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.
Cork man Chris Kent returns with his brand new show Back At It.
You’re only as good as your worst day.
Rosie Holt, the desperate and loyal Tory MP, famous for her viral twitter “interviews”, celebrates the launch of her new book as she explains to you, the British public, why the so…
Songwriter and half of globe-trotting ‘Harry and Chris’ ***** (Sunday Post) has written songs for Disney and Netflix.
Electric swing blues tribute show, celebrating the music of the three blues masters: BB King, Albert King, Freddie King.
Star of hit BBC shows such as Scot Squad, The Farm and The Other Murray Brother, Chris Forbes returns to the fringe to deliver another hour of feel-good comedy.
An evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy and impromptu silliness from Fringe veteran Chris Groves.
Surprising, funny and deeply moving, a young woman comes of age and learns to drive in 1960s America.
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…
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
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…
Seven hundred years ago, there were no English words for pink, turquoise or orange, and it seems people classified colours very differently from us.
Celebrated magician and storytelling comedian, Chris Cook hosts an evening of magic, games and mischief.
When Edinburgh’s pandas go missing on their journey back to China, suspicion falls on the ferocious Glasgow gangster Big Urqy.
A whirlwind of comedy, cabaret and tricks like no other.
Three heroes.
Watch Chris Tavener battle his intrusive thoughts through the medium of witty, satirical songs.
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
It’s a pun, although some of the characters might be witty and off the wrist.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Dovecot Studios’ major tapestry with Chris Ofili will return to Scotland in summer 2024.
Jamie can’t swim.
11 – A brand-new show from Chris Dugdale! Directed by Phil Jay and Scott Harris.
As a child, Chris wanted to be two things: a comedian and a rock star.
Chris and Seán are two sailors who are nuts! Comedians Chris Locke and Seán Cullen are on shore leave for an hour of hilarious madness! Learn about the sea! Milk a sea cow! Make …
Following her sell-out run Growing Old Disgracefully, Jojo’s back older and more disgraceful, now ridiculing and rejoicing the role of motherhood.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
For his debut hour, Chris Weir (BBC Scotland, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year finalist) leads us through his first ever holiday fling, set in the sunny cruising b…
A comedy show all about movies.
Chris Grace returns to Fringe after his 2023 sell-out show, Scarlett Johansson.
A reluctant adventurer and an unlikely fellowship converge in this epic tale of an overdue reunion gone awry.
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 …
Chris Fleming was named one of Variety’s Ten Comics to Watch and has a new hour special out on Peacock titled HELL.
Ian McKellen - ‘one of the world’s greatest actors’ (Times) - plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert I…
Chris Williamson presents ‘Self Discovery’.
Agatha Christie called And Then There Were None the most difficult to write book of her career, but staging her play comes with challenges of its own.
Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast of Devon.
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
Wish You Were Here is an informal postcard addressed to friends, lovers and past selves.
Wish You Were Here is an informal postcard addressed to friends, lovers and past selves.
The cosy, safe world of three flatmates is rocked by a woman’s murder.
Catriona and Chris have their roots in Scottish traditional music.
A fun, interactive and educational show for babies and toddlers.
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
Chris Cantrill (half of twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) returns with a work-in-progress show about his rude son, upsetting pensioners on …
Chris Difford is the founding member of Squeeze, formed 50 years ago in South London.
Reconnected with each other at a funeral, Charlotte and Hope question what the meaning of life is.
Chris Cantrill (half of twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) returns with a work-in-progress show about his rude son, upsetting pensioners on …
Following their sell-out shows in 2022, Scotland’s acclaimed band Main Street Blues return with their fabulous Kings of the Blues show.
The Bareback Kings are a drag-king comedy group.
Jokes about films.
The Bareback Kings are a drag-king comedy group.
The Bareback Kings are a drag-king comedy group.
Celebrated indie favourites We Were Promised Jetpacks formed in Edinburgh back in 2003 whilst still at school.
Come to the Merchants Hall to see The Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Over 10 years, Chris Cook has brought magical, thought-provoking comedy shows to the Fringe.
‘Best magic show’ (HELLO! Magazine).
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
A cowboy rock fantasy.
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
Chris Grace, Chinese-American character best known for playing Jerry on Superstore, portrays the greatest living Asian actor Scarlett Johansson through comedy, theatre, stand-up an…
The Hive is not the most pleasant venue to endure during a Fringe show.
Once upon a time I was the best blurb writer in the business – really, I was a wonder! But as time weighed down on me and all my afternoons began to expand and contract, I starte…
When Cirque du Soleil offer you a Las Vegas residency as the first comedian to perform with them, you don’t say no.
Having gone back to work as an electrician, Chris found himself with two jobs and the ridiculous notion of buying a house.
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
There’ll be no storytelling, no deep meaning about relationships, no moral messages near the end.
There’ll be no storytelling, no deep meaning about relationships, no moral messages near the end.
Kings & Queens is an immersive cabaret experience celebrating King Charles’s Coronation.
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.
Fears, Phobias and F**K ups.
Stand up comedy at St Elmos, the next hub of music and arts, located just a stones throwaway from Kings cross station.
25 years on from the release of The Seahorses’ seminal album Do It Yourself, vocalist Chris Helme will revisit the iconic record with a series of one-off acoustic performances ac…
Come to the Merchants Hall to see the Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
An hour of ill-advised mash-ups and remixes.
See The Main Street Blues band perform a special two-hour show featuring an expanded line up to their usual four-piece set up for one night only at The Brunton.
A brilliant piece of new writing that follows 17-year-old Max’s awakening to her own voice and sexuality.
An Electric Blues tribute to the masters, BB King, Albert King and Freddy King, including classics such as The Thrill is Gone, Born Under a Bad Sign, Hideaway and many many more.
A fiercely powerful and critically acclaimed show about a brutally shocking story; Chris’ father was murdered in 2011.
Join “Johnny Depp”, preteen heart-throb turned wino forever, for a retrospective on every film in his entire career, even the ones we didn’t watch, in order to ask.
Join “Johnny Depp”, preteen heart-throb turned wino forever, for a retrospective on every film in his entire career, even the ones we didn’t watch, in order to ask.
Violet’s scared walking home.
Care less.
At the heart of Molière’s extreme, comic farce, is the story of Henriette and Clitandre, who are in love.
Laurel and Chaplin: Before They Were Famous.
Let’s talk about sex, maybe? Or, maybe not? After having radically different experiences with Sex Ed, Lindsay and Lea try to figure out exactly what they were supposed to learn, …
A grenade hits Joe Bonham in WW1.
Multi award-winning show taking you through the life and music of the record-breaking superstar, from humble beginnings in Nutbush to her crowning as Queen of Rock’n’Roll.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
Bullies don’t toughen you up or teach you life lessons.
One of the (many) great things about Fringe is that new comics, who don’t yet have an hour’s worth of material, can buddy up to put on a show — Chris Hall and Mark Bittleston…
You’ll always find him in the corner at parties, but is it time for Chris to put himself in the middle of things? If not, a trip to the buffet table or maybe the toilet would be id…
The only act to win the Edfest Bouquet (BouquetsBrickbatsReviews.
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
Who is making theatre like YESYESNONO? The Manchester-based company is back with an immersive, story-telling experience.
Mary, Chris, Mars tells the story of two astronauts who share a Christmas Day together after a chance encounter pushes them away from the crippling isolation of their solitude and …
Alexander S.
The ‘New York comedy institution’ (New York Times) and host of the Beautiful/Anonymous podcast makes a much-anticipated return to Edinburgh following a six-year absence.
This is really special.
If you want to see a show with a highly intelligent, quick-witted comedy improv rapper in which all his people from the front to the back nod, look no further than Chris Turner: Ra…
Chris Cantrill (half of 2019 Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show nominees, The Delightful Sausage) is The Defendant.
Chris McCausland: Speaky Blinder You've seen him on Would I Lie to You? - Have I Got News for You - QI - 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - and Live at the Apol…
Chris McCausland: Speaky Blinder You've seen him on Would I Lie to You? - Have I Got News for You - QI - 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - and Live at the Apol…
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.
Well respected singer/songwriter Chris Milner - Journeyman shares songs (Contemporary and Traditional), wine and stories from almost 50 years in the great British folk scene tourin…
Well respected singer/songwriter Chris Milner - Journeyman shares songs (Contemporary and Traditional), wine and stories from almost 50 years in the great British folk scene tourin…
There’ll be no storytelling, no deep meaning about relationships, no moral messages near the end.
The musical gameshow sensation with Chris Hide - spin the wheel to pick a theme or win a big prize!Wednesdays from 9pmTicket link
South London’s dedicated drag king night at The Royal Vauxhall TavernHosted by one of the legendary Rebel Dykes, King Frankie Sinatra, with a stunning line-up of Drag King talent i…
Shut Up & King together with the generous support of AXM Glasgow presents Scotland’s New Kings On The Block - a night of drag lip syncs, live singing, comedy and more, hosted b…
KINGS OF CLUBS - SEPTEMBERSouth Londons dedicated drag king night at The Royal Vauxhall TavernHosted by one of the legendary Rebel Dykes, King Frankie Sinatra, with a stunning line…
Join TuckShop, the creators of Death Drop and Gals Aloud, for a hilarious and raucous variety night of drag campery like no other.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The Johnny Cash Story returns to Edinburgh Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the Man in Black.
Workshop overview:Jordans aim is to offer all-inclusive mindful approach to health and wellness that take into account your mental health, your physical health, your emotional heal…
After a year and a half off the stage, Chris Cook returns to the Finge for his eighth year with something different every night.
For one week only, George Fox and Chris Thorburn are bringing their award-winning comedy off the internet and back to the Monkey Barrel stage for their work-in-progress stand-up sh…
Witch Kings Rum are taking over Tribeca for the evening as part of their exciting new Witch Kings-curated cocktail menu!We will be working closely with the wonderful Tribeca team t…
What’s it like to have deaf parents? In this thoughtful and poignant solo show, psychotherapist and author Joe Friedman considers his life to answer the question.
What’s it like to have deaf parents? In this thoughtful and poignant solo show, psychotherapist and author Joe Friedman considers his life to answer the question.
Glenn has burned his party lifestyle to the ground and from the ashes emerged a phoenix of personal responsibility that includes a wife, two kids and a nice little house in the cou…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
There’ll be no storytelling, no deep meaning about relationships, no moral messages near the end.
There’ll be no storytelling, no deep meaning about relationships, no moral messages near the end.
An immersive journey through music and film into the magnificent and ancient landscapes of Scotland, featuring a beautiful original score for voice, piano, percussion and electroni…
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.
‘Laugh-out-loud funny, bold, fascinating, whip-smart’ **** (Everything-Theatre.
Award-winning performer and viral YouTube sensation Chris Turner presents his most ambitious show yet: a one-man comedy and hip-hop spectacular.
Journey through the life and music of this phenomenal record-breaking superstar from Tina’s beginnings in Nutbush, through to the crowning of the stadium-filling Queen Of Rock �…
Journey through the life and music of this phenomenal record-breaking superstar from Tina’s beginnings in Nutbush, through to the crowning of the stadium-filling Queen Of Rock �…
What’s it like to have deaf parents? In this thoughtful and poignant solo show, psychotherapist and author Joe Friedman considers his life to answer the question.
What’s it like to have deaf parents? In this thoughtful and poignant solo show, psychotherapist and author Joe Friedman considers his life to answer the question.
This show has been rescheduled from Sat 24 October 2020.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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 award-nominated sell out show will be available to stream online! Some people are inherently unlikeable.
Hattie Snooks has staged an existential crisis, and somehow humour and song only enhanced this portrait.
Clap Back Club have done it again! The feminist performance troupe, that started off as a choir, never fail to bring harsh truths to a laughing audience through parody and song.
OffWestEnd commended Conflicted Theatre are delighted to return to Omnibus Theatre following their success with Fiji, reuniting once more with Pedro Leandro.
Multi-award-winning show taking you through the life and music of the record-breaking superstar, from her humble beginnings in Nutbush through to her crowning of the ‘Queen of Ro…
An electric blues tribute to the masters, BB King, Albert King and Freddie King, including classics The Thrill Is Gone and Born Under a Bad Sign.
Multi-award-winning show taking you through the life and music of the record-breaking superstar, from her humble beginnings in Nutbush through to her crowning as the Queen of Rock’…
Join us for an exhilarating musical battle as two titans go head to head! Johnny Cash vs Elvis Presley is a showdown that recounts the music, lives, and cultural impact of the Man …
Chris Dugdale, the only act ever to win the Edfest Bouquet four times! Total sell-out 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Cork comedian Chris Kent is back with more kids, stories and a keep cup to compensate for his guilt about overpopulation.
Award-winning performer and viral YouTube sensation Chris Turner presents his most ambitious show yet: a one-man comedy and hip-hop spectacular.
Award-winning journalist and radio presenter Ira Glass, storyteller extraordinaire, has announced two UK dates for 2020.
Marketed as a comedic, feminist fairytale mashup, the concept of Lady Wank (And Other Fairytales For Adults) offered much potential.
Magician Chris Cook brings his hit, sell-out Edinburgh Festival show to London for three nights only.
Harry and Chris (Guardian Pick of the Fringe 2018) are at the top of their field, having invented the field of comedy-rap-jazz.
Singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh returns to the Royal Albert Hall in October 2019 to perform Into The Light and Moonfleet & Other Stories, two of his most outstanding recording…
You’ll feel That Old Black Magic with Pam and her band, (Campbell Normand on piano, Ed Kelly on bass, Dave Swanson on drums), as they perform the songs of Johnny Mercer.
Would everything be better if piratical misanthrope Chris Kehoe was in charge? Maybe.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Chris Cross – The tricky Geordie cheekster returns for his 14th consecutive Fringe, with his unique madcap style of multi award-winning comedy magic, escapology and cunning stunt…
Chris Cross – The tricky Geordie cheekster returns for his 14th consecutive Fringe, with his unique madcap style of multi award-winning comedy magic, escapology and cunning stunt…
Main Street Blues present an hour of blues from the trio of blues icons known as The Three Kings.
Come to the Merchants Hall to see the Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
‘The fun is knowing that every uproarious night will be a unique experience’ (Stage).
Chris returns to the Fringe with his third solo show.
Chris Read is a talented singer-songwriter performing his debut solo hour at the Fringe this year.
Lose yourself in Pink Floyd’s classic album Wish You Were Here, this full-dome music and light show interprets the acclaimed rock album through mesmerising HD graphics.
The Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s greatest hub for creativity, and many of the world’s top performers congregate here year after year.
Journey through the life and music of this phenomenal record-breaking superstar – the world’s only artist to have US top 40 hits in every decade since the 60s! Featuring hit ar…
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life.
The Johnny Cash Story returns to the Edinburgh Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the 18-time Grammy winner.
There are worse ways to start a show than with free sweets, and no better way to end it than with a singalong.
Travelling to Edinburgh all the way from the US, Val Dunn and Jenna Kuerzi present a show managing to totally embody the spirit of this fringe festival.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies and a fish.
An hour of stand-up about curiosity, horses, death and strip club etiquette.
When I was a child, I tried out having an imaginary friend for one afternoon.
Following the murder of his father, hard hitting and critically acclaimed northern comedian Chris McGlade is attempting to lay to rest the ghosts that have haunted him ever since.
Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his one-man show Johnny Irish to Edinburgh, which includes stories from the odd man’s life, delicately crafted one-liners and musical come…
Chris Dugdale: Down to One.
The cult hit returns! Comedian and contrarian Chris Betts will argue the opposite of anything anyone in the audience says.
"I could be one of the Boys," New Zealander Chris Parker sings ecstatically at the start of Camp Binch, wearing a shirt and leggings echoing Elaine Stritch's iconic o…
Best Male Comedian winner, New Zealand Comedy Guild awards 2017.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, Chris returns with a brand-new show.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Joyride is back!! Harry and Chris are the nation’s favourite comedy rap jazz duo, and after selling out three Edinburgh Fringe shows in a row, they’re bringi…
Chuckle.
‘Porcelain Doll with a Chainsaw’ was an audience reaction to an early Rebekka performance and explains her rather well.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
A man wearing a black suit walks on stage.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish.
Eight-piece band from the USA's Noo Jersey shores.
There's two types of people in this world; those who like Johnny Cash and those that don't know a thing about music.
A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship.
The No.
After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song.
After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song.
Harry and Chris are the hottest comedy-rap-jazz duo out there.
“Have you ever seen such a night as this? So many stars, so many stories, which one is yours?” Three weary travellers from far off lands meet by chance as night approaches, …
This sell out Edinburgh Fringe show comes to London for one night only featuring the act that won Best Newcomer at the London Cabaret Awards and Nominee for Best Comedy …
What is a man? What do they do all day? Should they eat bananas in public? Join comedian (and man) Chris Kehoe as he attempts to discover what it means to be a man in th…
South East London band Rubber Johnny originally formed to fill a gap between the punk and reggae bands performing at the 1978 Rock against Racism concerts at the Albany, Deptford, …
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…
A once successful acoustic duo, which was at the top of their game, suddenly breaks up for reasons unknown.
Glasgow’s Chris Thorburn is back with his least personal hour yet! It’s a comedy show all about films.
Come to the Merchant’s Hall to see the Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
Chris Difford celebrates the release of his autobiography with some very special shows.
Chris Cook takes a break from the big stage to treat you to an intimate peek inside his imagination.
Last year, Chris was finally feeling happy and well-adjusted.
Hi! I’m American comedian Chris Laker.
‘Best show of 2017’ ***** (WorldMagicReview.
One went to a south London private school, one went to a Catholic School in Glasgow’s East End.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Lose yourself in Pink Floyd’s classic album Wish You Were Here, this new full-dome music and light show interprets the acclaimed rock album through mesmerising HD graphics.
The Johnny Cash Story premiers at the Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the 18-time Grammy winner.
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.
The cult hit returns! Comedian and contrarian Chris Betts will argue the opposite of anything.
Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish.
Last year we prevented an apocalypse and almost got a panda pregnant, and then Jonathan Ross called us ‘fabulously entertaining’, so now we’re drunk with comedy-rap-jazz power.
Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his one-man show Johnny Irish to Edinburgh which includes stories from the odd man’s life, well crafted one-liners and musical comedy.
2016 and 2017 winner of the Edfest Bouquet.
From BBC Three, Dave and elsewhere, award-winning comedian Chris (BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017, Milton Jones tour support) returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show about time, spa…
North-East-born preacher comic Chris McGlade returns to the Fringe following his 2017 critically acclaimed show Infant Hercules.
Chris Forbes, star of BBC hit comedy Scot Squad, returns to the Fringe to tell you the extraordinary tale of how he met a man who claimed to be the son of God.
Fresh from a year of touring around Australia and the East, Henry is back and has something to say.
Los Angeles hasn’t changed Chris – he’s a Manchester lad, born and gluten-free bread.
Following a stonking set on Live at the Apollo 2018! ***** (FringeGuru.
Cork comedian Chris Kent returns with his sixth solo show, Looking Up.
Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee, Chris Washington debuts his brand-new show about the best year of his life! Including receiving the prestigious 10 years service tie pin from Royal…
Is Chris Kehoe a real man? Was Jesus a real man? What is a real man? Do they eat Pot Noodles? Can a woman be a real man? Join comedian (and man) Chris Kehoe as he answer…
Since their second sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and their first nationwide tour including 3 sold out dates at The Leicester Square theatre, stars of The Russell …
The Lisa Richards agency present a week of top stand-up comedy! Each night, two comedians will perform their new work-in-progress shows.
Critically acclaimed and award winning Stand Up comedian, host of his own TV entertainment show and Stand Up show on Comedy Central, Celebrity Juice regular and the only…
South London’s dedicated Drag King NightKings of Clubs returns featuring more luminaries of the ground breaking Drag King scene.
Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld bring their advice podcast "If I Were You" to the stage! Join our hosts as they dispense wisdom on areas of life they are qua…
At the crossroads between Chopin, Pink Floyd and Explosions In The Sky, We Stood Like Kings plays instrumental progressive rock tinted with neoclassical influences thanks to the ce…
As a dyslexic, dyspraxic and anxious person, Chris explores his mistakes, awkwardness, and unconventional upbringing.
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.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
A cultural camp calamari of a character stand-up comedy show.
Fane Productions present two-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Golden Globe Award winner Kathleen Turner in her debut cabaret, appropriately titled Finding My Voice.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them.
With 22 years of unrivalled musical partnership gathering numerous nominations, awards and critical acclaim along the way, English singer/songwriters, Chris While & Julie Matthews …
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
A Boy Named Cash: Johnny Cash Experience showcases the greatest hits of The Man In Black as performed by renowned impersonator Monty Cotton as seen on ‘The Voice’, as a one-man-ban…
BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show.
After 20 years in the scientific wilderness, renegade physicist Dr Chris* is ready to reveal the secrets of the universe.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None is difficult as a play.
Remembering their lives, their way.
A one-man band greatest hits tribute to the legend Johnny Cash featuring Monty Cotton, as seen on The Voice.
Expect songs of Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Simon and Garfunkel, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Peter Paul and Mary, and more when award-winning singer/songwriter Bruce Davies pres…
Part confessional monologue, part lecture and part nostalgic trip back to the days of the BBC’s Jackanory, there’s no doubt that There Were Two Brothers is a funny, personal—…
Chris Mullin returns to the Business School to reflect on the great political disasters he’s known, in conversation with Professor Chris Carter.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Coltrane invites his best friends in comedy down for a friendly late-night geek retreat, as comedians play Super Mario Maker live: the most thrilling and infuriating platforming ga…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Set in the venue’s bar, immerse yourself in Berkoff’s biting parody of the world of theatre which pokes fun at the pretensions of thespians and the superficial nature of their life…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
A keen observer may initially notice that Thom Tuck and John Luke Roberts, who host ACMS together, aren’t exactly a traditional double act.
Join Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin for a nightly live podcast with guests, chat, stand-up, and all round fun and games.
Chris Chopping is a man acutely aware of his own failings and enraged at a world that refuses to overlook them.
‘An absolute master of his stage and a reminder of how cool magic is’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy.
Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy.
After last year’s sell-out run of their debut show, Harry Baker – ‘Blistering wordplay’ ***** (ThreeWeeks) – and Chris Read – ‘Brilliant’ (Evening Standard) – bring back …
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
‘One of the UK’s best young observationalists’ (Guardian) went viral in India this year – not in a good way.
Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning.
A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever so slightly unhinged former C-lister.
A live game show that pits the audience against the wits of grand inquisitor, comedian and pedant Chris Betts.
Chris Dugdale is a master of the art of sleight of hand and, even when encouraging the audience to closely watch his every move he manages to repeatedly stun them with his apparent…
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…
Award-nominated Scottish comedian Chris Henry brings his raw and hilarious show about travelling our ludicrous world to the festival.
Eleanor Morton’s show takes a smart, but self-deprecating look at feminism and the comedian’s own place in it, but feels full of more potential than she delivers.
Betts is back, but he’s got a problem.
Despite failing to romantically woo Matthew in the front row, who resolutely resisted her bookish clumsiness and snazzy jacket, Rose Matafeo delivers a tour-de-force performance in…
The set of this play included a fish tank with a small toy fish that swam around in it.
‘This is not an insultive show’, says the amiable and bearded Forbes, relaxing us into a state of lethargy.
After 2016’s slightly disappointing Pelican, Elf Lyons returns to the Fringe this year with a comic masterpiece that elucidates her status as a master of the alternative form.
Chris Difford is a rare breed.
Returning with his charming and surreal style and a new perspective on life, Cork comedian Chris Kent presents his fifth solo show, Moving on.
Resting from the outdoor evening plays this utterly charming take on the Three Kings is indoors mid-afternoon.
Chris Turner has moved to the good old US of A and he’s back in Edinburgh to tell the festival audiences about it.
At the end of Chesney Snow’s show tonight I headed on foot across Lower Manhattan to hear some jazz in one of the village cafés.
Betts is back, but he’s got a problem.
Cork comedian Chris Kent presents his 5th solo show, Moving On.
Would the world be a better place if piratical misanthrope Chris Kehoe was in charge? Without a shadow of a doubt.
Loud, outspoken political comedy from a Northern working class prospective.
I’m always interested in the extent to which the publicity for a performance matches the reality of the production; how the promise materialises on the stage.
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 …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
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…
Join Children’s Laureate past and present Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell for a sublime afternoon of poetry and illustration for the young and young-at-heart.
Withered Hand is the musical output of Edinburgh-based Dan Willson, a feature of the city’s DIY music scene for many years.
Peter Rabbit knows very well that he is not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there that his father met his untimely end! But he cannot resist, and after severa…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
A disenchanted falconer from Norfolk.
Sam Mitchell and Cressida Wetton: two comedians for the price of none! A free show featuring two promising performers doing half an hour each: Sam Mitchell (2015 BBC New Comedy Awa…
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
In this session, NVA Director and co-founder Iain Simons is going to explore these ideas, give examples of what the NVA is doing to help and generally get excited.
After his sell-out show at Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly London, Gary celebrates Mathis and his enduring legacy of beautiful music such as Misty, A Certain Smile and When a Child is …
A new hour of super-fun political comedy from your second-favourite activist comedian, Chris Coltrane.
World champion slam poet Harry Baker returns to the Fringe, accompanied by his talented friend Chris Read on guitar for a spoken word/acoustic fusion set.
‘An absolute master of his stage.
Chris Henry is a frantic comic.
Shaedates is a show about finding yourself – quite literally.
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…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Chinchilla Coats is a world premiere debut stand-up show by Edinburgh Fringe veteran Chris Davis.
Six and a half stone of vegan fury.
Too often, successful American comedians make their way to the UK assuming that audiences are as easy to please as they are back home.
You decide the ending.
When life gives you lemons, those with an optimistic, can-do attitude invariably suggest you make lemonade.
Last year Chris Turner brought a show about his physical wellbeing to the Edinburgh stage, blending stand-up and rapping to explore his brushes with mortality.
Star of BBC’s Scot Squad, Chris Forbes, asked people to describe him in one word.
Sceptical, ludicrous and hilarious, Betts brings his second hour of stand-up to Brighton Fringe.
Luke Wright delivers a multi-award-winning hurricane of a performance.
The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works.
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
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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…
Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course.
Come along and join in the mayhem of our fourth brilliant instalment of Variety of Kings!!! Wednesday 11th November at 7.
Chris Ingham (piano/vocal) and Paul Higgs (trumpet) salute the great American songwriter.
Barry Bonaparte’s Travelling Circus is in trouble.
ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned.
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.
Mr.
Glasgow-based Birds of Paradise Theatre Company is arguably Scotland’s most innovative and ground-breaking theatre company when it comes to exploring disability and producing ful…
Three drag queens in a dressing room talk us through their life stories, from coming out to discovering drag.
Celtabilly meets country, with a doff of the cap to the Man in Black.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned.
Churchill, Attlee, Thatcher, Blair.
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.
It’s amazing at times how little Chris Coltrane has to do to make his audience laugh.
KINGS! is the brand new sketch duo of Adam Blampied and Lydia King.
Chris Cook is an unexpected gem of Edinburgh Fringe magicians, and an absolute master of his stage.
It’s easy to get lulled by the constant flow of shows at the Fringe, to give in the mid-afternoon slump and the heavy-eyed semi-slumber.
KINGS! is the brand new sketch duo of Adam Blampied and Lydia King.
Get ready for a perfect afternoon of musical fun! Johnny and the Raindrops are a sensational family friendly live band who play jump up and down, rocking and rolling, can’t sit d…
Antler’s If I Were Me is a visual treat.
Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing.
‘Timmy Failure is a winner!’ (Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid).
Chris Martin is trying something a little different this year by having his show underpinned with a musical soundtrack.
Chris Stokes had a very bad 2014, and on reflection he dealt with it badly.
Being a show in the weird and wacky world that is the Fringe, I must admit, I had certain expectations of magician Chris Dugdale.
Who knew that bartending could be so interesting? In his debut show at the Fringe, Chris Betts, a Canadian comic with what can only be described as a beard to die for (which you ca…
This loveable one woman character comedy following the trials and tribulations of a disillusioned ex-falconer might swoop and miss occasionally, but certainly looks hilarious as it…
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…
Many people boast about staring death in the face and laughing, but Chris Turner has a different perspective.
Brought up by his Egyptian mummy in deepest Wales, Omar’s childhood was full of mysteries: How did men ruin everything? What’s love? Why’s depression such a downer? Almost entirely…
Back for his fourth year, Chris questions whether he’s still chasing his dream, or just too lazy to get a proper job.
Back for his fourth year, Chris questions whether he’s still chasing his dream, or just too lazy to get a proper job.
(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…
Alternative stand-up comedy. Funny stories, jokes and quips. Johnny Kingshott is a trained actor (LAMDA) and some of the performance is character-based (voices etc).
Eclectic mix of comedy, music, sketches, improv, interaction: all-new original material.
Mr.
Character comedy, stand up & satirical song make up this mad capped high-octane hour of hilarious joy from “gifted Comedian” (Evening Standard) Chris Fitchew as he embarks on t…
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…
Movies always have a soundtrack… why can’t a stand-up show? “20-something tall comedian” (Online Review) Chris Martin (Milton Jones tour support 2013, Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy …
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…
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…
VSS shopping channel host Chris Titmas is washed up.
Ms.
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…
The host of the spectacularly bizarre public access program “The Chris Gethard Show,” Mr.
Most audiences see only a finished work onstage, but sometimes the raw material is equally compelling.
At the isolated house of a famous recluse a stranger arrives and a past will finally be faced.
Kill Johnny Glendenning is a play of two halves; each a brutally funny, finely-tuned treatise on the various overlapping hierarchies of power and violence that, while shaping ou…
A top-notch lineup of comedians, including Mr. Vos, Mr. DiStefano, Dan St. Germain, Big Jay Oakerson and Monroe Martin, perform at one the city’s best new clubs.
Chris Mullin – ex government minister, investigative journalist, and best-selling diarist – talks to Chris Carter about the issues of press regulation and ownership in the afte…
In this one-man show, Christopher Peacock plays a man of the cloth struggling daily to overcome the temptations of the flesh.
I first saw Chris Ramsey live in 2011 as a supporting artist for Russell Kane.
Chet Baker is remembered through his wonderful music.
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
Mike Maran is at his very best here.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
George Galloway is best known as the fiercely pro-Palestinian Respect Party MP for West Bradford.
Former Labour minister and fellow diarist, Chris Mullin, for 35 years one of Benn’s closest friends, offers a sympathetic but not uncritical assessment of one of the most signifi…
If this is what you get in Free Fringe, it makes you wonder how the paid gigs will ever pull the punters in! At the top end, financially, Fringe shows are squeezed by the big boys …
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 …
Chris might be new to the Fringe but it certainly looks like he will be back again.
Birdwatchers’ Wives is effectively a one-woman show, with the climax being seven-foot Rita (the Great Crested) Grebe competing in a ‘bird-off’ – an avian version of X Facto…
This is the best I’ve seen and heard of the great Irish jazz and blues singer.
Magical.
Theatre company d’Animate presents this amusing look into the friendship between Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and the late Gonzo journalist, Hunter S.
“What I want you to take away from this is that, whoever you are, you can follow your dreams.
“Death is very inconsiderate.
This is right royal performance from a talented young troupe hailing mainly from Central School of Speech and Drama.
A high energy romp through Amanda’s psyche will produce songs such as Childhood: What a Load of Shit, Too Tall Blues and the VPL Blues.
It’s satisfying when a show delivers what it promises, but it’s a delight when a show gives more than it seems to offer.
This intimate solo show is written, produced and performed by acclaimed Edinburgh-based writer, director, performer and filmmaker Annie George.
If you go to see a show called Alasdair Lists Everything for an hour, you can probably expect to spend an hour watching and listening to a guy called Alasdair listing things.
Take one man’s story telling of events from his past about which he still feels guilt, remorse, shame and weave through a good helping of physical theatre-cum-breakdancing par ex…
If you think a play about the suicide attempt of a woman of a certain age appeals only to a very particular demographic familiar with a very particular mental state, think again.
Henry is a verbal magician, creating an atmosphere of bold sincerity on stage that will force you out of your comfort zone and into his hilarious domain.
This raucous romp with a proclivity for puns and a lot of alliterative ardour flails ferociously to amuse.
The queue for this show was in itself an experience.
If you are someone that enjoys magic in its more basic, “no frills” form, like sleight-of-hand tricks and close-up magic, you can’t go wrong with this show.
Bandanas, braces and £16 patchouli hand soap are just a few of the afflictions that British comedian Chris Turner has had to suffer in life as a skinny, middle class white boy.
Corked is a nostalgic and affectionate romp through Chris Kent’s childhood and formative years.
Winner of the Overall Fringe Award, Adelaide Fringe.
Chris Martin’s favourable brand of cynical yet amusing observations are back but this year they are served with an additional side of insightful musings.
Ross Leslie and Chris Griffin are joined by Gareth Mutch for an hour of solid observational stand-up as part of the Free Fringe at the Beehive Inn.
Known for his talking-head commentary in MTV’s “Guy Code”/“Girl Code” universe, Mr. Distefano brings his high-energy comedy to Carolines on Broadway.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Tina C is a comedy country singer from the good ole U.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
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.
(previews start on May 21; opens on June 17) At a remote bed-and-breakfast in Washington State in 1972, Agnes offers muffins, coffee and succor to vulnerable and abused women.
A solid night of stand-up is sure to be had at this showcase, with sets from Mr. Hanley, Mr. DiStefano, Mr. List, Dave Smith, Maddog Mattern and Paul Virzi.
After being “sent off” the Soccer AM sofa last year for misbehaving, Chris wonders whether he really is the Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning TV – not to mention, whethe…
Some people are just born to be a performer; they are incredibly comfortable being on stage and thrive in the company of complete strangers.
It’s refreshing to hear a rising comedian of Chris Ramsey’s stature realise that he does actually have a pretty good job and his sincerity is often very touching.
At the start of this show former Labour minister Chris Mullin claims that his memoirs chart ‘the entire rise and fall of New Labour from John Smith’s death in 1994 to Gordon Brown …
Prepare for a musical adventure unrivalled by any other that truly celebrates the career of music legend, Johnny Cash.
A late night comedy magic show with a twist from the Fringe’s favourite showman! Expect off-the-wall magic, contortion and escapology.
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.
Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
‘All-conquering clash of ego and touching vulnerability’ ***** (FringeGuru.
Last year, with Activism is Fun, comedian Chris Coltrane explained how he had returned to political action after years of apathy, not least because – thanks to the likes of direc…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
‘Enjoyably candid … honest … even daring show’ (Chortle.
After 20 years of trying to sing and dance, Chris finally realised how ridiculous he’d been.
We’ve all had our fair share of embarrassing moments, and at The Brunswick Chris Mayo, complete with a projection of various photos, is happy enough to share some of his most gut…
Two comedians attempt to fuse their contrasting styles into a fully complementary comedy peanut butter and jam sandwich.
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.
There is a very serious man on stage.
Comedy that is jaded yet manages to toe the line and steer clear from being too depressing is no mean feat.
Awkward and slight in stature, from the outset Chris Stokes doesn’t inspire confidence.
Following a dose of the mumps at last year’s festival, expect roaring laughter as Chris brings you on an edge of your seat journey, retelling tales of mishaps and madness.
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.
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
The Plastic Seat Company’s debut show is a promising mix of comedy sketches, which take great delight in referencing pop culture of today.
Ben Dover, the self proclaimed ‘Prince of Porn’ really wants you to think he has the rudest show in Edinburgh (no doubt hoping for some publicity grabbing ‘controversial’ headline)…
From the first few seconds of the opening song ‘Drowning’, the Tiger Lillies show just why they’ve achieved worldwide cult following.
It was by no means a sell-out show.
It’s nice to get out of the manic hustle and bustle of the old town during the festival, so it’s with welcome relief I went to the Theatre Workshop in quiet and leafy Stockbride to…
Chris Cross is horrible, but it’s not a bad thing.
What do you get if you cross Jack Dee with Paul Daniels? - Piff the Magic Dragon!Piff-Tacular is a magic show and stand-up gig all in one, which despite featuring a cute puppy, is …
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different.
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…
As you were takes a deep look into the effects of war.
Living with Johnny Depp, by the Irish Madcap Theatre Company is one woman show written by and starring Joanne Mitchell.
During his life Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times without dying, a fact recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Gregory Burke’s Black Watch was the highlight of the Edinburgh Festival three years ago, going on to tour all over the world.
Johnny and the Bomb is an enjoyable Terry Pratchet story involving time travel, a bag lady and the eponymous Johnny.
Blind Liverpudlian stand-up Chris McCaulsland gets off to a good start with a gag about the portacabin hut that we’re sitting in at the Pleasance Courtyard.
What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be.
Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room.
Chris Ramsey bounds onto the stage undaunted by the damp crowd and trails of water across his venue and immediately engages the crowd with a vibrant and glowing confidence.
Picture Chris Addison in your mind for a minute.
The Scottish penny-pinching stereotype gets played for laughs in Moliere’s comedy ‘The Miser’, the 51st Fringe production of local amateur group The Edinburgh People’s Theater.
Chris Corcoran and Elis James aka Mr Chairman and Rex Jones, the Caretaker, invite you to join them (and the third mystery comedian who remains un-credited) at the committee meetin…
It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh.
This young group, made up of four women and one man, perform six differently themed dance routines using a variety of styles and techniques.
Hailing from Australia, Liz Skitch comes on stage with her accordion covering her lingerie-clad body.
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.
This is the story of the women of Troy, the day after the Greeks have captured the city using their Trojan horse.
Paying a second visit to the Fringe, Chris Cox is a contemporary mind reader who strips away all of the sinister nonsense that is often associated with the Derren Brown school of …
The phrase ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ is one your parents will most certainly have quoted at you at some point - no doubt when it seemed a particularly unhelpf…
After winning Best Newcomer at last year’s If.
Chris Kent managed to fill most of the room in the Turret of the Gilded Balloon, but there are many others comedians far more deserving of these bums on seats.
Thrill Me is based on the real-life story of wealthy law students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, who killed a school friend to test themselves at living life beyond limits as Nie…
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
After selling out Londons Regents Park Open Air Theatre for a series of three special midnight storytelling shows this summer, Daniel Kitson returns once again to the Traverse …
It’s obviously easy to draw comparisons between Derren Brown when talking about Chris Cox.
Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in.
Chris Henry would be the first person to admit that the words “we need to talk” do not inspire confidence.
Miles Jupp is wound up, angry and wants to tell us what’s irking him.
Chris Martin does himself no favours by drawing comparisons between his name and that of the Coldplay frontman.
Bandwagon Theatre Company bring this short story to the fringe as they tell a murky tale of the secret sale of the then-Indian-Ocean island of Diego Garcia by the US and Britain.
Any aspiring young actors in Edinburgh could do a lot worst that go see Hertfordshire based Big Spirit Youth Theatre’s production of ‘Teechers’.
The story, set in 18th Century Georgia, is a morality tale about Grusha, a servant girl who unwillingly rescues a baby during a political uprising, and devotes her life to raising …
Sketch comedy duo Chris O’Niell and Paul Valenti started last night with a bit of a mountain to climb.
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…
Now, here’s the thing: I really wanted to like this sketch show.
This year’s Camden Fringe Festival is a first for me.
Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in.
A common adage given to budding creative writers is “Write what you know” to allow for the honesty and candour that makes your output more accessible.
There are many things you can say about Chris Cross; that he’s a shrinking violet is not one of them.
Bigface Theatre’s debut production is a funny and endearing tale of a small-town woman’s search for happiness and contentment in her life.
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
With the sun outside glaring through the windows, this is a tough place for Australian Jo Loth to perform her cabaret about mental health, charting the highs and lows of her person…
The students in this house-share face questions typical to their situation, like how do you split a broadband bill? Or does never doing the washing up make you a git? However, they…
Hes a velvety-voiced opera singer with a voice to die for.
Chris Dugdale is an instantly likeable magician.
IT AIN’T A KID’S SHOW! Pirates, Shane and Gareth, have been marooned in the present.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Chris Grace is performing in three shows this Fringe: Chris Grace As Scarlett Johannson; Shamilton and Baby Wants Candy all at Assembly George Square.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Tickets go on sale at 12pm today for the world premiere of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at London's Aldwych next Spring.
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
Behind every tyrannical leader is a complicit partner rolling their eyes, and in this new show from comedian Catriona Knox they get a voice.
In Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen, Fringe stalwart Sarah Kendall breaks down what we mean when we talk about good and bad luck.
Betrayal, money, power, politics and love.
Improv is as big as it’s ever been at the Fringe, with well over a hundred shows for you to choose from.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University have teamed up to bring two brand-new musicals to the Fringe.
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.
If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015.
If you’ve a maths brain, you might recognise the term ‘Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally’ as a mnemonic for the order of operations in arithmetic.
Handing out flyers on the street is one of the most famously unpleasant parts of putting on a show at the Fringe.
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
You don’t know this, but somewhere inside you is a comedy genius just waiting to be unleashed - all you need is a hypnotist to help you let it out.
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Tired of having to wait a full year to get that Eurovision vibe? Then you’ll love Eurobeat, a comedy musical where European countries - including Vatican City - compete for your ...
Stop The Train is a new musical from Rick Guard and Phil Rice following the story of commuters plunged into a dangerous situation - and forced to talk to each other.
The festival is a place for the taboo and James Wilson-Taylor has brought the final taboo to Edinburgh… sort of? Ginger is the New Black sets out to rebrand redheads and challeng...
Canadian a-cappella group Countermeasure are stopping off to perform their show 14 Characters at the Fringe as part of a European tour.
In 2012, Harry Baker became the youngest ever World Poetry Slam Champion.
It’s the 1600’s, and a blind boy from a village in Yorkshire wants an education.
Meet the Media is an annual pitch-fest run by the Fringe Society, giving Edinburgh shows the chance to meet the Broadway Baby team.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Sue Bevan presents her magical-realist show, An Audience with Shurl, at Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall.
Chris Dolan is a Fringe First-winning writer, whose Scottish Independence-themed play The Pitiless Storm runs at the Assembly Rooms until the end of August starring David Hayman.