FUSEBOX Kingston  - A New Creative Space

FUSEBOX Kingston - A New Creative Space

FUSEBOX opens as a new creative space in Kingston upon Thames. 

Brighton Fringe Venue goes Bust

Brighton Fringe Venue goes Bust

Otherplace Productions Ltd, better known as the production company behind The Warren and Electric Arcade at Brighton Fringe has recently announced that it has appointed liquidators... 

Comedy Stars Are Funny Things

Comedy Stars Are Funny Things

Kate Copstick reveals the mind of a reviewer. 

Post Script - ​Six Plays One Day

Post Script - ​Six Plays One Day

Six Plays One Day provided a platform for productions in various stages of development to be performed in front of an audience and to receive feedback. 

Vault Festival: Top Ten to Catch

Vault Festival: Top Ten to Catch

With so many shows to choose from, it can be difficult to know where to start so here’s ten must-see shows at Vault Festival: 

Sol Taibi wins Luke Westlake Scholarship 2022

Sol Taibi wins Luke Westlake Scholarship 2022

Sol Taibi has won the Luke Westlake Scholarship 2022. 

Kakilang - Understanding Southeast and East Asian Cultures

Kakilang - Understanding Southeast and East Asian Cultures

Kakilang celebrates the work of artists from across the diverse regions of East and Southeast Asia using dance, visual arts, live music, cabaret and puppetry. 

Perform or Visit - Prague Fringe 2023

Perform or Visit - Prague Fringe 2023

Prague Fringe 22nd - 27th May 2023. Applications open to perform. 

Could You Be One Of Six?

Could You Be One Of Six?

A chance to be one of the SIx Plays One Day Festival at The Space on the Isle of Dogs. 

Edfringe 2022 Bobby Awards

Edfringe 2022 Bobby Awards

Three shows were presented with a Broadway Baby Bobby Award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Spiritualism, Ventriloquism and Sexual Liberation

Spiritualism, Ventriloquism and Sexual Liberation

I have this wish to be obscured. All the time. And obstructed and unseen. So I have made a ventriloquist horror comedy show. Let me (try to) explain. 

Making Typecasting Award-Winning

Making Typecasting Award-Winning

Typecasting can be a plight for any actor. 

Ditching Church for Comedy

Ditching Church for Comedy

As any pastor’s daughter would, German comedian Freddi Gralle finds humour in the rather bizarre chapters of her evangelical upbringing. 

Joke-Writing

Joke-Writing

I’m going to be honest with you: I have next to no understanding how joke-writing works. 

The When and Where of Speed Dial

The When and Where of Speed Dial

When you’ve been working on a play for over two and half years with two other writers it becomes hard to pinpoint the exact reasons behind why decisions have been made! 

Slaughtered Again Episode 3 with the Berkowitz

Slaughtered Again Episode 3 with the Berkowitz

Episode 3 of Slaughtered Again is hosted by the ever fragrant Copstick, with special guests Luca Cupani, Simon Schatzberger, Joanna Lipari, Mike Blaha, and Paul Vickers. 

MOJO (Musicians of Jewish Origin)

MOJO (Musicians of Jewish Origin)

Internationally renowned singer-pianist Jeremy Sassoon tells the amusing story of alternating careers that have now landed him onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show MOJO (M... 

Rapsody - the Process

Rapsody - the Process

Corey Weekes and I have been working on Rapsody for the best part of 2 years now. 

Greek Tragedy

Greek Tragedy

We last came to the Fringe in 2019 with our take on Medea. 

When Cinema Becomes Theatre

When Cinema Becomes Theatre

Olivia Zerphy is one of four theatre artists with a passion for film who formed Voloz Collective in 2019. 

Showstopper! It’s called Improvised because it really is

Showstopper! It’s called Improvised because it really is

Richard Beck goes behind the scenes to see an improvised show is developed. 

Why Broadway Baby won't be at Meet The Media this year

Why Broadway Baby won't be at Meet The Media this year

Every year the Fringe Society organises an event called Meet The Media for participating companies seeking coverage of their shows – Broadway Baby has supported the event every y... 

Morag Deyes: from Wild Child to MBE

Morag Deyes: from Wild Child to MBE

Stephanie Green interviews Morag Deyes, outgoing Artistic Director of Edinburgh’s Dance Base on curating her last Fringe this year, 2022 and about her extraordinary childhood, he... 

Breaking the cycle of death - Morna Young looks at US gun culture through the lens of murder ballads

Breaking the cycle of death - Morna Young looks at US gun culture through the lens of murder ballads

Is the right to own weapons of war more valuable than the lives said weapons claim? A play that provides space to discuss what needs to be discussed. 

SEX – now she’s got your attention Amy Bethan Evans wants to talk about consent

SEX – now she’s got your attention Amy Bethan Evans wants to talk about consent

There’s no access guide to sex; how to consensually shag your blind girlfriend.  

Access to Edfringe – Falling on Deaf Ears?

Access to Edfringe – Falling on Deaf Ears?

From lifelong ambitions to accessibility roadblocks, Joe Friedman talks about EdFringe and more. 

The Voices of Woodstock Fringe

The Voices of Woodstock Fringe

Celebrating it’s 20th anniversary, The Woodstock Fringe, under the artistic production of the founder Wallace Norman, is set to bring three theatre productions to Edinburgh as a ... 

Troy to Afghanistan – Jonathan D’Young on the love of warriors and wives

Troy to Afghanistan – Jonathan D’Young on the love of warriors and wives

From The Iliad to Afghanistan, Jonathan D'Young takes us through Troy & Us and its beginnings.  

Ventnor Invites this Summer

Ventnor Invites this Summer

Ventnor Fringe, 'an authentic, bohemian festival experience', runs from 22nd - 31st July 

Hitler - Paul Stone honours a drag queen’s part in his downfall

Hitler - Paul Stone honours a drag queen’s part in his downfall

Paul Stone provides some fascinating insight into drag and its place in WW2. 

The Belgrade Beckons Creatives

The Belgrade Beckons Creatives

The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry is offering the opportunity for five Midlands-based creatives and companies to develop their work in the Theatre’s B2 auditorium 

What makes a Yellow Bird fly? Jason Slavick’s journey into children’s entertainment.

What makes a Yellow Bird fly? Jason Slavick’s journey into children’s entertainment.

Jason Slavick has three weeks to embrace the Clown and find his inner child - and so a yellow bird is born and flaps its way to EdFringe.  

Utter Mess! Franko Figueiredo delights in the messiness and magic of human kindness.

Utter Mess! Franko Figueiredo delights in the messiness and magic of human kindness.

Exploring art, performance, joy and culture with Franko Figueiredo.  

JooWan Kim’s baptism and rebirth in the river of hip-hop

JooWan Kim’s baptism and rebirth in the river of hip-hop

Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience fuses the precision and refinement of classical music with the gritty edge of rap and hip-hop, pushing the boundaries of both. This is how it began. 

Sondheim Success Story

Sondheim Success Story

Desmonda Cathabel wins 14th annual Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 

The Bumper Guide To Brighton Fringe 2022

The Bumper Guide To Brighton Fringe 2022

Welcome to Brighton Fringe 2022! This is your ultimate guide to everything on at Brighton Fringe 2022, including cabaret and comedy, theatre and workshops, and much, much more. 

Brighton's Komedia Team Up with Berk’s Nest for New Night

Brighton's Komedia Team Up with Berk’s Nest for New Night

A brand new night at Brighton's biggest comedy venue starts this April as Komedia teams up with comedy producers Berk's Nest whose previous shows shows include the Edinburgh Comedy... 

Cats, Workshops and Confidence – Lori Hamilton’s Fringe Road Test Time

Cats, Workshops and Confidence – Lori Hamilton’s Fringe Road Test Time

For the last three years, COVID has meant that nearly all of my performing has been in my living room with my cats as the audience, or occasionally on Zoom. 

Free Fun for Families and Friends

Free Fun for Families and Friends

A new festival provides Edinburgh with a laid-back weekend of entertainment for all. 

What to Watch in Brighton this Christmas

What to Watch in Brighton this Christmas

As Brighton and Hove leaves lockdown and enters Tier 2, socially distanced live performances are back on the cards. 

Post Covid-19: What Now?

Post Covid-19: What Now?

Since the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has caused the world to shut down, the theatre industry has gone dark, at least at first sight. 

Technology in the Theatre: How #TOMtech is bringing it to light

Technology in the Theatre: How #TOMtech is bringing it to light

Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology. 

Slaughtered at theSpace Surgeons' Hall with Kate Copstick: Episode 6

Slaughtered at theSpace Surgeons' Hall with Kate Copstick: Episode 6

Copstick is back at Surgeons' Hall chatting to Martha McBrier, Darcie Silver, Pope Lonergan and Lisa Frischemeier. 

Slaughtered at The Abattoir with Kate Copstick: Episode 5

Slaughtered at The Abattoir with Kate Copstick: Episode 5

Slaughtered, from the Underbelly Abattoir. Hosted by Copstick, with guests including Alun Cochrane, Luca Cupani, Langston Kerman, Taigé Lauren, and Darius Davies. 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 4: Old Town South

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 4: Old Town South

Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues. 

Slaughtered at theSpace Surgeon's Hall with Kate Copstick: Episode 4

Slaughtered at theSpace Surgeon's Hall with Kate Copstick: Episode 4

Kate Copstick chats to Paul Wady of Stealth Aspies about questioning labels on the topic of autism. 

Slaughtered at The Abattoir with Kate Copstick: Episode 2

Slaughtered at The Abattoir with Kate Copstick: Episode 2

Hosted by Kate Copstick and featuring the equally fierce female voices of Kirsten Vangsness (yes, Penelope Garcia!), Elaine Miller, and Martha McBrier. 

Slaughtered at The Army: Kate Copstick Podcast Episode 3

Slaughtered at The Army: Kate Copstick Podcast Episode 3

Kate meets the folks behind the [email protected] and finds out more about this unique venue. 

Slaughtered at The Surgeon's Hall with Kate Copstick: Episode 1

Slaughtered at The Surgeon's Hall with Kate Copstick: Episode 1

Kate Copstick presents episode 1 of Slaughtered at The Surgeon's Hall with President Obonjo and Zach Zucker.  

Brighton Fringe Broadway Bobby Award Winner 2019 Announced

Brighton Fringe Broadway Bobby Award Winner 2019 Announced

After a year of excellent shows, picking the winner was harder than ever. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe 2019 Final Weekend

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe 2019 Final Weekend

There’s been disco-dancing to Madonna in an old church, vegan based stand up in a room above a pub, incredible acrobatics, hilarious cabaret songs about near-death experiences an... 

theSpaceUK announces their Edinburgh Fringe Programme

theSpaceUK announces their Edinburgh Fringe Programme

Today theSpaceUK announces its 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Season with over 400 shows and the biggest new-writing programme at the Fringe. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

There have been some stellar hits and some definite misses, but with some five star performances just starting their runs it could be that your favourite show of Brighton Fringe 2... 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 3

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 3

That’s right, we’re already coming towards the halfway point of Brighton Fringe. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 2

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 2

From dark comedies, to sci-fi authors, to an uncooked lump of dough, Brighton Fringe certainly offers surprises for everyone as we head into this second weekend. 

Tyler Jacob Jones and Erin Hutchinson: How To Survive… Almost Anything

Tyler Jacob Jones and Erin Hutchinson: How To Survive… Almost Anything

After taking on a LOT of research to create their new cabaret show, What Doesn’t Kill You [blah blah] Stronger, Tyler and Erin have discovered some tips on how to survive some pr... 

The Old Market's 'Reigning Women' Fundraising Efforts Raise over £1000

The Old Market's 'Reigning Women' Fundraising Efforts Raise over £1000

​The Old Market are excited to announce that ​they have managed to raise £1,057 for ​Brighton Women’s Centre throughout their Reigning Women season. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 1

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 1

Welcome to Brighton Fringe 2019! We’re ready to welcome back old favourites, discover new talent and generally have a jolly good time. 

International Women's Day: Celebrate with Reigning Women in Brighton

International Women's Day: Celebrate with Reigning Women in Brighton

This week culminates in International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March and The Old Market’s fiery mini-season, Reigning Women, has never seemed so relevant. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

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. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

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. 

Can Performance Skills Help Everyone?

Can Performance Skills Help Everyone?

If you’re not a performer, it can be impossible to imagine how anyone is able to get up on stage and entertain. 

The Warren Relocate For Brighton Fringe 2019

The Warren Relocate For Brighton Fringe 2019

The Warren will be relocating for Brighton Fringe 2019 to a brand new venue in the heart of the city 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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.  

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Final Weekend

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Final Weekend

Just like that, we approach the final weekend of Brighton Fringe. 

What's The Point Of Exhibiting Laundry Detergent? The Museum Of Ordinary People Discover The Poignancy And Importance In Our Everyday Items

What's The Point Of Exhibiting Laundry Detergent? The Museum Of Ordinary People Discover The Poignancy And Importance In Our Everyday Items

The Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) is a pop-up museum, running for one week only, as part of The Spire’s secret Fringe programme. 

How Fundraising Has Taken Over Brighton Fringe

How Fundraising Has Taken Over Brighton Fringe

Despite the costs many performers experience putting on a production there are plenty who use the platform provided to them to fundraise or raise awareness for a cause close to the... 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

​​May is marvellous. 

The Five Most Surprising Things About Brighton By Brighton Newbie & Bus Boy Writer Izzy McDonald

The Five Most Surprising Things About Brighton By Brighton Newbie & Bus Boy Writer Izzy McDonald

You've probably walked the circumference of the globe the amount of times you've been up and down the pier. 

About Broadway Baby

About Broadway Baby

Want to know who Broadway Baby is and our codes of conduct? Read on. 

GDPR Statement

GDPR Statement

You have probably seen an awful lot about GDPR coming from all angles recently and although I’ve no desire to add more white noise to the conversation, in the spirit of compl... 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Three

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Three

We're almost mid-way through the Fringe and it seems like there are more shows than ever to pick from. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Two

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Two

After the glorious sunshine of the opening weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the fun might be over. 

Pick of the Pubs, by Joe the Poet

Pick of the Pubs, by Joe the Poet

The relationship between poetry and alcohol is renowned and Joseph J Clark continues in this tradition with his show, Drunk With A Pen (Sweet Werks 2, 5th-13th May, 19:00). 

The Brighton Fringe Guide For... Sci-Fi Geeks

The Brighton Fringe Guide For... Sci-Fi Geeks

Do you always listen out for the screeching sound of the TARDIS? Have you dreamed of captaining the Enterprise to boldly go where no one has gone before? Does other people’s lack... 

Brighton Fringe: Something For The Opening Weekend

Brighton Fringe: Something For The Opening Weekend

It’s the bank holiday and you’re ready for the long weekend – but what to do? Read on to discover how to kick-start your weekend with comedy, beer, parties and Julie Andrews. 

The Brighton Fringe Guide For...Foodies

The Brighton Fringe Guide For...Foodies

Know your camembert from your comté? Your seitan from your soy? If you serve your steak on a Himalayan salt block or enjoy covering your chargrilled cauliflower with chermoula the... 

How To Sell Your Show At The Edinburgh Fringe

How To Sell Your Show At The Edinburgh Fringe

Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at a fringe festival such as Edinburgh with tips on budgets, creating a press release, socia... 

How To Write A Press Release

How To Write A Press Release

Writing a press release that a journalist will use is a skill even experienced PRs can get wrong. 

How To Get Broadway Baby To Review Your Show

How To Get Broadway Baby To Review Your Show

Some years ago I wrote an article about the best strategies for getting Broadway Baby to review your show. 

Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance

Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance

Olivier award-winning Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance and has now welcomed over 1,000,000 customers in the West End. 

Commonwealth Week at Westminster Abbey

Commonwealth Week at Westminster Abbey

Visit Westminster Abbey this half term and celebrate the Commonwealth during a week of special events for families. 

Sweet Venues expands for Brighton Fringe 2018

Sweet Venues expands for Brighton Fringe 2018

As one of the heavy hitters at Brighton Fringe, Sweet Venues have announced they doubling their number of spaces in 2018 with two new venues. 

An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville Theatre

An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville Theatre

The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home. 

Bryan Ferry at the London Paladium

Bryan Ferry at the London Paladium

Former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry heads to the London Palladium for one night only in May 2018.  

Chicago returns to the West End in March 2018. Tickets onsale tomorrow.

Chicago returns to the West End in March 2018. Tickets onsale tomorrow.

The world’s longest running American musical, the multi award-winning Chicago, returns to London’s West End after a 5½ year absence. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

The King And I - On Sale Now

The King And I - On Sale Now

Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And... 

Save up to 72% on the Mane Chance Charity Gala with Ronan Keating

Save up to 72% on the Mane Chance Charity Gala with Ronan Keating

Get last minute tickets to see Ronan Keating in the Mane Chance West End Charity Gala Spectacular at up to 72% off. 

Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret at The Barbican Theatre

Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret at The Barbican Theatre

Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei... 

Matilda the Musical announces extension until February 2019

Matilda the Musical announces extension until February 2019

Booking for Matilda has been extended until 19th February 2019. 

The Christmasaurus at the Eventim Apollo

The Christmasaurus at the Eventim Apollo

The debut novel from McFly star and bestselling children's author Tom Fletcher The Christmasaurus comes to the London stage for a special Christmas spectacular in December. 

Murder in the West End!

Murder in the West End!

There’s Murder in the West End this Halloween as an ancient curse turns cast members of London’s leading shows into method-acting murderers! The curtain has fallen on unsuspect... 

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical tickets on sale from 12pm today

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical tickets on sale from 12pm today

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.  

48 Hour Priority Sale for Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone in Company

48 Hour Priority Sale for Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone in Company

Sondheim’s musical comes to the West End starring Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone at the Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season next year, and you can get your hand on ti... 

First images of Le Grand Mort with Julian Clary and James Nelson-Joyce

First images of Le Grand Mort with Julian Clary and James Nelson-Joyce

Rehearsal photos released of Julian Clary and James Nelson-Joyce in the world première of the two-handed black comedy, Le Grand Mort. 

Star Inflation is Real

Star Inflation is Real

Mutterings about star ratings are as much a part of the Fringe as plastic pint glasses.