Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

Alexandra Haddow: Third Party

Alexandra Haddow: Third Party

The news has been on fire for so long now we’re probably out of petrol. 

Alexandra Haddow: Third Party (Work in Progress)

Alexandra Haddow: Third Party (Work in Progress)

The news has been on fire for so long now we’re probably out of petrol. 

A Christmas Carol - Alexandra Palace

A Christmas Carol - Alexandra Palace

Marley was dead: to begin with. 

Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour

Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour

Have you ever done anything wrong? Alex has; relationships, sex, feminism, kids, even dancing. 

Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour (Work in Progress)

Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour (Work in Progress)

Alexandra Haddow isn’t quite sure what she wants yet, but that’s ok, because she’s only 18. 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, … 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London… 

DNA – Alexandra David-Néel

DNA – Alexandra David-Néel

August 1916, the great explorer Alexandra David-Néel has been in her hermitage cavern in the Himalayas for two and a half years, following the teachings of her guru, the Lama Gomc… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum. 

Alexandra Bachzetsis

Alexandra Bachzetsis

Using Diego Velázquez’s famous 17th-century painting “Venus at Her Mirror” as a starting point and visual motif, the Swiss choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis… 

Mozart Requiem

Mozart Requiem

CoroEdina, a Scottish chamber choir was formed in 2008. 

Bach for Solo Violin

Bach for Solo Violin

Hungarian virtuoso Tamas Fejes is a delight to listen to. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely. 

Bob and Jim - Go

Bob and Jim - Go

Bob and Jim are a self-proclaimed neo-vaudeville phenomenon. 

Will Marsh's Ruination

Will Marsh's Ruination

Britain is in a bad way. 

Geoff the Entertainer

Geoff the Entertainer

Comic actor and character comedian Lee Fenwick brings his latest created personality to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Geoff, the loveable tramp. 

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay's Bum Notes

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay's Bum Notes

With 20 million YouTube hits and three number one albums in the iTunes comedy charts, Adam Kay is going from strength to strength. 

Grim(m) - Unreal Stories for Real Times

Grim(m) - Unreal Stories for Real Times

Having expected to be overwhelmed by a selection of gruesomely entertaining stories told by Louna Productions, a German-Scottish company that promises to ‘retell fairytales in un… 

Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers

Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers

Join Athos, Porthos and Aramis as they take on a new recruit and set out to rescue the King’s golden plums!In this wonderfully camp late-night operetta jokes fly and genders bend… 

Paul Ricketts - Ironic Infinity

Paul Ricketts - Ironic Infinity

Paul Ricketts is a natural storyteller. 

Iain Stirling: Happy to Be the Clown?

Iain Stirling: Happy to Be the Clown?

I entered the Underbelly with low expectations; I will admit to only being aware of Stirling as a children’s television presenter and could consequently not see past this. 

Itch: A Scratch Event

Itch: A Scratch Event

Itch is a collection of some new work, mainly comedy pieces with a little theatre in the mix, some performers off script and others showing off a snippet of their latest invention. 

Les Clochards: Dirty But Nice

Les Clochards: Dirty But Nice

I cannot praise this show highly enough. 

The Complex: Electra

The Complex: Electra

Enter Electra, a sixteen year old girl whose father is dead, whose mother is already sleeping with another man, and who insists on living outside, segregated from her family, come … 

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - A Celebration in Song

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - A Celebration in Song

Scottish jazz singer Pam Lawson is joined by pianist Tom Finlay and double-bassist Ed Kelly for a musical celebration of the infamous partnership that was Fred Astaire and Ginger R… 

Tom Goodliffe: All in Good Time

Tom Goodliffe: All in Good Time

In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd. 

Author

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouch’s last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly… 

Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot

Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot

Joe Lycett can be found in the Pleasance Hut, a small and intimate venue. 

Cariad Lloyd - The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd - The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd

From the moment she wheels on stage on a blue plastic tricycle Cariad Lloyd lights up the room, fizzing with an infectious and vivacious energy. 

Mil's Trills' Music and Stories

Mil's Trills' Music and Stories

Mil’s Trills, starring a very bubbly Amelia Robinson on the ukulele, has travelled all the way from New York City to introduce the little ones of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fri… 

Molly Naylor and the Middle Ones: My Robot Heart

Molly Naylor and the Middle Ones: My Robot Heart

Molly Naylor is a storyteller and accomplished writer who has written programmes for Radio 4 before her foray into Fringe. 

All an Act

All an Act

Do you ever wonder what lies beneath the red nose and big shoes? All an Act gives the audience a peek behind the scenes of the circus to see the people behind the make-up, because … 

The Magnets: Homegrown

The Magnets: Homegrown

The Magnets are, in their own words, ‘a six-man sound machine’. 

Kerry Gilbert Triumphs

Kerry Gilbert Triumphs

Kerry Gilbert describes her show as ‘a low-budget one-woman sitcom in a damp smelly cave’. 

Practice, Memory and Song

Practice, Memory and Song

Bath University’s Student Theatre Society presents the story of a struggling writer, aided by three contrary muses, desperate to create the best work of fiction ever to be perfor… 

Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error

Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error

Fran Moulds is a chameleon. 

Belles Amies!

Belles Amies!

A cappella can be a difficult genre for all-female groups: often they suffer for want of bass notes and decent vocal percussion. 

Town: a Spirited Story

Town: a Spirited Story

Grapple Theatre Company, starring a cast from Bristol Grammar School, take to the stage in this adaptation of two Gothic stories by Edgar Allan Poe. 

After Orpheus

After Orpheus

Centre College presents After Orpheus, a devised piece of theatre that deals with the many differing experiences of, and approaches to, love. 

The Alexandra Spencer-Jones Extended Interview

The Alexandra Spencer-Jones Extended Interview

Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones of Action to the Word made her name with her all-male production A Clockwork Orange, currently touring with Glynis Henderson Productions.