Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of ter…
Opera needs a hero.
Knockout opera-singing stand-up comedian Steph DePrez is back with a new show about dreams, risks and how exactly Americans learn to be so… loud.
House of Life is a place of worship with one goal: happiness for all, at any cost.
Have you ever seen a ghost? Comedian Eleanor Morton hasn’t.
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.
Fumbling a flute on Would I Lie to You, combusting over a Cork accent on BBC Radio 5 Live, scaring Diane from the Traitors with a T-shirt of her face.
In a small town in America the Wrights reside.
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The 2023 Brighton Fringe award-winning show returns! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two life-cha…
We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated.
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…
The greatest hits of opera in one night; this is a show for everybody – from opera buffs to those who don’t know their Aida’s from their arias.
Government special adviser Elliot has a problem: his two girlfriends are giving birth on the same day in the same hospital.
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
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A hopelessly romantic modern musical that'll leave you beaming throughout, Two Strangers is all you could want from a feel-good evening of musical theatre.
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West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair.
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CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
A great family opera sung in English – Antony McDonald’s exquisite production of Humperdinck’s fairytale masterpiece returns in time for Christmas.
There’s a famous quote by Winston Churchill that says that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma”.
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day! The Christmas phenomenon Fairytale of New York is back with an even bigger production in 2023.
Looking out at you from the poster for the National Theatre’s latest version of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Harriet Walter cuts an imperious figure.
A Brixton House Production.
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Dougal is a naive, impossibly upbeat Brit, flying to New York for his Dad’s second wedding.
What happened last night? The girls turn up to perform their show as usual, but something is wrong.
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Taking on The Threepenny Opera can be a precarious business, as OVO demonstrate, without flinching from the challenge.
Featuring some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever written, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes paints a vivid picture of a small community’s transformation…
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What if the Big Bad Wolf blew your house down? What if you had to start building your life all over again? Award-winning show about family disability and being an accidental carer…
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
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An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival.
There are many aspects to the brilliance of this show, but the greatest revelation is the singing.
‘The queen of Australian cabaret comedy’ (GlamAdelaide.
Throwing the gauntlet down and challenging dominant narratives on women’s need to be vulnerable to be loved, Helen Bauer’s Grand Supreme Darling Princess is an incredibly empow…
Edinburgh’s best homegrown student comedy show is back! Featuring talent from the city’s finest up and coming student comics, witness the Edinburgh Revue’s triumphant return …
They say if you can make it in NYC, you can make it anywhere! Well, hello, Edinburgh! This showcase show features a line-up of NYC’s premier comics: Stef Dag (@stefdagz), Gabby Bry…
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
An explosive one-woman show following the inspiring story of Yasmin, a sixteen-year-old girl from Scarborough, whose life is not sandcastles, arcades and donkey rides.
Come and hear Andrei Kymach, the world-famous Ukrainian baritone and winner of the 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World opera prize, accompanied as in Cardiff by Llyr Williams, as …
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
A cocksure and impassioned performance.
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
The Baroness narrates her eventful riches-to-rags life story with the help of opera and operetta arias, Lieder, and maybe the odd song from a musical.
It’s time.
In what could be crowned the most uplifting show of the Fringe, The House of Life aka Ben Welch and Laurence Cole from Sheep Soup combine preaching, live music, comedy and all roun…
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…
In 1886, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse near San Francisco.
The Chatham House Rule is an agreement which allows those in power to share ideas with impunity: the discussion itself can be reported upon, but names are protected.
At the tender age of thirty, I mostly associate Tony Blair with my very first childhood experiences of politics.
Uplifting and bold, Tones is one-man’s lyrical life story growing up in the ends, exploring black identity in a UK culture obsessed with class and race.
Dazzling divas.
Build a Rocket is the story of Yasmin, a sixteen-year-old girl from Scarborough, whose life is not sandcastles, arcades and donkey rides.
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About the show Ever wondered what would happen if you got your divorced parents back together again for a day? BóNJ is a “bitofalaugh,” “intri…
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Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
The award winning musical returns in a dazzling new production.
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
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1918.
Brighton Fringe seems to be going through an interesting trend at the moment giving characters from well known plays a voice, so they can finally have their say.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
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 Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Six time Fringe Award winner Alfie Ordinary welcomes you to the House Of Fun! Opening the iconic Brighton Spiegeltent with a conga line of the UK’s most outrageous acts, Alfie retu…
A meaningful meditation on motherhood, love and loss, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs adapts texts in Polish taken from sources spanning the centuries, giving perspectives from both a …
A generational rift leads to father and son at odds, with the fate of the family at risk.
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Whether you remember Tony Blair becuase of the international laws he broke or the fact that he made fox-hunting illegal, TONY! is a raucous, cartoonish musical.
Nicholson Green Productions presents the Park Theatre production of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] By Harry Hill & Steve Brown "Look a…
Nicholson Green Productions presents the Park Theatre production of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] By Harry Hill & Steve Brown "Look anyone will tell you, I’m a p…
Notting Hill.
On the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after one final drink she will go to The Dry House to get sober.
Recently bereaved, Paul is haunted by visions of his deceased wife Marie.
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Behold - It’s time for the Rise of the Feminine Divine.
Tamina was from Pakistan but living in London’s Notting Hill area during the 1950s, in the times before the decriminalisation of homosexuality came in 1967.
This striking reimaging of Ibsen’s classic play is set in Calcutta during British colonialist rule.
Come and party with the UK’s top burlesque diva’s in an epic carnival of costumes, cocktails, glitter encrusted chaos.
When the forging of a prophesied ring of the Rhine proves more problematic than you’d possibly think, the realms of gods and men prove all the more chaotic for it.
Holding up a glitter encrusted mirror to the crazy times we are currently living in, top UK trailblaizers House of Burlesque bring you PoliTITs - a sizzling, showgirl satire of con…
Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is a show all about bugs.
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4 Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty …
In NAKEDpresents hedonistic utopia expect a cabaret that fuses drag icons, cabaret greats & circus legends into one queer spellbinding show.
Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy.
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FESTIVE DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! And they drop at 8!(I’ve tried make it festive, basically we’re pl…
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we present a rarely performed gem from Benjamin Britten’s pool of works: Gloriana.
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Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
The Tower of London is the scene for a tangled web of melancholy and mirth in Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved operetta, The Yeomen of the Guard.
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Are you a writer who is interested in having your work produced? Join us for Stage Write Open House where producers, writers and course participants will be giving …
Compromise is for the weak: and Tosca is nothing of the sort.
House of Flamenka is lavish, extravagant and sexy.
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On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
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.
‘100% my type on paper.
‘100% my type on paper.
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In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher.
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
Malachy has just turned 25, and he has a few things to say about that.
Presented by the Barsanti Ensemble and the University of Edinburgh Musical Instrument Collection, this concert highlights a manuscript collection of music in Edinburgh University L…
Escape from the House of Mercy is a dance/theatre work which looks at institutions which have compromised the rights of women in the past and the present through the buried stories…
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
An award-winning comedian from NYC fell in love with a woman online.
At St Cecilia’s school, Peter and Jason have a hidden love affair, but what happens when this is exposed to their family and friends? A riveting piece of musical theatre brought to…
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…
Have you ever wondered where the divas go, in between getting married or getting killed, night after night at the opera house? Madame Chandelier’s Opera House Party, of course.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances.
They’re back! After years away touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Fring…
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
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A man confronts his notions of masculinity and fatherhood as he decides to record a video message to his estranged son, who is competing in a reality TV show… for drag queens! In…
Celebrate the closing of the 2022 Penge Festival with the Heatwave House Party at The Bridge House!An all day party downstairs in the pub with special live music sets in our theatr…
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By Lucas Hnath There's a knock at the door.
“Have you ever felt so sad you thought you’d never be happy again?” Charles, Billie and Alex live in the same house but they never see each other.
From stand-up comedian and TV legend Harry Hill and his long-time collaborator Steve Brown comes the premiere of the rock opera the world has been crying out for: a reckless reappr…
'Look anyone will tell you, I’m a pretty straight sort of guy.
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
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Based on the 18th century Beggar’s Opera and Brecht & Weill’s Threepenny Opera, the band present their own version of this wildly entertaining story as a song cycle swarming wi…
With mum Sue across the road at the neighbour’s 70s themed soiree, rebellious teenage daughter Abi is left to host a party of her own.
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Malachy has just turned 25, and he has a few things to say about that.
Join us for a United in Anger screening and UK launch reading of Let the Record Show along with a World Cafe style event on cabaret tables where everyone gets to mas…
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
The Glory presents 2021’s Grand Final for LIPSYNC1000 Europes FIERCEST drag battle! TWENTY QUEENS will join Jonny Woo, John Sizzle plus celebrity guest judges for London’s WI…
Whether you love opera, or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier’s OPERA HOUSE PARTY is the place for you.
Glamorous-Gobshite Ms Sharon Le Grand and Nudist Piano-Playing Circus-Clown Nicky are here!! Come spend an evening as they cast off the shackles on the old Joanna!!  …
RM Events is proud to announce our new collaboration with Aquum Bar Clapham! Do you like house? Do you like garage? Or do you just want an excuse to party before pride?RM Even…
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
Experience all the drama and wonder of grand opera on a miniature scale, with open-air performances brought to life by a storyteller, two singers and instrumentalists.
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.
Immerse yourself in a pint-sized version of HMS Pinafore, with an unforgettable journey through the opera’s musical and dramatic highlights – in just 30 minutes.
A unique take on the transition from the Ottoman Empire’s period to the Republican era through the story of an old mansion and its demolition.
Join Barrie Kosky and Katharine Mehrling in an intimate soirée and discover the songs of German composer Kurt Weill.
MAN UP! - The Grand Final is finally here! After 8 weeks of heats featuring over 120 of London & the UKs finest DRAG KINGS, The Glory brings the final of its ground-breaki…
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Songs from much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are reimagined under music director Wayne Marshall in a new staging by Kim Criswell.
Not to be missed! A dance pop spectacular! Marcus Megastar is bringing his glitz, glamour and jaw-dropping prosthetic looks to save the party with his new sizzling show from some o…
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Shutters: A Lesbian Rock Opera explores love, lesbian spaces, and the songs that shape our lives.
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
TV paranormal shows are misleading at best, fake at worst.
Reality and fiction fuse in this interesting piece focusing on the paranormal world, as a TV editor called Sam struggles to accept where the lines of reality lie when asked to chan…
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Gloria, Sarah, Sioned and George.
A digital installation inspired by BS Johnson’s celebrated novel, directed by Tim Crouch.
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Sioned and George.
£7510am-3pmSuitable for ages 18+This workshop is all about signage onto rustic wooden planks that will be prepared for you.
We could all do with a distraction.
Kill The Cat Theatre invites you to play what seems to be a simple game of blackjack in the “The House”.
This event has been rescheduled from Tue 17 November 2020.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
This film is a socially distanced film.
It’s 2086.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Whether you love opera or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier has a show for you.
A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex.
They’re back! After years away, touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Frin…
A NEW INTERACTIVE GAME THEATRE PIECE THAT YOU CAN PLAY FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.
PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS.
A riotous adaptation of John Gay’s banned sequel to The Beggar’s Opera, with techno, tracksuits and palm trees.
The Olivier Award nominated producers of 2017's ★★★★★ smash hit La bohème present a brand new Puccini double-bill Opera Undone: Tosca & La bohème Ra…
In a camp fusion of comedy, cabaret and opera, Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, drinking games, and a Nessun Dorma sing-along! Having sto…
A charming New Year’s night of music, mischief, tall tales and magic from around the country, brought to life here at Lauriston Castle.
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Calcutta.
Keela Kraving’s Grand Show is the show you just can’t miss! Are you ready to be bewitched, bothered and bewildered? We will have a stellar line-up for this open mic nigh…
Celebrating 32 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
100% my type on paper.
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
Nominated for Best New Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
As the surge of improv comedy takes over the Fringe, Sisterwives brings a classic sketch show that packs a wicked punch.
A man and a woman are living in a refugee camp.
Peri is fifteen when her adopted mother dies.
A historical tragedy, a hero failed in battle, his beautiful lover and the handsome warhorse accompanying him towards the end of the inevitable fall of the kingdom, a heartbroken f…
An unmissable evening with Edinburgh’s incredible swing, jazz and blues big bands on rotation every Thursday night.
I feel ripped off, and frankly you should too.
Love! Death! And a pantomime camel! After extensive audience research, we listed the 47 things people demanded in operas and shoehorned them into this show.
Whether you bought a ticket for the slightly unnerving image design or for the sheer length of the title, you would be forgiven for rethinking your choice once you notice a dauntin…
From the West Side to the Wild Side, Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, join New York vocalist Jess Abrams as she sings A Love Letter to New York.
Flora and Nic have been friends for years, for pretty much the whole of history.
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
Written on an arch, Julie Cope’s Grand Tour: The Story of a Life by Grayson Perry, gives the sense of entering a house, secret garden or place of habitation.
Dracula can return to his crypt.
This multimedia theatrical experience explores an old Istanbul mansion’s transition from Ottoman to modern eras, through video art and traditional Turkish music, live looping and…
The University of York’s Dead Ducks take to the Fringe with their brand-new sketch show: York du Soleil.
Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, dramatic death scenes, and a Nessun Dorma singalong! The joyfully ridiculous and self-proclaimed anti-di…
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Another chance to see the films by Italian artist Marinella Senatore for her York Symphony piece, created through a series of workshops and conversations, collecting ind…
Come and join us for the York Fringe Dog Show in aid of RSPCA York.
DARKER…SCARIER…RUDER…ADULTIER The York Dungeon's infamous Lates (18+) shows are returning for 2019.
The Grand Old Uke of York will twist your perception of the tiny ukulele.
For 3 nights only, the York Dungeon will open their cages to the city of York, open their arms to new audiences, and expose their smelly armpits at the Great Yorkshire F…
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
In their Opera Gala Concert, the Sussex Symphony Orchestra is celebrating some of opera’s most iconic heroes and heroines and their wicked stories of lust, passion, death and betra…
£15, (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc Sung in French.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s masterpiece.
Saturday 11th May, 7.
Following its sell-out run at Wilton’s Music Hall in 2018, Paul Bunyan will receive its first revival at Alexandra Palace Theatre this May.
Showman, story teller and clown, London cabaret star, Andrew Pepper (“barnstorming, no-holds barred, grab the audience by the goolies and give them everything you’ve got”, Ca…
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera is everything you never knew was funny about opera.
There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthra…
£15, (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Richard Wagner Sung in German.
Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written—including, of course, the Ride of the Valkyries—Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that…
This month Jon Davies presents the latest film by Marselle-based Robert Guédugyuabm The House By The Sea, and looks at how French cinema has celebrated France&apo…
£15 (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti Sung in French.
Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera is a delight.
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
A SLICE OF LIFE.
MAESTRO - The Battle Royale of improvised Theatre and Comedy The gloves are off.
EARLY STAGES – featuring ‘SWAPS!’ and ‘Now Playing’ If they can get their act together, EARLY STAGES will present a theatrical presentation…
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
£15 (£10 under 18’s) COMPOSER: Georges Bizet Sung in French.
Don’t miss this revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s dynamic production.
Something between two refugees gradually changes the shape of their relationship.
Nominated for César Awards, France 2018 – Best Supporting Actress Winner of two Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 By a little bay near Marseilles lies a pict…
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
DIDO AND AENEAS (PURCELL) &IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA (MONTEVERDI) Purcell’s much-loved masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, recounts the love of Dido, Q…
Grindr: The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera.
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Celebrating 31 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
Europe’s most prestigious Burlesque competition has reached it 9th year and YOU can help decide who will tassel-twirl their way to take the title Miss Burlesque Idol 2018! Ov…
Swarming with highwaymen, thieves, jailors, pimps and prostitutes, John Gay’s savagely satirical and wildly entertaining ‘ballad opera’ invites you into a world of greed, cri…
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…
Bendy House – an improv duo.
The Gin Chronicles in New York is the latest saga in this well-established series that by now has something of a following.
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage.
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
Visit the magnificent Parliament Hall, once the seat of Scotland’s politics, and gain a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Su…
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
When the naive straight-out-of-Africa student Njambi McGrath was invited to a Thanksgiving meal by her new college friend, she could hardly have known that some areas in America ar…
A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House.
It’s Fringe time again and I’m back at The Beehive.
A late night slot at the Pleasance Dome perfectly suits the latest offering from The Lampoons, a raucous, defiantly silly parody of the creaky well-loved William Castle classic, de…
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner and his multiple personalities host an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Fran, Jo and Ger live in isolation.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
Come and join us for the York Fringe Dog Show in aid of RSPCA York.
Returning to the Fringe for the third time, this 13 strong ukulele collective began playing together 7 years ago.
York City Cruise offers an entertaining and informative tour of the River Ouse.
York's funniest and scariest attraction brings together 10 live shows, 75 minutes of fun and 2000 years of history.
Imagine the love-child of Saved by the Bell and Art Attack! That’s Lead Pencil and they've made a sketch show, by literally sketching it.
Sadler's Wells Associate Artist, Hofesh Shechter's work is part dance, part gig, part theatre and is instantly identifiable.
by Erik Ransom UNRESERVED SEATING ON ALL PERFORMANCES OF GRINDR: THE OPERA Grindr: The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of …
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…
Benjamin and Shiva have lived in a refugee camp for two years whilst they work towards completing their citizenship applications.
Pop the champagne.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
The warrior Macbeth fights on the side of the King of Scotland – but when a coven of witches prophesy that he shall become king himself, a ruthless ambition drives Macbeth an…
Running with Scissors is the theatre company of Adelaide High School committed to the creation of returns to the Fringe after a [near] sell out season in 2017 with a brand new show…
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
We’re bringing all the eye popping, sugar rushing, heart racing fun to The Garden.
Dr Ahmed, the loveable GP, returns to Adelaide Fringe! After making a totally sold out debut in 2016, he is back with more titillating tales from the consulting room.
Darryl is suspected of murder.
From the House of the Dead is Janáček’s final work and arguably his most powerful.
A sophisticated twenty-three year old grand piano is far from impressed.
Marla tries to get The Red Forge Publishing House team to promote the concept of Brenda’s story about Max, an information agent from the Maxden Libary, and his twin sister Charlott…
Downbeat Student Award and APRA/ AMCOS PDA winning pianist/ composer Matthew Sheens, along with his Jazz Ensemble - direct from New York, will perform exclusively in Adelaide at St…
The Dingbats are flag favourites, unbeaten and today is Grand Final Day.
Barrie Kosky directs Bizet’s much-loved opera, with Jakub Hrůša and Christopher Willis conducting two casts led by Anna Goryachova and Gaëlle Arquez in the title…
Sedos presents a new production of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen with an English language version by Simon Stephens, at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from 23 to 27 Jan…
Three casts, led by Adrianne Pieczonka, Angela Gheorghiu and Martina Serafin and conducted by Dan Ettinger and Plácido Domingo, star in The Royal Opera’s production of…
Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter.
The revolution will be crystallised… This innovative and bold show show is like nothing you have seen before.
When twin sisters inherit the house where Poe composed The Raven, their lives take twisted turns that affect the future of mankind.
A comedy verging on farce, by Brian Parks.
Grand Designs Live at the NEC is a four-day celebration of self-building and home improvement.
The World Premiere of Roy Budd’s masterpiece score to the 1925 classic silent film.
Click here for performances before 19 January 2018 Inspired by one of Britain's greatest ever comedy series, this 2 hour interactive production is set in a restaurant where you…
In his super stylish, sterilely beautiful Notting Hill kitchen, Michael is preparing dinner for two.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Celebrate 60 years of EGO with highlights from much-loved operas by Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Bizet.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gilded Balloon’s annual comedy competition, So You Think You’re Funny.
A father’s horrifying sacrifice of his daughter sets in motion a cycle of bloody revenge.
One man, a piano and an unexpected item in the bagging area… the supermarket trip is explored in musical form with a fun, frantic and family-friendly trolley dash to the conveyor…
Grab your hottest tickets to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe shows in this prestigious final.
Let Bendy House take you on a journey – maybe to a Romford kitchen sink or perhaps the weather control arm of the civil service on the planet Zarg.
Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making.
A rap opera written entirely in rhyme, performed as one continuous song.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the world most renowned plays, however this year the production will be performed in an entirely unique style, that of traditional Cantonese opera…
Sink is a poignant and fascinating drama about one of China’s greatest playwrights, Lao She; a man who wrote for his country and was once honoured as an ‘Artist of the peo…
Adapted from Anton Chekhov’s comedy.
Returning to the Fringe, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place.
Following last year’s successful run of ‘Made in Cumbria’, Jane’s back to Cumbria in The House where you’re invited to meet some new characters and get involved in some sinister …
Two beaming faces burst onto stage, accompanied by a guitar, a ukulele and a gloriously shiny accordion.
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
This isn’t an eccentric metaphor or a pseudonym for a filthy cabaret, it is exactly what it says.
I’m not sure where to begin in dissecting Sasquatch: the Opera.
You are cordially invited to The House of Pigs.
The last stand in not-growing-up, Nath Valvo is holding the frontline for all those amongst us who are done shelling out for their brother’s baby monitor, done giving up every we…
There’s a lot wrong with the world at the moment, but I reckon if you gave everyone a ukulele then you could go a long way to curing all that’s troubling.
One entertaining community.
Two of the UK’s best new comics, Sophie Duker (Funny Women finalist 2015) and Sophie Henderson (SYTYF? finalist 2016) ride into Brighton for an unrelentingly hilarious hour of subv…
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
I wasn’t sure what I was expecting to see when I arrived at the Rialto Theatre.
How do you like your Burlesque – sweet, dirty or perfect? In year four of their wildly successful Wonderground residency, multi sell-out House of Burlesque are back with a do…
Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities.
A week long exhibition of visionary art and imaginative Realism in central Brighton.
‘Tree House’ is an original idea devised by Bloody Nora Theatre exploring the relationship between two sisters estranged after their parents’ death.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik brings his latest musical to the newly rebranded The Other Palace – formerly the St James Theatre for a limited season.
An eerie lighthouse stands on the sleepy East Coast of America.
Closing-off the 2017 Shoreditch Improv Festivals will be Left Foot First (“I laughed so hard I had to apologise to the guy next to me for accidentally hitting him” ***** - Get Re…
New York Jazz Academy, a music school based in New York City, is the only place that welcomes artists of all ages and skill levels to become fully engrossed in the study and perfor…
If politics is about people—specifically the ever-fluctuating power imbalances between people in different situations—then Federico García Lorca was right to focus his “po…
Baritone Simon Keenlyside steps into the pinnacle role of the Italian baritone repertory in Michael Mayer’s electrifying production set in 1960 in a Las Vegas casino.
The Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing – Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it! A young girl’s enchanted present…
This Christmas Chiswick House plays host to a remarkable event – within a Big Top in the beautiful walled garden will be a spectacular new stage production of Cinderella.
Taking place over the five years in the seventies that turned out to be the last Labour Government for nearly 20 years and that led to the Thatcher era, the politics being manage…
MidCity Productions returns to the stage after a one-year hiatus with the New York debut of George Orwell’s internationally renowned tale of one man’s struggle with freedom in …
The first and only high-tech, interactive, artistic, and scientific stage production, the Gazillion Bubble Show is “nothing short of one whopping ‘wow’ after another” accor…
British Youth Opera — English Eccentrics By Malcolm Williamson Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell.
British Youth Opera: Owen Wingrave By Benjamin Britten.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Welcome to the final of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers’ competition.
When performing artists become so poor they have to sell themselves into slavery to fund their careers, how far will one group go to secure their futures, and at what cost? Faced w…
Grab your hottest Fringe tickets, to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars who showcase in this prestigious final.
A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen.
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Featuring the music of Madness.
Following a sell-out run and five star reviews for their recent production of Carmen, Edinburgh Studio Opera return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Jonathan Dove’s Mansfiel…
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
A crisis-stricken Southern family within a house “in the eye of the storm” employing a semi-realist dramatic structure.
Thunderstorm is an award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai.
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
Returning to the Fringe for the fourth year, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and intera…
Opera Mouse is a pleasant Canadian import presented as a one-woman puppet show by Melanie Gall.
Responding to phenomenal demand, Russian Standard are bringing PingTron, a unique and exceptional take on ping pong, to Edinburgh for the very first time.
This exhibition within the magnificent Parliament Hall gives a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Often, the expectation brought to mind by the genre “Musical” means that successfully producing a new and original one at the Fringe Festival is no mean feat.
Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop.
Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib…
Perhaps one of the most entertaining shows I have seen on the Free Fringe, Lovehard consists of comedians Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (see what they did there?), who in what is …
Spend an intimate evening of insightful and intelligent comedy with this British doctor.
London-based Clean Break fit two plays into one show: House, a tight family drama set in a British-Nigerian household, and Amongst the Reeds, a nondescript tale of homelessness, fr…
Picture the scene: two women in letterbox face paint — a pair of punkish, postmodern clowns — sit on a couple of threadbare armchairs underneath an enormous screen, sipping bee…
Four strangers survive the end of the world and end up stranded in a swan pedalo.
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
During thirty years of exhibitions programming Inverleith House has originated and presented some of the most memorable exhibitions ever staged in the UK, and achieved an internati…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
“In christening shalt thou have two godfathers.
Stomp is a high-energy, percussive symphony, coupled with dance, played entirely on non-traditional instruments, such as garbage can lids, buckets, brooms and sticks.
She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big…
Blue Man Group features three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and …
Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family.
Hear Ye, Broadway! From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original… something fresh.
Winner! 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical! Tony Award® winner Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) and Jose Llana (Here Lies Love) star in a magni…
The acclaimed theatrical phenomenon is Broadway’s Tony®-winning best play.
The magical and heartfelt new musical Finding Neverland will soar to Broadway this spring.
Having left the UK for sunny Australia, Dr Ahmed returns to share the comical aspects of being a modern day GP.
A common preconception of Brecht’s work is that his political views, his ‘anti-theatre’ style and the didactic tag that precedes any conversation about it, creates theatre that s…
The atmospheric Spiegeltent was bursting at the seams as the three tenors took the stage and the audience with their sunny, easy-going manner.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Met Music Director James Levine returns to a work he has long cherished, Mozart’s delightful comic gem of wily captives in a harem.
The Met season opens with Verdi’s masterful Otello, inspired by Shakespeare’s play and matching it in tragic intensity.
Theatrical serendipity currently means that, after some masculine brutality set during the latter stages of the ancient siege of Troy (in the Royal Lyceum’s new adaptation of H…
The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of …
The legendary pair of James Levine and Plácido Domingo have defined Verdi’s art for more than four decades.
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beve…
The adventurous Cantata Profana ensemble teams up for the second time with its innovative sister company, Heartbeat Opera, for re-imagined, contemporary productions of Donizetti…
Everyone in the village loves the spry Adina and the slow-but-likeable Nemorino—but when will they admit their love for each other? Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and tenor Vittorio G…
Donizetti’s lighthearted farce stars celebrated debutante soprano Eleonora Buratto, tenor Javier Camarena, a new king of the high Cs, and bass Ambrogio Maestri, the recent and un…
(performances start on Tuesday) The drunken boat of the poet Arthur Rimbaud alights at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the latest work by the Civilians.
Richard Eyre’s stylish 2014 production, set in 1930s Seville, returns with both new and familiar stars.
Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006.
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story.
Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy) and television star Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) star in She Loves Me, which returns to Broadway for the first time since it …
Two groups team up for “Trial and Triumph,” a program that’s a credit to both organizations: Aaron Copland’s “In the beginning” (with the vocali…
Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the…
The second chapter of soprano Sondra Radvanovksy’s quest to sing all three Donizetti Tudor queens in the same season has her playing the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots.
From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Ha…
Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar (Giulio Cesare, Maria Stuarda, Il Trovatore), who sets the verismo action a…
Christine Goerke, Lise Lindstrom, and Nina Stemme, three of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, take turns in the title role of the proud princess of legendary China.
Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years.
James Levine brings his incomparable musicianship to Johann Strauss, Jr.
Oscar and Tony Award® winner Al Pacino returns to Broadway in China Doll, a new play about big money, fast planes, a beautiful young woman, and other objects of desire.
Puccini’s unforgettable tale of love, youth, and tragic loss returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, perhaps his most beloved staging of all.
Fuerzabruta, presents his new material and revisits previous material, giving a new dimension and nature.
Winner of the TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.
Has your pet changed your life? Have you ever wondered what she’s thinking when she stares up at you and tilts her head? Could she have the secret to understanding the world at l…
WINNER OF 9 TONY AWARDS® INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and Bobby Lopez, co-creator of Avenue Q, comes a new Broadway musica…
Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy winner JENNIFER HUDSON (Dreamgirls), has dazzled the world with her matchless talent.
ON YOUR FEET! is the new Broadway musical about two people who believed in their talent, their music and each other and became an international sensation.
Two-time Emmy Award® winner and Golden Globe Award® winner Bruce Willis makes his Broadway debut alongside three-time Emmy Award® winner Laurie Metcalf this fall in Misery, the …
THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES BROADWAY MUSICAL ABOUT FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS Now a Major Motion Picture! They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first not…
Miracle of miracles! A Broadway tradition returns: Fiddler on the Roof.
DAZZLING DANCES! SPECTACULAR SONGS! DELIGHTFUL DAMES! DAMES AT SEA is a tap-happy celebration of the golden era of movie musicals with a heart as big as the ocean! Directed and cho…
Beloved television star and popular social media icon George Takei (Star Trek, Heroes) stars in this unforgettable new musical alongside Telly Leung (Godspell, “Glee”) and Tony Awa…
The romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl & an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war, is the stuff of B…
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to vocally conquer all three of Donizetti’s historic Tudor queen operas in the same season, here as a young royal grasping at powe…
THE #1 LONGEST-RUNNING AMERICAN MUSICAL IN BROADWAY HISTORY - Now in Its 18th Year on Broadway WINNER OF SIX 1997 TONY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL REVIVALA true New York City ins…
A renaissance, this company is calling it: After bankruptcy and a protracted legal battle, the name, at least, has returned.
(previews start on Jan.
Two alluring sopranos making house role debuts are on the lineup this week: Nina Stemme sings with a powerful, luxuriant voice and offers an unusually nuanced portrayal of the titl…
(performances start on Wednesday) A tuneful celebration of musical and theatrical experiment, this year’s festival features the world premiere of “Angel’s Bone,…
This energetic small company, an offshoot of the now defunct Amato Opera, offers its production of “La Bohème” directed by Nathan Hull, conducted by Jason Tramm an…
The young singers of Mannes Opera have a chance to demonstrate their vocal and comic gifts in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’amore,” presented in a fully sta…
We Grew Up in the Back of a Van is a fun and energetic show with a big heart.
The Crick Crack Club’s Gilgamesh is a tour de force piece of storytelling.
Jim Tews celebrates the release of his new blog-turned-book “Felines of New York” with a night of cat-related humor from Todd Hanson, Maeve Higgins, Mike Polk, Doogie H…
The unfailingly interesting pianist Jeremy Denk and the rising violinist Stefan Jackiw offer a rare chance to hear all four of Ives’s sonatas for violin and piano.
Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat…
In their first performances of the season, these reliable students a double bill of dark comedies: Poulenc’s “Les mamelles de Tirésias” and Viktor Ullmann…
Chelsea Opera has been admirably committed to “Glory Denied,” the opera by the composer Tom Cipullo.
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.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov.
Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre.
This bi-monthly stand-up show presents a special performance in honor of New York Super Week and New York Comic Con.
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.
In anticipation of Douglas Tirola’s documentary “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” (to be released on Sept.
Welcome to the final of the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that.
From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics.
Angie Darcy returns to the fringe with her stellar tribute to and exploration of Janis Joplin.
Grab your tickets to vote for tomorrow’s stars at this prestigious Final alongside comedy cognoscenti.
The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
This is a show I really wanted to enjoy; each part of the production tries very hard to achieve an ambitious vision, but don’t quite make it.
Dorothy, part of the Wendy House Trilogy, is a humour-infused adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by Greg and Joe Allen and directed by Joe Allen.
In which Peter York, co-inventor of the Sloane Ranger, author of Authenticity is a Con and recovering style guru, introduces his dark, edgy and deeply subversive idea of niceness.
Richard is plotting his escape to art college, just as lecturer Graham settles in.
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
Shakuntala: A Rock Opera in English, is based on an ancient Indian folk tale by the famous poet Kalidasa.
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.
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage.
Hula House, created by Permanently Visible Productions, is an immersive, semi-interactive look at the life of sex workers.
A cacophony of foot-stomping bluegrass musical numbers telling the simple story of a very simple community.
A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a…
Christine Bovill has returned to the Fringe once again to grace us with her incredibly heartfelt renditions of some of Piaf’s greatest songs, on the centenary of the icon’s bir…
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
Based on the American Emmy Award-winning children’s series, School House uses a wide array of musical styles to teach grammar, math, science and American history while telling the …
Ostensibly, Worbey and Farrell’s show is a piano recital.
Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Stephen is leaving his little Steph, to go to university and refuses to give her any of his time.
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show.
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…
Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
A harmony quartet offering as wide-ranging a repertoire as their name suggests, coming across like a South African Il Divo and a sleepy Ave Maria.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
An unmissable evening of traditional Scottish music and performance.
This enterprising young group, accompanied by the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra, celebrates the playwright Beaumarchais with operas famous and obscure.
With a flourish, a whirl and the ring of the reception bell, the Grand Hotel has duly opened for business at the Southwark Playhouse, taking a well earned place in the Tarento /…
Many start-up opera companies focus on baroque works, operetta or chamber operas.
What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is.
Orson’s shadow looms heavily in Austin Pendleton’s play about the prolific director; not only over the protagonist but over the entire play which whilst fascinating and fait…
This summer the Glimmerglass Festival, which continues to thrive under the leadership of the director Francesca Zambello, offers four main stage productions, all them up and runnin…
(previews start on July 9; opens on July 23) Colin Quinn recently complained that his boyhood neighborhood, Park Slope, had subsided into “Whole Food lesbian baby carriage st…
(performances start on July 7) Villainous ice skaters, superhero pontiffs, a purple platypus and Napoleon congregate at this summer’s incarnation of the New York Musical Thea…
John Early and Cole Escola team up with the author Isaac Oliver and the drag queen Hamm Samwich to host this benefit for SAGE, a group that provides care for L.
This imaginative company offers a site-specific staging of the “Barber of Seville.
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
A guest house sits precariously on the coast keeping watch over a cruel and tumultuous sea.
This adventurous group celebrates the music of Mathew Rosenblum and Lee Hyla, an American composer who died last year and whose scores mesh elements of classical, rock and jazz.
Nora has a secret that she needs to keep from her perfect family life, only one person can help her but they want something in return.
An entertaining and uplifting hour of stunning vocals, luscious harmonies and witty banter from the UK’s premier classical-crossover vocal trio.
House, location, value, location, perceptions, location.
Have you ever looked through a window into someone else’s world? The house is for sale but after the move, what is left behind? Staged by twelve actors in a Victorian town house …
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Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
The biblical story of Daniel is well-known: the writing on the wall at Belshazzar’s feast, Daniel’s rise to power, his fall at the hands of conspirators - and the lions’ den.
Mark Shapiro leads this respected ensemble in an all Beethoven program including the “Choral Fantasy,” the Mass in C, and the finale from “Fidelio.
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Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
Spanish verse is the inspiration for this program, which features music by Shostakovich, Schumann, William Bolcom, Taneyev, Wolf, Peter Lieberson, Xavier Montsalvage and Granados, …
Harold Rosenbaum conducts the New York Virtuoso Singers, a champion of contemporary American music, in a program featuring works by composers associated with Queens College.
The tireless star violinist Itzhak Perlman headlines the centennial gala of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene in a musical extravaganza that features stars from the klezmer s…
Every year, opera lovers have a chance to hear the stars of the future during the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals concert.
(Saturday) The clarity and grace of Mozart and his contemporaries is the focus of a concert by this organization’s classical orchestra.
This is a remarkably efficient exercise in crowd control from the German arts collective Rimini Protokoll, which assembles a throng of paying participants and then sends them onto …
(previews start on March 12; opens on March 26) You could hop aboard the Circle Line, step onto a double-decker bus or set out on foot.
Short, sweet and still sort of nebulous, William Burke’s play centers on therapy dogs and the people who find solace in their wet-nosed company.
After a near sell-out run at the London Horror Festival, award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa returns with her second solo show, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, po…
The European premiere of Jerry Herman’s multi Tony Award Nominated Broadway musical - from the same creative team as Titanic, Parade, Mack & Mabel and Victor/Victoria Opening on…
Wall-to-wall coverage of Handel’s “Messiah” makes way for Mozart with this performance by the young members of the New York String Orchestra, who will be led by t…
This popular festival opens its season with an intriguing program, “Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud’s Vienna.
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.
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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.
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily reimagined itself as an art museum?” That question is a starting point for this enticing series of installati…
Award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa presents her second solo show at the London Horror Festival, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, cabaret and theatrical performanc…
The day before his 1991 work, “The Death of Klinghoffer,” opens at the Metropolitan Opera, John Adams leads the Yale Philharmonia and the Brentano String Quartet in his…
(previews start on Oct.
Most people know at least the odd line from Samuel Taylor’s epic poem from 1798, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
This series at Pace University, started last year by the veteran impresario Matthew A.
How much Charlie Chaplin really wrote the score for “Modern Times” is debatable, but the genius of his 1936 reflection on industry and the Depression is not.
Once again the Philharmonic begins a new season with the Art of the Score film series.
Told through a journey into the comparable worlds of beauty pageants and dog shows, Victoria Melody’s Major Tom explores how easy it is to become obsessed with personal image and…
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
During what is usually a slow week in the classical music season, the New York Chamber Music Festival has been stepping up for several years with an ambitious series of programs.
Let’s hope the Flea Theater has storage space for all the fake blood this mini-festival will require.
Their TV and stage shows were hits in their native New Zealand. Now Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley bring their act to New York City.
“Queer” has gained mainstream momentum as an umbrella to capture the ever-shifting terrain of gender identity and sexuality.
(previews start on Sept.
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.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
‘I took him to pumpin’ school, for the guys who are not so good with the chicas’ says Cuban Brothers’ frontman Miguel Mantovani of his newest and shyest member of the team,…
He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ.
Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company.
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Campy am-dram with a pre-school aesthetic, Edinburgh theatre company, Cat-Like Tread’s The Pirates of Penzance is likely to have you humming the Gilbert and Sullivan Songs but …
The New York Film Academy is auditioning students for the New York Film Academy’s BFA, AFA, MFA and Conservatory programs in Acting for Film and Musical Theatre.
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St.
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
Join us for the Grand Final of this year’s slam, presented by 2012-13 Scottish National Poetry Slam Champion, Kevin Cadwallender.
Following sell-out shows and five-star reviews, Edinburgh Studio Opera returns to the Fringe once again in Fury and Flirtation: Opera Scenes.
Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues.
Opera Alba’s aim is to provide luxury entertainment, accessible to all, offering a wide-ranging repertoire from opera’s greatest hits to traditional Scottish favourites in Derek Cl…
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue.
I loved The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera because, although the cast are by no means the best dancers, singers or actors, this production has so much charisma and passio…
In the Pink are a young all female 10-piece a capella group who perform variations of hit pop and hip hop.
Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2) from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope is an evening of easy listening funny tunes and mild jokes.
In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people.
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from the Fringe.
In Cat Stevens Reconstructed, New York vocalist Jess Abrams performs her own interpretations of Stevens’ classic songs, providing a mellow alto tone and interesting variations on…
Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no.
First things first.
Whisky for Dafties is a mostly derisive overview of Scotch whisky history and appreciation from whisky-swigging Scottish stand up Alan Anderson, complete with whisky tasting, non…
Through its pulsating rock score and emotionally charged story, Bare has thrilled and moved audiences around the world since its first staging in Los Angeles over a decade ago.
Fleeced is an original comedy musical that tells the story of the made-up ancient Greek hero Jersephules; a simple farm boy doted on by his parents.
Gary Colman (no not that one) has been a strong force at the free fringe for some time now and he certainly hasn’t dropped the ball this year round.
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
With the Metropolitan Opera and labor unions agreeing to a new contract deal, the show can go on.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums.
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
It’s July 1st, 2017, precisely twenty years after China took back Hong Kong from the British.
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
Sophie Willian: Novice Detective is a stand up show homage to daytime TV detective programmes like Murder She Wrote and Poirot and when focused on these it’s about as good as you…
Spain during the 1930s.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Part choral performance, part spoken word, Dreams of Peace and Freedom charts the development of the European Convention of Human Rights, reciting passages from one of its main c…
Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes.
Bill Clinton was one of America’s glowing presidents, a shining democrat in the fashion of Jimmy Carter and even America’s beloved JFK.
The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness.
You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared.
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
Twins Jack and Annie McGrath have put on a sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe in a desperate bid to find their third, long lost brother.
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
One of the founding members of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of most of their iconic songs, Glen Matlock has arrived at the Edinburgh Festival for one week only for an evening that…
Gooood Morning! Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps starts at 9am.
Despite the geographical specificity of their title, the performers of the Soweto Afro-Pop Opera draw their influences as widely as the so-called ‘Rainbow Nation’ from which th…
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion.
“What is it that frightens you?” Tom Neenan asks at the start of this one-man pastiche of an Edwardian ghost story.
Only two human activities happen in front of a brick wall.
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
Welcome to Edinburgh’s dark and dirty side.
Alan Gilbert, the orchestra’s music director, shows a continued commitment to its popular free parks concerts, conducting a program of Strauss, Smetana and Tchaikovsky at Pro…
After the new-music intensity of the Biennial and the rigor of the Beethoven piano concertos, the Philharmonic lightens up with this popular series, directed and narrated by Bramwe…
This contest, organized by the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation, prides itself on its reasonable, ethical rules: there is no elimination until the final round, and jurors are not al…
There is a lot going on here, in the orchestra’s last subscription concerts of the season.
In recent years, the Met has been fielding free concerts with young artists in lieu of its old series of operas in concert.
A rich helping of new chamber music, including “Two Poems” by Eric Segerstrom, is on offer from this valuable group.
Alan Gilbert conducts the Philharmonic, accompanied by the violinist Midori, in this new work by Mr.
In a blend of physical theatre and contemporary dance, four women explore the effects of loneliness on emotional wellbeing and literature’s constant re-interpretations of madness…
English composers are in the spotlight here.
Alessandra Ferri took a break from dancing after her 2007 retirement from American Ballet Theater, but recently she has been drawn back to the stage.
The concerts of this ensemble are always inspiring.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
This new-music festival founded in Iceland in 2012 has since spread internationally.
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
The Brighton based John Lake Trio will be performing an evening of original melodic modern jazz composed by John Lake along with some covers of modern standards from bands such as …
Kent Tritle leads his well-regarded chorus in Bach’s immortal “St.
A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them.
Varndean School are proud to present a showcase of talent to celebrate the official opening of our amphitheatre and the performing arts at our school.
Warning: this operatic cabaret contains no nudity in spite of its name.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Welcome to Alice and Harry’s house party.
This excellent group, specializing in the French Baroque, turns its attention to Rameau in honor of the 250th anniversary of his death.
This chamber ballet company offers two separate programs.
This 150-voice ensemble presents four works that explore the theme of transcendence: Brahms’s “Nänie,” Bruckner’s “Te Deum,” Vaughan Willia…
A relatively new player among New York’s shoestring opera companies, this six-member company, which focuses on Baroque repertory, offers “Magdalene’s Dilemma,R…
Based on the 1910 novel “Le Fantome de l’Opéra”, The Phantom of the Opera was adapted into a musical sensation by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is currently showing at Her Majesty…
City Ballet is delving into its spring season with a celebration of new growth in ballet.
Gustavo Dudamel, who was to have conducted the New York Philharmonic this week in Vivier’s “Orion” and Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, has the flu and has been r…
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
(in previews; opens on April 7) Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s glittering gutter-musical masterwork returns courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company in this production of Marc B…
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.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Come and savour the intimate soundworld of the Edinburgh Piano Duo in two consecutive afternoon recitals which will include Schubert’s mighty Grand Duo D812.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
Wester Hailes, a suburb of Edinburgh, is about as much of a potential tourist destination as the moon.
One of the Guardian’s top sketch writers at Westminster, will give a hilarious talk about the politicians, prime ministers, poseurs, poltroons and pratfalls he has seen.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House on BBC Radio Scotland.
Centotre’s Italian food is delicious.
The Secret Opera Society event at restaurant Centotre brings together music and cuisine in a stunning fusion of Italian culture with a strong Scottish sensibility and humour.
Hundreds of aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes.
Aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes.
Jamie Hamilton is an energetic and inventive sketch writer, with an unusual ability to take conventions from other genres and spin them until they become surreal.
Completing a hat trick of free Fringe shows, confusingly-named trio Rory and Tim return with a new hour of sketch comedy.
‘The Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
Les Labyrinthes’ Adam Smith Le Grand Tour is an interesting and thought-provoking exploration into the life and ideas of Adam Smith – key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Year after year, a plethora of improv acts arrive in Edinburgh for the fringe.
Morgan and West’s ‘time-travelling magician’ show is a wonderful premise with the occasional funny moment and well-executed magic trick.
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
It is one month before Federico Garcia Lorcas death and he has just completed his latest play, The House of Bernarda Alba.
(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season.
Part of the American High School Theatre Festival, Scarlett High School from Canada present Platus’ 200 B.
It’s fair to say that you may as well put a sofa on a stage as big as the Pleasance Grand.
Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano are an adorable husband and duo, a pair of very talented musicians who have flown from New York to perform Helluva Town, their Ipod shuffle soundt…
From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.
I have to admit, I had no idea what to expect upon entering Barabbas production of Hairdresser in the House.
The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences.
Forget reimaginings and modernisations - Hamlet House of Horror takes the bad Quarto in a vicelike grip and shakes it until there’s nothing left but life, noise, and fun.
Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
A scream offstage and Laura enters covered in blood.
In this world premiere from Rachael Coopes, Daniel Goldman’s superb direction reveals a taut piece of drama that is utterly captivating to watch.
The most controversial musical of all time returns to its spiritual home in a production that is so vastly superior to the professional one that it is staggering.
The stag night: one of the last remaining bastions of masculinity.
In this collaboration between American and Hungarian theatre companies, a poignant story unfolds about the turning points and decisive moments that can change a life forever.
Opera Shorts was created in late 2007 with the objective of creating a platform for young up-and-coming composers in Scotland.
The wacky trio from The Thistle Creek Thespian Society roll into the old saloon at Cactus Gulch, New Mexico, in 1889 to entertain Mayor Maynot and the apparently simple folk of the…
The UK loves a good soap opera.
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…
Choc-a-block with catchy tunes and feel-good fun, The Picture House tells the story of Penny and Oscar, a sweet couple torn apart by the Second World War.
The streets, plazas, parks and waterfronts of the five boroughs will be alive with music during this free, outdoor extravaganza, which features over 1,300 concerts from dawn to dus…
John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens.
From the Red Light district in Second World War Germany to the lost tunnels under the Red Gate of Tibet, this original rock opera by the Maciej Pawlowski Musical School follows the…
Theatre Corsair opens its doors to a space that is transformed seamlessly into an apartment where the lives of three women collide in this site-specific performance of The Dead Mem…
Much has been written about Brechts Threepenny Opera - after all, it was written in 1928 and plenty of critics have had a chance to dissect what has been become one of the earliest…
Musicals bring me out in a rash.
In the world of organs, the Frobenius brand is king.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Rehearsal photos released of Julian Clary and James Nelson-Joyce in the world première of the two-handed black comedy, Le Grand Mort.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
The Sex Workers' Opera rehearses on the third floor of Theatre Delicatessen, a multi-level studio space and gutted workplace that used to serve as an office-complex for The Guardia...
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
One of the Free Festival’s flagship Edinburgh venues, The Counting House, will be operated by The Gilded Balloon at this year’s Fringe it was revealed today.
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
Join Broadway Baby Features Team James T Harding and Grace C Knight for the very first ever of all time Broadway Baby Breakfast.
Gideon and Hubcap have toured over 300 of America's living rooms with this, their homemade home-show, and now welcome you into their world of belly laughs, outrageous stories and...
John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia.
Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famous legends of America.
Cathy SK Lam is a writer, actor and director from Hong Kong.