songwriter, poet, actor Saul Williams is coming to London to appear as part of the breath-taking Innervisions Festival line up between 3…
Agatha Christie’s The Rats - one of her perplexing shorter plays in all its intrigue and deceit.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Band Of Horses have been a mainstay of indie rock for a decade, with five studio albums, including the Grammy-nominated Infinite Arms, to their name.
Stand up comedy show as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe.
Tuesday 18th June, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 165minsSuitable for: no age guide has been given about this screening yet…
Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers are proud to present their critically acclaimed story and song show “A Good Service on All Other…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
All My Sonsby Arthur Millerdirected by Jeremy Herrin Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
The first British tribute band performing the classic songs of Don Williams.
Monsteers Artistry Presents: All The Ladies Mic Night! All the Ladies Mic Night Includes Live Performances from Sarah Dorsett, Pippa Lea, Lauren Garnder, Christine Maia …
A comedy cabaret (or summin’ like that) that asks the question: Have you ever just closed your eyes and hoped that it’ll all just go away? This is a bracing, booming and brash…
We are SUPER CUMBIA PARTY BAND, a superhero ensemble with an important mission: to remove the sorrow from planet Earth.
Amazing tales elegantly told.
“Wait, what was that whole last part about copyright? I don’t feel like I got that.
David and Sam know every story ever told.
A stand-up poetry show about dead dogs, chocolate and nostalgia.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston.
Now in its 18th successive year, this stunning 100% live show combines first class music with the slickest choreography and an amazing band, to deliver truly outstanding…
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Joe used to do political comedy but recently the news has become so horrible that he can’t bear to do it any more.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the worlds most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scotts All Stars take to the road to celebrate the Ronnie Scotts Story.
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny 2016, presents a work in progress of her new show.
Lucy Peach is a folk singer from Fremantle WA, with a parallel career as a Sex Ed teacher.
Styling itself as a 'heartfelt and hilarious musical tribute' to the city of Brighton, All Things Brighton Beautiful utterly triumphs as a celebration of everything we love…
Unforgettable bank holiday fun for all the family from our own ‘Greatest Showman’, Des, as he presents some of the most talented circus performers at the Fringe.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh…
Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter.
Following a mysterious storm, a turtle finds herself trapped on a strange island made of plastic that’s forever growing.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Fresh from his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run at the Pleasance Courtyard, Tom Brace brings a jam-packed hour of laughs and magic that you simply won’t believe! Expect the unexpected…
Roll up, roll up, to the greatest show on earth! Sing-a-long with all your favourite songs, fancy dress encouraged.
There are some predictable events in Brighton and Hove; a seagull swooping down on your lunchtime sandwich, sequins on the beach after Pride, and the Ladyboys of Bangkok strutting …
180! Jody Kamali is hapless Mike Daly.
MAJESTY rose from the ashes of a professional touring Queen tribute band that came off the road in May 2011.
All About EveBy Joseph L MankiewiczAdapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma…
You don’t realise how people can hate, Chris, they can hate so much they’ll tear the world to pieces…’ America, 1947.
Performed by The Liberties, the songs and tunes of Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Burke and John Sheehan is brought to life using the exact same instrum…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
For the uninitiated, Massaoke is a huge sing-along party with a brilliant live band, where everyone sings together guided by giant video lyrics, and the crowd is the star of the sh…
Fleetwood Bac, the world’s first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, are bringing their authentic sound and look to the stage as they perform some of the band’s greate…
The Time Machine From the creators of Orlando, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Austen’s Women, Christmas Gothic, Dalloway, I, Elizabeth, The Unremarkable Death of Mar…
Andrew Bird is the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of.
Andrew Bird is the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of.
A personal tribute to Ken Dodd.
A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra.
Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of&n…
The Style Councillors will perform the Singles of The Style Council to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1989 Greatest Hits Album.
The celebrated American choreographer Mark Morris, swings into town with Pepperland, his unique tribute to one of the best-selling albums of all time: The Beatles’ Sgt.
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band are well known in the brass band world.
Duration: Approx 2hrs Get ready for an unforgettable evening with a global superstar, as he puts the Boom Boom into your heart in the all new production, Fastlove - A tr…
Lioness are an authentic tribute to the magnificent Amy Winehouse and they’ll be continuing to showcase the talent of the songstress with the 'Legacy Tour' throughout…
A Larger than life show from a Larger than life Band.
Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others’.
The curious little owl is back, and this time she’s ready to discover the wonders of night-time, from the big, bright moon to the bats in the sky and the foxes dee…
There's two types of people in this world; those who like Johnny Cash and those that don't know a thing about music.
A brand new show from 'The Outright King of Live Comedy’ - The Times.
Cervantes’s story of the bumbling knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Featuring an all-star cast, All Is True is a theatrical drama that sees Branagh portray the famous playwright, William Shakespeare in his retirement years.
Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught …
All Good GuysIrish Men.
A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship.
The No.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 30mins Following a sell-out UK tour in 2017, Europe's number one country music show promises a fantastic night of toe-tapping country classics…
The family, friends and stars of legendary jazz-rock pioneers, Colosseum, will come together for one very special evening to celebrate the life and work of drummer, lyricist, songw…
Classic Hollywood film All About Eve comes to the West End in a new stage adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
Don’t miss this brand knew exciting 2 hour action packed family event starting its 2019 UK tour here in Catfords Broadway Theatre, the venue ASW featured on …
Friday 1st February, 7.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
The smash hit, sell out, sketch show that squeezes a decade of the Marvel Cinema Universe into one action packed hour of comedy.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
With their brand new stage show 50 Years of Bowie, Absolute Bowie will take audiences on a musical journey through the iconic singer's ever changing personas.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
A scathing and bitterly amusing attack on the increasingly powerful and narcissistic super-rich, set against the backdrop of terrifying state oppression, the highly pertinent Party…
A Christmas revue show parodying all things festive and topical.
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for a brand new adventure anywhere…
Take That are proud to present their new musical with a beautiful story written by the Olivier Award winning writer Tim Firth, The Band which is for anyone who grew up with a boyba…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Guns 2 Roses are one of the longest running and most internationally recognised Guns ’N’ Roses tribute bands in the world, who’ve even played live with members of…
Prince Tribute – Endorphinmachine are a nine-piece tribute to one of the most talented artists in the world.
Join us for a soaring celebration of love through the ages as we open London's first ever purpose-built immersive theatre venue with an evening of romance, dance and decadence.
Fresh from their sold-out, five-star run at the Edinburgh Fringe, join multi-award-winning duo, Zak Ghazi-Torbati & Toby Marlow (co-writer of SIX), for the cabaret comedy extra…
Following on from his highly-acclaimed reunion concerts in the USA with Billy Joel’s original touring band and now in its fifth, hugely-successful year, Elio Pace …
Mikhail Lermentov’s novel A Hero of Our Time has been newly adapted for the stage by Oliver Bennett, who also plays the lead - Pechorin, and Vladimir Shcherban.
The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan.
The ‘Outright King of Live Comedy’ (The Times) Jason Byrne is back at the Leicester Square Theatre for more comedy chaos.
Layla and Majnun is a classic love story which has been presented in many Middle Eastern and sub-continental cultures.
Apollo Theatre Company in association with Spike Milligan Productions Ltd presentsThe Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his BandBy Spike MilliganFrom the producers…
Southern-rock phenomenon Zac Brown Band and Grammy-nominated Californian vocalist Beth Hart are the latest acts to be announced for this year’s BluesFest, which returns to Th…
After a lifetime of reading books on chivalry, one eccentric old man heads off on a rumbustious quest to become a wandering knight accompanied by his faithful and equally ill-suite…
Fresh from his SELL OUT Edinburgh Fringe run, Tom Brace brings a jam-packed hour of laughs and magic that you simply won’t believe.
A band like no other on the pop landscape, Why Don’t We brings together five supremely talented singer/songwriters who have each built up a passionate following all on their …
Direct from London's West End, the UK's finest George Michael tribute show.
Join musical maniac Katie Pritchard & a whole heap of her favourite comedy pals for a night of entertainment.
A personal tribute to Ken Dodd.
“It’s only people up there with guitars and other instruments telling and singing their way through an everyday love story.
Following the huge success of Michael’s previous visits to The U.
Jean Genie are the ultimate tribute to David Bowie, fronted by John Manwaring and his band, expect a 2 hour show packed with all the hits from the Ziggy and White Duke e…
“Comedy’s own Leonard Cohen” - ★★★★★ FringePigAshley Haden is back with the eagerly-awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
Set in Blackpool England 1953 Not long After the queen Elizabeth’s Coronation, This Real-Life Story is packed with Gritty Northern Comedy coupled with a Heart Breaking Emotional …
Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band are delighted to be debuting at this year’s Fringe! The band, renowned for its vast repertoire covering everything from jazz standards to c…
Returning to the Fringe for its fourth year, Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of exciting jazz and swing.
Ronnie and Maggie have been a regular feature around the Midlothian folk scene for a number of years.
Relive the era when swing was king, with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals from Scotland’s popular record-breaking big swing band – everything from Basie to Bublé.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Tenth anniversary tour celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys.
Toxic masculinity is blamed for everything from the #MeToo movement to rates of male suicide.
In a controversial move to promote classic children’s novels, publishers have released all the stories far too filthy for the page! The Infamous Five is an hour-long sketch show …
All That Remains is a moving reflection on loss and memory based on true stories from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Not All Men wash their hands after going to the toilet, not all men brush their teeth twice daily.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants.
Join a couple of Aussies on this off-beat excursion of naughty and ridiculous tales and oddly familiar tunes.
Join us for the second year of the new comedy competition celebrating all things sketch! The organiser’s behind the UK’s biggest comedy newcomer competition are on the hunt for the…
East meets West in this wild mash-up of comedy, electric violin, characters, spoken word and songs from legendary AmerAsian duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
Meet Leah and Chris: raised on Harry Potter, New Labour and a belief that one day they would be as special as their parents promised.
Pechorin is a superfluous man.
Newtongrange Silver Band (established 1892) is a traditional mining village brass band but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Two shows only! Award-winning Ali, Scotland’s ‘queen of vintage jazz’ (OCWeekly.
The last word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer.
Music by 17th-century composer John Dowland for lute, soprano and viol.
Beautiful heart-wrenching songs, lively cello tunes and lots of laughter from Edinburgh’s own bubbly queen of folk Wendy Weatherby and her all-star band, featuring Fiona Cuthill on…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A bit of fun and a trip down memory lane.
Virtuoso pianist Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West in two recitals centred on favourite works by Bach and Chopin.
The Polis are Scotland’s number one Police tribute act.
Last year, Barry Crimmins made his triumphant debut on the fringe.
Russell Arathoon presents his debut hour.
For one day only! Live Art Bistro take on ZOO Southside, doing what they do best: presenting 12 hours of transgressive and experimental performance by world-renowned artists.
We’re all brainwashed, biased and influenced by personal experience, even scientists.
The cows that made the milk that went into your tea or your cereal this morning might be housed all-year round in large sheds.
Linking Old and New Towns, Princes Street Gardens are truly amazing in their unique geology, disputed history, diverse planting and the myriad ways that ordinary folk have used and…
The music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
‘What the f*** do gardeners do when they retire?’ Sean Hughes 1965 - 2017.
Vocal Force returns to the Fringe with an all-new line-up of songs! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonise their way through beloved hits that will inspire and…
The Time Traveller dedicates his life to creating a time machine in an attempt to alter the moment of his greatest loss.
Heaven.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
Join us for an evening of chilled jazz as new Scottish quintet The Misinformed Quintet makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe and AMC debut with One Note at a Time, a one-time perf…
Cadenza is Cambridge University’s premier a cappella group.
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
We miss Robin Williams.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band are joined by Polyhymnia Dancers in the ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the…
Safe House are back for a fifth year playing their highly acclaimed Allmans Brothers set including classics from the Fillmore East album Whipping Post, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,…
After sold-out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, Lord of the Strings! – the ultimate one-man guitar show, first created for touri…
Welcome to the big band era and beyond! The Sound of Seventeen is a jazz orchestra line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and a four-piece rhythm section bringing you swing, ja…
The Rising – the UK’s number one tribute to Springsteen – return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the sixth year.
Bill Alexander returns to the Fringe to give a piano recital of a favourite selection of rondos, nocturnes, waltzes, études and the sonata in B minor Op 58.
Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un live on tour! King of the modern protest song Beldon Haigh and Mother Of All Bands bring a weird and wonderful live band performance.
Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year.
Join multi award-winning Amersham A Cappella as they celebrate their Fringe debut.
The history of mental disorder is full of instances of labels of mental disorders being used to control what was deemed as unacceptable or dangerous.
‘Leeson in the title role is absolutely phenomenal.
BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraMartyn Brabbins Conductor Edinburgh Festival ChorusChristopher Bell Chorus Director Elizabeth Watts SopranoChristopher Maltman Baritone Thea Musgrave…
Six feisty older women shine a light on family violence.
Allander Record Fairs bring a great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s to present day (even the odd 78).
All Change is a new bittersweet comedy about growing old.
Scotland’s own Soul Nation Rock Choir are back again with a sizzling hot show to lift you even higher and higher.
A journey through chamber music gems with the Edinburgh Quartet – featuring works by Mozart, Bruckner, Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Gesualdo over three performances.
All Killa No Filla Live.
Italian Horror legends GOBLIN are coming to the UK to perform 6 very special shows in London and Edinburgh as part of their 40th Anniversary Celebrations.
These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
Three of the Oxford Revue’s best and brightest present a free hour of stand-up and musical comedy.
Funny Women regional finalists Jo Frank and Louise Leigh serve up a titillating menu: start with mobility scooter fetishes and celebrity sex dolls, followed by a liberal serving of…
Last year, Chris was finally feeling happy and well-adjusted.
Makes, Bakes and Outtakes.
Shetland comedian Marjolein Robertson weaves through time with jokes, anecdotes and storytelling.
This summer, four of West End’s leading ladies take residence in McEwan Hall – Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
Up ‘til now, I had only ever seen Tom Crosbie perform short spots at Fringe cabaret shows where his skill with a Rubik’s Cube and his awkward, amiable persona intrigued me.
Join Meg and her band of misfits on a voyage through time and space.
A nice, relaxed way to spend an hour of your Edinburgh Fringe with conversational-style delivery from ‘one of the best comedy writers in Ireland’ (Aidan Bishop, The International C…
The wild man of Scottish accordion is back with his tip-top tunes, frighteningly fast fingering and hilarious hi-jinks and humour, accompanied by his groovin’ five-piece band.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
This jukebox musical, based on Twelfth Night and Elvis music, is a fantastic, foot-tapping show.
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
True to the show’s name, Richard Shelton gives us an intimate, raw glimpse into Frank Sinatra’s private life.
Texas Beauty Pageant Murder: The Fall of Don Swan is a devised, one-act, absurdist, film noir comedy set in the 1980s that investigates the myth of Don Juan in the current wake of …
Miss Irenie Rose sings the well-loved songs written and sung by Joan Baez.
Award-winning actor Ingvild Haugstad from Det Andre Teatret tells the story of a person who retreats from the world after losing a soulmate to a freak raspberry accident.
Miguel de Cervantes is woken from his eternal slumber by celebrations of the anniversary of his death.
London’s best comedy Dungeons & Dragons show is rolling into Edinburgh to ask the funniest people on the Fringe if they have what it takes to be heroes.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Jo Caulfield strides on stage with all the self-assuredness of the seasoned performer that she is.
The most entertaining film of the year is swinging onto the Fringe.
On average, victims of domestic violence experience 35 assaults before calling the police.
‘Five stars! Infectious fun’ (FringeReview.
November 22nd 1963.
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure every day based…
Steve Chang takes you on an introspective journey to find meaning in life by means of ayahuasca, hookers and gay conversion camp.
Excitement! Drama! Romance! And… knitting? A scintillating cabaret, featuring the lost knitting songs of WWI and WWII from Canada, Britain, America and France.
This is the five-piece band’s second consecutive appearance at the Fringe.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten shows you don’t have to use a chalkboard to teach what we’ve known all along.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Take well-known Elvis songs, some less known, mix in a boy from Tupelo’s story, add a quartet of musicians and gently shake, rattle and roll.
After winning the Edinburgh Panel Prize in 2014 with Funz and Gamez, Phil’s ready to bring his unique, anarchic and unreliable comedy to the masses.
Fringe legend and ‘outright king of live comedy’ (Times), Jason Byrne, is opening the doors again for more comedy chaos.
Trump.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others’.
People have never been more scared to say what they really think.
Stand-up comic Gareth Berliner was cast in Coronation Street four years ago to play dodgy drug dealer Macca, and was told he didn’t need make-up! He’s also very funny.
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines.
After their multi award-winning debut at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, the hot gays are back.
Join us on a thrilling journey to a future age where things are not as they seem.
Twice featured on BBC Radio 4’s Pick of the Week.
Don Juan: the world’s greatest lover, the most audacious of men.
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Featured in the top Fringe jokes of all time in The Scotsman, The Independent and The Mirror.
Step aside Ricky and Bianca, there’s a new duo in town.
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
A love story, set on Preston Road, and also in space and in time.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and…
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
As seen on Ricky Gervais’ Derek, Sky’s Rovers and Channel 4’s Gittins.
Puns! Lots of puns! Spoken puns, visual puns, musical puns, contrived puns and a lot of props.
It’s the day of the referendum and Mary is on a high.
Australian comedian Ross Voss’s show in the form of a basketball game! Four quarters of 12 minutes of comedy! Each quarter is different, from more about me to storytelling, longe…
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
From BBC Three, Dave and elsewhere, award-winning comedian Chris (BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017, Milton Jones tour support) returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show about time, spa…
When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much.
The jig is up! Paul Williams is a quadruple threat – song, dance, comedy and opinion.
A story of a man who wants to make the world a better place.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
Can stand-up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so.
Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’.
Hold on to your raincoats! Tom Brace brings a jam-packed hour of laughs and magic that you simply won’t believe! Expect the unexpected in this mind-boggling variety show.
Jerry and Jacks want to be Big Time, but at what cost? They take on a job that they hope will shoot them up the ladder in the organisation.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Brilliant, beguiling wordsmithery, swathed in the timeless allure of classic tunes on vinyl.
The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for an encore of his 2017 critically acclaimed hit.
Scottish comedy award winner Gary Meikle premieres his debut hour and lays bare his remarkable life story and how he’s defeated the odds set against him from surviving children’s h…
Sex.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Don Rodolfo opens his debut fringe hour duelling with an unseen coat rack.
New York’s cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in his Edinburgh debut.
A unique blend of achingly honest poetry, side-splitting stand-up and personal story telling about romantic love and why we prioritise it above all else.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Direct from a standing room only season at Edinburgh Fringe last year, and a critically acclaimed tour of Australia this, the world's premier nerd-culture double-act, The Just Us …
Once Upon a Daydream, produced by Sun Son Theatre, bursts with life and colour.
Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with in…
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
There’s a line in How to Keep Time that sat very deeply in my heart: “All my memories have been rewritten for who you are now.
Relive the magic of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in this remarkable tribute to the most successful band in music history.
Gripping World Premier drama of Cowgate fire.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Trump.
Hotly tipped Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan brings his debut solo show down south where he regales his tales of living out of a backpack for 18 months trav…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure base…
Don Rodolfo is a total butthead, a shameless libertine and the greatest swordsman the world has ever seen.
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to the legendary Miles Davis.
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.
Founded in 2004 via the evil genius that is Simon Cowell, Il Divo is a supremely talented British-based international pop opera foursome comprised of French pop singer Sébas…
Music fans will get the chance to go One Step Beyond this summer as Madness announce an exclusive four-date tour of UK stately homes and a castle! The British pop icons, who have b…
Michael Bublé – a true global superstar in his only UK performance is coming to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2018! The undisputed ‘King of …
Written by award-winning writer Tim Firth, The Band is a beautiful story for anyone who grew up with a boyband and how those songs became the soundtrack of their lives.
Pop superstars Steps are the first headline act to be announced for Greenwich Music Time 2018.
The impulsive, charismatic Don Giovanni is a serial seducer, accompanied by his long-suffering servant Leporello.
“Jen Kirkman is back and she’s not afraid to tell it like it is - again.
“Jen Kirkman is back and she’s not afraid to tell it like it is - again.
Based in Dresden, the Semperoper Ballett has conquered the world with its now acclaimed blend of fierce ballet technique with both classical and contemporary repertoire.
Energetic, playful stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian Russell Arathoon.
Sketch Off 2018 runners up Bread & Geller bring you their sell-out debut hour, a hot mix of character comedy, observational sketch and musical parody.
Is a musical comedy show with live piano.
Sketch comedy hat-trick PÖJJ bring you their debut show.
Have you ever wanted to be Beyoncé? Well, this 45 minute show is a light-hearted attempt to teach you to.
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
The Brighton Beach Boys perform The Beatles ‘White Album’.
Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio.
Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
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.
Come and enjoy the benefits of yoga, open to all.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon.
America’s legendary singer-songwriter Don McLean returns to the UK in May for a select number of dates in support of his new album, Botanical Gardens, out in 2018.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
'I’m frightened', my proudly-feminist husband says while reading a Google-searched summary of Just Don’t Do It as we sit waiting for the start of the show.
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
The game show where celebrities compete to become UN Goodwill Ambassadors.
Direct from London’s West End, the UK’s biggest George Michael tribute show.
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
15 years at Brighton Fringe! MJ Paranzino’s choirs will be performing the ‘Best of the Best’ from the last 15 years at Brighton Fringe; from new choral music as well as jazz,…
Fresh from their five-star, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and winners of the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence 2017, ‘Hot Gay Time Machine’ cover all the most important m…
‘All City Movement’ is series of street paintings which indicate motion.
All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp…
Are you ready to be part of Justin’s Band? Because BAFTA Award-winning actor Justin Fletcher is going on a Musical Adventure and we would love you to come and play along wi…
1965.
Back for its third year.
Best Children’s Show Award 2016! Buckle up and take a trip in a giant time machine to get up close and personal with a life sized T-Rex! Incorporating science with circus, pu…
A tribute to top-selling global artist, Robbie Williams, showcasing favourite songs from his albums Swing When You’re Winning and Swings Both Ways.
This audio/visual tribute show is an evening of fun, music, harmony and story telling, performed by ‘the Highlights’ 10 piece band and narrated by Roger Stanning (as Harold Harriso…
The Fame Train gang star in this awesome show that sees the kids travel through the ages from the prehistoric times, to the swinging 60’s, all the way to the modern day! Cool chara…
A decade since he left Berlin, armed with an accordion, some hotpants and a dream, Hans has decided it’s time to Advance Australia’s Flair! In homage to the country he now calls…
Dance the night away with Adelaide’s hottest party boat and live acts on the Inner Harbour of Port Adelaide.
“Time and Machines - gymnastics in motion” has it’s premiere in SA and introduces acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, aerialists and circus performers to Adelaide audiences.
The Mosaic Cat (UK) & Emma Knights Productions (SA) Celebrating the life and loves of one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century.
Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts.
All I Really Want - A show dedicated to the music and lyrics of Alanis and Etheridge.
The Andrews Sisters were America’s most popular singing trio - Patty, Maxine and LaVerne burst onto the entertainment scene in the 1940’s and were known for their close three part …
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
Adelaide based singer/songwriter Tara Carragher makes a long awaited return to this years Adelaide Fringe for ‘Righteously - The music of Lucinda Williams’.
Direct from a standing room only season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s premier nerd double act The Just Us League present MARVELus: the sketch show that squeezes alm…
Peter Combe is back with the fast furious and fabulous Juicy Juicy Green Band with songs from his latest ARIA nominated LIve It Up album plus the old favs.
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
Straight from the top of Australia, Darwin comedian Jason Williams is bringing his honest observations and luckless stories to WA in his first solo show.
Dance Amor is a dynamic fast-paced dance studio where Dance and Passion set Soul on Fire! Here at Dance Amor we believe that anyone can dance.
HOLY STRIP, BATMAN! A collection of rave reviews in tow, The JustAss League return after their 2017 Fringe debut to present another super season of nerdy burlesque mayhem.
‘AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER’ - I remember listening to it & then again & again .
The Scottish “Globetrotting Comedian” (Broadway Baby) returns to Perth after previously living in the country on a working holiday visa for a year and a week.
Be our guest! Returning after a sold out 2017 Cabaret Fringe show, Once Upon a Teaser takes you through the rabbit hole to a night of wonder & fantasy - a Disney inspired burle…
Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow will explore the nature of grief and suffering through a series of oil paintings.
Terry Who? (Final Touch/Gen XYZ) performs a tribute to the fantastic works of Sir Paul McCartney (Singer/Songwriter, Beatle, Trainee Bass Player, Trainee Piano Player, multi-lingua…
The play revolves around Sarah, a photo journalist who has just returned from covering the war in Syria after being severely injured.
An evening of rapturous dark jazz alternative music from renown artist Jennifer DeGrassi and her band .
Since 1989, MTV’s ‘Unplugged’ series has achieved iconic status in modern music & pop culture.
Have you ever watched a comedy show and thought to yourself, “Cathy, I hate how these theatre types are just so written and rehearsed! And when do I get to talk?!” Well then, Cathy…
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
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…
Tania Savelli, Kat Jade and Melanie Smith take you on a historical journey celebrating the most famous female vocal trio of all time.
The Flaming Sambucas (extended band), with Terry Nicholas at the White Grand Piano, bring to life the timeless songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
Don’t Knock Noah is a vibrant family friendly musical with a live band.
Love passion deceit betrayal and some of the most iconic songs ever written formed a soundscape that touched every listener of popular music in the 70’s and 80’s.
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
Back to SA by popular demand for ONE SHOW ONLY! Featuring one of Australia’s most sort after entertainers, Paul Hogan.
BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show.
Steely Dan’s Grammy Award winning ‘Aja’ is one of the most outstanding jazz-rock albums of all time, influencing the musical tastes of a generation of listeners.
While not even Herbert George Wells’s own first dalliance with the concept of time travel, his 1895 novella The Time Machine has nevertheless become pretty much the definitive te…
Ever wanted to experience your own Doctor Who adventure? Our team of time lords will whisk you round the universe and home in time for tea in this hilarious improvised parody! ★�…
Based on a true story, is about two women, working side by side in a school infirmary who discover a startling truth about one another.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match.
Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7.
An extremely flamboyant, ‘riotous but subtly moving’ (The List) extravaGAYnza, fresh from its sold-out, award-winning run at Edinburgh.
By telling the story from the women’s perspective, this production will steer away from the opera’s traditionally male gaze, and leave the audience questioning their preconcept…
Bread & Geller are back! Join the world’s first comedy trio with only two members as they return with their sell-out exploration of all* things time.
Created against the background of Brexit, What Once Was Ours has been developed in consultation with young people across the country and uses their words & opinions to explore how …
A faithful and heartfelt tribute to the beautiful Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album Raising Sand.
Returning after a second highly successful gig in 2016, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing.
That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band, with another night of toe-tapping music from the era when swing was king.
David O’Doherty – the Ryanair Enya, the Aldi Bublé – returns to the Fringe with last year’s hit show Big Time, an hour of talking and songs in a haunted hall on a hill fille…
O’Doherty is back with his mini-keyboard, flopping hair, and uninhibited attitude, but this time in one of the most prestigious venues that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has to o…
The cows that made the milk that went into your tea or your cereal this morning might be housed all year-round in large sheds.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Russell Arathoon brings his previous sold out debut stand up show to London.
America’s Got Talent winner, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, heads to Fringe for three nights only, fresh from headline shows in Las Vegas, with a sparkling new show featuring his all-s…
A group of school friends reunite for fond reminiscences, only to rekindle old rivalries, leaving them wondering how much they’ve really changed.
Since bursting onto the music scene at Edinburgh’s legendary Howff club, Bert’s unique style of folk, blues and jazz has inspired generations of genre-defining musicians.
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.
HG Wells’s sci-fi masterpiece is reborn as a brand new musical adventure.
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
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.
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins is an utter prat and according to the Sussex Argus, ‘The World’s Worst Comedian’.
A selection of favourite variations, nocturnes, fantasias, waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Arturo Tappin returns to the Fringe bringing the Caribbean sunshine to Edinburgh through his music.
Come join the stand-up legend and punk poet for a daily dose of iPad-driven art fun.
The Incredible String Band’s second album, 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion, is widely recognised as a cultural milestone in psychedelic folk music.
Whimsical, surreal, truly inspirational: psychedelic pioneers The Incredible String Band entranced listeners in the late 1960s and early 1970s with their visionary, dream-like so…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A trip down memory lane, hear again 50s to 70s pop and folk hits like Putting on the Style, Amazing Grace, My Old Man’s a Dustman, Wild Rover, Hello Mary Lou, Nobody’s Child, Singi…
The contribution of travelling composers and performers to the music of Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group in the vibrant …
This is the year 1929, Tom is a happy, wealthy and young broker who lives in London and whose life is about to radically change.
A brand-new string to the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! To celebrate 30 years of nurturing and developing new comic talent – we’re on…
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
Alyona Ageeva’s PosleSlov Physical Theatre Company presents the UK premier of this contemporary physical theatre performance.
An Actor’s Tribute combines new writing with devised content and improv to create a piece of theatre that explores the highs and lows of life from an actor’s point of view.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Alyona Ageeva’s PosleSlov Physical Theatre Company brings the UK premiere of On This Side of Time from Russia to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
We’ve all had the question.
Safehouse are back at the Edinburgh Festival for a third consecutive year playing their highly acclaimed Allman Brothers set including classics from the At Fillmore East album: Whi…
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
‘Four dangerously good singers, with a hilarious MC and pianist’ (ThreeWeeks) – All That Malarkey return to the Fringe with an all-new, outrageous music show, flaunting their…
We miss Robin Williams.
Relive the magic of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons in this remarkable tribute to the most successful band in music history.
The Rising: the UK’s number one Springsteen tribute brings the energy and precision of the E Street band to the Festival Fringe once more.
Serafina Salvador’s Don’t Blame The Bankers… $t00pid is returning to London this year following its run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, where it received great acclai…
Come join the stand-up legend and punk poet for a daily dose of iPad-driven art fun.
Hot Dub Time Machine is the world’s first time travelling dance party, taking festivals, theatres, rooftops and venues all over the world on a transcendent dance through pop musi…
Join us at our new venue in Leith! Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles and a gaggle of 78s.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
London’s Critical Hit comedy Dungeons & Dragons show is rolling into Edinburgh for one night only, five times! Join your host, Paul Foxcroft (Cariad & Paul, Marcus Brigstocke’s Una…
If you don’t know your Grandmaster Flash from Public Enemy, then Hip Hop Time Machine is going to seem less like a nostalgic reminder of your childhood and more like you’ve act…
After sell-out shows at last year’s Fringe and Celtic Connections festivals, Bwani Junction return with their joyful rendition of Paul Simon’s Graceland album.
The king of Celtic ‘ccordion, Sandy Brechin, brings his lightning-fast fingers to the Fringe once again, along with his mad-cap humour, featuring hits from his many albums plus som…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Following his acclaimed reimagining of The Marriage of Figaro at the 2015 International Festival, pioneering Hungarian musician Iván Fischer both conducts and directs his daring p…
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a showcase of the most powerful songs ever written on love and loss, within blues and jazz.
Over two recitals, Stefan Warzycki performs all Chopin’s Op 10 études as recast for the left hand by Leopold Godowsky.
Everyone has secrets.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
A hypnotic, tongue-in-cheek antidote to the glittering circus world.
Hot, new(ish) comedy trio are back in Edinburgh with a playful new sketch show.
Beautiful heart-wrenching songs, lively cello tunes and lots of laughter from Edinburgh’s own bubbly queen of folk Wendy Weatherby and her all-star band, featuring Fiona Cuthill on…
The band feature multi-stringed instrumentalists playing original music and songs in the folk/country rock genre.
The future is brought to you from the past in this musical adaptation of H.
A special stripped-down lineup of The Blueswater play an upbeat swampy set of blues songs decided in advance by fans on social media.
I remember when Doctor Who was a practically forgotten, long cancelled show that was only the domain of nerds (like me).
From Memphis to Folsom Prison to… Glasgow? This unusual story unfolds with the familiar calm bass baritone, crooning Walk the Line.
The key to a happy life is avoiding all forms of useless and unproductive time – Leere Zeit – as propagated by the Institute of Positive Lifestyles.
Six award-winning clowns, characters, and comedians all show off, separately.
It’s been 40 years since NASA sent the Voyager I and II and their Golden Records on their intergalactic journey.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The gameshow where celebrities compete to end world poverty.
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for the first time.
Rock’n’roll in all its facets.
Stuck in a lift, Ruth waits to escape in order to visit her husband who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
Danny McLure goes to Argentina to support Scotland in his country’s 1978 World Cup campaign, but then finds himself at war with the people he has fallen in love with.
We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions.
Chamberlain has been relegated to history as one of life’s wishful thinkers.
The premise of Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable), here performed by Clumsy Bodies Theatre, is truly exciting.
Each evening we welcome a top comedian to perform their full Edinburgh show on board Audrey, the most unique venue at the festival.
From four time Canadian Comedy Award nominee and creator of Fringe Hit ONEymoon (***** Victoria Times Colonist ).
As the friend with whom I went to see the show so emphatically said, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is ‘everything’.
The summer is coming.
This is a very silly comedy about some very serious books (and poems and plays).
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
They say fame is a fickle friend, and the St Andrews Revue have been lonely for years.
Everyone has a crazy family.
All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour.
While the world grips onto its safe space with progressively whitened knuckles, We Are Still All C*nts will be a haven where the left, the right, the old, the young, the rise of fa…
‘This great big, funny, friendly, hairy bear of an Irishman wrapped us in his irresistible mix of spontaneous humour, hilarious storytelling and total irreverence, and it was a s…
This idiot’s back.
Puns.
Offbeat sketchlings Fish Pie! permit you to disregard political satire, a cappella groups and men noticing things then pausing for laughter in favour of compulsory mirth.
Many will be familiar with the big budget movies inspired by the works of HG Wells (The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man) for example, but fewer might have actually read the…
Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast! John Hastings improvises an hour of comedy based on suggestions from the Fringe’s top comedians, his teenage blog, and his friend Paul Stanley H…
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…
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris…
This is the story of how changing the food you eat changes your life.
A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
A daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. One of the best comedy shows at the festival, all for the low, low price of free!
Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others’.
Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes.
Pip Utton is a veteran of the stage, and of the Edinburgh Festival.
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
First Prize winner (Gilded Balloon Sitcom Trials 2016) Kate Bowes Renna brings her new satirical comedy to the fringe.
The set of this play included a fish tank with a small toy fish that swam around in it.
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Amazing tales elegantly told.
The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp…
I’m guilty of being a magic sceptic.
All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music.
Perhaps you’ve heard of The Midnight Beast? Their blend of comic indie-pop-rap began on a humble Youtube channel and moved to Channel Four just a few years later.
Chris Difford is a rare breed.
The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th…
Chris Turner has moved to the good old US of A and he’s back in Edinburgh to tell the festival audiences about it.
In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.
The Mariinsky Ballet opens its London season with the company’s sparkling production of Petipa and Gorsky’s exuberant classic, Don Quixote.
The most fantastic improvised parody in all of space & time is back! Brand new episodes of Doctor Who created with your suggestions and a live radiophonic workshop.
Great Scott! Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West bring a magical extravaganza to a millennium near you! Not content with their lot as the nineteenth century’s greatest magic …
Clumsy Bodies presents the UK debut of: Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable) A play by Caridad Svich Inspired by the Euripides text…
Signing their first record deal in 1967, the group (with the late Michael Jackson) made history in 1970 as the first recording act whose first four singles reached No.
Alexander O'Neal, who came to prominence in the late 80s thanks to a string of chart-topping singles including Criticize, If You Were Here Tonight and Never Knew Love Like This…
The UK’s #1 Oasis tribute ‘Definitely Oasis’ perform a one-off unplugged acoustic set of Oasis classics and B-Sides.
The very funny tale of a small dog with big dreams! Biff is not like other dogs.
Following its 2016 sell-out Belgian tour, the SLJO is back with an all-new set featuring tunes from the golden era of Big Band.
Stevenage.
Following the story of ‘The Liar’, a broken down, two-bit mentalist act who has reached the end of his tether and threatens to finish it all.
Summer in the south is aggressively hot and stiflingly humid.
Written by Williams in the period before his death, Fox and Hound take on two of his most difficult one act plays.
Taking a much loved pop culture reference point is always a sure fire way to fill seats.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
Jazz and Poetry Layer Cake A delicious serving of modern original Jazz and poetry created by the award-winning author John Harvey (author of the bestselling Charlie Resnick series…
‘Time Please’ is a darkly-comic play, set in a run-down pub in a deprived neighbourhood.
The latest production by Embolon Theatre, All In is such a hybrid of genres that I am unsure on whether to refer to it as a play, a stand-up comedy show, or a mind-bendin…
“Ingenious and hilarious” (The Guardian).
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the third time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Straight No Chaser Big Band combine with JATS swing dance aces Sam and Gabi for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Italian Photographer Andrea Pucci is based in London and his photographs combine long exposures with accelerating rhythms of bright reflections.
“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
“But.
Inspired by two real stories, the play explores the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families - a journey of love, loss and duty.
It’s the Swinging Sixties.
What happens when your life seems to mirror that of your musical hero? Greg Moncur is convinced his obsession with Johnny Cash is influencing what happens in his life.
Elizabeth of Valois is promised in marriage to Don Carlos of Spain, as part of a peace treaty between the two kingdoms.
Three weddings in three months - every girl’s dream.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
The 19-piece Studio 9 Orchestra pays tribute to the late composer, arranger and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, with an evening of beautiful arrangements written for alarge Jazz ensemble.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
“This parable of limiting life down to human usefulness is as beautiful as it is bleak” (Exeunt).
Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country.
Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band bring their unique family music to Brighton Fringe for the first time.
Everyone has a crazy family.
A tribute to the classic big-band music of Duke Ellington.
8 horns, 2 drummers, scratch-DJ and MC.
The land is sick.
"I used to be scared of them.
All Cried Out is an intimate, interactive immersive encounter.
Live gameshow and comedy night.
ADRIAN SCARBOROUGH AND GAWN GRAINGER JOIN DAVID TENNANT IN D O N J U A N I N S O H O WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PATRICK MARBER STRICTLY LIMITED ELEVEN WEEK RUN Da…
Celebrate the incredible life of the one and only Dame Vera Lynn in this spectacular stage show at The London Palladium.
“Please don’t be charmed, he’s not a lovable rogue.
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…
Mark Gatiss stars in this strictly limited West End transfer of the first major revival of this iconic play in two decades.
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
Invisible Flash Theatre presents Maddy and the Invisible Band of Groovers Full of audience participation and using storytelling, puppetry and songs to celebrate difference and frie…
He takes what he wants, without conscience or care for consequences.
Join us for the legendary gameshow and comedy night. Take part in hilarious challenges to win prizes and enjoy comedy from some of the funniest alternative comedians in the UK.
A new writing night for alternative comedies.
A lack of antibiotics to treat infection could soon bring us to a post-apocalyptic era where people die from minor injuries, or following routine operations.
Peter Rabbit knows very well that he is not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there that his father met his untimely end! But he cannot resist, and after severa…
Returning after a sell-out gig in 2015, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing.
A guitar and organ driven blues trio, the band was formed in 2014 by Dundee-born guitarist Simon Kennedy.
Sell-out show 2015! Award-winning vocalist Ali (Scottish Jazz Awards) is back with a two-hour performance and an all-star band – Graeme Stephen (guitar), Chris Greive (trombone) …
Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding follows on from last year’s warmly received recital marking 40 years of Stockhausen’s Tierkreis, with a programme honouring veteran Hungarian …
One of Scotland’s best-loved troubadours with his hit show, singing some of his favourite songs by the Hillbilly Shakespeare.
Back at the Fringe again for another trip down memory lane.
Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and the Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums, Out of his Box and Out…
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Looking for peace and tranquillity? You are welcome to join us for an hour’s quiet time and enjoy some stillness, scripture, music, poetry and prayer appropriate for the Year of Me…
You’ll Never Get This Time Back is a zany, absurd and irreverent hour of fun that casts a comic eye over the darker regions of the human soul.
Two friends get together to write a comedy musical.
They’re back! For seven nights only, with a selection of hot favourites from over 648 years of song, satire and hilarity.
Married multi-instrumentalists from South Africa: that’s what this folk duo define themselves as and it describes them perfectly.
We’re All Mad in Here follows the story of Alasdair Carroll, a young gay man living in Edinburgh who comes across an elusive drag club called Curious Appetites.
Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise…
The Alex MacDonald Band plays a unique brand of Scottish folk-rock that has been acclaimed in venues large and small across the country.
The Rising: the UK’s number one Springsteen tribute have put on a sell-out Fringe show the last two years.
Steeped in the funk, soul and jazz traditions, The Groove Band have selected some great classic tunes and given them new life, injecting their own brand of groove, infused with exc…
LondonTheatre1 says ★★★★★ “Appropriately camp and stagey, but warm and good-humoured, I would happily sit through all of it again.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join us for a celebration of some of the most beautiful French and English songs of the early 20th Century.
From sets at the Olympic Closing Ceremony and Brit, MOBO and Mercury awards to live sessions on BBC Two, Sky Arts, BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM, from collaborations with the likes of Am…
Award-winning Scottish funk septet Das Contras return to launch their third album.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group.
Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.
DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self.
Set in small, Irish living room - somewhere between cosy and claustrophobic - Three Days’ Time is a thoughtful domestic comedy about weird parents, leaving home and mysteriously …
DBTBS is an engaging and succinct piece on what it’s like inside the mind of a woman on a trading floor.
A tribute to Half Man Half Biscuit’s 30+ years in music.
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.
Join award-winning comedian Des Clarke at the recording of a brand new stand-up TV show featuring the comedy stars of today and tomorrow.
Twentieth anniversary performance of David Benson’s Fringe First Award-winning tour de force, showing Kenneth Williams at his funniest and his most badly behaved.
TV sitcom history was made when Richard Wilson, star of One Foot in the Grave, was the only person to appear in an episode called The Trial.
Here’s what happens in order: A parody of bourgeois conversation by actors in black morphsuits; a light show to the gaiety of the Ode To Joy; unembellished description of said pi…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
The Doctor’s back and combating rogue aliens at the Fringe! Directed by one of the makers of Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes, we take you on a transcendental journey…
Safehouse return to the festival playing their highly acclaimed Allman Brothers set, including classics from the At the Fillmore East album, Whipping Post, In Memory of Elizabeth R…
The boys in maroon are back in town, and this time they have an all-powerful big red button.
‘When it’s working, you won’t even pay attention to the time; there is no time, there is just that win.
What happens when admiration becomes obsession? When Greg Moncur discovers the music of Johnny Cash, he vows to become his biggest fan.
War profiteering veers into a mess of explosive highways and backroom deals in this blues-rock Greek-style tragedy.
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…
Described as Scotland’s ‘very own Tori Amos’ (Sunday Herald) and ‘a heady cocktail of Carole King and Regina Spektor’ (SpiralEarth.
Jim Bayes took his show Pure Jim to Hull and Leicester festivals and following great feedback is now subjecting it to Edinburgh.
The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you.
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Fringe’s best party ever is back! Hot Dub Time Machine returns for its fifth year.
‘Simply outstanding jazz musicianship’ (Turin International Jazz Festival).
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs 12” and 7” singles and a gaggle of 78s.
We miss Robin Williams.
Cinema screening of live performance.
‘We are more than bodies to be fed to a machine.
This is what happens when you ask a four-year-old to name the show while he’s busy playing with an empty yoghurt pot.
Pipe Up Productions are back for another out of this world, Once Upon a.
After his sell-out show at Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly London, Gary celebrates Mathis and his enduring legacy of beautiful music such as Misty, A Certain Smile and When a Child is …
Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
Big and tall sketch friends Fish Finger Fridays bring their anticipated debut to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go? This is a production that doesn’t try to answer any of your questions - or refer to pigeons, for that matter, even as a metaphor, throughout the…
Why do we stop playing? What might make us start again? All those guitars propped up in bedrooms.
Let’s just appreciate that title for a moment.
Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle.
Breathe deeply and appreciate the moment.
Inspired by the power of dreams, mythology and the collective unconscious, Alice uses textures, vivid colours, shapes and symbols to stimulate the senses, both consciously and subc…
Dirty Harry not only has the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of Blondie, but also a lookalike Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
Mavericks: A Sketch Show (of Sorts) is the product of talented comedy duo and Cambridge Footlights members Ruby Keane and Luisa Callander.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Vocal Force is making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonize their way through the past 60 years of chart-topping hits!
The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure.
A three-piece version of award-winning band The Blueswater plays a mix of original songs and arranged covers, with a raucous sound reminiscent of Mississippi Hill Country blues.
After another successful European tour, Frank Sanazi’s comedy-cabaret war machine rolls into Edinburgh, accompanied by his psychopathic daughter Nancy Sanazi, Saddami Davis Jnr, De…
Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable.
The country’s only student-run theatre presents an hour of sketch comedy in the form of Tyrannosaurus Sketch! Featuring six actors fueled mostly by coffee and the desperate need …
In 1930s, post-recession Mississippi, a young woman’s husband returns home following the outbreak of a fire at a nearby cotton gin; suddenly, a huge workload lands right in his l…
Often, first-time Festival goers arriving in Edinburgh can be paralysed by choice as a result of the sheer volume of shows on offer.
All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto.
Minky [mijnki] 1.
Moving and funny, Maria Ferguson’s one-woman show, Fat Girls Don’t Dance, deals with issues relevant to today’s young women.
Beth Vyse’s sassy, leopard print clad alter ego: Olive Hands (Britain’s number 2 in the morning!), daytime TV wannabe resurrects her career on a cruise ship.
Witness the inner workings of the idiot as Omar & Lee invite you on an anarchic voyage through their minds, pushing their sanity and friendship to the limits.
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at this year’s Fringe, Kansas Smitty’s will throw the kind of party they’ve become famous for: the jazz rave.
An episode of Doctor Who improvised before your eyes! From a fantastic team, including five-star directors, producers, actors and comedians, (Nouse, 2015).
Hi, Lee here.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
It’s been a morbid year for ‘the country’s leading musical satirist’ (Times), he’s turned 46 – over the hill by anyone’s standards – his personal life is in turmoil and his chi…
What you see is what you get with Ashley Haden’s notoriously dark humour in this aptly-named free show.
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Publish the blurb verbatim.
Based on a gauge adapted from his previous call-centre telemarketing experience, David O’Doherty rates being a professional stand-up as an eight out of ten, with two points dropp…
Alistair Williams is a bit of a lad.
A selling exhibition of kitchenalia old and new, exploring the culinary traditions of India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
In the future, mimes are no longer physical theatre practitioners and have become the sole operators of the world’s time machines.
Jack Barry has the potential to be an electric comic.
Russian Company Derevo’s Once takes place early in the morning by Fringe standards and many of the audience members at the George Square Theatre might have been wondering whether…
Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches and then each other’s.
‘All hits, no misses: the litany of wit that was Babushka’ ***** (TheTab.
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Sophie Willan is rebellious, defiant and rude.
Being both a chronic worrier and a huge fan of television from the 1990s, I had high hopes for Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka: a one woman show that uses the programme, Challen…
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
With a Cambridge Footlights endorsement on their flyer, this is a group already promising great things to an expectant audience.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Joining the ranks of slightly nerdy comedians who primarily joke about their non-existent sex lives, So You Think You’re Funny finalist Alex Kealy is a safe bet for some well-tho…
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
The woman wants to marry, the man does not.
The reason to go and see Don’t Wake the Damp is simply for the moment after you’ve walked out, sat down with your pint, and think: ‘There’s no way I could’ve predicted an…
In the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, Incognito theatre revives Erich Maria Remarque’s classic tale that exposes the mental and physical strain of trench warfare, All Q…
There’s surely no better sign that mental health issues – and depression in particular – are becoming more openly discussed than for the likes of Colin Hoult to come along an…
Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep…
Attacking her material with a mixture of nervous energy and enthusiasm Juliette Burton launches into her act by describing her difficulties in making decisions, then tracing the bi…
A Moment in Time, new works by Tom White and associates from Clifton Fine Art, Bristol and Chroma, paintings by Jackie Higgs and Alan Chapman and jewellery by Eleanor Symms.
Three giants of sketch comedy come together to preview their EdFringe shows.
The Detectorists’ Paul Casar is Max in this one-man black comedy about the lows of ageing.
The Sketch Men are returning to Manchester with their own particular brand of dry and self-deprecating humour.
A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues.
An insight into the weird worlds of three up-and-coming local comics, with three very distinct voices: Joe Foster, Graeme Collard and Dave Fensome.
Marilyn Carino’s torchy, existential electro-soul has been likened to “Nina Simone coming back from the dead to front Morcheeba”; her latest album, ‘Leaves, Sadness, Science’ deeme…
Our Flower Festival, entitled “LOVE IS .
Award-winning docu-comedian Juliette Burton must make a BIG decision.
Everyone wants their dad to be a hero.
Blue Man Group features three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and …
This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
The acclaimed theatrical phenomenon is Broadway’s Tony®-winning best play.
Launching Edana Minghella’s new album, ‘All or Nothing’, a tribute to Billie Holiday.
Watch a fuzzy gentlemen do his best to convince you that he’s not a brain floating in a jar, whilst working out precisely how humanity has managed to get this far without totally d…
A wonderfully witty look into Britain through the eyes of an Iberian Welshman.
Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations and left a trail of pummeled dance floors across continents.
‘Gods Are Fallen.
The award-winning Irish duo of original soul/jazz/pop are back with their new album ‘The Art of Happy Accidents’.
An adventure set on the high seas that is story-telling at its very finest.
Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for the secrets of time-travel in a rip-roaring comedy adventure.
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
A choir meets to rehearse a song to make things better.
Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle).
Join us on a journey through the magical forest where three fairy tales are imaginatively brought to life.
The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works.
Inspired by a phrase from Virginia Woolf to describe dusk, Owl Time is a gentle production that provides political punch.
During the 2008 Spring Season of “A Play, A Pie and A Pint” at Glasgow’s Òran Mór, writer and director Selma Dimitrijevic presented audiences with a delicate, poignant e…
Take an extraordinary journey in the dark.
Theodora Skipitares’s puppet-filled multimedia investigation of family, creativity and home takes its main inspiration from Luigi Pirandello’s “Six Characters in …
Donizetti’s lighthearted farce stars celebrated debutante soprano Eleonora Buratto, tenor Javier Camarena, a new king of the high Cs, and bass Ambrogio Maestri, the recent and un…
Modern-day deadbeat Simon (Eli Kent) would rather natter to his mum, objectify his girlfriend, and play video-games with a pothead gorilla than think about the recent death of hi…
Keaton Patti hosts this homage to classic stand-up, in which comedians try to “cover” a famous comedy album by performing bits based on the titles of that album…
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
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…
This acclaimed English baritone, accompanied by Susie Allan at the piano, presents Schubert’s “Swan Song” in a recital that weaves in poetry readings by the actre…
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog.
HARLEQUINADE By Terence Rattigan 24 October 2015 - 13 January 2016 In this rarely seen comic gem, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter's Tale and Rom…
This Transport Group production at Abrons Arts Center presents a familiar musical with an unusual cast.
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Christine Bovill has built her reputation on her interpretation of classic 20th century songs.
Join Fife’s biggest, most fabulous big band for a sumptuous afternoon of classic tunes from Count Basie to Maynard Ferguson.
A toe-tapping evening of music from the era when swing was king with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals – everything from Basie to Bublé.
Rock’n’roll spectacle! What are you looking for in an American rock band? Energy? Passion? General shenanigans? TMSB is coming to EdFringe! Guitars, keys, harmonies, drums, bass, a…
The iconic sound of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons recreated in this feel-good concert.
The following is a true story, only the names have been changed to protect the guilty! In the beginning, back in 1955, man didn’t know about a rock’n’roll show, but five guys…
Taking festivals, theatres and rooftops all over the world by storm, Hot Dub Time Machine returns for five nights only, bigger and better than ever! Join DJ Tom Loud on a transcend…
Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years, for another trip down memory lane.
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…
For one night only, Sing in The City’s premier choir The Aw’ Blacks will be performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Beardman production Time At The Bar was written and directed by Kieran Mellish and follows the story of The Duck’s Beak pub, whose future is uncertain.
London’s brass juggernaut makes its Fringe debut for three shows only, fresh from floor-filling gigs across Europe.
Waste of Time takes the audience both back and forwards in time from the grounds of an abandoned scrap heap.
Through a series of surreal, nostalgic and captivating scenarios, the piece draws on personal experiences of the artist Sarah Vaughan-Jones in order to investigate how we measure a…
Welcome to The Bureau, your Political Correctness Guide for the 21st century.
Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook.
Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance.
One man (Ben).
The description of The Amazing Sketch Show states that their sketches are ‘some of the funniest, silliest and zaniest sketches’ to be found at this year’s Fringe.
Squirrel, Panther, Bobs, Pussy and the Lamb were five young men wishing they’d never have to grow up.
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
Sketch comedy is making a comeback! If you’re not brave enough to try stand-up yet, then sketch is the perfect introduction to writing and performing comedy.
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
The renaissance of vinyl continues! Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs and singles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s to the present day.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Celebrity Juice regular and the man who once got pizza delivered to a moving train returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show.
Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%.
Mrs Tobit Tells All – Blazing Grannies return with a classic quest to claim the treasure, defeat the monster, marry the girl, and achieve health and happiness for all, aided by a…
It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort.
Welcome to the Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition to find the very best new sketch performers.
Cutting straight to the chase, Alistair and Edd embark on an hour of joke-telling aimed solely at making you laugh.
Sandy Nelson’s comic play examines the intriguing events of the 2010 Reykjavik Municipal elections, in which comedian and actor, Jon Gnarr, became the Mayor of Iceland’s capital, d…
Wild man of the accordion and front man of Burach and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums Out Of His Box and Out…
Setting the evening’s tone from the outset, the audience take their seats while the actors prep onstage, cycling through an exaggerated array of warmup exercises that any perform…
A sweet, beguiling Shakespearean romance is skilfully reimagined against the backdrop of the Second World War in Youth Action Theatre (YAT)’s appealing production of All’s Well…
Come and join Pam Lawson, a Little Jazz Bird, as she performs her tribute to the amazing partnership of George and Ira Gershwin, with an hour of timeless songs such as Nice Work If…
Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility.
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
Four people are onstage at the start of this play: Sean Campion and Scott Turnbull, the actors playing a mother/daughter pair, and a real-life mother/daughter pair.
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
Full Tilt Janis: The Australian Janis Joplin Tribute Show captures the sound, feel and attitude of the infamous Janis Joplin.
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication.
Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky…
The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band.
The David Latto Band bring their brand of celtic-tinged Americana to AMC@St Bride’s and the Fringe for the first time.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Last show ever – will sell out.
Site specific theatre is a great way to immerse an audience into the world that the piece creates.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why.
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of Blondie but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
There’s niche and then there’s the niche of the niche.
This acclaimed big band return to the Fringe for the third time, having previously sold out.
A fast-paced, irreverent, comedy sketch show from the worryingly funny doctors of tomorrow.
This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play.
As you walked by that parked car, have you ever wondered just what were the two people inside talking about? What do you imagine they might be telling each other? Random Acts bring…
More and more people don’t want children.
‘The epitome of bizarre hilarity and joyous absurdity’ ***** (Tab.
St Patrick’s parishioners invite you to spend some time reflecting on the mysteries of Christian faith, and so be renewed in body and soul for our day to day activities in this wor…
‘He had fallen into the hands of death.
Time is the only thing we can’t control, but this is my time so it can be whatever I desire. The 229 is never on time … and there’s nothing worse than being late right?
Join CSWO as they celebrate their 20th anniversary of music making in the East Midlands.
I wouldn’t normally mention a show’s venue in a comedy review, but David Mills is performing in a gorgeous space in the Voodoo Rooms.
Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, …
A probably funny show featuring more than one sketch.
Dutch worship collective, The Psalm Project, famed for their powerful contemporary reworking of the Genevan Psalter, are joined by Scottish band, Satellite, for this worship gig ro…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Happy-go-lucky nihilism from a man in a powder blue suit. ‘Many moments of absolute brilliance’ (Scotsman). As heard on Josie Long’s Lost Treasures podcast.
A series of comedy sketches performed by a talented all-female cast from St Mary’s Calne Senior School.
A brand new Once Upon A… adventure where anything can happen.
Join CSWO as they celebrate their 20th anniversary of music making in the East Midlands.
Irish comic and professional procrastinator Matthew Collins (BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions) brings his Favourite Waste of Time back to the Fringe.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
Irish comic and professional procrastinator Matthew Collins (BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions) brings his Favourite Waste of Time back to the Fringe.
When the sun is shining on a windowed room, it can be hard to tell if the lights are on inside.
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen.
Recommended by LondonIsFunny.
Susie is desperate to get married.
No, this show is not about a Cher impersonator, nor is it an ABBA or Take That tribute band.
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
Learning difficulties, the truth in conspiracy theories and politics are the topics of a brave stand up.
In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl…
Following sell-out performances in 2014, UCL Graters, University College London’s award-winning comedy group, returns to the Fringe with a fresh hour of sketches.
According to Baudelaire, the greatest trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist.
International Comedian and British job thief Dana Alexander is back with her fourth Edinburgh Show.
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under …
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
It’s comedy set swapping live! The show where comedians perform their own jokes, then each other’s.
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare.
Teachers said Eleanor was clever.
**** (Nouse.
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
Storytelling as you’ve never seen it! Join in with Meg Harper’s unique stories! Maybe you’ll be a princess, maybe you’ll be a frog, maybe you’ll even be a giant head louse! Fresh s…
Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%.
Join the Observer’s 2015 rising star and winner of the 2013 Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer for an hour of the finest pop culture inspired songs and stand-up.
The main thing that you need to know about this show is that something about it is absolutely and completely unexpected.
A comedian came to Edinburgh from Japan, the country worst at speaking English! After miscommunication, cultural friction, struggle with an immigration officer, a disastrous first …
Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland.
This sketch show offers an hour of clean-cut and well-rehearsed comedy.
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…
We are welcomed into the Stand 2 by a red-headed young woman in the guise of an older man.
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
One-man sketch show Will Franken serves up another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness.
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have subverted the original performance conditions of Shakespeare’s plays, which were all-male productions, and have tackled his bloodiest tragedy, Titus A…
We’ve all got ‘em: struggles, self-orchestrated pitfalls, flat tyres, ball cancer… Un/fortunately we can’t all make a living droning on about them to room full (dreamer) of peopl…
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
The show you’ve been waiting for! One man fights his involuntary mechanism for telling jokes at the worst times possible and tells them during this show which is the best time poss…
This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty.
If you think that swashbuckling adventures are only for children, think again.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
What would the word be like if homosexuality was the norm? Zanna Don’t is here to answer that question and bleed the concept dry, long after the amusement has left the building.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
Teachers said Eleanor was clever.
(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…
One last chance this season to polish up our dance floor, Northern Soul dancing for the first time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Inspired by two real stories, this new play explores the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families with great insight, sensitivity and humour.
Work in progress.
Soak up the swing.
Join us in the magical forest where three fairy tales are imaginatively brought to life.
For everyone who wants to find out anything about end of life, death and bereavement.
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…
For The Record is a touring installation / exhibition of 7 inch record cover artwork.
Delve into the world of a depressed bulimic, it might surprise you.
2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Liam Williams follows his widely-acclaimed debut with a show about money.
Free stand-up comedy: Focus people! David Mills is back with brand new razor sharp rants, cocktail swagger and a biting, acerbic wit.
All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships.
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…
Alex Eberhard presents a sublime 10-piece electric orchestra.
Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain, José is the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s Carmen.
A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue.
Though the music is catchy, the band is terrific, and the cast is strong, this jazz musical by Nancy Harrow and Will Pomerantz hasn’t reconciled its improbable source materia…
Jess Burkle’s larkish, winking new adaptation, directed by Hal Brooks, reframes Molière’s play in modern, colloquial language but succeeds only intermittently in t…
An absolutely wonderful exhibition presented by Ink_d Gallery, on North Road, of Graham Carter’s “Alphamals” is family friendly and a highlight of this Fringe’s visual ar…
Mozart’s dark comedy follows the fiery final days of the sociopathic nobleman hell-bent on seducing every woman in Europe.
In time for May flowers, the Mark Morris Dance Group presents the New York premiere of “Spring, Spring, Spring,” a meditation on “The Rite of Spring,” with …
Mr.
The Metropolitan Opera assembles a powerhouse cast in this revival of Nicholas Hytner’s lurid but taut production of Verdi’s masterpiece.
The annual Harkness Dance Festival continues with this percussively adventurous troupe led by David Parker.
Into the Metropolitan Opera’s dull production of Mozart’s classic, originally directed by Michael Grandage, steps a cast led by the conductor Alan Gilbert, making the t…
Hooray for all Kind of Things tells the true story of Icelandic stand-up comedian Jòn Gnarr’s decision to run for office in the Reykjavík mayoral elections of 2010.
As an ongoing celebration of –and opportunity for –new playwriting talent, A Play, a Pie and a Pint – originated at the Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End – has decided to m…
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…
Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show.
A longtime writer for Conan O’Brien’s late-night show, Mr.
(previews start on Sept.
The superb organist Paul Jacobs won acclaim early on when in 2000, at 23, he played the complete organ works of Bach in a marathon to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the compose…
Five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: the real story behind his infamous origins.
Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na…
Ms. Esposito, host of the podcast “Put Your Hands Together,” celebrates the release of her new album, “Same Sex Symbol,” with a night of stand-up.
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the front man in the Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated solo songwriter and performer.
Come and join us for a show of classic big band music played by this popular band.
The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen are a dynamic seven-piece band of experienced musicians who bring the energy and enthusiasm of the E Street Band to every gig.
Alison Jackson has made a name for herself creating fake behind-the-scenes photographs and videos of celebrities with look-alike models.
Case Number, from young London-based theatre company Tea and Toast productions, seeks to raise awareness about the shockingly low number of rapists that are convicted through the…
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up.
Tonally and thematically, Can Stand Up - Don’t Want To! is all over the place.
Nightpiece Film Festival is attempting to do something quite lovely.
I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea…
The Age We Are is a young company bringing their first production, Inevitable, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition for sketch and character performers.
What happens when you make the Fringe’s best sketch groups of the last decade trade a member for one show? This.
Latymer Theatre Company’s Flight of the Lawnchair Man is the sweet tale of an average man who dreams of something more.
Japanese pianist Waka Hasegawa performs widely in concert and on radio, both as a soloist and in a duo partnership, in Europe, USA and Japan.
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
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.
Two comedians with quite different styles split an hour to give you a quick shot of what they are all about.
Todoandahooha’s Telling Tales is a series of 21st century morality plays commenting on and critiquing the contemporary world.
Come and enjoy a relaxing lunchtime recital of a selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, polonaises, waltzes, scherzos and other works by Poland’s most famous romantic compos…
One of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music.
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
With Fringe sell-out show awards and an appearance in the Guinness Book of Records to their name, Jon Ritchie’s Swing Sensation Big Band makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fri…
Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi-award-winning musician and comedian, transcends mere mimicry to produce studio…
Direct from Melbourne, Australia, The Perch Creek Family Jugband are a band of five energetic multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, four of whom happen to be siblings.
Feral is a beautifully imagined production which uses puppetry, film, cartoons and projection to tell the sad story of a lovely seaside town descending into anarchy.
Good Timin’ is Ian Mclaughlin’s personal story about his search to find a connection with his long-lost father.
The ordinary, daily drama of being in a relationship is the subject of short Canadian production, Post-its (Notes on a Marriage).
“I wasn’t cut out to be cursed,” Jill tells us at the start of The Box.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie with the stunning looks and sound of Sarah as the sensual Debbie Harry, backed by some of Scotland’s finest musicians.
Star of Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Kerry recently appeared as Hannah in Ricky Gervais’ sitcom Derek and played Lacey Turner’s mum in Our Girl.
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
We are BEDS; a university theatre society from Bangor, North Wales, performing a devised adaptation of Don Quixote.
Pam didn’t get the chance to sing all of her favourite songs last year and returns with her tribute to the genius of Cole Porter.
Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums Out of His Box and Out …
Have you seen our sketches? They’re missing, armed and presumed hilarious.
A misfit with a dangerous grudge.
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…
The Fairytale Kingdom’s in chaos! The Narrator’s been kidnapped! No one knows what to do! How can our story go on without him? But all is not lost! Might young Prince Charlie C…
“Happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” wrote Tolstoy.
Internationally acclaimed New York singer returns to the Fringe with her new retro show, celebrating all-girl groups from Connie Francis and Lesley Gore to Brenda Lee and the Supre…
The lights go down and, from out of the dark, a sound comes.
Alex Rossi and friends roll a mash-up of traditional blues, the swagger of hip-hop and the high energy of rock’n’roll into three funky hours of music. Special Fringe guests!
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Collectors and discerning listeners have long realised the unique quality of music recorded on vinyl; the sleeve, the art, and yes, even the hisses, crackles and pops.
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
MacFloyd return to The Brunton with a new show looking back over the career of Pink Floyd.
Since they started in late 2013, Dallahan have exploded onto the traditional music scene.
Sumptuously celebrating the golden age of shipboard romance, while forging full steam into the future, Scotland’s premier swing sensation The Loveboat Big Band invite you aboard …
Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns with its ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Biding Time (Remix) holds some interesting ideas and memorable visuals, but it’s often hard to decipher what the aim of the company’s design and concept really is.
A Moment in Time is an immersive piece of theatre, which explores our relationship with the word investment, both from an audience and performer perspective whilst remaining at its…
You’ll have to excuse me for saying this, but Every Brilliant Thing is, quite simply, brilliant.
A beautifully ragged caravan hung with various bits and bobs sits in a corner of the stage.
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better.
Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains.
Jason Patterson in All About The Pattersons! Jason entertains us with affable tales of growing up in a house and moving to a rough council estate, having a popular older brother, h…
The Idle Playthings present Ctrl-Alt-Sketch, a musical sketch show.
Have you been mis-sold PPI? Me neither.
Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe…
Pippa Evans has something of the music hall about her - and thankfully, by that I don’t mean dubious mother-in-law jokes and a touch of old fashioned racism.
Join comedian and activist Chris Coltrane for an hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing political comedy! The world is corrupt, politicians are garbage, but we are awesome! Let Coltrane …
A celebration of human flaws.
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
There are some great moments in Gary from Leeds’ surreal one-man spoken word show, Yeti.
Having written for BBC Radio 4, NewsRevue and the award-winning TinCanPodcast, Mike takes on the baffling history of the Westminster parliament with wit, rage and twisted logic, ju…
The world’s first time travelling dance party is back, bigger than ever, and still powered by your dancing.
This story concerns two workers at a coffee factory, their profit-focused/self-regarding employer, and the struggle for beauty or joy or play in an everyday life that has lost its …
Multimedia theatrical comedy that spans millennia.
Occasionally the odd masterpiece arrives at the Free Fringe; such is the case with this gloriously atmospheric fantasy adventure tale.
This is just what you want from an evening of student stand up.
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams is an enjoyable hour of theatre that is occasionally funny and often moving, with plenty of eccentricity to keep things interesting.
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland, by theatre company Ridiculusmus, is about the creation of an experience.
It’s called, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ but this isn’t the production you remember from your childhood.
How many kilos of flour does it take to tell a good story? In the case of Heather Lai, over fifty during the course of her Fringe run and every gramme is put to excellent use.
If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you.
Its the worst thing you can do at work, but we all do it, clock watch.
From the tropical rainforests of Cornwall come 10(ish) virile and sexually exhilarating students from Falmouth and Exeter University and their pet giant.
Pipe Up Productions returns with an all new adventure where anything can happen.
The ubermeister of dark comedy cabaret’s war machine rolls into Edinburgh.
David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’.
Tamar Broadbent’s All by my Selfie seamlessly combines quick wit with a beautiful voice.
At the beginning of this bizarre show, we are told by comic duo Matt Francis and Russ Haynes that over the course of the performance we would do two things as an audience.
“This is a difficult story to tell,” performer Katherina Radeva warns us in Bulgarian through her translator and fellow performer, Alister Lownie, at the start of Near Gone.
How to put on an adaptation of the immortal Spanish classic in sixty minutes while doing it justice? Stephen Harper, MercE Ribot, and Patricia Rodriguez select some of the most fam…
What would life be like if you could plan every detail ahead of time and guarantee your happiness? Such certainty of outcome is surely something that everyone has wished for at s…
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
Please Don’t Cry (At My Funeral) isn’t exactly the show advertised.
Sometimes from great tragedy comes dazzling entertainment.
Irish comedian and computer nerd Matthew Collins, Puzzled 2013, **** (ThreeWeeks) and BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions, returns with a handpicked selection of comedy pals.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
Most of us don’t think too hard about what we post online.
Rachel Fairburn is melancholy, she can’t help it.
Some Fringe clichés exist for a reason.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
Sarah Callaghan wants to tell us a secret in her first one hour Fringe show.
Adapted from the popular children’s book of the same name, Big Red Bath is Full House’s offering for younger children at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe (The Snow Dog is their show f…
‘I see life as basically tragic and futile and the only thing that matters in life is making little jokes,’ wrote Edward Lear, a Victorian best known for his nonsense poetry an…
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
Anyone might be forgiven for apprehension about a literary sketch show.
Self-proclaimed adversity avoidance advocate Paul Swoops links together a show that manages to trap members of The Tourists in a surreal sketch landscape of their own devising.
Sketch Bingo is an energetic, interactive, competitive sketch show and it’s a wild, wacky game show.
Jenny moved from the Welsh mountains to the Big Smoke in 2010 and has since embarked upon a career in stand-up comedy.
There Has Possibly Been an Incident by Chris Thorpe was a critically acclaimed success at the Fringe in 2013.
Their explosive opening truly astounded the crowd, as a seven-piece live funk band and four homegrown Minneapolis hoofers hit the stage.
In 1914 George joined the war.
Two Soviet cosmonauts orbiting the earth they left behind twelve years earlier.
In this era of electronic messaging devices, where nothing texted or emailed seems personal, permanent or important, there is something romantic about a tangible, hand-written le…
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
Liam Williams’s latest show is hard to pin down.
Inviting us into an office adorned with a giant map of Australia and piles of unfinished scripts and screenplays, Clare Pickering embarks on the energetic and meandering story of h…
Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed.
Ali James, George Kemp and John Oakes comprise Giraffe, a hysterical sketch comedy trio bent on filling an hour of your lives with their own brand of hilarious original comedy.
In Mitch Benn: Don’t Believe a Word, the musical satirist attempts to explain why we should all put our faith in science over religion and superstition.
Comedians can be a cynical bunch.
Silky is tall, with kind eyes that seem to have the power of x-ray vision.
Gregory Akerman explores the history of war to find out once and for all if it’s good for absolutely nothing or good for very little, however there are a couple of exceptions.
A stand-up comedian arrived in Edinburgh from Japan, the country worst at speaking English! After miscommunication, cultural friction, struggles with an immigration officer, a disa…
The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her.
Get down to The Stand for a brand-new psychological, philosophical and largely nonsensical comedy panel show.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day.
Total sell-out 2012 and 2013.
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
A Mary Poppins bag of hilarious characters from a misunderstood Rumplestiltskin, to a yoga instructor who can’t stand the sound of breathing.
The unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper has provided constant fascination for people around the world ever since the grisly murders were committed.
You don’t expect adults to be as excited as the children when waiting to see a kids show at the fringe.
Seriously.
How Chelsea overcame a supportive middle class upbringing becoming the disturbed woman she is today! A Canadian Comedy Award winner (Best Solo Show), Chelsea sings sweet songs with…
Despite his onstage charm, Marlon Davis could have done more to cover up for a set that contained predominantly weak material.
In a world where ‘fat’ is a dirty word, Chewing the Fat, created by performance artist Selina Thompson, sets out to have an open and honest conversation about it.
In 1940, the British strategically invaded neutral Iceland in a preemptive move to prevent a German invasion.
One of a stampede of comedians making the London-Edinburgh journey for the festival, Feilder knows his Fringe conventions well and isn’t afraid to use them to meta-comic effect.
Familia de la Noche take the story of Pinocchio and turn it on its head, with the former puppet boy as the titular “greatest liar in the world.
Lee Griffiths: Post-Traumatic Sketch Disorder lays out the comic’s psyche by following Freud (just about) through funny family hang-ups by way of kid’s books, cock lengths and cr…
Through the 60’s and 70’s BBC television went through a golden period for producing some of the best situation comedy, amongst which was the great Dad’s Army.
Saucy hostesses Hope and Gloria are back with Titty Bar Ha Ha: Hard Time, following on from their show at last year’s Fringe.
A Moment in Time is an immersive piece of theatre, which explores our relationship with the word investment, both from an audience and performer perspective whilst remaining at its…
Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation…
Alhambra Theatre: 28th Jun 7pm.
There may be questions surrounding his historical accuracy, but there can be no denying that Shakespeare’s Richard III is one of the most fascinating and entertaining of Englis…
Dave Hill and his band Valley Lodge host this impressive lineup of comedy and music, with performances from David Cross, Juliana Hatfield, Michael Che, Jean Grae, Kate Berlant, Mar…
Great Scott! Victorian magic duo Morgan & West travel 100 years into the future presenting baffling magic, unparalleled precognitive powers and a totally genuine ability to travel …
The host of the excellent Williamsburg show “Big Terrific,” Mr. Silverstri celebrates his new stand-up album, “King Piglet.”
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
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…
A touching one woman show about Piaf’s life, loves & loss.
Metro Chamber Orchestra presents the American premiere of Nancy Van de Vate’s 1 “All Quiet on the Western Front,” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel.
Ever get the feeling you were born in the wrong time? Justin Panks does, a lot.
Join John McDonnell MP, Mark Serwotka (PCS), Maria Exall (CWU) & Janine Booth (RMT) to discuss if we should stop outsourcing public services, bring council services back inhouse, a…
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
A Beautiful Day in November on The Banks of The Greatest of The Great Lakes (written by Kate Benson, directed by Lee Sunday Evans) is one of three world premieres in rep at The N…
Edana Minghella, one of Brighton’s best loved jazz vocalists, plays tribute to the queen of jazz, Billie Holiday, in this special show.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A dark, atmospheric production by A Band Called Quinn & Ben Harrison.
‘Space and Time’ is an exhibition of unexpected landscape photographs.
Hear the thrilling big band sound of 18-piece jazz ensemble Straight No Chaser as they perform original music from their latest CD: Navigation alongside a new piece commissioned fo…
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp host this night of music and comedy with performances from Sasheer Zamata, Eliot Glazer, Justin Sayre and Jason Michael Snow.
So, Foil, Arms and Hog are my new favourite people.
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.
“Music at the Heart of the City”.
Sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4) return with brand-new sketches and old favourites in a fun-packed hour of comedy.
May 1914.
‘Time = Money’ is a 1-2-1 participative poetry performance art event which explores the notion of the relative exchange values of time, money and poetry.
The gift of being simple has rarely been associated with the mind-bending, technology-scrambling Wooster Group.
The early nineties is a period that doesn’t often get a lot of attention.
Based on the much-loved Oscar-winning film, Once is an extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music.
Finian’s Rainbow tells the story of Irish immigrant, Finian McLonergin, and his daughter, Sharon and their adventures in the fictional American town of Rainbow Valley, Missitu…
All That Jazz.
What keeps a couple together and what breaks them apart are two questions endlessly revisited by artists.
This drama by Beau Willimon, the man behind the Netflix series “House of Cards,” begins with two guys in an office, exchanging unremarkable banter until it becomes evid…
The hue of blue is immediately recognizable, as are the characters, thanks to the ubiquity that comes with commercials, Jay Leno and the like.
As a relative ‘newbie’ to London, I often find myself lost, confused and wandering the city’s streets hopelessly.
Bryan Cranston makes a commanding Broadway debut as Lyndon B.
Tony Law presents a deeply hidden, powerfully meaningful show for night-time freaks.
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
Big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing.
The Rising: a dynamic group of talented musicians who play tribute to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band. An absolute must for fans of the Boss.
A real treat of 60s and 70s psychedelia, progressive rock with some of Pink Floyd’s greatest tracks including all of The Dark Side of the Moon supported by stunning lights and lase…
Probably the most famous British gardener around (not wishing to offend Alan Titchmarsh), Monty Don presents an hour of spoken word in which he tells the stories of his own persona…
A reliable vein of new talent since its inception in 1988, the So You Think You’re Funny? comedy awards have provided a steady stream of ingenious new acts.
If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed.
The music of Cole Porter has always had a kind of mutability and magic to it.
Accompanied by Rona Wilkie (fiddle), Marit Fält (Låtmandola), Kirsty brings Scots traditional material to life and performs her own thought-provoking songs.
A new commission by American avant-garde composer Jim O’Rourke for the internationally-acclaimed Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra incorporating improvised music, instructions on Jap…
Author Robert Fulghum lists lessons learned in kindergarten and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same rules as children.
Allow this exciting sketch troupe to take you for a spin through a random roulette of manic sketches, including celeb comedians, a singing prime minister and an outrageous chat sho…
Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human.
Nuala Kennedy has a beautiful lilting voice that suits her ‘cheerful-sounding murder ballad’ songs perfectly.
Antonio Forcione returns with his dynamic quartet, taking a journey into his biggest hits.
We won’t swear to it, but you can believe we’d like this production to be the most brilliant and discreet piece of theatre imaginable… An exploration of Cervantes’ novel, combi…
The mouth of a million sounds BeardyMan brings his beatboxing brilliance to Edinburgh with an extremely ambitious new project.
The Stephen Gordon Group is a progressive jazz band from the US, dedicated to keeping the legacy of jazz alive and evoking new soundscapes in the genre.
Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert.
Bobby Bulloch takes us through his journey to parenthood in a one man show set in a living room written by Elizabeth R Davidson.
That simple word opens up many possibilities throughout your solo journey through You Once Said Yes.
First performed in 1700, William Congreve’s quintessential Restoration Comedy has an appeal which defies the sillier conventions of its genre.
Frontman and songwriter Sandy Brechin played traditional accordion from his albums ‘Out of his Head’ and ‘Out of his Tree’, with backing from cajon, guitar, bass guitar, an…
Top hats off to Theatre Paradok for bringing something so unashamedly different to the Fringe.
A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t…
In 1853, art critic John Ruskin caused a stir in polite society with a series of Edinburgh lectures lambasting the city’s architectural pretensions.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Fringe First-winning one on one experience unfolds with you at the heart of it.
Will is about to become the youngest coach driver in the UK to reach 1 million miles of service.
Wild man of the accordion, Sandy Brechin, plays fast and funky sets from his albums Out of His Box and Out of His Tree, accompanied by bass, guitar and percussion.
Z Theatre Company consists of a bunch of likeable first year drama students from Hull University.
Hanging Bruce-Howard is a good old-fashioned piece of farce.
Organs.
Kiss of the Red Menace is a well-compiled cabaret with great promise, but which, due to poor singing technique and awkward performance, contains very little razzle dazzle.
Cabaret, Chicago and more.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
The renaissance of vinyl continues! This year’s event contains an even greater selection of collectible LPs and singles.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs and singles from the 50s to present day.
The créme de la créme of sketch comedy acts are coming together for a one-off sketch comedy extravaganza.
Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group.
It was wonderfully refreshing to come upon something on the Fringe that, by its very nature, had blown the one hour slot to smithereens; further, that tapped into a reserve of fun …
Rough Magic is essentially pantomime for the Marvel Comics generation, a light-hearted urban fantasy which feels a bit like a pilot for a wacky teen series.
Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business.
The Water Reflection Dance Ensemble delivers a very strong performance that’s extremely visually pleasing.
The Blues Band are acknowledged throughout the world as being the finest and most entertaining purveyors of rhythm and blues.
Take one confused accountant.
Best of Fest presents five acts (and one emcee) crowned with four-or five-star reviews by the Scotsman newspaper.
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
How much do you know about the history of the Traverse Theatre? If the answer is ‘very little’, don’t expect to leave enlightened.
As a result of a complicated birth, journalist Rahila Gupta’s son developed cerebral palsy.
Marty Ross drags Edgar Allan Poe into a Glaswegian alley, knifes him in the back and shakes him down for drug money.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Everyone knows Penelope.
Campaigning MP Tom Watson talks about taking on the Murdochs and the all-powerful, corrupt media.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Luke Toulson is very ambivalent about his children.
Watching this show is like experiencing fallout from an imagination bomb.
Dazzlingly versatile, All That Malarkey’s repertoire spans operatic classics to R&B, musical theatre to cheesy pop, jazz standards to their own original material and much more! A…
It’s the worst kept secret at this year’s Fringe that the UK debut of little-known alternative 80s comedian Baconface is in fact enormously well-known alternative comedian Stew…
Ellie and Oscar want to show you themselves this year.
The Edinburgh Revue are an energetic bunch, never more so than during this show’s opening sketch, a whirlwind rendition of the history of Edinburgh from dinosaurs through William W…
Paul F Taylor is like a puppy: he has very fluffy hair, oodles of energy and even when he slips up, we still like him.
“In Da Club came out in 2003, not 2005!” I found myself shouting across the dance floor at around half past two this morning.
One of the saddest things you can see at the Fringe is a good act being ignored.
It was with boundless energy that the five-strong Revue troupe leaped onstage and it seemed that this was an energy which would not dwindle - even as the quality of the proceeding …
Life-long coward, Sarah Hendrickx, travels back in time to her past in a bid to become brave and fearless.
What happens to the innocent when a war is lost? Troy has fallen, the wooden horse has unleashed its deadly cargo, the men lie slaughtered and the Greek army stands triumphant.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Popular culture often gets derided by critics because, unlike many of the so-called ‘great’ works of art (you know, the ones that allegedly make you look good when ‘appreciat…
The title of the show, Flyerman 2: This Time it’s Funny is perhaps a little misleading.
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
The tigers, lions and elephants that strut their stuff in The Nomad’s Tent are a harmless lot – their ferocity having been harnessed for decorative ends and their forms playful…
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor.
The real star of this show sits outside throughout the performance.
In 1893 the Irish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair, a notable adherent of the Arts and Crafts movement, was asked to decorate the Catholic Apostolic Church on Mansfield Place.
Constituting this exhibition of work by Edinburgh printmakers are a handful of understated prints hung up two flights of stairs at the Royal Over-Seas League.
If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers.
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
Alistair Greaves ‘moments of comedy genius’ (Skinny) and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips.
Ruby Heart Entertainment presents an all-star diva tribute show each night of the week, including world famous divas Adele, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga and Jessie J.
Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems.
Print is one of the most consumer-friendly art mediums around and this little display proves no exception.
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
The best allegories can stand on their own two feet.
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have put together a production of Titus Andronicus that rather beautifully captures the double-edged nature of George Peele and William Shakespeare’s play …
The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio.
Life is a lottery.
Fans of Wedekind’s taboo-breaking original or its cult teen-rock musical spawn beware: this adaptation is never quite as wryly funny or as heart-wrenching.
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.
Apparently there’s a fine line between desire and cannibalism.
On a technical level, Teresa Cálem’s portraits are very good.
When you only have forty or so words to play with in the Fringe programme, be careful not to waste them.
Foil, Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy trio who combine innovative ideas with silliness and boyish charm.
John Williams isn’t just a comedian.
It’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, except there are four of them and they have been abandoned by their actor, Richard, who spends most of the play as a cardboard cut-out…
The first few minutes of High Plains was like being cornered after last orders by a sad-eyed drunk intent on regaling me with a digression about his life.
The ‘office comedy’: mastered in ‘The Office’ and storming the Fringe this year in Blam!; here that well-loved genre takes on a new guise in the first theatre adaptation of Danish …
Been to a load of shows already? Tired of sitting back as the passive audience member? Want to have your say? Then Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent is for you.
They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men.
When a production’s most memorable aspect is the costuming, you know you have a weak show on your hands.
The Wee Room is a rather hot and sweaty venue, perfect for Bath Time; Ruaraidh Murray’s one man show is intense, febrile and gritty.
Often the sexiest stories are ones you don’t quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet girls of Sugar & Vice for songs, stories and laughs. From the writer/cast of Princess Cabaret.
A shoal of fish are suspended in a synchronised leap.
Gary Delaney gets straight to the point of this one-man performance, declaring ‘I’ve just written some new jokes - this isn’t a ‘my dad’s dead’ kind of show.
At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h…
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
Comedy troupe GibbensMagnusJones’ YouTube mockumentary Don’t Drop The Egg, following the lives of three members of the fictional Clapham Falcons RFC, provided an effective and …
Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy.
Gavin Webster is on a mission.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life.
Dan Nightingale wants us to like him.
Mat Ewins is a passionate fan of history and of stand-up comedy, so quite naturally he brings his ardour and insider knowledge of both to create a show that is clever, silly and br…
From the moment this quirky Cornish duo burst onto set with an eclectic combination of 80s-style electronic music and energetic moves, you know you’re in for something a little d…
As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends.
My favourite part of the Fringe is getting the chance to find that one unexpected show which really blows you away.
Poor Cause.
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
Don’t come for the breakfast.
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
The Austrian artist Franz West, who died last year, was eager to form partnerships with his contemporaries.
The only ‘books’ in Ilana Halperin’s library are samples of glittering mica - so called by geologists because their flaking layers resemble the pages of a manuscript.
Goya, Dürer, Delacroix and Blake are amongst the artists tantalizing their viewers with dark fantasies of Medusas, soothsayers, satanists and Jezebels at Scotland’s National Gal…
Previous visitors to the Scottish National Gallery will be familiar with Frederic Church’s Niagara Falls from the American Side, the only major work by this American artist featu…
This gentle, Tony-winning musical, set in Dublin, about a love affair that never quite happens — based on the 2006 movie — inventively use…
Tonight was an evening of two plays, one short, one less short, but the action started before the audience were seated with characters roaming into the foyer.
Given that the original award-winning novel by Mark Haddon is told from the very singular, focused perspective of a 15-year-old boy on the autistic spectrum, it’s surprising that…
Andy Day, of Cbeebies fame, and Mike James deserve a standing ovation for their efforts to save parents from having to entertain their children on a rainy Sunday morning in Edinbur…
From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.
In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated.
I was thrilled to experience a piece of theatre performed in its traditional style but with a fair number of contemporary tweaks to keep the audience on its toes.
Ged Manns apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful.
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties.
Zipping through all of Greek mythology in an hour and a half is quite a lot of fun when it is presented by a company of student actors who tackle the task with enthusiasm; it is ra…
Hello Sailor.
Betrayal of Penguins got some rave reviews for their Fringe appearance last year, so I was looking forward to seeing what was being presented this time.
I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them, is a great way to introduce a song.
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Irish trio Foil, Arms and Hog, or Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan to their parents, barely leave the stage for the duration of this dizzying hour of sketch comedy.
This is a sketch show occupying a very special niche in the imagination of the Fringe.
Multiple acts collide in a variety show that combines some of the top names in sketch comedy.
I approached “Big Boys Don’t Dance” with trepidation.
Covering a range of singer/songwriter greats, Juliet Nisbet and Bruce Birrell, collectively known as Spirit of Love, take us on a musical journey across Scotland, Ireland, France a…
Looking for emotional charge? If so, this new musical blows everything else out of the water.
For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life.
In an unspecified location, a group of society’s elite mix and mingle discussing everything and nothing.
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…
In this one-off show, Andi Neate’s band was small and intimate.
Diane Spencer or ‘Lady Di’ as she is sometimes known, bounces onto stage.
Visiting Time opens dramatically in a hospital room.
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
‘You’ve come on a weird night.
About a decade ago there was a renewed interest in Schillers work.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S…
One joke drawn out for an hour by adding lame gags and consciously clever word play.
Lashmela might sound like any ordinary girl.
Marga Gomez is one quirky lady.
Reminiscent of a Rihanna concert, the Tiffin Swing Band starts their set late.
All In The Timing is a collection of one act plays by David Ives, each lasting around ten minutes.
Stand-up works best in a small space.
I love Ontoerend Goed; whether it’s their audience-dividing masterpiece that was Audience last year or something life changing and unique like A Game Of You, I have been a massiv…
As Piers Fawcett lies ill in hospital suffering from AIDS, he receives a visit from his best friend Tom.
Sketch You Up! is a brand new sketch show written by Dan Robinson.
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…
Him and Me’s circus of estranged acts consists mainly of them with the occasional homemade video thrown in for good measure.
A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour.
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be.
‘Improv Comedy’, for a genre whose very definition implies limitless scope, seems to be becoming an increasingly tired medium.
As the press pack informs us Mary OMalleys Once a Catholic is a comedy centering around the lives of three Marys (Mooney, McGinty and Gallagher) at a convent school in North Lo…
Comic and self-confessed ‘try-too-hard’ Gráinne Maguire visits Edinburgh this year with her latest show Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better…
Young, blonde, tall and attractive Ed Gamble and Hagrid-lookalike Ray Peacock at first glance seem an unlikely pair.
‘An oasis in the Fringe… with bagpipes’ is how piper and most talkative Battlefield Band member Alasdair White described their show.
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
Make sure you are on time for this show: youll get enough exercise during this hour-long musical romp without sprinting down Nicholson Street beforehand.
Andrew Lawrence is a young, talented stand-up comedian who has already had two successive if.
An evening of music, song and dance from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance period is probably unlikely to set the pulse racing for most and yet while not exhilarating, the e…
It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh.
Sugar & Vice are Courtney Powell and Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who get up on stage and bare all.
Henry Adam’s Petrol Jesus Nightmare is set in a military hideout against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
A sterling selection of inspired nonsense.
Musical comedy is a risky business.
Pam Lawson has a crush.
26-song set divided into two parts in the tall St Cuthbert’s church (which included tea and biscuits at the interval) provided a nostalgic throwback to the 1920s, 30s and early …
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
An amnesiac is being interrogated.
The Oxford Belles are a small set of seven, performing upon a dauntingly massive black stage but as soon as they burst into song they fill the entire space with life.
In his first solo show up in Edinburgh Stefan Golaszewski has provided us with a witty and sophisticated look at his 18 year old self in the throws of his first love.
In a “botched attempt” to entertain his audience before the show two things became apparent: Ivo Graham is hilariously charming and if Liam Williams could match his calibre of …
A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That by Adam Brace is the best piece of new writing that I have seen on the Fringe.
The brilliance of the Edinburgh Fringe is that you can see things which blow you away in the most unexpected of places, and things which are awful in the most anticipated.
Music Bugs is a company which provides music classes for ‘babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers’, an age group whose three primary occupations seem to be screaming, laughing and f…
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.
Andi Osho, the rising female comedian famous for her appearances on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, is taking to pieces what it means to be a single lady in…
Project Adorno is a double act after the philosopher Theodor Adorno.
Nick Sun’s latest show, Potty Time!, is truly bizarre.
We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.
The Pathhead Halls on the corner of Commercial Street and Broad Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife were built in 1882, originally as a theatre and music hall although one room was later used fo…
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
For those of us with a palette for traditional and contemporary Scottish folk music, Alistair Ogilvy and Band are here with a special treat.
Would you pour out your innermost secrets to three strange comedians? This is the premise of Jim Smallman’s afternoon show Group Therapy, which promises to solve all its audience…
Ring-ring! Ring ring! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of ten students from London trying to get to grips with an un-winable war.
This is Lawrence Dance Academys second time at the Fringe, having previously performed Town in 2003.
For a comedian whose routine revolves around his social awkwardness and general anxiety about life, Jon Richardson is remarkably at ease in front of an audience.
A recreation, by David Benson, of scenes from Kenneth Williams life, together with episodes from his own childhood.
If one ignores the grating scene-change muzak, this was a rather good production – four short comic plays from David Ives’ All In The Timing, plus another from Mere Mortals.
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
The Oxford Revue is a sketch comedy show which has existed almost as long as the Fringe itself.
Do you ever wonder what lies beneath the red nose and big shoes? All an Act gives the audience a peek behind the scenes of the circus to see the people behind the make-up, because …
At the beginning of this tour we’re on Lothian Street and Cuth when our guide boldly informs us that we are on Lothian Road.
What seemed to be an amateur dance troupe clad in black soon became a moving sculpture of body art, with hands morphing into waves, words, trains, cars and faces - all timed precis…
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
A travel writer returns to Scotland after twenty years travelling the world.
Edoardo Okamoto has played this piece for seven years now and it has become part of his identity.
If you’ve been scouring the festival fringe for sheer, unadulterated fun, then make sure you catch the fantastic Once Upon A.
Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a…
Any sketch show that opens with the entire plot of Oliver Twist, in song, in three minutes is going to be good.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
This Jackinabox Productions piece tells the classic tale of Don Juan’s battle of wits with the devil.
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
This is adaptation of a short novel by Horace McCoy, presented by the Italia Conti Ensemble, recalls the Depression in America in 1935 when poverty drove young people to take part …
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In these financially straitened times, Pappys are no longer a Fun Club this year they are All Business, and the show takes the form of a corporate pitch to us, the shareholder…
Even by the standards of the Fringe, the Zoo has long since been established for pushing the boundaries of modern theatre and displaying provocative, no-holds-barred action in thei…
A two man show by charismatic performers Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey promises fast paced farce within the context of an 1870’s period setting, interestingly established at the …
Tickets to see Scottish-grown chamber orchestra Ludus Baroque at Canongate Kirk are now bought by many as a matter of ritual, so strong is the group’s popularity and reputation f…
Ill admit that a cappella isnt usually a genre that fills me with ebullience.
With its poetic language and truthful performances, Night Time is one of the most professionally done Fringe shows I’ve seen in some time.
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
The humour of sketch troupe Sploshy can most realistically be described as lazy.
After about ten minutes where I was convinced I was in the wrong place and the wrong time, I stumbled onto the top deck of the Comedy Bus in The Free Sisters’ courtyard for some …
As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it.
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
Cancer Time is a special piece of theatre.
With stand up variety shows the aim is always to showcase a variation of comedic talent in order to provide ‘something for everyone’.
Zanna is a match-making fairy at Heartsville High, where the school Chess club rule the school and being gay is normal.
It’s what a performer does in adversity which really shows their true colours.
This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults.
The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble…
The shows title gives little away, so when an electronic voice counts up the percentage complete, this looks likely to go geeky.
Hamlet is such a murky, obstinate text that so refuses definitive interpretation that a point is sometimes made that Shakespeare probably created a play greater than himself.
The name alone conjures up nostalgia, decadence, style and class and this show delivers.
When history looks back at the greatness of famous Tims, it will not be particularly favourable.
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…
I dont live here anymore examines a relationship which draws to its untimely end.
Time/Dropper, choreographed and performed by Jose Agudo, is a raw, visceral and masculine performance evoking a sense of distorted tension.
Sometimes music does more than simply entertain you – sometimes it grabs you by the scruff of the neck and makes you sit up and listen.
If you revel in the musicality of the 1930s, take pleasure in performance poetry or wish to be swept away with some old world charm, then push the boat out and go see this show.
The Joy of Sketch is a mixed evening of comedy ranging from average to hilarious.
They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes.
If the world was ending in an hour’s time, what would you do? This is the central premise of this new play as two teenage boys sit and talk about everything and nothing while the l…
The world-famous Hip Hop Time Machine lands in Edinburgh for a special one-off Fringe show! Prepare to be transported in a complete audio/visual, interactive journey through the gr…
Returning after bringing all of the noise in 2018, David’s had time to reflect on one heck of a year.
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IT AIN’T A KID’S SHOW! Pirates, Shane and Gareth, have been marooned in the present.
Celia Pacquola returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a brand new show.
Sabina Westrup writes about opportunities for middle-aged women and her play Kara, Mickey and Pol Too
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Four women.
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.
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Songmaker Kirsty Law, author Kirsty Logan and harpist Esther Swift came together at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to perform their dark fairytale reimagining, Lord Fox.
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.
The second Bobby of EdFringe 2017 has been scooped by Middle Child for All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.
When it was first staged in 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set Julius Caesar was called “gimmicky, humourless and slow” by the Telegraph and “witty, liberating and inventive...
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.
Adrian Scarborough and Gawn Grainger to join cast of Don Juan in Soho when it opens at Wyndham's Theatre in March 2017.
At the largest arts festival in the world, it's easy to forget that theatre wasn't always welcome in Britain.
Dan Simpson is a former Canterbury Laureate, and has performed at the Glastonbury Festival, Roundhouse Camden, and the BBC Fringe Slam.
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thompson wrote, produced and star in 90s girl-band musical 2 Become 1, a story about romance, speed dating and the ideal post-night-out meal.
In 2012, Harry Baker became the youngest ever World Poetry Slam Champion.
The centenary of the Somme has been commemorated in many ways this year.
Our panel of judges were unanimous in voting Captain Morgan as the winner of the 2015 Broadway Baby Bobby award at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe.
Producer Mark Goucher has confirmed that following the phenomenal success of the current UK tour, the new production of Hairspray will return at the end of summer 2017 to once agai...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Rona Munro is an award-winning Scottish writer for theatre, television and radio.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec...
Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.
Sophia Walker posted a message to Facebook as encouragement to her fellow Fringe performers. We liked it, and with her permission are re-publishing it here.
All's Well That Ends Well shows strong women winning the battle of the sexes set against the backdrop of World War II.
Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more.
Broadway Baby is talking to Chris Haigh of the The Jäger Maestros, an oompah band that promises to have crowds laughing, drinking and bouncing.