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Wayward Jane

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Edinburgh Fringe
Valvona & Crolla
20th - 21st Aug 2024

Wayward Jane’s music is a modern, transatlantic interpretation of American folk and Old Time traditions, blending roots music with fresh arrangements and original compositions.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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Edinburgh Fringe
Underbelly, Bristo Square
3rd - 11th Aug 2024

The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 11th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, Graham Dickson an…

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…

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at The Mash House
1st - 11th Aug 2024

Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland.

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just The Tonic at the Caves
1st - 25th Aug 2024

A comedy about the adventures of a 50-year-old woman chasing the perfect lighting, powerful personalities and satisfying sausage condiment.

Jane Postlethwaite: Terrible People

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Brighton Fringe
The Actors - Theatre
25th - 27th May 2024

*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Terrible people is a new stand up comedy show from comedy award finalist Jane Postlethwaite (Cumbrian / LGBTQI+ Stand Up Comedian) Ter…

What a Sad Little Life Jane

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Edinburgh Fringe
Alchemist | George Street
25th Aug 2023

An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im…

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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Edinburgh Fringe
Underbelly, Bristo Square
5th - 13th Aug 2023

The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 10th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Graham Dickson, Cariad Lloyd an…

Jane/Norma

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on the Mile
5th - 25th Aug 2023

Roe vs Wade is synonymous with the debate around abortion rights.

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
4th - 12th Aug 2023

When a Jane Austen heroine, unlucky in love, finds herself thrown into the modern world of dating, she must set aside her customs and expectations to brave this new world of courts…

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
2nd - 28th Aug 2023

***** (Stage; Three Weeks; Theatre Weekly; Advertiser, Adelaide).

Jane Eyre

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London Fringe
The Courtyard Theatre
11th - 15th Jul 2023

Jane Eyre is the most read work of fiction in English of all time, and second only to the Bible.

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

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Brighton Fringe
The Poets Ale and Smoke House
5th - 8th May 2023

Originally from Australia, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of sausage, socks and sandals and smouldering eye contact; Berlin.

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

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Brighton Fringe
The Poets Ale and Smoke House
5th - 8th May 2023

Originally from Australia, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of sausage, socks and sandals and smouldering eye contact; Berlin.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

“What are you doing here” asks the interviewer at Nuri’s asylum assessment.

Sweeney Todd - the Victorian Melodrama

Opera della Luna's latest production of Sweeney Todd will show you the barber as you have never seen or heard him before.

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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West End
Arts Theatre
13th Feb 2023 - 22nd Jul 2024

'Ridiculously silly… wickedly funny’ ★★★★★ The Times 'A joy to behold’ ★★★★ The Guardian The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard …

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…

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Fi Glover and Jane Garvey

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance at EICC
10th Aug 2022

Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Dome
3rd - 29th Aug 2022

A new play from acclaimed writer Philip Stokes (Heroin(e) for Breakfast).

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.

Jane Postlethwaite & Joe McCarthy: Terrible People (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
14th - 22nd May 2022

Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Love.

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…

Jane Eyre

There are a handful of stories which truly stand the test of time.

Half a Dozen Jane Eyres

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on the Mile
7th - 29th Aug 2020

Double Fringe First winners bring Bronte evangelists who fight and bite at West Norwood’s first-ever Jane Eyre convention (Jeremy Kyle meets Comic Con).

Jane Eyre

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on North Bridge
7th - 15th Aug 2020

Charlotte Brontë’s tale of a young woman’s courageous fight through injustice and hardship was a revolution in literary fiction.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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West End
Fortune Theatre / Underbelly Earls Court
2nd Mar 2020 - 29th Aug 2021

See a regency tale like no other featuring wilful heroines, haughty gentlemen, wayward vicars and hilarious consequences – no two shows are ever the same and swooning is gu…

Will Gompertz: Double Art History – The Sequel

Will Gompertz feels like an old friend, not because I have ever met him, but because I have grown up with his inciteful and interesting contributions as the BBC’s arts editor.

Jane Hill: All I Want

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
14th - 25th Aug 2019

I’m 55.

Breakfast Plays: The Future Is [...]

Remarkably, if you wander into The Traverse at 9am, you will find an audience willing to watch a rehearsed reading of a brand-new play and not a spare seat in the house.

Hallowed Ground – Women Doctors in War

Review
★★★★
Jane Prinsley
Edinburgh Fringe
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
17th Aug, 2019

Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others.

Miss AmeriKa

Review
★★
Jane Prinsley
Edinburgh Fringe
Summerhall
20th Aug, 2019

If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

Google: Amanda Jane Dildo

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Edinburgh Fringe
PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
3rd - 25th Aug 2019

Sexy(ish), musical(ish), bipolar(ish) – no, she’s definitely bipolar (with jazz hands) – Australian sex-pot singing comedian is ‘f*cking nuts – non-stop brilliance – a must…

F. Off

The National Youth Theatre have put Mark Zuckerberg on trial.

The Kaye Hole

Shabbat shalom misfits, Reuben Kaye is back in town.

A Grave Situation

This World War II farce is a good choice for a 25-strong company to showcase their talents, with a wide range of roles on show.

Mustard

Eva O’Connor’s one-woman show about heart break and madness is crammed with life, wit and tragedy.

What Girls Are Made Of

Scruffy indie kids have inherited the world and Cora Bissett rules supreme.

Trainspotting Live

Iconic is not a strong enough word for novelist Irvine Welsh’s generation-defining masterpiece, Trainspotting.

Birth

Life and death, love and loss, birth and miscarriage are all explored in this visual cycle of life.

The Female Role Model Project

The Female Role Model Project is just that, a project.

Jane Hill: Addicted to Fun

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
1st - 25th Aug 2019

Jane used to be fun.

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott

This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.

Jena Friedman: Miscarriage of Justice

Jena Friedman is scared shitless and wants to feel less alone.

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

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Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly George Square Studios
31st Jul - 11th Aug 2019

Sarah Jane Morris with her unique and powerful voice celebrates John Martyn illuminating his life and art in her new show Sweet Little Mystery.

The Nights by Henry Naylor

Critically acclaimed playwright, Henry Naylor, is back at Gilded Balloon with another timely piece of theatre that packs a punch.

Rejoining Jane

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Brighton
Presuming Ed’s Coffee House
31st - 31st Jul 2019

Rejoining Jane is a delightful dance theatre performance set within a cafe, brought to Ventnor by Brighton based dance co Tick Tock Bridget.

Shakespeare Up Late!

This 50-minute adaptation of Hamlet is one for Shakespeare lovers with short attention spans.

Buzz

A body is washed up on the shores of the Faroe Islands, rain softly splatters on a coat, a video projection comes into view and live music fills our ears.

A Womb of One's Own

Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.

Rejoining Jane

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UK Regional & Tours
Central Hotel
25th Jul 2019

Rejoining Jane is a delightful dance theatre performance set within a cafe, brought to Ventnor by Brighton based dance co Tick Tock Bridget.

Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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Great Yorkshire Fringe
Grand Opera House York
20th Jul 2019

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that anyone in possession of wit and good taste must be in want of great entertainment… Austentatious is an entirely impro…

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane McDonald?

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
30th May - 1st Jun 2019

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.

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

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Brighton
The Old Market
3rd May 2019

Through her own brilliant interpretive vocal talents, Sarah Jane will be illuminating the work of John Martyn in her new show Sweet Little Mystery, accompanied by her regular colla…

Nine Night

Mourning is an important part of any family death but this can differ a huge amount depending on where you or your family are from.

Jane Hill: Addicted to Fun

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West End
Museum of Comedy
8th Nov 2018

Jane used to be fun.

Stranger than Fiction: Shane Dunphy, Andrea Carter & Cormac O’Keefe with Jane Casey

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Dublin
Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
4th Nov 2018

How much does real life influence fiction? Is the truth sometimes stranger? Four crime writers with close ties to the law and law makers, discuss how real life has influ…

Crucible

Something pungent was bubbling away on the cauldron, centre stage, when I took my seat on the grassy knoll last night.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane McDonald?

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
22nd - 26th Aug 2018

Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’.

Door-to-Door Poetry

Forget flowers, chocolates or even a home-baked cake.

Viva Las Vegans

‘Is it a good idea to link together a group of comedians for a Fringe show based purely on the common thread of dietary choice?’ I asked my husband as we took a stroll along George…

Laurence Clark: An Irresponsible Father's Guide to Parenting

When I heard the Radio 5 live interview with Laurence Clark at the end of July, I was immediately struck by the sense that this was a really nice guy: level-headed, easy-going, art…

Jane Hill – Addicted to Fun

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
2nd - 26th Aug 2018

Jane used to be fun.

LoveHard: Tales from the Elsewhere

Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (Edinburgh Fringe LST Sketch-Off Finalists, 2017) are at it again! Last night at the Fringe Espionage venue this double act – otherwise known as Lo…

Card Ninja

A humble deck of cards, a ninja (well, a likeable Kiwi), a lofty-heighted venue and audience participation, all added up to an hour well spent at the Gilded Balloon today.

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.

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

If you haven’t already heard of this band of bawdy, Bardy performers, it prompts the question, “Is this your first time to the Fringe?” If the answer is yes - what have you b…

Frankenstein

When SISATA was formed in 2012 they originally focused on the re-telling of Shakespearean plays, but they've always followed the central aim of bringing 'classic stories to…

Offside

Review
★★★★★
Jane Beeston
UK Regional & Tours
The Women’s Changing Rooms, The Dripping Pan, Lewes FC
25th Jun, 2018

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

White Girls

If you’re looking for a thought-provoking Fringe Show, White Girls, by Madeleine Accalia, could fit the bill.

Murdered by Murder

The scene is set.

Shit-faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“Well, that was much better than the Hamlet one,” an audience member noted to her friend as we filed out at the end of Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Northern Ballet Jane Eyre

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West End
Sadler’s Wells
16th - 19th May 2018

After bringing Sadler’s Wells a succession of sumptuous story-ballets, including the South Bank Sky Arts Dance Award-winning 1984 and the critically acclaimed Casanova, Nor…

The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away by Cole Moreton

"Make a fist with your hand and place it roughly where you think your heart should be," Cole Moreton instructs us at the start of his set, The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away…

Victorious

Driving home from Victorious last night (Hannah Brackenbury’s one-woman Victoria Wood tribute show) I wondered: if Wood could have chosen someone to celebrate and showcase her wo…

Just Don’t Do It

'I’m frightened', my proudly-feminist husband says while reading a Google-searched summary of Just Don’t Do It as we sit waiting for the start of the show.

Jane Hissey's Teddy Bear's Picnic

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Toy and Model Museum
6th May 2018

Jane Hissey is the author and illustrator of over 25 ‘Old Bear’ books and the creator of the BAFTA-award-winning TV series of ‘Old Bear Stories’.

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione: Compared To What

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Brighton Fringe
The Old Market
6th May 2018

With the release of ‘Compared to What’, Sarah Jane Morris teams up with the guitar artistry of world-renowned Antonio Forcione, producing a compelling, unique and haunting album.

Ensonglopedia of Animals

Did you know that you share 50% DNA with the humble banana? Unicorns do exist (well, kind of) in the shape of the narwhal and that the Portuguese man o’ war is not one creature but…

Drunk With A Pen

Joseph J Clark is a poet on a mission.

Kerplunk!

Who remembers Kerplunk - that childhood board game of precariously balancing marbles on multi-coloured sticks? Kerplunk!, the 2018 Brighton Fringe show that shares this title, is a…

Can You Put This in the Bin for Me?

I have the greatest admiration for stand-up comedians.

Is This Thing On?

A difficult look at a physically and mentally abusive relationship, Is This Thing On? uses a mixture of physical theatre and words to take us on an uncomfortable journey through th…

Jane Eyre

The year for the National Theatre so far has been beset by the dramas over the dramas on its programme – depending on your viewpoint, it either doesn’t contain enough classics o…

Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper

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Off Off Broadway
Wild Project
1st - 2nd Sep 2017

Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper takes place over the span of one hour during which Jane and her partner Pam Weldon sell their accessories on the Stay at Home Shopper netw…

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

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Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly Rooms
21st - 27th Aug 2017

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione are promoting their collaborative album Compared to What.

Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor on the Piano

Adam Kay used to be a doctor and he wants to tell us all about it.

Nina – A Story About Me and Nina Simone

1960s America.

Help!

If you’ve ever wondered what having a mental-health issue feels like then head down to Help!.

Spencer Jones: The Audition

Spencer Jones is a genius but I’m not sure why.

Jess and Joe Forever

Jess and Joe want to tell us their story.

Nassim

Nassim.

Joe Jacobs: Ripe

In Ripe, Jacobs takes us through the stages of a banana corresponding to the stages of life; through stand-up and rap.

The Whip Hand

The Traverse Theatre is onto a winner with its programming this year.

Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans

There are comedians that are laugh out loud funny, every couple of minutes a big laugh; but the stuff in between is dead air and tumbleweed.

Wolf Meat

Grandma is a drug dealer.

Jane Doe

Nobody wants to be lectured.

Abandoman's Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind

Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer.

Mars Actually

Three aliens from Mars, fascinated by all things Earthly.

Rachel Parris: Keynote

Rachel Parris has been invited back to her old school to speak at prize giving, but what is she going to say? Is she even a role model at all? Rather than prepare for this speech a…

The MMORPG Show – No Rolls Bard

I have never played Dungeons and Dragons.

Luke Kempner: Take a Long Hard Luke at Yourself

Luke Kempner takes a Luke in the mirror in this gently funny show, poking fun at himself and the impressions he uses to express himself.

Matt Richardson: Slash

Matt Richardson is a firecracker.

The Jurassic Parks

Superbolt Theatre’s The Jurassic Parks is ridiculous; in the best way possible.

Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Magnificent Bastard Productions have become a hit at the Fringe throughout the last few years with their productions of Shit-Faced Shakespeare.

Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

A murder has been committed.

This Is Your Trial

Improvisation and a cappella groups are two a penny at the Fringe, and it can be difficult to find a unique format with which to entertain the crowds.

George Egg: DIY Chef

George Egg is a hybrid chef and comedian.

Siren

To be surprised by a show at the Fringe is a rare and wonderful thing.

Monster

Boy meets girl.

Flesh and Bone

Imagine William Shakespeare wrote Attack the Block and you get Flesh and Bone, a tale of an East London tower block and it’s residents.

Translunar Paradise

Theatre Ad Infinitum have been a Fringe favourite for years; creating thought provoking and beautiful shows to touch both your heart and your mind.

2 Become 1

2 Become 1 is a standard Jukebox Musical.

Lula del Ray by Manual Cinema

Manual Cinema is a very special kind of company.

Jane Eyre

The latest adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre, was devised by the company at the Bristol Old Vic, led by Sally Cookson.

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.

Jane Postlethwaite: The House

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Brighton Fringe
Lamb @ Nowhere Man
12th May - 3rd Jun 2017

Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.

Rejoining Jane

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Brighton Fringe
Nowhere Man
9th - 24th May 2017

Immerse yourself in a playful and joyful dance experience as three dancers take you on a journey in and out of reality, swapping between the factual and the fictitious.

Jane Hill: Cow

Jane’s a bit of a cow.

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly George Square Studios
23rd - 29th Aug 2016

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album Compared to What.

Calamity Jane: Sing-a-Long

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly Rooms
14th Aug 2016

Cinema screening of film.

Sainte Jane, American Folk / Americana Duo

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
11th - 12th Aug 2016

Sainte Jane: Born from Lauren St.

Dark North and Hungry Jane: Two Plays of Supernatural Horror

After comedy, horror is the next most difficult art form to tackle; although comedy reigns king at the fringe there is still an eager audience waiting to be scared.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

An improvised Jane Austen novel was always going to be a lot of fun, and Austentatious’s talented cast certainly delivered an amusing hour of comedy.

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Jane Eyre – An Autobiography has to be one of the most moving pieces of theatrical storytelling ever created; quite simply, it’s astounding.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Comedy improvisation troupe Austentatious have been reducing erstwhile sensible audiences to fits of hysteria all over the UK since 2012.

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione

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Brighton Fringe
Komedia Main Space
25th May 2016

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album, ‘Compared to What’, which includes some wry comedy, lov…

Jane Postlethwaite: Made In Cumbria

Jane Postlethwaite’s Made In Cumbria is absolutely hilarious.

Jane Austen's Forgotten Stories

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
21st - 30th Aug 2015

Ever wondered what Jane Austen wrote before Mr Darcy? Ever wanted period drama without the dull bits? You’re in luck! This is Austen without the slow stuff.

Sarah-Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
The Assembly Rooms
13th - 15th Aug 2015

The British soul, jazz and r’n’b singer who topped the UK pop charts with The Communards in 1986 with ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’.

Jane and Lizzy

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on the Mile
7th - 15th Aug 2015

Pride and Prejudice through the looking glass! In this offbeat interpretation, Jane Austen meets a Lizzy Bennet who flits between the character and the actress playing her.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Fasten your knickerbockers and hold onto your bonnets: Austentatious is back for a fourth year of frilly-meets-filthy improvisation, based exceptionally loosely on the collected wo…

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…

Time to Talk to Jane

Listing
Brighton Fringe
The Warren: Theatre Box
12th - 14th May 2015

Delve into the world of a depressed bulimic, it might surprise you.

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Komedia - Main Space
4th May 2015

Famed for her association with the ‘Communards’ in the mid-80s (the fabulous hit ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ is still requested at every party!) and infamous for a banned rendi…

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show - and It's Free!

It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.

The Best of The Real MacGuffins

The Real MacGuffins are clearly skilled and practised performers, exuding a confident, polished stage presence from the start - playing the gracious hosts at this, a party celebrat…

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast is a chat show that revels in the niche.

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society

To say that Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is a cult phenomenon is an understatement… and to call it a showcase night would be wildly simplifying the interactive, experiment…

Patrick Turpin: A Brother for Jonathan

Patrick Turpin cuts a vulnerable figure on stage, baring his soul (and, without giving too much away, his nipples) to the world in his debut hour that delves into childhood memorie…

Pippa Evans: Don't Worry, I Don't Know Who I Am Either

Pippa Evans has something of the music hall about her - and thankfully, by that I don’t mean dubious mother-in-law jokes and a touch of old fashioned racism.

Rob Auton: The Face Show

Rob Auton’s show has a mercurial quality, slipping somewhere between spoken word show, stand up comedy and theatrical piece.

The Incredible Paul F Taylor

Theatrically interesting in the most accessible of ways, Paul F Taylor opens the show in the guise of an infomercial, claiming to be taking pills that cure him of his comedy lifest…

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.

Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking Bllcks)

Eric Lampaert makes no claims to be tackling the big issues - in Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking B*ll*cks), he talks about everything and anything that catches his eye from…

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

In Set List, spontaneity is the name of the game; a selection of comics perform completely improvised sets in front of your eyes, with nothing to guide them but key phrases which a…

Richard Gadd: Breaking Gadd

Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man.

Hate 'n' Live

Hate ‘n’ Live is a night that revels in a non-PC, outrageous and often obscene approach to comedy.

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club: Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment.

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast

Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio.

Freak

Freak should be on the curriculum.

Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall: Success Arms

At first glance, Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall appears a mild mannered, softly spoken young man, cutting an endearing figure as he gently chatted with the audience throughout the show…

Joke Thieves

Take four comics and ask them to perform their own stand up routines.

The Time of Our Lies - The Life and Times of Howard Zinn

A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.

This is Your Trial

An interactive, improvised courtroom drama, This is Your Trial puts the audience under scrutiny, pulling people onto the stage as the accused, charged with ridiculous crimes.

The Comedy Zone

The Comedy Zone is a showcase night that comes with more than it’s fair share of prestige, and no little amount of pressure.

The Trial of Jane Fonda

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
The Assembly Rooms
30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014

Jane Fonda is one of the most controversial anti-war activists in American history.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

It is a truth universally acknowledged that starting a review of Austentatious with ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged’ is so cliché that the author should be beaten.

Toby: Fuzzbuzz

Fuzzbuzz can hardly be described as a sketch show.

Abandoman: Hot Desk

Never have the dual interpretations of MC melded together so fluidly as in Rob Broderick, the leading light of Abandoman.

Punching Jane

Listing
UK Regional & Tours
The Courtyard Theatre
10th - 29th Jun 2014

Set in the seedy backstreets of 18th Century London Punching Jane follows the fate of a group of prostitutes who settle their disagreements by after-hours bare knuckle boxing.

Jane the Plain

“Once upon a time, but like, not that long ago really.

What I Heard About the World

This Third Angel and mala voadora production at the Northern Stage at St.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Review
★★★
Allana Isaacs
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

The six players that make up the Milk Monitors attempt to bring to life those Jane Austen novels which history has forgotten.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Review
★★★★
Tom Moyser
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Commercially, Austentatious is perhaps one of the easiest sells on the Free Fringe: a popular and intensely loved literary brand – Austen – combined with the most crowd-pleasin…

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.

Medicine Show

Review
★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2012

When you’re promised with a show that “aims to cure your everyday ailments and add a little colour to a bleak looking world”, it’s easy to be optimistic.

Piatto Finale

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

Superbolt’s marvelous little offering, despite being loosely plotted and having a somewhat frivolous narrative, makes up for its faults with buckets of heart.

Vitamin

It’s pretty hard to describe this one-man show without either sounding obtuse, ignorant or both.

What the Heart Remembers: The Women and Children of Darfur

Review
★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.

Peter Panic

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2012

James Balwin’s “Peter Panic” is billed as a response piece to last year’s London riots, placing the known and loved Peter and Wendy of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” into a …

Roma

Anthony Lo-Guidice’s semi-autobiographical “Roma” maps the making of an individual through experience and revelation, stylishly leaping through the hoops of birth, adolescent…

BOBBY WINNER

Mephisto Waltz

Derevo, multi-award winning company from St.

Request Programme

Cecilia Nilsson (‘Wallander’) stars in this phenomenal insight into the simplicity and painstaking cleanliness of solitary life, leading us gently through what should be an ord…

Death Boogie

DDMcG Productions have hit on a winner with this piece: a combination of performance poetry, live-looping and music from two very talented strings players.

Swamp Juice

The award-winning Swamp Juice - from Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre - dazzles and entertains audiences of all ages.

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…

Dream Plays (Scenes From a Play I'll Never Write)

The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.

Thread

Three actors take to the unconventional stage space at the Assembly St.

The Letters of Jane Austen

Review
★
Fred Maynard
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2012

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the personal letters of a notable literary figure can be an illuminating insight into their thoughts and give us a vivid image of their …

How a Man Crumbled

Clout Theatre have hit on something good with this dusty, grotesque and wonderfully pointless piece of physical theatre.

The Most Dangerous Toy

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Now, my knowledge of philosophy is not great.

Everything Else Happened

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2012

This adaptation of the short stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, whilst having moments of brilliance, ultimately comes short.

The Blind

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…

The Pride

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2012

A surreal hour of comic drama, The Pride is a bizarre attempt to place the more developed aspects of animalistic behaviour – guarding your territory, hospitality laws, and posses…

Out Of The Cage

A large, colourful advert is projected across the stone wallin front of us, ‘these women are doing their bit - learn to make munitions’.

Jane Austen's Guide To Pornography

Pornography, we are educationally informed in this piece, means the writing of harlots.

The Fuhrer Will Now Speak

Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.

Duality

Review
★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2012

Pair Dance’s piece aims to combine movement with other technology, and to create a work that embodies “multimedia” by showing that dance and projection (specifically in 3D) c…

Kawaakari

Kawaakari - (n.

Mosaic

Pieces of metal scaffolding partially decorated the walls while the old, grand chandelier cast a soft yellow light over the surrounding stone pillars.

Rambling in an Empty Room

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2012

This dance project from Taiwan is entirely improvised by its two performers in a style similar to Western contemporary dance.

'We are All Possessive of Jane' - Austen Panel with Penny Ashton & Barbara Landis

Feature
Grace Knight
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2015

Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.

Going To Space: Jane And Lizzy

Feature
Levi Bailey
Edinburgh Fringe
31st Mar, 2015

BB talks to the talent behind Jane and Lizzy, a reinterpretation of Pride and Prejudice with a comical twist.

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