New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024).
In this non-stop series of wordless comedy sketches, Hank Curry embarks on a picaresque journey through the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern life by trying on several unique identi…
Los Angeles absurdists, Jackie Skinner and Kym Priess, take you on two very different rides of your life in one free hour.
Andy has been abandoned by his brother.
Beware, Edinburgh – Steffen Hånes returns as The Master to terrify and delight those brave enough to enter his spooky lair.
Rhiannon knows exactly what men want, and from naughty schoolgirl to eager-to-please tradwife, she’ll make all your filthiest fantasies come true.
Biblical.
‘This double act is unmissable’ ***** (WestEndBestFriend.
The underground hit sell-out show is back! Multiple five-star reviews! It’s a solo show.
‘This guy will do anything for a laugh, and it works’ **** (FringeToronto.
New Year’s Eve 1999.
Bitty-Bat is a unique creature – not quite a vampire, not quite a bat and not quite sure what you’re doing in her cave.
Don’t go home, it’s only 1:45am! Follow our brave boys as they battle their demons to spread love, joy and chaos throughout the land.
Two robo-clones, born of a mad professor and separated by family and class, must find a way to love where all odds are against them.
You know you’re in for a good night when the show hasn’t even started and Stamptown’s Dylan Woodley has the crowd raring to go with an electric pre-show roller-skating displa…
One woman.
An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one.
Maria Tea: Clownfish.
Old God is a foppish, irreverent oracle.
In this surreal hour of musical comedy and clown, Callum Straford takes you on a genre-bending thrill ride.
Looks like one hat – isn’t.
Psychic Cheryl is an all-knowing mad mystic.
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show 2023, Leicester Comedy Festival; sell-out five-star show, Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work-in-progress clown an…
Think cardboard thoughts! On his fifth birthday, rotten, lonely Huxley (Levi Meltzer) is visited by Mr Cardboard (Miles Calderon), who whisks Huxley away to the enchanting and perp…
An absurdist character-comedy show from a helpless clown.
After a gold medal run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Coach Mon is pumped for a spectacular sports extravaganza, but her athletes have disappeared! How can The Com…
PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH, prepare to cry so hard you accidentally laugh! Feast on a buffet of hardship and despair, where COMEDIANS lay down their jokes, don the fashion of 18th-century…
Meaty Sue’s parents have gone to the big barbecue in the sky and her impending wedding day is missing her elusive estranged Big Brother Big Farma Phil.
Beryl & Clive, a wildly funny comedy about a fabulously unconventional couple breaking all the rules to fulfil their creative dreams.
What happens when a lovable idiot holds a memorial service for a long-deceased family member? In this off-the-wall comedy, award-winning NYC-based clown Julia VanderVeen leads the …
In a kingdom where laughter is forbidden, one rat, and a fancy one at that, attempts to bring joy and merriment to this grim realm before it’s too late.
An award-winning, queer feminist cabaret full of drag, circus, clowning and comedy.
Award-winning, ‘sensational’ **** (Time Out), unemployed clown Dru Cripps is back inside a tent after last year’s sold-out run.
The name Furiozo murmurs through the festival as a ‘must-see' show and usually when this happens, it’s cause to be cautious.
LA clown Natasha Mercado invites you to a mass that’s equal parts holy and horny – hosted by God’s sexiest son, Father Greg Orian.
Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri…
Japan’s best silent comedian is back! And you’re invited to his pet Max’s birthday party.
Les Foutoukours have been creating beautiful and engaging circus in Quebec for over 25 years.
The Duncan Brothers find themselves burdened with a legacy they never asked for.
Bond is dead.
Yes, it’s a show for babies! A sensory display of colour, sound, light and movement to spark joy and ignite wonder.
Get ready for an evening of laughter, jaw-dropping feats, and pure entertainment as Tom Short, Northwest Best Alternative Comedian Nominee 2024, brings you Succes – a clowning sh…
Amando Houser who is ‘particularly funny’ (Vulture) invites you to an unhinged and absurd clown hour of self discovery.
From one of the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2023) and Nightwatchman (sell-out Edinburgh Fri…
3HAMS is produced by Charlie Traisman and Makena Miller.
Hello and welcome to Cynthia’s fabulous party! Meet our generous host as she greets each and every audience member with a chocolaty hors d'oeuvre.
Multi award-winning comedian Cheekykita’s one-woman, tour-de-force nonsense ride from sea to space.
Winner: Best Comedy Weekly Award Adelaide Fringe 2024.
Piggy Time is a mixed-bill show featuring the funniest and weirdest comedy acts of the Fringe.
A queer clown goes to therapy to help them through their breakup.
Julieta tells the story of a woman – full of experiences and quirkiness – and the multiple layers that old age brings.
Known as “The Sardinian Forrest Gump”, Mattia Sedda is an immigrant with the dream of being a professional actor in the UK.
An ‘irresistibly silly’ **** (Guardian) two-troll clown comedy about connection, scape(goat)ing and being misunderstood.
Medicine Woman is a Venezuelan healer, in town for one night only to conduct a shamanic healing ceremony that will change your vibe forever.
An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
Turn on the radio, have a cup of tea – and don’t forget to take your pills! Get ready for an action-packed journey through the imagination of a playful, solitary old man as he di…
Sparked by a conversation with a childhood friend that unearthed a long-forgotten obsession with football, Bryony wondered why all the girls she knew stopped playing football in th…
Boorish Trumpson will stop at nothing to gain ultimate control over the orchestra.
Do you believe in true love? Meet Odette, a chain-smoking half-swan, half-ballerina stuck in limbo, looking for someone to give her an undying vow of love to free her.
Some trees live for as long as 6,000 years.
The music that welcomes us in is a mix of standard mediaeval fare and the morecontemporary Angel, by PinkPantheress which set the tone of what we’re about toexperience in Knight,…
The polar ice caps are melting! Soon penguins will have nowhere to live.
Does daddy Jesus’s naked body on the cross make you wet? This show will.
Would you like to live forever? This is a show about LIFE, in all its stages.
Batten down the hatches and seal your porthole! It’s time for the silliest, most outrageous, naughty and nautical show ever made about someone who is part boat, part woman.
Luke Rollason is back at the Fringe with Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair, and all is right in the world.
In an astonishing and delightfully absurd theatrical experience, Elf Lyons: Horses takes horsing around to a whole new level.
One man.
Baddest.
This is a show about food banks.
Fest Magazine Top Theatre Picks 2024! Winner: 2024 Adelaide Fringe Award.
Phil O’Shea, ‘utter, delicious nonsense’ (Fest), is a clown/comedian with dreams.
OH OH is an hour of beautiful, uplifting, delightful playfulness.
The 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee and winner of the Malcom Hardee Award for Comic Originality returns with a brand new show! After the huge success of his 2023 Phil…
WINNER ‘Take a Chance Adelaide’ Award, Adelaide Fringe 2024.
In this award-winning pathetic comedy about privilege, Tom Greaves presents Fudgey: your quintessential, tone-deaf man in a suit (you know, the “harmless” type.
I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up).
Edinburgh Fringe 2022’s best-reviewed and most in-demand debut show returns for a limited run.
Natalie Palamides and Lucy Pearman are two very normal girls who will share an hour.
Winner of four Fringe Awards in 2022 An overzealous idiot performs all of Greek mythology in order to save his Hellenic homeland from economic ruin.
Join Nikki Hill’s inner circle for one complete psych-le.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian Award, Chortle 2020.
Klouns Theatre Company presents an intimate clowning escapade in one act.
How do you fill a minute? How do you fill an hour? How do you fill a slot when you’re Two Little Dickheads? Slot Fillers is the dickheads getting loose, getting groovy and gettin…
Stumbling upon old photos of the door, Neil Frost unravels the past.
Actress, dancer, singer, rebel.
His secret to happiness and felicity.
Barry is a showbiz stalwart keen to take the next step in his career – onto a bus.
Vibe Shift is a late-night alternative comedy night.
Norwegian clown Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian.
An unhinged variety show all the way from Los Angeles.
Bryony’s done with clowning.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
Outrageous up-and-coming American clown Darius Emadi unleashes his ultimate solo clown show.
Visual jokes and creative messing about from this absurd double act.
Two Gaulier-trained clowns, Chase Brantley and Nicholas Hemerling, burst out for a night of charming yet meaningless hilarity.
It’s 2006, and David is preparing for the gig of a lifetime: headlining Sticky Floors, the coolest under-16s band night in the Bay Area.
It’s hard to know how much to say about the content of Nomad, a physical theatre piece by Gözde Atalay, because disorientation was such a strong part of my experience.
It’s Duff’s first show post-baby and.
Are you just a teenage dirtbag, baby? Wanna watch weird vids and drink morning coffee with me, maybe? This is a show about a queer, autistic, latinx caterpillar, on the edge.
Two clowns, Anna and Felix, set out on a quest for home.
Marny’s latest alter ego, Fancy Rat, is an aspiring human being.
Life been hard lately? Channel this: You can do anything!! Life coach Lex will manifest your deepest wishes, even those you didn’t know you had! Be pitched into radical self-acce…
Journey into the metaf-arse with a plethora of maximalist characters.
Don’t you know how busy and important they are? Dre and Jo have had their double espresso, pressed their vests and are going straight to the top.
Sex-Ed Revisited is a five-star interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused sex education and our relationship with pleasure.
Combining clown, music and maybe some knitting, Ma explores her journey through motherhood and we see what happens when you not only wear your heart on your sleeve, but the other b…
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Music, games and colourful clowns collide! After touring across several elementary schools and festivals in Chicago, Bubblegum Gumdrop and her best friend, Babblebum Boopbop, have …
Weighty poetical subject matter explored in depth by complete idiot/absolutely the perfect person for the job/Suki Tawdry.
Prepare for a sidesplitting and heartwarming comedic adventure in the must-see Soup Group: Art Show!; an exceptional masterpiece.
An unpredictable comedy showcase of the Fringe’s best alternative and experimental comedians.
Chekhov’s Gum is making their Fringe debut with an all-new clown show, Crap Ballet! One’s big, the other’s small – both suited up and ready to strut, stretch, and shimmy for an h…
Is this enough? ‘A fascinating, poignant and extremely entertaining study in deadpan tragicomedy’ (ExeuntMagazine.com). ‘Unlike anything else on the Fringe’ (TheReviewsHub.com).
From the moment Zach Zucker's comedy alter ego Jack Tucker walks out on stage to introduce Stamptown, the audience knows they're in for something truly special.
The blurb is: hahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha hihihi hahahahahahahaha hoho hahahhahahaha hehe hahahahahahahahahaha.
Lanessa Long (‘a winning energy’ (Chortle.
Mild-mannered Ned Burger is 57 years old, happily married and running a sandwich shop in San Francisco.
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows Legs, Logs and Jeremy Segway) presents an hour of professionally researched nonsense, featuring relatable topics including trains and babies.
Brianna Ahlmark saves a horse in under four hours with a gun in her mouth.
Until Death is a solo theatre and clown show with a touch of circus, set in a hospital where time collapses and humans panic in moments of death and existence.
Brand-new, non-verbal immersive comedy show, created by award-winning Belfast comedian and clownarchist, Paul Currie.
Let the Queen of the O-rings take you on an epic quest! In the face of mortal danger from repressive forces she must engage in a cosmic battle to fight for the survival & freedom o…
A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, all performed entirely on Segways.
Award-winning alternative comedian Dan Lees brings forgotten album covers back to life.
The Gardener has agreed to look after their friend’s allotment.
Banana is a wacky hour of outside-the-box clown comedy that makes you smile from ear to ear.
An insane mixtape of silly songs, stupid sketches and crazy clowning! For over a decade the award-winning Listies have toured the world doing shows for literally gazillions of kidu…
Gerry Carroll – Young.
A disturbing yet absurdly funny portrait of toxic masculinity.
Vibe Shift is a late-night alternative comedy night.
Lecoq-trained physical performer and Fool, Saskia Solomons, morphs into a myriad of inner personalities as they wrestle with the ickiest of sticky icks: money.
Nominated Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023.
A two-troll clown show about friendship, scape(goat)ing and being misunderstood.
Yes, it’s a show for babies! A sensory display of colour, sound, light and movement to spark joy and ignite wonder.
Welcome to the world of Quebec’s circus clowns! Presented in 18 countries, winner of multiple awards, Brotipo is back this year! Before your eyes, a friendship will be put to the t…
High energy! High comedy! High unicycles! Winner of Japan’s Children and Performing Arts Expo 2019, Cartoon Clown is taking the world by storm, one theatre at a time.
Step aside Stallone! Sam Dugmore is locked and loaded as the greatest action hero of all time, unearthing his ruthless man skills to confront his worst nemesis.
What is a ‘hilarious’ (**** (BroadwayWorld.
Fantastic, infamous and intimate late-night mess-about with all your favourites and more! The twinkliest idiots, witches and clowns.
Winner: Best Comedy, 2022 (Hollywood Fringe).
Join Octopus on a fantastical, crazy and silly adventure from the bottom of the ocean all the way to space and in-between! High-energy interactive fun with dancing cats, silly song…
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro Murrieta (aka Zorro) decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
A ridiculous variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful.
MUSH is an all-out journey of absurdity for anyone who loves playfulness, silliness and delightful whimsy! Jeromaia Detto (Aus) is an improvisor and Gaulier-trained clown who once …
Multi award-winning comedian Cheekykita’s one-woman, tour-de-force nonsense ride.
In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder…
Alex Owen-Hill Asks Himself ‘Is It ADHD?’ is a gloriously ridiculous and uplifting exploration into what it’s like to feel “not normal” your whole life, only to discover there coul…
Hello.
MUSH is an all-out journey of absurdity for anyone who loves playfulness, silliness and delightful whimsy! Jeromaia Detto (Aus) is an improvisor and Gaulier-trained clown who once …
Each human being is a galaxy.
Things are about to get messy! International children’s theatremakers, Brymore Productions, triumphantly return to Edinburgh with their ode to creativity.
Enemies.
Everyone’s favourite sailing instructor is back, and ready to rock the boat (but only if everyone’s wearing a buoyancy aid, and comfortable getting splashed.
Sigmund The Viking is suffering from a very powerful and sudden spiritual awakening.
As seen on Reno 911, Key & Peele, and Jackass 4.
Ding! The world is ordered, the food is good, everything runs on time.
The stage presence and energy of this clown duo is something you have to see live.
NYC/Philly-based comedian Kelly McCaughan (HBO, Apple TV+) presents Catholic Guilt.
Fab-u-lous! A high-energy comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter a ballroom dancing competition.
You either die an artist or you live long enough to see yourself become a stuntman.
Vault Festival People’s Choice Award nominee 2023.
HIGH STEAKS is a show about labia, labia-shaming, cosmetic surgery and fundamentally, body lovin’.
You’re invited: twin orphans, The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party.
Have you ever fallen in love with someone across the globe only to be held captive in your own country? From award-winning artist Britt Plummer comes a painfully relatable and hear…
Everything you make, she takes.
Chris and Christine are a seasoned seaside double act.
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Extreme nonsense from award-winning idiot Dan Lees.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
A twisted comedy about the fascination and lure of masculine power and the women who submit all.
France’s greatest love guru, Pierre, swam from Paris to Edinburgh in the hopes of finally finding.
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Three idiots, six left feet, and one splendidly stupid dance spectacular.
Ceremonial mess-about, interactive choral laughter bath and collective act of golden manifestation, orchestrated by everybody’s favourite clown-witch-deity.
From the makers of Legs and Logs.
This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends.
Top Comedy Pick, NY Times (2022).
Drop your cynical pants at the door and wipe your serious-face off your face – it’s time to tickle your inner child.
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
The Hot Clown Company is a relatively new troupe that set out to blend sketch comedy and physical theatre with a particular emphasis on clowning.
Chortle Student Comedy Award winner Joe Kent-Walters and runner-up Sam Williams join forces to bring you an absolute home run of a comedy show, covering two bases: stand-up and cha…
The Clowns’ Station is a show that you will want to see again and again.
Rory wants to pop the question.
Outrageous American comedian and Gaulier-graduate Darius Emadi debuts his solo clown show Hot Ticket! An energetic 50 minutes of clown aimed to make you die laughing without thinki…
Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British comedian! ‘Viggo is Norwegian’ (EdFestMag.
Canada’s award-winning clown band sparks the imagination with… clowns in space! Join Patty as she ventures to Clowntown Colony on the mysterious Planet X to bring her clown frien…
‘You look 15, but I like that.
Button lives in an alleyway surrounded by cardboard boxes and items rescued from the bin.
He’s a stand-up and a clown.
Part sci-fi physical theatre, part acid-fueled mime, part wholesome performance art, Fool Muun Komming! (etc, etc) is the genre-defying solo show from Gaulier graduate and Canadian…
‘Had all my children howling with laughter’ (Scotsman).
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
#MakeMusicGreatAgain.
Crazy Canadian circus for the young, premiering in Edinburgh after visiting 16 countries! The art of giving each other a chance and collaborating when the right time comes is what …
Split-bill WIP from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
Winner of Best Weekly Award for Circus and Physical Theatre at Adelaide Fringe in 2020.
Come Sit on the Couch With Me: is this a therapy couch or a casting couch, and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical – but true – look at communication in …
Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys.
Winner of Underbelly, New Diorama and Methuen Drama’s hit-making Untapped Award 2022.
Wine Show is a solo clown show centered on Bailey Barrel, a charming and unorthodox wine maker who is discovering her place in the world after the death of her father.
Hey everyblobby! Come along and see what hastily cobbled together pile of shite I’ve managed to pull out my arse this year! There’ll be a start, some stuff in the middle and anothe…
One-time Riot grrrl, witch, illustrator Joanna and her volatile alter egos explore life and love.
Mums and dads who are dying to get their new humans out to the Fringe, this is the show for you! Inspired by a new mum, Kat Placing has devised a show for babbling babies and tirel…
Prepare for an hour of dazzling character clowning that feels dangerous but is actually safe as milk.
For the fraction of the cost of a fixed penalty notice, pose your question to our fearless leader at this chat-show-cum-Question-Time-cum-work-event (wine/cheese/cake/wallpaper ava…
Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o…
Calling the courageous, the devoted, the faithless and the broken to a brand new, unquantifiable, ceremonial experience by everybody’s favourite shadow-shaman-clown-priestess.
Stanley Norman is an ideas man with big dreams trying to piece his life together and cut his teeth in the vicious world of business.
Lord Christian Brighty is the country’s most notorious rake.
A debut solo comedy hour from the legs behind the sell-out hit show Legs.
Gloria is not a gorilla, but she is stuck in the zoo’s gorilla enclosure.
A dark comedy for the end of days.
‘Go for the cat-worship, stay for the side-splitting silliness, and rave about it to all your friends.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian Award, Chortle Awards (2020).
‘Genuinely astonishing.
Tara Boland: An all-singing, all-dancing, all-acting idiot.
Lord Christian Brighty is the country’s most notorious rake.
Rhum and Clay's Project Dictator is a commentary on democracy and dictatorships, utilising different theatre genres to do so.
Here's a new twist on the cabaret variety show: one woman performs the whole variety.
The Bubble Show For Adults Only starts innocently enough.
I didn’t know what to expect walking into Chalk.
Princess dresses and cleaning supplies turn into painfully comical horses, lakes, capes, ans tents for you to hide in.
Most of you are probably reading this review on a portable device right now.
An intense, enthralling and fascinatingly uncomfortable exploration of the ageing of an American woman, played with a perfected bleak clowning approach that toys with the crowd and…
What’s more mundane than death? What’s more absurd? In a slice of often brave, often very funny, and occasionally extremely poignant clowning, Amritha Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldat…
Heather and Harry is a romantic yarn detailing the story of Heather, an angel cast out of heaven by her misogynist rapping boyfriend Zeus, of Greek mythology fame.
It seems that Cardiff-based Hijinx Theatre Company are happy to take risks.
Our eyes locked.
Starr is a bag of nervous insecurity, wrapped up in a paper thin façade of theatrical overconfidence.
There are too many shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Luke Rollason is a silly man who made me cry with laughter today.
For anyone who thinks they don't make physical comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton any more, here's a word from the wise—which, in this context, essentially …
Dystopia is a tricky subject matter to get right in a world obsessed with its own destruction as our current one.
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…
Thom Monckton of Finland’s Circo Aereo returns to Edinburgh with a hugely entertaining hour of silliness.
Solo comedy show Tatterdemalion’s Henry Maynard is charming, ridiculous, adorably pathetic and completely enchanting as he frolics about excitedly miming out conversation to audi…
Comedian/guru Jamie Wood returns with his new show I Am A Tree in Assembly’s enchantingly draped gypsy-chic Omnitorium theatre space.
There’s something both hilarious and poignant about the dynamic between younger and older generations, the way in which the older relate the tales of their own youth to younger n…
In Shit, I’m in Love with you Again, Canadian comic Rachelle Elie relates her life story through the mediums of story, stand-up and song.
Grandma is a drug dealer.
Viggo Venn’s act is a hard one to categorise.
New Zealand’s Barnie Duncan has created a perfect comedy persona; he’s believable enough as a character but ridiculous in so many perfectly pitched ways.
Meet Zach & Viggo; Zach is a roguish American oozing with boyish charm.
I have a great admiration for clowning; whilst superficially there is most certainly a stereotype of the heavily made-up children’s entertainer doing nothing more than blowing up…
If I could bottle some of Zack Zucker’s confidence, enthusiasm and energy I could create a cure for depression and low self-esteem.
Greeting each and every audience member with a handshake after they take their seats may seem like you’re overdoing the niceties, but we soon find out that Lucy Pearman’s Maid …
Thom Tuck’s stand-up show, An August Institution, opens with an extended maths joke, which sets the tone for an hour of fairly niche humour.
Phineas Wakenshaw is a consummately confident performer, effortlessly charming packed out audiences with a sweet smile and immense stage presence.
After 2016’s slightly disappointing Pelican, Elf Lyons returns to the Fringe this year with a comic masterpiece that elucidates her status as a master of the alternative form.
The Edinburgh Fringe debut of LA-based comedian Natalie Palamides will not be what you expect but it will be one of the best things you see at the festival this year.
Satire can often be found at the root of absurdism.
Can I get an Amen?! Is the subtitle of Aussie Comic Kaitlyn Rogers’ show and I do feel like yelling ‘Amen’ by the end of the show, because I’d been praying for it to be over.
Set in a stark environment of desks and bare lightbulbs, Silent Faces’ Follow Suit is a cutting parody of life in the corporate sector.
Deploying sketch comedy in its pinnacle form, Pelican, made up of ex-Footlights Guy Emanuel, Sam Grabiner and Jordan Mitchell, have put together a cohesive and hilarious narrative …
Loud rhythmic music and screens with flashing slides with We Are Ian written on them in different colours and fonts, provoke high expectations for something cool and exciting fo…
The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito is “presented by BA(Hons) Acting and Creative Performance students, from the University Centre Colchester” who “in their final year of study p…
Barrera is what a clown AA meeting would look like.
Pets come in many forms.
David Attenborough meets clowning in this low-budget romp through the Earth’s depleted natural world.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Sometimes you stumble on a stand-up so freshly funny that you remember why you started liking unknown comedy shows in the first place.
Rowan Atkinson, move over; there’s a new show in town.
On an epic adventure to halt ageing in its tracks, writers and performers Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards swim the sea of apology, march the bridge of tears and conquer the dark de…
Dan Whitehead of Honky Bonk Theatre brings a hilarious solo performance to The Warren.
With pronounced teeth and wide eyes, eponymous protagonist Tracey Tracey’s entrance onto the stage paved the way for a larger-than-life, one-woman show from character comedian, N…
Apparently, one of the men involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 resides in Hove - but this story isn’t about him, instead it’s about the women behind the heist, the ones…
An hour of friendly, casual entertainment and standup comedy for kids, with a few ‘jokes’ that only adults would get.
Inspired by Tim Burton’s poem, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Haste Theatre transport us to Coney Island where Mr Gelati (Valeria Compagnoni) and the future Mrs Gelati (Lexi…
Amid the abundance of hard hitting and harrowing new work presented at the Fringe, one could be forgiven for wondering why we’re all taking ourselves so seriously.
A Spaniard, a Frenchman, an Englishwoman and an Italian get on a train and treat us to a series of energetic and amusing clowning sketches that weave together the stories of the in…
Clowning is largely known a children’s form of entertainment.
A History, w Nowell Edmurnds is a surreal examination of celebrity culture which is by turns extraordinarily captivating and deeply funny.
In their homemade red and black jumpsuits (emblazoned with an enormous Z and V respectively), Zach Zucker and Viggo Venn are an odd pair — even at the Fringe, the spiritual home …
The Australian outback, a French sheep and a lonely convict on the run.
Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy.
Something’s happened to John’s porridge bowl and Marny Godden has crafted an hour of surreal, very physical comedy to find out exactly what.
What is love? In an immersive clown show with an interesting lyrical vein, Sean Kempton (of Cirque du Soleil) attempts to find out.
Russian Company Derevo’s Once takes place early in the morning by Fringe standards and many of the audience members at the George Square Theatre might have been wondering whether…
The Man of Mystery comes on stage looking like something out of a classic James Bond film: strong jawline, handsome stubble and a black turtleneck — topped off with an orange shi…
Story Pocket Theatre’s Storyteller, Storyteller pits two storytellers against each other in an epic battle of clowning, miming and slapstick comedy.
Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child.
Returning to Edinburgh after a six year hiatus, Bunk Puppets’ Sticks Stones Broken Bones is both an expert display of shadow puppetry and a joyous celebration of playfulness.
It’s difficult trying to describe We Are Ian.
This show is unlike much else at Fringe this year.
Shadow puppets have a reputation for being, let’s face it, a bit uncool.
Familia de la Noche’s production of Gulliver’s Travels is an adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s satirical novel following several adventures of Lemuel Gulliver as he travels to t…
The incoming audience is met by a tall man resplendent in shorts, M&S shirt buttoned to the collar and white joke shop beard.
Puppet pioneers Flabbergast Theatre have made an interesting move this year, establishing their own dedicated performance space, The Omnitorium, within the confines of Assembly Ge…
Helen Duff has gone from strength to strength, after her hilarious yet heart-breaking Vanity Bites Back show last year.
Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston remain on top form with their new laugh-out-loud spin-off Cabaret Whore, in which Young’s comic character La Poule Plombée is finally g…
The Tiger Lillies are a band that everyone should experience at least once in their life times.
Quite why Mawaan Rizwan describes himself as a Gender Neutral Concubine Pirate remains a bit of a mystery throughout the show.
Opening in 1943 Rome, Gran Consiglio is set with The Grand Council of Fascism meeting to discuss the deposition of Benito Mussolini.
Hysterical is a dark comedy exploring the boundaries of mental health and wellbeing in today’s corporate reality, where work-life balance often equals yoga, medication and therap…
If you’ve ever struggled to catch a flight while clumsily carrying too many suitcases and bags, there’s lots to smile at here.
Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends.
Animation, mime and speech come together in this neat one-man show about love at first-sight going wrong.
The basement of the Blue Man is a cosy Aladdin’s cave of a space, all cushions and tapestries and tasteful lighting.
An ambitious clown show from veteran performer Chris Lynam, ErictheFred never quite lives up to its multimedia promise despite some impressive and funny moments along the way.
Book of Love is without a doubt a special show: Lindsay Benner is sexy, silly and completely charming.
The Very Grey Matter of Edward Blank is directed by Conrad Sharp and performed by Familia de la Noche, taking place in the home and imagination of Edward Blank.
Libby Northedge begins Twisted Loaf: Stale Mate on her hands and knees, crawling onto the darkened stage, starkers but for her underwear, smudged make-up, and a pair of glittery hi…
Kraken, devised and performed by Trygve Wakenshaw, is a physically charged one man mime show.
Vagabond: Where Will the Wind Take You? is the story of three vagabonds, or clowns, called Cazzo, Lazzo and Pazzo.
On any given night during the Edinburgh Fringe there are dozens of funny comics standing on stage talking about the life and loves of a performer.
Acclaimed double act LetLuce (Lucy Pearman and Letty Butler) offer an entertaining hour of very silly, loosely connected sketches on a nautical theme.
Best described as cabaret with some clowning thrown in, Scarlet Shambles: It Used To Be Me is a delightful surprise.
Barnie Duncan’s alter-ego Juan Vesuvius has returned to Edinburgh with a DJing set unlike any other.
Jetting in from Toronto come clown sisters Morro and Jasp, masters of their craft and hilarious to boot.
If you are looking for the silliest Shakespeare at the Fringe, look no further.
Tatterdemalion is a one-man mime and puppetry show in which the audience are among the most essential elements.
Just when you thought Disney’s Frozen couldn’t be any more ubiquitous than it already is.