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… 

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… 

Amber

Amber

An interactive performance documenting a 23-mile walk from Dungavel Detention Centre to the Home Office in Glasgow. 

Amber Topaz: Greying Still Slaying

Amber Topaz: Greying Still Slaying

A fierce, femme, fabulous, musical comedy show from the multi award-winning, international cabaret sensation Amber Topaz. 

Amber Glancy: Wine Show

Amber Glancy: Wine Show

Wine Show is a solo clown show centered on Bailey Barrel, a charming and unorthodox wine maker who is discovering her place in the world after the death of her father. 

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… 

AT HOME: Dancing in the Streets: Gregory Maqoma

AT HOME: Dancing in the Streets: Gregory Maqoma

Choreographer Gregory Maqoma’s explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract explores life in Soweto. 

Dancing in the Streets: Gregory Maqoma

Dancing in the Streets: Gregory Maqoma

Choreographer Gregory Maqoma presents his explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract on life in Soweto alongside poet Jefferson Tshabalala. 

Life And Death Of A Journalist

Life And Death Of A Journalist

Jingan Young is a fascinating writer to follow, as her play Life and Death of a Journalist explores the hardships of journalism amid political turbulence and cultural difference. 

Rage, but Hope

Rage, but Hope

Streatham Space Project helped its audience ask questions of themselves during the debut performance of Rage, But Hope. 

STOP KISS

STOP KISS

Above The Stag Theatre yet again provides us with a beautifully handled love story, whilst sensitively exploring societal issues that LGBTQ+ individuals face. 

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

The Tower Theatre Company again displays comedic excellence as they lift Noël Coward’s witty and well-timed words from the page ferociously and successfully in their latest perf… 

Dead Funny

Dead Funny

The Tower Theatre Company seek to outrage and (somewhat) inspire with their recreation of Dead Funny. 

Now & Then

Now & Then

Beginning in 1978, aspiring musician Daniel (Dylan Wynford) meets wannabe comedian Greg (Freddie Woodyatt) at an open mic night. 

Bruised Fruit

Bruised Fruit

Amy Garner Buchanan and Hayley Ricketson embark upon their second collaboration and create a show that explores what it means to be a woman trying to claim an identity for herself. 

Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl

The stage adaptation of the iconic film by Bill Forsyth – all the original humour is retained as Gregory wrestles with his passion and Dorothy takes control. 

Annette Gregory: American Songbook - Intimate Affair

Annette Gregory: American Songbook - Intimate Affair

Jazz music in its heyday was the pop music of the 1920s to 1950s. 

Amber Topaz: The Rude Awakening. Sex, Shame & Liberation

Amber Topaz: The Rude Awakening. Sex, Shame & Liberation

Award-winning International cabaret star Amber Topaz brings you an arousing, amusing, anecdotal romp through life, love and libido. 

Annette Gregory Presents Ladies of Jazz

Annette Gregory Presents Ladies of Jazz

It’s her singing and their playing that helps to bring it alive for audiences. 

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. 

Annette Gregory Presents -  ‘Ladies Of Jazz’

Annette Gregory Presents - ‘Ladies Of Jazz’

Following on from her successful ‘Ella’ tour, Annette will captivate you with The Ladies Of Jazz. 

Jacinta Gregory - Jacintegrating

Jacinta Gregory - Jacintegrating

Jacinta Gregory is a musical comedienne and manic depressive. 

Annette Gregory – Ella – Celebrating 100 Years

Annette Gregory – Ella – Celebrating 100 Years

Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald once famously stated, “The only thing better than singing is more singing”. 

Bach's 4 Lute Suites with Paul Gregory guitar

Bach's 4 Lute Suites with Paul Gregory guitar

Much-loved guitarist, Paul Gregory, returns to perform a solo recital of J. 

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. 

The Death of Gregory Akerman

The Death of Gregory Akerman

Gregory Akerman, a “stunningly original comic” works better to a deadline & is obsessed with death. 

Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory

Mr. 

Amber Knights vs Brambelles

Amber Knights vs Brambelles

Two, highly acclaimed vocal groups share the stage for one night only. 

Paul Mooney and Dick Gregory

Paul Mooney and Dick Gregory

Mr. 

Polly Toynbee and David Walker

Polly Toynbee and David Walker

In the lavish surroundings of the Assembly Rooms, Guardian journalists Polly Toynbee and David Walker dive straight in at the deep end. 

McAlister in Wonderland

McAlister in Wonderland

Opening with a strong rendition of ‘Daisy Daisy’, McAlister in Wonderland takes us on an all-singing, all-Scottish reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s classic. 

Illyria-on-Sea

Illyria-on-Sea

Performed by the award-winning Side by Side Theatre Company for actors with learning disabilities, Illyria on Sea takes Twelfth Night to a 1950s seaside resort in this refreshing a… 

Till Death

Till Death

This comedy from the Z Theatre Company centres around the Broken Vows marriage guidance centre, where three couples have been court-ordered to attend therapy. 

Chasing Zeds

Chasing Zeds

Five insomniacs can’t go to sleep in the Z Theatre Company’s cleverly named Chasing Zeds. 

Going Out West

Going Out West

Four men and a duck make up AsaNisiMasa’s Going Out West. 

Doing Time With Number 5

Doing Time With Number 5

Inviting us into an office adorned with a giant map of Australia and piles of unfinished scripts and screenplays, Clare Pickering embarks on the energetic and meandering story of h… 

Lovecraft's Monsters - Free

Lovecraft's Monsters - Free

David Crawford is dressed in HP Lovecraft’s favourite outfit for this one-man storytelling. 

Et Tu Elvie

Et Tu Elvie

Et Tu Elvie takes two of the most popular cultural figures from history– Elvis and Shakespeare– and turns their pairing into a surprisingly niche musical. 

Harman

Harman

A moving and powerful performance in four pieces by a group of talented dancers. 

Yes No Maybe

Yes No Maybe

Devised storytelling and physical theatre combine to create a series of rather unconvincing everyday encounters in Yes No Maybe. 

The Common Land

The Common Land

The Common Land is a stark one-man show which recounts a coming of age tale set in The Fens, in language that is raw and brutish. 

366 Days of Kindness

366 Days of Kindness

366 Days of Kindness is the uplifting story of one woman’s journey through a leap year, doing something kind for a stranger every single day. 

The House Project

The House Project

A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them. 

Lead Pencil and Friends

Lead Pencil and Friends

I left Lead Pencil and Friends still wiping tears of laughter from my cheeks. 

Come Rhyme with Me

Come Rhyme with Me

Come Rhyme With Me provided a warm atmosphere, shared food and most importantly, some truly talented poets. 

Rock and a Hard Place

Rock and a Hard Place

Meet Freddie Hammond (Simon de Cintra), a bank manager who wakes up to find the proverbial rock has become a reality - to be precise – a large boulder blocking his drive and prev… 

Vincent Goes Splat

Vincent Goes Splat

In the atmospheric nest that is ‘The Burrow’, a good crowd of us are introduced to our storyteller, friend and comic of the night, Wil Greenway. 

The Sleeping Trees' Treelogy

The Sleeping Trees' Treelogy

Perfect comic timing, razor sharp writing and the most dynamic and talented performers I have seen in a long time. 

Cat Stevens Reconstructed

Cat Stevens Reconstructed

The Jess Abrams Quartet - or on this particular evening, trio - are a glorified Cat Stevens tribute band: they spend an hour covering Cat Stevens’ most prominent hits, while putt… 

Blues

Blues

There is a huge difference between having obvious musical talent and putting on an entertaining, engaging show. 

Lights! Camera! Improvise!

Lights! Camera! Improvise!

What do you get when you combine sci-fi with time travel with the Vatican City and the movie title “Bad Popes Gone Wild”? The answer – a hilarious improvised movie containing… 

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. 

Rob Deering's Beat This

Rob Deering's Beat This

When an audience member throws up on stage five minutes into this particular evening of Rob Deering’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks-esque quiz show, it’s difficult to consider how t… 

Art for Lunch - Free Concerts at St Giles'

Art for Lunch - Free Concerts at St Giles'

Churches are great: not only is a marvellous acoustic found within those imposing stone walls, but visitors also feel an inherently peaceful atmosphere upon entry. 

Amazing Amber

Amazing Amber

One of the most memorable pieces on show at Amazing Amber is a beautiful piece of genuine Baltic amber containing a small, perfectly preserved fly. 

John McNamara Acoustic Soul / Blues Singer - Free

John McNamara Acoustic Soul / Blues Singer - Free

The Edinburgh Festival has some unusual venues – that is a well-known fact amongst regular Fringe-goers, as avid audience members hop from university building to converted wareho… 

James Grant

James Grant

Singer-songwriters such as James Grant are tasked with the difficult job of keeping an audience entertained with merely a voice and a guitar, but James Grant proves in this hour-pl… 

In the Pink - Fantastic Female a Cappella!

In the Pink - Fantastic Female a Cappella!

Patience is a virtue: this proverb was particularly fitting during this afternoon of a cappella hosted by all-female a cappella group In The Pink from the University of Oxford. 

A Girl Called Owl

A Girl Called Owl

Quirky and engaging, this one-woman show tells the painful tale of coming of age. 

Nick Pynn with Kate Daisy Grant

Nick Pynn with Kate Daisy Grant

An array of instruments welcomes audience members as they take their seats in this tiny, intimate venue just off Princes Street, from strings through percussion to a homemade There… 

Gregory Charles: Musicman

Gregory Charles: Musicman

Gregory Charles’ show Music Man centres around his truly encyclopedic knowledge of music. 

Left or Right?

Left or Right?

Interactive musical theatre sounds like my idea of a bad dream, yet I was pleasantly surprised. 

Forwards and Backwards

Forwards and Backwards

Elegant, bold and beautifully choreographed, Square Peg Theatre will take your breath away with Forwards and Backwards. 

Cheese-Badger presents... Midge (a Two-Man Musical) - Free

Cheese-Badger presents... Midge (a Two-Man Musical) - Free

Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing. 

How to Disappear/Metamorphosis/Machinal

How to Disappear/Metamorphosis/Machinal

A bright and dynamic performance of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, this is an impressive piece. 

Like They Are

Like They Are

What is it like to sustain a relationship if one of you is dead? Bath Street Productions hurl themselves into this ambitious topic, with a quirky and playful approach. 

Diary of a Welshcake

Diary of a Welshcake

This is the holy trinity, well acted, well directed and well written. 

Steven Berkoff's 'East'

Steven Berkoff's 'East'

Lyrically charged filth mingles with sex, violence and perfectly executed mime, By Moonlight Theatre return with their original twist on Steven Berkoff’s East. 

Bob Graham Work Ethic

Bob Graham Work Ethic

Some comedy shows can be slow burners – they introduce a few seemingly unrelated jokes before linking everything together towards the climax of the show, ending on the ultimate p… 

This Was Your Life

This Was Your Life

Should he go to heaven or face eternal damnation? The audience decide in this fresh and raucously funny musical. 

Blossom Street: A Capella @ the Kirk

Blossom Street: A Capella @ the Kirk

The London based ex-York University graduates that make up the Blossom Street choir form a refreshingly different type of a cappella group that takes the genre back to its roots an… 

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… 

All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!

All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!

In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal… 

Conor Drum - A Sense of Humour

Conor Drum - A Sense of Humour

Conor Drum, the 30-year-old Irish actor cum comedian battled through the adversity of a small audience and actually put on an entertaining and amusing show with some very shrewd ob… 

Nick Keir

Nick Keir

One man and his guitar: it’s a classic combination that, when done well, reaps its rewards. 

Palmstar Poppy: Songs in Search of Love Lost at Sea

Palmstar Poppy: Songs in Search of Love Lost at Sea

Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro… 

Poe

Poe

This is a spectacular butchering of Poe. 

Ghillie Gigs

Ghillie Gigs

Going alone to a review a concert that promises a complimentary three-course meal with your ticket can go one of two ways: either finding yourself thoroughly stranded and friendles… 

Alternotive A Cappella

Alternotive A Cappella

Student a cappella groups are not exactly a rarity at the Fringe, so often it can be difficult to decide which of the varied assortment of groups is actually worth going to see. 

Never Too Late to Learn

Never Too Late to Learn

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. 

The Template for Lack of Conversation

The Template for Lack of Conversation

Alison Trower would be an excellent date – never running out of topics of conversation, skipping from theme to theme with probing intriguing questions that make you think, and no… 

Bil&Cyn Bizarre Guitar and Terse Verse

Bil&Cyn Bizarre Guitar and Terse Verse

Bil Fulton and Cynthia Stephens, or Bil&Cyn as they like to be called, represent two different sides of the same coin. 

ThreeD at Boxbird

ThreeD at Boxbird

Join the magical world of explorative illustration at Hove’s very own Boxbird – a name which conjures up the playful content of this little gallery. 

'The Interminable Suicide Of Gregory Church' By Daniel Kitson

'The Interminable Suicide Of Gregory Church' By Daniel Kitson

After selling out London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre for a series of three special midnight storytelling shows this summer, Daniel Kitson returns once again to the Traverse … 

The Blondettes: Three Blondes And A Mic

The Blondettes: Three Blondes And A Mic

When three ex-Oxford Gargoyles return to the Fringe as part of a three-piece girl band, it’s expected of them to present a predominantly jazz-filled set and to be almost musicall… 

Silky: Nut Allegory

Silky: Nut Allegory

The Fringe for many comedians is a testing ground for new material admits Silky. 

Malones Live Music

Malones Live Music

There are certain criteria that a Free Fringe Show should fulfil when performed in a public bar. 

Brighton's Extraordinary Mystical Heritage Tour

Brighton's Extraordinary Mystical Heritage Tour

Brighton’s Extraordinary Mystical Heritage Tour only partially lived up to its name. 

Simon Donald’s School of Swearing

Simon Donald’s School of Swearing

“This show is family friendly, apart from your grandma, so she can f*ck off!”Thus opens the foul-mouthed Simon Donald, donning typical private school headmaster robes and morta… 

Amber Wagner & Malcolm Martineau

Amber Wagner & Malcolm Martineau

Bellini Song selectionStrauss Four Last SongsBarber Song selectionIves Song selectionWagner Wesendonck Lieder A native of Oregon, the American soprano Amber Wagner has been feat…