Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat…
Somewhere in a parallel universe little Alfie’s natural comedic performance skills were recognised by his doting parents who encouraged and developed his blossomin…
Somewhere in a parallel universe little Alfie’s natural comedic performance skills were recognised by his doting parents who encouraged and developed his blossomin…
Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a twisted, dark and hilarious comedy drama that tells the story of Rita and Sue, two working class girls from a rundown Bradford council estate …
You gotta keep him here, Miss Jeffries.
The comedian behind Knee Deep In Life is known as Laura Belbin, she’s the perfect tonic in a world of perceived perfection and filtered happiness.
Prom to after-party via generational identity crisis – what if the best night of your life turns into the rest of it? Set to an original score combining pop, funk, jazz and of co…
Blind Mirth returns to Edinburgh Fringe once again in a blaze of glory and parental disdain.
If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, …
Wrong Tree presents a newly devised show: Too Close to the Sun.
‘They come over here.
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES The São Paulo-based artist collective takes on an eclectic array of compositions, spanning French baroque to Afro-samba.
In this work-in-progress show, Baby Belle’s slightly less glamorous sibling Jax Braithwaite will unwrap the experience of Dealing with Tricky Feelings.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
A whimsical, musical exploration of social versus personal identity from the perspective of a late-identified and diagnosed non-binary autistic person.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening.
Hong Kong veteran community theatre company, Art Home, masquerade in handcrafted masks to confuse the definitions of what is a human and what is a dog.
Why are some people bright and sunny while others are more dreich? Is a walk in the park with friends better for our wellbeing than a night on the sofa watching TV? What are the “5…
Join Monski Mouse, and her super-talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents/carers.
‘I think if you’re going to write a ghost story worth its salt you must experience ghosts for yourself’.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Real-life dating, brimming with possibilities for passion, romance, or smashing a stranger in the back of your Toyota Camry while they moan a name you don’t recognise.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this award-winning, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
Critically acclaimed Quebec City-based circus company, Machine de Cirque, present the award-winning Maxim Laurin (Guinness World Record holder) performing a spectacular duet with G…
A solo show exploring life and light.
As chilling as if Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock wrote for the theatre, Hush-a-bye Baby unfolds the enigmatic narrative of a spinster whose dark deeds involve the inexplicabl…
Love.
Dominic Frisby presents a lecture (with funny bits) about the extraordinary history of mining.
There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready by the time he gets home, and some things are best kept under the table.
It’s almost Mother’s Day.
The average C-section in the USA costs £25-40K, but you can just squat one out in the back like a feral cat for FREE! Comedian and skinflint Leah Renee returns to Fringe with a ne…
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Light plays the key element in the work of both artists.
You are cordially invited.
Join the UK’s most energetic-yet-simultaneously-downbeat double act as they record the pilot for their groundbreaking TV chat show.
Grace Mulvey wants to be a human adult who has fun.
Join Fiddlefox and Baby Shark as they travel to different lands around the world around the world seeking a lost friend, while experiencing the sights and sounds of each culture re…
The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner presents an unparalleled, unscripted new show that delves deep into who we are, hijacking faces to spark a…
A bilingual children’s musical in English and Spanish, Baby Rock is the story of Anastasia, a young girl who explores the world and learns how to make a new friend regardless of …
This is an admission of ‘holy sh*t.
It’s gonna be a bloody night! This dude has taken his crazy kink to a whole new level.
The five-star, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and an absolutely s…
Fringe fave Baby Wants Candy is back! Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out six years running.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
In the summer of ‘99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
‘Witty yet strangely informative’ Gabey Lucas (Rip City Comedy Festival, Martin Foundation Full Artist 2020 finalist) wants to talk to you about hard-hitting subjects like unicorn …
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
“If that makes sense” Common Phrase.
Kara, Mickey and Pol go to Spain to recapture the holiday of their misspent youth 32 years ago.
RAVE BABY is a neon-soaked family clubbing experience where kids get to bring their grown-ups along for the ride! Expect an hour of soul-inspiring fun, dancing together to the ecle…
Dave Bibby, ‘“madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BroadwayWorld), set out to create a theatrical masterpiece: A one-man Jurassic Park.
Jacob is about to have a baby.
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Have a laugh! Gerry Carroll - Light brings you a delightful, true and entertaining personal story about being a 71 year old human.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
She's loud, she swears, she's inappropriate, and she's the comedian behind the social media antics of Knee Deep In Life.
Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it …
Junior, a queer sex worker in Hastings is suffering from PTSD.
Junior is a queer sex worker in Hastings suffering from PTSD.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
A one-act theatrical monologue with music telling the tales of the remarkable life of Marie Curie; the woman, the mother, the widow, the scientist, the Nobel prize winner, who shat…
The University of St Andrews’ funniest, sexiest and incidentally only improvised comedy troupe returns to the Fringe and this year, it’s back to school.
There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready by the time he gets home, and some things are best kept under the table.
Brooklyn-based comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Late Late Show, The New Yorker) returns to the Fringe for one week only with an hour full of whip-smart gags, jokes and plenty of naught…
When Juliet (writer on Sarah Millican TV and radio prog, Mock The Week, 8/10 Cats Does Countdown) went to India to trace her family roots (it’s complicated!), she unleashed family …
When Juliet (writer on Sarah Millican TV and radio prog, Mock The Week, 8/10 Cats Does Countdown) went to India to trace her family roots (it’s complicated!), she unleashed family …
Award-winning poet Jackie Kay and British-Iranian artist Fari Bradley discuss hope and creativity in the face of adversity.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
There’s something really unsettling about 1950s suburbia, and What If They Ate The Baby? really taps into that feeling as it plunges deeply into the aesthetic of a stereotypical …
Rock Festival Choir, Alnwick’s highly regarded chamber choir directed by Peter Brown, returns to the Fringe with a spine-tingling programme of 20th and 21st-century choral classics…
Rock Festival Choir, Alnwick’s highly regarded chamber choir directed by Peter Brown, returns to the Fringe with a spine-tingling programme of 20th and 21st-century choral classics…
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE - is not that strange?" Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all-new…
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
This gender euphoric cabaret is a musical paradise for thems, mens, femmes, and everyone in between.
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Join Monski Mouse and her super talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents.
By turns funny, emotional and at times disturbing, “Too Soon?” follows stand-up comedian Ash Khan who suffered a very public breakdown while presenting an award at the 2007 BAFTAs.
By turns funny, emotional and at times disturbing, “Too Soon?” follows stand-up comedian Ash Khan who suffered a very public breakdown while presenting an award at the 2007 BAFTAs.
Voloz Collective’s production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is a masterclass in physical theatre.
Leith Makes Good.
Join us for this joyful celebration of Scotland’s homegrown music scene in Princes Street Gardens.
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.
Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au…
Dave Bibby, ‘madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer’ (BroadwayWorld.
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this multi award-nominated, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
A hilarious and heartbreaking dark comedy driven by 20 characters and 11 original songs, in which the heroine, Luna, endeavours to disentangle herself from bad decisions and an ove…
A comedy show where your little one won’t derail everything, in fact, you’ll be hoping they’ll do all the things that normally embarrass you, loudly and proudly.
Stone – Face – Book.
Raul Kohli returns for a third year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Join Brigitte Aphrodite on a wild literary road trip, celebrating Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too) through punk poetry, songs, and stories.
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…
Following a sell-out 12-country tour for his critically-acclaimed 2021 show, one of the UK’s most exciting storytellers is back with a candid new hour about the remarkable unimport…
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for eight years now, and it’s time for that to change! So he’s attempting to do something he’s never done before.
Fringe fave Baby Wants Candy is back! Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2015-2019.
Sophie is at her Grandfather’s shiva where her whole family have come together to pay their respects, including her attractive second cousin.
When Cirque du Soleil offer you a Las Vegas residency as the first comedian to perform with them, you don’t say no.
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! Join him as he attempts to do something he’s never done before.
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! Join him as he attempts to do something he’s never done before.
The flame gutters but doesn’t go out…Ghost Light is a new musical that tells the story of a washed-up child star named Kat trapped in a cycle of emotional and financial…
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE- is not that strange?" Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all …
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all new production of their hit show Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing.
“I do love nothing in the world so well as BOOZE- is not that strange?" Shit-faced Shakespeare® is back home at Leicester Square Theatre with an all …
The Moran Sisters captured the hearts of a generation when they were children.
Following a sell-out 12-country tour for his critically-acclaimed 2021 show, one of the UK’s most exciting storytellers is back with a candid new hour about the remarkable unimport…
Ollie Horn promises you a great night of stand-up comedy, but he hasn’t always been able to do that.
Fierce, funny, and wonderfully frank, Poppy and Rubina have sex and they aren’t ashamed to talk about it.
From the mind of Jon Griffin (21 Crows, Sairie) comes three tales of terror.
From the mind of Jon Griffin (21 Crows, Sairie) comes three tales of terror.
For his brand new stand-up show, Phil Wang’s chatting race, family, nipples and everything else that’s been going on in his Philly little life.
Whatever you think Phil Wang’s Wang In There, Baby! Is going to be like, the reality of the show far surpasses it.
Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BROADWAY WORLD) is back with a hilarious show about parenthood and dinosaurs.
Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BROADWAY WORLD) is back with a hilarious show about parenthood and dinosaurs.
Because of its unique, hilarious and down right crazy rounds, Quiz Face has been described as.
Because of its unique, hilarious and down right crazy rounds, Quiz Face has been described as.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Pertha is a Giant Sphere of Light and has been created by Artist Synergy, a Brighton artist, and is from the novel The Secrets of the Seven Wardrobes.
Pertha is a Giant Sphere of Light and has been created by Artist Synergy, a Brighton artist, and is from the novel The Secrets of the Seven Wardrobes.
Family fun, dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
Music and lyrics by Matthew Strachan, Book by Bernie Gaughan 1950’s Dublin and two families living in adjoining terraced houses, become locked in a bitter matriarchal feud abo…
From the creators of the award-winning Jersey Boys.
'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips.
Bola Agbaje’s Olivier Award-winning remarkable debut GONE TOO FAR! returns to the London stage in 2023 for the first time since becoming a GCSE set text.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
What’s the only thing proven to change the world? That’s right: issue-led fringe theatre.
A North-West writer explores growing up queer in rural England and the climate emergency.
They’re here, one’s queer, and they never get over anything.
Uncle AdolfHow could we be so blind?A Quiz Too FarSome people take quizzing too far.
Grandpa Gerson was only living his best life.
Grandpa Gerson was only living his best life.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows LEGS & LOGS) presents an hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring relatable topics including trains and babies.
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Reality is overrated.
Reality is overrated.
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
The story of an American teenager grappling with her dad’s heroin overdose.
Ubiquitous fitness, health and dating apps ask us some very personal questions.
Sketch comedy that encompasses the horrid, the dark, the bizarre and the stupid.
St Andrews’ oldest, funniest and – incidentally – only improv comedy troupe are back at the Fringe and they’ve officially given up.
Set to the last tour of the Tragically Hip, They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too explores what it means to be Canadian in an American world, how music can save your life and how the u…
Jimmy is 34 and has never felt like he belonged.
It’s the year 2030 – you now have high bandwidth secure laser communications straight to your VR headset without an Ethernet cable.
Birds of Passage in the Half Light is a dark comedic excavation exposing the complicated relationship between Her faith and the generational impact that it has had on Her female li…
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Bodies of water.
Bodies of water.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
If you don’t like that guy who always has a funny story then this might not be for you. Mark will make you laugh, make you think and possibly ask you to give him some space.
Shakespeare’s much loved comedy of new beginnings.
Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’s just a nicer word for different.
Bring Me to Light is a contemporary dance piece dedicated to finding beauty in your inner demons.
Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert Shawn Moondez) as he explains various ways to value our moon to his co-host and UK Improv Smackdown 2022 winner, Rick Falcon.
Featuring former West End performers, this 2for1 tribute brings you two of the most iconic musicals of all time.
Investigated over 24 murders and eight shootings.
Join Monski Mouse, special guest cabaret superstar Dusty Limits, and friends for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and fun for 0-5s.
Join talented duo Leila Marshall and Ailsa Aitkenhead for an evening recital of lyrical and rousing works for flute and piano.
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for an epic session of bonkers, bopping, beautiful fun.
How do clowns get pregnant? There is no obvious punch line for Little Parts, a clown who has always been pregnant, yet who is not sure if she’ll ever give birth.
After a girls night out, three friends wind down in the local chippy.
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
This solo performance with award-winning dancer Mikolaj Karczewski is based on personal material, made in collaboration with the obstruction master Palle Granhøj.
One man… One hour… One hell of a good laugh! Grab a beer, pull up a chair and let’s make this the best hour of nonsense you will see all Fringe!l
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
A comic look at the agony of adoption.
Get ready for an evening of bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from cult drag superstar Baby Lame.
Variety artiste Ada Campe decided to do some research into her family history during lockdown – and was delighted and intrigued by what she found! Join her for a show about wonde…
Reality is overrated.
Fox-Light is Barnaby Tobias’s (Netflix, Theatre Royal Windsor, The Kings Head) debut play directed by Simon Usher (RSC, National, Royal Court), which follows two young painters as …
You are blindfolded.
Fox-Light is Barnaby Tobias’s (Netflix, Theatre Royal Windsor, The Kings Head) debut play directed by Simon Usher (RSC, National, Royal Court), which follows two young painters as …
Raul Kohli does an hour of crowd interaction because after 24 months selling himself on webcam like a budget pornstar, he’s come to the realisation that comedy means nothing with…
After moving to Switzerland, a wayward Aussie finds out he’ll be a father and so he does the obvious: Leaves everyone to embark on an acting career (AKA cocaine addiction) and accr…
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
Christof’s overly-supportive, Greek-Cypriot family has made him think anybody cares about his jokes and, even worse, this Edinburgh show.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
Peter Davis works from the almost deserted location of Silwick in West Mainland of Shetland, where he is surrounded by unobstructed seaviews and dramatic cliffs.
A magical, charming show of dance and acrobatics which will delight children and adults alike.
Ten years (well, now twelve…) after losing most of his sight, ‘deliciously talented’ (Guardian) Tom looks back, sees the funny side and wonders what might’ve been.
As we all know, COVID was invented to stop people from enjoying live music, but now Two Hearts are here to help us recover from two years of silence.
Hi, my name is Ray and I’m an Australian stand-up comedian who lives in London.
Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2015-2019.
When the pandemic hit, comedian Pernille Haaland found herself moving back home to her parents in rural Norway.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
Following the recent deposit of the landmark archive of acclaimed street photographer Robert Blomfield (1938–2020) at the Centre for Research Collections, this exhibition celebra…
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
A Night of Screen Dance featuring the premier of Lila Dance’s new film ‘Gaps in the Light’, stunning duet ‘a part’ featuring leading wheelchair dancers Susie Birchwood (Candoco) an…
A Night of Screen Dance featuring the premier of Lila Dance’s new film ‘Gaps in the Light’, stunning duet ‘a part’ featuring leading wheelchair dancers Susie Birchwood (Candoco) an…
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows LEGS & LOGS) presents an hour of extreme, unadulterated nonsense featuring trains, brains and babies.
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows LEGS & LOGS) presents an hour of extreme, unadulterated nonsense featuring trains, brains and babies.
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, tucked away under the arches of Waterloo at the Network Theatre, is an incredibly feminist play.
Family fun, dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Reality is overrated.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
Reality is overrated.
“I am young, I am naive, I am filled with .
Shakespeare’s battle of the sexes is reignited this Summer with a riotous new production of Much Ado About Nothing in the Globe Theatre.
A comedy show 165 million years in the makingMulti-award-winning comedian, Dave Bibby, is back with a show about parenthood through the eyes of a complete manchild.
Bye Bye Baby are a jaw-dropping tribute to the musical phenomenon ‘Jersey Boys’ and the timeless, iconic music of ‘Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons…
“MOVING, ORIGINAL, DECISIVE THEATRE” - Broadway BabyMeet Billie.
Love lives and dies, onlineTwo rooms, two people, two calls, two times.
An exploration of the senses, sung to a mesmerising soundtrack, Baby Bear is a playful, interactive puppetry adventure for babies, toddlers and their families.
An exploration of the senses, sung to a mesmerising soundtrack, Baby Bear is a playful, interactive puppetry adventure for babies, toddlers and their families.
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
Since her first stand-up special launched on Amazon Prime in 2020 it's received a huge amount of critical acclaim, amassing a staggering 60 million v…
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
The Olivier and Tony Award-winning Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were hailed as landmark and must-see theatrical events.
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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! It’s the show that NOBODY asked for Baby Lame sings Shit! Join punk horror drag superstar Baby Lame as she takes over the Glory intimate soire filled with …
Legendary Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi shares the extraordinary secrets of his 50-plus years in rock’n’roll in this intimate evening of chat and music.
How many times can a woman be objectified before deciding she’s more human than that? More angry than that… more vengeful than that.
With 21 convictions for 76 offenses, beginning at the age of 13, including arrests for stabbings, shootings and murder; losing an eye and being told he would never walk again, Marv…
Hoo Hah House's production Brave Face is by far the bravest and powerful production I have seen at the Fringe this year.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
A comedy spoken word show about gender, the media and not fitting any of the boxes, full of explosive movement, original songs and kickass video projection.
Claudio loves Hero and Benedick hates Beatrice.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
St Andrews’ oldest, funniest and – incidentally – only improv comedy troupe are back at the Fringe with their unique mix of sparky, spontaneous and side-splittingly funny short…
How many times can a woman be objectified before deciding she’s more human than that? More angry than that… more vengeful than that.
A hyper-reality show portraying the daily life of a cam girl in a Barbie-land gone wrong.
We used to give out free samples of cheese at Fortnum and Masons but weren’t allowed to have any ourselves.
An eclectic hour of stand up comedy from Sharon Wanjohi (Chortle Student Finalist) and Abbie Edwards (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) that WILL make you laugh like you’d read a sl…
An eclectic hour of stand up comedy from Sharon Wanjohi (Chortle Student Finalist) and Abbie Edwards (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) that WILL make you laugh like you’d read a sl…
We used to give out free samples of cheese at Fortnum and Masons but weren’t allowed to have any ourselves.
Three couples have signed up for private antenatal classes.
The genius combination of an hour-long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
A baby rolls into their lives, literally, and it belongs to none of them.
A baby rolls into their lives, literally, and it belongs to none of them.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Family fun, dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
I can tell you how this coronavirus started, straight off the bat.
The Face of the Other is an exhibition that investigates the issues of visibility/invisibility, otherness and hospitality.
I can tell you how this coronavirus started, straight off the bat.
The Face of the Other is an exhibition that investigates the issues of visibility/invisibility, otherness and hospitality.
It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Lloyd Griffith: Not just a pretty faceLloyd is back on the road with his latest stand up tour.
Legendary Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi will share the extraordinary secrets of his 50-plus years in rock’n’roll when he takes to the stage for an int…
“Donor Conceived Person? Honestly I think I prefer Test Tube Baby” Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’…
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
This lockdown is definitely going to be over by December, right? Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some “stand-up covidy”, a ‘…
This lockdown is definitely going to be over by December, right? Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some “stand-up covidy”, a ‘best of&rsqu…
A woman tries to reconcile her identity as a Canadian-born child of British parents living in the United States while she desperately tries to score a ticket to the final show of C…
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
This jaunty little potter through the more gruesome elements of Shakespeare’s works really ‘gets’ the tone needed for this strange 2020 hybrid of live theatre / film / desper…
The 72-year-old cabaret performer Nigel Osner knows a thing or two about ageing and self-isolating during the pandemic.
Broken Britain, 1987, Rita and Sue; two teens hungry for adult adventure embark on a wicked journey that takes them on a very raucous ride – literally! You’ll be shocked, you may…
We find Lila, a young British woman, alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
Come see 30 plays in 60 minutes! Created by Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists Theatre and performed by students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California.
They have toured the world, won multiple awards, broken onto London’s West End, survived nine consecutive Edinburgh Fringes and once received a zero-star review in The Times! They …
Lloyd is back on the road for his third UK stand up tour.
When award-winning comedian Richard Gadd offers a stranger a free cup of tea, he has no sense of the nightmare to come.
Get ready for an absurd explosion of trash-tactic song, interactive comedy, twisted film and furious balls-out performance from renowned drag sensation Baby Lame.
It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
If you want to be a ‘successful independent woman person’ you better have something you want to say and you better be wearing a Serious Black Jumper™.
Linda, Brian and Nelly are new to the neighbourhood, everything seems perfect.
Martin Scorsese and The Rolling Stones come together in this concert film created in the same vein and awe of Scorsese’s previous music documentaries The Last Waltz and No Direct…
Inspired and informed by women who have lived through the criminal justice system, Somalia Seaton’s latest play is a tender exploration of motherhood in a world that is closing i…
They’ve cycled 1500 miles to get to the Fringe, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes they need for their brand-new show.
It’s Andie’s last night in her childhood home before going to uni and she’s throwing the party to end all parties.
The Victorian era is long gone, but to think people once suppressed their inner sick f*ck is a point of fascination for this comedian.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Back at the Fringe for a fourth sell-out year, the world’s biggest big band (probably!) bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of b…
"I kind of want to die – but I’d really like to get into publishing, too," says Billie (performed by Grainne Dromgoole), as she explains the story of her first real l…
Westward the Light is a remarkable new band – a collaboration between piano/fiddle duo Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalists 2017), fiddle/viola p…
Fringe sell-out ten years running! The original family dance party is back, bigger and better than ever.
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and cabaret superstar Dusty Limits for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and fun for …
Join Mia, Jacus, Twinkle and their nursery rhyme friends at the world premiere of a brand new live show.
How do you find love if you’re too ugly for Love Island? According to Nicola’s mother you contact the Daily Mail.
High-energy powerhouse standup for purists featuring big laughs from a road-hardened pro.
A cancer diagnosis reveals a suicidal boob.
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world; come find out why.
Time is ticking for Kate to have a baby.
Blind Mirth – St Andrews’ first, best and, incidentally, only improvised comedy troupe – are back for their eighth consecutive year at the Fringe, with their own particular b…
Have you ever closed your eyes and tried to imagine a new colour? Lucy is a little grey girl in a little grey world who escapes to a land of colour through her stories.
There are 36 shows at the Fringe by trans performers, according to the TransFringe hashtag on Twitter, and Edalia Day’s Too Pretty to Punch might be the only one that’s both ce…
‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those that little bit older.
Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind is a show not to miss.
In 2016, in a quiet stable complex in the Australian Perth hills, a project now known as Darkness to Light did its principal photography.
Lola’s funny, confident, and always striving for perfection.
Non TV-famous, non award-winning comic Amy Howerska returns because she’s not yet learnt her lesson.
Paul, now a fully-disqualified swan psychologist, delves deeper to discover the origins of the gay sperms and once again unleashes his bag of Disturbances.
‘One of the best roasters in Los Angeles’ (Jeff Ross).
The planet is messed up.
How personal is too personal? What topics are off limits? American comedians Jeanne Whitney, Carter Morgan and Mike Lemme met in Paris trying to answer those very questions.
Robbie McShane with his first ever girlfriend and his new pals feels he is now in the position to give the knowledge onto others, like some pathetic God or something.
Ray Bradshaw made waves at last year's Fringe for performing stand-up in sign language and English at the same time, a gesture inspired by his own upbringing with deaf parents …
Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back.
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
Helen Bauer hits the Fringe hard with this compelling comedy debut which is slick, sassy and super satisfying.
Jayde Adams is back and this time it’s serious.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Have you ever been on a Tinder date? Picture that in front of a live audience, where only one of the participants knows what’s going on.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe.
After over a decade running events across the globe, including 10 consecutive sell-out seasons at Edinburgh Fringe and 3 hugely successful appearances at Great Yorkshire…
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and London cabaret superstar, Dusty Limits, for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and…
Step into the magical and colourful world of LITTLE BABY BUM.
Paul, now a fully-disqualified swan psychologist, delves deeper to discover the origins of the gay sperms and once again unleashes his bag of Disturbances.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
It’s 1976, we meet three women from very different backgrounds, who, together with their husbands, are comrades in the African National Congress (ANC).
Humble Crumble and Loitering With Intent present Alice Birch’s Little Light performed in a disused swimming pool in the bowels of the Tower Theatre.
In 2005, at The Lincoln Center Theater, The Light in the Piazza premiered on Broadway.
Don’t miss the London premiere of the six-time Tony-winning musical THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA as it lights up the Royal Festival Hall for four weeks only next summer.
SLJO are very excited to introduce their new conductor, James Keirle, to Brighton Fringe.
After successfully bribing the Edinburgh Festival 2018 for a four star review, the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’ cruises into Brighton Fringe for three nights.
Watch the sparks fly as polyester and crimplene collide, when Derek Daniels (Boogaloo Stu) and Lorraine Bowen (Britain’s Got Talent) join forces for this sensationally silly and …
A combination of clowning, stand-up, storytelling and gameplay that gives the audience the opportunity to create the ultimate relationship ‘to do list’.
Another triumphant show from Ciadhra McGuire and Erik Igelström or, as they’re better known on stage, Earnest and Wilde.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Perth Fringe World Best Comedy nominee Odette is the fun, feisty, incredibly fertile cleaning lady everybody loves to love! Join her for an hour of soap opera silliness as she sha…
New parent? You’re probably in need of a laugh.
“Conscious Light” is an award-winning documentary film on the extraordinary life of Adi Da Samraj, one of the great spiritual realizers of our time.
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Family fun dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
In this show of songs and character vignettes, Nigel Osner casts his perceptive and somewhat mischievous gaze over the poignance and ridiculousness of clinging to the illusion of y…
A gentle and immersive multisensory experience.
In Karyn Kusama’s riveting new crime thriller Destroyer, the receipt of an ink-marked bill in the office mail propels veteran LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidm…
Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experi…
"Bring Your Own Baby Comedy have transformed parental leave" i paper "Guaranteed to leave at least one of you crying with laughter" Mother and Baby M…
Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart for Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman in the new thrilling drama The Front Run…
Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart.
Starring Steve Coogan and John C.
Unconventional country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette has married a charismatic egomaniacal man of letters, 14 years her senior, known by the single name, Willy.
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND EXTRA SCREENING ADDED - TUESDAY 22 JANUARY @ 10:30AM Winner of 10 Best British Independent Film Awards 2018 including - Best British Independent Fi…
Deep in the remote snowy forest an icy wind blows and snowflakes fall from the sky.
Set in a Mother and Baby Home in December 1964, Be My Baby follows Mary Adams who is unmarried and seven months pregnant.
1964, Mary Adams, unmarried and seven months pregnant, is forcibly sent to a Mother and Baby Home by a mother, intent on keeping up appearances.
Resident company of Katzpace Theatre, Exploding Whale return this October with their snappy five-star revival of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Summer Light Theatre are touring a brand-new play, inspired by Shakespeare’s glorious Much Ado About Nothing.
At London's Lyceum, something malign and vengeful is stirring.
Ronnie and Maggie have been a regular feature around the Midlothian folk scene for a number of years.
Back at the Fringe for a third year, the SLJO bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of big band and beyond.
Bercerus the Blind Dog introduces Cerberus’ blind twin, and includes Greek legends galore.
Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
Come find yourself in the woods again amongst shadow puppetry, masks and magic in A Collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Too.
Do you want to reveal yourself to the world? Does your data show more than you think? To whom? We think our personal information is private.
Shakespeare is an easy sell at the Fringe, namely his comedies, and this production of Much Ado is no exception.
The far future.
Ukelear Fusion, the resident ukulele band of the University of St Andrews Music Society, makes their Fringe debut! This ensemble of fun-loving, nerdy, ukulele-toting friends perfor…
This duo will lift you up with their ridiculous stories as you transcend with their emotive songs.
Nigel Osner takes a quizzical look at the challenges and opportunities for those no longer young.
And we can learn from them.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
St Marylebone Theatre Company explore the experiences of women in the 20th and 21st century, asking where have we come from and who do we want to be?
Multi award-winning, Edinburgh-based EGTG, return with this Shakespearean classic.
Sell-out nine years running! The original family dance party is back, bigger and better than ever, celebrating our tenth anniversary on the Fringe.
The buns are burning in The Great Brexit Bake Off as Beatrice battles Benedick, Don Juan’s confused and Hero harassed.
It's what Dan Simpson would want.
A brand-new and free stand-up show from one of the biggest faces in comedy.
You can’t choose your family, but you can create 30 minutes of comedy about them.
The debut solo show from ex-President of the Oxford Revue, Georgia Bruce.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Brenda’s Got a Baby was birthed from a concept created by Molly Rumford, financed via Crowdfunder and the culmination of interviews and news stories from real people.
2023.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Why toddle when you can dance!? Sell-out shows around the world, come find out why DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with under fives and their parents/carers.
‘Kitty my hands have disappeared.
We are told we are living in a liberated world but being a woman comes with rules.
Blind Mirth are St Andrews’ first, best and only improvised comedy troupe.
Technology is becoming a greater force within our society; everyday we are becoming more dependent on it.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Join Esther Manito – ‘bold, original and of course laugh out loud’ (Bidisha, BBC) and Ryan Dalton – ‘as funny as he is tall, he’s very tall’ (Seann Walsh) – on a whirlwind to…
‘The day I’ve been dreading arrives.
As a genuine YouTube sensation, TV talent show star, and with a Las Vegas residency, Tape Face is a comedy rock god but he isn’t here to play the hits; this is an hour of brand n…
Power? Sex? Control? Part One: Meet Baby, a prostitute willing to entertain you with Barbie dolls… Experience a bizarre underworld of desire and oppression.
Returning after their award-winning, sell-out 2015 show, Beard (‘one of the best kept secrets in comedy-town’ (List)) are back with their genre-defying comedy.
Ben Pope is an award-winning comedian and cosmopolitan mammal.
Sex.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Being a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff is tough.
“Have you ever fantasised about someone like me?” Katy Dye asks the audience, not as an adult woman, not as a performance artist, but as a 15-year-old school girl.
Here is something special and unusual: the life and death of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, remixed into a cabaret history lecture b…
Power? Sex? Control? Part Two: Baby, the Barbie doll-playing prostitute, becomes more and more a doll herself.
Ben Pope is an award-winning comedian and cosmopolitan mammal.
After over a decade of family dayclubbing events across the globe, including 9 consecutive sell-out seasons at Edinburgh Fringe and 2 hugely successful appearances at Great Yorks…
Join storyteller Cathianne Hall and actor Jowanna Rose in a double bill as they journey from the opening titles of a 1960’s girl-about-town sitcom to the party from Hell, explori…
An anonymous hack – an act of sabotage or revenge – kicks off a chain of events that changes the whole of society.
You are invited to witness a series of intimate moments of vulnerability and loathing between two broken individuals seeking closure from a murder nine years ago.
Lloyd presents a sort of, work in progress, stand-up comedy show that he hopes to be rough but charming, like an old-timey hobo.
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and London cabaret superstar, Dusty Limits, for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, originals, puppetry and fun…
In his new show Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those, shall we say, just that little bit older.
‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ and ‘Amused Moose Laugh Off’ finalist AJ Roberts debuts his solo show.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
Vamos Theatre, in co-production with Mercury Theatre, have created a truly gorgeous piece of mask theatre looking at the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Following our completely sold out Fringe 2017 season, ‘Baby Loves Disco’ returns to the funkiest bar on the beachfront with the best sea views in Brighton for 2018! Club DJs spin f…
‘The Boo Hoo Baby’ Inspired by the board book by Cressida Cowell Boo is a baby who needs something but what it is nobody knows.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join our resident dj-mumma, Monski Mouse and her Dancers for an hour of bopping family fun.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in the friendliest of discos.
Gallery Lock-In is a makeshift gallery space tucked away in the backstreets behind the beachfront.
In a well-paced, one-hour monologue, eighteen-year-old Alex talks about the generations of family who have had a significant impact upon his life.
Red Light Confidential is a safe space for artists and audiences alike where newbies rub shoulders with seasoned pros.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world, come find out why Adelaide’s own, DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with the under fives and their parents/carers.
Babies, toddlers, stressed new parents swilling bottles of wine and some top Fringe comedians.
WINNERS of the SA Touring Award, Adelaide this is your show!!! ‘Can’t Face’ is punchy, high skilled, fast paced, funny as hell and all kinds of mischief.
The Elder hall facade will be filled with animated light and music, through ingenious interactivity as a playful, bold and curious take their turn to control the building and becom…
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a show about trying to be the perfect partner and failing.
Something extraordinary is happening in Adelaide’s skies.
“like something straight out of a Tarantino film.
How would a balloon dog survive in the real world? What kind of job would he be successful at? This is the light-hearted story of a balloon dog who tries different occupations, all…
Tangkuinyendi Yabarra brings to life Yellaka; old wisdom through new ways.
‘Life of Stars’ is based on the incredible works of renowned Biennial artist Lindy Lee and the processes and themes behind her work.
Based on fabulous circus posters and photographs from the National Fairground Archive, The Electric Canvas transforms the Mitchell Building into an amazing moving billboard.
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
Too Many Zooz are a busking phenomenon born in the subways of New York City.
Featuring the leading voices in Spain today, revered singer Carmen Linares and brilliant rising stars Arcangel and Marina Heredia perform with Miguel A.
It’s 36 years since Andrea Dunbar’s breakthrough play announced the all-too-brief flowering of a new writing talent – “a genius straight from the slums,” as the Mail on S…
Selladoor Family presents Guess How Much I Love You.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy.
Two DJs live on stage and on the mics.
I was born to two of the most clueless parents.
Raise a glass with us at a brand-new Fringe venue and celebrate the life of Ronald, who died slowly, painfully and fully aware.
Ventriloquist extraordinaire Nina Conti is back with her famous masks, ready to use you as her puppet.
Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead collaborates with Dundee indie-pop band The Hazey Janes centering on the poem The Optimistic Sound that Lochhead composed in memory of her…
You’ve heard them on the radio and seen them on the television, now join William Hanson and Diana Mather, leading etiquette experts, live on stage in this tongue-in-teacup foray in…
Debut stand-up hour from Ben Shannon about cats, growing up and being easily distracted.
An evening of performance in the middle of the afternoon.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Runaway hit of Fringe 2016, the Pop Bingo Disco gameshow is back and this time it’s all about the kids! Forget smelly bingo halls with OAPs telling you to be quiet.
David McIver is a refreshing breath of air in every sense.
Kranti (Revolution) empowers girls from Mumbai’s red-light areas to become agents of social change.
Award-winning, funny and unpredictable wordless puppet show featuring a stunning variety of innovative electro-luminous objects.
Speed, brevity, honesty and the denial of preconception, TML brings you on a rollicking, multi-genre journey of 30 plays in 60 minutes.
Why toddle when you can dance?! It’s time to get heads, shoulders, knees and toes bopping along to lashings of swing, pop, rock, latin and more! Selling out shows around the world,…
Originally produced at the Royal Court in 2007, it received outstanding reviews and was nominated for several awards.
Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly…
Blind Mirth are the University of St Andrews’ improv comedy group and they are back once again at this year’s Fringe.
Javier is talked about as surreal, absurdist, observational, daft, satirical: he doesn’t stand as a novelty, nor does he mirror what you know about stand-up comedy.
We all have problems in life.
One night can change your life.
Dirty Protest’s Sugar Baby was an entertaining hour of theatre at Paines Plough’s Roundabout, Summerhall.
Sugar Baby satirised the food industry with one eyebrow firmly raised, mocking both the trend of ‘clean eating’ for which vegan titans like ‘Deliciously Ella’ are increasin…
Sometimes, when comedians are interviewed, they talk about how they have a responsibility to talk about the issues.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Nominated for Best Comedy 2016 by Fringe World, with 23 sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Meet Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face, not Tape Face.
A near-immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering addicts.
Debut stand-up hour from Ben Shannon about cats, growing up and being easily distracted.
The hottest comedy act of 2047 comes back from the future to prove that que sera, sera very funny.
Phineas Wakenshaw is a consummately confident performer, effortlessly charming packed out audiences with a sweet smile and immense stage presence.
Gracefool Collective’s This Really Is Too Much blends dance, spoken word and physical comedy in a devised expressionistic theatre piece; revealing the absurd realities of life fr…
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Matt Forde is a consummate professional, with sharp observations and confident crowd work, it’s just a shame this show lacks the biting satire expected from political comedy at t…
Join visionary character comedy maverick Tom Skelton on a wild gallop through the history of blindness and his own sight loss.
Pernilla is a Norwegian on a journey through her past.
Tape Face, a show that mixes circus, variety, clowning and who knows what else, presents me with somewhat of a dilemma.
Sofie Hagen won an award ages ago and she’s still banging on about it.
‘I can make.
Burly Glaswegian stand-up Scott Agnew has for many years joked about “blow-job knee”—wear and tear arising from too much time on his knees providing oral sex.
An hour long sketch show full of ‘Art’, egotism and arses, WMD Makes Everything Better demonstrates puerile humour at its best.
Join Tape Face as he brings his uniquely hilarious and moving comedy to London in a multi-award winning spectacle that needs to be seen to be believed.
A magical journey through the dark and beautiful night until the black bird sings again to welcome a new day.
“Cake-mixing, baking and eating fuel, this zingy, high-energy story as a restless baby sets about a night-time adventure.
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Responsible for the most popular TED Talk of 2016, James Veitch brings his hilarious new show ‘Game Face’, with more geeky comedy about life, love and enabling Bluetooth.
Join Classical Folk for a lunchtime concert of beautiful and fun music - Classical, Folk (English and around the world) and gypsy - with a seasoning of parlour songs.
One-woman cabaret mix of the comic and the surreal, the poignant and the very dark.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
What is the meaning of life? Do aliens exist? And how many is too many raisins? This show will answer a maximum of one of these questions.
WMD Comedy is a three man sketch troupe with an online following for making strange and wonderful content.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
David McIver is one of the most fun guys around these days.
Following our legendary Brighton Fringe 2016 appearance, the original family dance party returns for more day-clubbing, this time at the funkiest bar on the beachfront with the bes…
Comedian and vertebrate Alex Kealy presents his second comedy show.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your Bingo Dabber! Join 1970s telly host and crimplene-clad showbiz legend Derek Daniels for a sensationally silly Shakespearean round of retro…
Shit-faced Shakespeare is the Fringe favourite combination of high theatre and falling-down drunkenness.
‘You’re never too old for hopes and dreams… there’s always time for plans and schemes.
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Are you ready? Grab a spoon! Because it’s Pat-a-cake time! Pitter-patter – get the butter! Glitzy-glossy – whisk in sugar! Jokey-yolky – add the eggs! Long Nose Puppets off…
After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi…
Award-winning Sudden Impulse Theatre Company are marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by bringing his much-loved comedy classic to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Celebrating for 400th anniversary of the death of Warwickshire’s most famous writer Sudden Impulse are presenting their recent touring production of the classic comedy Much Ado A…
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
A powerful and compelling drama set in 1979.
The play centres around Sensation Nation, a vocal group founded and led by the unstoppable DD.
You will hear from thought leaders, as developers of skills in the industry and an animator facing the daily challenges of working in the Games sector.
Mia is at boarding school.
After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi…
Always a sell-out, the original family dance party returns to Edinburgh’s funkiest nightclub for its eighth Fringe run.
Sean Turner takes his one man show to the Fringe for a month-long run.
As it turns out there are lots of reasons for Marcus to have a long face at the moment, not least because he was born with one.
Ever wondered, or perhaps dreaded, what it would be like if your search history could talk? With a host of zany characters and one wonderfully surreal party, You Tweet My Face Spac…
Three contemporary dance pieces by the creators of Budge3: **** (BroadwayBaby.
Why toddle when you can dance? Get glam and get dancing at this international hit, retro-fabulous vintage disco for under-5s (babies under 6 months can go free).
Desperate and looking for love, Anna (AFI award-winner Bojana Novakovic, star of Rake and Shameless) is a woman at a karaoke bar waiting for a date.
An actual baby, just.
Award-winning, fast-moving comedy show from London, featuring Geoff Cotton and special guest Fiona Barclay.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Strange Face is Michael Burdett’s story; Drake himself is something of a side character.
Mark Nelson is a down-to-earth guy.
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
We’ve all been irritated by unfair traffic fines and generic email newsletters.
The hype for Nina Conti is huge.
Blues harmonica and booze harmonica legend Blind Charlie Harwood makes his Brighton debut after 35 years of licking the blues.
“Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere.
A unique fusion of live traditional and classical music from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and the UK alongside video performances from Kabul.
Join ’70s crimplene-clad telly-host Derek Daniels for a sensationally silly and slightly Shakespearean round of retro musical bingo; tick off the songs and quotes as you hear them …
The original family dance party returns for more afternoon dayclubbing fun.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Share the excitement of ensemble performance of brand new works by young composers, with the Orchestra of Sound and Light.
Mister Bus will be bringing its special brand of surreal sketch comedy to Brighton Fringe! That’s a long train journey and we don’t even like each other that much.
NINA CONTI IN YOUR FACE She’s won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Four Palestinian-American comedians — Amer Zahr, Said Durrah, Mona Aburmishan, and Mike Easmeil – share the bill for a night that is likely to be a mix of politic…
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
This program, named for John Luther Adams, is the kind of multidisciplinary evening one hopes for from National Sawdust, blending the visual arts with new music.
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.
She’s won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and made a BAFTA nominated film – all without moving her …
When you look up at the sky, how do you feel? When you walk down the street, does it mean anything to you? When you look into someone’s eyes, what do you see? Let us take a journ…
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
Let me tell you what happened.
‘Be my little baby,’ intone The Ronettes as the Swinging Sixties unleash a wave of sexual liberation for women.
Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance.
Following their 2014 sell-out Fringe performance, the SLJO are back with an all new set featuring the finest tunes from the golden era of Big Band.
Surgery to change facial appearance is increasingly common, for both reconstructive and cosmetic reasons.
“O God, that I were a man,” Beatrice laments in Much Ado About Nothing’s fourth act.
The Graduation Show is where BWC’s Fringe Improv Intensive Workshop students strut their stuff in a showcase performance having learnt long-form improv from the finest! Find out …
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
The critically acclaimed classical concert for baby, tot and you returns to Edinburgh! Children can dance, roam about and listen to music while you take a moment for yourself and e…
Learn musical improv from the best! Internationally renowned award-winning Chicago troupe, the ‘entertainment phenomenon’ (Scotsman) Baby Wants Candy invites you to learn to improv…
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
How can light bulbs be smart? Could LED light bulbs really be used for wireless data communication? Here at the Li-Fi Centre at the University of Edinburgh, we are developing the e…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
More and more people don’t want children.
Ever screwed up? Said the wrong thing? Wished the ground would just swallow you whole? A problem shared is a problem halved, so meet improv troupe Game Face.
Blind Mirth are a special improv comedy group - wonderfully talented and energetic.
Fringe sell-out 2009-2014.
Come and sit in a cinema and watch two dogs show you their tricks.
This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage), despite its lengthy title, is a fast-paced, intense and powerful piece of new writing, filled with intriguing…
This piece of new writing from Ben Maier is the latest addition to the succession of plays at this year’s Fringe which in some way seek to deal with issues of mental health.
Glucose and Dextrose are state-approved killers, unstable and violent.
Joan, Babs & Shelagh too is a difficult play.
A space at Summerhall has been transformed into a forest.
Moon Fly Theatre Company was created this year with the aim of affording opportunities to new and promising writers, actors and directors.
Frank Sinatra is one of those rare artists that is universally loved and respected by all.
Music has a way of providing the most honest portrait of a person, be it someone listening to an opera in the Royal Albert Hall or someone moshing in the belly of Bannerman’s, mu…
Lance Corporal James Randall is sitting in a living room strewn with desert sand and an abandoned maroon beret by the television.
Conceived and directed by Guillaume Pigé, Blind Man’s Song follows the imagination of a blind musician at the speed of thought.
One of Matt Price’s ambitions is to be one of the nicest people in comedy, and man, he’s succeeding.
A fast-moving, award-winning comedy show featuring original songs, sketches, satire, stand-up and a caption competition to win an excellent bottle of wine.
Sean Turner, alternative stand-up comedian, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his second solo Fringe show.
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
I’m going to start by dismissing the notion that we’re due something entirely new from Joseph Morpurgo, because such thinking ignores the staggeringly high standards to which t…
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
It’s a brave soul who chooses to sit in the front row of In Your Face, Nina Conti’s latest helping of deconstructive ventriloquism.
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
Tar Baby is a show caught between two worlds, comedy and drama, poignant and silly, white and black.
(closes on June 27) An unlikely 1976 artist’s book by Jasper Johns and Samuel Beckett inspires this theatrical adaptation by the young company Piehole.
Jinkx Monsoon is back with a drag show that’s a follow-up to “The Vaudevillians” of 2013.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
Saturday May 23rd All Saints Church, Hove, 7:30pm.
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Internationally renowned entertainment solutions provider White Light Ltd are running this workshop for Brighton Fringe participants.
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
David James, senior comedian and master story-teller, brings his baby-boomer show to Brighton Fringe for one night only.
Get digging for neon-jellycakes, fight mad mosquito armies, put a clothes peg on your nose visiting Café Burp [the smelliest cafe in the world] and help row our boat across shark …
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Rachel, an artist recovering from a serious injury, develops a relationship with her sitter.
Jon Stewart hosts this annual star-studded fund-raiser for autism programs nationwide.
Nick Thune, a charismatic storyteller and musical comedian, headlines this wonderfully titled stand-up tour, with support from Kate Berlant, an absurdist darling of the alt scene, …
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
This innovative festival, which explores themes of spirituality, continues on Friday with a performance by the Radio Choir Berlin of Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” at t…
The Award Winning solo show, Spitting In The Face Of The Devil, returns to NYC for an encore performance Thursday, September 25th at 9:00 pm at Theatre Row – Studio Theatre.
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this all-lady lineup, hosted by Anna Drezen.
Bach to Baby is the critically-acclaimed classical concert series for babies and their carers to enjoy together.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
Naive Claudio is about to marry chaste Hero.
Pam Ford has taken 40 years to be happy in her skin, she wants everyone to discover their best bits, and get happy right now, what a great way to start the day with a lunchtime sho…
After last year’s sell-out shows as a duo with Steve Rutherford, and playing guitar on Sydney Carter’s songs and poems with Gordon Funky Socks choir, Mark returns to the Fringe wit…
Grace Savage, the UK’s official female champion beatboxer, suits her oxymoronic name to a tee.
Star of Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Kerry recently appeared as Hannah in Ricky Gervais’ sitcom Derek and played Lacey Turner’s mum in Our Girl.
The Year Out Drama Company’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing begins with a game of charades and its brisk humour quickly melts away my scepticism.
Scotland 1040, a nation in turmoil, striving for independence.
With such an intriguing name, the cynical part of me was almost prepared to be let down.
St Andrews’ oldest, best and only improv troupe is lonely.
This is a very weird play.
American improv comedy troupe Baby Wants Candy are among the most familiar veterans of the Fringe.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Is minimum alcohol pricing making our health worse? Dr Angus Bancroft (University of Edinburgh) reckons so.
This original work sets out to present the history of the US state of Nevada, contending that there’s more to it than Vegas.
An innovative experience premieres at the festival this year in the form of David Leddy’s political thriller, City of the Blind.
Too Cool to Care is the story of Ware’s life as a carer for a father with Alzheimer’s and a wheelchair-bound mother.
“You don’t know what heckling is!” screams Michael Legge at a woman in the first row, cutting down her contention that the Northern-Irish comedian is lovely.
Rob Auton’s show has a mercurial quality, slipping somewhere between spoken word show, stand up comedy and theatrical piece.
Medical student music group One Dissection from St George’s, University of London escape the dissecting room and break into a different kind of theatre to present a medical a cappe…
From the off the Edinburgh Revue never really got kicking.
Fringe sell-out 2009-2013.
I’m not worried that you won’t have a great time at my show though .
“The Nobel prize, by canonising individuals, disguises the truth that they are all, in Newton’s famous phrase, standing ‘on giants’ shoulders’ and on each other’s as well.
Naomi Paul does not so much make light of topics as make them dull.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! Parents and under fives are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Anyone expecting anything like Hamlet will be sorely disappointed.
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind has been running in various iterations since 1988, with an ever-changing roster of extremely short “plays.
Insomnia, a chain smoking mother and a bedbound Hungarian pervert.
Mike Burdett’s one man show has all the signs and potential for being a Fringe hit but, sadly, due to some underdeveloped writing and wayward lessons, it doesn’t quite hit the mark…
There is no doubt that an audience of a certain age will fondly remember the two famous actors starring in You’re Never Too Old, although audiences of any age could not fail to e…
From the outset, this musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest was just bad and unfortunately, not the kind of bad production that you’d …
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
Ali James, George Kemp and John Oakes comprise Giraffe, a hysterical sketch comedy trio bent on filling an hour of your lives with their own brand of hilarious original comedy.
Scheduling is an often overlooked aspect of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, not least by venues attempting to squeeze in as many popular shows as possible.
Two-time comedian of the year nominee Luke Benson has been looking at his life: nearly 30, not quite winning and obsessing over how big is fun-size.
In need of some Light Relief? Let Geoff Cotton and Roberta Mair give you a helping hand and relieve your stress with a riotous, award-winning romp through stand-up, sketches, satir…
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Felicity Fitz Frisky and Hansel Amadeus Mannish are the quintessential Fringe success story.
Award-winning comedian Dr George Ryegold is back to celebrate his triumphal return to the medical elite with the truth about stockings and economics plus Greek mythology, drugs, th…
In a technological netherworld, government agents struggle against rebels for control of the ‘mindspace.
Staple/face are a young sketch group, something they don’t shy away from.
After the success of ‘League of St George’ last year, Bricks and Mortar Theatre are back with their second Edinburgh Fringe production Barge Baby.
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
The double helix structure of DNA is knowledge that today we take for granted.
This internationally renowned Chicago troupe performs a completely improvised, hourlong musical.
(previews start on June 3; opens on June 16) Sigh no more, theatergoers.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Exploding drag, gender, queer shame and otherness, La Bouche is a human barely understood, born into a universe where conformity is key.
The brilliantly funny Myq Kaplan celebrates the release on Netflix of his new special, “Small, Dork, and Handsome,” with performances from Chris Gethard, Aparna Nancher…
Written by Rob Johnston.
‘Writing is a shared experience’ asserts Sussex novelist Peter Jones on the Rottingdean Writers Group website, a notion that contrasts with what is perhaps most people’s sens…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Awarded Best Children’s Show of Brighton Fringe 2006, ‘Shoe Baby’ is a magical puppet show! A fantastical sing-a-long adventure with a baby who takes to the sea, the air and the zo…
Following a successful run at festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe 2013 and various venues around the UK and Ireland, join Ireland’s tallest comedian at Brighton Fringe 2014.
The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly.
A light-hearted, irreverent tour of Jewish food in books, songs and stories.
Fringe sell-out 2012/13.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! DJ Monski Mouse and her team bring high energy smiling in a fabulous retro music and dance event for parents and children under 5.
(previews start on May 1; opens on May 18) Medea is one woman who won’t be receiving a mother’s day card.
‘BABY/LON’, the second work by Hackney-based theatre company The Big House, is a big story; one of homelessness, violence, motherhood on the lowest rungs of society and the strug…
Paula Vogel’s 1984 play gets a high-spirited but numbing revival, with its central conceit — grown-ups loudly mimicking three imaginary children before a real one arriv…
In 2011 a feminist punk rock group, calling themselves Pussy Riot, donned their bold balaclavas and took siege of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and gave a performance tha…
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
The National Youth Choir of Great Britain, formed of around 100 of the UK’s best young singers, performs unaccompanied music including works by Byrd, Palestrina, Bach, Brahms, Brit…
Nick discusses plans for his funeral with a majestic PowerPoint presentation. Will also talk about sport, hobbies etc. Bring a sandwich. #lunchtime. www.freefestival.co.uk
Although the Fringe offers up a slew of improvised comedy year after year, the youthful set of comics behind Blind Mirth succeed in providing a unique input into the somewhat satur…
Courage Performers’ production Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing takes William Shakespeare’s much loved comedy Much Ado About Nothing and the ‘merry war’ between Beatrice and Benedi…
The original rom-com, Much Ado About Nothing is one of William Shakespeare’s best loved works and perfect fodder for constant makeovers, in recent years it has been reset to just a…
Students of Baby Wants Candy’s Improv Fringe Intensive strut their stuff in this showcase performance! To find out more or register for the award-winning BWC’s 4-day Improv Intensi…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
This morning I woke up feeling slightly queasy and it wasn’t because of the daily fringe festival hangover.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one.
‘Betraying the original spirit of the Fringe, Stewart Lee bans critics saying that the show, for which punters still have to pay, is merely “work in progress”’ (David Lister,…
Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London.
Back by popular demand.
Before the curtain goes up on one of the most whispered about shows at the Fringe, The Boy with Tape on His Face looks at his already delighted audience with wide eyes and what mus…
Fresh-faced, well-behaved sketches from three polite and wholesome young men (also, we need somewhere to stay, thanks.
That’s an awfully good-looking prop, I think to myself as a character takes a knife to an apparent rabbit carcass.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Jenny Bede (Best Newcomer, Musical Comedy Awards 2013) and Jessie Cave (Writer/Performer of last year’s sell-out, 5-star Bookworm) each see what they can do in 30 minutes.
Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien…
Held in one of Edinburgh’s most vibrant and dynamic nightclubs, Electric Circus, Baby Loves Disco is no ordinary disco and describing it as such would be a huge disservice.
“I wuv you” murmured a girl on the dance floor as she collapsed into a boy’s arms.
Join Ireland’s tallest comedian as he unravels the world through his unique point of view. Join Charlie on his surreal journey of devilment and hilarious stand-up.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
Cult favourite raconteur and retro pop culture obsessed geek looks back at the fears and phobias of an awkward 80s childhood.
A blue football rests in the middle of a chalk circle; traumatised Edward, played by Alex Austin, moves nervously around the edges of the stage; a television set flicks on and off…
Geoff Cotton presents and stars in a two-person sketch show involving comedy songs and impressions.
Geoff Cotton’s show is a mix of sketches, comedy songs, stand-up and satire.
Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian.
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
The scene a producer’s office in that place where men sit waiting to throw money at the moon.
Based on a true story, Sophie Pelhams one-woman show about coping with bipolar disorder is sensitively disturbing and, surprisingly, also fantastically funny.
Less a play, and more a very well curated group installation exhibition, Power Plant should mesmerize even the most callous of cynics.
We are warned at the beginning of this show that audience interaction is imminent.
This does largely what it says on the tin, though tinned goods would be beyond the pale for these two sisters as they long for the simple pleasures of the 1950s: baking and pr…
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Like tightrope walking over the Niagara Falls, Baby Wants Candy is an ambitious concept: either it works or it ends up six miles downstream.
Shooting Stars presentation of Much Ado About Nothing is given a modern and youthful interpretation.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Shakespeare’s plays have been reinterpreted again and again throughout the years; from ballet to Bollywood, I’ve seen my fair share.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
An exploration of modern society and our responses to it, Life Is Too Good To Be True is a one-man show presented by the Netherlands’ Het Geluid (The Noise).
Stand up comedian Stephen Grant hilariously analyses the problems of modern society.
Nigel Williams’ ‘My Face’, performed and produced by student troupe Gorilla Suit, is a light comedy about a fictional social networking site and the adolescents addicted to it.
Hildegard of Bingen is a twelfth-century German abbess now famed for her extraordinary writings and music.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
‘Be my, be my baby’ - since seeing Stagecraft Productions’ performance of this Amanda Whittington play these lyrics have been in my head on a permanent loop.
It’s always easy to be sceptical about a one-man or one-woman show, as holding the attention of an audience on your own is no easy task.
This year’s Fringe has witnessed the rise of a new genre of children’s theatre: butterplot.
This play is set in England, but in some kind of frightening, futuristic police state.
This play, which is an updated version of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing, is set amongst the staff in a modern secondary school, Hazel Valley.
There’s a difference between absurdist theatre and ridiculous theatre.
Keith Farnan is an amiable, shaggy-haired comedian with a conscience from Cork, but his secular, joke-strewn sermon of a set is neither funny nor punchy enough to do justice to the…
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
The premise of A Cry Too Far From Heaven is fairly simple: a former executioner in New Zealand delves into the past, a time before the complete abolition of capital punishment came…
It’s hard to get excited about Matt Green, but it’s even harder not to be taken in by his confidence and easy charm.
Inspired by the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago, “The Blind” is a story in pictures, exploring both what it is to be blinded but also diving into the darke…
There are many things that make for a successful comedian.
To trim a Shakespearean romantic comedy into a playable one hour takes skill, to stage it in the very compact C Cubed theatre takes that, some very slim actors and I think, coff…
To base a show around the theme of evening classes is an interesting concept and one which has not been trialled very extensively anywhere, let alone at the Edinburgh Festival.
Shakespeare’s familiar characters were brought to life once again in this rustic adaptation by the talented Wild Donkey Theatre Company.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Andrew Lawrence is an angry man with a lot to get off his chest this festival.
More than forty talented and enthusiastic performers sing and dance a medley of Broadway show tunes, on and off the stage.
Brendon Burns is forty-one.
Sat atop a hill in Highgate town, beneath the clouds but throned over London’s starry spread sits a gem of Fringe theatre and a pleasure unrestrained.
It’s very difficult to pull off a routine that focuses largely on lengthy rants whilst still retaining an audience’s affection, but Nick Doody manages to pull this feat off wit…
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Reviewing a play by Bertholt Brecht presents some immediate difficulties as, according to the author’s intentions, whether one enjoys the play means zilch, as he believed that th…
Is that a bird? A plane? No, it’s Rosalie Craig, and what a soaring, magical flight hers is.
Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in.
I have faint memories of being taken to a children’s dance and movement class when I was about two.
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
How do you get to Sesame Street? This is a question many of us have asked throughout our lives and receiving a ticket to Sesame Street Live was, for me, like someone had suddenly h…
This is improvisation at it’s best.
Baby is Malty & Shires 1983 musical set on a college campus following nine months of three different couples attempting to have a child.
In Ancient China the Emperor places his hand upon death’s door.
The Baby Diary, a new comic play by Emily Watson Howes first seen on BBC Online, seems to have a lot going for it at first.
This all-female cast often talk of their men, the ones who knocked them up or cast them out, and yet not much depends on them and no responsibility is placed at their feet.
American gospel voyages back to its African roots in this compelling collaboration between two of today’s greatest world music groups.
Australian actor, writer and director, Virginia Gay, is bringing a gender-flipped retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
If you thought Cinderella was just for panto season, as the team behind Greenwich Theatre’s new production tells Simon Ximenez, “Oh no it’s not.”
James Macfarlane chats with Dominique Salerno about her debut Fringe show The Box Show, the relationship between creativity and constraint and just what she gets up to in that box.
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.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
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