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Claire Martin with The Martin Sjöstedt Trio

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Queen’s Hall
17th Aug 2024

Renowned UK jazz vocalist and multi-award winner, Claire Martin OBE, reunites with her accomplished Swedish trio, led by exceptional pianist and arranger, Martin Sjöstedt, for new…

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Riddles Court
2nd - 24th Aug 2024

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…

Louise Atkinson: She's Got the Look

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Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon Patter House
1st - 25th Aug 2024

With this new comedy show, the Amused Moose Best Debut Show winner revisits the unsolicited feedback she once received; ‘Louise Atkinson – sounds good, looks like a mess’; and di…

Louise Leigh: Distracted

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire
1st - 25th Aug 2024

‘Hilarious’ **** (TheWeeReview.

Louise Atkinson: She's Got The Look (Work in Progress)

Winner of the Amused Moose Best Debut Show, nominee for NextUp! biggest Award in Comedy and nominee for Comedians Choice Award, Louise Atkinson brings you a show about how we false…

Louise Leigh: Distracted

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
10th - 12th May 2024

Leicester Mercury Finalist, British Comedian of the Year semi-finalist, Funny Women semi finalist, Louise Leigh’s “imaginative, brilliant” (The Scotsman), “Hare-brained” …

Definitely Louise

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London Fringe
The Hope Theatre
19th - 20th Nov 2023

‘You’re supposed to be totally fucking crazy when you’re young! Crazy, but in a fun way’From the comfort of her flat, an excitable, precocious, irrepressible woman with…

Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov Duo

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Edinburgh Fringe
St Vincent’s
5th - 26th Aug 2023

Scottish Jazz Awards 2022 Best Vocalist nominee Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov (All About Jazz Top 200 living jazz pianists) will be performing an exclusive set from their critic…

Louise Atkinson: Mates

It’s very common to leave a comedy show with a new perspective or having learnt something.

Louise Young: Feral

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
2nd - 27th Aug 2023

Debut hour from Geordie rising star with a show all about class, chaos and coming out.

Louise Leigh: Amused

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Brighton Fringe
Artista Cafe & Gallery
7th May 2023

Midlife gets dark, but Louise Leigh is determined to see the funny side.

Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
7th - 14th May 2023

A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.

Louise Leigh: Amused

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Brighton Fringe
Artista Cafe & Gallery
7th May 2023

Midlife gets dark, but Louise Leigh is determined to see the funny side.

Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
7th - 14th May 2023

A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.

Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)

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Vault Festival
The Basement at Vaulty Towers
7th Feb 2023

A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist & Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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London Fringe
The Bridge House Theatre
26th Jan 2023

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

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
22nd - 27th Aug 2022

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…

A Masterclass with Cumley St. Claire: Freeing the Florist Within

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Camden Fringe
Hen & Chickens Theatre
18th - 21st Aug 2022

Meet Cumley St.

A Masterclass with Cumley St. Claire: Freeing the Florist Within

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Camden Fringe
Hen & Chickens Theatre
20th Aug 2021 - 21st Aug 2022

Meet Cumley St.

Claire Haus: Hausfire (WIP)

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Camden Fringe
Camden Comedy Club
12th - 13th Aug 2022

High energy.

Claire Haus: Hausfire (WIP)

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Camden Fringe
Camden Comedy Club
12th - 13th Aug 2022

High energy.

Louise Leigh Amused

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just The Tonic at the Caves
4th - 28th Aug 2022

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year finalist Louise Leigh was supposed to write her Magnum Opus: a searing commentary on men, menopause and menthol rub, a meditation on the natu…

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Brighton Fringe
The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
21st - 22nd May 2022

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 Andrea Víctrix by Llorenç Villaronga with translator Louise Johnson

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UK Regional & Tours
Online Event
3rd Oct 2021

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…

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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UK Regional & Tours
Online Event
1st Oct 2021

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…

Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
22nd - 24th Aug 2021

An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.

A Masterclass with Cumley St. Claire: Freeing the Florist Within

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Camden Fringe
Hen & Chickens Theatre / Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub
20th - 22nd Aug 2021

Meet Cumley St.

Faye and Fiona are Thelma and Louise

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Camden Fringe
2Northdown
18th Aug 2021

Faye and Fiona feel like Thelma and Louise except they’re stuck in South London with a beat up 1999 Honda Accord (and they haven’t shot anyone.

Faye and Fiona are Thelma and Louise

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Camden Fringe
2Northdown
18th Aug 2021

Faye and Fiona feel like Thelma and Louise except they’re stuck in South London with a beat up 1999 Honda Accord (and they haven’t shot anyone.

An Evening with Louise Dearman

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Spiegeltent
10th - 11th Jun 2021

Louise Dearman is a leading British actress, singer and international concert soloist.

Claire Lenahan - Chaotic Magic (WIP)

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West End
Museum of Comedy
7th Mar 2020

Claire Lenahan is your bog standard obnoxious American comedian / magician/ escapologist / identity thief.

Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt Pulford

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West End
Turbine Theatre
20th Dec 2019

Two of the first ladies of musical theatre join Paul Taylor-Mills in an intimate one-off concert.

Claire Hastings and Jenn Butterworth

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Edinburgh Fringe
Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
25th Aug 2019

Since winning BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year (2015) Glasgow-based folksinger-songwriter and ukulele player Claire Hastings has made her name on the folk scene.

Gabby Best: 10,432 Sheep

Gabby Best’s Edinburgh show 10,432 Sheep is about her struggle with insomnia, and her approach to coping with life in general.

Louise Atkinson: Sounds Good, Looks a Mess

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
2nd - 25th Aug 2019

Louise recently received two reviews.

Louise Young and Anja Atkinson: Big Div Energy

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
2nd - 25th Aug 2019

Rising stars Louise Young and Anja Atkinson make their Fringe debut.

Split the Bill – Claire Haus, Suzie Preece and Josh Weller

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
1st - 10th Aug 2019

Three 30-somethings.

Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid

You can never be entirely sure if the material a comedian is sharing is true, based in truth, or completely fabricated.

Grave St Claire: Hard Bop

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
1st - 25th Aug 2019

New Zealand comedian, Grave St Claire, brings his multimedia comedy show to Edinburgh for the first time.

Pindos

Pindos is former Cambridge Footlight Milo Edwards’ debut hour at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Louise Leigh Identifiable

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
1st - 6th Aug 2019

Can you be a perfect wife and mother and stay true to your inner weirdo? For years, Louise Leigh has been listening to the voice telling her that to be a proper woman you have to b…

Definitely Louise

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Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
31st Jul - 24th Aug 2019

From the comfort of her flat, an excitable, precocious, irrepressible woman with a dirty mouth and a lot to say discusses life, her many opinions and her best friend, all the while…

An Audience with Yasmine Day

If character comedy tickles your funny bone then look no further than An Audience With Yasmine Day at Pleasance Courtyard.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Live at the Fringe

Not many comedy fans would turn down the chance to see the legendary Whose Line Is It Anyway? gang live.

Claire Dowie's When I Fall If I Fall

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Edinburgh Fringe
Summerhall
31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019

Leaping barriers of age, sexuality and gender, Gloria prepares to dance the can-can one last time.

Louise Young and Neil Harris: Big Div Energy £5 / PWYW

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Great Yorkshire Fringe
The Basement
27th Jul 2019

Rising stars Louise Young and Neil Harris make their Great Yorkshire Fringe debut.

Definitely Louise

A (nearly) solo show, Definitely Louise explores one young woman’s rage and loneliness.

Louise Leigh Identifiable

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
24th - 27th May 2019

Easily Amused? Louise Leigh is.

Louise Atkinson: Sounds Good, Looks a Mess (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Artista Cafe & Gallery
8th - 22nd May 2019

Amused Moose National New Comic finalist and So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist 2018 comes to Brighton.

Bloody Women : Patricia Gibney, Jo Spain and Claire Allan with Tanya Farrelly

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Dublin
Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
4th Nov 2018

Are female writers deadlier than the male? What do they think of violence in crime fiction and how do they handle it in their books? Do crime novel have to be bloody? Ou…

Jack and Claire / Free Festival

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix
2nd - 11th Aug 2018

An American-Scottish duo performs wild long-form improv developed at the renowned iO Theater in Chicago! Jack and Claire is Chicago-based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden and Jack…

John and Claire Lenahan – Loud & Louder

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just The Tonic at the Caves
2nd - 26th Aug 2018

Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure.

Claire Ford: Unboxed

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just The Tonic at the Caves
2nd - 26th Aug 2018

Feel like you're stuck outside the box? Then how do you think inside it? Through heartfelt storytelling, clowning and double-walled chipboard, Unboxed promises more 'brilliant, u…

Louise Reay: Eraserhead

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
2nd - 26th Aug 2018

The first show in Edinburgh was banned.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
1st - 27th Aug 2018

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.

Claire Sullivan: I Wish I Owned a Hotel for Dogs

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Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon Teviot
1st - 27th Aug 2018

A madcap adventure through the wild mind of a young Australian absurdist.

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars featuring Claire Martin OBE – Ella Fitzgerald and the Jazz Divas

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Great Yorkshire Fringe
The White Rose Rotunda
29th Jul 2018

Multi-award winning vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Clare Martin OBE, joins the acclaimed Ronnie Scott’s All Stars for a celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald and t…

NOTFLIX

Remember that bit in Silence of the Lambs when Bob the prison guard finally faces up to his feelings for co-worker Janine? Me neither, but this isn’t a film on Netflix: it’s an…

Adele Cliff : Sheep

Adele Cliff is no mindless follower, a point she’s very keen to address.

John and Claire Lenahan: Loud & Louder (Edinburgh Preview)

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West End
Museum of Comedy
30th Jun 2018

Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure.

Claire Healy: (Get a) Real Job

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Adelaide Fringe
La Bohème
10th - 18th Mar 2018

Claire has never had a real job.

Louise & Sally on Tin Pan Alley

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Adelaide Fringe
The Lab
12th - 16th Mar 2018

Two award-winning acclaimed artists.

A Tribute to 'Unplugged' with Louise Adams & Special Guests

Since 1989, MTV’s ‘Unplugged’ series has achieved iconic status in modern music & pop culture.

Plan B for Utopia

How do we start a conversation about a better future without sounding like dreamers? This is the question that Joan Clevillé Dance’s Plan B For Utopia tries to answer as its nar…

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening is a touching and affecting musical.

Twenty Something

Morning People Productions’ self-written and self-directed Twenty Something is a wonderful, shrewd new play about the whirlwind of realities and disappointments in young adult li…

Heroes

Exploding Whale Theatre’s coming of age romp Heroes is set against the backdrop of Bowie’s rise to superstardom in 1972.

Claire Saunders Sings Joni Mitchell

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Edinburgh Fringe
Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
9th - 10th Aug 2017

One of the UK’s brightest young female vocalists to have broken through in recent years.

10 Rillington Place

10 Rillington Place is successful in creating a chillingly uncanny aura; a domestic scene is twisted from the familiar into the unthinkable.

Spontaneous Sherlock

As this Victorian romp reaches its climax and Sherlock Holmes whips a ladle out of his jacket to use as a weapon with a cry of “Good thing I sleep cook!” I am holding my sides …

Elixir

This is what the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is all about.

Stuck in ze Bunker With You

Frank Sinazi, the “Leader of the Iraq Pack”, is a smooth-talking American entertainer who will not only occasionally burst into song, but also into some loud episodes of a slig…

Absolute Improv!

Absolute Improv is on the whole a light-hearted and enjoyable experience without a bad bone in its body.

Changelings

Pucqui Collaborative’s Changelings is a thoughtful story about two very different existences colliding and attempting to translate one another.

Hide

As a big fan of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, I was very excited to see Boiling Point’s spin-off.

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip

If you are in search of some polite 1930s garden-party-esque comedy mixed in with a hilariously self-aware performance, this is certainly a play to catch.

The Goddess League Presents the Lady: Divine Feminine With Claire Milne

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Edinburgh Fringe
Whitespace 76
3rd - 27th Aug 2017

Changes in representation of the sacred feminine over centuries affect our relationships, body image and environment today.

Avocado!

In today’s climate of brunching, Instagram-obsessed millennials, and in a time where avocado-hand and avocado-shaped walkie-talkies are an actual reality, there is plenty of oppo…

Notflix

In a Fringe riddled with long-form improvisation – especially musicals – this is one of the stand-outs.

Accidents Happen to Sasha Ellen

Few people can turn the (vividly graphic) tale of a dead rabbit into stand-up, but Sasha Ellen is somebody who’s learned the hard way to take life’s hurdles with an incontrover…

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary

An improvised rock documentary is a tall order, and Jack Left Town sets out with boundless enthusiasm, a strong absurdity curve and sick air guitar to deliver, even if some areas a…

Planet Earth III

David Attenborough meets clowning in this low-budget romp through the Earth’s depleted natural world.

Storyland Author Readings

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Brighton Fringe
Jubilee Library
26th May 2017

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

Hans Teeuwen: Real Rancour

With a face like the Edvard Munch painting The Scream and limbs flying everywhere like a jointed wooden puppet, Dutch comic Hans Teeuwen begins his show with a burst of freestyl…

Claire Dawson in A Woman on the Edge

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Edinburgh Fringe
Spotlites
21st - 28th Aug 2016

Lover dead, gun in hand, how did she end up in Tasmania? Our Liverpool born Queen of Cabaret sings up a storm and wisecracks her way through a roller coaster journey of self-discov…

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.

Our Man

Anybody who finds themselves rooting for a couple in a film or show will love the responsibility handed out by Ae-Ja Kim in Our Man.

Bourgeois & Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying

2016’s been a bit of a bumpy year to say the least so, it was only a matter of time before we started receiving advice from extra-terrestrials.

JOAN

Too often Joan of Arc is depicted as a very quiet, very pure young woman who keeps her gaze firmly on her feet or to the Heavens: not very fun at all.

Tony Law: A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome

Sometimes you wonder if you need the context of a previous comedian’s shows to really ‘get’ their most recent work.

A Sketchy History

Huddled underground in a nuclear bunker, Three Men in a Boot attempt to recreate history as best they can whilst staving off hunger (and potentially another Ice Age).

Character Tålks

Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy.

Gillian Cosgriff: This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.

Gabriel Ebulue: Hip-Punk

What’s your favourite music album? It’s something that not everybody puts a lot of thought into, but for Gabriel Ebulue it’s a make-or-break situation when making a first imp…

Ashley Storrie and Other Erotica

“I don’t want your opinions printed,” Ashley Storrie says to any potential reviewers in the audience.

Lewis Macleod is Not Himself

Lewis Macleod’s impersonation skills are unlike anything I’ve seen - though they are like plenty of things you will have heard.

Scarlet SoHandsome and Fiends

For a drag queen, Scarlet SoHandsome is a real sweetie.

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon…

An Act of Godley: Janey Godley

A status as Fringe favourite and a viral stint for her infamous “Trump is a cunt” sign at the businessman’s visit to the Trump Turnberry golf resort mean that Janey Godley’…

Axis of Awesome: Won't Ever Not Stop Giving Up

In terms of their brand of comedy rock, Axis of Awesome fall more into the rock than comedy genre: there’s far more liberal use of a smoke machine than your average musical comed…

Jamali Maddix: Chickens Come Home to Roost

Jamali Maddix creates a buzz when he enters the stage, and why not? He’s a cool guy.

Bella Younger’s Deliciously Stella

Deliciously Stella is what you expect her to be: if you’ve seen the Instagram account which has become a viral hit with its piss-take of ‘fitspiration’ and other smug hashtag…

Kinsey Sicks: Lady Cocks of Bang Boys

I have binge-watched six series of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Netflix and I love drag queens.

Neal Portenza. Neal Portenza. Neal Portenza. Tracey.

I’ve been mulling over more scholarly words to describe Neal Portenza and his show, but I honestly cannot fight the urge to call it batshit.

Callisto: A Queer Epic

Callisto: A Queer Epic is a thoughtful piece of theatre which explores social conflicts that coincide with the queer lifestyle.

Rowena Hutson: Strong Female Character

Rowena Hutson owes her feminist outlook on life to action heroes of the 1980s.

Rachel Parris: Best Laid Plans

Parris has a seemingly natural knack for creating comedy imbued with emotional depth that doesn’t feel forced or insecure.

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically …

Lolly 2

Thirty seconds in and an audience member is on the stage already: Lolly Adefope doesn’t mess around.

A Regular Little Houdini

Houdini came to Newport twice in the early twentieth century - not a piece of information you’d find at the top of Houdini’s Wikipedia page, but of utmost significance to young Ala…

Norris & Parker: See You at the Gallows

Dark humour isn’t in short supply this Fringe - in case you hadn’t noticed, celebrity and political news of late has had a tangible effect on performers.

Max & Ivan: Our Story

Max & Ivan are celebrating the anniversary of when they met – and having in recent years become a staple of the Fringe, it’s easy to understand why.

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Hysterical Woman

Standing defiantly under the glare of a neon working men’s club sign, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean tackles schema in a bold and impressive solo hour.

Shit-Faced Showtime

It’s not too likely that a straight production of The Pirates of Penzance would garner that wide an audience at the Fringe – a Gilbert and Sullivan musical isn’t the most buz…

Mr Swallow – Houdini

It’s not every day you find yourself leaning forward on your seat due to the sheer suspense of a show.

Nick Hall: Szgrabble

Nick Hall’s one-man cold war thriller is an active piece, darting through London, Amsterdam, and under the Iron Curtain to the heart of the Soviet Union, all in the pursuit of a …

Briefs

“Politics doesn’t have to be dull.

Louise Searle Paintings

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Brighton Fringe
Gallery40
16th - 29th May 2016

A solo exhibition showcasing new oil paintings by Brighton-based artist Louise Searle.

Meow Meow

She’s played in the West End, sparkled in La Clique and starred as Titania in Shakespeare’s Globe – but now, she’s “in a tent in Brighton, in the middle of a roundabout.

Simon Munnery: And Nothing But

Review
★★★★
Claire Smith
UK Regional & Tours
Multiple Venues
6th Feb, 2016

There have been a lot of Simon Munneries over the years.

Margaret Cho: The Psycho Tour

At the end of her show Margaret Cho pulls onstage a pianist and a guitar player and sings: “I wanna kill my rapist.

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff.

The Graduettes

The Graduettes starts with a great farce premise: flatmates wake up on Christmas morning to find their home robbed and their landlady dead on the floor.

Toys

Jack BK’s original written piece deals with class struggles, privilege and ignorance in a clear and effective way.

Death Actually: A Necromantic Comedy

Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical.

What a Load of Skit

Review
★★★
Louise Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
Chiquito
26th Aug, 2015

It’s clear that the sketch trio made of Oli Gilford, Edd Cornforth and Jake Shoolheifer have good comic potential, and bounce nicely off each other.

BEINGS

Review
★★
Louise Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
Cowgatehead
24th Aug, 2015

Susan Harrison and Andrew Gentilli are clearly good improvisers, and their joint credentials imply that BEINGS should be a highly entertaining and swift hour of long form improv co…

Cocaine and Potatoes

Matthew Giffen is a charming whirlwind of a man, commanding the audience with his larger-than-life on-stage persona.

Supertown

Robert Sanders and James Sidgwick have created a lightly entertaining musical around superhero tropes and aesthetic, making for cute if not somewhat pantomime-esque hour and a half…

Comedians' Cinema Club

No amount of advance research can prepare you for Comedians’ Cinema Club.

The Wishing-Chair Adventures

Running Torch’s The Wishing-Chair Adventures prides itself on audience interaction.

Ed Gamble: Lawman

Ed Gamble is a man who plays by the rules – his rules, which he probably has laminated and stuck up somewhere around the house.

The Alphabet Girl

Renny Krupinski’s script is an ambitious one: chronicling the lives of one family across three generations, The Alphabet Girl aims to show the destruction of family values and the …

Claire Ford: Box

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Edinburgh Fringe
Cowgatehead
7th - 30th Aug 2015

Outside a cardboard box? Then how do you think inside it? This and other conundrums solved with heartfelt storytelling, clowning, and double walled chipboard.

The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

Children’s entertainment should be brimming with energy, lovable and over-the-top characters, and enchanting tricks.

Eejit of Love

In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower.

Get Your Shit Together

Job losses, painful break ups and junk food - set to music! Get Your Shit Together is the perfect pick me up for 20-somethings in a similar situation, or just a nice dose of Schade…

Peter Brush: Older Than the Oldest Dog That Ever Lived

Low energy comedian Peter Brush brings his awkward persona to rest upon matters of death and religion with a surprisingly lighthearted tone.

Remember Doctor Bubble – the Bubble Magician

Tumbling across the stage with the energy of ten children’s birthday parties, Playhouse International (Romania and Australia) create a completely chaotic environment which is bound…

Sam and Helen: Out There

I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break.

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart.

Mae Martin: Us

Mae Martin is an absolute gem on the Free Fringe.

Gobsmacked!

When I was in high school Glee became really popular, and I loved it because it seemed so new and cool and sexy.

Claire Ford: Box

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms)
6th - 29th Aug 2015

Outside a cardboard box? Then how do you think inside it? This and other conundrums solved with heartfelt storytelling, clowning, and double walled chipboard.

Late with Lance!

Lance Jonathan (Peter Michael Marino) has had enough of sitting around as understudy on his dads’ ship the S.

Katherine Ryan: Kathbum

Katherine Ryan makes it clear from the moment she wanders onto the stage and discusses the logic behind R&B song Smell Yo Dick that she doesn’t give a rat’s ass what you think.

Iain Stirling: Touchy Feely

Iain Stirling has an excellent way of working a crowd.

David Elms: Mister Boy

David Elms brings his muted comedic style in the form of musical vignettes.

The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie

I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.

NewsRevue 2015

2015 has surely been a bumper crop for satire.

Eat Me! Drink Me! Buy Me!

“Did she fall or was she pushed?” posits the Mad Hatter (Annie Neat), as Three Mugs of Tea embark on their consumerist take on Alice in Wonderland.

Citizen Puppet

Blind Summit bring a mastery of puppetry to the stage, layering meta-narrative upon verbatim performance upon crime headline in an original look at the aftermath of the Jack and th…

Megan Ford: Feminasty

Feminasty is a rollercoaster of irreverent, witty humour with a real agenda at hand.

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Robert Ross in Conversation with Mark Addy

Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.

Tom Stade

Tom Stade seems to have gone out of his way to be anything but the Canadian stereotype.

Sara Pascoe and The Museum of Robot Pussycats

Feeling spiritual? Sara Pascoe has invented her own religion and we’re all invited! Eschewing the other faiths on offer, Pascoe takes to the stage with her “scripture” professing…

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

What title could be more succinct? Cars and Girls is the story of a young man’s freewheeling adventures in life – looking for excitement, for love and for meaning.

Miss Behave's Gameshow

“I normally hate audience participation,” says the man sitting next to me.

Claire Chase and Anthony Roth Costanzo

The one-woman new-music powerhouse and flutist Claire Chase teams up with Anthony Roth Costanzo, one of the most versatile countertenors today in a new composition by Mohammed Fair…

Claire Chase

Listing
USA Regional & Tours
The Kitchen
2nd - 3rd Oct 2014

This daring, incisive flutist and administrator, the founder and artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, has begun “density 2036,” a 22-year proje…

Cariad and Louise's Character Hour

Cariad Lloyd prefaced the show with an announcement - her double act partner, Louise Ford, had left Edinburgh in the last few days due to unforeseen circumstances.

Claire Ford: ConsciousMess

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
St John’s
1st - 25th Aug 2014

Aren’t our modern brains just full of stuff? Useless facts, tangled thoughts, half-remembered conversations.

Claire Rowley – The Mouth Trap!

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
31st Jul - 6th Aug 2014

A hilarious new stand-up show from Claire Rowley on the frustration at happy couples doing everything together, taking your life in your hands in a public swimming pool and her del…

Look Back in Anger

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2011

From the moment I sat down, I knew this was a quality production.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Review
★★
Joseph Cunningham
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

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

The Just So Stories

After my initial panic at being stuck in a room where the mean age of the audience was about four, I began to relax to the dulcet tones of the performing quartet.

Betsy: Wisdom of a Brighton Whore

Walking through the opulent interior of the Brunswick Town hall, we head for the police cells.

Mah Hunt

As their sinuous bodies glided and writhed over the stage, stirring to the wailing undertones of the soundtrack, I was mesmerised.

A Hero Of Our Time

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2011

I was thrilled to experience a piece of theatre performed in its traditional style but with a fair number of contemporary tweaks to keep the audience on its toes.

An Actress Prepares

Irina Diva performs Marilyn Monroes last given interview in an unfurnished black box of a stage, with a pair of heels and a blonde wig the only objects in a timeless space.

The Cure

Jude and Dylan have been friends since school.

Crying Cherry

The Crying Cherry is the story of twins, Anaki and Kitano, destined to kill one another.

Five Clever Courtesans

With Belle Du Jour a literary phenomenon and more and more women modelling themselves on the porn industrys feminine ideal, it is the perfect moment for a play about the lives an…

First Love

‘What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening.

Figs in Wigs

Figs in Wigs sells itself as an abstract piece of theatre reflecting facetiously on the absurdity of modern-day living.

Conical Decline of Everything

Headless Doctor presents us with the absurdist tale of Luma and Taph, two workers who spend everyday collecting four gallons of water and bringing it back.

Stick Man Live on Stage!

Stick Man has just gone out for an innocent jog, when suddenly he is snatched up by a dog.

Commedia of Errors

Shakespeares Comedy of Errors tells the story of separated twins: Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio find themselves in the city of Ephesus, not knowing that this is t…

Wau Wau Sisters' Last Supper

Starting with a school-girl strip routine that ends in crucifixion, The Wau Wau Sisters Last Supper continues at a strapping pace, moving from Southern Country Singers to Hippy-c…

The Fallen

This is a tightly performed and sensitively directed play about the process of bereavement and post-war trauma.

Fit for Purpose

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2011

Having interned in an NGO’s office this summer, I found this narrative of two asylum seekers caught in the complexities of the UK Border Agency’s claims system incredibly accur…

Woyzeck

Review
★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2011

I had anticipated a stunningly original production of Woyzeck by the Theatre Oikos company, considering their level of fringe experience and the quality of their text.

Claire Benjamin Presents The Von Trapp Family Singers

Review
★★
Gordon Noele
Edinburgh Fringe
24th Aug, 2012

Sometimes a title of a show can be so specific in its subject matter that it can pull the audience in and deliver exactly what they expect to see.

Tin Girl Story

Review
★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2011

Tin Girl Story is an interesting production but I am unsure as to whether 29 Shoes Theatre Company chose the appropriate setting, or listing for their creation.

Babbling Comedy: The Perfordian Show

From the moment they step on stage, these outsize babies have the audience laughing uncontrollably.

'Ave a Banana: A Knees Up Through Time and Space

Make sure you are on time for this show: youll get enough exercise during this hour-long musical romp without sprinting down Nicholson Street beforehand.

Hamlet for Girls

Abi wants a baby.

Broken Wing

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2011

On entering Venue 13 I am blown away by the inspired set pieces.

Author

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

Cluedo

Review
★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
30th Aug, 2011

Maybe it was the ‘sold out’ sign at the box office, or the massive queue, which I waited at the end of, anticipation intensifying with the perceived popularity of the productio…

At the Broken Places

The mixture of teenage angst and guns never ends well, but proves to be a gripping formula for TV, film and drama cashing in on the worlds fascination with high school shootings.

Dusk on the River Nile

Review
★
Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2010

For the first fifteen minutes of Dusk on the Nile, its near impossible to work out whats going on.

Newton Faulkner

Review
★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2011

Newton Faulkner, armed with a guitar and a flask of tea, saunters on stage, chatting to the audience as he sets up.

Pinocchio

Indefinite Articles bring Pinocchios tale to life in a carpenters workshop, the familiar story helped along by the shouts of the audience.

Silken Veils

Starting with a runaway bride hiding in a closet, Silken Veils moves into the past, using projection, shadow play and puppetry to recreate Darias parents love affair in Iran ov…

Blues!

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2011

The hour-long musical and cultural immersion created by the Blueswater Collective would have received a perfect five stars if they had started as strongly as they finished.

Asbo Fairy Tales

A heavily pregnant fairy, a yuppie Goldilocks, a Jeremy Kyle-style King chatting to a jilted Snow White, Burbery-wearing rats.

Cautionary Tales

Hilaire Bellocs Cautionary Tales were written in the late-19th century and have been in print ever since.

Dr Bunhead is Volcano Head

The stage looks like a science teachers nightmare: covered in tangles of wire, buckets and bins, the tables overflowing with mysterious bottles, flasks, gas-torches, tubes and an…

The Ark

A mismatched group of animals wait in the shadow of the wave, facing the prospect of being left behind.

Qing Cheng

I give this production four stars with some trepidation, as I am not entirely sure whether it is just my sense of Western artistic norms that is holding me back, or if in fact Qing…

Dildon't!

In Reading, a shady man is walking the streets, dealing toys.

Carnival Knowledge: Love, Lust and Other Human Oddities

When Naomi Grossmans second self-penned show, Carnival Knowledge, premiered in LA, it enjoyed a sell-out, twice-extended run, and the actress was nominated for best solo performa…

Anthony Burgess 'A Clockwork Orange'

Fourth Monkeys Clockwork Orange smolders with a visceral energy that flares into violence at the slightest excuse.

A Timetraveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2011

This was a hilarious, fun and candy-full show.

Cardboard Metropolis

This is life! says Troy, spreading his arms wide, encompassing the tiny stage littered with advertisements and crumpled pearls of wisdom, reaching towards the slightly baffled …

2011: A Space Oddity

Review
★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
28th Aug, 2011

Normally when someone is not laughing, and everyone else is, it is because they don’t get the joke.

The Divine Tales

Best friends Jess and Gem, two struggling actresses, decide to go their separate ways after yet another unsuccessful audition and a bed fiasco.

Angel City

In Sam Shepards vision of a self-destructive Hollywood nightmare, art, consumerism, film and popular culture are used and abused to hallucinatory effect.

The Pirates of Penzance

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
26th Aug, 2011

What I have always loved about Gilbert and Sullivan musicals is the tongue-in-cheek, ‘taking the mick’ style that is elemental to their popularity.

Calling for Silence

Review
★
Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
Edinburgh Fringe
27th Aug, 2010

I have never been the sole member of an audience before.

A Stone's Throw

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2011

There is something about small performance spaces - their cosiness, their character - but most of all I enjoy how up-close and personal the actors can be in such venues.

Patrick Monahan - Stories and Tales for Kids, Who Can Run Faster Than Snails

Patrick Monahans show is a great piece of interactive storytelling that has children standing on chairs waving their arms wildly to be picked to help Monahan tell the story of a …

Cabaret Whore Encore! - Free

Sarah-Louise Young channels four very different, equally hilarious and rather odd women in this cabaret spectacular.

The Fall Children

Review
★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2011

I have always been of the belief that children’s shows require an element of the surreal for both the captivation of the children, and piquing the interest of the parents that pa…

Departures

Through a series of encounters and conversations in Airport waiting lounges, the storyline of John Godbers Departures moves from gentle comedy to drama as the characters frustr…

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Pants on Fire Productions place Ovids Metamorphoses in a 1940s world of bombers, wireless, BBC accents and gas masks.

Deepchurch Hollow

Like all good horror-plays, Slippery Rock Theatres production of Deepchurch Hollow relies on odd noises, half-glimpses and the gradual increasing of tension to keep its audience …

The End

Review
★★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
28th Aug, 2011

Very occasionally we might have an original idea, and when we do we like to tell others about it; however nothing can be compared to the smugness of Michael Pinchbeck and Ollie Smi…

Dead

Based loosely on Ibsens When We Dead Awaken, Dead follows artist Pauric Fermoy back to Ireland, his pretty young wife in tow.

Ali Cook: Pieces of Strange

Looking more like a cheeky London chap than a mysterious magician, Ali Cook blends comedy and sleight of hand to create a great show that will keep you laughing and leave you speec…

Kalagora

This play is stunning in its simplicity and endeavour.

Bound

On the first day of their holiday, the mismatched crew of The Violet are forced to set sail once again, pushing further and further out to sea in their search for fish that will sa…

Hitler Alone

There tends to be controversy around plays, and films, that resurrect the character of Hitler for the sake of performance.

Rosie Wilby - Further Science of Sex

Dressed in lab-coat and goggles, Rosie Wilby is here to inform us about what makes us tick the whys and wherefores of lust and love for people of all sexual persuasions.

An Imaginary History of Tango

Review
★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2011

I have very mixed feelings about this multi-genre one-woman play.

Interno 10/B

Review
★★★
Louise Hemfrey
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2011

As the company’s shiny programme will tell you, ten is a very significant number, not least for the total of performers in the production of Interno 10/B.

Claire Woolner: Pee Power

Feature
Richard Beck
Edinburgh Fringe
31st Jul, 2023

Claire Woolner, the LA-based absurdist comedian, performance artist and surrealist clown, talks about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe

Choreographers Claire Cunningham and Ramesh Meyyappan talk Hieronymus Bosch and Madame Butterfly

Feature
Paul F Cockburn
Edinburgh Fringe
27th Jul, 2015

Acclaimed choreographers and performers Ramesh Meyyappan and Claire Cunningham bring two startling – and highly personal – shows to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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