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.
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson.
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’.
Somewhere in a parallel universe little Alfie’s natural comedic performance skills were recognised by his doting parents who encouraged and developed his blossomin…
Somewhere in a parallel universe little Alfie’s natural comedic performance skills were recognised by his doting parents who encouraged and developed his blossomin…
You gotta keep him here, Miss Jeffries.
Sassy swing and jumpin’ jazz from Scotland’s hugely popular and biggest amateur big band.
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Experience the works of two late-Romantic musical titans in celebration of conductor Sir Donald Runnicles’s 70th birthday.
A range of music from musical theatre, movie themes, popular music and swing.
Fabulous 17-piece Sundown Swing invite you to a show packed with well-known big band instrumental and vocal favourites.
Direct from Broadway!Starring Mary Bridget Davies as Janis, this multi award-winning show is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical …
New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024).
One night in an old museum, an employee tragically committed suicide for reasons unknown, an event witnessed by three colleagues.
Inspired by real life experiences in the bedroom, an all-women group of writers and performers brings you a series of monologues about sex: mohawks in Spain, coffee in Brooklyn, an…
Hamburg, 1943.
A woman embarks on an epic quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Exeter University’s Spotlights show choir are returning to Edinburgh Fringe for another musical extravaganza filled with beautiful harmonies, captivating dance and a brilliant li…
Tim toured 10 different places last year.
Being single in her mid-twenties… how hard can it be? Post-breakup, Tilly jets off on a girls’ trip to Barcelona and impulsively lands a job in London.
In this summer, a story shall journey from China to the UK, from East to West.
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 …
Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy.
For three performances only, the four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and star of BBC’s Two Doors Down is back with 2023’s critically-acclaimed, sell-out show.
Recent drawings and paintings on show by Edinburgh artist Ginny Elston.
From 2024 Sondheim/Jonathan Larson Grant Rooftop Writer and 10th-ranked woman poet in the world Gigi Bella, Big Feelings explores mental health, feminism and the gospel of Taco Bel…
After three consecutive sold-out runs, Paul Black returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new hour.
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
It’s Chump’s time! Having exploded onto the scene less than 18 months ago Chump’s has quickly gained a reputation as one of the coolest and most-exciting comedy nights in the UK.
The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game.
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
Mariah Girouard is not a Good Girl.
Dom Hutchins – The Big Issues.
Comedy with an Accent, comedy with a different point of view! Join your host the mischievous Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen for an hour of brilliant international comedians and the tr…
A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Join a massive line-up of comedy stars for a stupendous evening to fight against brain tumours.
Cobin Millage is f*cking sick and tired of this f*cking sh*t.
Dr.
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 best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Join us for a raucous night of laughter, raising much-needed funds for Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona.
‘If music be the food of love, play on.
Tellus Theatre presents Night Train, an exciting physical-theatre production.
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.
Lucy Henderson has been murdered.
It’s a one-night stand for the Fannies’ ‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
Rhiannon has always been a good girl: obliging, pretty, and eager to please.
How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage.
Hundreds entered, now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
For Your Entertainment enters its third year in the Fringe, with the same aim to raise awareness and funds for the Scottish Huntingtons Association.
But some are useful.
Big beats and stand-up comedy join forces for Fringe afterparty antics.
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.
Six years in, bigger, better and blacker! Back with top black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get.
Relive the golden age of Hollywood as our cinema pianist improvises a film score to Charlie Chaplin’s best silent films including The Gold Rush (1925) – live! During the silent f…
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.
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.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nat…
Edinburgh Youth Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s most performed play is a unique take on a story you know well.
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…
Grace is kicking back for the summer holidays when her step mother orders her to go to her aunty Baba Yaga.
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.
Four comedians and one psychiatrist come together to solve your problems! After becoming a box office hit, selling-out major theatres in Europe the format is coming to Edinburgh.
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.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
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…
Drew thinks she’s pregnant.
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.
Kick off your International Festival in style with Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and handpicked music icons.
Comedy by EU’s best comedians.
A lush greenhouse for comedy’s finest weirdest blooms, and literal good gig, back for our thirteenth Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a bountiful …
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
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…
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
26 boxes full of joy and fun.
In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity.
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Fringe (2017-2023).
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…
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big band era.
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.
Terry Wogan is back from the dead as part of his ongoing attempts to return to light entertainment no matter the cost.
Queer, chic and outrageous – you’re invited to the biggest, gayest party at the Fringe (fun straights allowed).
Join Bev Gray for her clean-ish, Scot-ish comedy as she discusses things like an ethnicity identity crisis, old sharks and dangers of parenting.
Thirty-one, single and living with his Chinese immigrant mother.
Returning to Edinburgh for the third year in a row! Liars and Clowns is a jam session for comedians, with a revolving door showcasing the best alternative comedy from around the fe…
Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic.
Join team captains Aaron Wood and Hannah Campbell as they pit top comedians against each other through a variety of games chosen by you! Expect stand-up, absurd challenges and a wh…
Comedy for Witches is a night with the stars and some comedians too.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue, Chortle Awards 2023 and 2024, welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2024! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barr…
After a gold medal run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Coach Mon is pumped for a spectacular sports extravaganza, but her athletes have disappeared! How can The Com…
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…
Ready to have your strangest phobias, wildest gossip, and most unusual dramas investigated – by two nosy comedians? Lukas Arnold and Gabby Jordan Brown of the acclaimed Two Nosy …
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
The biggest laughs from the biggest little-person-friendly comedy stars! We drove our clown car around town and picked up the funniest in family-friendly comedy to make one enormou…
Six comedians.
A showcase of up-and-coming Scottish stand-up featuring Chris Scott (Best Newcomer nominee, Scottish Comedy Awards).
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon at one of the North West’s premier comedy clubs featuring Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Coleman.
Meaty Sue’s parents have gone to the big barbecue in the sky and her impending wedding day is missing her elusive estranged Big Brother Big Farma Phil.
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 …
Laughter! Excitement! Learning! Comedian Frisco Fred performs then teaches you – the audience – to juggle! It’s fun, and great for annoying your downstairs neighbours.
A group of stereotypically attractive and slightly dim young people trapped in a fun fair haunted house.
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
The best, most daring stand-up comedians from the festival showcase their skills but if they can’t make you laugh.
On an endless summer night, love’s joys and complications play out in triple-time.
Up the Antics (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) bring a showcase of some of their best sketches.
Scotland’s best comedians in the club that started it all.
Real people.
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical and completely original comedy walking tour.
Since 2005, Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups, sketch acts and cabaret stars from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged…
The world’s best late show comes to the Fringe for the first time! Altitude Comedy Festival (Winner of Best Overseas Festival) boasts previous performers that include.
Guilty or innocent? You decide! The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns to the Fringe for its eleventh year! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and to…
Think your emotional baggage is heavy? Wait ‘til you see ours! Join us for a night where anxiety and depression duke it out, comedy style.
Big Bad Beck is ready to huff and puff and blow the house down in this WIP show.
Stick your tongue out, do a peace sign, and tilt your head.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Shy people, you there? This hilarious and tender tale follows Shy Girl’s ambitious attempt to open up (emotionally, spiritually, uh.
Things have gotten a little bit harder lately.
PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH, prepare to cry so hard you accidentally laugh! Feast on a buffet of hardship and despair, where COMEDIANS lay down their jokes, don the fashion of 18th-century…
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…
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Celebrating 25 years at the Fringe! Excellent value Irish showcase returns for 2024.
Award-winning David Hoare returns with another bumper show, brimming with silliness.
Material Girl is coming to the Fringe! Come and see Amanda Dwyer (‘Mentally unstable superstar in the making’ (Tom Stade)) and Susan Riddell (Billy Connelly Spirit of Glasgow nomin…
From Rifco Theatre, comes an immersive DJ bromance.
You’ve had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3’s Comedy: Afternoons.
A stunning mixed-bill of new and established acts.
The night is young and 3’s Comedy: Late Nights is going to bring you an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy.
Top professional stand-up stand up from the Irish comedy scene and beyond.
Irish Comedy Showcase is going lunchtime! We’ve been rocking Edinburgh since 2014, so we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary.
Warning: Dark comedy zone! Enter at your own risk! Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping…
Ring-a-ding-ding, you’ve got the King! Master of the crowd and slave to the laugh, Kyle Legacy is back with more riffs and less hair.
Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023.
Prepare to have your minds blown in this late-night line-up of the best magic, comedy and variety the Fringe has to offer! Late Night Magic brings you a brand-new cast of magicians…
Irish Comedy Carnage is coming to the most Irish venue in the whole Fringe! Irish Comedy Carnage is your chance to catch the best Irish acts at the Fringe, at a (semi)civilised ear…
Fresh from the hugely popular TV show The Craic Den Comedy Club, two of Ireland’s top comedy MCs, Eddie Mullarkey and Brian Gallagher, present the best line-ups of Irish stand-up c…
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.
In and Out Comedy is a compilation show made up of the most exciting up-and-coming talent that the comedy circuit has to offer.
25 years ago, Soness swapped Florida for Tokyo to become the voice of many well-known animations.
A tale of comedy, Covid, cancer and some complete and utter c*nts! Four years ago Simon went through a break up and decided to try comedy.
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.
End your day at the Festival in style at our iconic Edinburgh venue with the very best in stand-up talent.
The sun has gone down and the lights have come up so that means it’s time for comedy.
Ever felt down? Like you’re swimming upstream? Like life isn’t all its quacked up to be? You’re not alone! Join award-winning cabaret star Ada Campe for a few flights of fanc…
Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns for its 10th year at the Fringe! An intoxicating blend of crushed red velvet, cuddly toys, neon, strong cocktails and loveable r…
Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca…
A stand-up split bill with a difference: It’s set in the teen-magazine sleepover dream world.
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…
Big Value Comedy Show is an established showcase of the best new comedic talent.
A spicy mix of queer comedians, cabaret and drag.
The Late Night Party Boyz, have messed up.
Irish Comedy Invasion has been visiting the Fringe since 2012.
Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited.
As a teacher, if you don’t laugh you’ll cry, so come and cry with laughter! Award-winning comedian Daniel Delby, an ex-teacher turned full-time comedian as he shares hilarious stor…
Prateek’s been on the top comedy stages, from Comedy Cellar in NYC to top clubs across Europe.
Fringe 2023’s sell-out, interactive dating chat show returns for more jaw-dropping real encounters and hilarious dating war stories.
Winner: Best Comedy, Shaftesbury Fringe 2023.
Get ready to experience the extraordinary as Willy Wonka’s son, Andy Wonka, takes centre stage in Edinburgh for the world premiere of the Pure Imagination comedy magic show! This p…
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a 2024 showcase of new acts to Edinburgh for the eighth year – after seven sell-out years! Award-winning …
The perfect way to start and end your Fringe day with late and afternoon shows consisting of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians from a…
The Comedy Connection: A Stand-up Comedy Game Show.
Stand-up Comedy Brunch, a delightful compilation show with top comedians serving you up a hilarious feast.
Chris Dinwoodie is a five-time Scottish magic champion.
A stand-up comedy compilation showing off some of Edinburgh’s funniest family-friendly faces.
Welcome to the dark side of laughter, where our comics don’t give a damn about your comfort zone.
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
Scottish Highland and Island musical traditions collide with brand-new compositions by folk band Breabach.
A comedy show that is perfect for date night with friends or partners.
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh guide you through tasting five wines and at least five jokes.
Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF.
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
This show is autobiographical, about growing up as a vicar’s daughter and being a student at Gordonstoun, where our King Charles went.
Four top comedians try to beat the buzzwords in this hilarious and exciting comedy gameshow.
Some of Ireland’s top comics come over from the old country to bring you laughter.
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places? Toby was, until he discovered the ancient lost Gaelic secrets to love, life and the universe.
Sparked by a conversation with a childhood friend that unearthed a long-forgotten obsession with football, Bryony wondered why all the girls she knew stopped playing football in th…
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show.
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Back for a second year, catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts…
Fairy Sprinkles isn’t your average fairy.
A comedy game show where four comedians battle each other using their childhood trauma and the audience decide which one of them had the worst parents.
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.
Sex and relationship education is on the timetable and award-winning drag queen Miss Angela Bra is your supply teacher for this very special lesson on how to handle yourself in any…
The world is ending.
‘Funny.
Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have.
Need a laugh? Need to relax? Check us out.
Following on from it’s success in previous years, this delightful, funny show returns with a revolving line-up of the best and up-and-coming female comedians from around Edinburgh …
Join Uxbridge’s third-hardest man, Mad Ron (Reginald D Hunter tour support) and special guests for an hour of character-comedy stand-up.
Start your day off with a laugh at 3’s Comedy: Mornings.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Shiny Things is a comedy variety show hosted by a delightful and mischievous duo, presenting guest acts performing improv, character and stand-up, as well as audience prizes, and a…
It’s not late.
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…
Rosie and Hugh the Hedgehog are best friends.
Big Fish is Stephanie Bradshaw’s debut stand-up show, inspired by her life as an attention-seeking (anxious, delicate, shy) mega diva, based in the small rural town of Keswick, Cum…
The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner presents an unparalleled, unscripted new show that delves deep into who we are, hijacking faces to spark a…
Catch four of the best up-and-coming comedy acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance, in the 20th year of the Comedy Reserve.
A quest that began at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, and completed a sold-out run, returns for a sequel – the popular Dungeons & Dragons podcast team lands at the Fringe with …
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.
A magic show meets a Pixar movie! The annual comedy-magic extravaganza in Happyvale takes an unexpected turn into a thrilling adventure to rescue the forest! Experience awe, laught…
When his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Ricky was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out? After rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Ricky Sim returns with t…
After a sell-out run at Dublin Fringe, host of Radio 4’s The Divil’s Own John Meagher makes his debut at The Gilded Balloon with his debut show Big Year.
On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson.
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.
‘Witty yet strangely informative’ Gabey Lucas (Rip City Comedy Festival, Martin Foundation Full Artist 2020 finalist) wants to talk to you about hard-hitting subjects like unicorn …
Chris Grace returns to Fringe after his 2023 sell-out show, Scarlett Johansson.
The English-American writer/comedian returns to the UK with the world premiere of this ‘improbably funny, life-affirming, bright bauble of a piece’ about love, loss and hope (Berks…
Embark on a raw, transformative journey through one man’s battle with cancer.
Birdy is 19.
Good morning Edinburgh! We’re back bringing you brand-new, delicious, rotating “menus” of 10-15 minute comedies, eccentricities and mini-dramas - all served up with complimentary t…
Fest Magazine Top Theatre Picks 2024! Winner: 2024 Adelaide Fringe Award.
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 …
Watch comedy scripts come to life, live on stage! This exciting new show, from the company behind My Family, gives audiences a rare glimpse behind the TV development curtain, as or…
The spectre returns to the feast for a fresh new hour of wailing and moaning.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
Stamptown presents Stamptown Comedy Night Sold Out Run: Soho Theatre (2021-2024) Sold Out Run: Edinburgh Fringe (2017-2023) A raunchy, chaotic, full-on fe…
This is a comedy show by the Japanese comedian "TONIKAKU," who made it to the finals of competed in Britain's Got Talent in 2023.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard- shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
In the lead up to Refugee Week, Refugee Action are bringing together some of the UK’s top comics for an evening of stand-up comedy, raising money to support the im…
London’s favourite sex-positive live comedy experience, as seen in Time Out, Metro and Londonist.
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
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.
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS & THE ARTIST AS CULTURAL DIPLOMAT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-Executive directors of the Pan-Afric…
A stellar night of live comedy set in the city’s favourite local hang-out, Edinburgh Street Food.
Simon Hall has had a hell of a few years.
René was raised in London and returned to Germany in 1996.
Fest Magazine ‘Top Theatre Picks’ 2024! WINNER 2024 Adelaide Fringe Award You’re cordially invited to the wedding of the year! Whether you’re a fan of Amelie or When Harry…
If you’ve never seen Shakespeare performed Aussie style, this is your chance.
PEOPLE OF BRIGHTON, prepare to cry so hard you accidentally laugh! Feast on a buffet of hardship and despair, where COMEDIANS lay down their jokes, don the fashion of 18th century …
It is our great pleasure to invite you all to The Big Game on Sunday 26th May (bank holiday!!), a collaboration celebration, a psych-circus spectacle, and the biggest gig we’ve b…
Ollie Horn returns to Brighton with an unmissable hour of highly-interactive, energetic and laugh out loud stand-up comedy.
The best way to discover your new favourite comedian! We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
In 2024, trans-girl Alex feels the most alive she’s ever felt; now she wants to make you feel alive, or die trying.
For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
Martin J Dixon returns to the Fringe with his hilarious show BIG FAT GAY (he’s used the title before, it’s a good title).
Join trailblazer Suzi Payton on a comedic journey into the depths of her uniquely neurodivergent mind.
Gay culture.
In May 2023, a group of strangers took part in Brighton and Hove’s first stand-up comedy course for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary/gender non-conforming people.
If Ben Elton's Blackadder met Oliver Cromwell and musical theatre, then you would have a funny musical extravaganza called B*rst*rds.
Expect funny sets from diverse comedic genres, lovingly introduced by your genial compere, giving you a tantalising taste of the breadth and depth of the city’s comedy scene.
Join Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones for an alternative night of stand-up comedy with special guests.
From the East to Brighton, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the BB…
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated.
Step into a world of enchantment and rhythm with "Night at the Harem" – an exquisite bellydance extravaganza show! Immerse yourself in the allure o…
Prepare yourself for a night of laughter with Lily Starr otherwise known affectionately as Big Lez.
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sellout Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work in progress show that may or may not b…
Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
A dance workshop full of sparkle and fun to make you smile, while learning easy-to-follow groovy moves to an eclectic mix of Bollywood beats and reimagined dance classics, interspe…
The Other Side Comedy Brighton Fringe Showcase @ The Snug, 3 Jolly Butchers.
Award-winning Irish comedians, Marty Gleeson and Roger O’ Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards nominees, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist & Unexplained Legends Podcast) invite you…
Presenting our new comedy night @ Sea Lanes, Yeah Buoy! Live Comedy hosted at Bison Beach Bar.
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…
Step into a world of laughter and celebration! Our comedy show is not just about jokes—it’s a vibrant celebration of LGBTQ+ humour and talent.
A BDSM Comedy Show.
Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey.
Discover the power of laughter with life coaches extraordinaire, Sydney and Silvana! What are the chances that two talented and passionate life coaches who also happen to be hila…
Big shoes to fill.
Rainy? Cloudy? Sunny? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind).
Thirty-one, single and living with his Chinese immigrant mother.
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
Lukey Newms presents a New Talent Night, headlined by one of the hottest talents on the circuit, Onojie Idemudia.
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
COMEDY HYPNOSIS SHOW - Presuming Ed’s A mesmerising and hilarious Comedy Hypnosis Show where volunteers from the audience have their imaginations unlocked through the power of hypn…
Rumourville: Have You Heard the Gossip? The story of a small village community in which a single rumour ruins all! Romance, reputations, and revenge! Improvised Comedy - a totall…
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe and around Brighton in a late afternoon show full of fun and laughter.
**Winner: Best Comedy, Shaftesbury Fringe 2023** Can we do life better using science? Join marine biologist turned award-winning comedian Robyn Perkins as her globally touring sho…
The Christmas story, Broadway-style.
A queer retelling of A Midsummers Night’s Dream set in the 1970’s is set to hit the Debating Chamber on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May.
‘What country, friends, is this?’ At a moonlit cafe surrounded by the sea, Olivia sings a lament to her lost brother, watched on by faded crowd.
Welcome to The Secret Comedy Club’s “Best of the Fest” shows throughout Brighton Fringe Festival 2023! Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt as we bring you a hilarious lineup o…
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…
A chaotic cavalcade of comedy featuring some of Ireland’s tip top improv groups.
A fundraising night of theatre, music, comedy and celebration for our great pal Michael Patrick.
A West End Gala at the Adelphi Theatre will celebrate over 75 years of the NHS.
Award-winning Flabbergast Theatre bring a rambunctious approach to Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy, an exhilarating and hilarious show in which Goblins run amok, the King and Que…
Enter the realm of laughter with “The Courtyard Comedy” series at The Courtyard Theatre! Each month, we bring you 6 hilarious comedians who are all set to hit the stage and keep yo…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun.
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, makes his return to the London stage in Spring 2024 starring in Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
Fashion Loves Comedy, a dynamic fusion of fashion and comedy, will illuminate London this March, blending two worlds in a thrilling spectacle.
Fashion Loves Comedy, a dynamic fusion of fashion and comedy, will illuminate London this March, blending two worlds in a thrilling spectacle.
The incomparable Sheridan Smith returns to musical theatre in the world premiere of Opening Night from the creative minds of Rufus Wainwright, one of the most acclaimed songwriters…
Happen/Chance Honestly.
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…
A laughter-filled evening of sky-rocketing talent - featuring Sikisa, Alexandra Haddow, Bec Hill and Jen Brister. Part of Reigning Women 2024.
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up.
It’s 1948 and on board the Windrush Empire, journeying over from the West Indies to England, Ferdy, Bernie, Dennis and Lennie are full of expectations and aspirations.
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…
Eleanor Rhode’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC is a child’s-eye Shakespeare; a tale told in either the boring black and white of adult discourse or a …
Who’d have thought that putting on a dress and reading some stories would lead to war on the streets of South London?Meet That Girl.
Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
Welcome to the musical journey of a woman with late diagnosis ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music…
Bridget Christie is headlining a night of comedy in aid of Women and Children First, joined by her funny friends.
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…
21st Century Cox brings you a Night of Cosmic Comedy! Once again, the land of Monstopia is under threat, and it’s up to Monster Enthusiast Osric Omand and his ex-Nazi caretaker Ha…
The must-see comedy of 2023 hits London this Christmas.
To celebrate 30 years of the PDC World Darts Championship, some of the biggest names in the sport will take to the stage in London for a night that no darts fan will wan…
Sam Tallent (“the absurd voice of a surreal generation”- The Denver Post) is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast.
A story of the people who work while the majority sleep.
Redbridge Creates’ Shakespeare production this year is Twelfth Night, brought to you by the same team who produced Macbeth and last year’s Romeo and Juliet, using the same imagin…
A brand new ghost story for Penge.
Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter as we bring three legendary Egyptian comedians from all over the world to London.
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…
Aïda Lahlou presents Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano.
Natasha Rea fearlessly smashes down barriers and raises awareness of bipolar disorder in this captivating one-woman show, based on the critically acclaimed Amazon bestseller “Me,…
Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improv comedy to the West End! Fresh from the Fringe, their show features chaotic games, epic scenes, an…
Fresh from a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improvised comedy to the West End! Featuring chaotic g…
In 2020, the world changed forever, as three time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran Hodgson moved to Scotland.
Direct from the West End, and the iconic London Palladium, Whitney – Queen of the Night is a celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time: Whi…
Join the HandleBards at the Actors Church for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Welcome to the musical journey of a woman with late diagnosis ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
Meet Jenna, a sparky, young dancer on the cusp of pirouetting into her greatest glory yet! — Until she isn't.
In October 2022, theatre impresario Nica Burns opened @sohoplace, the first new theatre to be built in London's West End for 50 years.
The Bellshill Salvation Army Band was formed in 1921, its primary function being to support the worship and ministry of their church.
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing.
Four of the West End’s leading names join the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra in Battersea Park for an evening of showtunes like no other.
Join the talented young musicians of Big Noise Raploch’s Rinconada Chamber Orchestra as they showcase their skills at this extraordinary concert.
Krystal’s sizzling debut hour finds the humour in escaping a house-fire, death, tragedy and mental illness, and how all this has – somewhat ironically – made her life funnier.
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.
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.
A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone.
The true story of a Queer, British, South Asian sex worker under pressure to marry his cousin.
Grab your dancing shoes ‘cos the 20s are here to stay! Swing classics and Prohibition-era hits from some of the finest talents in the country.
Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can!
‘Oh my God.
A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone.
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…
Have you ever been riding a homosapien and asked (internally): ‘OMG am I squashing this person like a double decker bus’? Or stumbled mentally upon ‘Please lord, let me have shaved…
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…
Based in Tenerife, Frankie Mack is a born showman who performs the swing and Rat-Pack genre, such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams.
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.
Is Exeter University emerging as the new powerhouse in student musical groups on the Edinburgh Fringe? Let’s not complicate this - the answer is simply but emphatically Yes.
One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans.
Join some of Manchester’s finest comedy improvisers for a show that’s different every day.
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
A ridiculous interactive combination of musical comedy, ventriloquism and fingering.
Where would school theatre be without A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night? The latter is certainly a popular Shakespeare play for drama educators, with its saga of shipwr…
Do you like to argue? Well, I disagree to whatever you just said.
A captivating one-woman show, based on the critically acclaimed Amazon bestseller Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda.
The first Cantonese show at this festival is coming! 2011’s funniest person in HK, Tim’s Instagram has 50k+ followers.
Raucous, wild and an incy bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing nightly lineup, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe mayhem in one wild bite-size…
Following sold-out shows at the Adelaide Fringe, Comedy of Terrors is coming to Edinburgh.
Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help.
A comedy told by mad people, for mad people.
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
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…
Cait Roddam Jones is a seventeen-year-old actor, playwright and songwriter.
One Girl.
One Girl.
Brooklyn-based comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Late Late Show, The New Yorker) returns to the Fringe for one week only with an hour full of whip-smart gags, jokes and plenty of naught…
Cait Roddam Jones is a seventeen-year-old actor, playwright and songwriter.
Sassy swing and jumping jazz! Enjoy an evening with the classics and more, from Basie, Nestico and Fitzgerald to Earth, Wind and Fire.
Barry Ferns has been performing life-affirming comedy shows on Arthur’s Seat since 2007.
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…
Join The HandleBards for their cycle-powered, four-hander, high-octane version of Shakespeare’s classic comedy.
Our fifth year! Back with top Black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get.
Orange Claw Hammer take the music of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band and bend it into shape for the 21st century.
‘Who do you think is a better drinker, the Chinese god or the foreign god?’ ‘Do gods talk about fatalism even when they drink too much?’ Combining installation art, theatre, photog…
When Juliet (writer on Sarah Millican TV and radio prog, Mock The Week, 8/10 Cats Does Countdown) went to India to trace her family roots (it’s complicated!), she unleashed family …
Let’s get 100 people in a room for a quiz night like no other.
Catch top comedians from the US, UK, China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Australia and Canada in this packed showcase, hosted by stand-up comedian Leah Renee.
When Juliet (writer on Sarah Millican TV and radio prog, Mock The Week, 8/10 Cats Does Countdown) went to India to trace her family roots (it’s complicated!), she unleashed family …
‘Who do you think is a better drinker, the Chinese god or the foreign god?’ ‘Do gods talk about fatalism even when they drink too much?’ Combining installation art, theatre, photog…
Pitchblenders swing quartet dishes up old-school blues and jazz.
Dicks and Tricks is an old-school comedy and magic variety show featuring the puns and knob gags of the Pundance Kid and the magic tricks and illusions of the Flamboyant Chesney Ge…
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comics at this year’s festival.
Follow Bug the dog on a surreal journey of music, dance, hypnotism and experimental visual effects.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing are delighted to be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting programme of instrumentals and vocals.
Olivia aka Big O is delighted to present her second hour of comedy.
Asian Girls In Therapy is a K-pop and Bollywood fusion of joy, heartbreak, humour and depression.
Stuart Laws (‘A one-man episode of Arrested Development’ (Fest)) and Matt Sandstorm (unreviewed) are a new two-man comedy duo.
Making their Edinburgh debut, Leeds based stand-up weirdos Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck: a 60-minute expl…
An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter.
A Night of the Mind – Fraser Penman, the world’s most unique hypnotist, is an international stage hypnotist and mentalist.
A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell.
Simon Hall started performing comedy in 2020, yeah, that 2020! Since then, performing has not got any easier and life has continually tried to block his progress.
Award-winning poet Jackie Kay and British-Iranian artist Fari Bradley discuss hope and creativity in the face of adversity.
‘Drop by drop we take the poison of men til we become immune.
Character comedian and stand-up Rhiannon Shaw (‘a cunning comic mind’ (Chortle.
The Night of the Musicals is a dazzlingly fun, exceptionally energetic hour of musical entertainment.
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
An hour of sharp-tongued humour, risqué songs and jaw-dropping physical feats.
Inspired by the greatest rom-coms and love songs in history, this hilarious show conjures the golden age of Hollywood, improvised live before your eyes by an award-winning supergro…
Big Smoke Comedy is stand-up comedy with a fully improvised finale and the only show of its kind.
Open Comedy: The Chortle Award-winning open mic from the Edinburgh comedy circuit comes to Monkey Barrel Comedy for one night, and one night only! A compilation of some of the show…
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Join us for a raucous night of laughter, raising much-needed funds for Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
An exclusive stand-up comedy show starring three iconic comedy drag stars.
Join a massive line-up of the biggest names on the Fringe for a stupendous evening of comedy to help fight against brain tumours.
It’s a one night stand for the Fannies (‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
Hypnotist Jason Simmons returns to the Camden Fringe to take you on a magical mystery tour into the depths of your own mind in this hilarious, fast-paced, interactive experience.
‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’Created by and starring S…
This one-act educational outreach play for 5-10 year olds and their families follows Bumble, a honeybee, on an adventure to find a bee balm flower.
‘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.
Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Hypnotist Jason Simmons returns to the Camden Fringe to take you on a magical mystery tour into the depths of your own mind in this hilarious, fast-paced, interactive experience.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers.
A little girl is sent to retrieve a needle and thread from the ferocious Baba Yaga and must outrun the witch to reach her father’s hut.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Vix Leyton is hosting five of Liam GreenJacket’s favourite comedians in this one-off showcase! And for no justifiable reason, prizes for the best audience members.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
The hilariously depressing tug-of-war with yourself and.
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.
‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’ Created by and starring South A…
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson are calling an AGM to discuss their comedy careers with you, their beloved shareholders.
‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’ Created by and starring South A…
The hilariously depressing tug-of-war with yourself and.
Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson are calling an AGM to discuss their comedy careers with you, their beloved shareholders.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The N205 arrives.
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
In 2020, the world changed forever, as Kieran Hodgson moved to Scotland.
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
The N205 arrives.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Sinéad Walsh has spent over 30 years of putting their big foot in it.
Poppyscotland are proud to introduce to the Fringe an inspirational group of Armed Forces veterans.
Sinéad Walsh has spent over 30 years of putting their big foot in it.
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.
Martin J Dixon brings his hilarious show Big Fat Gay to Camden Fringe.
A stand-up comedy show in BSL by the funniest deaf actor in the world, David Sands (aka Chris Baker from Small World). Come and laugh with… or at… David Sands.
Sinéad Walsh has spent over 30 years of putting their big foot in it.
Martin J Dixon brings his hilarious show Big Fat Gay to Camden Fringe.
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Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
One night only! Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians at the legendary Biscuit Factory in Leith.
Top quality stand-up comedy talent from the Irish comedy scene and beyond.
Imaginary celebrity Vaginus Hemmingway invites you to stave off the humdrum horror of the ongoing apocalypse with an evening of elegant debauchery at the fabled Cabaret Rathole –…
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 …
Two queer Jews.
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 …
Imaginary celebrity Vaginus Hemmingway invites you to stave off the humdrum horror of the ongoing apocalypse with an evening of elegant debauchery at the fabled Cabaret Rathole –…
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.
This award-winning piano and reeds duo play swing classics, telling the stories behind the music with plenty of banter along the way. ‘Fine playing’ (Scotsman).
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.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Dusty epitomised the sound of the 60s whether singing swing, soul or ballads but life behind the scenes was not always as polished as the stage persona.
Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie…
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Experience a full-on comedy attack of the senses as Frank brings his unrelenting mix of dark humour and extreme renditions back to the festival, in his new home within the vaults o…
The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
We bring you some of our favourite comedians to our sessions with a different line-up each show.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie…
2 nights of hilarious stand up comedy in aid of the Scottish Huntingtons Association, with excellent Scottish up and coming comedians at the ready to make you laugh whilst raising …
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
Dead of Night by Hurly Burly is a traipse through gothic romantic literature in an exploration of the nature of humanity and monsters.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
Bringing gypsy jazz on the wing – sparkling manouche renditions of great American show tunes and much more.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
A crucible in which we will forge comedy’s golden future and literal good gig, back for our 12th Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a ludicrous, bount…
Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop.
Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and acclaimed broadcaster Tom Service present a special concert exploring the future of classical music.
Join Nicola Benedetti and artists from across the 2023 opening weekend for an evening of music celebrating community.
A split-bill stand-up comedy show featuring a daily selection of the best up and coming comedians from Ireland and the UK.
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big-band era.
Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can!
Dick Denham is a non-binary thirtysomething comedian.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Raymond will lead you on a comedy walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Dick Denham is a non-binary thirtysomething comedian.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Sean Craig-Turner Not-So-New Comedian of the Year 2019 finalist.
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.
Think ‘n’ Grin is a solo comedy show featuring Chicago-style narrative improvisation.
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…
From the moment Zach Zucker's comedy alter ego Jack Tucker walks out on stage to introduce Stamptown, the audience knows they're in for something truly special.
Two of the hottest, freshest comics bring their best jokes to Edinburgh.
A one-off comedy extravaganza! For the past 38 years, the Pleasance has been the home of new comedy talent in Edinburgh.
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
Comedians of Europe is a co-operative set up in 2020 by the best european comedians working right now.
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.
In this mixed-media comedic play, two young New York City comedians pull back the curtain on the dark side of comedy.
Dara is not a ghost.
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights!
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
RuPauls Drag Race UK and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World finalist, fan-favorite Baga Chipz has finally had time to put together her first ever one-woman show.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from around the Fringe in a late show full of fun and laughter.
A hilarious and heartbreaking dark comedy driven by 20 characters and 11 original songs, in which the heroine, Luna, endeavours to disentangle herself from bad decisions and an ove…
Bristol’s biggest comedy night is coming to Edinburgh! Harry Allmark shall present the best comedy acts the Edinburgh Fringe has to offer! White Bear Comedy Club is THE space for…
The best, most daring stand-up comedians from the festival showcase their skills but if they can’t make you laugh.
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’…
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
Queer Comedy Brunch unlike any other! Strap-in and strap-on because Alphabet Soup is taking over Le Monde Hotel’s Shanghai Nightclub and serving up world-class LGBTQIA+ comedians, …
Drawing from their expertise in commedia dell’arte, mime and Argentine tango, Los Guardiola use the universal and timeless language of movement to tell stories inspired by the wo…
The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game.
A Fringe institution since 1999.
From the crazy mind of Sid Singh (Comic Relief, Muzlamic) comes the most diverse show on the whole Fringe! Its half comedy show and half game show as every night a brand new lineup…
‘Oh my God.
Join Colin “WhiskyForager” every night for an extra-special flight of three fantastic single malts from his private reserve collection.
Edward Bloom’s larger-than-life stories delight everyone – much to the dismay of his pragmatic son, Will.
‘Some children are misunderstood; Fran is MissRed.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
Join Aaron Wood – one of the North West’s fastest-rising stars as he hosts this hour-long compilation show featuring some of the best acts at the Fringe this year! Each night up …
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
We’re bringing the best Irish comedians to this late-night show for some non-pre-watershed comedy.
Stone – Face – Book.
A WIP comedy-cabaret show, tracking one woman’s life from the same night every year of her life, from childhood sleepovers to first sexual experiences and her changing relationship…
American comedian Ryan Wingfield is bringing his international comedy show to his new home in the UK.
A showcase of up-and-coming Scottish stand-up featuring: Chris Scott (Best Newcomer nominee, Scottish Comedy Awards): his ‘why not?’ attitude has seen Chris perform in a underw…
Liars & Clowns returns to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative comedians from around the festival.
Canada produces some of the best comedians in the world.
The Sauchiehall Comedy Club is proud to present their first full run at the Fringe, with a series of compilation shows, featuring the finest up-and-coming comedians, plus guest app…
Come and revel in the earthy tones of this low member of the clarinet family.
‘The best job in life is to be the father of a daughter.
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is the hysterical, historical and completely original walking tour of Edinburgh led by professional local award-winning comedian Daniel Downie.
Woah.
A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Fringe in a hilarious early evening showcase guaranteed to raise more than just a few…
‘Funny.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
***** (Dircksey.
Gigl run some of the best comedy gigs in London, and it’s now time for their Edinburgh debut! Come along and see some of the best, up-and-coming comedians gigging in the UK right…
WPB are six rising comedy stars who’ve been performing in prisons across Scotland since November 2022.
Forget rabbits out of hats.
Nominated Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023.
Returning for its fourth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy fro…
Alice-India – 2Northdown New Comedian of the Year finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist – is just like a regular person.
My oh my, you’re in for a treat with Giddy Aunt Improv! These young whippersnappers are putting on a show full of silly games, sketches, songs and more, all made up on the spot and…
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh.
Comedy Caper’s a mixed-bill show with an ever-changing and always exciting line-up.
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…
International, crowd-favourite vagabond, Marcus Ryan (BBC, ABC, Amazon, WatchMojo, SiriusXM), has sold out tours on six continents and 50+ countries.
Hey kids and kidults, cool cats and dancing dogs, Jarred and Hobbit are back with an all-new action-packed hoopla! Guaranteed LOLs and interactive fun for the entire family (OK, ma…
Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca…
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Gong Shows have launched the careers of several famous comedians.
Craig Wilson is a nice boy.
Comedy for the Curious is a comedy panel show with a science twist, where comedians perform very different stand-up comedy sets around the same theme.
It’s Sunday.
They say a picture can tell a thousand words, but it turns out that if it is drawn on cardboard, it can tell a thousand more.
Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts.
Sounds Proper Comedy’s Hot Picks is a fast-paced one-hour stand-up showcase, featuring a diverse range of comedians, all performing their own shows at the Fringe.
The night is young and 3’s Comedy: Late Nights is here to make you laugh with an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy.
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
Philipp Kostelecky brings the festival’s best acts together for a late-night extravaganza! No rules, no regulations – it’s late night so anything goes.
At times hard to follow and at others uniquely resonant, Maggie Widdoes’ one-woman show Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em is the perfect example of how the Fringe brings what you least e…
A late night version of the sell-out unique show.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Back for our 18th Fringe, we remain adamant that just because you’re six, you shouldn’t miss out on the festival’s best stand-ups and sketch acts! And just because you’re an adult …
Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns with the usual intoxicated blend of raucous stage antics, cocktails and beautifully behaved rowdiness.
Longest running mixed-bill, star-finding show on the Fringe.
Emily Walsh still doesn’t know if she wants kids, but if given the choice she’d like to be the dad.
Get ready for a night of cutting-edge humour and entertainment as Prism Comedy presents The Many Colours of Comedy: A Prism Comedy Variety Show.
You’ve had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3’s Comedy: Afternoons.
Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping for air.
Shropshire’s crazy-named grassroots comedy club comes to the Edinburgh Fringe with a daily line-up of five different comedians.
Hello, asalaam alaikum, bienvenido and welcome to RVG’s International Comedy Club! Resident MC of Malaysia’s first comedy cub Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central) introduce…
This is Oddity Comedy: A show so funny, even the name is fun to say! We are a comedy showcase featuring the best alternative acts on the UK circuit.
With such an emotionally heavy title as An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People, I was a little worried what to expect from this comedy show.
A stand-up comedy showcase featuring the very best comedians from Australia and New Zealand at the Fringe.
What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone.
Irish Comedy Invasion – We’ll be bringing together the best Irish acts, all of whom are performing their shows at the Fringe, and getting them to do their funniest club sets.
Start your day off with a laugh as 3’s Comedy: Mornings brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and Ben Searle, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a new hour of hi…
The night is dark and full of laughs with Black Widows, where the boldest female comedians come to push boundaries and tackle taboo topics.
Wagner turned up to 11! A hilarious dive into the ridiculous world of opera and life as a Valkyrie and Rheinmaiden, peppered with hits from Puccini and Verdi from Berlin’s thrill…
Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show.
A ridiculous variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful.
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with NYC comedian Katharyn Henson.
Phil Ellis.
The Northern Irish Comedy Protocol is a showcase highlighting the best brand-new comedy talent from the new explosion in Northern Irish comedy (that is probably more of a triggerin…
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the B…
The UK’s first permanent LGBTQ+ comedy club comes to Edinburgh Fringe and we’ve got a bunch of queer comedians who we know you’re going to love! Every night join us for an hour sho…
Robin’s first solo show was a disaster, but a disaster that ended with him punching a melon with Vernon Kay’s face drawn on it before singing Mustang Sally (still no cruise shi…
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…
The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp is a mom-centred stand-up set that unpacks the trauma of being raised by a bi-polar parent with a balance of darkness and sharp humour.
Money can’t buy love, but £19.
The holiday meal gone wrong is a classic sitcom episode and genre of comedy, as surprise revelations and drama abound.
Live comedy with live animals.
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut from performer, writer and creative activist Lilly Burton.
If you think that opera is performed by a bunch of clowns, this is the show for you.
Sophie is at her Grandfather’s shiva where her whole family have come together to pay their respects, including her attractive second cousin.
A show about the times*.
Catch four of the best up-and-coming comedy acts in the 17th year of the Comedy Reserve, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartill Fund.
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
This show is a love letter to unique families, queer self-discovery and devoted fathers.
He enters resplendent in his tartan jacket, setting in motion sixty minutes of stunningly acute comic observation laced with some telling introspection all delivered with totally e…
Catch four of the best up-and-coming comedy acts in the 17th year of the Comedy Reserve, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartill Fund.
If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical.
So! Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab! Our infamous Rocky Horror themed nights are back at the world-famous Frankenstein! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure by j…
What’s the worst lie you’ve told? How far would you go to keep it a secret? Tom is a charismatic people-pleaser, an expert in empathy, but someone who struggles with the truth.
‘Such a discovery is playwright Lia Romeo’ ***** (TheaterMania.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
Good morning, Edinburgh! Following the hiatus since our triumphant run in 2019, we’re thrilled to be back for our 15th year! Bringing you three brand-new, delicious, rotating “menu…
Tartan Tabletop: The Neverending Quest is not your average improv show.
Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus.
You played, you cried.
The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi…
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
Australia’s premier First Nations comedians bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land.
Since we were formed in 1983, we’ve believed in doing things differently.
‘This Girl’ tells the story of Cynthia Powell, a shy student from Hoylake, who fell in love with a young musician called John when they met at Liverpool Art College in 1957.
‘This Girl’ tells the story of Cynthia Powell, a shy student from Hoylake, who fell in love with a young musician called John when they met at Liverpool Art College in 1957.
Simon Hall is one of the freshest and most exciting voices on the comedy circuit, but his journey has not been plain sailing.
A musical about the life of Cynthia Lennon, who married the Beatles’ John Lennon.
Simon Hall is one of the freshest and most exciting voices on the comedy circuit, but his journey has not been plain sailing.
The remarkably unacclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use o…
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.
The remarkably unaclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use of…
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
KEITH.
Hailing from the midlands, Bab is a female sketch duo comprised of Amy Spinks and Lauren Soley.
Amarpal had the fortune and misfortune of being brought up in Bradford by working class parents but falling into the bland trapdoor of middle aged and middle class monotony.
Milne Glendinning Band (MGB) is a cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, with guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass.
KEITH.
Amarpal had the fortune and misfortune of being brought up in Bradford by working class parents but falling into the bland trapdoor of middle aged and middle class monotony.
A cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass.
Bored of the same-old Summer Saturday nights? Fed up with listening to your neighbour’s kids screaming in the garden? Want to get away from the topless chanting lads who invade B…
Star of Mock the Week, QI and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Olga Koch, got a master’s degree and she won’t shut up about it.
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches)As Kaelan Trough and his husband celeb…
You sense the presence of an Extravaganza.
How to achieve a powerful and radiant sexual allure.
If any staff or patrons see Comedian Sean Morley on the premises of festival grounds please go to red alert.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don't have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I've almost made my mind up, but I'm more interested in what you …
An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs.
Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London, a member of Weirdos Comedy Collective and winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
Lulu Popplewell is a recovering addict, failed 'Love Actually' child actor, and hilarious comedian.
Adam has set off for the wilderness, determined to find meaning in solitude, embracing a new life of nothing but moss-covered rocks and the sound of crickets.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
Monopoly is a terrible game.
Eine Nacht im Weimar!Music, Tanzen und Kabbarett!Come and join us for the heady days of Berlin in the 1920’s.
About the show Join Whole Lotta Comedy where the comedians of the future perform for you today.
Continuing their residency at The Courtyard Theatre. Come and enjoy an evening of live performances. Monologues, Duologues, Music, Spoken Word/Poetry, Stand Up Comedy + more.
About the show Celebrate the opening of the 15th festival with an exhilarating night of music and dance including two special guest performances from companies AXIOM and…
Your classic, uncensored, alcohol-fuelled noughties sitcom.
From the extraordinary story of Cecilia Giménez (Mary Tillett), writer Joe Wiltshire Smith has created a beautifully crafted play that embraces her innocence and resilience, while…
Back the budding comics standing up for charity.
Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
Simon Hall has had a hell of a few years.
NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL Masculinity is in crisis.
NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
It’s been a year since Sophie disappeared from David’s life.
Elf Lyons will perform an hour of anarchic comedy.
It’s been a year since Sophie disappeared from David’s life.
The Comedy Hole is a standup comedy collective based in Warsaw, Poland.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
The Comedy Hole is a standup comedy collective based in Warsaw, Poland.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
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…
Your 20s are glorious; your 30s are a joy.
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
Komedia Comedy Club joins Brighton Fringe Festival’s exciting new pop-up stage Caravanserai! Experience Komedia’s award-winning live comedy show, featuring two top stand-up acts …
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Komedia Comedy Club joins Caravanserai, Brighton Fringe Festival’s exciting new pop-up stage, Luna Parc, and presents Komedia’s Comedy Caravan! Experience Komedia’s award-wi…
A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway…
Your 20s are glorious; your 30s are a joy.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith” Bruce Dessau (The Times) This is Arthur Smith’s love letter to the world of comedy and the playground of the…
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith’ Bruce Dessau” (Times).
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Jonny Woo (London drag legend and co-owner gay pub The Glory) returns to Brighton Fringe following hit appearances with Night at The Musicals (with Le Gateau Chocolat) and Transfor…
A deeply moving, fast-paced true story of catastrophe, survival and love from Britain’s home front: these uniquely told stories intertwine and unfold to take you on a journey you…
A deeply moving, fast-paced true story of catastrophe, survival and love from Britain’s home front: these uniquely told stories intertwine and unfold to take you on a journey you…
Celebrating 50 years of Rocky Horror and one wild ride of a life.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
An alternative night of stand-up comedy hosted by Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones!
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Let Lilly Buchanan whisk you away for an evening of decorum and debauchery. A night of dancing and singing, and one or two risqué strip teases…
Three comedians performing dark, vulgar and irreverent stand-up comedy from the very depths of their damned souls.
Three stand-ups performing twenty minutes of comedy from the very depths of their damned souls.
Let Lilly Buchanan whisk you away for an evening of decorum and debauchery. A night of dancing and singing, and one or two risqué strip teases…
Dragons Den meets Whose Line is it Anyway! We ask three stand-ups to give presentations on companies that we’ve made up that make products that don’t exist.
Dragons Den meets Whose Line is it Anyway! We ask three stand-ups to give presentations on companies that we’ve made up that make products that don’t exist.
In a world full of distractions, survival mode and the crushing weight of “being a good feminist”, is the female orgasm ever going to be a priority? Join Lucy on her personal v…
A stand-up phenomenon that’s highly likely to be deported by the Government.
Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo…
Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-…
A stand-up phenomenon that’s highly likely to be deported by the Government.
Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-…
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Project COMEDY: Gag’s Army.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Project COMEDY: Gag’s Army.
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
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…
Watch award-winning short spoofs brought to you by The DAFTAS - an annual short spoof film challenge.
The biggest show on the continent is coming to Liverpool this May and we’re throwing a party! Come and watch the show on a big screen with food, fizz and frie…
If the encore of a show entails audience members chucking white tennis socks at you, would you consider it a success? You might, if the tennis socks were props for an avalanche so …
The DAFTAS brings their award-winning short comedy films to Brighton Fringe.
A brand new collection of up and coming comedic talent from around the south of England and Wales.
See double this summer as The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s madcap comedy about long-lost siblings and mistaken identities, unravels in the Globe Theatre.
A brand new collection of up and coming comedic talent from around the south of England and Wales.
Because of its unique, hilarious and down right crazy rounds, Quiz Face has been described as.
Because of its unique, hilarious and down right crazy rounds, Quiz Face has been described as.
The latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Stand-Up Comedy Course at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage for their very first time in our electric atmosphere ‘New Act Nigh…
Kings, Queens, and everything in between Inclusive, radical and hella creative, it’s Brighton’s Big Drag Pageant! The hottest ticket of last year’s Fringe returns for the 2023 ed…
Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Join us for The Horsies - the awards show filled with character comedians where everyone’s a winner and nobody knows what’s going on.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Join us for The Horsies - the awards show filled with character comedians where everyone’s a winner and nobody knows what’s going on.
Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun.
Martin J Dixon returns to the Fringe with his hilarious show Big Fat Gay.
Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun.
Martin J Dixon returns to the Fringe with his hilarious show Big Fat Gay.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
The award winning Forge Comedy Club (Best Comedy Club - South 2023 Chortle Awards) is the hottest comedy ticket in Brighton all year round (#1 Comedy Club in Brighton - Trip Adviso…
Brace yourself.
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 4th year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
The award winning Forge Comedy Club (Best Comedy Club - South 2023 Chortle Awards) is the hottest comedy ticket in Brighton all year round (#1 Comedy Club in Brighton - Trip Adviso…
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…
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 3rd year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
Brace yourself.
We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
I was intrigued to see who would choose a regular Saturday night comedy club over the spectacle of the Eurovision final being shown all around Brighton.
Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Join the showbiz sensation Boogaloo Stu for bingo experience filled with frivolity, fun, filth and flashmob dances.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
Celebrate the start of Brighton Fringe 2023 by joining us at the Caravanserai launch.
In its second Festival year, Extra Topping Showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe.
Celebrate the start of Brighton Fringe 2023 by joining us at the Caravanserai launch.
Join the revellers as mother nature envelops the Globe Theatre for Shakespeare’s deliciously disruptive and intoxicating comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all …
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an interactive comedy adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how we navigate…
With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country.
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.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Comedy Bloomers returns in 2023 with a lovely lineup of comedy talents.
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…
An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists.
The Big O is fast paced, intimate, hilarious and heartfelt exploration of 21st Century attitudes and experiences of female pleasure, orgasm and consent through the eyes of one woma…
Bill’s been feeling more and more like a ghost these days.
Calling all chill seekers.
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
‘Asian Girls in Therapy’ is a dark comedy that follows the therapy journey of Kiran and Cheon making them face their deepest demons, desires and depressive episodes in the form of …
Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Big TopJoin the circus! Or don't.
Louis Voler wants his dad, Mike, out of his life – which is difficult as Mike’s just got them sent to jail.
Noise From The Attic brings you improvised tales of terror inspired by your irrational fears.
Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus.
They’re here, one’s queer, and they never get over anything.
if all the times i cared had names.
Stand up comedy showcasing top comedians from minority backgrounds.
The Testament According to Adam Old systems need to be changed Dopa-Mean GirlA musical comedy about ADHD brains The Testament According to Adam - Capitol Theatre Co…
This show is a work in progress for Hannah’s first solo show.
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
Millie is not like other girls.
Get ready for a refreshing and fantastical adventure! This award-winning show will defy your expectations and warm your heart.
Nocturne: A late night cabaret featuring the very best in entertainment from across the UK.
Comedy UnRepped is a curated mixed bill show with selected acts who are at the early stages of their careers performing in VAULT Festival 2023, and most importantly, currently with…
Stars of the international cabaret scene as you’ve never seen them before, performing lesser-known routines, trialling ridiculous concepts they’ve never dared perform before or eve…
An evening of live performances. Monologues, Duologues, Music, Spoken Word/Poetry, Stand Up Comedy + more.
NICE showcases fantastic up and coming comics alongside funny people you’ve probably seen on the telly! With comedy ranging from the bizarre, to the silly, to the embarrassingly pe…
Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre.
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…
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Stand up comedy at St Elmos, the next hub of music and arts, located just a stones throwaway from Kings cross station.
A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive show.
Come spend one special winters evening in East Londons favourite hole, The Glory.
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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.
Kick off is at 2.
Off Broadway Comedy Club by Giggle GaggleThe Off Broadway Comedy Club is Brightons newest comedy night.
Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions.
1st Show: 18:30 2nd Show: 19:30 Cultural Comedy Tours returns to the Grant Museum for a wonderful Halloween special evening of discovery and laughter with a one of a kind look …
ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN Performed by GARY MULLEN AND THE WORKS In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the larges…
Ed Night - who you might have seen seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and Comedy Central - will be bringing an hour of brand-new jokes along with ‘one of the country’s top new comedy acts’, T…
Come and join us for a special evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write.
Join us at the Museum of Comedy for the funniest Quiz night in London.Starts 7pm - Just turn up and take a seat!
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…
Coming to Sadler’s Wells in September as part of its world tour, A Night At The Kabuki is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet to original recordings of songs by Queen.
Take a trip into one of Shakespeare’s classic comedies, in this version 12 actors will play over 20 roles. Set in a modern Britain, tackling love in many sources.
One voice.
Building on his award-winning London debut, the new extended show Music of the Night is a feast for the eyes, ears and soul.
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.
Reality is overrated.
Reality is overrated.
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…
Aww, sookie sookie now! There’s a disco, a stand-up comedy disco, featuring the hippest comics in town, can you dig it? Hosted by Tom Lawrinson.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
Alpha’s All Stars – We live in interesting times.
A quality line-up of the hottest new acts in town.
Get Off Live Comedy Gala! Get Off Live Comedy is an industry born and funded independent HR that aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the industry we love.
A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland.
Big Boys and Friends is a silly lil’ mixed-bill comedy-cabaret from Channel 4’s critically acclaimed Big Boys, comedian Jack Rooke and character comic Jon Pointing.
Fiction’s greatest villains, from Hannibal Lecter to Cruella de Vil, are in court for their crimes in a rip-roaring musical comedy that will challenge everything you know about l…
This show presents a collective of exciting musical theatre numbers relating to the theme of being unapologetically you and making a lasting impact on the world around you.
One night.
Rediscover your favourite songs as Miss Kiddy and the Cads steal the biggest contemporary hits and give them a musical makeover of style and sass.
Remember that time you pooed yourself in public? Or when you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone poi…
Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian Tom Burgess.
This is a play about birthdays.
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…
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show.
The Late Shift is the one Fringe stand-up comedy show you do not want to miss! New York City is the stand-up comedy capital of the world.
‘Milkman Amongst Tulips’, possibly the most famous painting of the Baroque period, is the only surviving work by Dutch master Schmurt Veeglik.
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 …
Stand-up, sarcasm and uncomfortable confessions combine in this true story about life as a Jesus girl.
‘Awesome late-night hilarity’ (ThreeWeeks) will be too good to miss.
John and James’ Tantric Night Out is a conventionally attractive new comedy show from the people behind Final Cut and BIG SHOP.
This is a show on top of Arthur’s seat, every day at 2pm.
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.
John and James’ Tantric Night Out is a conventionally attractive new comedy show from the people behind Final Cut and BIG SHOP.
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…
The HandleBards are a cycling theatre company who pedal Shakespeare plays to outdoor venues all across the UK.
Rozarina Larsen present, Asian Persuasion: A stand up solo by Rozarina on mistaken identity, managing expectations, surviving clichés and trying to fit in as an Asian living in Sc…
Rozarina Larsen present, Asian Persuasion: A stand up solo by Rozarina on mistaken identity, managing expectations, surviving clichés and trying to fit in as an Asian living in Sc…
Rozarina Larsen present, Asian Persuasion: A stand up solo by Rozarina on mistaken identity, managing expectations, surviving clichés and trying to fit in as an Asian living in Sc…
Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing.
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE BIG TOP BIRTHDAY! Join Sarah and her best friend Duck as they plan the ultimate circus soiree to help Scarf Lady celebrate her birthday.
Taylor & Leigh return to the festival with blisteringly hot country blues.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…
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.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Old Fruit Jar Productions are back with a fresh take on one of Shakespeare's classics! After a storm destroys all hope for a relaxing cruise across the ocean, Vi…
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Join us for a raucous night of laughter, raising much-needed funds for Waverley Care – Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
Join a massive line-up of the biggest names on the Fringe for a raucous evening of comedy to help the fight against brain tumours.
Four acts, hosted by a sketch show? Late-night comedy, celebrating different acts each night from across the Fringe! Biscuit Barrel’s twist on the comedy night, based in Bristol si…
In a room of questionable hygiene.
Hundreds entered, 11 survive; now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself.
A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone.
The role of the weather girl is one of the most iconic in the TV landscape.
Does for politics, religion and philosophy what Simon Evans Goes to Market (BBC Radio 4) did for economics – makes it fresh, compelling and funny.
Warning: I want to be worldwide performer. I hope you do not mind but this show will pretty much just involve me going up there and being nice with it.
David and Emma arrive at work on Christmas Eve – the only two people in the office the morning after the Christmas party.
Cinema’s greatest hits performed by an award-winning a cappella group! From international competitions to sell-out shows, singing powerhouses Sweet Nothings have done it all.
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.
The rhythm of the tango underpins Los Guardiola - The Comedy of Tango in this superb production from Musique et Toile, but the show is much broader than the one dance form.
All About the Drama is an insight to the worrying mind of Jovis Hart.
The Changeling Girl explores experiences of neurodivergency through the captivating story of Agnes, an autistic girl living in medieval England accused of being a fairy changeling.
We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ…
When 18-year-old Eliza doesn’t come home one night, her family and friends are forced to confront their own issues and insecurities in an attempt to find out what has happened to…
The gals are back for one night only! Join The Fannies laughing at life from PMT to HRT, fuelled on G’n’T and B&H.
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, …
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.
Based on a true story, Silent Night is set in an Anderson shelter on Christmas Eve in 1940.
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…
Growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India and then being thrown into the West with no language, culture, personality, looks or even a clue. Standup Comedy Show by Joe Bains
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings).
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Back by popular demand, Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh with all-new comedic competitors! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisati…
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Taskmaster star Sophie Duker is bringing Wacky back for two unmissable festival specials, joined by psychotically talented one-man white-man hous…
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…
Five couples – three human, one fairy, and one mythical – find their relationships sorely tested, intimately probed and indecently exposed when a troupe of amateur theatricals …
Michael and Tony are in the “Waste Management Business”.
Michael and Tony are in the “Waste Management Business”.
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.
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.
Top Comedy Pick, NY Times (2022).
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Investigated over 24 murders and eight shootings.
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.
The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin join violinist Laura Samuel for a mystical reimagining of Vaughan Williams’ ‘The Lark Ascending’.
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…
Manchester’s award-winning free comedy club comes to Edinburgh for the first time! From the scene that produced the likes of Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas comes four rising stars, e…
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.
Tuesday Night Sleeping Club: a night-and-action radio.
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…
Red-hot originals and ice-cool classics as Scotland’s native guitar/vocal legend (‘Electrifying’ **** (ThreeWeeks)) presents unique acoustic arrangements from the 20th-century so…
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…
Have you ever felt isolated and confused about the world? Surrounded by judgement, pressure and horrifically high beauty standards, Jess confesses her innermost thoughts to you all…
You’re only a missing person if someone misses you.
Join hypnotist Jason Simmons as he takes you on a journey into the depths of your mind, stripping back the layers of your reality, in this highly interactive family-friendly unforg…
Join hypnotist Jason Simmons as he takes you on a journey into the depths of your mind, stripping back the layers of your reality, in this highly interactive family-friendly unforg…
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from all your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to t…
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…
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
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.
Paradise Palms’ infamous buffet of raucous cabaret and queer performance alongside comedy, spoken word and the darn-right ridiculous.
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald; Dinah Washington; Keely Smith; Maxine Sullivan; Peggy Lee.
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Start the day with a riot of cray kid-friendly laughter for the whole family. Zany sketches, acrobatics, cirque skills and mayhem.
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…
Fade In: Heidi sits at her desk writing the blurb for this show.
A one-off comedy extravaganza! For the past 37 years the Pleasance has been the home of new comedy talent in Edinburgh.
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
Clandestina is a queer women, trans and non-binary-led comedy show.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the sixth consecutive year – after five sell-out years! Awa…
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…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
It’s 1998.
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…
Manchester’s award-winning free comedy club comes to Edinburgh for the first time! From the scene that produced the likes of Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas comes four rising stars, e…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
The only place to see top Black comedians and cabaret acts from around the globe (who are still able to get in the country or afford travel).
Jack Campbell did his first stand-up gig in 2010, aged 19.
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
Scotland’s Adult Comedy Show.
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 sassy-ass show hosted by Richard and Greta: risque alter egos of multi award-winning, Fringe favourites Nina Conti (British Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star and more)…
Recalling Banksy’s famous graffiti, originally painted on the side of Waterloo Bridge in 2002, Amy Wakeman’s The Girl and Her Balloon is a similarly ubiquitous depiction of hop…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
Mick McNeill’s rapid climb up the Scottish comedy ladder has seen him become a weekend favourite at every weekend comedy club in the country.
New York comedians Wyatt Feegrado (Bettor Days on Hulu, Amazon Prime), Lukas Arnold (2 million+ followers on Tiktok) and Otter Lee (Fairview on Comedy Central) present an afternoon…
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art.
Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t…
Carr Crash is an hour’s comedy by Leslie Carr (father and Professor of computer science) and Ruby Carr (daughter and stand-up comedian) exploring the human side of Artificial Intel…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
This solo performance with award-winning dancer Mikolaj Karczewski is based on personal material, made in collaboration with the obstruction master Palle Granhøj.
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.
One man… One hour… One hell of a good laugh! Grab a beer, pull up a chair and let’s make this the best hour of nonsense you will see all Fringe!l
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself.
BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set list.
When the three little wolves go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the Big Bad Pig.
How do you live your best ho life? Have you accidentally become your parents? These are the questions NYC-based comedian Ann Chun (SF Chronicle, Timeout) explores in her solo show …
Witness first–hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
Named one of the 19 Unmissable Online Theatre Experiences by American Express Essentials Magazine, Lag: A Zoomsical Comedy is the world’s first original musical created to be perfo…
Let Philip Simon keep your little ones giggling more than that time they saw their teacher’s dirty washing on Google Classroom! Created during lockdown to entertain the children bo…
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…
A Fringe institution since 1999.
Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical, and completely original comedy walking tour will take you through the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town with comic inspiration coming from…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Award-winning Red Bus Bistro and acclaimed comedian Raymond Mearns have teamed up for the duration of the Fringe to offer a unique comedy tour experience travelling round the wonde…
Showcase of Scotland’s best comics.
Gara spent most of their life being a “girl”.
The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Get ready for an evening of bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from cult drag superstar Baby Lame.
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…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Get ready for a fantastical show to warm the heart and bring joy to people young and old alike.
Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
‘Oy Gay! is hilarious, clever and filthy! These talented comedians charm and entertain whilst exploring faith, community and life, with some classic material that still makes me la…
The cult hit stand-up panel show where the audience can join the fun without being picked on! Enjoy three top stand-ups answering the daft questions that have been picked using our…
A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show.
Reality is overrated.
A comedy showcase for hotties! No uggos allowed! Previous acts have been Alfie Brown, Olga Koch, Phil Ellis, Stephen Bailey, Aurie Styla, Aaron McCann and Sophie Duker.
Following last year’s sell-out run, the return of the extraordinarily original and marvellously funny comedy about about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
Two teams of comedians – one team depressed, one team anxious.
Part game show and part chat show.
Here comes the bride, forty-foot wide! It’s the wedding of the century and you’re invited as Lucy Frederick – ‘Eye wateringly honest’ (Scotsman) – walks down the aisle.
‘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…
‘Funny.
The book-themed comedy compilation hit is back! If you’ve ever: paused after reading something to take a moment and collect yourself, read naked, thought the book was way better …
You are blindfolded.
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…
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
The best Estonian comedians are at the Fringe for the second time and they have their own show! Come and listen to an hour of Estonian stand-up, performed in English, that is relat…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
Canadians are easy to get a long with and most importantly, funny.
Leicester Square’s Not So New Comedian of the year 2019 finalist Sean will talk about life experiences.
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
As seen at festivals across the UK.
The 2018/19 cult, sell-out queer kiki returns! A spicy late-night mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts.
Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t…
Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing.
Inspired by tales of Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood, plucky heroine Will Tell disguises herself as a knight and rides off on a chivalric quest to rescue her freedom-fighting dad from …
Four of the best newer acts.
Split-bill WIP from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then grab your pet adult and join us! Award-winning c…
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
A delightful mess of a show combining the electrifying skills of award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and the vocal genius of world-champion beatboxer Hobbit.
In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Two internationally touring Canadian comedians, Andrew Packer and Jacob Balshin, perform a blend of stand-up and musical comedy with an emphasis on improvised crowd interaction.
Unfiltered compilation show, where the hecklers are being heckled.
That’s not an Australian comedy show, this is an Australian comedy show! Don’t miss this rotating line-up of the best Aussie and Kiwi comedians at the Fringe with host Daniel Muggl…
The best Irish comedians performing their own shows at the Fringe, will showcase their best club sets, with different acts in each show.
Comedy with an accent; comedy with a different point of view! The show is curated by your mischievous Taiwanese comic Kuan-wen and features comedians from all over the world who a…
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…
The Christmas story, Broadway-style.
After selling out at the Adelaide Fringe, Liars and Clowns comes to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative, underground and weird acts from around the festival.
Gabe Mollica brings New York-style comedy line-ups every night to Bar 50.
Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe.
From exes to golf coaches, Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge is an eloquent, biting and well-structured analysis of situations when Hannah Fairweather was right and when she wa…
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comedians at this year’s festival.
Fresh, off-beat comedy from two former Cambridge Footlights.
Irish Comedy Showcase – The best Irish comedians at the Fringe will be starting your morning with some belly laughs, hopefully before breakfast.
Do you ever lay down to sleep only to be visited by the dread of embarrassing memories and intrusive thoughts? This show is for you! Award-winning Irish comedian and star of mega-p…
You never know who Tehran Von Ghasri’s bringing to his stage.
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.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand up.
Comedy for the Curious is a comedy panel show with a science twist.
A stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Tom Mayhew, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
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.
‘A festival mainstay, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
Fladam (Florence Poskitt and Adam Sowter) are ‘the most amazing hilarious musical comedy duo’ (Harry Whittaker, BBC Radio York).
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.
Who says poetry is box office poison? Fresh from wowing crowds opening for The Libertines and John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright serves up banger after banger at the hottest late nigh…
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.
Come and celebrate the start of this year’s Free Festival! See samples of all the top shows from this years Free Fest, the night before it begins – and party with the performers,…
A one-man performance spoken directly to the audience.
It’s the late night comedy gameshow that put’s the ‘dick’ in dictionary.
Louis Voler wants his dad, Mike, out of his life – which is difficult as Mike’s just got them sent to jail.
Camden Fringe presents SongTeller - A one off, immersive celebration of the finest emerging LGBTQ+ songwriters London has to offer.
From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs.
Camden Fringe presents SongTeller - A one off, immersive celebration of the finest emerging LGBTQ+ songwriters London has to offer.
Join Mary Beth for her eagerly anticipated debut hour, as she shares her checkered journey as an aspiring young starlet through to the present day, covering a range of topics like …
This wacky, vaudevillian comedy extravaganza takes you on a journey led by the two Irish mayors of Laughtown, USA, where you’ll find absurd characters, silly skits, dynamite music …
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 16th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Char…
When the pandemic hit, comedian Pernille Haaland found herself moving back home to her parents in rural Norway.
An absurd comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread, and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
Official Selection: New York Times Great Performers List (2020).
"What happens when you combine holy water and squash? Capers," Jonathan Sayer promises us during Mischief Comedy's Mischief Movie Night.
Catriona has a history of making stuff up.
With sell-out seasons and five-star reviews in the UK and throughout Australia, the Allstars bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land.
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 …
Every night at 11:20pm this Fringe, we bring you the very best in live podcasts, stand-up specials, cabaret and clowning, compilation shows and much more.
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
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.
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.
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself.
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself.
Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents.
As Shirley and Dwight bury their mother, they remember their upbringing in 1980s Chapeltown, Leeds differently.
A rip-roaring ride through the plagues of history! From swarms of locusts to vine-destroying bugs, from the Black Death to Covid.
Experience Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy in the heart of Covent Garden with the award-winning Iris Theatre.
Fringe favourites Theatre Fideri Fidera are back with a hilarious comic reimagining of the tale of Wilhelm Tell.
One of the stars of season 2 and 3 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Veronica Green is coming to the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich, presented by Something Fab Productions.
“THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH.
Night of 1000 proudly present: Night of 1000 Queens! A truly regal clubbing spectacular, hosting tribute to pop royalty.
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.
Night of 1000 proudly present: Night of 1000 Queens! You are cordially invited to a truly regal clubbing spectacular as Night Of 1000 hosts tribute to pop royalty.
Split bill work in progress from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
Split bill work in progress from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
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.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2022 Brighton Fringe.
Like Peggy Lee crossed with Liza Minelli (after a few too many glasses of red), singer Tricity Vogue mischievously combines vintage style with thoroughly modern sensibilities.
In prison, the only thing they can’t escape is each other.
In prison, the only thing they can’t escape is each other.
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.
The affable comedian brings a unique and colourful show to Brighton Fringe consisting of his inimitable style of comedy combining with cartoons and caricatures drawn by his own han…
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.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Clytemnestra’s world is torn apart when her husband, Agamemnon, sacrifices their daughter for the sake of war.
Come along to see Psychic Stu in his Phenomenal Stand Up Show! You may be lucky and get your fortune told by the man himself.
Ruby’s dad is the last of the Boomer generation, she’s the first of Gen-Z, they’re both stand-up comedians.
Ruby’s dad is the last of the Boomer generation, she’s the first of Gen-Z, they’re both stand-up comedians.
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…
Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them.
Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them.
Psychic Stu takes on the world of fake mediums and not only stands up for the holistic world, but unwittingly educates others on what to look for so as not to get conned.
Hannah Fairweather was the 2019 Rising Star New Act of the Year, a semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedian Award, So You Think You’re Funny, Leicester Square and Komedia Brighton N…
Hannah Fairweather was the 2019 Rising Star New Act of the Year, a semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedian Award, So You Think You’re Funny, Leicester Square and Komedia Brighton N…
Join us for a night of live music to uplift your soul! Featuring original music from Standing Phase (formerly The Woodville) bringing their unique blend of soul, with funky underto…
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
A comedy show with games for single party people! Bring a mate, bag a hot date - it might be fate! Kirsty Munro will hook you up even if you’ve been ghosted more times than Patrick…
A comedy show with games for single party people! Bring a mate, bag a hot date - it might be fate! Kirsty Munro will hook you up even if you’ve been ghosted more times than Patrick…
Join us for a night of live music to uplift your soul! Featuring original music from Standing Phase (formerly The Woodville) bringing their unique blend of soul, with funky underto…
Since 2005, the ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
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.
Six improvisers journey to Brighton in an attempt to break into the big time.
Six improvisers journey to Brighton in an attempt to break into the big time.
Since 2005, ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
All You Can Beat Workshop.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
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…
Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway…
BARBARA BROWNSKIRT’S BIG NIGHT OUT.
How lovely to be back at St Peter’s Old Church.
Antipholus and his slave Dromio are searching for Antipholus’ brother Antipholus, who was lost in a shipwreck.
Watch up to ten award-winning short spoofs in one place brought to you by The DAFTAS - an annual short spoof film challenge.
The latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Stand-Up Comedy Course at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage for their very first time in our electric atmosphere ‘New Act Nigh…
Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve.
Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun.
The Forge Comedy Club is Brighton’s Flagship Stand Up Comedy night.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 3rd year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
The Forge Comedy Club is Brighton’s Flagship Stand Up Comedy night.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
We’ve all had rough nights, but this one is one of the roughest.
Reality is overrated.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Still recovering from the weekend? As usual, you get online and start flicking through social media to see what have your friends been up to.
Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top acts and an MC! Boasting the hottest line-ups including; Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jordan Brookes, Olga Koch, Barbara Nice, Jarr…
Join the showbiz sensation Boogaloo Stu for bingo experience filled with frivolity, fun, filth and flashmob dances.
The convulsive pain of grief, a languorous classical quartet and an exuberant party piece undercut with darkness; these three pieces superbly contrast each other in mood and style,…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Join The Lion and Lobster & Mic Records as we celebrate live music with our Open Mic Night event - Fringe Edition.
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Join The Lion and Lobster & Mic Records as we celebrate live music with our Open Mic Night event - Fringe Edition.
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
Reality is overrated.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajun…
Dust-sheets cover what little furniture there is in the expansive room of Dr Felix Kersten (Michael Lumsden), trusted personal physiotherapist to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler (Ri…
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper.
WHO’S THAT GIRL?Who is she? Where did you find her?And why is her eye make-up so big?All of these questions and more will be ignored as superstar drag queen THAT GIRL goes on a s…
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
A powerful new play about womanhood, blackness and healing by award-winner writer and performer Julene Robinson (The Witcher, Netflix; Get up, Stand Up!, London West End).
Friday March 4th from 8pmGARAGE, HAPPY HARDCORE, DRUM & BASSDRESS CODE - BUCKET HATS, SHELL SUITS & 90/00S CLUBWEARFREE ENTRY AND GLOWSTICKSBRING A JAM SANDWICHPurchase VIP…
Love lives and dies, onlineTwo rooms, two people, two calls, two times.
The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the…
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…
Calling all Rebel Girls and VioletsOn Friday 4th February 2022, XS POP will be tearing up Aatma in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, to celebrate all of the best women wh…
The critically acclaimed LIKE A STURGEON show is back at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a Burns Night like no other!Join RIPLEY as the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola S…
Join Rudi Douglas and Grace Shush as they delve into the one and only Adele’s catalogue of music to perform live their favourite songs from 19, 21, 25 & 30.
Winner of Best Actor and Bewley’s Little Gem awards at Dublin Fringe, and nominated Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, Aonghus Óg McAnally ret…
Winner of Best Actor and Bewley’s Little Gem awards at Dublin Fringe, and nominated Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, Aonghus Óg McAnally ret…
Bringing top improv comedy to Shoreditch “Sprout”, veterans of two sell-out Edinburgh festivals shows, will be presenting “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games, scenes and sto…
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
Come and join us for a game night!—You will ideally need 2 devices with internet access to play along with us—Games Available;Jackbox Party Packs 1-7Gartic Phone—Ticket link
"Part gig, part festival, part immersive adventure" - Lauren Laverne "Secret Cinema for live music" - London Live "Best Covid Safe Live Music Event 2020&qu…
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
There are few things worth travelling the length of the Jubilee Line for on a cold and wet rush-hour on a December night.
Following a successful debut tour culminating at The Leicester Square Theatre and a recording of a sold-out hometown sell-out, Andrew is back with a brand new show.
Dublin, 1742.
Dublin, 1742.
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Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Shakespeare’s ever popular fairy-tale farce of everyday miracles, mistaken identity and double vision, directed by comedy master Phillip Breen.
The official Homotopia Festival laid-back vibes closing party.
Tune in for an evening of conversation with RTÉ Radio 1’s cultural guru, Seán Rocks.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Can you believe it’s been 18 years since we first saw the Girls on Popstars The Rivals!? To celebrate their birthday and of course mourn the loss of our favourite wild child o…
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
It is the True Crime Convention at the Museum of Comedy and fans have gathered to see their favourite True-Crime stars, get autographs and watch live podcast recordings …
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Queer bxbes,We are delighted to be back at Kindred on Thursday October 24th with another incredible lineup celebrating comedy, queerness and Halloween.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Hay Babes! Who will be London’s Next BIG Thing?Join Miss Taylor Trash for the most East London drag pageant you have ever seen in your lives!!!12 contestants will battle it ou…
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.
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…
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Come and join us for a game night!—You will ideally need 2 devices with internet access to play along with us—Games Available;Jackbox Party Packs 1-7Gartic Phone—Ticket link
THE BIG GEEK QUIZ 3 - THE GEEK WORLDLondon’s favourite geek quiz is back at the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern for its third adventure.
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Comedy Bloomers is back for October with an As seen on TV Special Edition featuring a selection of professional acts who’ve appeared on TV and Radio!Supporting them are the usual c…
The music that filled the dancehalls during the Big Band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK.
Stand-up comedy! Drag! Games! Prizes! Camp! Welcome to the third edition of Queer Comedy, The Glory’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive comedy night.
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
THE RVT BIG QUIZ - POP PICKERS EDITIONHOSTED BY SIMON LE VANS AND DAVID ROBSON Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the quiz, they’re back! Yep it’s our very …
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Known from Soho before Corona and on Zoom during Corona.
Detroit comedian Mike Geeter is coming bringing the funny to MoC! As an Ivy League dropout and community college graduate from Pontiac, MI, Mike brings a po…
Ladies Night at Monks Park Working Mens ClubAdvance tickets are 10 - On the night they will be 15FRIDAY 01st OCTOBER 2021 doors open at 19:00 show starts at 20:30A fun packed eveni…
Another lovely comedy evening, this time with Russell Arathoon, In 2018 Russell made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed show The Curious Incidents Of The Gay …
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
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.
Come and join us for an open mic night!Ticket link
PIE Entertainment Ltd Presents A SLIGHTLY NAUGHTY NIGHT OUT Prepare to have your ribs, and everything else, tickled, as comedian Paul Eastwood brings h…
Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston.
A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home o…
"Hands up, who enjoys being white?" An amused Elisabeth Gunawan asks the audience in Unforgettable Girl - her one person show at Camberwell’s Golden Goose Theatre, dire…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Come and get FILTHY IN PEACH at The Bitten Peach’s CLUB NIGHT at Colours Hoxton! PARTY + POP UP PERFORMANCES from 10pm-2am featuring an Asian cabaret dreamhouse of FILTHY FA…
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
A new monthly LGBTQ+ quiz for North London comes to Islington on Wednesday 15th September at The Angelic.
Comedy Bloomers returns for 2021 with a lovely lineup to get the rest of the year started.
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…
https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/
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…
https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/
https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/
The mother of all mistaken identity comedies, The Comedy of Errors gets a lockdown makeover in the hands of the bilingual theatre group The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company.
https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/
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…
https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/
Hey queer bxbes,We are delighted to be back at Kindred on Thursday September 9th with another incredible lineup celebrating comedy & queerness.
Mother’s Comedy Ball is a new monthly comedy night bringing you the funniest and most diverse of London’s up and coming comedians.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities…
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our MIGHTY gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities…
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities…
‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities…
Come join us for some quizzing Time: 18:00 - 21:00Ticket link
Big Night OutCreated & hosted by Grace n Mads Big Night Out is a night of queer performances.
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
In its 6th year of drunk comedians.
Stand-up comedy! Drag! Games! Prizes! Camp! Welcome to the second edition of Queer Comedy, The Glory’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive comedy night.
Join us for an evening of games, and to have some fun! This event will be hosted on Discord.
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…
We will not tolerate the hate speech & violence inflicted upon us and the murder of our lovers, friends & our LGBTQIA+ families /communities.
Find your place on the path to The Clapham Grand for our LION KING MOVIE NIGHT Weve already given you Mamma Mia, but were roaring back to full capacity Movie Nights here at T…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Monkey Barrel Comedy’s alternative comedy night, Project X presents, all the way from Tennessee (US of America), The Chuck Wagon Chuckle with Dusty Rambusky! Join Dusty and his ban…
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
Fairies.
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 .
HELLO IT’S HOT GIRL SUMMER HERE!ARE YOU READY FOR HOT , QUEER, NAUGHTY SUMMER? ARE YOU A PERSON OF COLOUR? We are ready for you! Come and join us to celebrate this …
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…
Part game show and part chat show.
How many times can a woman be objectified before deciding she’s more human than that? More angry than that… more vengeful than that.
With 21 convictions for 76 offenses, beginning at the age of 13, including arrests for stabbings, shootings and murder; losing an eye and being told he would never walk again, Marv…
60-minutes, 12 characters, 7,500 words & One Actress! A fast-paced comedy with a love triangle, a case of mistaken identity, and a pair of yellow stockings! During the first lock…
This Edinburgh Fringe, Clarissa Maycock will explain it all (briefly.
After a sell-out Scottish tour, Leah MacRae (River City and Gary: Tank Commander) brings her hilarious, rip-roaring, uplifting show for it’s Fringe debut.
Be prepared for some funny and revealing stories from Dr Colin Thomas on his journey from watching television as a child to wanting to perform at Footlights and finally making it a…
60-minutes, 12 characters, 7,500 words & One Actress! A fast-paced comedy with a love triangle, a case of mistaken identity, and a pair of yellow stockings! During the first lock…
Hoo Hah House's production Brave Face is by far the bravest and powerful production I have seen at the Fringe this year.
WELCOME to Killer Queens Presents: Choke In The Big Smoke! This is the first London outing of our award winning sell out drag murder mystery shows, and in true Killer Queens fashio…
The seaweed is always greener down at The Clapham Grand such wonderful things surround you, at one of our Movie Nights! Leave the human world and transport yourselves Under T…
A Night at the Opera: critically-acclaimed pianist Andrew Wright performs attractive arrangements by Liszt and others, taken from operas by Wagner, Mascagni, Bellini and Rossini.
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 …
Come join Sophia Stardust, Coco Couture and Tiana Biscuit for an evening of delightIf you are booking from your friends separately and wish to be seated together please E-mail us i…
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…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom.
‘Girl Code’ is a comedy panel show, hosted by Sikisa and featuring a group of outspoken females who are all going through varied life experiences, which include changing sexualitie…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Pick of the Fringe award winner Ivor Dembina, presents a revised and updated version of his solo Jewish comedy show – a story with jokes about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
A fabulous selection of outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
‘Girl Code’ is a comedy panel show, hosted by Sikisa and featuring a group of outspoken females who are all going through varied life experiences, which include changing sexualitie…
Tues Night @ Social Club is one of those 'Marmite' shows that some people would consider their worst nightmare, while others could consider it tailor-made for them.
The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians.
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.
The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
Meet Sarah and her best friend Duck! Join us for a magical adventure live on stage with a whole host of your favourite friends including The Ribbon Sisters, The Sha…
The best night of comedy on the Fringe returns! Hosted by Pierre Novellie and featuring Mark Watson, Rachel Fairburn, Njambi McGrath, Joe Thomas and Eshaan Akbar.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Stand-up comedy show featuring acts that are positively freaky.
Festival favourite Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a joyful concert including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum.
Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum.
Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum.
Friday night is cocktails and party night at flock - and with a fantastic pop singer who will cover the musicals, pop and disco classics and she can.
Heather Duster presents Funny Girl: A one woman retelling of the iconic musical with a little more drag! Join Heather as she takes you on a musical journey with her one woman …
ITS GREAT TO BE BACK.
The improv comedy supergroup behind Monday Night Improv at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow, bring you an hour of improvised comedy madness every afternoon in what can only be descri…
Devine Tension Presents Swan Night Only at The Swan (Fuller’s Pub and Restaurant) Intimate drag extravaganza, featuring River Medway & Sophia Stardust.
This show was going to be titled “I Used to Eat Dog Food” but that would have meant leaving out all material about the sex dungeon, the legendary yeast infection, and everything el…
Award-winning comedian.
This show was going to be titled “I Used to Eat Dog Food” but that would have meant leaving out all material about the sex dungeon, the legendary yeast infection, and everything el…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to dazzle children (aged 6+) and their families.
Stand Up Comedians who all trained at London’s Best Comedy Venue; The Bill Murray, all come together to bring you a night of fun! You’ll laugh, cry and have something to chat t…
Stand Up Comedians who all trained at London’s Best Comedy Venue; The Bill Murray, all come together to bring you a night of fun! You’ll laugh, cry and have something to chat t…
Did you have a birthday in the last year that was spoilt by COVID? Or an anniversary? Or a Christmas.
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…
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.
Comedy for the Curious is the comedy chat show where curiosity and stand-up comedy are combined.
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.
Hosted by Colin Etches and Rachel Morton-Young, the Sounds Proper Comedy Showcase presents a variety of high-quality stand-up comedians every Sunday.
InHouse Theatre and Assembly invite you back to your favourite haunt for a strong drink and a stranger-than-fiction ghost story.
Songs from much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are reimagined under music director Wayne Marshall in a new staging by Kim Criswell.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
We’re proud to present our evening of summertime hilarity, mirth and merriment for your pleasure.
Pick of the Fringe award winner Ivor Dembina, presents a revised and updated version of his solo Jewish comedy show – a story with jokes about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show.
An aspiring actress, Evie Edwards, clutches the sides of the Hollywood sign.
He’s back with a brand new comedy show for 2021! Mask off, mic on, laughs had! Four-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist.
The Big Show returns to the Fringe! Monkey Barrel Comedy’s top-rated, sell-out weekend extravaganza is on every night at 22:15 (not 12th), with a top mixed-bill line-up each even…
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.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script and no set list.
Music is the food of love – and we needed to play on.
How many times can a woman be objectified before deciding she’s more human than that? More angry than that… more vengeful than that.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! The Stand’s flagship contemporary Scottish comedy show returns! A Fringe institution but this time with four acts, seating, table service …
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.
Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires).
Night on Boob Mountain is a surreal and raucous teen horror gig theatre show set on the island of Teendom.
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 …
Every Thursday at The Quebec Saucy Sophie brings you the campest quiz in town.
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…
Every Tuesday, come down to Bar CMYK in Wimbledon for South London’s only weekly LGBTQIA+ comedy night.
Award-nominated Shakespeare’s Wanderers are delighted to present a new production of Twelfth Night, which will take audiences back to the roaring twenties for an evening of romance…
TFN: SATURDAYS BUSIEST NAKED NIGHT OUT IN THE UK TFNS NO ORDINARY PARTY!!!SATURDAY 14th August 2021, 9 pm - 2.
2020 sees The Blues Band Celebrate their 40th year together Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher.
Is there an issue with capturing plays from the second half of the twentieth century that deal with gay issues of the period? The Southwark Playhouse recently managed a production …
Mistaken identity, two sets of twins and lots of frivolity is what makes this unique bi-lingual production of Shakespeare's classic comedy The Comedy of Errors.
Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Washed up in Illyria after a ship wreck, Viola decides that the best course of action is to dress up as a eunuch and go work for the Count Orsino.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
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.
Get ready for a fiesta like no other as our ★★★★ (The Times, The Stage)raucous 2019 production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns with piñ…
Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, music and the madness of love, Twelfth Night, finds new life this summer in the Globe Theatre.
New festival East London Shakespeare Festival launches this summer with an outdoor production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, July 1st - August 1st in Waltham Forest & Wanstead.
New festival East London Shakespeare Festival launches this summer with an outdoor production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, July 1st - August 1st in Waltham Forest & Wanstead.
Tarascas Fiasco presents: The Marching Skaletons An 8-piece day of the dead inspired band from Brighton with their celebratory musical fusion of ska, Latin and eighties pop, guara…
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…
An absurd two-hander comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/funk and gospel influences, playing songs from their forthcoming album.
An absurd two-hander comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/R&B playing songs from their forthcoming album - guest artist Mark Edwards on piano…
With colourful characters from across the medieval heavens and earth.
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve.
William Shakespeare’s masterpiece and most popular comedy ‘Twelfth Night’, an amazing rounded play for actors and audience alike.
St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove was the perfect idyllic setting for Drama Impact's version of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Come together. Write Now! A brand new event, the POETRY PICNIC! A snack heavy celebration of music and poetry, with poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko.
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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.
The Man.
The Man.
Since 2005, the ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Heavy drinking, with all its attendant chaos, can be a sobering experience.
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC THOMAS GREEN fresh from a sell-out Australian festival season with NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighting Talk’, ‘The Blame Game’, ‘The Michael Mc…
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC STEPHEN GRANT (Brighton’s own award winning compere) with CALLY BEATON (‘QI’, ‘The Apprentice You’re Fired’) NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighti…
Heavy drinking, with all its attendant chaos, can be a sobering experience.
As dusk falls, the indigenous tribes of Brighton & Hove gather at their favourite watering holes.
As dusk falls, the indigenous tribes of Brighton & Hove gather at their favourite watering holes.
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.
The West End’s only sit down disco with London’s best drag diva DJs playing camp classics all nightTicket link
Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special.
After many long months of closure, we are now absolutely delighted to bring back Komedia’s renowned (and now socially distanced) live stand-up show, Krater Comedy Club! Discover…
Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her.
After many long months of closure, we are now absolutely delighted to bring back Komedia’s renowned (and now socially distanced) live stand-up show, Krater Comedy Club! Discover…
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
Big Quiffy Bingo was a show that was full of glitz and glamour, thanks to the host of the evening Boogaloo Stu.
The Face of the Other is an exhibition that investigates the issues of visibility/invisibility, otherness and hospitality.
A soundscaped binaural recording of Maria Ferguson’s debut poetry collection, ‘Alright, Girl?’ published by Burning Eye books.
A soundscaped binaural recording of Maria Ferguson’s debut poetry collection, ‘Alright, Girl?’ published by Burning Eye books.
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.
The Face of the Other is an exhibition that investigates the issues of visibility/invisibility, otherness and hospitality.
Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s…
Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s…
Millie is not like other girls.
Meet Millie.
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you! Performances on 6 days per week, 4 to 6 times per day, from 17:30 until 23:00 on weekdays and 14:3…
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Friday 14th May 2021, 8pm (doors open at 7.
An intimate evening of conversation and song hosted by Greg Barnett, Monday Night at the Apollo will see some of the West End’s best-known performers sing an eclectic mix of …
Lloyd Griffith: Not just a pretty faceLloyd is back on the road with his latest stand up tour.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajun…
A deliciously twisted and tender comedy about inner gremlins and awkward romance.
Tickets: £16Duration: approx 2hrs.
This show has been rescheduled from 17 April 2020.
Big Deal Drama will be joining forces with poets, a visual artist and beatboxer/sound artist for Crep Project.
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
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 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'.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajuns pân�…
Detroit comedian Mike Geeter is coming bringing the funny to MoC! As an Ivy League dropout and community college graduate from Pontiac, MI, Mike brings a pointed look at…
THEY WERE THE DRIFTERS.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Two hours of big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing from Scotland’s record-breaking big band, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Join us for an evening of variety entertainment hosted by DJ, radio presenter and military husband Chris Keen.
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.
An evening of poetry and spoken word curated and hosted by Tim Marriott and guests.
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.
Learn the ins and outs of the logistics behind achieving ambitious designs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Anna Driftmier, designer of Army @ The Fringe 2019 show Dead E…
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 …
Enthusiastically vote alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2020’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and shiny moose trophies.
A screening of short films curated by Soldiers’ Arts Academy, hosted by Román Baca.
Closing the first day of army@thevirtualfinge on Monday 11th of August was an online short film screening and Q&A with Phil Spencer, available to watch online in full.
‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland).
They’ve cycled 1500 miles to get to the Fringe, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes they need for their brand new 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.
‘Wonderful silliness’ ***** (GlamAdelaide.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
A snapshot of the life of an eccentric woman living on the streets of South East London.
The very best burlesque performers at the Fringe come together for more glamour and risqué late-night entertainment.
The genius combination of a one hour long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
The kid’s back with another hour of lo-fi stand-up comedy to chill or study to.
3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? Grab your pet adult and join us! Direct from a UK tour and last year’s sell-out run; we’re back …
Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
A fabulous selection of outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
The only fast-paced, pun-tastic comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick, Davy Scones.
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…
Good morning, Edinburgh! After many successful Fringe sell-outs, we’re back for our fabulous 15th anniversary! Three new, stimulating, delicious, rotating “menus” of 10-15-minute c…
LOGAN MURRAY’S COMEDY SUMMER SCHOOL ‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
An introduction to comedy writing for the beginnner.
Lloyd is back on the road for his third UK stand up tour.
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is a surreal 2-handed comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick…
Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is a surreal 2-handed comedy sketch show about a sailor with a beard made of bread and his sidekick…
New British Musical1983.
Curimba Trio is the latest project of pianist and composer Sam Watts in collaboration with guitarist Jurandir Santana and percussionist Adriano Adewale.
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.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
A show by poet and theatre maker Cecilia Knapp supported by the Arts Council.
Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today.
Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today.
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but why are Eric & Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd so fondly r…
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…
The heritage of comedy is a troubled one - littered with the shells of those whose genius is inextricably linked with struggles with mental health.
Performed at Soho Theatre to standing ovations, IT ALL returns to VAULT Festival for one night only.
If you want to be a ‘successful independent woman person’ you better have something you want to say and you better be wearing a Serious Black Jumper™.
PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPRO NIGHT Paul Merton and Suki Webster present a night of fast, and fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laug…
“A Little Comedy”by A.
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.
"Comedy gold" – Guardian The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down.
"Comedy gold" – Guardian The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down.
Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent.
Gurnwah Productions - one of the most creative, prolific and downright hilarious production companies from Wales, embark on their first World Tour with their new hysteri…
Gurnwah Productions - one of the most creative, prolific and downright hilarious production companies from Wales, embark on their first World Tour with their new hysteri…
We’re kicking off this year’s Reigning Women with a huge night of live music.
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
The Girl With Glitter in Her Eye tells the story of a female friendship complicated by the revelation of trauma and examines where the boundaries of consent lie.
In the country of Illyria, twins Viola and Sebastian find themselves shipwrecked and separated after a violent storm, leaving them both believing the other to be dead.
Have your mind blown as you laugh yourself silly! A line up of the funniest, scariest, and freakiest, conjured up for your delight in our magic comedy club.
Be swept off your feet and experience real wonder at Christmas with the best from the world of magic & mind-reading and the most amazing up and coming local talent.
Evening Standard Award winner Tyrone Huntley joins Paul Taylor-Mills in an intimate Night Cap.
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
Stage sensation Whitney - Queen of the Night will return to London’s Savoy Theatre for two festive special performances – following its sold out West End debut there this year.
PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPRO NIGHT Paul Merton and Suki Webster present a night of fast, and fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laug…
Acţiunea gravitează în jurul familiei formate din Maurice (Marius Manole), Margaret (Medeea Marinescu) şi fiica lor Adele (Diana Roman).
2016 Brighton Fringe Audience Choice Award Winners: Steve Adams, Colin Galletly & Johnny Murph, collectively known as “AGM Comedy”.
Forget any notions of political correctness, civility or polite drawing room conversation.
Are you eager to discover the better comic who is lurking inside you? Do you need a push to break out of a rut with your comedy routine? Are you looking for support to u…
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are in the heart of the West End for three shows only.
“It seems wrong that she experienced something so huge without me.
Fresh from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Nick brings the mellow thunder with a brand-new stand-up show with one of those zeitgeisty titles that kids love the…
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
Sh*t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent.
Written, created and performed by Isabella Bliss, international star of both screen and stage.
Join 60's hitmakers - The Dreamers, formerly Freddie & the Dreamers as they recreate their hits including, I'm Telling You Now, You Were Made For Me, If Yo…
The heart-warming and hilarious Broadway show based on the classic movie starring Tom Hanks, comes to The Dominion Theatre for its West End Premier.
Only a couple of weeks ago I, and some friends, were in an Escape Room.
Join us every Saturday night for a huge line up of the best comedy talent on offer.
Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose vibrant voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities.
The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
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…
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCAs have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman …
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…
Dance the night away to your favourite songs from the musicals – featuring live music from Amusical house band Dave and The Quavers, plus guest DJ sets from the best comedians in…
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.
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
A comedy special featuring a feast of worldwide laughter from some of the brightest, newest and best comics around the globe, recorded in the BBC’s big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh…
The award-winning Aussie comedian is back with a brand-new show, taking on the end of the world.
We will be picking the very best charts from our vast library to celebrate the golden age of the big bands.
From the management of Micky Flanagan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney and Hal Cruttenden, don’t miss the chance to see some of the hottest up-and-coming comedy acts of the mo…
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…
Looking for something really different? Have a look at our line-up of brilliant and original alternative comedians strutting their stuff in an intimate venue at the Fringe.
‘The best artist we’ve ever had in session’ (BBC Radio Scotland).
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns! Book early to avoid disappointment.
One of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies brought to you by CYD.
A showcase of the best new and up-and-coming acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
French-born Marianne has spent most of her adult life in the UK.
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…
‘Lively, thrilling and spectacular.
Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U.
Hoist the mainsails and prepare for a thoroughly ridiculous adventure.
The Victorian era is long gone, but to think people once suppressed their inner sick f*ck is a point of fascination for this comedian.
What is anything really worth? Tony Law (Chief Auctioneer) and his team of “experts”, Ed Aczel, Thom Tuck, Ben VanDerVelde and Katy Schutte plan to find out.
Live, original band as seen at The London Palladium with seven critically acclaimed, original albums and over 2,000 live shows.
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
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.
Folksy Theatre describe their touring, and frequently open air, production of The Comedy of Errors as being ‘Filled with Folksy's wonderful live music, audience interaction a…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Back at the Fringe for a fourth sell-out year, the world’s biggest big band (probably!) bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of b…
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but while Eric ‘n’ Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd are still celebrated, some of the gr…
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…
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
Join us in Edinburgh as we tie up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation.
This is your chance to sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on all your favourite show tunes includin…
The Importance of Being Earnest meets A Mid Summer Night’s Dream in this original classical comedy.
Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative.
Perhaps the most insightful left-handed piano player of today, Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West with dazzling performances of his own left-hand arrangeme…
Mark Knight had the honour of performing to a packed-out room, clearly up for a fun Friday night of Mind Reading and Hypnosis – any Edinburgh performer’s dream scenario.
Why does your shadow keep following you? Does it really have to? And what is it up to while you are asleep? Sina finds a way to get rid of her shadow.
Girl Code is a comedy panel show, hosted by Sikisa and featuring a group (three to four) of outspoken female women who are all going through varied life experiences, which include …
I’m 55.
BBC Radio 4’s magazine programme broadcasts about arts, literature, film, media and music from the festivals.
HighTide, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Arts present two interweaving plays, written by talented writers Vinay Patel (Doctor Who) and Tallulah Brown (Songlines).
Three alternating concert programmes over multiple days featuring music by Scottish composers and settings of Scottish poetry.
The best night of comedy on the Fringe, with all proceeds going to Waverley Care: a charity the Pleasance has supported for the last 28 years, providing care and support to people …
How do you climb a tree without worrying about the fall? Why do you dream up the monsters in the shadows? Kirsty Law’s Young Night Thought binds Scots folklore, song, film, artwork…
Arising out of Berlin and Hollywood open stages, this group showcase raises a fist with one hand and holds a glass with the other against the fact that the world we live in is a co…
Two alternating programmes featuring music by Scottish composers and settings of Scottish poetry.
Complete sell-out 2017 and 2018.
Three of Scotland’s leading contemporary jazz groups each play a 40-minute set in one stunning concert with world-class musical guests from India and Shetland.
Six actors, neon tutus and the unmistakable lyrics of Agadoo.
Join a massive line-up of the biggest names on the Fringe for a raucous evening of comedy to help the fight against brain tumours.
BBD Productions make their debut at the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway.
The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down.
Official launch of Ireland’s premier comedy festival, featuring top acts from the 2019 programme, including Andrew Maxwell, Terry Alderton and Danny O’Brien.
After a hit Fringe show in 2017, RadioOctave are back in Edinburgh! There’s lots to look forward to as we take you on a journey of love – exploring the highs and lows of this pow…
Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s Funniest Student 2019.
UK’s No 1 swing band, The Jive Aces, present their biggest theatre show to date The Big Beat Revue! Also featuring Kara Lane, Lottie B and Grazia Bevilacqua, this show features t…
1983.
Screening the best quick-fire sketches and shorts by the next big undiscovered talents.
Chameleon Lady are the latest big noise from Edinburgh with their exciting brand of semi-acoustic pop.
Joanne and Lisa were like sisters.
Music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
Join Viva for a fabulously funny, nostalgic romp back to the swinging 60s! A Slice of Saturday Night is set in a nightclub where young love, teenage dreams, fashion and music are t…
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
Keane & Doyle have been spies, wizards, witches and cosmological assassins.
Award-winning musician Seonaid Aitken presents a special live edition of BBC Radio Scotland’s Jazz Nights, featuring Edinburgh Festival Fringe regular Richard Michael on piano, p…
Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band based on the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Sweden’s top female comedian Josefin Johansson, TV presenter and singer takes her sold-out show Girl Stuff abroad for the first time.
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…
The Discount Comedy Checkout have been wowing crowds for over 10 years on the UK comedy circuit with 100% raw and unscripted comedy improvisation shows.
The Laugh 4 Change Comedy Fundraiser features some of the best comedians on the circuit who will come together for an hour of stand-up comedy in support of refugee action.
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
It’s the smallest comedy show in the smallest venue at the Fringe.
The comedy panel show NO ONE is talking about - but they should be! Two teams of two comedians compete in a series of ridiculous quiz rounds to win a very ridiculous prize.
Sara is live at the Edinburgh Fringe for a very special All Request Friday, with special guests and live music.
Sold-out run: Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2019).
A fundraiser for your new favourite production company’s mental health partnership with CALM, providing and raising awareness for services to support performers at the Fringe.
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.
Jo Whiley broadcasts live from the Edinburgh Fringe, with special guests, music and performances.
Luth’s on an action-packed circus adventure – but she needs your help! She’s looking for giggle-ready three to seven-year-olds to help her solve a whole host of fun physical chal…
Join us for an evening of stand-up comedy to raise funds for Barnardo’s.
A night of Romanian traditional music with songs from Maria Tanase, Ileana Sararoiu, Liviu Vasilica, Surorile Osoianu and many more.
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
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.
Come along to Just a Minute’s special recordings in Edinburgh.
Scotch pie push-ups, cludgie clenches, haggis swings anybody? You know you want to gie ‘em a go.
Taylor & Leigh return to the Fringe, bringing soulful Country Blues.
Tim Vine hears the life stories of the public while showcasing his trademark gleeful wordplay and silly songs.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Is the Big Bad Wolf really bad, or just misunderstood and trying to trigger his muddled memory? Could music or something else beginning with M be the answer? Its a mystery that wil…
Janice Forsyth and Grant Stott present The Afternoon Show from the heart of the festivals, showcasing the best acts and talking to the biggest names in town.
Last seen on the Fringe with their 2017 adaptation of Cymbeline, Shakespeare on a Shoestring is the next generation of the Fringe First Award-winning Shoestring Players.
Queen are in Edinburgh and they’re here to rock in a brand-new show guaranteed to blow your mind.
Join Project X in welcoming the weird, wacky and the downright hilarious to the stage.
Back in Edinburgh for its fifth year, We’re Sorry! A rotating showcase of Canadian comedians in town for the Fringe.
Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay.
Award-winning jazz vocalist, washboarder and early jazz historian Ali resurrects the original outspoken blues and jazz divas who shaped today’s music via their passionate and dange…
A show about knitting.
Sundays are the day of rest, but Brewhemians don’t believe in this! We’ve got local blues bands, fantastic choirs and award-winning a cappella groups as well as showstopping silent…
RehearsingTraditional (arr.
This is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and mooch about and make you laugh at midnight.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Ben likes Al, but Al says he’s straight.
Coming to The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol in the summer holidays, The Bird Show uses live music, puppetry and lots of silly bird puns in this heart-fluttering physical comedy about…
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five-test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
A hothouse bursting with dazzling new comedy blooms (metaphorical), we present a ludicrous, bountiful plenitude of guests, hosted by an ever-changing line-up of Thom Tuck, John-Luk…
Ever been to a really well-run comedy club? Watch an hour of pro comedy for free instead of the £10 charge outside of the Fringe.
The comedy heist of the year! Hot off the London circuit, Will Preston (South Coast Comedian of the Year semi-finalist) and Ben Peel (So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist and s…
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Venue in the UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the fourth consecutive year – after four sell-out…
This show is not cancelled! The debut solo show from American Gaulier-trained clown Darius Emadi, this energetic, anarchic show combines clown, bouffon, subversive audience interac…
Essays about growing up a Texan cattle-raising milk-drinking gay baptist, to become a barefoot plant-based health coach.
A one-off comedy extravaganza! For the past 35 years, the Pleasance has been the home of new comedy talent in Edinburgh.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
High-energy powerhouse standup for purists featuring big laughs from a road-hardened pro.
After sell-out shows last year with The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back once again and the third times a charm.
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
Susan Calman takes a fast-paced whistle-stop tour of Edinburgh’s comic delights.
‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman).
Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh.
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret…
Learn the skills and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Boy meets girl, they fall in love, and everyone lives happily ever after. If only it were that simple. Hold on to your heart. Cupid is armed and dangerous!
Following on from their success in London, Blazers Comedy brings you an outstanding mixed bill from a plethora of hot-to-trot, up-and-coming, award-winning stand-up comedians, seen…
Ireland’s best joke-teller returns to the Fringe with his new show full of one-liners and silly observations.
The news is too horrible to joke about, so Joe’s looking for a new shtick.
Bringing you the funny part of life in Israel and perspective of Jews in the Middle East.
Actors from around the world rehearsed via Skype for four months and then met here in Scotland to put on Shakespeare’s romantic comedy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Come join us for …
The Eastern European Comedy Festival presents English Speaking Comedy Borsch – the series of shows where some of the biggest acts from Eastern European countries translate their …
Award-winning comedian and radio presenter Philipp Kostelecky brings the best acts of the Fringe together for one of the latest shows of the festival.
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, Native Girl Syndrome is inspired by the experience of Lara Kramer’s own grandmother’s migration from a remote First Nations community …
Match Girl is a musical re-imagination of the Hans Christian Andersen classic tale The Little Match Girl.
I didn’t know what to expect walking into Chalk.
FOC It Up is a comedy collective aiming to showcase the talents of women and non-binary people of colour, in a comedy world that is mostly made up of straight white men.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe and brought them together for an evening of comedy you’ll never forget! ‘An amazing evening of the most hilariou…
Have you ever been into something before it was cool? An indie band or the latest fashion trend? The Next Next Big Thing is your chance to get in on the ground floor with two of th…
Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know).
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nati…
Edinburgh’s #1 rated comedy club and three-time Scottish Comedy Award winner brings you its pick of the Fringe for the very first time! Showcasing the very best acts from the Mon…
Colt Cabana Is a world-famous wrestler who has wrestled around the world from Dundee to Japan and back including a short, not so successful, run in the WWE as Scotty Goldman.
‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down – I know whose faces I’ve got in my sights, the bastards that put the gun in my hands.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
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…
It’s the ruby anniversary of Madness and Paul Putner celebrates the past 40 years as a lifelong fan.
How did everyone’s show go at the Fringe today? Who tanked? Who triumphed? Who was bang average? Gavin Webster and guests discuss the day’s comedy news in a lighthearted way.
Global sensation Gingzilla – the award-winning, bearded belle of the Fringe’s most debaucherous ball – and the utterly iconic Late Night Lip Service are back! Featuring heart…
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 chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou…
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
This comedy duo started working together over 20 years ago, touring all over the world with companies including The Lady Boys of Bangkok.
Rising stars Louise Young and Anja Atkinson make their Fringe debut.
Get ready for word-bending, thought-provoking, side-splitting comedy.
Like 50 Shades Of Grey, but funny on purpose.
This is a quick-fire compilation show featuring the rising stars of comedy each doing five minutes.
Operatic soprano Louise Geller debuts her innovative show with pianist Alex Norton.
Lola’s funny, confident, and always striving for perfection.
Montreal, Canada’s premiere stand-up comedy show for tourists visiting Edinburgh.
Global Comedy Club: showcasing some of the best up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
Start your day with a third installment of comedy from Neil Harris, a quickly ascending comedian who finished runner-up in Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2017 and supported Tom…
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe.
Multi award-winning comedian/activist, putting up her dukes and picking her battles! Trump, terrorists and everything in between.
Bringing the best of the festivals to audiences with live and recorded BBC broadcasts.
A completely unique, side-splittingly hilarious walk of Edinburgh’s Old Town with local comedian Daniel Downie that promises to be more hysterical than historical.
You’ve been craving Canadian comedy.
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.
Nick Elleray brings the mellow thunder to the Fringe with a brand-new stand-up show with a great new zeitgeisty title that the kids will love.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
For those who want more from their comedy than one guy standing still on a stage with a microphone.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies and a fish.
Non TV-famous, non award-winning comic Amy Howerska returns because she’s not yet learnt her lesson.
A revolving line-up of hilarious female comedians from around the Fringe with an hour of stand-up comedy to be enjoyed by all.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our mighty gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
2018 was going to be Emily’s year.
Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh now with the best of the best competitors, each show! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisation, …
The best, most daring comedians of the Fringe showcase their skills, but if they’re not funny enough they must perform a striptease dance.
Returning for its second year, Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act of the Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainl…
That’s not an Australian comedy show, this is an Australian comedy show! A sell-out hit at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and a monthly show in London, catch three of the best Aussie and Ki…
The Bristolian bumbling ex-darts champ is back.
The cream of the crop from the University of Salford showcasing the future faces of British comedy.
Your first stand-up show of the day, serendipitously happening within the best breakfast joint in Edinburgh! Grab a coffee and join a rotating cast of BBC New Comedian of the year …
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
Tara has two children under two (yes they were both planned, thank you for asking.
Last year Bruce spent an hour telling hilarious stories about how he looked into the abyss of middle age with the maturity of a teenager.
You never know what’ll change your life.
After shows on gangs, golliwogs, racism and politics, James Nokise returns with last year’s hit show on… sports! Yep.
A unique musical comedy where Noam Osband and Bianca Jaconetty sing original music about sex and love based on Wikipedia.
Bedlam Fringe’s in-house alternative comedy night, back for its fourth year at the Fringe.
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.
Freddie Folkston takes a whimsical look at three decades and the generations which helped shape a brave new world for millennials.
In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
The stage adaptation of the iconic film by Bill Forsyth – all the original humour is retained as Gregory wrestles with his passion and Dorothy takes control.
We all have to work.
The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems.
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Back for its fourth year, Tom Short (Funhouse Champion of Champions 2014, Harrogate Comedian of the Year finalist 2018) presents a selection of short comedy sets from some of the b…
Possibly the best musical comedy show with live piano and a Romanian performer! It is a 50-minute journey through life.
Have you ever wondered: what is Russia like? Do they laugh there? Why is it run by a shirtless man on a horse? Let some of Russia’s finest comedians answer these questions and a fe…
If you have never smoked meth, worked in a sex dungeon, or eaten dog food, don’t worry, because Katharyn Henson did it so you didn’t have to! In her Fringe debut, New York City com…
London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta…
Life’s getting a bit serious innit? Political instability, social politics making people less social – life now is guilt, followed by shame.
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.
Following sell-out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning comedian Zach Zucker returns with a new hour of absurdist stand-up! Important: Jack Tucker is a very funny stand-…
Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic.
Irish Comedy Invasion – Gary Lynch tours all over Europe with The Good The Bad and The Irish.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a supersized cup of comedy with TV names, the very best new comedians and brilliant guest MCs.
The 2018 sell-out show returns.
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
The year is 1969 and NASA has just put the first man on the moon.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
The best comedy and cabaret at the Fringe! Six sell-out years.
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.
Join us for a wunderbar time at Cosmic Comedy Berlin hosted by Dharmander Singh and Neil Numb.
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…
Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle: exploring new cultures, travelling light and relying on booze to socialise.
After three years of one-off genre-bending shows to sold-out crowds in Bristol, the cult smash Chubby White’s Variety Night make their Fringe debut.
BBC is the debut show from British-born Chinese comedian Matthew Fong.
An exquisitely silly variety night, featuring an assorted selection of comedy, cabaret and musical acts from around the Fringe.
***** (Dircksey.
Vauxhall Comedy presents two of the brightest up-and-coming comedians on the UK circuit: Tom Elwes and Ali Woods (as heard on BBC Radio 4).
“Why do you think you’re a bitch?” Warning—the first question you’ll be asked upon arriving at Rock Rising’s Girl Bully might invoke a mini existential crisis.
Three middle-aged, middle-class, Middle England, genuine vicars performing comedy.
‘Funny.
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe it can often feel very hard to be alone.
‘His stand-up is some of the cleverest, funniest and most unassuming comedy I’ve encountered’ ***** (AYoungerTheatre.
Best friends Emm and Leo have made the bold artistic decision to graduate without any skills or job prospects.
Just cos you’re a kid doesn’t mean you should miss out on the best stand-ups and sketch acts of the Fringe! Just cos you’re an adult at a kids’ show doesn’t mean you can’t also hav…
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…
Following an epiphany in the Van Gogh Museum, Fry takes a twisted wander through art history.
Runaways.
Good morning, Edinburgh! After Fringe sell-outs in 2017 and 2018, we’re moving to a lovely new venue.
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…
The biggest, gayest set of tales the Fringe has ever heard comes out to play in this theatrical performance-meets-storytelling competition.
An abandoned party; a neglected bedroom; a cluttered AV desk.
‘Their versions of the Marvel films might even be better’ ****½ (fb.
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.
Bees are immediately punished for their stings.
If there was an alien invasion of planet earth who would you want to represent the human race? Politicians, David Attenborough, The cast and crew of Stranger Things? What about a g…
Helen Bauer hits the Fringe hard with this compelling comedy debut which is slick, sassy and super satisfying.
Enjoy alfresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
Jayde Adams is back and this time it’s serious.
For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women.
See a selection of performers from the very best of this year’s Free Fringe Festival shows, in the big gala launch night, party and general great start to this year’s Edinburgh Fri…
Award-winning Fringe favourites The Owle Schreame return with a wild, rough, raucous and ridiculous reimagining; a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the 1640s, originally a…
The Electric Swing Circus is a six-piece live band fusion of classy 20s swing and stomping electro beats.
Best Girl is a story told by the nervous, but likable Annie.
Truly funny, indigenous comedy, Aboriginal Comedy Allstars features three Aboriginal Australian comedians: Kevin Kropinyeri, Steph Tisdell and Andy Saunders.
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.
Winner of Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year makes his Fringe debut after performing as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve in …
Learn how to empower yourself by participating in capitalism in this fabulous keynote speech from Silicon Valley girlboss and founder of Pee-Pee Smarthomes, Shell Gasoline-Sandwich…
New Yorker Zach Zimmerman packs a breath-taking number of laughs into his 50-minute slot; delivering a narrative about the relationship with his mother at a speed that leaves no ti…
In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture.
The eleven-time sell-out sensation returns for an evening of improvised anarchy with the biggest names in comedy.
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 15th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, hand-picked by The Pleasance and supported by the Char…
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Fresh from the University of York, this double bill of comedy is the perfect way to celebrate the Great Yorkshire Fringe featuring the infamously impressive improv troup…
Somehow Comedy Historian Robert Ross and Hi-De-Hi star Jeffrey Holland didn't meet until a Comedy Legends cruise in the autumn of 2018, but it was an instant connec…
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.
Rising stars Louise Young and Neil Harris make their Great Yorkshire Fringe debut.
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting the best ‘up-and-coming’ musical, ch…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
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 …
Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear…
Rachel Watson longs for a different life.
A man is a two-face, a worrisome thing who will leave you to sing, the blues in the night.
Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award nominated tenor, whose vibrant voice has been described as having ‘velvet-like qualities’.
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…
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane …
Winner of Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of The Year, Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year makes his Fringe debut after perfor…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
“Logan Murray’s courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy – his students discover themselves.
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…
Big Box Aliens is an alternative comedy experience like no other.
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Alistair to play for the opening of York’s Arts Barge.
How can women march in the name of feminism, but brazenly lambast the women they watch on the TV? In the era of #metoo, why is a woman’s fiercest critic likely to be another woma…
The world outside is (probably) falling apart.
Golden Globe-winner Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men) returns to the West End for the first time in 18 years to play Rev.
Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know).
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.
SLJO are very excited to introduce their new conductor, James Keirle, to Brighton Fringe.
Pirate Pearl lives aboard the good ship Mirabel with her crusty old Grandpa Bert.
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.
“A little comedy”by A.
In it's 5th year of drunk comedians.
“Wait, what was that whole last part about copyright? I don’t feel like I got that.
“A little comedy”by A.
Fresh from Edinburgh Festival as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, this multi-award-winning comedian brings his debut show to Brighton Fringe.
Move over Oceans 8, 11, 12 and 13.
“Unmissable” ***** (Fringe Biscuit) “Genius” **** (Broadway Baby) “Pure Talent” **** (A Younger Theatre) Tilly and Inga exist in a surreal bubble called ‘Girl World’ where …
Following the inaugural season success of the ‘EdinBra Fringe Comedy’ north of the border, ‘LassTer Festival Comedy’ in the Midlands and hosted by Scotland’s Jeannie Jones, this we…
Society puts a lot of pressure on Fat Girl.
Another triumphant show from Ciadhra McGuire and Erik Igelström or, as they’re better known on stage, Earnest and Wilde.
Know your Austen from your Auster? Or couldn’t spot a novel from a shovel? You’re both welcome.
Award-winning musical comedian and West End song-writer, Gareth Cooper, rocks up to Brighton Fringe with an hour of his annoyingly catchy songs.
‘I’m not expecting anything.
Fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, avantguardian, all singing, all raging wonder.
WINNER: Best Comedy - Brighton Fringe (Zach & Viggo) Fresh off sold-out shows in New York, London and LA, the bad boy of comedy Zach Zucker returns to Brighton with a brand new ho…
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Stewart Lee returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for a fourth year running to head up a comedy night in aid of community charities North London Cares and South London…
We all have to work.
Stewart Lee returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for a fourth year running to head up a comedy night in aid of community charities North London Cares and South London…
The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston.
Join Brighton’s award-winning Music Mike in an action-packed musical adventure.
It’s hard to resist chocolate in any shape or form, but it’s downright impossible when you’re talking about Le Gateau Chocolat.
Three, as the song goes, is a magic number.
Tilly and Inga exist in a surreal bubble called Girl World where the only rule is “No boys allowed!” Girl World is a pop-tastic, musical playground where best friends wrea…
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…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Nick Elleray, “quality downbeat comedy” (Chortle), is known for his dry, bleak musings on the dark and squalid aspects of life.
Joe used to do political comedy but recently the news has become so horrible that he can’t bear to do it any more.
Saturday 11th May, 7.
Party with us all evening at this one-off ‘Fringe City Night’ extravaganza! Join the night creatures, the weird and the wonderful in a celebration showcase of the very best of Brig…
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.
The only fast-paced pun-tastic bready-brilliant absurd sketch comedy show about a sailor with a beard made of bread that you knead to see this year! Have you taken the time to co…
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Kate is discovering what it really means to be a wife in her close-knit Christian community.
Set eight months after the Aberfan Disaster, The Revlon Girl tells the true story of a group of bereaved mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and laugh witho…
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…
Brits and comedians are big sports fans, but what is the world’s greatest sport? Rugby union or league? Proper football or that American version? Is the Olympics just people runn…
Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun! Jill Edwards…
AMA Theatre presents a brand-new musical comedy revue celebrating some of the great legends of comedy as well as new and original routines.
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…
Sweden’s female comedian of the year, Josefin Johansson, host of the local version of ‘Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?’, goes abroad with ‘Girl Stuff’, a show about everything…
“So if Matt and I have officially had sex then why does it still hurt? I still don’t get what’s so amazing about it, how can women even come from it - when is that supposed to …
Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish.
Award-winning, best-selling author Stuart Reid brings his hilarious blend of bums, bogies and big bottom burps to Brighton.
An afternoon of live swing music and dancing with the friendly and welcoming Brighton Lindyhoppers.
‘On The Edge’ is a Brighton institution.
London's finest floating comedy club aboard the Tattershall Castle.
Fancy an alternative variety show? Then they don’t get much better than this! Four award-winning break through acts playing in an intimate venue and all for free!
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
The comedy heist of the year! Hot off the London circuit, Will Preston (semi-finalist, South Coast Comedian of the Year) and Ben Peel (semi-finalist, So You Think You’re Funny? an…
Late Night Gimp Fight compile their best material from the last ten years to provide a crude and raucous evening of entertainment.
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe evening, as you spend an hour in the company of one of Scotland’s finest comedians, Vladimir McTavish, and his guests in this…
We have over 80 professional comedy acts who applied to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
180! Jody Kamali is hapless Mike Daly.
Come celebrate the start of Brighton’s festival season with a bang, and get a taste of what’s coming up over the month of May to boot.
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…
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
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…
THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, LONDON Based on George A.
Join us every Saturday night for a huge line up of the best comedy talent on offer.
A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra.
A night of stand up comedy from two of the country’s best up and coming comedians.
‘From a distance everything is beautiful, isn’t it? Until we magnify it.
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band are well known in the brass band world.
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
A Larger than life show from a Larger than life Band.
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…
Tickets: £16Duration: approx 2hrs.
Bold GirlDying Is No Excuse, Ma.
MadeMusic takes him out of dullness BIG GIRLS BLOUSEWhen you assume.
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.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Comedy Club 4 Kids It's a comedy club, right, but for kids.
The UK's undisputed number 1 comedy brand returns to its home, the Broadway Theatre Catford, for another unmissable night of hilarious stand up comedy action.
ManologueA one-woman show about masculinity Have You Seen This Girl?One Small Town.
New parents! You can do a fun thing without ditching your babies! Three great stand up comedians performing in a room where babies are welcome (up to the age where they …
"Bring Your Own Baby Comedy have transformed parental leave" i paper "Guaranteed to leave at least one of you crying with laughter" Mother and Baby M…
Comedy, Craft Beer + Wings Wednesdays - Scene + Heard PresentsSniggers .
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
An evening of stand-up comedy supporting Nerve Tumours UK and helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 in every 3,000 …
An evening of stand-up comedy supporting Nerve Tumours UK and helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 in every 3,000 …
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
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.
Big Fish Little Fish ‘We Can Be Heroes’ themed family rave with DJs Baker & Beale Come make merry again with the award winning, world famous Big Fish Lit…
Classic Hollywood film All About Eve comes to the West End in a new stage adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits.
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls, due to popular demand Science’s greatest and most volatile live show is returning with a vengeance.
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 …
Most recently seen on Dara and Ed’s Road To Mandalay and various Mock The Weeks, Ed has become a household name from his multiple BBC TV appearances.
Friday 1st February, 7.
Smut Slam travels around the world spreading joy, laughs, and lots of education too! Now this community dirty-storytelling show—packed with stories of real life, real lust, real …
Part drag, part cabaret and part theatre, Jock Tamson’s Bairns is an immersive show where the audience is transported to an after hours gay bar and invited to speak their mind.
Tickets: £13.
The BBC Radio 4 Sketchtopia host, Celebrity Big Brother star and Question Time & This Week regular, takes the follow up to his acclaimed 2017 hit on the road mixing his trademark �…
International superstar Hans, the boy wonder of Berlin, serves up an all-singing, all-tap dancing, accordion-pumping, glittering blitzkrieg of cabaret backed by his three-piece ban…
Roll out the glittery sparkle carpet, re-fill the party cannons and re-hang that big dirty disco ball – the most outrageous party of the year is back! Queer Haggis welcomes a br…
More theatrical than ever, Le Haggis VI will explode into the centre of the Spiegeltent at high octane speed, shimmering like a tartan sporran hanging off the side of very chiselle…
Celebrating the Bards' birthday in the town where he composed his famous works, the eighth year of Big Burns Supper features eleven days of comedy, cabaret, music, theatre and mor…
Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019 From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebr…
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
All places are fully booked but if you would like information for future workshops please email: kasia@watermans.
On a hot clammy muggy day in October In a Chinese takeaway restaurant A decision was made: A woman was going to take another woman’s baby.
The smash hit, sell out, sketch show that squeezes a decade of the Marvel Cinema Universe into one action packed hour of comedy.
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.
Come and see the comedy stars of tomorrow film short sets live.
Come and see the comedy stars of tomorrow film short sets live.
Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear…
Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear…
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
A Christmas revue show parodying all things festive and topical.
Join award winning storyteller Cathianne Hall as she brings alive the stories behind a lost ‘agony column’ of the 1890s.
Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent.
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.
Mourning is an important part of any family death but this can differ a huge amount depending on where you or your family are from.
From the people behind the sell-out Pride Improv Festival comes another Loud And Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night showcasing the most exciting improvised comedy from the city's top…
With a face that shouts "Xmas" but a soul that screams "Hanukkah", Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
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 …
Hindi-English stand up comedy show by Jagdish Chaturvedi THE ONLY INDIAN DOCTOR STAND-UP COMEDIAN IN THE WORLD * *Who is performing on the 24th November at 8 30 PM at th…
Join us to celebrate the NHS turning 70 years of age all in aid of Young Minds charity.
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan.
An evening of stand-up comedy with stars of many of the funniest shows on TV helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 …
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
Apollo Theatre Company in association with Spike Milligan Productions Ltd presentsThe Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his BandBy Spike MilliganFrom the producers…
Back by popular demand and with new material! The hilarious and sometimes unfortunate results of wrong or mangled messages and mistaken identity, all mixed up in some very human s…
The brutality of family life and the subjectivity of memory are explored in the emotionally raw and richly funny Moonlight, directed by Olivier Award winner Lyndsey Turner, in whic…
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…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Join acclaimed children’s writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt to find out how he creates his picture books.
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
Join musical maniac Katie Pritchard & a whole heap of her favourite comedy pals for a night of entertainment.
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
CSzUK in collaboration with Salford University present a night of Improv, Sketch and Stand Up.
The Covent Garden Comedy Club @ Heaven is celebrating 16 years of making London laugh in 2018 and is the biggest and most successful independent comedy club in Central London with …
An hour of sensational Improvised Comedy.
It is time to laugh out loud as Winchester Comedy Festival rolls back in to Winchester with a stellar line-up of homegrown talent performing at various venues across the city from …
Following the huge success of Michael’s previous visits to The U.
“Comedy’s own Leonard Cohen” - ★★★★★ FringePigAshley Haden is back with the eagerly-awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big.
Final London shows added.
“If music be the food of love, play on…” In Shakespeare’s bittersweet comedy genders blur, boundaries are crossed and the world is turned upside down, all with music as the engin…
The Three Inch Fools bring their innovative productions of two of Shakespeare’s most infamous and iconic plays to The George Inn on the South Bank, London’s Shakespearean heart.
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.
The 38th Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
‘The comedy surprise discovery of this Fringe’ **** (AdelaideNow.
Since storming the Edinburgh Fringe in the noughties Gamarjobat (pronounced Ga-ma-jo-bat) have become one of the few acts that can truly claim to be a global sensation, …
Back at the Fringe for a third year, the SLJO bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of big band and beyond.
Samuel Ch.
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.
You are invited to a real-life, late-night, end-of-Fringe prom! So dress up fancy, get your dad to drop you off at Assembly High – the only high school inhabited by all your favo…
Friday Night Live For Jamie’s SDR Join some of your Royal Court favourites for an evening of music and comedy to raise funds for Jamie Denson’s SDR fu…
For three nights only, award-winning musical comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris, presents a late-night jamboree of tunes intended to tickle, including so…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The biggest names – Coogan, Evans, Eclair.
A series of sketches and vignettes exploring misunderstanding and mistaken identity, miscommunication, sexuality and people’s fantasies.
Welcome To Night Vale is one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world.
Tenth anniversary tour celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys.
The HandleBards have cycled 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes necessary to perform Shakespeare’s most fam…
CKP and InterTalent present: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Toxic masculinity is blamed for everything from the #MeToo movement to rates of male suicide.
One of Scotland’s all-woman comedy improv troupes!
Colin Hoult’s ‘masterclass in character comedy’ (Time Out).
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.
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.
Oh no, Eliza the explorer has been kicked out of her kingdom! She needs to go on an adventure to prove she is the best explorer and make it back in time for the summer celebration.
After last year’s sold-out, five-star run, Exeter University’s Spotlights Show Choir are back at the Fringe with another set of musical hits! With songs ranging from classics l…
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.
Lewis is numbing himself in his video world, dropping into the rabbit hole of his imagination.
December, 1979.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
Newtongrange Silver Band (established 1892) is a traditional mining village brass band but their repertoire is far from traditional.
This duo will lift you up with their ridiculous stories as you transcend with their emotive songs.
The nation’s favourite pub philosopher turned pop-up publican, brings his unique comedy genius to the Edinburgh Fringe, serving up his satirical brew of no-nonsense banter for thre…
Matt Griffo from Chicago is an internationally touring musical comedian, combining music with comedic lyrics.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns.
This is a show on top of Arthur’s Seat.
The last word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer.
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…
A sweet late-night mix of up-and-coming sketch, stand-up and character comedy hosted by Eleanor Colville. Join the revels. ‘Catch her while you have the chance’ (BroadwayBaby.com).
Keep mixing up your Judi Dench with your Jeffrey Dahmer? Your Tupac Shakur with your Taylor Swift? Well then we’ve got the show for you! Join Dave Fensome (‘Engaging and energetic.
Taylor & Leigh return to the Fringe, bringing soulful Country Blues.
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.
Ever wanted a lock-in with the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit in a cool cabaret bar late at night at the Edinburgh Fringe? Hell yeah! Well your dreams have just come true.
Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how…
One in six people suffer from hearing loss.
One man’s intimate story of escape from religion, to love, loss and triumph.
Like a piano player in brothel or a chanteuse at an orgy, Sabrina Chap is the fallen woman of cabaret.
Russell Arathoon presents his debut hour.
Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era with her gorgeously characterful and distinctive voice and a stunning five-piece band of outrageous mus…
An Irish stand-up comedy compilation show featuring some of the best comedians from around the festival, for free.
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.
Comedy Night Cap, presented by Artistic Diversity Alliance, is the perfect comedy show to end your night on! Each night will feature a headline actor from the comedy genre that wil…
The music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity the Pleasance has supported for the past 27 years, providing care and support to people living with HIV or…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join us for an hour of fabulous comedy as part of the Fringe Free Festival.
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…
Award-winning Fringe favourites the Owle Schreame return with a wild, rough, raucous and drunken reimagining; a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the 1640s, originally adap…
What happens when a DNA test gives an adoptee a brand-new view… of herself? Playwright and performer Monica Bauer (The Year I Was Gifted) takes on her own unexpected results, alo…
Big Love – Charles Mee’s adaption of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants is a modern reexamination of western norms regarding gender and sexuality.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2018.
The Bluebelles are bringing midnight snacks and jazzy tracks to the Edinburgh Fringe with a fantastic a cappella night in! Returning to Edinburgh for their fourth year, following s…
Hosted by Susan Calman in her only Fringe appearance this year.
Love, hysteria and deception reign in this Victorian reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic.
Signing on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, driving an Austin Maxi to Morocco, asylum seekers*, the Treason of the Blue Books, women’s football, Nationalism*, Buck O’Neil, Je…
Complete sell-out 2017.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
Geraldine is a lonely young secretary living with her invalid and overbearing mother.
Set in October of 1978, eight women end up together in an abandoned house where Lenora Stark supposedly murdered her parents 13 years ago.
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Fiesta in sunshine.
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…
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
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.
Fantastic free comedy and spoken word at this established pub in the heart of the Old Town.
It’s the smallest comedy show, in the smallest venue at the Fringe.
Every singer and member of our Blueswater Presents family, featuring 20 musicians, will be playing in a raucous showcase that presents the best blues music the Fringe has to offer.
This art exhibition highlights one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: the inability of humankind to effectively cope with the disposal of the vast amounts of ho…
Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year.
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.
With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel’s always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
A raunchy, chaotic and full-on Fringe experience, Stamptown Comedy Night is a late-night variety show featuring the best comedy and cabaret on the international scene! Hosted by Za…
‘I simply cannot wait to see more of their magic’ ***** (Tribe).
All Change is a new bittersweet comedy about growing old.
Join us for a two-hour comedy extravaganza to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s, whilst previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows.
Uber is launching the most intimate travelling venue at Fringe, hosting a series of Andrew Maxwell comedy performances for absolutely free, from the back of a car.
The BBC is creating an intimate live pop up radio studio at Summerhall.
Scotland’s own Soul Nation Rock Choir are back again with a sizzling hot show to lift you even higher and higher.
The Night With.
If the thought of watching a one woman play about a Kurdish refugee turned lawyer helping to broker a major arms deal for a Swedish law firm doesn’t thrill you then think again, …
One of Scotland’s leading piano-led groups, The Fraser Urquhart Trio plays elegant, swinging jazz and bebop.
All Killa No Filla Live.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about and make you laugh at midnight.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s finest in a five-test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Fringe hit! A different daily bill of global stand-up comedy stars.
Join us for a one-off comedy extravaganza! Come check out some of the new kids on the block as they make their Pleasance debut in this late-night comedy gala! Best of all, tickets …
It's what Dan Simpson would want.
‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman).
Stamptown presents: Late Night Disco Fight! The anarchic creation of four critically acclaimed performers from four different corners of the globe (Scotland, South Korea, Norway an…
Going to bed so soon? But the night has just begun! Enjoy some Late-Night LOLs with some of the best comedians at the Fringe.
It’s a psychological striptease with tales of love, lust, men, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, mastitis, sexist bosses, teenage daughter wrangling, ageing, toy boys and Close Enco…
A brand-new and free stand-up show from one of the biggest faces in comedy.
New Zealand’s foremost comedy singer-songwriter, when ranked alphabetically, presents original comedy songs.
Last year, Chris was finally feeling happy and well-adjusted.
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Let the ‘Queen of silliness (***** BroadwayBaby.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Ferocious queens and fierce divas of the world, rejoice! Gingzilla, the giant, ginger, award-winning Glamonster, returns to host Late Night Lip Service, featuring the Fringe’s wild…
After electrifying US audiences for 25 years, America’s ‘coolest show on earth’ (Newsweek) comes to the UK for the first time.
Award-winning Irish comedian Rory O’Hanlon is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe.
This is a show for the losers, the underdogs and the also-rans.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
Russia, you’ve heard of it, you know it’s run by a shirtless man on a horse.
The debut solo show from ex-President of the Oxford Revue, Georgia Bruce.
A late-night open mic cabaret night which is open to all Fringe performers: so music, comedy and performance is all on the cards.
Take a chance on a real free Fringe experience.
After the success of the First Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back – bigger, better and blacker.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended.
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.
DC’s Marvels of Comedy is a stand-up compilation show with a difference.
An hour of stand up comedy from one of Ireland’s best joke writers.
London’s hottest improv group bring their hilarious comedy back to the Fringe.
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
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…
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Frisky are transporting audiences to a fantasy land created by two pre-pubescent girls, Tilly and Inga (played by Camille Dawson and Serena Ramsey).
These miniature comedians will have you rolling in the aisles! Eight brave mini comedians will don the iconic Stand stage to dazzle you with their comic timing, reduce you to tears…
Tommy is four-and-a-quarter years old, and a hard-boiled private investigator on the mean streets of Little Monkey’s Daycare.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Caring for kids with a curious craze for karaoke? Then look no further than The Big Balloon Singalong! Fun for all the family and featuring all the greatest hits (.
For the last 25 years, comedian collective Comedytrain has been responsible for every major talent in Holland.
Every night, a rising star of the comedy scene will curate their own night of comedy.
Junky Fam, Edinburgh’s summit of groove excellence, take the drums, bass and guitar to their limits in delivering the heaviest, hardest, fastest, weirdest funk you’ve ever heard.
After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re…
Caustic Comedy Nights is a jocular experience featuring the world’s top stand-up comedians, perfect for a lively Edinburgh crowd! This stand-up comedy cultivation-project and the…
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy at this year’s Fringe.
The Diamond Comedy Club is bringing some of the freshest voices in stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for an unmissable late-night party! Each night, a different line…
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman a…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012.
Reviewing Mr.
As heard on BBC Radio 1! Winners: VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…
‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (TheCultureTrip.
Berlin, the capital of dark humour, dark history and dark rooms.
A variety show of absurdist comedy.
A hothouse bursting with dazzling new comedy blooms (metaphorical).
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017, 2018 – Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time.
We all have some evil in us: there is a Mr Hyde to our Dr Jekyll, a yin to our yang, a fig roll to our jaffa cake.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Just ‘cos you’re a kid, doesn’t mean you should miss out on the best stand-ups and sketch acts of the Fringe! Just ‘cos you’re an adult at a kids’ show, doesn’t mean you can’t also…
A raucous late night show offering a fabulous selection of the most outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
‘Five stars! Infectious fun’ (FringeReview.
Jerry Sadowitz, comedian, magician and all round scary man, is back in 2018! Actually, he saved petrol and never left! With his unique combination of comedy, absolute hatred and ca…
November 22nd 1963.
Joanne Hartstone’s one-woman show is a brilliant send up to classic Golden Age Hollywood that keeps the glitz and glamour of the period whilst showing the grimy and exploitative …
We are told we are living in a liberated world but being a woman comes with rules.
Life is full of accidents, mishaps, frustrations and disappointments.
This is the five-piece band’s second consecutive appearance at the Fringe.
Enjoy a showcase of the best comedy talent to kick-start your day with our hand-picked selection – and watch what you should be seeing more of from around the city.
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.
John Lennon spent his Scottish boyhood holidays in Durness, Sutherland: not fake news! This thoughtful, comic fable of modern Scotland, adapted from the novel by Scottish Governmen…
Technology is becoming a greater force within our society; everyday we are becoming more dependent on it.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
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.
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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.
Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh now with different competitors each show! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisation, heckling and…
An hour long stand-up show from future legends Ben Behrens, Jessie Johnson, Rob Cooper and Jessie Nixon that promises to redefine your perceptions of comedy and launch western civi…
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit.
The cream of the crop from the University of Salford showcasing the future faces of British comedy.
In its sixth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Join Lily and Patrick at the premiere of their brand new, live dating show that connects singles and tests couples.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
Trump.
Audiences vote daily to determine the winner in the World Cup of Comedy at the Fringe.
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 two years of shows on gangs, golliwogs, racism and politics, James Nokise returns to The Stand with his new show on… sports! Yep.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
The debut season of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
It’s 2025 - a world of mystery, spies and secret missions.
That’s not an Australian comedy showcase.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish.
Join Esther Manito – ‘bold, original and of course laugh out loud’ (Bidisha, BBC) and Ryan Dalton – ‘as funny as he is tall, he’s very tall’ (Seann Walsh) – on a whirlwind to…
We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price. Hand selected from our year-round auditions, this show is quality talent in its prime.
After his last stretch in the slammer, Tony Corleone has become a sit-down comedian.
At the centre of its big, warm heart, The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It is a story about a non-activist boy and his activist mother, and by extension a story about all of us and our…
This is the fourth year of We’re Sorry.
Twice a day, Audrey, the unique 22-seat Vintage Mobile Cinema will become a comedy venue.
Scotland’s landowners were in retreat.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day.
Tom Lawrinson and Josh Jones present an hour of stand-up comedy direct from outer space! Jokes that are absolutely raw and positively looney.
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.
Ommmm.
Lubna Kerr is a Scottish Pakistani female actor and writer who pays homage to the American comedian, TV presenter, writer and actor Ellen DeGeneres through her character comedy.
It’s time for the Big Shop, not to be confused with your ‘bits shop’ (which you might do at the little Tesco) or your ‘big wash’ (which is like the Big Shop but that’s not what we’…
In six years of stand-up, Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones has met great comedians from every continent (except Antartica, they’re rubbish).
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
The Fresh Prince of the comedy is a master of the crowd and slave to the laugh.
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…
The women of England demand the vote! The remarkable true story of Muriel Matters: the South-Australian actress and elocutionist who became a leading figure of the UK’s suffragette…
The sell-out, unique comedy experience returns.
Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle: exploring new cultures, travelling light and relying on booze to socialise.
Aussie globetrotting comedian-storyteller Frank Hadchiti and Italian surrealist entertainer Fico Fellini met one damp autumn night at a West Berlin comedy open mic night.
Devised, new-writing comedy unlike any other.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
****1/2 (PerthHappenings.
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…
Breakfast of champions? Brunch of runner-ups.
Come and join us for a wunderbar time at Cosmic Comedy Berlin.
When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much.
We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price.
What type of comedian are you Gav? Hard-hitting? Are you one of these edgy types that says the unsayable or a modern consumer complaints comedian? Maybe you’re surreal and are on…
George loves reading.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
Three headline comedians from different countries battle each other with their best gags to win the audience vote.
The fight for feminism.
Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’.
As a genuine YouTube sensation, TV talent show star, and with a Las Vegas residency, Tape Face is a comedy rock god but he isn’t here to play the hits; this is an hour of brand n…
The Rocky Horror Night at Frankenstein’s — now in its 17th year — is one of the staple nightlife experiences in Edinburgh.
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.
See a huge selection of this year’s big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh at this one-off launch show and party for the 2018 Free Edinburgh Fr…
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…
When George was 12 he fell for the most beautiful, orangest girl in Stockport.
The 10-time sell-out sensation returns to Edinburgh with a jaw-dropping, side-splitting evening of finely-tuned anarchy, featuring a cavalcade of incredible special guests and some…
One of Shakespeare’s finest comedies, The Comedy of Errors, in a vigorously fresh and exciting production that offers a delicious mixture of classical text, original musical score,…
New York’s cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in his Edinburgh debut.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s best-selling memoir of her youth, adapted for the stage and performed by her granddaughter Ingrid.
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 …
Friendly Cornish giant Matt Price was going out with a woman.
“Have you ever fantasised about someone like me?” Katy Dye asks the audience, not as an adult woman, not as a performance artist, but as a 15-year-old school girl.
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 14th year at the Edinburgh Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Harti…
Late Night features one-off takeovers from the best of the fest, cabarets stuffed to the gunnels with LOLs, and even a couple of token straight white comedy dudes! Weird, hilarious…
Imagine a night where Pharrell Williams croons with Judy Garland, Ricky Martin scats with Cab Calloway, and Maroon 5 groove with Ella Fitzgerald – that night is here! In a fusion…
By Magne van den Berg, UK premiere.
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…
Here is something special and unusual: the life and death of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, remixed into a cabaret history lecture b…
The latest Edinburgh Fringe fun from the award-winning and best-selling author Stuart Reid.
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Good morning, Edinburgh! Three funny, thought-provoking “menus” of ten-minute plays.
Make sure you arrive at Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl a few minutes early; performer Jess Love is thrilled to offer you a coffee, a tea, or a biscuit in the queue.
Come support some brave new writers while they investigate our fears!The list of our fears is rather long, and some of these accounts are actually based in true events b…
The Time Out recommended Upstream Comedy presents a bill of the best alternative minded comics in aid of the suicide prevention charity CALM.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
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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.
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting another handcrafted artisanal smorgasbang of the…
Format of a radio show recording.
Celebrating collaboration, a sensational vintage night of swing music and dance - Rinkadon Jukeboy and his Blind Tiger Dance Band, the hottest sounds this side of the Pe…
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane Mo…
Fresh from their regular performances in the drizzly urban wilderness of central Manchester, the “talented performers with an eye for the absurd” (RemoteGoat…
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’.
Featuring 3 acts from the comedy circuit performing jokes that are suitable for children, but funny enough to get everyone laughing.
Ealing Comedy Festival is back for its 25th consecutive year with a stellar line up of internationally renowned comedians and homegrown talent to keep you entertained throughout Ju…
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream of the…
‘Logan Murray’s courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy – his students discover themselves.
A night of queer improvised comedy with Zeal at the Chateau, South London’s brand new queer arts space opening in July! FREE ENTRY.
Award winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili, known for his legendary stand-up performances, has extended his UK tour for the fourth time, due to overwhelming demand and is at t…
Liz Fraser's long and varied acting career has seen her as everything from a murder suspect in Miss Marple to a murderous accomplice in Sweeney Todd, but it is as t…
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
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.
Grace is living to a different rhythm.
Thespianage Productions are cultivating a reputation in Manchester for being far too suggestible! From Gregorian chanting life advice, to miming how an amorous dragon made a slight…
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
Join storyteller Cathianne Hall and actor Jowanna Rose in a double bill as they journey from the opening titles of a 1960’s girl-about-town sitcom to the party from Hell, explori…
The Big Fat Running show is about .
This is a Free event! Please reserve your ticket here: https://www.
Join us for our summer showcase fundraising gala at Brighton Open Air Theatre on July 3rd for an extravagant evening of everything Fringe! See all your Fringe favourites from our 2…
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
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.
Judith leaves her ex-boyfriend a desperate message on his answerphone saying that she is not coping with their break-up, that she has brought razor blades & some henna in order to …
A new and exciting improvised comedy show where some of the finest Improvisers around will perform solo! High-risk comedy as our intrepid performers stand alone and spon…
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
Is a musical comedy show with live piano.
The tale of Tilly vs Inga is a subversive coming-of-age musical comedy filled with love and violence; with a live band, singing, swearing, goddess-worship, octopus birth-rites and …
You are invited to witness a series of intimate moments of vulnerability and loathing between two broken individuals seeking closure from a murder nine years ago.
Lloyd presents a sort of, work in progress, stand-up comedy show that he hopes to be rough but charming, like an old-timey hobo.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Our last Friday night dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent this season.
Our last Friday night dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent this season.
Brighton Fringe 2016 Audience Choice award-winners Steve Adams, Colin Galletly and Johnny Murph return from their sell out 2017 run as the entity that is: AGM Comedy.
Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012.
Spiegeltent presents: ‘Brighton Big Drag Pagent’ Kings, Queens, and Inbetweens! Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve.
Thick & Tight, a dance duo like no other, bring all the drama, musicality, farce and face you can cram into a show.
Kate Stokes and Claudia Summers have their finger on the pulse with this delightful double bill of comedy plays, interspersed with a few shorter sketches.
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…
The University of Brighton’s Drama Society served up laughs in their rendition of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
A stylish adventure into the film noir-ish world of Ingrid’s memories and imagination.
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.
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.
RUNNING CAN BE FUN[NY].
Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special.
Little do we know just what might emerge in this festivity of two hearts coming together as one.
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.
Vamos Theatre, in co-production with Mercury Theatre, have created a truly gorgeous piece of mask theatre looking at the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays comes to Oxford after its critically-acclaimed London and international festival runs.
The intention of Shakespeare’s plays is writ large under the titles.
Rouge your knees, shine your shoes and prepare to enter a razzling dazzling world of Swing! From the decadent 20s Jazz age, the glamourous 30s, the spirit of the 40s, to the rebels…
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Two word texts, a cat with no name, blood where it shouldn’t be and a fashion show to die for.
Be more than funny.
Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly stand-up-comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just …
Since 2005, ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, Lindy Hop beginners dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Eleanor Westbrook embodies what I love about the Fringe.
‘Space Girl’ written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old.
Come and enjoy the benefits of yoga, open to all.
Brighton Fringe’s most reliably unusual auteur returns with a new adventure from the peculiar world of Mr Twonkey.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
Comedy Rocket brings you a fantastic show with a selection of the most exciting and diverse comedy performers and some big names thrown in! Resident host, Ali ‘Out There’ Macf…
Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon.
The sell-out smash hit returns to Brighton with a hefty dose of ‘The Noise Next Door’s’ trademark off-the-cuff madness, two stand-up stars and some once-in-a-lifetime comedy curi…
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…
Come and cheer on our latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia.
It was a balmy Sunday evening at the end of another warm and sunny weekend and many in the audience seem to have to enjoyed the weekend (and perhaps the wine) a bit too much by the…
There’s little to evoke more anxiety and dread than the phrase ‘Traditional Family Christmas’.
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
For the first time at Brighton Fringe, Martin brings you ‘BIG FAT GAY’.
A multimedia spectacular from Angel Comedy founder Barry Ferns and Alasdair Beckett-King (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the of Year 2017).
A multimedia spectacular from Angel Comedy founder Barry Ferns and Alasdair Beckett-King (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the of Year 2017).
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,…
There comes an awkward point in some friendships when going to the pub is no longer quite enough entertainment.
On the Edge Comedy is a Brighton stand up institution.
The washed-up boy band of sketch comedy are returning to Brighton with their first new show in four years.
An hour of pure entertainment from musicians, clowns, and wordmongers of all flavours, local and international, showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer.
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of some top-class comedy hosts, such as Vladimir McTavish, in an early …
It’s a comedy bonanza! A brand-new stand-up comedy selection from Laughing Horse.
‘All City Movement’ is series of street paintings which indicate motion.
The name itself ‘Caustic Comedy’ is based on a particular form of humour: comedy that is acerbic, cutting-edge, even cruel or insulting but always amusing, indeed, corrosive an…
Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians.
A sensational line-up of Fringe favourites assemble to launch Brighton Fringe 2018.
The launch of Brighton Fringe 2018 at The Warren.
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 eager to discover the better comic who is lurking inside you?Do you need a push to break out of a rut with your comedy routine?Are you looking for support to upg…
New parents! You can do a fun thing without ditching your babies! Three great stand up comedians performing in a room where babies are welcome (up to the age where they…
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…
Variety is back with a capital V as these legendary entertainers swap their golf clubs for a unique night of comedy and music, in the company of talented friends.
The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to the Lyric for two performances only…
Come and join The Banana Bunch – Bex Darmody, Annalea Doyle and Emma Stroud as three bananas on the run from the boring, mundane and downright crazy world we live …
1965.
You loved them in last year’s smash hit, sell out show at Mary’s Poppin.
What do you want from a night out? A bit of dinner? Table service drinks? Some staggeringly good comedians making you laugh? Thought so.
Send off Adelaide Fringe 2018 with RCC at Big River Motel with headline act Booka Shade Check in. Unpack & forget about a good nights sleep #BigRiverMotel
The Publishers Hotel will be jumping to the sounds of MJ & The Blue Progression as they retro refit your favourite songs into modern #Swing and update jazz classics to the current …
No 2 Ways takes you on the ultimate BEE GEES bender.
Cosmo The Clown Presents A Bit of Fun & Magic Roll up, roll up and let Cosmo entertain you with magic, comedy, music and dance.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you award winning family friendly comedy acts from Edinburgh.
Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe.
A tribute to top-selling global artist, Robbie Williams, showcasing favourite songs from his albums Swing When You’re Winning and Swings Both Ways.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
Trust the Scots to come up with the ultimate night of comedy and drinking.
Back for a third year join hosts Marcel and Lewis for an awesome range of comedy acts from across the festival, at the funnest Late Show in town.
Soak up the atmosphere at the Adelaide Night Market and be amazed by the spectacular Parade of Light.
As seen on The Project, CRAM & Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network TEN).
Three hilarious one-act comedies - plus a few other bits and pieces that will guarantee a great evening out!!.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
Adelaide’s premier Rock/Metal band MATTERHORN presents a special one night only fringe show, A NIGHT OF ROCK/METAL WITH MATTERHORN.
The Mosaic Cat (UK) & Emma Knights Productions (SA) Celebrating the life and loves of one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century.
Damian Callinan, renowned character and stand-up comedian, suffers from OTTDS (Over The Top Dance Syndrome).
Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
Back for a ninth year in a row and still Adelaide’s favorite past time hits the stage and rolls the cage for another year of Bogan Bingo.
Your Friday night is in top hands at The Junction, especially if you fancy kicking things off with a few hard-earned drinks.
All I Really Want - A show dedicated to the music and lyrics of Alanis and Etheridge.
Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show…
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
Start your Tuesday mornings with laughter in the comfort of your favourite cinema.
Kick off your night at the Fringe in the heart & soul of Adelaide Comedy.
Sold-out 2013-2017 A unique day out in the countryside with the Fringe’s best comedians performing in 4 mystery locations.
Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew (aka Double Denim) combine forces with DJ Juan Vesuvius to bring you a big party for little humans! Through games, sketches, and music your favourit…
An explosive night of work-in-progress for the theatrically adventurous.
★★★★★ The Scotsman James has spent the last few years performing biting political satire, then Brexit happened, then Trumpocalypse happened.
Be ready to be entertained in this hilarious hypnosis comedy show.
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…
A revolving line-up of fine International and Australian comedians that are performing at shows around the Adelaide Fringe in an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
WINNERS of the SA Touring Award, Adelaide this is your show!!! ‘Can’t Face’ is punchy, high skilled, fast paced, funny as hell and all kinds of mischief.
Introducing Adelaide’s newest young pop group ‘Girl Nation’.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning family friendly cabaret acts from Edinburgh.
It’s a Discount Comedy Bonanza! An exciting afternoon and early evening mix-bag of comedians, with top headliners and the best up-and-coming performers selected from shows all …
Australia’s biggest and most authentic Bon Jovi Tribute Show is here! This show captures the essence of what this great band is about, the passion & hunger of the early years and t…
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
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.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
Ha Ha Comedy, Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you their pick of the best multi award winning acts from Edinburgh.
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
The ★★★★½ (Weekend Notes) cult Fringe hit, [Late Night] GameShow is back with a rotating line up of Fringe Celebrity guests all competing to be the best at winning the gam…
A variety show of absurdist comedy.
“The Comedy surprise discovery of this Fringe” ★★★★ AdelaideNow.
After 7 sell-out years, The Laughing Horse is back with more of the finest UK comedians to hit the Fringe.
Commemorating the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, local soul cover band Master Blaster present a selection of her greatest hits such as ‘Respect’, ‘Chain of Fools’, and ‘…
Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase returns chock full of some of the best comedians from across the Fringe, both local & International.
“I was born a suffragette.
From Gypsy to Grease, Annie to Lion King – no musical is safe! UK Drag icon Jonny Woo and Olivier winner Le Gateau Chocolat return with their sell-out fringe hit.
“like something straight out of a Tarantino film.
Mary Tobin Presents has been producing “Almighty” Comedy for over 30 years, and now proudly presents the best value comedy ticket and a vehicle to reintroduce some of the world…
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
A variety improv comedy show featuring some of the best acts in the world… and the most currently available.
Two comedians compete over four hilarious rounds.
Ingrid Garner wrote and performs the internationally acclaimed, theatrical adaptation of her grandmother Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s award-winning memoir, detailing her youth as an Am…
A comedian walks into a bar.
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.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
British comedian Terry North introduces the very best in International Comedy with this rotating line-up of top-notch comedians who are visiting Adelaide.
First time in Adelaide this differs from other kinds of comedy in that the humour comes from the audience rather than a performer on a stage.
This workshop will have you swinging out on the dance floor in no time! Swing dancing is a partner dance style all about rhythm, improvisation, and having a crazy good time.
‘A NIGHT OF CREAM’ the tribute show dedicated to 1960s British rock power trio, Cream.
Stamptown Comedy Night is a raunchy, chaotic and full-on fringe experience featuring the best comedy, cabaret and circus.
An evening of rapturous dark jazz alternative music from renown artist Jennifer DeGrassi and her band .
The Hearth welcomes you to a night of readings on the theme of ‘Masquerade’.
Winner of Voice’s Pick of the Fringe Award, Naomi Sheldon’s exceptional debut play comes to London’s West End following a critically acclaimed smash hit run at th…
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…
Three Scotsmen walk into a bar.
Local singer with a very authentic French touch, Louise Blackwell, and band The French Set, are some of Adelaide’s finest jazz musicians, including Mark Ferguson on keys, Julian Fe…
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
Dance, theatre and comedy are fused into a great big hilarious wonderland that you can’t resist! Take a wild ride on this rollicking adventure that unleashes the untamed inner w…
One in six people in Scotland suffer from hearing loss.
Born out of Montreal’s vibrant sketch comedy scene, two JUST FOR LAUGHS Award winning idiots; Al Lafrance (I Think I’m Dead) and Shane Adamczak (The Ballad Of Frank Allen, Sound & …
Calling all Clipsal Fans! Finally, the biggest question in motorsport is answered! Who is better - Holden or Ford? In a no holds barred, no beg your pardons fight to the comedy d…
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
For one night only, Gordon Southern will deliver a hilarious preview performance before his main show A Man for Two Seasons with funny man Thomas Green as MC along with special gue…
Rob Hunter (writer ‘Rosehaven’, ‘Spicks & Specks’, ‘Get Krack!n’, ‘You’re Skitting Me’, ‘Late O’clock’) presents a brand new bunch of oddball stand-up and sketches in a show guaran…
GET READY FOR MAXIMUM FUN! Infinite Jest Comedy creator Jez Watts (The Nasty Show, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men podcast) is coming at your faceholes with a brand new power hou…
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
Based on Shakespeare’s popular comedy, Britten’s opera follows the consequences of a falling-out between the fairy-king Oberon and his queen, Tytania.
The hottest rising stars of the comedy world (and a special guest), lovingly hand-picked to provide you with the ultimate comedy sampler.
An honest tale of one man’s modern escape from the prison of belief.
The most awesome, exciting and inspirational author event EVER! as award-winning Scottish author Stuart Reid brings his best-selling books to life.
After his fall from grace, lawyer Kane returns to the family sheep station for the first time in ten years.
The Comedy Gala has been a must see event at the Adelaide Fringe and our 10th Anniversary show will be the best one yet.
Guilt Free Comedy Roadshow! Featuring Clare Morgan, Richo, Shad Wicka, Caleb Day, Lachlan Gordon and Peter James! A riot of comedic talent from Far North Queensland rolls into Adel…
Late Night Party Boyz present their 2018 debut.
The guys and girls from Sourced Up Talent present a night of murder and mystery.
Welcome to 1960.
The Thebarton Theatre once again plays host to consistently one of the best show’s at The Adelaide Fringe.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
Join Adelaide’s premier swing dancing school for a night of dance through the 1920s, 30s and 40s! Students of the school of all levels will showcase the dances of the era including…
Adelaide’s premier Open Mic night returns! EVERY MONDAY catch 10 different comedians from across the Fringe PLUS a special guest headline act.
The hottest ticket of the Adelaide Fringe Festival is for the opening weekend Comedy Gala at The Royalty Theatre.
Brendan Fitzgerald Jazz Ensemble trumpets the slip and slide dance rhythms and slinky melodies of the 30’s and 40’s Swing era in this suave, sophisticated cabaret.
With seats at the back reserved for the adults, the children are encouraged to sit on the floor right up against the stage for this lovely show that aims to educate and entertain i…
RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities.
An exciting twist on stand up comedy! You, the audience will set the tone of the night by choosing who gets to take the stage to try and get you to belly laugh or fall off your sea…
Open for good time, not a long time, we’re kicking off the opening night of Adelaide Fringe 2018 with our biggest party yet.
Bitch Night is Edinburgh’s premier female and man-bitch friendly variety night, returning monthly with a spectacular lineup to Cabaret Voltaire!
Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed produ…
The Laser Comedy Show is a live improvised comic book created using laser reactive technology drawn and voice acted by US performance artist Chris Fair.
Learn laser comedy from US comedian Chris Fair, creator of The Laser Comedy Show! Use laser reactive tech to draw pictures & voice acting to bring them to life! No art/acting exper…
Bitch Night is Edinburgh’s newest female friendly (man-bitches too) variety night!
Mischief Theatre, the award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery return to their comedy roots with Mischief Mov…
The raucous & uproarious musical that reveals inner secrets & truths of recording audiobooks by star Sarah Naughton incorporates stand-up comedy, dance, immersive theater, and trad…
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.
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs.
Comedian & hoop-dancer Mimi Fischer (from The Chris Gethard Show) is 64 years young & announcing her first solo show: A Late Bloomer.
Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7.
What is it to really know your own father? Meet Edward Bloom, played by Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe award-winner Kelsey Grammer.
Free Stand-Up comedy show with all donations given to Lady Parts Justice! Come join at Local 138 on Thursday, 11/2 at 8pm.
Pippa Evans Presents… – Join Pippa Evans (founder member of Showstoppers) and some of her favourite improvisers as they explore the world through your eyes and theirs.
“It is a pitch perfect performance and a beautifully-written, perfectly-paced comedy script.
An evening of comedy featuring some of the top comedians from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe including some of the winners and nominees of the lastminute.
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
On Wednesday, September 27 at 7:30pm comedian/actor/writer Gianmarco Soresi (SeeSo’s New York’s Funniest, TruTV’s Hack My Life, Comedy Central), will be headlining Carolines on Bro…
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
A great night out with some of London’s best improvisers - presented by City Impro and the Just Us League. Improv comedy like you have never seen it before.
Dante’s Divine Comedy is a journey to hell and back.
Adapted and directed by Gavin McAlinden and set in modern music Festival culture; this is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tale of youth, love, sex, drugs, music, mistaken …
Adapted and directed by Gavin McAlinden and set in modern music Festival culture; this is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tale of youth, love, sex, drugs, music, mistaken …
Three elegant women musicians from Suzhou, costumed in Whispering Lotus Chi-pao will give us a concert on Chinese guqin, zheng, dizi and xiao (bamboo flute and end-blown bamboo flu…
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Returning after a second highly successful gig in 2016, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing.
G and Ste are Fringe fanatics who felt that becoming part of the Fringe was the perfect way to celebrate their nuptials.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
Up the dark, dark stairs, upon the bloody gallows of soft rock, through the oubliette of cheese, into the torture chamber of disco, you are welcomed to the Late Night Pop Dungeon.
That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band, with another night of toe-tapping music from the era when swing was king.
The final anarchic annual two-hour charity variety show celebrating the life and random irresponsibility of the godfather of British alternative comedy, filled with bizarre acts, e…
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…
One of Scotland’s most respected musicians and a versatile keyboard improviser in all styles, Richard Michael BEM brings his dazzling fingers and presentation skills to the fore in…
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
Russell Arathoon brings his previous sold out debut stand up show to London.
Two pairs of identical twins cause havoc in Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy of mistaken identity.
Australian drag superstar Courtney Act (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Australian Idol) takes you over the rainbow and down under in her new show.
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…
The HandleBards are the world’s first cycling theatre company.
An earthquake is erupting, but not in Orange Street.
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.
Join us in Edinburgh for the 70th year of BBC Radio’s most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge.
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.
Grab your hottest tickets to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe shows in this prestigious final.
Edinburgh Fringe’s biggest and best mixed bill magic night! The best illusion, magic and cabaret acts from the Fringe have assembled for one night only at Gilded Balloon’s biggest …
A selection of favourite variations, nocturnes, fantasias, waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
With nearly £500,000 raised for Waverley Care, Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast and special guest hosts Rob Beckett and Russell Kane.
The three stars of Israeli comedy: Shahar Hason, David Kilimnick and Yohay Sponder.
The three stars of Israeli comedy: Shahar Hason, David Kilimnick and Yohay Sponder.
This Australian singer/harpist is bringing her successful Adelaide Fringe show to Edinburgh! Siobhán is what you get when you combine Celtic passion and Classical training! Throw …
As artists from across the globe descend on this historic city, this special show, hosted by Nikki Bedi, features top actors, filmmakers, comedians and musicians who live in Edinbu…
Data Night is a fun, frothy feminist fable mixing clever and silly in the same test tube.
Ventriloquist extraordinaire Nina Conti is back with her famous masks, ready to use you as her puppet.
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…
Global Beats is packed with Scottish talent.
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 …
Bringing a playful twist and jazz treatment to classic movie songs from Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Star Wars, Jungle Book to La La Land, let Airlie Scott’s Pronto Swing get your…
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity the Pleasance has supported for the past 26 years, providing care and support to people living with HIV or…
Smashing Mirrors Theatre are shining a spotlight on those usually left in the shadows through their heart-breaking play The Loneliest Girl in the World, written and directed by Eli…
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,…
Big Cat Small Flap – the unique observations from a giant talking cat called Mr Nibbles on the state of humans and the world today, from Trump to Brexit to Instagram, and why the…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Can Hamlet please come into the diary room? You’ve had regular Big Brother.
With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2017.
An evening of performance in the middle of the afternoon.
A spectacular night of comedy to celebrate the middle of the festival from award-winning production company Berk’s Nest, featuring festival favourites, the best new acts and specia…
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
A showcase of the best new and up-and-coming acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A unique take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream from a Russian company dedicated to the Bard.
Henry’s Show Aaaah The Growing Pains of a Neurotic Jew and Joe’s The Confused Sikh Who Loves Curried Mustard.
From a shared sovereign and a shaky colonial past, to endless daytime reruns of Neighbours and Home and Away on channel 5, plus cricket, Kylie and Rupert Murdoch; Australian export…
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…
Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making.
Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
Michael is live in Edinburgh for another game of On The Ball, alongside great live music and your Sunday Boasts.
‘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…
Different top-tier comedians take to the stage each night to deliver five to ten minutes of their material.
Showcasing some of the best international acts currently based in Asia.
Come one, come all – come join us, the University of Sheffield’s comedy society, in this wonderful Basement Bar at 48 Below, as we dazzle you with our sketch comedians and stan…
A spoken word show from storyteller Cathianne Hall, paying homage to vintage ‘Girl About Town’ sitcoms and exploring why sometimes you have to get stuck to get unstuck.
A Shakespeare comedy done right, this play manages to put a modern twist on the well known classic by filling it with quirky characters that look like they’ve picked right out of…
Every member of our Blueswater Presents family will be playing a set in a raucous showcase that will present the best blues music the Fringe has to offer.
The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join us for a bumper-length comedy extravaganza to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s, while previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows.
Edinburgh sibilings Taylor & Leigh return to the Fringe after last year’s sell-out show, bringing their blisteringly-hot country blues.
Harri Soinila is a Laugh Factory’s Funniest Person in the World, 2016 semi-finalist, headliner of shows in a bunch of countries and the godfather (or baby daddy) of English comedy …
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.
Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Come along and celebrate the 50th year of Just a Minute with special recordings in Edinburgh.
They open with the surging emotions and poignant melodies of Schubert’s much-loved ‘Unfinished’ Symphony.
Over two recitals, Stefan Warzycki performs all Chopin’s Op 10 études as recast for the left hand by Leopold Godowsky.
Where there is Fringe, there is Shakespeare, and Rolling In The Aisle Productions have returned to Edinburgh with a fresh faced, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelf…
Can’t cook? Imagine having to come up with a three-course meal, completely from scratch, every week for a year.
Janice Forsyth presents her celebrated show from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, with up-to-date coverage, highlights and top interviews from across the Edinburgh festivals.
Join BBC Radio 3’s vibrant drivetime programme live in Edinburgh. With classical music, special guests and news from this year’s festivals.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
A midnight cabaret featuring “the wildest acts from across the Fringe” is setting itself up for some pretty high standards.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
A keen observer may initially notice that Thom Tuck and John Luke Roberts, who host ACMS together, aren’t exactly a traditional double act.
There’s only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand on piano and Ed Kelly on double bass.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s best in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
A hypnotic, tongue-in-cheek antidote to the glittering circus world.
Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue…
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…
A Comedy Tapas lets you see 40 acts for four minutes each over a four day cycle.
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
With the overwhelming amount of options at the Fringe, Bite-Size allows one to see several short and sweet plays in the space of an hour.
The band feature multi-stringed instrumentalists playing original music and songs in the folk/country rock genre.
Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue…
‘Boogie-woogie.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus.
Big Brother Hamlet takes the subjects of the all-powerful found in Shakespeare’s script – the King, the Ghost, the Church – and connects them with one of today’s most all-p…
President Obonjo returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe to perform his new show, The Rise of a Comedy Dictator.
Join us as we celebrate our 33rd year at the Fringe with a one-off comedy extravaganza on our opening Saturday! Come check out some of the new kids on the block as they make their …
Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay…
Back for its second year, Tom Short (Funhouse Champion of Champions 2014, Hot Water Best New Act Runner-Up 2014) presents short comedy sets from some of the best acts at the fringe…
A special stripped-down lineup of The Blueswater play an upbeat swampy set of blues songs decided in advance by fans on social media.
It was an inauspicious beginning for Martin J Dixon’s new stand-up show, with only 11 audience members, some of whom were loud and rowdy throughout the show.
London’s hottest improv group present an hour of hilarious, fast-paced improvised comedy.
The Warwick Revue are back with a brand new show that’s nothing like you’ve ever seen before.
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Daniel Audritt will be joined each evening by three of his favourite acts on the circuit. Stand-up, sketch, improv, musical comedy… every night will be a different bill.
From Memphis to Folsom Prison to… Glasgow? This unusual story unfolds with the familiar calm bass baritone, crooning Walk the Line.
Originally produced at the Royal Court in 2007, it received outstanding reviews and was nominated for several awards.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
The hit-show in its fifth year! Four international top comedians per night, one against one, no allies.
Rock’n’roll in all its facets.
‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (CultureTrip.
Broadcast live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, featuring live world music and Celtic sounds.
Bringing the best of the festivals to audiences, with live and recorded BBC broadcasts and activities.
Steve Wright broadcasts live on Radio 2 from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue on the opening day of the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Almost 50 years after George Romero launched the zombie film genre on a shoestring budget, Night of the Living Dead holds a dear spot in the hearts of horror film fans.
This famous showcase returns with a dazzling array of the best comics from the Fringe.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time.
We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
What it says on the tin.
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 ).
‘Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Tom Allen and Bec Hill are among the big-name comics giving up an hour of their time to bring comedy to the juvenile masses; an inspired idea, and it’s …
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night, mixed-bill shows.
As the friend with whom I went to see the show so emphatically said, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is ‘everything’.
Date night: the time when friends, family and lovers come together (though not all together) to spend time, catch up and share stories.
Captain Zarg and Williamina Foxx are Guardians of the Universe.
The washed-up boy band of sketch comedy are back with their first new show in four years.
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.
In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
They say fame is a fickle friend, and the St Andrews Revue have been lonely for years.
Looking past the sweltering hot and humid room that the Laugh Train Comedy Showcase takes place in, this show is enjoyable enough for a night out.
‘My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style’ (Maya Angelou).
The Irish are known for many things around the world.
Meet Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face, not Tape Face.
All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour.
With sold out shows internationally and abroad: this comic has mastered blending stand-up, improvisation and talking to the crowd.
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…
A near-immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering addicts.
The desire to please is instilled into children from an early age, but the side-effects that this can have on their development is often not felt until it’s too late.
Wakey, wakey! Start your day with two 30 minute sets from two of the North East’s rising stars of comedy.
Raucous, fraternal comedy from award-winning sketch trio.
The sell-out unique comedy experience returns.
The comedic equivalent of a no-holds-barred cage fight.
The 23rd year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. Four comedians, different to the early show. Two hours with tomorrow’s comedy stars. ‘Top value, top comedy’ (List).
This idiot’s back.
Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning.
This acclaimed show from award-winning Australian theatre company Sisters Grimm clearly aims to put the “lion” back in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, through a startlingly …
‘The comedy surprise discovery of this Fringe’ **** (AdelaideNow.
Hollywood: home to the fools who dream.
In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
David Huntsberger’s stand-up show is problematic as a comedy show as it has very little resembling a joke.
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…
Siân Docksey has given up on politics to join the occult and become a lemon.
Award-winning author Stuart Reid will be sharing his books, including his latest release Gorgeous George and His Stupid Stinky Stories, and the audience will be expected to bring t…
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…
It’s where scores of top comedians started their brilliant careers, from familiar household names to circuit and cult favourites.
‘Funny.
Two Scots and an Irishman walk into a pub… Jay Lafferty, John Scott and Martin Mor are among the very best Celtic comedians working on the global comedy circuit.
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!
Three of Edinburgh’s funniest comedians will have their sets dissected, critiqued, and reviewed, by the toughest comedy critics there are – the comedians themselves.
Aussie wit vs British banter.
The show tells the tale of a young girl named Rose who mysteriously goes missing in the tiny town of Grigglewood.
Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle, exploring new cultures, traveling light and relying on booze to socialise.
The alternative stand-up Sean Turner has natural comedic instincts that lead him to areas most comics wouldn’t ever find themselves.
The Oxford Imps open with a voice-over introducing them as ‘world famous wits of England’ and other slightly odd hyperboles.
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.
The cast and crew of The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Plays coax their audience into starting their day bright and early with coffee, croissants and strawberries.
Patti Plinko returns with her dark and erotic songs inspired from Virginia Woolf, Joan of Arc to the whore houses of Paris.
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Strap in tight to the most rad, bizarre, awe-inspiring comedy and alt-performance rollercoaster at the Fringe! We’re back for our third year with one-off takeovers from your favo…
First Prize winner (Gilded Balloon Sitcom Trials 2016) Kate Bowes Renna brings her new satirical comedy to the fringe.
Comedy Cabaret hosted by ‘supremely talented comic’ (Time Out) Abigail Burdess and her glamorous assistant Dave! Abigail wrote for the BAFTA-winning That Mitchell and Webb Look and…
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
For the 16th year, twice a week during the festival, Frankenstein’s pub is taken over by Frank N Furter and the gang for Rocky Horror Night! It’s a raucous fun-filled evening o…
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person…
An intimate one-woman show about race and gender.
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…
Bracing maritime sketch show from Eggbox Comedy.
Ray Bradshaw boasts of being the first comic ever to have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in both English and British Sign Language, and after seeing this hour show it’s a cala…
Tape Face, a show that mixes circus, variety, clowning and who knows what else, presents me with somewhat of a dilemma.
This is Aunty Donna’s fourth Edinburgh Fringe, they have a huge following and return as popular as ever.
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.
The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 13th year at the Edinburgh Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, handpicked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartil…
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.
It’s time to think outside the box, go crazy, go skydiving or just go to a different pub this Friday.
The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh.
This show is described as an ‘unrehearsed show-and-tell’ from ‘the best comedians from across the globe’.
Burly Glaswegian stand-up Scott Agnew has for many years joked about “blow-job knee”—wear and tear arising from too much time on his knees providing oral sex.
With breathtaking magic, effortless circus and formidable beatboxing skills, Ongals will have you laughing your hat off.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Anthem for Doomed Youth is the hilarious new debut hour from Ed Night.
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…
Warning - contains scenes and text of a sexual nature (Over 18 only) Powerful play with an all female leading cast about bdsm and mind control set around a European household in A…
The smash hit comedy musical comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the very first time! Join the girls on a hen night you wont forget, with fantastic songs from 1960s - today! Gua…
Prepare to have your joy levels optimised by “the finest female character comic around” (Time Out) as Pippa Evans presents Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and improvisers seen on B…
In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
The Old Vic is proud to present the World Premiere of Girl From the North Country, an electrifying new work from esteemed playwright Conor McPherson along with classic songs from B…
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in City Impro’s debut Edinburgh Fringe show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketch…
Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in a special Edinburgh Fringe preview show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketches …
Giles Cooper by arrangement with Metropolitan Grand Lodge presents ‘Sunday Night at the London Palladium’ – a night of variety to celebrate 300 years since the fo…
Three hilarious shows all made up on the spot by some of London’s top improvisers! This week we have Leave To Remain, Clusterfox & James And I.
Stand up comedy at the Trafalgar tavern, a place that has seen William Gladstone and Charles Dickens dining side-by-side.
Join Tape Face as he brings his uniquely hilarious and moving comedy to London in a multi-award winning spectacle that needs to be seen to be believed.
Due to popular demand, the ‘Britpop Rocky Horror’ returns for a second year! Following an epic premiere at Brighton Fringe 2016, and a nationwide tour including a full show at …
‘Eve’s Dawning’ combines storytelling, live music and animation to tell the dystopian fairy tale of Eve, the last girl in the world, as she navigates a post-apocalyptic waste…
Children’s poet and spoken word theatre maker Justin Coe (‘Big Wow’, ‘Small Wonder’, ‘The Dictionary of Dads’, ‘The Jumble Book’) leads a workshop for adult writers/performers inte…
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.
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, celebrating the Brighton Fringe finale weekend.
Go on an award-winning, magical, musical, multi-sensory adventure in the Kalahari desert with Little Meekat and her friends Elephant and Wise Monkey to find out all about Calm and …
Warning: this review contains numerous cheesy James Bond puns.
Courtney Act, takes you over the rainbow and down under in her new show: The Girl from OZ! Chock full of hits and high notes, you will leave this show realizing there’s no place li…
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.
Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon.
A magical journey through the dark and beautiful night until the black bird sings again to welcome a new day.
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Join us for a show-stopping night of music and dance, as we shimmy through the hits of ‘Chicago’, ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Sweet Charity’, before turning up the heat for our classic burlesqu…
Responsible for the most popular TED Talk of 2016, James Veitch brings his hilarious new show ‘Game Face’, with more geeky comedy about life, love and enabling Bluetooth.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
One-woman cabaret mix of the comic and the surreal, the poignant and the very dark.
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…
Sexy provocateur Veronica Blacklace is back with seasoned cabaret talent and fresh faces from her own burlesque school.
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…
The Duncan brothers came from the same erection, but have since gone in a different direction.
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.
“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so.
Described as an esoteric St Trinian’s for the queer cabaret generation, Carnesky’s Finishing School has been helping people discover and hone their creative talent since 2010.
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 …
Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking, or just for fun! Jill Edward…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
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.
Saturday night late dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent.
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
A name as loaded with dark, romantic foreboding as Poe’s Last Night incurs comparison with the titles of Poe’s own works; it suggests mystery, a locked room of buried secrets.
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of genial Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish and guests in an early ev…
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room .
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network Award winner) and Ria Lina ***** (Mumble Comedy).
Lucy Green dreamt her life would turn out like the spangly title sequence of a ‘Girl About Town’ sitcom.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
Every Wednesday night is ‘Quiz Night’ at Brighton Fringe this year! An intimate, original musical portrait of two friends (with benefits) as they try to avoid discussing real life,…
The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric ‘New Act Night’.
Patti Plinko glances around the stage in search of the next musical instrument.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Kids, bring your folks to see the international circuit's best comedians, sketch acts and cabaret stars.
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Fat 45 is a blistering 11-piece big band bringing back the Jump Jive, Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues of the 1940s and 50s.
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.
‘Super Happy Land’ is the re-imagining of 70’s children’s favourite ‘Tiswas’ relocated to a pub basement.
The Comedy Store presents the Best of the Comedy Store, bringing you the brightest comedy talent from the UK and international circuit.
“Blurring the lines between burlesque and performance art, their prodigious dumb shows are an unparalleled joy in British variety” (This Is Cabaret).
When compére Stephen Grant takes the stage, he capably gains control of the large, boisterous audience with his high energy stage presence and quick-witted quips.
An hour of entertainment from musicians, clowns and wordmongers of all flavours, local and international, showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer.
Comedy Compilation show of some of the best up and coming comics from the UK Comedy Circuit.
Stand-up comedy in support of Medécins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).
I wasn’t entirely sure what I’d witnessed after walking out of BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt, a surreal play by Greek company THE.
8 horns, 2 drummers, scratch-DJ and MC.
Pick of the Fringe Launch Night Special, kicked off Brighton Fringe at The Warren with fragments of 7 shows.
"I used to be scared of them.
Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m…
Who will be crowned this year's winner of the prestigious WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards? 'Wonderfully entertaining' (Chortle.
The symbolism is hardly subtle; when we enter the Traverse Theatre’s principal performance space, we have to choose which side of a massive shipping container we sit next to.
All Cried Out is an intimate, interactive immersive encounter.
It’s said that one first eats with one’s eyes.
Join us at the Water Poet in Shoreditch for City Impro’s weekly improvised comedy show.
There’s one deliciously unique—sadly never repeatable—moment during the opening night of Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show, when Stewart introduces the singer Susan B…
Can you fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? Peter is about to find out when he falls for the sexually ambiguous ‘Blue’.
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…
7pm-8pm Kicking-off the evening’s shenanigans will be… Comedy Shenanigans, who are Irish comedians Aislinn (Best Female Improviser – Improvaganza 2015) and Noel (Best Improv…
Mark Gatiss stars in this strictly limited West End transfer of the first major revival of this iconic play in two decades.
Multi award nominated comedian and BBC/Virgin Radio Star Inel Tomlinson is relaunching his sell out live roadshow Kinetic Comedy.
As Sara Pascoe explains, the peculiarities of a ‘job’ as a comedian, that is more ‘craft’ than job equally applies to describing whether something is funny or not.
Come and see the short pieces we’ve selected to shortlist for our Showcase competition at The Hen & Chickens, 30th January at 7pm.
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!&…
One day whilst Girl is in her garden she spots something on the other side of the fence.
Celebrated director and choreographer Arthur Pita returns to the Lilian Baylis Studio this Christmas with his magical dance theatre show, The Little Match Girl.
Justin is the smallest boy in the whole town.
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…
Combining theatre, technology and a cinematic soundtrack, Give Me Back My Broken Night takes you on a walk through the city streets, inviting you to imagine the future of your area…
One day whilst Girl is playing in her garden, she spots something peculiar on the other side of the fence.
Explore the future on the silver screen with a night of short films from Hothouse artists and guest filmmakers.
One day whilst Girl is playing in her garden, she spots something peculiar on the other side of the fence.
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.
City Impro’s Time Out recommended Comedy Sunday Roast show returns to The Water Poet for another evening of fun filled entertainment made up completely on the spot.
Every year an absolute sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
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.
Returning after a sell-out gig in 2015, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing.
Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
A guitar and organ driven blues trio, the band was formed in 2014 by Dundee-born guitarist Simon Kennedy.
The exploration of the extreme consequences resulting from an attempt to escape a past that remains current and constant.
Back at the Fringe again for another trip down memory lane.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, featuring topical stories and big name guests.
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…
Knowing Smirk return to the Fringe, where BroadwayBaby.
The problem with epic poetry is that it’s just so….
Join us for a bumper-length comedy extravaganza to mark Barnardo’s 150th Anniversary, courtesy of your favourite TV and stand-up comedians.
Omid Djalili’s not used to a four o’clock crowd.
April and Ella’s entire world is changing and there is nothing they can do to stop it.
A unique fun-filled, vibrant and interactive riotous adult five-star afternoon variety show, packed with hilarious mime, comedy, innuendo and magic.
There aren’t many plays with a cast of teenagers that are this slick.
Married multi-instrumentalists from South Africa: that’s what this folk duo define themselves as and it describes them perfectly.
The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a fourth year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals.
You’ve seen the film, now here’s the musical.
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…
Funnily enough, Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing is a sort of stand-up comedy thing.
Grab your hottest Fringe tickets, to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars who showcase in this prestigious final.
The Alex MacDonald Band plays a unique brand of Scottish folk-rock that has been acclaimed in venues large and small across the country.
Every single band and singer from our Blueswater Presents family will be part of a huge blues party taking place in a converted church.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast, and special guest hosts to be announced! Always a complete sell-out, book early to avoid disappointment.
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…
Broadcast live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh featuring world music and Celtic sounds.
Steve Wright broadcasts live from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue. Join us for BBC Radio 2’s afternoon show with special guests, music and a host of other features.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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…
That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings a night of music and song from the golden age of the crooners.
Hilarious scenes made up on the spot based entirely on audience suggestions.
The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group.
DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self.
A tribute to Half Man Half Biscuit’s 30+ years in music.
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.
Australia’s top comedians take on England’s finest in a five test comedy series to claim the Comedy Ashes.
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity providing care and support to people living with HIV or Hepatitis C throughout Scotland.
Social networks really aren’t – social, that is.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2016.
On October third, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.
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.
Satellite images now cover every inch of the world.
A sculptor is awaiting the arrival of an art dealer when the power fails.
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…
‘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.
A story of ambition and love, Big Shot captivates with a blend of energy and poignance infused in its music and its characters.
Hospitals can be surreal places at night.
Fresh from Newcastle, Spontaneous Wrecks brings you live improvised comedy in the style of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’.
Glasgow’s big darling brings her distinct brand of magic to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Join us for the live final of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Taylor & Leigh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their sell-out show of blisteringly hot country blues.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you.
Laughter-packed, legendary and unmissable on Saturday nights.
A showcase of the best new and up-and-coming acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation.
‘Simply outstanding jazz musicianship’ (Turin International Jazz Festival).
Best Girl Athlete, AKA 17-year-old Aberdonian Katie Buchan, released her debut album Carve Every Word in March 2015 via Fitlike Records in the UK and through Minty Fresh Records in…
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = Musical Comedy Awards! Fresh from our sold-out final at the iconic Udderbelly on Southbank, ‘wonderfully entertaining’ (Chortle.
Join us for an evening of the best comedy, music and poetry Edinburgh has to offer in the atmospheric environs of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Join Des Clarke for the topical comedy panel news quiz, taking a satirical swipe at the week’s news in Scotland and across the UK.
A late-night spectacular of this Fringe favourite! Acts and audiences are plunged into darkness to create one of the most unique and unforgettable comedy experiences.
Only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand’s outstanding Trio.
With breathtaking magic, effortless circus and formidable beatboxing skills, Ongals will have you laughing your hat off, even if you don’t know why.
Presenting a fast, funny, and engaging take on improv, improvable brings ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ style games into the 21st century.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Expertly chaired by Nicholas Parsons.
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.
You will hear from thought leaders, as developers of skills in the industry and an animator facing the daily challenges of working in the Games sector.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Fat Head and the Big Dog is a stand-up comedy show by Northern Ireland’s fast-rising comedians Aaron McCann and Dave Elliott.
Janice Forsyth presents her show from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, with up-to-date coverage of the Edinburgh festivals.
Mia is at boarding school.
Love is complicated.
A mixed bill of northern dance theatre our kid (close sibling) would be proud of! Bit brassic (short of cash)? Fear not! Grab yourself a ticket and get two shows for the price of o…
Fringe royalty Ali McGregor takes the helm of this reimagining of the Big Comedy Gala in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, with special guest Hollywood and Broadway star Alan Cummin…
Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness.
ACMS returns for its sixth Sisyphean year at the Fringe, hosted and curated by Thom Tuck, ‘an authoritative and slightly creepy blowhard’ (Scotsman), and John-Luke Roberts, ‘a leve…
Bringing the brightest and best comedians to the BBC stage.
Real DJs, in real clubs playing real music, free glow sticks and transfer tattoos.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, Call the Midwife, Radio 4) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
Come witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows.
VICE contributor/NY comedian, Harmon Leon has made a career infiltrating extremist hate groups in America.
UCLU Comedy Club’s sketch troupe, The Gower Line, return to Edinburgh with their brand of ‘fast paced madness’ (Pi Media), presenting their favourite new sketches from the past yea…
Big Bite is celebrating it’s 10-year Fringe anniversary with a ‘best of’ showcase: although an enjoyable selection of short pieces - effectively boiling down to long sketches…
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.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
With hilarious anecdotes and a no holds barred Q&A, it’s a whole new angle on the world of sex work.
If variety is the spice of life, then Tom, Matthew and Susie are a full rack of flavour.
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.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
Celebrate good times! Come on! The Geordie Giant brings an upbeat hour of observational and joke-filled stand-up about our drinking culture and nights out.
The Jazz Bar is packed for this one, and no wonder: this is music you can’t help but tap your feet to.
Join us for the semi-finals of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter K…
English Comedian of the Year 2014 Jack Campbell brings you his second stand-up show.
Chris O Neill serves up samples of ten different acts every day so you can pick your favourites.
Comedy, craft beer and curry, all under one roof and served up during the most indulgent lunchtime show Leith has ever seen.
Pro headliners, breakthrough acts and our signature dash of circus variety.
Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle.
Sean Turner takes his one man show to the Fringe for a month-long run.
This unique comedy experience returns to the Fringe after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
See comedians pitted against each other in something almost resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Unrestrained by scripts, our star-studded line-up of irreverent puzzle-bu…
The biggest and brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
As it turns out there are lots of reasons for Marcus to have a long face at the moment, not least because he was born with one.
Fiesta in sunshine.
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…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Ever wondered, or perhaps dreaded, what it would be like if your search history could talk? With a host of zany characters and one wonderfully surreal party, You Tweet My Face Spac…
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…
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!
Released from the family basement after 300 years, alleged cannibal James Douglas (1697-1715) invites you to join him and his guests for a depraved late night horror show splattere…
‘Consistently boasting some of the most interesting line ups in the country’ (Times).
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
Ever wondered what takes a girl so long to get ready on a night out? This girl will tell you! Written and performed by Eme Essien, this hilarious new one-woman show invites viewers…
BBC Radio 3’s vibrant drivetime programme. Live classical music, special guests and news from this year’s festivals.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure.
Celebrating 400 years of William Shakespeare, the award-winning ST@UIBE company from Beijing presents Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and misunderstanding in a refreshing new …
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Gotham is exactly what it says on the tin.
Spiders by Night is one of the more intimate Fringe shows: two monologues about spiders and mental health difficulties.
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.
Once a day the unique 22-seat Vintage Mobile Cinema will briefly become a comedy venue.
‘A festival mainstay for 10 years now, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable.
Trust me, Fringe magic still happens.
Bringing the best of the festivals to audiences at home and in Edinburgh with live and recorded broadcasts.
Showcasing the best the Fringe has to offer.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
Literature narrows the gap between diverse nations.
A show about growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India (Southall) and then being thrown into the west with no language, culture, personality or brains.
Often, first-time Festival goers arriving in Edinburgh can be paralysed by choice as a result of the sheer volume of shows on offer.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time. Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, free!
All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto.
Multi award-winning idiot Harriet Kemsley keeps making mistakes and she might be about to make the biggest one of her life.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
Will poor Viola ever find her twin brother Sebastian? Expect adventure, suspense and lots of laughs.
‘Funny.
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.
A fun-packed hour of stand-up where Saskia Preston and Sarah Iles bring along their comedy chums to have you laughing your bellies off.
The show’s title is accurate in that the two comedians who perform in it are indeed Irish, but the idea that this has anything to do with “championship comedy” is a misleadin…
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it: no rules, no backup, no script, a helter-skelter descent into pure comedy.
Each of the short – but far from woeful – tales in this half-hour collection (from Bristol University and National Youth Theatre) have concepts that could be summed up in one l…
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…
Sam Kissajukian (really funny prick), Jen Carnovale (crackin’ lass), and Kyle Legacy (what) bring you the funniest acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a hysterical lunchtime…
Enter the fascinating mind of Edgar Allan Poe.
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe.
Twenty second year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
If you’re a real fan of comedy, Crack Comedy’s Pick of the Fringe is the place for you.
Self-proclaimed “Champion of Comedy” Rob Mulholland tells all in this hilarious stand-up show.
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.
I’ve left theatres in all sorts of states from elation to depression, anger to jubilation, in tears and totally numb.
In its fourth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Lip Theatre Company’s offering at the Fringe this year presents an interesting take on the classic Greek myth of Medusa: one that is unfortunately plagued with tonal shifts and a…
Join the best comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in an improvised set prompted by genuine objects found in the National Museum o…
It’s late.
International theatre has always been a key component of Edinburgh Fringe.
‘Funny.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
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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…
Dressed like a hip hop stereotype and with an accent he describes as “Forrest Gump on crack”, LJ Da Funk is the brainchild of stand-up Zac Splijt.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club present their Pick of the Fringe, following full houses from 2013-2015.
Aussie wit vs British banter. Two comedians compete over five hilarious rounds. Stand-up, crowd heckling, improvisation, roasting and actual boxing. It’s fun on steroids.
From award-winning character comedians Andrew McBurney (SYTYF finalist 2013) and Jack Kirwan, plus filmmaker Damien Hyde, comes a dark, original and very funny live show.
Returning to a bigger room after last year’s sell-outs, MC Andy Stedman hosts a mash-up of some of the top comedians at the Fringe together with up-and-coming newer faces.
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear.
Matty Finlayson, noun – A hard-hitting action-packed gigolo, not dissimilar to a high-class call girl.
Strange Face is Michael Burdett’s story; Drake himself is something of a side character.
Mark Nelson is a down-to-earth guy.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Lords of Strut is hands-down the most fun I’ve had at Fringe this year.
On top of the breakfast (croissant, coffee and strawberries), there is a handful of ten-minute theatre pieces that are eccentric, funny and outrageous.
Every night of the Festival, Edinburgh’s famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club (Winner, Best Small Comedy Club, Scottish Comedy Awards 2016), brings you a cracking showcase of premier s…
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
This reference-heavy show fills a key niche for fan fiction comedy at the Fringe.
The woman wants to marry, the man does not.
A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry.
Following a sold-out run with the critically acclaimed Diary of a Dating Addict last year, Maddy Anholt is back with Rent Girl.
We’ve all been irritated by unfair traffic fines and generic email newsletters.
A loophole in Irish law allows for the legal of consumption of Class-A drugs for 24 hours, and the youth of Dublin are not going to let Yokes Night slip by without taking full adva…
Do you like improv? Do you like standup? Hate having to choose between the two? Well, at The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In, you don’t have to settle – you can see both! Ye…
Catch four of the best new acts on the comedy circuit in the twelfth year of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.
The hype for Nina Conti is huge.
Get down to Frankenstein every Wednesday for a Rocky Horror Night you’ll never forget! Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab as Brad, Janet and Dr Frank-N-Furter give i…
A celebration of sex through song! Using his unique brand of satirical striptease stand-up, let Australian musical comedian Grant Busé take you on a joyous taboo-tackling explorat…
Australian comedian’s Edinburgh debut.
Asthmatic newcomer and 2015 So You Think Your Funny finalist Ed Night is coming to ruin Edinburgh.
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…
I’m sure we’re all used to growing the Fringe brochure and seeing shows with enigmatic titles which tell you nothing about the eventual content.
Every night of the Fringe there’s something different on at Bedlam.
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…
This hilarious comedy sketch follows comic-actor duo Curly (Paul F Taylor) and Short (Rebecca Shorrocks) through a night of trying to prove they can act– Curly’s laminated CV i…
Comedy Reserve presents a great opportunity to see four of the Fringe’s ‘up-and-coming’ acts in an hour-long compilation show.
Three giants of sketch comedy come together to preview their EdFringe shows.
Peter is a lonely socially awkward dysfunctional mess, looking for love, and tonight he has a date with Kate.
Twelfth Night, the opening show in this season’s Bard in the Botanics, takes place outdoors in Glasgow’s beautiful Botanic Gardens.
A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues.
A night of debauchery at the hands of Kat Lil and a whole rabble of Skellies, there in numbers like never before! Immerse yourself in the land of the carnival.
The Brit-popera for Common People Like You.
The Brit-popera for Common People Like You.
Darkly comic, ensemble theatre at its finest.
From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show.
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…
“Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere.
‘Now I’m a Big Boy!’ is written, produced and performed by young people, tackling issues of growing up and the problems surrounding sexual consent.
For children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
Ahmed, a poor orphan, escapes his war torn homeland and joins the circus.
A pair of comedic short plays simultaneously celebrating and condemning modern life, sandwiched in sketches: A re-imagining of the myth of Narcissus and Echo, and a contemporary fa…
Izzard, Brand, Hardee - comedian Charmian’s had steaming hot cuppas with them all.
Our Flower Festival, entitled “LOVE IS .
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, as part of the Fringe All-Nighter.
A tender and ridiculous show that clambers up your drainpipe with a rose between its teeth.
The course of true love doesn’t run smooth for long in this Shakespearian comedy.
After a sell-out show last year, Double-Oh Heaven returns to the Spiegeltent! Expect Bond Girl burlesque, skilled circus acts and show-stopping live renditions of classic 007 theme…
A twisted, tender comedy about dealing with your dark side.
If like me you find an Irish accent a wondrous tool capable, in a single crank, of spinning the very stars in the gutter, and if, like me also, you enjoy nothing better than a bi…
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.
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.
Welcome to an evening of fun and entertainment featuring the fantastic poet Alice Denny, cocktails, raffle prizes and more.
The Democratic Dictator of Lafta Republic, His Excellency President Obonjo, returns to Brighton Fringe with a brand new show! On the comedy campaign trail to become the first (inte…
It’s a dangerous move to end your fringe show with a cover of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? as you run the risk of audiences leaving with that very question ringing in…
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…
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.
Join Curly for an evening of his classic high brow solo sketches.
Learn how to use stand-up basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking- or just for fun! Jill’s comedy courses are the most established in the UK.
Join Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Dance until the late hours.
Neil Frost has a story to tell.
Think Tank is a live comedy and debate show where professional comedians propose policy ideas to a panel of politicians and experts.
Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC), real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comed…
Brighton Swing Choir is a brand new community choir specialising in music from the swing era and beyond.
“Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up sets from grown-up, high-quality acts who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bits,” says The Independent.
“Actually” Gay Men’s Chorus are celebrating their 10th anniversary with performances dating back to the very beginning.
Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man, faces a challenge to h…
Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man faces a challenge to hi…
The star of BBC’s ‘Dead Ringers’ and ‘The Impressions Show’, ITV’s ‘Newzoids’, ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Bad Girls’ takes to the stage for an evening of comedy, music and impression…
Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends.
With a name like Confessions Of A Red-Headed Coffeeshop Girl you might expect a raw, bittersweet expose of the disappointments of a young dreamer, crushed by the tsunami of Post-Re…
Rising star and general idiot stand-up Harriet Kemsley returns with her new show ‘Good Girl’.
Pleasing an audience is difficult at the best of times, when they’re on your side you can read the room, and you’re in safe hands if tech and logistics all go to plan.
It’s time to spot future stars, as the latest fledglings from Jill Edwards’ comedy workshops at Komedia take the stage for their first time.
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
Sindhu Vee is probably the tallest Indian woman you’ll ever meet.
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).
Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they liv…
BBC award-winning comedian Yuriko Kotani headlines an immensely entertaining evening of stand-up acts linked together by the hilarious commentary and super-silly antics of compere …
“a smorgasbord of different voices finding the funny in new places.
The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works.
LJ Da Funk (New Comedian of the Year 2015 Winner) presents the most hilarious fusion of sex and politics since David Cameron f**ked that pig.
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network award-winner) and Ria Lina ***** (Mumble Comedy) “fearless, provocative and very funny” (Scotsman) are joined by their …
Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Brighton’s best night out. “THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy” (The Independent)
Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between.
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…
Ashley Austin Morris hosts this solid evening of stand-up, with sets from Dan Soder, Subhah Agarwal, Michael Brigante and Guilio Gallarotti.
Take an extraordinary journey in the dark.
Fanny Brice’s prowess and fame were arguably due to her impeccable comic timing and clown-like performances, combined with a powerful singing voice that could both move you with …
Tom Papa hosts this edition of the yearly benefit for City Green, a nonprofit organization that establishes urban farms and gardens in Northern New Jersey.
Local thespians in Brighton may be familiar with the Academy of Creative Training (ACT), which strives to offer instruction to the ordinary individual who dreams of a life on the…
(performances start on Wednesday) A girl may be a half-formed thing, but the Corn Exchange offers a fully realized theatrical adaptation of Eimear McBride’s prize-winning nov…
After a near-fatal car accident in 2014, Tracy Morgan has been making a welcome return to stand-up comedy over the last six months.
Halfway through The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, I am laughing so much I have to take a moment to recompose.
(previews start on Sunday; opens on April 27) The Roundabout revives Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood.
Josh Gondelman, a comedian and writer for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” hosts a special show as part of the Jewish Museum’s after-hours series…
If you believe ‘youth is wasted on the young’, then just for a second imagine it was lived by the not-so-young.
Mr.
The true story of small-time Old West outlaw Elmer McCurdy, whose body was mummified and became a fixture on carnival sideshows, movies, road races and the TV show, “The Six Mill…
Marshall Brandon hosts this comedy show at the legendary theater’s Soundstage. Performers include Meshelle, Neko White and Heather Jay Harris, with music from DJ Qool Marv.
NINA CONTI IN YOUR FACE She’s won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and…
Chrissie Mayr and Oscar Aydin present a special edition of this monthly “gay and gay-adjacent” comedy show to benefit NYC Pride.
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…
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
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…
Steve N Allen (MC): “Apollo-quality live comedy” - ThreeWeeks Rhodders: Award winning radio presenter Rosie Holt: “disgustingly talented” - TheatreWales.
Smoking Hot Comedy is returning to Reading in its new home of RYND. FREE Entry with Lineup: - Thanyia Moore (MC) - Bob Munro - Sam Mitchell - Ed Day - Joel Henderson
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…
A mixed troupe of lost souls find comfort in each other in the enjoyment of telling “silly little stories about silly little things” that are extensions and exaggerations of the…
For the next installment of this always excellent show hosted by Mr.
“yeah, i met this girl…” is Elsinore County’s latest romp, examining what it’s like to be a single man today on the busy streets of New York City.
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
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 event promises to be “everything you wish your company’s holiday party was but isn’t.
An opening act for the universally beloved Brian Regan, Mr. Zimmerman is an endearing young absurdist with a clever approach to observational stand-up.
Trinity Church’s annual festival gets under way after Christmas.
In this idea-heavy one-man show, Steven Friedman, a Renaissance man whose areas of expertise include philosophy, seeks to weave a capsule history of philosophical thought with an a…
Rashad Jennings of the New York Giants hosts this celebrity-studded fundraiser, which benefits his literacy and community outreach charity.
Comedy Central shows off its impressive array of comedic talent with this show, which features performances from Hannibal Buress, Nathan Fielder, Big Jay Oakerson, Jeff Ross and Ro…
Comedy Central hosts this annual event, which showcases some of the finest up-and-coming stand-up talent in the country.
This annual event — now in its 12th year — showcases the talents of Arab-American comedians, actors, playwrights and filmmakers.
Jon Glaser hosts this fundraiser for a local elementary school with a stacked line-up, including Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, Wyatt Cenac, Andy Blitz, Scott Adsit, Eugene Mirman…
In support of the comedian Erik Bergstrom, a master of dry one-liners who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 100 comedians will perform their favorite gags to ra…
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on Nov.
This touring production from the Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit offers an incredibly mobile take on Shakespeare’s early, antic comedy of identical twins on th…
Friendly, beguiling and emphatically humane, this popular circus takes travel as its theme this year, with its performers cavorting as Jazz Age sailors, aviators and sightseers.
Chris Rose hosts this free monthly show at Livestream Public, and as the venue’s name suggests, the event will also be livestreamed.
Gotham Comedy Club plays host to this weekly stand-up show, which broadcasts live on the cable network AXS TV.
Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Join Fife’s biggest, most fabulous big band for a sumptuous afternoon of classic tunes from Count Basie to Maynard Ferguson.
Settle back and enjoy another big night in with the Silver Darlings.
‘If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended… That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear…’ With a quarrel raging between Oberon, Kin…
A night celebrating the biggest breakthrough acts of 2015. Line-up TBC.
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.
BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal host an evening of the best new music from Rapal radio.
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…
Anarchic annual two-hour charity show celebrating the late Godfather of Alternative Comedy.
Back after a year off, Die Roten Punkte take the helm of this fundraiser for Macmillan.
Lili la Scala (AFVS) hosts this family-friendly variety show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
The iconic sound of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons recreated in this feel-good concert.
Multi award nominated Inel Tomlinson is back with his sell-out show, Kinetic Comedy.
Poet Ian McMillan presents Radio 3’s cabaret of the word featuring award-winning writers, alongside the most innovative up-and-coming performers.
A riotous non-verbal comedy about a nervous man who decides to change the monotony of his life by taking a risk.
Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years, for another trip down memory lane.
She’s won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and made a BAFTA nominated film – all without moving her …
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
Let me tell you what happened.
Hundreds entered, eight survive, now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
London’s brass juggernaut makes its Fringe debut for three shows only, fresh from floor-filling gigs across Europe.
Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook.
Church Night takes place as a monthly variety show in Washington DC, where they attract large crowds every night.
From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features.
Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical.
Gilded Balloon veterans Arthur Smith and Steve Frost take you on a tour of their old haunts (or what is left of them).
In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit.
Cam Spence and Phoebe Walsh share an hour rooting around their massive and fragile egos exploring entitlement, narcissism, inadequacy, connection and some ever-so-slightly sexy stu…
Grab your tickets to vote for tomorrow’s stars at this prestigious Final alongside comedy cognoscenti.
The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a third year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals.
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.
Following their 2014 sell-out Fringe performance, the SLJO are back with an all new set featuring the finest tunes from the golden era of Big Band.
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.
Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights show, with live music, discussions, performance and comedy.
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 Big V comedy competition is the search for a new star across Asia, sponsored by Magners cider. The search is over and Matthew Giffen is here to present the winner, Jim Brewsky.
Nina has won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, and made a BAFTA nominated film.
BBC Radio 6 Music breakfast show legend Shaun W Keaveny will be presenting his show live from the BBC venue at the Edinburgh Festivals.
Heather has the voice of an angel with the power of a hurricane.
Join Sean Rafferty for BBC Radio 3’s vibrant drivetime programme. Live classical music, special guests and news from this year’s festivals.
Classical Music Concert @ connected - musical miscellany with the Rasaratnams. Enjoy a relaxing evening in an intimate venue with a selection of solo and chamber works.
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.
Alexei’s varied career spans work as comic, novelist, actor and columnist.
From the Royal Botanic Gardens you can see (when it isn’t raining) almost all of central Edinburgh, the Athens of the north.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 finalists), Abandoman…
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.
Comedian Isy Suttie presents three sketch groups performing at this year’s Fringe for the brand new series of Radio 4’s popular comedy showcase, Sketchorama.
Long established as one of the UK’s best female comics Jo talks about her career in comedy with Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.
A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration.
Mark Dean Quinn returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the fifth year running attempting to win the best newcomer award.
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…
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity that has supported people living in Scotland with HIV and Hepatitis C for 26 years.
Award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and actress talks about her career in comedy, with Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.
A bumper-length show giving you the chance to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s while previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows, courtesy of some of your favourite…
The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
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…
Surgery to change facial appearance is increasingly common, for both reconstructive and cosmetic reasons.
Scottish song, music and comedy at its finest.
Scott Mills and Huw Stephens present Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences.
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…
The Three Belles and their live swing band The Bevin Boys present In Full Swing! Let them take you back to the 1940s with the music of The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Ray Ellington…
Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility.
Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the festivals and Fringe so far, along with writers, artists and live performances.
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
From the campaign to oust lad comedian Dapper Laughs from his ITV2 show to the banning of feminist stand-up Kate Smurthwaite at Goldsmiths University, the comic’s right to probe, t…
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.
Simon Mayo broadcasts live from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue. Join us for a mix of live music, in-depth interviews, and a daily dose of the Radio 2 Book Club.
Stephen K Amos has charmed and entertained audiences all over the world with his natural, assured delivery and his honest, original material.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast with special guest hosts Adam Hills and Marcus Brigstocke.
A theatrical proposal filled with poetry.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences.
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas talks to Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive, about how his comedy has evolved to embrace both theatre and politics.
The Comedy of Errors is a challenging Shakespeare play to stage – it requires a deft touch whether you play it for laughs or more seriously.
Students of Cambridge University have reinterpreted Shakespeare’s popular comedy, putting a darker spin on the story.
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.
Join BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up as it brings you music and live performances from established and new generation artists, live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh.
Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation.
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
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.
Legendary stand-up and original punk poet Phill Jupitus hosts two evenings of some of the best comedy Edinburgh has to offer, in the atmospheric environs of the Scottish National P…
A cheeky dollop of late night variety, hosted by the witty and playful ukulele strumming, close harmony singing trio – The Martini Encounter.
The David Latto Band bring their brand of celtic-tinged Americana to AMC@St Bride’s and the Fringe for the first time.
Live from Edinburgh, The Radio 2 Arts Show captures all the excitement from the Edinburgh Festivals, with guests from the world of comedy, theatre, dance, literature and music.
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Metaphorically, if our afternoon Comedy Club 4 Kids shows are Doctor Who, then this is the Torchwood spin-off.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics’ Choice 2014 returns for a limited run.
Stories old and new for anyone over six who enjoys stand-up comedy without rude words from the man who invented the genre.
Frank N Furter and the gang are back for the 14th year of Rocky Horror themed fishnet fun and frolics at the one and only world famous Frankenstein! So Dammit Janet! Dress to impre…
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from Edinburgh. Join us for two hours of jazz performances from some of the best names in Scottish jazz and beyond.
Fun for all the family – a hugely popular, inspirational hour.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Expertly chaired by Nicholas Parsons.
Banter and silliness are the driving force of this Cheltenham sketch comedy troupe.
This acclaimed big band return to the Fringe for the third time, having previously sold out.
Sketch Club 7 has six members.
Dante Alighieri.
This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play.
Much what it says on the tin, Edinburgh’s Gin Night of Literature and Liquor waltzes you through the history of gin distilling and the drink’s use and abuse by the literary world’s…
Live from the BBC venue in Edinburgh, Kaye Adams brings a human touch to the stories making the news, with extra coverage of the festivals.
Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals – not to mention ‘a certain roguish charm’ (Herald) from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour.
In Poker Night Blues, Williams’ masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire is undone – dismantled and distilled to its essential elements.
Janice Forsyth presents her show live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, with up-to-date coverage of the Edinburgh Festivals.
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti for 2015’s hottest, breakout stars-of-tomorrow: Colin Chadwick, Daniel Audritt, George Lewis, James Loveridge, Jay Hampson, Luke Cou…
Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics’ Choice 2014 returns for a limited run.
Join Chris and Carl, plus special guests, for an hour of unedited nonsense in this live version of what the Guardian listed as one of the Top 10 Podcasts on the Web.
Familiar BBC faces present their pick of the Edinburgh Festivals. Join us for music, theatre, spoken word, puppetry, cabaret and – of course – plenty of comedy.
This double bill of new writing by Tom Coash brings us to Cairo, where we’re welcomed with dates and hookah pipes.
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, or ACMS, is a late-night comedy showcase.
A showcase of the creme de la creme of the Paris scene! Be prepared for world-class English stand-up comedy in from comics based in Paris! With stories about metro systems, languag…
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, …
An hour of lunchtime comedy could be worse spent than with this quirky collection of occasionally promising comedians.
Britain’s top live political panel show.
Oliver Suddon, comedian and broadcaster, hosts a relaxing evening of comedy and music with a variety of selected performers from the Fringe and creates radio broadcast inserts for …
Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable every Saturday night.
Izzard, Brand, Hardee – Charmian’s had hot steaming cuppas with them all! Tales of the notorious Tunnel Club, Frank Skinner’s avocado, Arnold Brown’s sandwiches, Glastonbur…
Ever screwed up? Said the wrong thing? Wished the ground would just swallow you whole? A problem shared is a problem halved, so meet improv troupe Game Face.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
Jump on board the late night comedy roller coaster! Where will it go? Nobody knows! Based on audience suggestions, each show is unique and spontaneous.
Annie McGrath and Jack Barry are back with another sketch comedy show for people who hate sketch comedy.
Word shouter Oh Standfast and Cassie Atkinson (E4’s Drifters) offer the absurd observed.
Hilarious 100% raw improvisation is on the menu as some weird and wonderful suggestions are taken from the audience while performing short-form improvisation games.
Mitch Benn best known to impersonate Elvis.
Rae Mac’s welcomes back cabaret diva Tricity Vogue for more ukulele fun.
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…
From the star of Audible.
Ever wanted to know what a camping trip sounds like through the medium of opera? Yes, I’m being serious, and this is just one of many bizarre performances you will see from The Dis…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
Join UCLU Comedy Club’s Blank Slates for an hour of thrilling improvised comedy, as they follow the story of a young superhero on their rise to glory.
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course.
A young mother with an incurable disease fought for the right to die, but when fate threw her a lifeline she stopped chasing death and began chasing dreams.
Joe Foster and Mike Cox team up again for another JAM Comedy! After a successful run in 2013 JAM Comedy returns with a brand new show for 2015 offering the ultimate combination of …
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.
Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket.
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage.
A series of comedy sketches performed by a talented all-female cast from St Mary’s Calne Senior School.
‘Boogie-woogie.
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows on offer.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club goes late night, with a midnight show at the Edinburgh Fringe, following two sell-out runs.
Swing Circus is a high-energy show that combines top-level swing dancers launching each other across the stage with traditional circus disciplines including acrobats, handbalancers…
Renny Krupinski’s script is an ambitious one: chronicling the lives of one family across three generations, The Alphabet Girl aims to show the destruction of family values and the …
Uncover the linguistic layers of a Russian doll! Hear yourself in Nastya Rybachuk’s contemporary, provocative and witty verses.
Big Silly Midnight Mash-Up: Hot prospects, special guests and host Andy Stedman. Laugh, drink and get your party hat on.
Come and watch three top comedians from the stand up-circuit clean up their act! Two (or more) of the circuit’s best loved comedians will be joining hosts Rob Thomas and Fran Garri…
Perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the potential to either be comedic gold or irritating lip-service, depending on the quality of the cast …
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following two sell-out runs.
Bringing the best of the Festivals to audiences at home and in Edinburgh, with live shows and broadcasts.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Every night at quarter to one, we will be bringing the best Irish (and a strictly limited number of) UK and International comedians who will perform the highlights of their solo sh…
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time his stand-up and funny songs will be based on all t…
Annie McGrath and Jack Barry are back with another sketch comedy show for people who hate sketch comedy.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it: no rules, no back-up, no script, a helter-skelter descent into pure comedy.
‘At the end of a long day’s Fringe-going, this club is Just the Tonic’ (Scotsman).
Loud, crude and primarily drunk, Gloria Hole has been entertaining crowds of boisterous gays for 27 years.
Every night of Fringe there’s something different on at Bedlam.
Moon Fly Theatre Company was created this year with the aim of affording opportunities to new and promising writers, actors and directors.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
Shakespeare’s classic comedy, as you’ve never seen it before.
Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket.
Picture this.
Hilarious 100% raw improvisation is on the menu as some weird and wonderful suggestions are taken from the audience while performing short-form improvisation games.
Multiple mistaken identity as confusion and hilarity reign.
Our pick of the best new shows opening at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015. Line-up TBC.
As one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a very common choice for the Fringe.
An a cappella concert with a unique sense of indigenous African rhythms, beats and sounds all of which are vocally generated. A musical journey into the spirit of Ghana.
A doctor a teacher and an archaeologist walk into a bar.
Prosumer aka Achim Brandenburg has a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour with a vision, passion and knowledge which makes Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the f…
A solid and entertaining piece of Shakespeare that’s well handled by its young cast.
An hour and a half of top-quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe chosen by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in Lo…
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.
Nine school students navigate the pressures they face as girls: pressures from society and pressures from each other.
Have you ever wondered what comedy the Leeds and West Yorkshire area has to offer? You haven’t! Well, we don’t have the show for you! Don’t come along and watch a showcase of…
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.
Have you ever wondered what comedy the Leeds and West Yorkshire area has to offer? You haven’t! Well, we don’t have the show for you! Don’t come along and watch a showcase of…
If you’re living right, this could happen to you.
Sheffy is a lad on a mission.
A nun and an ex-con find themselves on the run across Ireland, carrying two film rolls, identical in appearance but with very different sets of pictures on them.
Music has a way of providing the most honest portrait of a person, be it someone listening to an opera in the Royal Albert Hall or someone moshing in the belly of Bannerman’s, mu…
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
‘Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up from grown-up, high-quality acts like John Robins, Stu Goldsmith and Nish Kumar, who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bi…
In its third year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Some Big Some Bang is set at the memorial of a mother’s death.
Ian Macpherson is perhaps best known for a joke he came up with years ago: ‘They say you play at _____ twice in your career.
FanFiction Comedy is a chilled-out hour of laughs that doesn’t try to change the world or do anything radically new with the artform; it’s just having fun, despite a few hitche…
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…
London’s Laugh Train Home host Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks, English Comedian of the Year Finalist) and Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network Award winner) are joined by their favourite aw…
British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects.
The Beau Zeaux are impressive in their intensity.
The show returns after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
Pretty self-explanatory, really.
Late Night Laughs at Lunch brings you the funniest acts at the Fringe, we looked so you don’t have to.
Bobby Mair, Tim Renkow and Dylan Gott roll out some of the darkest jokes at the Fringe.
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.
Take a punt at lunchtime.
NYC Comic, Abigoliah Schamaun, has devised a talk show where you, the audience, are the star! Armed with a GoPro Camera atop her head, Schamaun will host an hour of games, fire tri…
Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare.
Attention customers: the store will be closing in five minutes.
Forget typewriters, what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? **** (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). **** (Comedy.com).
Our 21st year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is definitely not an easy watch, though ‘listen’ might be a better description, as Aoife Duffin delivers a highly unsettling stream-of-consciousne…
Funny Women Finalists 2014: Sam Baines and Helen Sorren bring you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
Your friend and mine, multi award-winning comedian Jack Gleadow presents four of the best acts on the Fringe for free! Featuring acts at the top of their game and the best new tale…
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
One of Matt Price’s ambitions is to be one of the nicest people in comedy, and man, he’s succeeding.
There are many productions of reimagined Shakespeare plays that try to add a unique twist to the Bard’s work.
Back in the day, Saturday night TV was the thing to stay in for.
Sean Turner, alternative stand-up comedian, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his second solo Fringe show.
Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%.
Join a mixed bill of some of the funniest comedians at this year’s Fringe, at one of the city’s most talked about new venues. Different line-up each night!
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe. Four different comedians to the earlier show. Two hours, four acts for £10 or less. ‘Top comedy, top value’ (List).
It is not often that Howard Barker’s plays are produced in Britain (he is far more popular in Europe and America) in spite of his prodigious output and well-known name.
Sunshine! Japanese Rakugo Comedy in English! Come for an hour of laughter and leave with a piece of Japan in your heart! Currently on his world tour! ‘This blonde raconteur with …
American smart ass showcases the wit that got him described as ‘a mix between Jack Dee and Dennis Leary’ (BroadwayBaby.
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
Ayckbourn fans will love this comedy of manners from Durham University’s Fourth Wall Theatre.
A troupe of hopeful Fringe performers get lost in the woods, forced to deliver their starry-eyed show to the “nonexistent” audience.
There’s a very fine line between watching an actual, heart-in-mouth onstage breakdown and one that’s convincingly feigned.
Joanie Little is an honest, open and kookily sexy waitress working in Gabe’s Coffee Shop in Toronto.
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
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…
It’s a brave soul who chooses to sit in the front row of In Your Face, Nina Conti’s latest helping of deconstructive ventriloquism.
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…
Filtered through the consciousness of the bright eyed and burnt out Jeannie, Victoria Rigby’s new play explores all that was best and worst about the sixties.
Only in Edinburgh could you start your morning off having breakfast while watching some theatre.
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…
When you’ve a mouth this big, is it any wonder you get into trouble? The Fringe’s favourite comedian, broadcaster, journalist and chef explains all in a brand new show.
Improvisation in any context can be challenging, but throw in some Shakespeare and an incredibly complex collection of rhyming structures and it seems nigh on impossible.
It’s back… An entirely unique entertainment experience every night with the quickest wits in comedy and their astonishing special guests.
This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty.
Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in the 11th year of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.
Big Shot is subtitled, “This is not The Godfather”.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In this debut performance, Miss Bellini will play, sashay, season and sauté an evening of song and salacious sensations that will pique your senses and get your juices flowing wit…
Set in the Spanish war, The Night Watch is a gripping period drama.
Direct from Australia.
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’.
Two of Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers, Connor Ratliff and Conner O’Malley, invite some friends for an entirely improvised show.
This new indie festival takes over a Southern-style biscuit shop for three nights of stand-up comedy.
The Arts Barge project knows how to turn a dreary, wet Sunday night into a fun filled extravaganza.
Holding the attention of a room full of six to eleven year olds armed with nothing more than a microphone is quite some feat, but for James Campbell – widely acknowledged as t…
We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July.
The four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade – Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh – began performing together 25 years ago.
Every month, a group of writers from the UCB select a comedian to host one episode of their own talk show, then build an entirely original program around that performer.
Iris Theatre’s promenade production of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night is a sumptuous romp around and inside the magnificent St Paul’s Actors’ Church in Covent Garden…
Bucolic, picnic-friendly settings and a programming philosophy that balances hedonism and exploration have made this festival a must for music lovers.
(closes on June 27) An unlikely 1976 artist’s book by Jasper Johns and Samuel Beckett inspires this theatrical adaptation by the young company Piehole.
(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…
As part of what Vulture calls its city-wide “pop culture extravaganza,” it presents this jam-packed night of comedy, with performances from Kevin Barnett, Wyatt Cenac, …
One last chance this season to polish up our dance floor, Northern Soul dancing for the first time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Bond girl burlesque, skilled circus acts and show-stopping live renditions of classic 007 themes, served with a dash of titillation and a double measure of glamour.
For children over six, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
Jon Fisch presents this look at writers and performers from New York-based late-night shows, with comedy from Jeff Maurer of “Last Week Tonight,” Travon Free of “…
Will Miles, Clark Jones and Kenny DeForest host this free and ever-reliable stand-up show; this week’s comics include Luis J.
Jeremy Wein hosts this unpredictable variety show, with a mix of stand-up, storytelling and more from Ophira Eisenberg, Kevin Allison, James III, Carla Rhodes and Liam McEneaney.
Work in progress.
Soak up the swing.
The sell-out smash hit returns to Brighton with a hefty dose of The Noise Next Door’s trademark off-the-cuff madness, as well as two stand-up stars and some once-in-a-lifetime co…
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Have you ever laughed? Learn to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun.
Award-winning workshops by all-female improv troupe Short & Girlie Show.
A festival favourite founded by its current producer in 1989 in Queens Park.
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…
Have you ever had an earth-shatteringly good idea? Phil Buckley hasn’t.
Together we will saw your mum in half, lay a golden egg, levitate a baby and make a bogey cake.
This carnivalesque exploration of the tale of Snow White was admirably committed in its aesthetic, with costumes, face paint inventive use of props and live music all pa…
Since 2007, award-winning a cappella sensation In the Smoke has been bringing the cream of London’s vocal talent to audiences across the UK.
Jesse Thorn, host of NPR’s pop-culture interview program “Bullseye,” hosts this exemplary night of stand-up comedy, with stand-up from Aisha Tyler, Maria Bamford,…
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships.
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman… Who knew what being transgender was in the 1970s? Not Kate’s family.
London-based, Australian professional circuit comedians Johnny Kats and Matt Dwyer, introduce an hour of stand-up comedy - with special guest appearances from other London-based an…
An evening of polls, puns and psephology, spin, sleaze and swingometers, battling past the ballot box with a cabaret cabinet packed with a parliamentary portfolio of political ente…
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…
The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric New Act Night.
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.
Our audience creates four new characters - one is dramatically murdered and our hero must go on a journey of adventure and romance to discover whodunnit.
The Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers are raffling off the chance to improvise with various teams and performers at this show.
A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue.
An eclectic mix of comedians.
Deep in the forest, faeries wait .
(performances start on Friday) In Nicholas Wright’s volatile two-character play, the South African psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (played by Noma Dumezweni), who wrote …
Following their success in 2014, it’s time for more laugh-out-loud stand-up, new silliness, and fresh magic from London trio Mark Diamond “strong jokes delivered with cool conf…
Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
The Fringe’s favourite stand-up comedy club returns.
Joe Foster and Mike Cox team up again for another JAM Comedy! After a successful run in Edinburgh ‘13 and a short run in Camden ‘14, JAM Comedy returns offering the ultimate combin…
Award-winning comedy every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Kick off the Spiegeltent season in spectacular style.
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…
(previews start on May 7; opens on May 28) In Melissa Ross’s play, set in 1984, a woman in her late 30s tries to change her life, assisted by a new friend, an old classmate a…
As part of the visual artist Carolee Schneemann’s season at the Artist’s Institute, in which she focuses on the body, Miriam Katz hosts this all-female stand-up show de…
Rachel, an artist recovering from a serious injury, develops a relationship with her sitter.
Meet Helena & Hermia, two teenagers addicted and dependent on social media.
If you like a night in but want to go out … Join sketch duos TiTs and Bosh & Babbs for an evening of contagious comedy.
Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal, hosts of the long-running variety show “Hot Tub,” return to New York to reclaim Littlefield’s Monday night comedy spot for an …
HANK, the mostly online comedy duo of Dan Fox and Betsy Kenney, celebrates its one-year milestone with this live show, featuring new videos and stand-up from Jo Firestone, Carmen C…
This night of stand-up raises funds for Bideawee, an animal welfare organization that rescues and adopts dogs and cats around New York.
Shaina Stigler and Natalie Wall have assembled this weekend conference in Brooklyn to address underlying sexism in the comedy industry, with panels and many excellent lineups for s…
(previews start on March 11; opens on March 22) Expect lots of cakes and ale, though very few actors, when Bedlam offers two versions of Shakespeare’s comedy in repertory, bo…
Jon Stewart hosts this annual star-studded fund-raiser for autism programs nationwide.
New York’s best comedians honor the memory of Mr.
Sharron Paul and Calvin Cole host this monthly stand-up show, which offers free snacks as well as top-notch comedy.
Nick Thune, a charismatic storyteller and musical comedian, headlines this wonderfully titled stand-up tour, with support from Kate Berlant, an absurdist darling of the alt scene, …
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
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.
Some of the best writers for “Saturday Night Live” leave the sketches behind for a night of entirely improvised comedy.
(previews start on Feb.
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will be in character as Gil Faizon and George St.
Mike Brown hosts this always excellent monthly show, back in its original downtown home. Performers include Ophira Eisenberg, Noah Gardenswartz, Sean Lynch, Josh Homer, and more.
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…
Emmy Blotnick invites two headlining comics to perform 30-minute sets. This month’s guests are Adam Newman and Gary Gulman.
This Apollo tradition returns with performances by Abdel R.
Luis J.
Reverend Mooney will be hearing confessions and offering absolution all night so come and get your soul cleansed, your belly laughs rolling and drink some morality moonshine.
Brooklyn Comedy Festival returns for a night of seasonal comedy, with appearances from Mark Normand, Michelle Wolf, Jared Logan, Kyle Ayers and possibly Father Christmas.
Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show.
The composer David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning choral work, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of a poor young girl’s struggle with neglect and poverty on a h…
The up-and-coming comedians Griffin Newman and Andrew Tavin host this regular stand-up show in the Peoples Improv Theater underground theater.
Join a cast of 5 dressed as cabin crew yet playing everyone form pilots to passengers, baggage handlers to bits of the Airbus A320 on this charter flight of hell to the Algarve.
(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.
The stand-ups Dave Attell, Jim Gaffigan, Artie Lange and Jamie Kaler participate in this fund-raiser for the National Military Family Association, which assists the families of pas…
A favorite of the NPR crowd for her regular appearances on “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” Ms.
Carolines again hosts this competition of young local comedians.
This host of Adult Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show” is a fearless, energetic performer known for his unpredictable antics and surreal bits.
At 77, Mr. Cosby continues to perform stand-up, and his clean-cut storytelling is dominated by tales of married and family life.
This rare gem of a comedian is beloved within the comedy community for her heart-wrenchingly honest stand-up and precise, carefully constructed bits.
A bright young comedian seen regularly on TBS’s “Ground Floor,” Ms. Heller was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch in 2011.
Mr. Morin, known to some for his turn on the NBC summer sitcom “Undateable,” is a rising star in the Los Angeles comedy scene and an always charming stand-up.
(Friday) A 25-year veteran of the stand-up scene, Ms.
This comedy and music extravaganza is a fund-raiser for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives, which works to protect and support L.
One of the cleverest young comedians in New York, Mr. Rabinowitz performs an hour of material at Stand Up NY.
Ms. Notaro, whose strikingly candid and piercingly funny “Live” album was nominated for a Grammy, performs her new show, “Boyish Girl Interrupted.”
After supporting Jimmy Fallon on his “Clean Cut Comedy Tour,” Mr.
Mr.
Ari Shaffir hosts this popular storytelling show, which is set to debut on Comedy Central next year.
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…
An annual tradition in the New York comedy world, this show, hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand, invites dozens of comedians to perform (in costume) as their favorite comics, fro…
Now in its eighth year, this megastar comedy and music show benefits the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which supports wounded veterans and their families.
Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv.
Cristina Cote hosts this variety show, a fund-raiser for the cancer support charity Gilda’s Club.
Jamie Kilstein promises a night of “smart, non-hateful” improv and stand-up based on the social and political stories from audience members.
Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show.
This company presented a Martinu double bill in 2003, and does so again, with different works, to open its season.
The comedians and storytellers Myq Kaplan, Nick Vatterott, Giulia Rozzi, Ophira Eisenberg, Joe List, Adam Wade, Chris Sullivan and Nick Turner perform in this show, whose title say…
“Metamorphosis” is the theme of the latest edition of the Big Apple Circus, now nested at Lincoln Center for the holidays.
Improvised murder mystery comedy.
Aaron Kheifets hosts this “deeply weird” one-off night of stand-up in a chopped salad restaurant.
The New York mainstay Dave Attell hosts this live version of the Comedy Central stand-up show, with Joe List, Bonnie McFarlane, Kevin Brennan, Dan Naturman and Brooke Van Poppelen.
This entertaining Brooklyn show, hosted by Michael Che, Nimesh Patel and Mike Denny, boasts some of the best lineups in the city.
Hannibal Buress hosts this popular stand-up show in the Knitting Factory’s front room. Seats fill up hours ahead of showtime, with patrons hoping to catch a big-name star.
The Award Winning solo show, Spitting In The Face Of The Devil, returns to NYC for an encore performance Thursday, September 25th at 9:00 pm at Theatre Row – Studio Theatre.
92nd Street Y is going back to the well to open its season with Bach’s spectacular, daunting six solo violin sonatas and partitas: Christian Tetzlaff played the same program …
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this all-lady lineup, hosted by Anna Drezen.
Lizz Winstead, Lewis Black and Kate Clinton meet for a night of comedy, and they’ll also chat about the intersection of humor and politics.
Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn.
Eugene Mirman, a Brooklyn favorite, brings his eponymous festival back to Gowanus and Park Slope for another eclectic weekend of stand-up, music and a bit of science, as Mr.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
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.
This will be the most talked about event in Edinburgh history.
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.
Bridget Christie returns to BBC Radio 4.
A night celebrating the festivals with some of the biggest breakthrough acts of 2014.
A fashion show inspired by young creative designers who want to promote their cultural dress, which can be both fashionable and fall within the acceptable realms of Asian styles.
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels.
Poet Ian McMillan presents Radio 3’s Cabaret of the Word featuring award-winning writers, alongside the most innovative up and coming performers.
Come and join us for a show of classic big band music played by this popular band.
This well-known, local band simply enjoy entertaining their audiences.
James Naughtie presents the programme from Edinburgh, featuring figures from the world of literature, politics and the arts.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast show legend Shaun W.
Settle back and enjoy ‘a big night in with the Silver Darlings’.
Join Kirsty Wark for a live broadcast as a panel of leading cultural figures select a winner from our competition to find the best Scottish Referendum themed performance.
Late Night Gimp Fight have spent the last five years violating the British comedy circuit, picking up awards and infections along the way.
Australian chanteuse and cabaret royalty Ali McGregor returns with her cult hit show.
Jordan Temple hosts a night of stand-up in the Lower East Side bakery and music club Cake Shop, with performances from Brooke Van Poppelen, Mark Normand, Janelle James and Joe Zimm…
An original musical based on F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; a grotesque allegory of the American Dream.
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.
See the first two heats of the competition that features a selection of the very best in handpicked new acts.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event featuring an all star cast, with special guest hosts to be confirmed! Previous years have included Jon Richardson and Kevin Bridges among others.
Relive the angst of young unrequited love, the nerves of amateur actors who have to perform for the Duke or risk being hanged, and the mischief and mayhem caused by the fairies.
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…
Simon Mayo broadcasts live from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue.
Zig zag down to see five comedians give indispensable life advice that you will probably heckle and forget by the morning. Danny Dyer said, ‘5 stars. Proper inspiring’.
We’re back with another bumper-length show for a fantastic cause! Hosted by Jo Caulfield, this comedy extravaganza gives you a chance to preview a selection of this year’s top …
Your chance to see Richard Bacon present his lively and entertaining BBC Radio 5live show from the Edinburgh Festivals with celebrity guests.
From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features.
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.
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.
One performance only! ‘Several of the best one-liners you will hear.
A discussion with the writer, director and actors of Such a Nice Girl, a play about grief and prejudice. Free tickets at: http://goo.gl/E8zZft
Grab your hot tickets to vote at this prestigious Fringe final alongside international comedy cognoscenti for tomorrow’s stars.
Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3’s Arts and Ideas programme, in Edinburgh for cutting-edge debate, conversation and interviews about the ideas shaping our lives today.
Hundreds entered, eight survive and now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
The story of how big band music became the first worldwide pop phenomenon, inspired the first ever youth culture revolution and became a byword for sexual liberation and teenage ex…
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.
Join us for the Grand Final of this year’s slam, presented by 2012-13 Scottish National Poetry Slam Champion, Kevin Cadwallender.
Who will win the Edinburgh Fringe’s most unbelievably prestigious award this year? Tricity Vogue’s iconic ukulele cabaret night returns for its fifth year as a grand scale extrav…
Practical workshop about making experimental multi-artform performance.
Get Over It Productions present their all-female psychedelic shakedown of Shakespeare’s most captivating comedy.
The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood.
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…
Eilidh has a problem.
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.
Night School is an odd ‘show’ that seems to hover somewhere between an entertaining lecture and a TED talk.
Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the Festivals and Fringe so far, along with writers, artists and live performances.
The BBC Asian Network return to the Edinburgh Festival for a second year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the Edinburgh Festivals.
Join Sean Rafferty for BBC Radio 3’s vibrant drivetime programme.
Like many of us, Dr.
From the band behind award-winning show Blues! comes a selection of not quite family friendly blues songs that couldn’t be picked for the show.
Radio nan Gaidheal hosts an evening of the best new music from Rapal radio.
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity that has supported people living in Scotland with HIV and Hepatitis C for 25 years.
Fiona Talkington presents a special edition of the cult show for music-lovers with inquisitive ears.
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.
Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One.
Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue.
The Electric Swing Circus are a double female fronted six-piece bringing a mish-mash of art funk and ‘50s jive to the opulent halls of the Assembly Checkpoint.
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 …
Comedian Thom Tuck presents three sketch groups performing at this year’s Fringe for the brand new series of Radio 4’s popular comedy showcase, Sketchorama.
Radio 1 return to the Edinburgh Festival to present a night of the freshest comedy.
The must-see cult chat show where three comedians reveal their worst on-stage moments to BBC Radio 4’s Viv Groskop.
The Fourth Kipawa Comedy Fundraiser will bring together some of the festival’s regular stand ups including Stephen Carlin to showcase their gags and raise some funds for Kipawa.
This musical adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s short story Destiny and a Blue Coat is a sweet little tale, focusing on miller’s daughter Abbie Pollin (Lauren Potter) and her snari…
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 Eurozone is in meltdown.
Chloë Moss’ 2008 play about two women reunited after getting out of prison is confidently revived by SUDS in Eliza Gearty and Tom Herbert’s searing production.
The Amused Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow is a showcase of previous contestants and winners of the Amused Moose Comedy Awards.
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!
The acts chosen from the London competition earlier this year are as varied as they are talented, representing the old and well-loved to the new and exciting.
Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories written by leading comedians.
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights with live music, performance and comedy.
Taylor & Leigh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their blisteringly hot country blues.
Ice cool classics and red hot originals from guitar-slinging troubadour and Jazz Bar resident, Graeme Mearns.
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 …
More merriment for anyone over six who enjoys stand-up comedy without rude words.
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.
This was supposed to be a review of a stand-up comedy show.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from the Fringe.
Frankenstein celebrates its 13th year of The Rocky Horror Picture Show party.
Four actors, four bicycles, 40 characters and a 2,000 mile adventure.
Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013.
Riding with Night opens with an ensemble of black-cloaked figures, their faces masked, and a voiceover providing an epilogue to the play we are about to see.
WHYS is the BBC’s global conversation show – tapping into the most talked about news stories each day and getting the people involved to discuss them across radio and social me…
Broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland and sold out every year for the last decade, Fred MacAulay and Susan Calman bring you the very best comedy from the Fringe.
Fringe Central provides a series of free seminars and workshops for fringe participants looking to learn more about the industry and further their skills.
Star of BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show and serial stand-up, Marcus Brigstocke, invites you to a special one-off recording from his smash-hit series, The Brig Society.
In a world where World War Two never took place, an Austrian politician by the name of Adolf Hitler enters the Big Brother house.
Janice Forsyth offers the best of the fest in 90 minutes.
In the surreal world of Ephesus, mistaken identities and mishaps abound as Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio encounter their Ephesan doppelgangers, each unaware of the …
Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better.
Familiar BBC faces present their pick of the Edinburgh Festivals.
The best stand-up comedy in the city from some of the hottest comics in the country - visit our website for full details: www.lemondehotel.co.uk/live
Sean Turner, Jongleurs / Loaded Magazine Search for a Star Finalist 2013.
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…
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti, to raise aloft the hottest, breakthrough stars of tomorrow who battle brilliantly for fame, fortune, shiny moose trophies, plus £1…
To say that Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is a cult phenomenon is an understatement… and to call it a showcase night would be wildly simplifying the interactive, experiment…
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing make their debut at the Fringe with an exciting mix of instrumentals and featured vocals in their programme of favourites from Glenn Miller and the sw…
A Sunday more like Saturday! The comedy version of a Mexican stand-off featuring a smorgasbord of classic international Fringe Comedy, with a selection of the very best acts from …
The future.
We present our pick of the newest, biggest and best cabaret acts.
Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable in an awesome new roost and shimmering plumage, Afterhours again delights with another splendid sell-out season, showcasing the Fringe’s h…
Following their gig in Edinburgh, ADF’s after-party comes to Summerhall with a DJ set mixing electronica, jungle, dub, ragga, and some very rare mash-ups.
Jump on board the late night comedy roller coaster! Where will it go? Nobody knows! Based on audience suggestions, each show is unique and spontaneous.
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.
Late night adventures from some of Ireland’s brightest, rowdiest and most fearless comedians take on the challenge of a very late compilation show in the Fringe’s best venue.
Comedy Death does not immediately sound like a good idea: a chat show involving comedians talking about their worst ever gigs seems destined to merely extend that list - but someho…
‘I was laughing so hard my face seized up.
The stars of this years Fringe come together for an hour of madcap fun, with a new line-up every night! A mix of stand up, character and musical comedy, and cabaret all hosted by …
Daily showcase of award-winning comedy, sketches, spoken word, music and variety acts from the Edinburgh Fringe.
‘Boogie-woogie.
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing make their debut at the Fringe with an exciting mix of instrumentals and featured vocals in their programme of favourites from Glenn Miller and the sw…
Every weekend little festival fans take over the site – join us for free family activities with CBBC and CBeebies favourites.
‘A deeply-felt and virtuosic shout in the darkness’ (John Cameron Mitchell, Creator/Director, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus).
Harry Scott-Moncrieff, Faye Treacy, Steve Mclean and Oh Standfast mix comedy and cabaret to deliver much more than just another show.
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee 2010, for his fifth solo show of hilarious stand-up, silly jokes and gorgeously low-key comedy songs.
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…
Rob Auton’s show has a mercurial quality, slipping somewhere between spoken word show, stand up comedy and theatrical piece.
In this hour of fine free comedy Joe Well combines his two greatest loves; political satire and zombies.
Last year I bought myself a ukulele but I have to confess that most of the time it looks really cute hanging on my wall.
Learn stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy course.
The bold claim made for itself by The Best of Irish Comedy immediately sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Having a look through the show’s previous guests, perhaps not: Da…
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
The BBC’s big screen at Potterrow brings you the latest action from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – including the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 3rd.
Charmingly shambolic, Comedy Countdown promises a night of outrageous arithmetic and wacky wordplay.
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the majestic McEwan Hall.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince bring the monkey cage to the Fringe, with their witty and irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes, ably assisted by a pa…
If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you.
2014’s show welcomes you to take a seat and join Pab on a journey inspired by Gorey, Dahl, and Burton.
Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture.
An hour in the company of a unique and often-times challenging solo stand-up comedian.
When improvisers from critically-acclaimed hits Showstoppers and Austentatious find themselves entangled on the improv stage, only their puppet friends can unravel the tales gaggin…
10 minute tasters from four and five star shows, with exciting emerging talent.
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind.
Tripped Theatre’s stylised adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream fits one of the Bard’s most famous and fun plays into the space of one hour, with only four…
An hour of top quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe bought to you by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in London…
In coming to write this show I believed my job would be as easy as pie.
Laugh Train Home brings together its favourite acts, with a different line-up each day, MC’d by Robyn Perkins.
The show everyone in Glasgow is flocking to! Fresh from their sold-out show at the Glasgow Comedy Festival, Marc Jennings and Stephen Buchanan (as seen on STV’s The Blether) make t…
Free BBC shows, comedy, music, family fun, live broadcasts and our pick of the festivals.
The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it.
The Seussification of a Midsummer Night’s Dream sees an all female cast embark on a speedy but delightful adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy.
The ubermeister of dark comedy cabaret’s war machine rolls into Edinburgh.
Come and watch three top comedians from the festival clean up their act! Two (or more) of the circuit’s best loved comedians will be joining hosts Tony Vino and Andy Kind in an eve…
Sometimes we’re too afraid of looking like an eejit to fully embrace life: whether it’s not standing up for something you believe in, or being too shy to ask out the handsome…
We are all, surely, familiar with the phenomenon of the choose your own adventure novel.
David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is celebrating ten years of musical theatre at the Fringe and in traditional style, alongside a main full scale production (this year the Addams…
Tamar Broadbent’s All by my Selfie seamlessly combines quick wit with a beautiful voice.
A totes amazeballs show! An endearingly unaware Essex girl, looking to find her place in the world.
Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment.
Our pick of the best new shows and breakthrough performances from the Edinburgh Festivals 2014.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
We Love Comedy is back at the Fringe for a full run.
A host of top comedians from across the Fringe battle it out for the audience’s approval and such.
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
We got your late night funny covered! Come and witness a fresh batch of Festival Fringe comedians every night.
In a totalitarian state, a writer of controversial literature is about to be killed by an executioner, and he’s expecting him.
Ole! Babies, toddlers and mummies gather together to tap, clap and shake to a delightful mixture of flamenco, puppets, storytelling and song.
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
‘Charming, accomplished and thoroughly loveable’ **** (Time Out).
Big Value Comedy Show (Early) promises two hours of comedy gold with four young stars of tomorrow.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
Come and join us for lunchtime laughs at a special Big Value bargain sized ticket price.
Big-time book nerd Lev Grossman once told Time magazine that “fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band…
Rachel Fairburn is melancholy, she can’t help it.
Established as one of the most exciting shows at the Fringe, Big Value brings you the best of the breakthrough talent.
A week into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and I’m sure that most parents have had to endure fairies, talking animals and patronising presenters, all for their little darlings.
The best of family Fringe fun is delivered in an hour of madcap antics in this exceptional, something for everyone variety show.
This production of Shakespeare’s classic and well loved comedy is set in the pretty garden of a church.
The fastest and funniest globe-trotting impressionist returns for more comedy action, laughable adventures and romance in this mix of stand-up and stories featuring over 50 movie s…
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
Dealing with the weighty themes of the day, from the ethics of IVF to Trans-Siberian Railway toilette etiquette, Ben Clover, Geoff Marsh and Farrell MacKenzie sequentially chew the…
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…
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.
Sunshine is a very experienced performer in the traditional Japanese art form of comic storytelling, Rakugo.
Neel Kolhatker is a young Australian comic whose material, implicit in the name, is based on his observations about issues affecting his generation.
How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…
Kudos to any improv troupe for even attempting the month-long exercise in uphill walking and sleep-deprivation that is the Fringe.
Insomnia, a chain smoking mother and a bedbound Hungarian pervert.
Mike Burdett’s one man show has all the signs and potential for being a Fringe hit but, sadly, due to some underdeveloped writing and wayward lessons, it doesn’t quite hit the mark…
The title of Reduced Shakespeare’s show is accurate to the point of pedantry.
This year will be the biggest year ever for Ginger Ale Comedy as we relaunch the show in partnership with some of Scotland’s best emerging promoters, who run both established stand…
In 1914 George joined the war.
I didn’t expect to be hearing hard-hitting political satire this afternoon, but wow, that was actually quite a good Tibet joke.
“Are you ready to party?!” blares the PA at the start of the show and the audience roars in the agreement.
The Rat Pack Stand Up Comedy features swing hits and a changing line up of comedians from the Fringe catalogue.
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.
Comedy in the Dark is exactly what it sounds like.
Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed.
Scheduling is an often overlooked aspect of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, not least by venues attempting to squeeze in as many popular shows as possible.
Helen Orton used to be an overweight woman with confidence issues stemming from her body.
2013’s sell-out hit returns with top comedians on stage for the whole show, freewheeling stand-up and live Rat Pack music.
The ever-popular pub The Three Sisters is a fun place to wander into and pass a couple of hours (especially when it’s raining), and you could do worse than climbing up to Maggie’s …
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.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
‘Funny.
Little tent.
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.
For those who run at the mere mention of the phrase ‘musical comedy’, this sketch show is for you.
Like any sketch show there is often a sense that the evening may play out something like lucky dip.
The Comedy Zone is a showcase night that comes with more than it’s fair share of prestige, and no little amount of pressure.
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.
Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in the 10th year of the Pleasance’s Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.
This is a show about poo.
It is amazing what a coffee and a croissant can do to a bleary-eyed audience.
Linda Marlowe and Sarah Louise Young present a surreal take on the blunt reality of the night bus service.
Seriously.
Tensions are building north of the border.
It’s back.
Sitting in the Comedy section of the Fringe guide, this is a quirky piece of storytelling theatre by new company Five Wits and starring last year’s So You Think You Write Funny …
Award-winning comedian Dr George Ryegold is back to celebrate his triumphal return to the medical elite with the truth about stockings and economics plus Greek mythology, drugs, th…
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.
Staple/face are a young sketch group, something they don’t shy away from.
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.
The big launch night for this years’ Free Festival! See a show with the best of this years’ free Fringe performers, mingle with the acts and VIPs and dance the night away.
Fresh from proudly posting on Twitter news of his firing from “Saturday Night Live,” Mr. Wheelan will kick off this makeshift stand-up tour in Brooklyn.
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…
Comedy takes over at this bodega turned music hall as Julian Kiani hosts stand-up from Dan St. Germain, Jim Tews, Megan Gailey and others.
Mike Finoia hosts some of New York’s best stand-ups, with performances from Michael Che, Dov Davidoff, Lynne Koplitz, Kurt Metzger, Jay Nog and Missy Baker.
Carolyn Castiglia and Khalid A.
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…
The host of the excellent Williamsburg show “Big Terrific,” Mr. Silverstri celebrates his new stand-up album, “King Piglet.”
This beloved East Village show celebrates its anniversary with another marathon show — dozens of comedians will perform in the tiny backroom for a night that usually stretche…
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The comedy stylings of Kat Bond & Lorna Shaw make up this fantastic double-act who received lovely press at Edinburgh 2012 with ‘Happy to Help’.
Imagine you’re a sausage.
‘What The Hell’ is a mash-up of a modern story about an Italian man’s journey to London, and the first canticle of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy: an epic poem about a journey…
Have you ever laughed? Learn to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun.
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.
Comedy Club 4 Kids is a first-rate comedy show for children and adults alike.
Lucy Teather is missing, last seen on Brighton beach.
‘The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In’ is a brand new breed of comedy club.
Jason Stampe is Kind of a big deal.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Premiering in the UK, ‘The Night Witches’ is an intriguing, fictionalised account of the first all-female bomber squadron.
Love talking about books? Writing your own? For writers: come along to the morning session to seek advice and share experiences with fellow aspiring novelists and a panel of indust…
Nichelle Stephens and Carolyn Castiglia celebrate the 10th anniversary of their now-defunct all-female comedy show with an impressive night of stand-up, storytelling and music.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day course plus graduation show,with our comedian and writer tutor Jay Sodagar.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two day stand-up comedy course, which also includes a performance in a Fringe graduation show.
Fresh from supporting cult Aussie stand-up Steve Hughes on 2 consecutive UK National Tours, Kiwi comic Sully O’Sullivan heads to Brighton, the bastion of alternative society, with …
Ms. Eisenberg, host of NPR’s “Ask Me Another,” records a new hour of storytelling and stand-up.
As I left the Warren after viewing The Girl and the Goat, all that was running through my head was ‘who on Earth thought that was a good idea?’ The awkward hitting together of …
MAY 11: Julian Trevelyan [BBC Young Musician 2014 Piano Finalist] plays Chopin, Britten, Shostakovich and Ligeti; MAY 18: Jonathan Powell [Music of Conflict: Ravel - Le Tombeau de …
Ben, aged 7, got upset one evening and drew dots on some kitchen towel instead of going to bed.
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.
Scott Aukerman hosts a live taping of this funny and popular podcast (which is also an IFC show), welcoming comedian guests as well as quirky characters for an improv-heavy show.
Fringe Review’s ‘Pick of the Fringe’ Matt Green returns to Brighton with another brilliant show.
We are a comedy impro troupe based in Bournemouth.
Ronnie Rialto, Lounge Singer Extraordinaire, entertains at the Cubar Chill-Out Lounge Bar in Preston Street, Brighton.
The Wine and Whisky Comedy Show definitely encourages the room to drink, although wine and whisky may be the only thing that keeps the comedy alive.
“It sometimes seems as if everyone on the circuit has a story about Coggers” (The Guardian).
So, Foil, Arms and Hog are my new favourite people.
The latest new comics from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Komedia take to the stage.
We were welcomed into the Cathode Ray Museum of Broadcasting, East Cheam by Terence (played by Bob Sinfield) in full evening dress.
The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric New Act Night.
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.
Join us for a Late Breakfast of international award-winning new plays.
May 1914.
The finest, funniest late-night stand-up on the Fringe.
Showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer with different comedians every night.
Fancy a cheeky cocktail of comedy & trickery just after lunch? Then come & enjoy some stand-up, silliness & magic from this fabulous London trio.
The basement of Komedia is buzzing as soon as I enter; this is the place to be for stand up comedy in the South (or so I’ve been told).
Komedia’s award-winning Krater Comedy Club has been described as “THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy” by The Independent and has been winner of Chortle’s Best C…
The Gimps bring the very best of their depraved award-winning minds to Brighton.
The producers of last year’s inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival continue their cultivation of the city’s best comedy.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on June 10) It’s unlikely that even Mary Poppins could sort out a home as unhappy as the one at the center of Nancy Harris’s drama.
(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov.
The Baltimore arts collective and comedy troupe Wham City, which recently had its Adult Swim debut, swings through Brooklyn on its national tour.
THE TIGHT SIX COMEDY SHOWCASE (Edinburgh Preview) The Buffalo Bar, Islington, N1 1RU April 27th 8pm - 10.
“Blues in the Night” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s.
Big Jay Oakerson brings his crowd-work show to the Comedy Cellar’s second room, with appearances by Dave Attell, Dan Soder, Luis J. Gomez and others.
After multiple sell-out smash hit shows in 2010/2011, the twisted showcase of dark and delicious variety returns to the cow.
This show, hosted by Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili, is one of the longest-running and most beloved podcasts.
Wyatt Cenac, a former “Daily Show” correspondent, hosts this reliably great weekly show.
At this trusty weekly show, tucked into the tiny back room of a bar in the East Village, the host Chesley Calloway and the booker Rebecca Trent welcome big-name stars and promising…
Max Silvestri hosts this long-running and incredibly popular stand-up show, which always has a well-curated mix of up-and-comers and established headliners.
These Dublin Fringe Festival one-acts are profoundly different yet equally winning.
(previews start on April 11; opens on April 16) As the city amends its policing policies and settles lawsuits contesting the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tacti…
Fresh from sell-out successes in Perth and Dundee, the team behind ‘Live at the Zero’ and ‘The Banter Bunker’ join forces with Ginger Ale Comedy to bring you a fantastic night of s…
A festival institution which always sells out fast! Get yer walkin’ boots on and join the mob as we navigate you through four bars.
A common factor in the best sitcoms–and dramas, for that matter–are situations from which the characters can’t escape, most notably from each other: the binds of family (t…
Bryan Cranston makes a commanding Broadway debut as Lyndon B.
For those not familiar with this Shakespearian classic, it opens with a shipwreck which leaves a brother and sister stranded on the coast of an island called Illyria.
Twelfth night is a time of chaos, mess and topsy-turvy.
Fringe is not over yet! Your last chance to see the pick of the Fringe with the most outrageous fringe stories.
The 33rd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Tony Law presents a deeply hidden, powerfully meaningful show for night-time freaks.
In his hugely popular free show Think Big, Yianni sets out his ambition to sell-out the biggest venue at the Fringe, have Michael ‘HackIntyre’ open for him and to enter the stage ‘…
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 Today Programme: The BBC’s flagship national news and current affairs show comes to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A toe-tapping hour of vocals from the era when big band swing was king, with Scotland’s Swing Sensation Big Band.
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.
6 Music Breakfast show legend Shaun W Keaveny will be presenting his show live from the BBC venue at the Edinburgh Festivals. Join him and his special guests throughout the week.
‘Spine tingling, carefully crafted arrangements, intriguing harmonies, voices that breathe together’ (Scott Murray).
The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts.
Two hour charity variety show includes presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
The MCA promotes five acts in one evening with the intention of increasing their exposure in a lively environment, with a healthy sense of competition to aid the fun.
The Playhouse, one of Edinburgh’s grandest venues, played host to the annual Comedy Gala; the biggest show of the festival boasting some of the biggest names in comedy.
Nighttime.
Charlie is back with a wild cabaret of musical, magical drum-smashing mayhem, accompanied by Judd (Booze for Baby) Jones, Edie Wakefield and wild frontman for an 80s rock band car…
Whatever Gets You Through The Night is a wide-spanning arts project: an album, a film, a stage show and a book have all come together under the umbrella heading of ‘somewhere in …
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.
BBC 5 Live’s Richard Bacon presents his show from the BBC’s venue at the Edinburgh Festivals. Join him for big name guests and topical debate.
See comedians pitted against each other in something almost resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Previous contestants included Mark Watson, Sarah Millican, Richard Herrin…
Witness comedians pitted against each other in something resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Hosted by Dan Atkinson.
Hottest Fringe comedy acts chat with John Fleming, ‘the Boswell of the alternative comedy scene’ (Chortle.
Accompanied by Rona Wilkie (fiddle), Marit Fält (Låtmandola), Kirsty brings Scots traditional material to life and performs her own thought-provoking songs.
A collection of the biggest names in comedy gather for a phenomenally funny marathon show in support of the Wooden Spoon Society children’s charity.
Grab your hot tickets for this prestigious final, to vote alongside international talent scouts for breakthrough stars of tomorrow amongst 2013’s Top Ten Fringe comedy shows, battl…
Pirates, exclamation mark.
Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation. Recorded for BBC Radio 4.
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.
Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation. Recorded for BBC Radio 4.
Martinis and moonlight, roulette and romance, blackjack and burlesque, showgirls and sophistication, cabaret and cool at Scotland’s swingin’, award-winnin’ vintage club night.
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.
Join Sean Rafferty for BBC Radio 3’s drivetime programme, live from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue. With live classical music and special guests.
There is an anecdote that says that Mark Twain knew he was funny when he stood up in front of an audience, silent, and they all began to laugh.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker with all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
Cash prizes! Top Acts! Bingo! Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present the best of the Fringe and the chance to win a bucket of money in a game of visual bingo!
Join Sean Rafferty for BBC Radio 3’s drivetime programme, live from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue.
Fresh from YouTube and Top 40 success, St Andrews’ The Other Guys bring their hilarious parodies, exquisite musicality and suspect dance moves for one night only in a show that won…
Mark Lawson presents BBC Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the Festivals and Fringe so far, along with interviews with writers and perf…
BBC Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the Festivals and Fringe so far, along with interviews with writers and performers, and live perf…
Showcasing an exciting selection of the brightest and the best stand up comedians at this year’s Fringe.
David Mitchell hosts the acclaimed panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they are able to sm…
David Mitchell hosts the acclaimed panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they are able to sm…
Nick discusses plans for his funeral with a majestic PowerPoint presentation. Will also talk about sport, hobbies etc. Bring a sandwich. #lunchtime. www.freefestival.co.uk
Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert.
Cards on the table: this is an incredibly impressive show.
Spotlight host a Q&A with leading comedy casting director Nicky Bligh.
Join the graduates of the Fringe Comedy Academy, a unique project supporting the development of emerging comedy talent.
Chaired by Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Bobby Bulloch takes us through his journey to parenthood in a one man show set in a living room written by Elizabeth R Davidson.
Chaired by Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
When it comes to variety shows, it’s often the case that each act is really just shamelessly attempting to entice bigger crowds to their own solo shows, suddenly amazed that they h…
Late Junction hosts a special show with interviews and live performances by musicians appearing at the Edinburgh Festivals.
Verity Sharp hosts a special show with interviews and live performances by musicians appearing at the Fringe and others for this night only.
A variety show isn’t just a very pleasant smattering of tasters, but a study in miniature of what comedians are finding funny these days.
Although the Fringe offers up a slew of improvised comedy year after year, the youthful set of comics behind Blind Mirth succeed in providing a unique input into the somewhat satur…
At a time when making a name in the world of stand-up comedy is at its most difficult, 8 young hopefuls, whittled down from hundreds, came together to compete for the distinguished…
Think Twilight Zone meets Monty Python with a dash of farce.
Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories written by leading comedians.
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…
With a formidable line-up and a jam-packed room in the Stand’s main auditorium, the Alternative Comedy Experience was always going to be one of the most promising comedy events i…
I just want to first make sure that we’re on level ground here: I think Barnardo’s is super.
The Boy with Tape on his Face - ‘Amazing’ (Scotsman), hosts pick-of-the-fringe 2011 and 2012 show.
Hosted by Roy Walker (ITV’s Catchphrase).
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…
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.
The Chortle Student Comedy Awards is a one night only Fringe show, in which eight contestants compete for the grand prize of £2000 and the title of Best New Chortle Comedian.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories created by leading comedians.
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.
Organs.
One week only! James O’Connor, Dalia Malek, and special guests will spread a variety of comedic love with an occasional sprinkling of dark humour into the ether! Come along, laugh,…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Kids’ comedy is harder than you’d think.
Topical comedy show, in which host Sandi Toksvig and regular panellist Jeremy Hardy are joined by three comedians to interrogate the week’s news.
Watching James Campbell launch into his family friendly stand-up routine makes one wonder why there are not more stand-ups for children around.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House on BBC Radio Scotland.
Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group.
See the Portrait Gallery come alive with Scottish comedy greats after hours.
The ACMS marches on Edinburgh in pursuit of Noble Failure and tainted glory.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society “Genuinely alternative and properly comedic” - The G…
Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business.
Comedian Dave Bailey ‘definitely funny and loads of good gags’ (BAFTA) performs 30 minutes of stand-up and is supported by two top comedians from the circuit doing 15 minute se…
The Blues Band are acknowledged throughout the world as being the finest and most entertaining purveyors of rhythm and blues.
A daring journey through the jungle of humour, around the swamps of spontaneity, ending in a motorcycle chase through the canyons of wit and a race to the tomb of the long-dead kin…
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
Broadcast simultaneously live on BBC Radio Scotland and sold out every year for the last decade, Fred MacAulay and Susan Calman bring you the pick of the very best comedy from the …
Vic Galloway breaks out of the studio to bring his alternative new music show to the Fringe.
Vic Galloway returns to the Fringe with his alternative new music show.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Campaigning MP Tom Watson talks about taking on the Murdochs and the all-powerful, corrupt media.
Featured as part of the American High School Theatre Festival, St.
Advertised as A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the music of Gilbert and Sullivan, A Midsummer Night’s Savoy is actually a bizarre tale of love and trickery, with only tenuous lin…
School Night joins the ranks of late night, best of the fest numbers at Pleasance Courtyard, the setup being the audience are the pupils and the comedians the teachers, all there t…
Multi five-star, Time Out Critic’s Choice, Smirnoff Hot Picks.
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…
Just the Tonic clearly understand the demands of their audience: the only way into the Midnight Show venue is through a bar and past the toilets.
It’s human nature that we tend to take more interest in people’s failures than their successes.
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…
Back by popular demand.
From the country that gave the world fjords, A-Ha and open sandwiches comes Lars and Martin with their stand-up comedy act Norwegians of Comedy.
Before the curtain goes up on one of the most whispered about shows at the Fringe, The Boy with Tape on His Face looks at his already delighted audience with wide eyes and what mus…
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
WTF?: An acronym that perfectly sums up this completely bonkers comedic showcase.
Time Out Critics’ Choice.
The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast is made up to bring you its legendary lunchtime chat show podcast featuring the most fantastic and incredible acts from this year’s Fringe.
Of all the ukulele workshops I’ve ever been to, this was by far the best, and let me tell you, I’ve uked a fair bit in my time.
The thing about the Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow is that it’s never the same – but you can always count on it to be entertaining.
A to Z Improv Comedy, like most shows of its type, includes many of the classic improv games and therefore runs the risk of being too similar to a host of other shows available.
Yianni’s optimism and trademark nerdiness combine for a show that is refreshingly devoid of cynicism.
Fresh-faced, well-behaved sketches from three polite and wholesome young men (also, we need somewhere to stay, thanks.
Learn stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy course.
Fringe debutant Patrick Turpin takes his audience on a trip down memory lane, as he bids for their approval.
Comedy and Cupcakes is Laura Hayden’s tremendously popular comedy show, combining her two favourite things, laughter and cupcakes.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Every Saturday of the Fringe, Afterhours Comedy is presented at the Assembly Roxy.
Ian Rankin once described a John Hunt blues set like ‘Seasick Steve in a science lab.
Early afternoon gigs are generally seen as low-profile, low-quality slots in the hierarchy of festival scheduling, but sometimes they can hide events that definitely shouldn’t be…
Late night shows throughout the Fringe are well known for being a bit raucous, a bit crazy and best enjoyed with a bevvy or two.
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…
In the bowels of The Jazz Bar, John Hunt perches on his stool clutching a guitar, his ageless face cast in red shadows.
Come and see the stars who’ve appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club including radio and TV guests, award winners and Fringe favourites.
Our dashing hosts present a naughty nightcap of raucous comedy, cabaret and late night frivolity.
Gothic fairies .
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor.
Watching Americans do sketch comedy can be painful for the British.
The real star of this show sits outside throughout the performance.
I probably should have guessed from the name, but there was nothing that could have prepared me for what Frank Sanazi’s musical comedy had in store.
Bringing the best of the Festivals to audiences at home and in Edinburgh, with live shows and broadcasts.
If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers.
Foghorn’s delicious blend of comedy leaves adults awestruck and kids captivated.
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…
From the producers of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, Amnesty’s acclaimed comedy podcasts are back.
Are you a big spoon or more of a little spoon type of person? Come see this stand-up show from two spoon enthusiasts.
Alistair Greaves ‘moments of comedy genius’ (Skinny) and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips.
All around Edinburgh sprawl pop-up theatres, ordinary theatres, churches, even Quaker meeting halls.
Stories of hilarious, heart-warming and often bizarre moments in a unique career. Even if it’s not your first time with a prostitute, it’ll be the funniest!
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.
Improv can be the most hit and miss of comedy styles.
The Bongo Club is more accustomed to hosting face-chewing ravers than sweet-chewing kiddies, but this evening the kindergarten has taken over.
A commanding, busty Titania sits with her changeling child as drab fairies dance woozily around her to crackly swing music.
You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this show, but it certainly may help to jump on board and have a few drinks before and throughout.
Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale present a selection of their favourite Fringe acts.
Where can you get an hour of stand-up that includes routines about farts, worms and Charles Darwin? The Comedy Club 4 Kids, that’s where.
Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems.
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…
The best allegories can stand on their own two feet.
Since 1999 this show has been a feature of the Fringe’s comedy programme and this year they are back with some of the biggest names in Irish comedy.
Comedian’s comedian, one of Britain’s most seminal comics returns to the industry’s largest trade fair 15 years after getting poleaxed, having been arrested the previous two.
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 …
I was so ready to tear this show down.
Tricity Vogue’s voice has a peculiar tone that suggests everything she says is really an innuendo.
An original one-woman show presented by comedian Lindsay Gonzales - a mixture of stand-up, storytelling, improvisation, dance and music.
Since 2007 Hilarity Bites alumni include John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Russell Kane, Jason Cook, Pete Firman, Richard Herring, Reginald D.
Sell-out London shows.
The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio.
A selection of the best in new comedy at the Fringe, alongside some top headliners picked from Fringe shows, national competitions and around the world.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
The Rat Pack did far more than sing.
Each night see four exciting new acts performing ten-minute sets.
It was the 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist and theologian known to the English-speaking world as Rumi who said that ‘travel brings power and love back into your life’…
Let Ali McGregor (‘La Clique’ and ‘Opera Burlesque’) with Saxon McAllister guide you through the festival’s finest stand-up comedians, burlesque dancers, sideshow acts, and musicia…
Three up-and-coming stand-ups, three 2012 So You Think You’re Funny semi-finalists, three unique styles which together tick all the jocular boxes without anyone having to be set on…
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.
Anil Desai is a very personable and talented impressionist.
An early afternoon, discount show with another four of the hottest unknown acts on the first step of the ladder to success.
Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity.
In Fanfiction Comedy, a group of Kiwis have taken it upon themselves to take the biggest guilty pleasure of geekdom, fanfiction, and offer it up onstage for your delight.
At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now.
Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first: this show is certainly value for money.
In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him.
New solo show from cheeky diva Tricity Vogue with ukulele tunes and salacious anecdotes - a song for every calamitous liaison.
Foil, Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy trio who combine innovative ideas with silliness and boyish charm.
At 4pm every Saturday, from 1976 to 1988, tens of millions of Britons and countless more world-wide were in the grip of an extraordinary sports phenomenon: watching two fat men - S…
From the moment you walk into the room, the mood is set.
In this special free Fringe show you can expect the unexpected with some of our favourite acts handpicked for each show and a different line-up every day, there is something for ev…
Showcasing the very best in Irish comedy, this daily show will not disappoint, with the best headline acts on the Irish circuit and support from new up-and-coming comedians.
The first truly laugh-out-loud-funny show I have seen at The Fringe, The Big Value Comedy Show is definitely worth the ticket price.
Our 18th year as the recognised launchpad for future legends, featuring four top comedians.
Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the …
There are two kinds of people at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - those who run screaming from the phrase ‘Kierkegaard Comedy Show’, and those who run shouting towards it.
Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina **** (Guardian) chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guest and surprises, news and reviews all in collusion with the Orchestra of An…
Giraffe Comedy presents a volley of satirical and surreal sketches.
Tricity Vogue gets her kicks from having somebody strum her ukulele that sits on top of her head.
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy’s biggest prize.
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.
‘You can tell the bits, but can never complete the picture.
McEwan Hall is one of the vastest spaces at the Fringe.
One of the beautiful things about the Fringe is the way in which so many shows can be supported simultaneously.
They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men.
The name Ontroerend Goed packs a punch.
‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer.
If you are over 35 or simply want to hear how middle-aged life is a going to be a blood-stained nightmare, then this is the show for you; for anyone else, sit tight for an uncomfor…
Most of us remember our early teenage years with a mixture of mortification and despair, but then again, most of us don’t have the ability to translate our stories into devilishl…
On paper The Comedy Reserve is a great idea: find four up-and-coming comics and sort them out with a fully paid up Edinburgh show under a prestigious banner, along with all the pub…
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.
‘Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em laugh!’ shrilled Donald O’Connor in the original Singin’ in the Rain movie, taking just three short words to get right to the heart of what co…
In this wild and raucous show, two comedians face off against each other with the aid of the audience.
Three headlining, multi award-winning Canadians on one bill! All three acts are veterans of the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and boast a combined 40 years of stand-up c…
Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian.
You can often judge a comedian by their interactions with the audience.
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.
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.
This delightfully daft and silly send-up of ‘50s film noir is gleefully performed in one of the oddest venue spaces I’ve come across.
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.
Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian.
Now in their fifth year of performing at the Fringe, Late Night Gimp Fight is NewsRevue’s dirtier younger sister.
It begins in Kubrick fashion, with a giant gimp face in space accompanied by Strauss’ celebrated Also Sprach Zarathustra, implying the stratospheric status the gimps have achieve…
It is a rarity for a Fringe show to give away freebies, so being offered a coffee and a croissant at the Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show was a pleasant surprise.
Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in its ninth year of Pleasance’s Comedy Reserve.
As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends.
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
Pattie Brewster is a normal girl desperately in need of three things: friends, cat food and a crash course in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Don’t come for the breakfast.
A young lad with a winsome demeanour entered the room and high-fived everyone in the audience.
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
A miraculous story, beautifully told by a charmingly hairy idiot.
The Big Bite-Size Play Factory’s Family Creatures may seem an impenetrable sort of name but early into watching this show it became apparent that this was a sketch show intended …
Miles Jupp chairs It’s Not What You Know, the panel show which sets out to see how well panellists know those closest to them.
BBC Radio Scotland’s Janice Forsyth brings a lively mix of guests and music to reflect the best of the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe.
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…
The volume of shows presented at the Edinburgh Fringe can sometimes be overwhelming, so the Waterloo Comedy Club has put on a free show to give the audience a taster of some of the…
The Girl with the Iron Claws is a wonderful retelling of the Nordic myth of the White Bear King.
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.
There’s no better way to start a busy day at the Fringe than with coffee, a croissant, a strawberry and a host of well performed, highly amusing short plays.
A charming young cast from Bristol University brings their original quirky comedy to the Edinburgh stage.
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
Amused Moose has the unusual ability of being able to boast a harbouring ground not only for breaking talent, but also well established acts.
Heres the pitch and dont run away: a Victorian-themed Shooting Stars with two insane Victorian aristocrats in the roles of Vic and Bob.
The Duke of Illyria, Orsino, is madly and unrequitedly in love with the Lady Olivia.
Ged Manns apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful.
In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome.
We are warned at the beginning of this show that audience interaction is imminent.
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show.
Quirky and engaging, this one-woman show tells the painful tale of coming of age.
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…
It should be no surprise that I am not the only unaccompanied adult at Little Howard’s Big Show.
Hello Sailor.
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.
If you’ve ever been anywhere near the Fens you’ll probably have realised that they’re fucking mental, but if unlike me you haven’t visited Spalding’s Springfields Centre for a fun …
From the moment the host of The Comedy Manifesto Kate Smurthwaite gives the audience the power to award points via heckling and gestures towards the Mussolini quote that the restau…
Who doesnt want to wake up to a coffee, a croissant and five finely crafted short plays? Hangover theatre or simply one for the early-birds, The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show is …
The Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue is exactly as described.
Same old story, remarks Lucille Goldberg as she discusses her familys past.
I caught this troop of budding young comedians last year and was mightily impressed by their ingenuity, their sense of comic timing, and the wonderfully risqué formula of getting …
The beginning of this production of Shakespeares most bitter- sweet comedy is stunning.
The Yurt Locker is naturally intriguing as a venue and thus when the three performers of Cracking Yolks took to the stage they were playing to an almost full house of casual punter…
Apparently not such a big secret after all, the Whistlebinkies was packed with those in the know waiting for a line-up of top comedians to kick start their night.
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.
If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town.
BBC: Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret returns to the Fringe with its hosts Scot Mills and Nick Grimshaw.
A brave attempt at something different, Foil, Arms and Hog flirted with comedy gold but their reliance on some cheap jokes and a few too many silly faces let them down.
Two puppets, Lucia and Scot, both love Flamenco dancing, but Scot just can’t find his flamenco rhythm.
I approached “Big Boys Don’t Dance” with trepidation.
Late Night Laughs is a simple compilation of stand-ups, tonight held together by the bizarrely attired MC Paul Sweeney.
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…
Comedy Bitch brings together six young actors, presenting brand new sketch comedy at the Underbelly - three women (Sophie Wright, Louise Howells and Hannah Gittos), three men (Jona…
A fun, eclectic group of amateur comedians took to the stage with an endearing, though not hilarious, improvised comedy set.
Neither hilarious nor haunting, the claim this play makes to such titles falls as flat as the claim that it is a comedy.
There was a rumour in the 16th century that it was not Shakespeare who wrote his plays, but rather a group of underground artistic intellectuals named The School of Night.
If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different.
For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life.
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.
Comedy Bitch opens with a parody of a Jumanji-esque game, in which the audience are invited (or rather, coerced) to take part.
‘You’ve come on a weird night.
Black Comedy is a farce by Peter Shaffer.
Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday.
Most school kids don’t want to read Shakespeare.
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…
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.
People who like their comedy surreal will enjoy this more than others.
Nigel Williams’ ‘My Face’, performed and produced by student troupe Gorilla Suit, is a light comedy about a fictional social networking site and the adolescents addicted to it.
Checkley and Bush’s comic riot is a mixture of over the top comedy sketches and songs.
There is much to commend in Bob Karpers new one-man show at Zoo.
The Shack Comedy Club is a new venue just beginning to find its feet.
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…
It’s always easy to be sceptical about a one-man or one-woman show, as holding the attention of an audience on your own is no easy task.
Five years in the making and almost stopped by the Japanese earthquake earlier this year, Siro-A blitz the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with outstanding visual trickery.
The surreal, imaginative landscape of Chris Harrison’s Last Night Things Happened is a journey to the implausible, back-flipping through the nonsensical, spiraling into the whims…
Raise the Roof started IYAF 2013 with a bang.
A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour.
The plot of One Night Stand is, unsurprisingly, the repercussions of a drunken work night out for two colleagues who wake up in the same bed.
To me the word ‘bride’ conjures images of women in white gowns, demurely and beautifully gliding about.
This is the year of Cabaret at the Fringe.
Dreamwalk productions are a young talented group of sixth form and gap year students who have brought Peter Shaffers ingenious piece to the Fringe.
Courage Performers, a youth performing arts club from Wiltshire, presents a very strong rendition of the Shakespeare classic ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with a Second World W…
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
The girl on the platform is the story of Brenda Norfield’s journey to Wales as an evacuee during the second world war.
When a show is going badly, repeatedly telling the audience that they’re a tough crowd only ever exacerbates matters.
Barry Ferns has made a considerable impression at this year’s Fringe with his numerous shows involving the moniker Lionel Richie.
Adam Larter splatters onto his stage like paint from Jackson Pollock’s paintbrush, ungainly and definitely not graceful as he crashes all over the place.
Viva Youth Theatre have an excellent record of success at the Fringe.
Cute, playful and often spellbinding The Girl With the Iron Claws is the debut production from The Wrong Crowd.
Dublin’s comedy night The Death of Comedy made relaxing, jovial, if not exactly side-splitting entertainment.
Tin Girl Story is an interesting production but I am unsure as to whether 29 Shoes Theatre Company chose the appropriate setting, or listing for their creation.
Part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival, comedian and photographer Ian Fox delivers an hour of very amusing entertainment through a selection of photos.
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…
From the moment they step on stage, these outsize babies have the audience laughing uncontrollably.
The Wrong Crowd have readily demonstrated that you can’t go wrong with a good fairy story.
‘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.
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
One of the joys of the Edinburgh Fringe is that every year there are new adaptations of Shakespeares plays, which often throw up new ideas and new ways of looking at these old fa…
The Chyngton Youth Academy made up of 11 to 15 year olds performs this seasonal Shakespeare favourite with enthusiasm and fervour.
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.
This is one of Shakespeares most beautiful plays.
There have been countless different interpretations of Shakespeare over the years, many of these attempting new, humorous spins on the classic plays to invoke reactions from jaded …
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…
There was something of a party atmosphere around the BBC Fringe venue on the evening of the 12th.
A gloriously British summer afternoon, sipping tea and eating scones; the perfect setting for The Big Bite-Size Vintage Tea Party.
Musical comedy is a risky business.
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret.
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.
Two Brits, one Yank, one Arab and few laughs.
A Midsummer Nights Dream is one of Shakespeares most popular plays and theres probably hardly a day when it isnt performed somewhere in the world.
An amnesiac is being interrogated.
You can’t knock the ambition of Pulse’s devised production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Ash Girl, a bizarre but occasionally touching re-incarnation of the Cinderella stor…
Shakepeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is one of his most popular works, so it’s not surprising that the majority of hands are up when The Pantaloons ask their au…
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet the players are driven to Elsinore by a company of child actors who have commandeered the urban stages.
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.
The short audience queue didn’t bode well for Babbling Comedy 2 (when playing for laughs, a C of empty seats is a performer’s worst nightmare), and I found myself preparing to …
You have to go to extreme lengths to make a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream stand out.
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.
The Night of the Big Wind is an innovative puppetry performance inspired by the book of the same title, written by Peter Carr.
On the night of an election, one candidate and two party workers are scurrying about, preparing for the results to be announced.
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.
Squeaky dirty stand up comedy offers up three styles of stand up from this trio of comic pals.
It is rather difficult to review a tour, because to some extent you are reviewing your own city, the content your town has to offer a tourist who may buy the Edinburgh Comedy Tour …
This is a very unusual and enjoyable production.
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…
This is the European debut of Anthony J.
We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.
Alzheimer’s The Musical is a peek into the lives of those who might be getting slightly older in body but who are most definitely young at heart.
This comedy a cappella troupe is fast becoming one of the biggest sellers of this year’s festival.
Given the perpetual debate concerning the over-commercialisation of the Fringe that has been prominent this year, it is with a great sigh of relief that events such as the Malcolm …
The School of Night may take their name from an intellectually exclusive Elizabethan collective but what this improvisational group performs is high culture made accessible to the …
In recent years Gordonstoun School has put on entertaining versions of some of Shakespeares darker plays (Macbeth That Old Black Magic and Hamlet Shadow Of A Man).
With 101 Comedy Club seeing different up and coming comedians performing every night in four ten minute sets, it is perhaps unfair to form a complete judgement based on one night a…
When extremely enthusiastic New York comic Abigoliah Schamaunn bounded in “from the back of the room to the front of the room!”, her iPod stopped dead as she arrived onstage.
Now I’m all for messing with Shakespeare.
We’ve all had them hairdressers who give you constant patter and banter whilst you’re trapped in their chair, but Giovanni Monica - a professional barber from Wiltshire - decide…
Last night saw some of Glasgow University’s funniest alumni return to their student union for a comedy showcase held in support of Stonewall.
For those of us with a palette for traditional and contemporary Scottish folk music, Alistair Ogilvy and Band are here with a special treat.
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.
Nathan Cassidy opens this show with great energy, telling us with a jig that it’s “all about positivity”.
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 …
Ideally Edgar Allan Poe’s works should be read in the dead of night, in an armchair by a crackling fire with the slow tap of wintry branches against the window.
While call centres are certainly no stranger to the routines of stand-ups, it is a rarity to find someone from the other side of the fence.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
Six acts are drawn daily from a rotating pool of stand-ups who seek to entertain in this talent spotting showcase.
A travel writer returns to Scotland after twenty years travelling the world.
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…
Imagine being sat in a stand-up comedy show where the comedian in question makes one faintly amusing joke.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
A group of college friends and associated mates head to a festival, expecting a proper night of drink, drugs and dancing.
Returning for a second year, this excellent festival showcases the best of New York’s comedy scene in several of Brooklyn’s comedy-friendly venues.
The Big Project’s children’s choir returns for its third year at the Fringe, and if you’ve got children who love nothing more than to sing-a-long to chart toppers this is the…
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
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…
A historic and unimaginably terrible disaster, ethereally beautiful puppetry and a fable of childhood innocence in a world of war.
What makes for a memorable show? What transforms an enjoyable night out into an unforgettable experience? It’s not always possible to assess the permanence of a performance upon …
The BBC is the Church of England of the media.
In their free hour, Steve N Allen and Ria Lina read extracts from Agony Aunt pages and attempt to provide better advice using songs along with suggestions from the audience.
Comedy addicts were treated to a night of raucous belly-laughs by the stars of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Sketchorama’, The Noise Next Door, last night at the infamous Komedia in Brighton.
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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…
To get through the third night of BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret you needed a strong stomach or a repressed gag reflex as the show went truly dirty in pursuit of the utterly…
BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret is the perfect late-night entertainment show: the cream of the Fringe’s weird and wonderful crop is given short slots to impress a sizeable …
Packed into a crowded, stuffy room in the turrets of Teviot, Ruaraidh Murray gives a schizophrenic performance in a production that’s somewhere between a play and stand-up comedy.
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 …
It’s very difficult to pull off a routine that focuses largely on lengthy rants whilst still retaining an audience’s affection, but Nick Doody manages to pull this feat off wit…
Editors note: Realising that I did this production a great injustice by only awarding 3 stars the first time around, (Maybe the show I saw before was just too dire), I’ve re-visite…
Mod Girl tells the story of a young prostitute’s evening with an older and, as it turns out, psychopathic man.
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.
The idea behind this event was not particularly original.
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s…
Playing songs about the goriest aspects of the Victorian era, Steampunk band Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, deliver an hour of music and comedy.
After an evening of song recitals from Soprano Rachael Wheatley and Pianist Ingrid Sawers, I left late, feeling very chilled out.
Dont get me wrong, Sabrina George is a very likeable person.
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 …
With stand up variety shows the aim is always to showcase a variation of comedic talent in order to provide ‘something for everyone’.
The claws may not be fully out for this night of name dropping and gossip mongering with the Queen of Dynasty, but there’s certainly still a lot of fun to be had, especially if t…
By its very nature, the night is never going to be spectacular.
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.
Much of the Shakespeare at the Fringe this year has been performed with a twist: musicals, dance, physical theatre, spin-offs, the playwright’s words given new meanings or even tak…
A Little Night Music is one of Sondheim’s most exquisitely written shows- somewhere between Wilde’s comedies of manners and Chekhov and Ibsen’s simpering naturalism.
The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
The intense naturalism of this piece is realised in the staging.
Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh.
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.
Since Belle de Jour, the mysterious world of escorts has been coming into clearer definition but still remains for most an area outside of day-to-day experience.
Yo Girl is a solo performance born from the musings of the New York actress Natalie Kim.
The Jekyll and Hyde is a lousy venue to play: poor acoustics, bar noise and seating split so the audience is in two sections which can’t see or hear each other.
As in all productions, Black Comedy starts with a blackout.
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.
Set in the depths of the Tron is an intimate comedy venue hosting the Amsterdam Comedy Collective.
A wonderful farsical musical romp in the tradition of Mapp and Lucia, Glee and The Stepford Wives, Swing! is the story of a lower-class family who move to wealthy suburban Wafthead…
This is improvisation at it’s best.
A Little Night Music promised a delightful evening of choice piano pieces associated with the night-time.
Taking Flight theatre’s interpretation of the raucous and farcical Shakespearian classic captured perfectly the sense of carnival at the play’s heart, in their open-access adap…
‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight.
‘Ed Night stands at the dawn of the new age of stand-up’ (Fest).
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Edinburgh’s Old Town breathes history, sometimes with a roar, and sometimes with a whisper.
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 Mahler Symphony No 4 From a dance with the devil to a child’s awestruck view of heaven – Mahler’s Fourth is his shortest, sunniest symphon…
Sir James MacMillan A Scotch BestiaryWoman of the Apocalypse Not only one of the world’s most revered and exceptional composers, Sir James MacMillan is also an immensely popular…
“sit down and roar with laughter for 60 minutes.
Celia Pacquola returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a brand new show.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Simon Ximenez talks to comedian Ibrahem Al Hajjaj about his journey From Riyadh to Edinburgh.
James Macfarlane interviews Sid Singh about his new Fringe show Table For One, the differences between UK and American audiences and standing up to the government.
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.
The Warren once again joined with Brighton Fringe to celebrate the opening of Brighton Fringe 2018 with a fantastic free firework display on Thursday 3rd May.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
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.
In nineteenth-century Holland, a leading neuroscientist tries to ‘civilise’ a wild girl who was raised by lions in the heart of Borneo.
Holly Smale is the author of Geek Girl, a teen book series that follows the comic adventures of a high-school girl turned high-fashion model.
‘There are very few things that are universal.
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.
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
The internationally celebrated dance company BalletBoyz have announced that they will be taking part in ‘The Big Give Christmas Challenge’ from noon on Tuesday 29 November to n...
If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015.
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
There couldn’t be a more poignant time to retell the story of Dracula with a 21st-century twang.
Shruti Chauhan is a poet and performer from Leicester.
Sophia Walker is an internationally renowned poet.
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.
Tim FitzHigham tells Broadway Baby why playing one half of Flanders and Swann for the last decade isn’t just nostalgic, it’s unbridled joy.
Rachel McCrum, inaugural BBC Scotland Poet In Residence in 2015, has just wrapped up the last shows of Rally & Broad, a spoken word, music and live lit events series she ran with J...
Exploring humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies through the eyes of this playful and dynamic young ensemble, The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon is a dark, Tim Burton...
Neil has a story to tell.
A beautiful show incorporating theatre, live music and song.
For this year’s Brighton Fringe, Broadway Baby Editor Beth Troakes has been on the hunt to for the insider information as our performers, venue mangers, programmers, press team...
Brighton Fringe’s month long arts festival kicks off this Friday, 6 May, with several unmissable shows and a spectacular fireworks display at The Warren.
With close to 300 different comedy shows at the Brighton Fringe, you might find yourself a bit over-whelmed by the choice.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
The night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett smuggled Princess Diana into an iconic gay venue is the stuff of legend.
Rona Munro is an award-winning Scottish writer for theatre, television and radio.
Brighton Fringe is asking people in Sussex to give the gift of joy this Christmas by helping the Fringe put on its first ever opening night parade.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Congratulations to Tap Tap Theatre's Captain Morgan series, which has bagged our second Bobby Award of 2015.
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
Annie Ryan is the founder and Artistic Director of The Corn Exchange.
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.
Moon Fly Theatre Company is bringing its debut production to EdFringe 2015. A Face That Fits deals with the differences and clashes across generations.
Knowing Smirk is an improv group from Cheltenham.
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.
HAPPY GIRL takes a look at sexism and inequality amongst teen girls. Broadway Baby investigates.
Broadway Baby is talking to Chris Haigh of the The Jäger Maestros, an oompah band that promises to have crowds laughing, drinking and bouncing.
Broadway Baby doesn't often discuss movies, but when the film in question is one of the most hotly anticipated stage musical adaptations of all time (and when the good folk at Disn...
There's something funny going on under St George's Church in Bloomsbury.