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Brighton Academy Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Apr 2025
The Brighton Academy (TBA) Musical Theatre Degree Showcase.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2024
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Dec 2024
Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
The Legend Of Barry White: Let the Music Play
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Oct 2024
THE ONLY UK TOURING SHOW DEDICATED TO THE MAESTRO AND LEGEND- BARRY WHITE! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Will…
The Legend Of Barry White: Let the Music Play
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Oct 2024
The only UK touring show dedicated to the maestro and legend - Barry White! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Wil…
Kai Humphries: Gallivanting
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th Oct 2024
Journey into the mind of once small-town boy, now internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedian, as he galivants around the globe sharing stories, observations an…
Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 21st Aug 2024
New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024).
Sue Perkins: A Piece of Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th - 26th Aug 2024
Sue is a mess; but manages to hide it with long words and a disorientating quiff.
The Musical Theatre Story: The Magic of the Modern Age
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
Joanne McNally: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
Variety Magazine’s Comic To Watch for 2024.
The Musical Theatre Story: The Golden Age of Musical Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
Everyone’s favourite climate academic and comedian Dr Matt Winning tests new ideas about climate change.
Shenanigans Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 18th - 25th Aug 2024
London’s five-star variety and cabaret show is back for their fourth consecutive year with a stellar cast of performers, with skills ranging from burlesque and drag to circus and s…
David McIver: Wild Horses (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 18th - 25th Aug 2024
When I am on stage performing stand-up comedy I feel like a wild horse galloping through the plains of Ohio, the wind running through my mane, the hot sun shining down on my sturdy…
Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 18th Aug 2024
Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the…
Musical Theatre Workshop
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dovecot Studios
- 16th - 16th Aug 2024
Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life.
Sophie McCartney: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 15th - 18th Aug 2024
Following on from the phenomenal success of her debut stand up tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Stem Cells and Aliens
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 14th Aug 2024
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Baby Belle: DTF (Work in Progress)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 14th - 21st Aug 2024
In this work-in-progress show, Baby Belle’s slightly less glamorous sibling Jax Braithwaite will unwrap the experience of Dealing with Tricky Feelings.
Seán Burke: Burke in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 13th - 24th Aug 2024
One of Ireland’s favourite internet comedians, Seán Burke, makes his Edinburgh debut with Burke In Progress.
Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 13th - 17th Aug 2024
Stand-Up comedian Daniel Powell tells the story of how a cat tried to kill him with its arse, destroying his health (and life) in the process.
#40sandsingle – The Early Morning Cabaret Comedy Show!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 13th - 17th Aug 2024
Dr.
Gallifrey Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 13th - 15th Aug 2024
Jump aboard the queerest TARDIS in time and space for a night of cosmic drag and cabaret, all inspired by the greatest TV show in the universe – Doctor Who.
Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 12th - 25th Aug 2024
You know the guy.
Is There Work on Mars?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk’s Mars immigration test? Set in a dystopian future of space colonisation, Is There Work on Mars? rants about many things: bein…
Love Your Work
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Love Your Work is a bi-annual work-in-progress showcase dedicated to facilitating dance and mental health.
Mary: A Gig Theatre Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
Ian Smith: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run.
Helen Bauer: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Helen Bauer has some very messy ideas of her thoughts and feelings on pretty much everything! And boy does she have feelings! Most feelings are surrounding the rules of adult femal…
Stephen Buchanan: Cold Meat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Award winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award & Scottish Comedian of the Year) works out his new show about advertising, mental health and potentially cold meat…
Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Comedians’ Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life’s work, and he’s finally ready to unveil it to the world.
Mary, Jack and Jane – The Queer Adventure
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 11th - 18th Aug 2024
Queer northern comedians Mary Cross, Jack Horsefield and Jane Postlethwaite bring you a hilarious three-way split bill of stand-up comedy.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Boron and Brighter Brains
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 8th Aug 2024
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 5th - 23rd Aug 2024
Join Monski Mouse, and her super-talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents/carers.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Baffled Archaeologists and Bullshit Bots
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 5th Aug 2024
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Max Fosh: Loophole (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Come join Max as he works on a brand-new show that he’ll be touring around (some of the) world at the end of this year!
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Cheese, Galaxies, Tea, Scones and Nuclear Waste
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 4th Aug 2024
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Absurd: A Live Cabaret Panel Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies
- 4th - 25th Aug 2024
Fun, joyous, raucous… absurd! Join magicians Ava Beaux, Kane & Abel for a riotous evening of wacky games and cabaret performances.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
1 and Only Absolute Burlesque and Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017, we are back! Experience the fiery passion and irresistible allure of our home-grown hotties at a burlesque show like no other.
A Monty Python Cabaret Singalong Circus
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Join the hilarious fun as Dr H revives the great satirical songs from the Monty Python era.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
The real-deal variety show with an infectiously joyous atmosphere returns for its 12th year with Mister Meredith in charge.
Will Rowland: Masterpiece in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2024
The New Comedian of the Year finalist and co-creator of Crizards (**** (Guardian)) uncurls from his sleeping spot in the airing cupboard to ponder life’s most pressing issues: the …
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Statistics and Foreigners
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 3rd Aug 2024
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2024
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition.
Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ Potterrow
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2024
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show 2023, Leicester Comedy Festival; sell-out five-star show, Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work-in-progress clown an…
Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic.
Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Work-in-progress show for a new tour.
The Italians in England by Action Theatre (Italy)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
1572.
Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2024
The BAFTA-winning star of Scot Squad and cult classic Absolutely, returns to the Fringe as Scotland’s favourite cop.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- 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…
Anna Clifford: Got Jokes? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootanannies @ Home Street
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2024
After the successful debut of her comedy hour, I See Deadly People (available on YouTube), Anna is back with new jokes, a nearly there show, and you decide what stays and what goes…
Stuart Mitchell – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Following his critically acclaimed Radio 4 series Cost of Living, join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and star of the Glesga Da Podcast as he r…
Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday).
Kieran Hodgson: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 8th Aug 2024
After running out of life story, the four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee is after a new comedic muse.
Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable.
Miss English's Holiday by Action Theatre (Italy)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
Naughty Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2024
An award-winning, queer feminist cabaret full of drag, circus, clowning and comedy.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Einstein’s Ghost and Happiness!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 2nd Aug 2024
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
W.W. Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic Legends
- 1st - 11th Aug 2024
In this cabaret experience, Tora Himan transforms the stage into a glittering tribute with WW Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret! Featuring sequins, r…
001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar and Lies (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 13th Aug 2024
Work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise Palms
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns for its 10th year at the Fringe! An intoxicating blend of crushed red velvet, cuddly toys, neon, strong cocktails and loveable r…
Best of Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Best of Cabaret from the Fringe returns with an all-star diverse rotating cast of international and regional seasoned artists in the genre.
Jack Kelly and Jimmy Shirley: Pool's Gold
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 15th Aug 2024
Start your day off with a split hour of stand-up from two award-entering comedians! Jack’s from Blackpool, Jimmy’s from Liverpool.
Cabaret of Filth
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Come inside the Cabaret of Filth and indulge in a night of pure debauchery, comedians, burlesque and drag in this comedy riot! Will contain nudity, filthy comedy, anti-establishmen…
Mark Watson: Work-In-Progress Is Not a Cop-Out, It Demonstrates Respect For The Paying Audience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 1st - 22nd Aug 2024
Two years is how long it takes me to write a proper show.
Kai Humphries: Gallivanting
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Journey into the mind of a once small-town boy, now internationally-acclaimed comedian, as he gallivants around the globe sharing stories, observations and thoughts on the weird an…
Bella Humphries: Square Peg
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Hotly anticipated stand-up debut about family, farmers and finding out that being yourself is really hard work! Rising star Bella Humphries ‘oozes c…
Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Nick Kirk (West End New Act Finalist 2023) presents his first solo show featuring one man, no hair and a cast of supporting characters unpicking what life is like when you’re hitti…
Luke Nixon and Jim Midge: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 1st - 12th Aug 2024
Luke Nixon and his character Jim Midge present a work in progress.
The Electric Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 1st - 26th Aug 2024
The alternative late-night Fringe experience returns.
Benji Waterstones: Maddening (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Rising-star comedian (Evening Standard), NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones returns from a sold-out Edinburgh run with more tales from the psych ward.
Sexy Circus Sideshow
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Looking for candyfloss? This ain’t it.
Broken Planet: The Absurd Cabaret of Apocalyptic Proportions
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
A subversive live experience developed by artists from around the globe.
Sarah McGuinness Sings Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Late-night delights from sultry songstress Sarah McGuiness.
Jack Skipper: Skint
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Carpet-fitter turned comedian Jack Skipper delivers his debut stand-up hour with a show about how he went from a tradesman with no qualifications to a full-time comedian (with no q…
Serious Theatre from Serious People
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
The Cancer Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C alto
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Embark on a raw, transformative journey through one man’s battle with cancer.
Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Glenn Moore: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 30th Jul - 13th Aug 2024
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee and one of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn Moore (Live At The Apollo, Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week, Glenn Moore’s …
The Wild Woman (in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Arches St Mary’s Church
- 18th - 19th Jun 2024
This show is a love letter to her own struggles of coming to terms with being autistic, trying to make sense and cope with the world around her.
Juliette Burton: Hopepunk (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 1st Jun 2024
Juliette has performed six solo shows, When I Grow Up, Look At Me, Decision Time, Butterfly Effect and Defined, at the Edinburgh Fringe, selling out 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2023.
DYKE CABARET
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 1st Jun 2024
Are you sitting comfortably? Yes? Then, without further ado, LEZ BEGIN.
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 1st Jun 2024
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 1st Jun 2024
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Vladimir McTavish: 30 Years Still Standing Up (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2024
In 1994, Vladimir McTavish won the Strathmore Water Comedy Award on his first appearance at the Edinburgh Edinburgh.
Josh Baulf: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Katie Norris: Farm Fatale (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 31st May 2024
Katie Norris (Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2023) is returning to Brighton with her hotly anticipated debut hour.
Ashley Haden Political and Correct (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2024
Ashley is back with his satirical eye, angry words and with caustic wit.
Grace Mulvey: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 30th May 2024
Grace Mulvey (BBC Galton & Simpson Comedy Winner) fresh from a sold out run at the Dublin Fringe is bringing her hotly anticipated new WIP show to Brighton.
Louise Atkinson: She's Got The Look (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May 2024
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…
PACE+ Lab ‘Networking & Pitching Your Work’
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th May 2024
BUILDING YOUR NETWORK & PRESENTING YOURSELF BEYOND A LOCAL CONTEXT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE)…
Cameron Sinclair Harris: Planets! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 28th - 30th May 2024
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
VICTIM (PACE+ Lab: Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios (Studio C)
- 27th May 2024
A Work-In-Progress theatre production, ‘VICTIM’ is a compelling and emotionally charged one-man show that invites the audience into the world of Jason, a young man whose life takes…
Fringe Academy: An Introduction to Forum Theatre
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 27th - 27th May 2024
Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th.
The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble / Wagner Hall Brighton
- 29th May 2023 - 29th May 2024
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2024
Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show.
Jack Hester: I am Napoleon!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 26th May 2024
An hour of great stand up.
Joe Sutherland: Miss World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 26th May - 2nd Jun 2024
As seen on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Hypothetical and a number of apps on your phone.
Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 26th May 2024
Star of sell-out Brighton and EdFringe shows ‘Drag Queens vs Zombies’ and Drag Queens vs Vampires Crudi Dench presents a brand-new, work-in-progress, comedy stand-up/solo show expl…
Nerine Skinner: In Two Minds (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2024
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
Alex Franklin: Girl Code (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 25th - 26th May 2024
In 2024, trans-girl Alex feels the most alive she’s ever felt; now she wants to make you feel alive, or die trying.
Selena Mersey: Bisexuelle (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 25th - 27th May 2024
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Johnny is a hard-boiled detective from New York City, California, and he’s got just one more case to crack before he retires from th…
Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 25th - 26th May 2024
Exploring what it’s like to be a constantly aggrieved hypochondriac with more medical conditions than the BMJ, comedian Daniel Powell recounts the events that saw him run away from…
Dirty Work (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 25th - 26th May 2024
She’s loveable.
Platonic Sex (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 24th May - 1st Jun 2024
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny, and…
Dawn Williams: Whole Package (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 23rd - 25th May 2024
Dawn is known for her hilariously imaginative and whimsical musings on modern dating, but this show is definitely not a show about dating.
Alex Kealy: The Fear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 23rd - 26th May 2024
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (★★★★ - Daily Telegraph) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear, after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Christian Jegard: Mr Showbusiness (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 26th May 2024
All round entertainer Christian ‘Mr Showbusiness’ Jegard is working on his debut show.
Wattis Love (Baby Don’t Hurt Me) (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 20th - 23rd May 2024
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Jack Clay Am I A Going Out Guy?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 18th May 2024
“I’ve always had a passion for stand-up comedy, and I’m thrilled to be gearing up for my first solo show.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 19th May 2024
Robin Morgan (as seen/heard on Mock The Week and The News Quiz) works up a brand new hour ahead of a nationwide tour.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 18th May 2024
Following an Edinburgh fringe sell-out season, award-winning stand-up and viral sensation Ali Woods returns with loads of new material! Nominated for Best Show at Leicester Fringe …
Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 18th May 2024
After sell out sessions in March and April, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatr…
Dan Fardell: Don't Look Back (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 26th May 2024
Join Brighton comedy stalwart and regular host of On The Edge comedy, Dan Fardell, in his new hour of stand-up, in which he tries a new direction and brings a more personal story t…
Tides (Theatre)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds)
- 17th - 18th May 2024
Tides.
Lou Taylor: Jeans and a Nice Top (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 17th May 2024
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Philipp Kostelecky: A Work-in-Progress (Aren't We All?)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 16th - 19th May 2024
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 3
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 16th - 19th May 2024
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
Bebette's Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 16th - 17th May 2024
The Actors has a secret speakeasy and the Haus of Bebette’s is taking over. Home to all manner of Variety, Drag, Cabaret and Burlesque
Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 2
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 15th - 18th May 2024
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 15th May 2024
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 1
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 14th - 17th May 2024
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
Kevin Bridges: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th - 15th May 2024
Catch Kevin Bridges as he tries out new material! Plus support
Alice-India: See You In Hell (A Work in Progress Show)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 20th May 2024
See You In Hell poses the question, “What happens to the manic pixie dream teen when they grow up?”.
Lily Phillips: Stitches (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 13th May 2024
Fresh from hatching a baby girl and a sold out Edinburgh run, Lily is back with a new hour of comedy and she’s FINE.
Funny Business: A Clown Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Daltons Brighton
- 12th - 13th May 2024
Funny Business is a queer celebration of clowny nonsense, a love letter to the absurd and only the most silly of sausages.
Benny Shakes: Respect (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 12th May 2024
A highly anticipated debut from the creator of Blue Badge Bunch and joint winner of the Disabled Champion Award 2023.
Tej Dhutia: TMI (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th May 2024
Funny Women Semi-Finalist 2023, BBC3 veteran and former Commonwealth Games guest host Tej Dhutia brings her riotous debut solo show to Brighton.
Richard Cobb: Running Joke (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 11th - 19th May 2024
Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote…
Glass of Sketch - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 11th - 12th May 2024
Join Daniel for a Glass Of Sketch, where he will be delivering an informative talk on the ‘serious’ art form that is sketch comedy.
Big Zeus Energy Present: Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 11th - 12th May 2024
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sellout Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work in progress show that may or may not b…
Sam Dodgshon's Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 11th - 28th May 2024
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Max Norman & Friends - Comedy Cabaret Hour
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 11th - 25th May 2024
Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun.
Darran Griffiths: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 11th May 2024
Following his 2023 Edinburgh debut show, the three times shortlisted British Comedian of the Year is back with his work in progress show about.
Low Effort Sketches: The First Effort (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 11th - 12th May 2024
Join multi award-winning double act Low Effort Sketches for an hour of silly sketch comedy! Andy and Alice desperately want to be respected, adored (and ideally paid) for their wit…
Jaz Mattu Returns (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 10th - 17th May 2024
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with more absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up.
Shinpads (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 10th - 31st May 2024
Shinpads is the debut work-in-progress split bill from Abbi Cole and Ancika Mester.
Brad Jon Kane: Please Slow Down (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 10th May - 1st Jun 2024
Local Brighton alternative comedian Brad Jon Kane presents a character comedy show, where all the characters have been politely asked to ‘Please Slow Down’.
Bog Off! - The Tracy Beaker Drag Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 10th May 2024
Get Ready For BOG OFF - The Tracy Beaker Drag Cabaret! Elaine, Jenny and Duke have popped out for some garden supplies - this can only mean the Dumping Ground is now free for a one…
Helen Prior: The Pussy from the USSR (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 10th - 11th May 2024
Watch out Brighton! The Pussy from the USSR is coming to make you laugh hysterically, bask in hysteria, and make you question everything you thought you knew to be true and real, b…
Knickers Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 10th - 17th May 2024
Knickers Cabaret is your one-stop shop for a night of funny, fierce, and flirty comedy! If you want variety, we’ve got it in bucket-loads.
Bee Babylon: Once Upon a Time in Iceland (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 12th May 2024
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
Mustafa Algiyadi: Almost Legal Alien (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 9th - 18th May 2024
Libyan Arab stand-up Mustafa Algiyadi longs to be part of the European way of life but is confronted with some cultural differences that make it confusing, chaotic and sometimes hi…
David Anthony: Utopia (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 8th May 2024
David has undergone changes and is happier than he looks, promise.
Chloe Petts: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th - 12th May 2024
Following another smash-hit, sellout run at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, join “rising star” (Evening Standard) Chloe Petts as she starts working up new material in antici…
Leanne Shorley: Queef Encounter (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 8th - 9th May 2024
Leanne’s on an all-inclusive and she’s having a lovely time.
You Belong Here With Me, My Darling (Work in Progress)
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 8th - 9th May 2024
You Belong Here With Me, My Darling is a show about belonging.
Benji Waterstones: Maddening (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 28th May 2024
“Rising star comedian” (Evening Standard), Penguin-published author and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones unlocks the doors to the psych ward for more “humorous and colourful stor…
Work-in-Progress: Vladislav (Baby Don't Hurt Me)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th - 30th May 2024
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Sexy Rude Harp Concert
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios (Studio C)
- 8th May, 2024
Have you ever been on several failed dates and lived to tell the tale? Sexy Rude Harp Concert explores the idea of trying to find the perfect match and a happy ever after in an hon…
Suse Steed: Parallelodox (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 1st Jun 2024
Join Suse Steed (NATYS Finalist, CAN comedy finalist, Max Turner Finalist, Funny Women Regional Finalist) for her debut show about economics, magic, and pies.
Neon Moon Paradise Circus CABARET
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Vault @ Fool’s Paradise
- 5th - 26th May 2024
Headlining the opening weekend of BRIGHTON FRINGE in the brand new venue THE VAULT at FOOLS PARADISE, Neon Moon’s CABARET & CLUB shows on SUNDAY 5th MAY & SUNDAY 26th MAY promise…
Circle Mirror Transformation-Theatre for marginalised artists-
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fishing Museum Loft
- 5th - 6th May 2024
London stabbings 2017.
Fierce potato (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 5th - 28th May 2024
Dan Harding present Fierce Potato: Being Irish, spending his childhood in Spain, and now living on the south coast of England, Harding offers a unique perspective – one which he…
Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2024
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
'If you like David Sedaris, John Mulaney, and a sexy accent, you might like this show'
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms / The Snug
- 5th - 11th May 2024
This debut show weaves together the insightful storytelling of David Sedaris and the clever stand-up of John Mulaney, welcoming you to the world of Renata, a non-native speaker bol…
Ben Pope: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 26th May 2024
Ben Pope (“a total delight” - Fest) performs the ancient, hallowed, mystic art of stand-up comedy with a notebook full of stories and a brain full of junk.
Farah Sharp: Who am I, and Who Is To Blame? Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2024
Stand-up comedian Farah Sharp is a mixed-race, middle child of divorce on the brink of turning thirty.
Steph Aritone: Weather Girl (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th May 2024
Rainy? Cloudy? Sunny? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind).
Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 4th - 5th May 2024
One man, no hair and some supporting characters unpick what life is like when you’re hitting those awkward middle (age) years. West End New Act Finalist 2023
Chaos: Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 4th - 5th May 2024
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
Sasha Ellen: Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 11th May 2024
Comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Jason Happy Random Comedy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway) / Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Presuming Ed’s
- 4th - 23rd May 2024
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
Alexandra Haddow: Third Party (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 4th - 12th May 2024
The news has been on fire for so long now we’re probably out of petrol.
Too Late, Baby (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room) / Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 4th - 20th May 2024
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
Too Late, Baby (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 4th - 20th May 2024
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
Son of a Bitch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 4th - 5th May 2024
The debut play from award winning comedian Anna Morris.
Black Brighton Market - Actors Theatre
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 4th May 2024
Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar & Lies (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 22nd May 2023 - 5th May 2024
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 6th May 2024
Funny Women award-winner of 2023 Kate Cheka brings her first hour work in progress to Brighton Fringe.
Dave Fensome: ADHDad (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 25th May 2024
Acclaimed Brightonian comedian Dave Fensome has ADHD (as documented in his previous sell out show ADHDave), he’s now also a dad.
Alex Mason: Delicate Flower (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 3rd May - 1st Jun 2024
Alex Mason brings a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe 2024.
Lash Out Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Vault @ Fool’s Paradise
- 3rd - 27th May 2024
The hottest, fiercest cabaret in Brighton! An all-Australian, all-female cast of superstars unites for an electrifying night of entertainment.
Mark Nicholas: This is Not The Autistic You Are Looking For (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 3rd May 2024
Winner of the ND Review Disability Champions Award and the Amateo Award 2022 brings his debut show to LCF.
Scott McPherson: A Fine Line (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 3rd - 5th May 2024
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
Cabaret of Queeriosities
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 3rd - 31st May 2024
Brighton’s fabulous Cabaret of Queeriosities is back, back, back again! Join us for an amazing night of queer fun, with our amazing headliner Tia Kofi! The full line up is soon to …
Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 27th Apr 2024
After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an…
The Bridge House Theatre: Three Years and Counting
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 20th Apr 2024
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
The British Theatre Challenge
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 16th - 20th Apr 2024
The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Mar 2024
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Mar 2024
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Theatre: Making It and Doing It workshop
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 23rd Mar 2024
Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the …
The Black Cat Cabaret
- Listing
- West End
- Underbelly Boulevard
- 9th Mar - 5th Jul 2024
London’s original cabaret trouble-makers THE BLACK CAT CABARET present a limited season of moonlit mischief and mayhem in the beating heart of Soho! Join the BCC gang for a nigh…
Micky Flanagan’s Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd - 23rd Mar 2024
Micky Flanagan is back at Leicester Square Theatre doing work in progress, you get the chance to see him riff in an intimate venue, try out new material and possibly thr…
Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 8th Feb 2024
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Love's A Beach - Soho Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 8th Feb 2024
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 5th - 5th Feb 2024
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 5th - 5th Feb 2024
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 22nd Jan - 11th Mar 2024
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 7th Jan 2024
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Jack & The Beanstalk
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 27th - 30th Dec 2023
OUR AWARD NOMINATED FAMILY PANTOMIME IS BACK!Once again written and directed by Luke Adamson and choreographed by Brendan Matthew, this Christmas it’s Jack & The Beanstalk!Jack Tro…
MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 18th Dec 2023
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
WRITING FOR THEATRE AND SCREEN WORKSHOP, WITH RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR MBE
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 17th Dec 2023
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
GANGSTA BABY - HOPE THEATRE TAKEOVER
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 17th - 18th Dec 2023
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year Final 2023
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Dec 2023
Now in its 14th year.
Peter Pan - Rose Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 1st Dec 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
Geimhreadh Galore! The Irish Theatre Tour
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 27th Nov 2023
Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G…
16 Postcodes - work in progress
- Listing Spoken Word
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 28th - 29th Oct 2023
Previewing extracts from her one-woman show coming in 2024, Jessica Regan will share some of her real-life London horror stories and lessons learned in trying to tame and finally s…
Josh Wolf: Bring Your Kid To Work Tour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th Oct 2023
Josh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and &…
Killing Jack
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Queen’s Theatre
- 26th Oct - 11th Nov 2023
Illuminating the unheard stories of the real victims of Jack the Ripper in a darkly thrilling plunge into a world where women return to take back their stories
Heaven Can Wait by Be Wilder Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Holy Cross Church
- 18th Oct 2023
Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit.
New Wave Theatre: How To Run Away
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Crypt Gallery
- 18th - 20th Oct 2023
New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love.
New Wave Theatre: Intransigent Lines
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- 1-10 Keely Close
- 15th Oct 2023
In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus.
New Wave Theatre: Goodgirl
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- RADA Studios
- 14th - 15th Oct 2023
It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy.
New Wave Theatre: The Morphea
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- RADA Studios
- 14th - 15th Oct 2023
“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey.
The Copla Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Riverside Studios
- 6th Oct 2023
The Copla Cabaret is a new show by HisPanic Breakdown, being presented on 6th October as part of FeSTeLõn: Festival of Spanish Theatre, London.
Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly
- 27th Aug 2023
Eliott has never cared for sex.
Tarot: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 26th Aug 2023
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Susan Harrison (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / The Bill Murray
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
Susan Harrison (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / The Bill Murray
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
A Lack of Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 25th - 26th Aug 2023
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
A Lack of Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 25th - 26th Aug 2023
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
A Theatre Show
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 25th - 27th Aug 2023
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
A Theatre Show
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 25th - 27th Aug 2023
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
Liam Tulley: APPY - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Aug 2023
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Katie Norris - Farm Fatale -Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th - 25th Aug 2023
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
I Fed My Dad to a Pelican (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 24th Aug 2023
BBC New Comedy Award-nominated Kayleigh Jones wants to tell you why she fed her dad to a pelican.
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 24th Aug 2023
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
Liam Tulley: APPY - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Aug 2023
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Katie Norris: Farm Fatale (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th - 25th Aug 2023
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Katie Norris: Farm Fatale (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th - 25th Aug 2023
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Endea Owens: New Work at The Hub
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Hub
- 23rd Aug 2023
Don’t miss the world premiere of a new work from composer and bassist Endea Owens, performing with her acclaimed sextet.
Iraqnophobia (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 23rd Aug 2023
It’s 20 years since the Iraq War and Jenan wants to talk about it.
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
He has been away having cancer; now he’s back with a work-in-progress show.
Alex and Roger Work It Out
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
Roger O’Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards Regional finalist) has had work featured on BBC One, BBC Three, RTÉ and BBC Radio 4.
BriTANicK: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2022).
Kiki: Deathbed Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
Following a sell-out 2022 run at Glasgow’s Oran Mor, acclaimed chanteuse Christine Bovill conjures Kiki de Montparnasse, the celebrated model and painter, as she relives her glory …
Hannah Platt – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 21st - 28th Aug 2023
A work in progress from BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Hannah Platt.
Lee Hudson - Smiley Faces (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 20th Aug 2023
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
Steve McNeil: Side Hustler (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 20th Aug 2023
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
Troy Hawke: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 20th - 27th Aug 2023
WIP show from multi award-winning comedian and CEO of the Greeters Guild, Troy Hawke.
Lee Hudson - Smiley Faces (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 20th Aug 2023
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
Steve McNeil: Side Hustler (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 20th Aug 2023
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
Sarah Roberts: Worm in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 20th - 27th Aug 2023
An adorable work-in-progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Jack Whitehall: Settle Down
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 20th - 21st Aug 2023
International comedy superstar Jack Whitehall returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new live show.
Jack Whitehall and Friends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th Aug 2023
Join Jack Whitehall as he returns to the Pleasance to host a special late-night stand-up show with some of his friends from around the Fringe.
Ashley Manning – Candyfloss (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 19th - 21st Aug 2023
Ashley Manning – ‘Playfully bleak’ (Scotsman) – is an independent, sexually empowered, modern woman.
Laurie Luxe: Barry's Variety Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 18th - 22nd Aug 2023
Barry is a showbiz stalwart keen to take the next step in his career – onto a bus.
Expecting by c21 Theatre Company
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Deaf Action
- 17th - 20th Aug 2023
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Beautiful Magicians Club presents Battle Magic Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 17th - 28th Aug 2023
What do you get when you mix rap battles cabaret, and an open mic, and then throw in the title of Cabaret God with an audience vote? Top Fringe cabaret stars try out their new mate…
Cabaret Impedimenta
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 17th - 20th Aug 2023
An impossible variety show created by John-Luke Roberts.
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 17th - 27th Aug 2023
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 17th Aug 2023
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 16th - 20th Aug 2023
New show from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics, featuring jokes about politics and jokes not about politics.
Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th Aug 2023
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th - 27th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up.
Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 7: Big O Asks – What is Sexy?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba
- 16th - 20th Aug 2023
Olivia aka Big O is delighted to present her second hour of comedy.
Shenanigans Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 16th - 26th Aug 2023
East London’s five-star variety show comes to Edinburgh for the third year in a row, bringing you top-class cabaret acts from across the performing arts industry, including circus,…
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
Laurie Stevens: Sticky Floors (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
It’s 2006, and David is preparing for the gig of a lifetime: headlining Sticky Floors, the coolest under-16s band night in the Bay Area.
Comedy for corporates: work-life balance is for losers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 20th Aug 2023
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
Abishek & Nirmal: The Reel to Real – Crowd Work Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
Abishek Kumar and Nirmal Pillai are back on the road with their hugely fun and interactive show that’s guaranteed to leave you cackling.
Al Porter: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
2016 Edinburgh Best Show nominee.
Kate-Lois Elliott: Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 16th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
Femme Natale Theatre
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro…
Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 14th - 16th Aug 2023
Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Hypothetical and the surveillance camera when she forgot to pay for petrol, Harriet’s at the Fringe for…
Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 14th - 16th Aug 2023
Stand-up Eleanor Morton presents new ideas as she works towards her next show.
Catfish the Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2023
Catfish The Cabaret is an alternative parody of Catfish: The TV Show.
Basil Bottler: Wank In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 14th Aug 2023
Intergalactic Man of Mystery, Basil Bottler makes his Edinburgh debut in this one-off hour of jokes, songs, poems and dicking about.
A Cabaret called Hamlet
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
What do Shakespeare, Beethoven and Jerry Lee Lewis have in common? Edinburgh-based musician/songwriter Richard Lewis unites all three, along with many other diverse musicians, in a…
Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2023
BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian.
A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
In Conversation with… Jack Monroe
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 14th Aug 2023
Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner.
Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 14th Aug 2023
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th - 20th Aug 2023
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Nick Elleray: Sassy Unit (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 20th Aug 2023
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Astonishment – Variety – Magic – Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Alchemist | George Street
- 12th - 27th Aug 2023
Appearing at Edinburgh Fringe for a limited run of just 6 shows, Astonishment is Edinburgh’s regular sell-out variety night.
Nick Elleray: Sassy Unit (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 20th Aug 2023
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Reginald D. Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit – A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 11th - 20th Aug 2023
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
Lou Taylor - Jeans and a Nice Top (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 11th - 26th Aug 2023
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 11th - 14th Aug 2023
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Simon Amstell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th - 12th Aug 2023
In a thrilling, last-minute addition, Simon Amstell will return to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in six years to perform a late-night show of new stand-up material for a …
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 11th - 14th Aug 2023
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Lou Taylor: Jeans and a Nice Top (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 11th - 26th Aug 2023
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
QUIZ NIGHT @ VAGINUS HEMMINGWAY'S CABARET RATHOLE
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 10th - 11th Aug 2023
Imaginary celebrity Vaginus Hemmingway invites you to stave off the humdrum horror of the ongoing apocalypse with an evening of elegant debauchery at the fabled Cabaret Rathole –…
QUIZ NIGHT @ VAGINUS HEMMINGWAY'S CABARET RATHOLE
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 10th - 11th Aug 2023
Imaginary celebrity Vaginus Hemmingway invites you to stave off the humdrum horror of the ongoing apocalypse with an evening of elegant debauchery at the fabled Cabaret Rathole –…
Nish Kumar: Them Changes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 10th - 14th Aug 2023
‘I catch a paper boy, but things don’t really change’ (David Bowie).
Rachel Parris: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th - 13th Aug 2023
The BAFTA-nominated comedian, The Mash Report (BBC2) star, Live at the Apollo (BBC1) star and viral sensation, presents a work-in-progress hour of her signature blend of stand-up a…
The Rise and Fall of Nerine Skinner (A Liz Truss Parody) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Holly Stars' Cabaret Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 9th Aug 2023
Join Holly Stars as she hosts a glorious night of camp comedy and cabaret at this all-drag extravaganza.
Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2023
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Holly Stars' Cabaret Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 9th Aug 2023
Join Holly Stars as she hosts a glorious night of camp comedy and cabaret at this all-drag extravaganza.
Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Nerine Skinner: In Two Minds (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
The Rise and Fall of Nerine Skinner (A Liz Truss Parody) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2023
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Camden Comedy Club
- 8th - 26th Aug 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and too concretey) For TV (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 8th - 9th Aug 2023
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and too concretey) For TV (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 8th - 9th Aug 2023
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th - 25th Aug 2023
Join Monski Mouse and her super talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Camden Comedy Club
- 8th - 26th Aug 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing Music
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 10th Aug 2023
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 7th - 17th Aug 2023
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 7th Aug 2023
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing Music
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 10th Aug 2023
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level.
Excelf-esteem (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 6th - 7th Aug 2023
Steph is a really chill girl.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 28th Aug 2023
Back for its eighth year, this chaotic institution is the only way to end your night at Edinburgh Fringe! Join high-energy hosts, Griffin and Jones, for an hour(ish) of late-night …
Super Sexy Mister Blobbie Musical Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th Aug 2023
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Alex Kealy: 2023 Work-in-progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 6th - 27th Aug 2023
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Toby Williams: Gubbins (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Joseph Parsons: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th Aug 2023
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th - 15th Aug 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Super Sexy Mister Blobbie Musical Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th Aug 2023
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Excelf-esteem (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 6th - 7th Aug 2023
Steph is a really chill girl.
Alistair Barrie: Woke in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 6th - 19th Aug 2023
‘The brilliantly topical Alistair Barrie, one of the UK’s sharpest comedians’ (Herald) returns to the Fringe with ‘an absolutely stunning hour of political comedy’ (Entertainment-N…
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th - 15th Aug 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Alex Kealy: The Fear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 6th - 27th Aug 2023
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Toby Williams: Gubbins (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Serial Killer Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 16th Aug 2023
Notorious for their crimes, what if the likes of Charles Manson turned their “talents” towards showbiz? Hosted by Lucifer themself, this cabaret promises to thrill and entertain au…
Joseph Parsons: Overhaul (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th Aug 2023
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Absurd: A Live Cabaret Panel Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies
- 6th - 27th Aug 2023
Fun, silly, raucous… absurd! Join magician host Ava Beaux and magical team captains Kane and Abel, for an array of whacky games and cabaret acts.
1 and Only Absolute Burlesque Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017 we are back! Experience our new glitter and glamour extravaganza from Edinburgh’s only school of homegrown hotties.
A Goofy Sexy Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Two of the hottest, freshest comics bring their best jokes to Edinburgh.
Cult Classic Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Are you tired of the same old boring cults with stuffy robes and dull rituals? Walk through an emergency entrance into a cabaret from another dimension and witness a bottomless buf…
0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Stand-up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (TimeOut) returns with Mister Meredith again in charge.
Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2023
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition.
Body: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 5th - 9th Aug 2023
She’s had it all her life and finally comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to celebrate her body.
Ted Milligan: The Finished Product (A Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Irreverent stand-up and sketch from an award-winning character comedian whose writing has been praised as ‘hilarious.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 4th - 10th Aug 2023
A breathtaking smorgasbord of top academics, one stand-up comedian and some dangerous ideas.
Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 4th - 13th Aug 2023
Jamali Maddix is working up a brand-new hour.
Mike Rice: An Irish Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Sultry Irish comedian Mike Rice is working through some brand-new stories and jokes about cows, the Dali Lama, insomnia and the power of the human mind.
Ronnie Golden: Allo Keith! Remembering Barry Cryer
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 4th - 20th Aug 2023
Ronnie Golden: Allo Keith! Remembering Barry Cryer.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy / Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 4th - 22nd Aug 2023
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Ray Bradshaw – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
Multi international award-winning comedian Ray Bradshaw is back at the Fringe with a brand-new show after his hit UK 2023 tour, Deaf Com 1.
I'm Sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
Anna Friend is sexy and she knows it.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
A breathtaking smorgasbord of top academics, one stand-up comedian and some dangerous ideas.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 4th - 16th Aug 2023
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St / theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
Andronicus Synecdoche presented by Song of the Goat Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
Barry Potter and the Magic of Wizardry
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
Magic Award Adelaide Fringe 2023, 2021 and 2019.
Shiitake Nights: Absurd Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 4th - 25th Aug 2023
Glasgow’s collective of clowns, comedians and creatures of calamity come together to take you on their sell-out tour of pure imagination around the moon and back.
International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2023
It’s time.
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 3rd - 6th Aug 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Glenn Moore: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 3rd - 15th Aug 2023
‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ (Guardian).
Jessie Cave: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
Jessie Cave works up a new show about the complexities of motherhood, social anxiety and heartbreak.
Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2023
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
The Sassy Belle Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2023
Musical theatre fans – this one’s for you! Edinburgh-based cabaret group, the Little West End Theatre, brings you a night of sass and show tunes.
Wham Bam Thank You Mam (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
This absurdist trio brings you an hour of off-the-walls stand-up and sketch comedy through the Welsh, Irish, Malaysian and 30-something perspective.
Tom Houghton – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
The Honourable Tom Houghton is back at the fringe hot off his starring role in The Circle (Netflix) to work through a bunch of new ideas for his upcoming tour of the UK, Europe and…
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise Palms
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns with the usual intoxicated blend of raucous stage antics, cocktails and beautifully behaved rowdiness.
Best of Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Best of Cabaret from the Fringe returns with an all-star diverse rotating cast of international and regional seasoned artists in the genre.
Sexy Circus Sideshow
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 9th Aug, 2023
Sexy Circus Sideshow succeeds in being sexy, and includes both circus and sideshow.
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 3rd - 6th Aug 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Jack Traynor and Daniel Petrie: Introducing Two of Scotland's Most Exciting New Stand-up Comedians
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Shared hour with two absolute stars of the future.
Cabaret in the Dark
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 3rd - 5th Aug 2023
Ever wonder what it’s like to see a show… without actually seeing it? This piece plunges the audience into darkness, allowing them to step into the shoes of their hosts, VICS, …
Kate-Lois Elliott: Gentrif*cked (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 5th Aug 2022 - 13th Aug 2023
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
Amelia Bayler: I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 15th Aug, 2023
The Blundabus is absolutely packed for Amelia Bayler’s I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star.
Viggo Venn: Clown (Clown in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2023
Hello.
Alvin Liu: First World Eyebrows (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Home Bar
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2023
London-based Chinese comedian Alvin Liu’s debut show delivers distinctive cultural humour with his playful views on China and the UK.
Dirty Tattooed Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 20th Aug 2023
If Motörhead had sex with Cirque du Soleil and Dita Von Teese this is what you’d get! From the team that brought you the highly acclaimed Dirty Tattooed Circus Bastards Show –…
Lost Cabaret: Nonsense in the Night
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
A ridiculous variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful.
Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Stand-up comedian, social media star and ultimate try-hard Abi Clarke performs new material in an intimate venue, developing her highly anticipated debut show.
John Robins: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Notes on stage? Tick! Breath-taking riff-scenarios? Tick! Bits that don’t work? Tick! Progress not perfection, people! Witness some progress from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner / fa…
James Rowland: Piece of Work
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life.
Seann Walsh: I'm Just Trying To Get Through The Day (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 2nd Aug 2023
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Ed Gamble: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 2nd - 13th Aug 2023
Co-host of Off Menu, Taskmaster champion and as seen on his stand-up special Blood Sugar (Amazon Prime), join the ‘consistently eye-wateringly hilarious’ (i Newspaper) Ed Gamble fo…
First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall.
Tarot: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2023
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Jack Docherty in David Bowie and Me: Parallel Lives
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Jack’s love of Bowie is the jumping off point for an hour of comedy about his teenage years, first love, hedonism, families, AI, culture wars, mortality and why you should always m…
Tom Mayhew: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 2nd Aug 2023
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Jordan Brookes: Snakes for Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
A while back, I found a video online of an animated snake crawling, made for entertaining cats.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 2nd Aug 2023
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
The Electric Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
The alternative late-night Fringe experience returns.
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 9th Aug 2023
The giddy inner workings of a comedy show in its beginnings.
Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 1st - 8th Aug 2023
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 30th Jul 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 30th Jul 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Xennial: Warrior Princess (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 27th Jul 2023
Xennial: Warrior Princess (Work in progress) So I’m 40 now; when does life begin? Old enough to know the link between pencils and cassette tapes, and remember having to roll do…
Mister Shakespeare - An Incomplete Work
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 26th - 27th Jul 2023
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Mister Shakespeare - An Incomplete Work
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 26th - 27th Jul 2023
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 23rd Jul 2023
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
Arisha's OK Cabaret: An Operatic Extravaganza
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Sonata Piano & Cabaret Lounge
- 19th Jul 2023
Critically acclaimed and award nominated To Bee Productions presents the Arisha’s OK Cabaret: An Operatic Extravaganza, proudly supported by the Superbia Fund by Manchester Pride.
A Theatre Show
- Listing Theatre
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Kings Arms
- 17th - 19th Jul 2023
After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show.
Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Jul 2023
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
A Night at the Weimar
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- Triangle LGBTQ+ Cultural Centre
- 8th Jul 2023
Eine Nacht im Weimar!Music, Tanzen und Kabbarett!Come and join us for the heady days of Berlin in the 1920’s.
The Therapist at Barons Court Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 4th - 8th Jul 2023
“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures.
Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Phil Wang
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Troubadour Theatre - Wembley
- 1st Jul 2023
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
Best of Brighton Fringe: Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- FUSE International
- Rose Theatre
- 1st Jul 2023
About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers…
Tickled Pink The Camp Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th Jun 2023
Join Iva Hardie, Mistress of the Brioche, renowned homosexual and failed WWE wrestler, as he takes on a journey through the world of Musical Theatre and Stand up comedy.
In The Room (With Barry Ferns)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 4th - 4th Jun 2023
“An hour in a room, not just with Barry Ferns but also a whole load of other people you don’t know.
Tickled Pink The Camp Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th Jun 2023
Join Iva Hardie, Mistress of the Brioche, renowned homosexual and failed WWE wrestler, as he takes on a journey through the world of Musical Theatre and Stand up comedy.
In The Room (With Barry Ferns)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 4th Jun 2023
“An hour in a room, not just with Barry Ferns but also a whole load of other people you don’t know.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
Blue Moon Circus Cabaret Aerial Performances
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Under The Archway
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
Join us Under the Archway for a day of aerial performances from the incredible team from Blue Moon Circus.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
Bovine Cemetery's World War III Literary Cabaret
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 2nd Jun 2023
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Bovine Cemetery's World War III Literary Cabaret
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 2nd Jun 2023
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Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 1st - 4th Jun 2023
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Notes from the Noughties: A Work-In-Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 1st Jun 2023
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Notes from the Noughties: A Work-In-Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 1st Jun 2023
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 1st - 4th Jun 2023
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Charlotte Fox: Flamebird (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 1st Jun 2023
Expect a genre blending and dazzling performance by Comedian, Actor, Clown, Charlotte Fox who brings sassy, psychedelic and surreal comedy antics to the stage.
Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 30th - 31st May 2023
NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL Masculinity is in crisis.
Rahul Somia: Tuesday Date (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May 2023
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Rahul Somia: Tuesday Date (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May 2023
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 29th May - 4th Jun 2023
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 29th - 29th May 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Kevin Precious: The Reluctant Teacher (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2023
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 29th May - 4th Jun 2023
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 29th - 29th May 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 29th - 31st May 2023
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th - 31st May 2023
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
PACE Masterclass: Networking & Pitching Your Work
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th May 2023
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th - 31st May 2023
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
PACE Masterclass: Networking & Pitching Your Work
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th May 2023
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
Kevin Precious: The Reluctant Teacher (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2023
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Cabaret Famalamb
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 28th - 28th May 2023
On the last Sunday of the month, we present CABARET FAMALAMB! It’s a cabaret show for all the family.
Ella The Great: An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Ella The Great: An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2023
An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work In Progress) For the first time, internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great (‘lights up the stage’ -The Scotsman) br…
Cabaret Famalamb
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 28th - 28th May 2023
On the last Sunday of the month, we present CABARET FAMALAMB! It’s a cabaret show for all the family.
Studio Exhibition: Work Produced by our Students
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sew Fabulous
- 27th May 2023
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
Maddie Campion of the World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2023
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
Rhiannon Shaw (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 27th - 29th May 2023
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Tim Reeves: Ear Trumpet (Progress-In-Work)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 27th May - 4th Jun 2023
★★★★★ “eccentric.
Chin Wang & Alvin Liu: Bring Out the Fine China (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 27th - 29th May 2023
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Studio Exhibition: Work Produced by our Students
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sew Fabulous
- 27th May 2023
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
Maddie Campion of the World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2023
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 27th May - 3rd Jun 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Cabaret Impedimenta
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 27th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Chin Wang & Alvin Liu: Bring Out the Fine China (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 27th - 29th May 2023
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Cabaret Impedimenta
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 27th May 2023
An impossible variety show hosted by John-Luke Roberts.
Kuan-wen: Ilha Formosa (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2023
Kuan-wen is one of the few Taiwanese comedians who performs English stand-up comedy in the UK (if not the only one as of 2023).
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 27th May - 3rd Jun 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Rhiannon Shaw (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 27th - 29th May 2023
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Skeletons: Work-In-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 26th - 28th May 2023
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 28th May 2023
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O'Connell: Money Princess (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2023
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Liam Withnail: (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May 2023
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
Liam Withnail: (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May 2023
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 28th May 2023
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O'Connell: Money Princess (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2023
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 26th May 2023
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 26th May 2023
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 24th - 26th May 2023
The Genocial Liberal is back.
Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 31st May 2022 - 26th May 2023
Kate-Lois Elliott has been rising fast on the UK comedy scene with her self-deprecating millennial meltdowns.
Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 24th - 26th May 2023
The Genocial Liberal is back.
Kate-Lois Elliott: Gentrif*cked (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 26th May 2023
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee and Brighton-bred comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly …
Mediocre Gay (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd May 2023
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Wuthering Heights - Rose Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 23rd - 27th May 2023
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
Mediocre Gay (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd May 2023
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Kate Dale: Up to Scratch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd May 2023
Bisexual comedian Kate Dale fingers her way through middle life as she navigates the challenges and finds the joy in being a beginner once more, while discovering, after a lifetime…
Elaine Fellows: Sugar & Lies (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 23rd May 2023
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar & Lies (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 23rd May 2023
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Educated Idiot (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 23rd May 2023
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
Cabaret Continentale: We Still Love EU
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th - 21st May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Educated Idiot (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 23rd May 2023
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
Cabaret Continentale: We Still Love EU
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 22nd May, 2023
In this year’s Eurovision, Europe didn’t give the UK much love, but do the Brits still love the EU? Apparently so, at least judging by the cheerful welcome Cabaret Continentale…
Abbie Murphy: Empath (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 20th May - 3rd Jun 2023
My name is Abbie and I’m an Empath.
Jaz Mattu (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 19th - 26th May 2023
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Jaz Mattu (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 19th - 26th May 2023
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Hip Crip Hooray Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 18th - 19th May 2023
This is not your typical cabaret.
Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 18th May 2023
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
Hip Crip Hooray Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 18th - 19th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 18th May 2023
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent / Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 17th - 25th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent / Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 8th May 2022 - 25th May 2023
A fast Fringe favourite, Bad Luck Cabaret is a showcase of the best in alternative cabaret.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 17th May 2022 - 16th May 2023
“If you want to put your brain in the blender, have a listen - it’s a bit like if Aphex Twin wrote British music hall songs.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 16th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The Final Girl (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 15th - 20th May 2023
Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo…
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 16th May 2023
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Last Man Standing (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 15th - 16th May 2023
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Last Man Standing (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 15th - 16th May 2023
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 16th May 2023
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 14th May 2023
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton fuse together to bring you an hour of turbocharged off the wall standup a…
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Annabel Edmonds: Gremlin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 14th - 17th May 2023
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Annabel Edmonds: Gremlin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 14th - 17th May 2023
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
Ali Brice: I'm More Interested In What You Have to Say (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May - 3rd Jun 2023
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Spin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 13th - 27th May 2023
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 13th - 14th May 2023
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May 2023
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Ali Brice: I'm More Interested In What You Have to Say (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May - 3rd Jun 2023
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Spin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 13th - 27th May 2023
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 13th - 14th May 2023
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May 2023
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th - 14th May 2023
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
Luca Cupani (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2023
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 12th - 13th May 2023
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
Joe Jacobs: Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 20th May 2023
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Joe Jacobs: Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 20th May 2023
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 12th - 13th May 2023
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th - 14th May 2023
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
Luca Cupani (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2023
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
Lionhouse Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 12th May 2023
An evening of comedy and music hosted by Actors of Dionysus, showcasing wonderful local Brighton talent! Featuring the fabulous comedy duo Dyball & Kerr – Lionhouse Cabaret retur…
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 12th May 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Viggo Venn: CLOWN (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 11th - 19th May 2023
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Viggo Venn: CLOWN (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 11th - 19th May 2023
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 12th May 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 11th May 2023
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
James Danielewski: Rainbow Trout (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 10th - 27th May 2023
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
James Danielewski: Rainbow Trout (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 10th - 27th May 2023
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 11th May 2023
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
Tom Mayhew: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 11th May 2023
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 9th - 23rd May 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 11th May 2023
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 9th - 23rd May 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Mudfish (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 8th May - 4th Jun 2023
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Flirt (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 8th - 9th May 2023
Tragedy.
Mark Bittlestone (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May 2022 - 27th May 2023
Mark is convinced that he’s the only gay man doing comedy in the world so please be respectful and don’t tell him otherwise! Rapidly making a name for himself both online and o…
Flirt (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 8th - 9th May 2023
Tragedy.
Mudfish (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 8th May - 4th Jun 2023
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Mark Bittlestone (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th - 27th May 2023
Stand-up comedian and social media sensation (in his own words, not in any objective description of the term) Mark Bittlestone brings a load of new and a few (or, hopefully for you…
Farah Sharp & Sharon Wanjohi: Can (And Will) Complain (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 12th May 2023
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2023
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- 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.
Having the craic with Jack Hester
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 7th May 2023
Having the craic with Jack Hester.
Farah Sharp & Sharon Wanjohi: Can (And Will) Complain (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 12th May 2023
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2023
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
Having the craic with Jack Hester
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 7th May 2023
Having the craic with Jack Hester.
Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- 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.
EBae: Ruby Carr (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 7th May 2023
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Michael Welch - Ethnic Reveal Party (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 6th - 11th May 2023
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
Neon Moon Carnival Royale CABARET
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 6th May 2023
Neon Moon’s infamous CABARET Show featuring spellbinding world class circus, cabaret and burlesque with an electrifying regal twist! Be amazed by thrilling headline acts from the r…
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Neon Moon Carnival Royale CABARET
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 6th May 2023
Neon Moon’s infamous CABARET Show featuring spellbinding world class circus, cabaret and burlesque with an electrifying regal twist! Be amazed by thrilling headline acts from the r…
Cabaret Boheme: Stage and Screen!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th May 2022 - 7th May 2023
Veronica Blacklace with Chris Hide and company return to Brighton Spiegeltent for the seventh year to present you with their new, talent-filled spectacle.
EBae: Ruby Carr (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 7th May 2023
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th - 8th May 2023
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
Cabaret Boheme: Stage and Screen!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 6th - 7th May 2023
If Tickets on Brighton Fringe have sold out - Please go to www.
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Immersive Theatre Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 6th - 20th May 2023
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
MOJO (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2023
MOJO is a split bill of stand-up comedy featuring Mohaimen and Jomi Cruz.
Immersive Theatre Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 6th - 20th May 2023
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th - 8th May 2023
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
Cabaret of Queeriosities
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2023
All things Queer, Camp and Fabulous combine in our variety spectacular.
Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th - 8th May 2023
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 7th May 2023
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
CHEAT: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 12th May 2023
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
Anthony Gilét - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 11th May 2023
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Cabaret of Queeriosities
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 21st May 2022 - 2nd Jun 2023
All things Queer, Camp and Fabulous combine in our variety spectacular.
Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th - 8th May 2023
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 7th May 2023
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
The Lost Play of Barry Wayworm
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 5th - 22nd May 2023
You want a blurb? I’ll give you a blurb right now.
Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Sindhu Vee
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Troubadour Theatre - Wembley
- 5th May 2023
London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee.
Anthony Gilét - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 11th May 2023
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
The Lost Play of Barry Wayworm
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 5th - 22nd May 2023
You want a blurb? I’ll give you a blurb right now.
Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
CHEAT: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 12th May 2023
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
Richard III - Rose Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 26th Apr - 13th May 2023
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
Lord of the Flies - Rose Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 18th - 22nd Apr 2023
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 7th - 8th Apr 2023
Capitol Theatre Company is back with the extended version of ”Work in Progress”, adding a second act to the 20 minute one-act-play performed at Scene and Hea…
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Apr 2023
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Apr 2023
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Mar 2023
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Mar 2023
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Shane Todd: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Mar 2023
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
Shane Todd: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Mar 2023
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
The Bargain Basement Gameshow-Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 17th - 18th Mar 2023
Elevate East are taking you underground to the camp, trashy and tacky world of.
EGG (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 15th - 16th Mar 2023
Funny, funny, funny sketches we haven’t written yet.
Sara Barron (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 15th - 16th Mar 2023
“Star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns to throw some new ideas at the wall.
Jordan Brookes: Snakes For Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 14th - 18th Mar 2023
A while back I found a video online of a snake crawling, made for the purpose of entertaining cats.
Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 14th Mar 2023
“Recently handpicked by Fred Armisen to be his opener, Josh Weller is a failed musician turned comedian.
Adam Riches (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 12th Mar 2023
Hi.
Super Chefs at Theatre Peckham
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Theatre Peckham
- 12th Mar - 11th Jun 2023
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner.
Stevie Martin: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 12th Mar 2023
Award-winning comedian Stevie Martin (8 out of 10 Cats, Late Night Mash, a Thorntons advert) is making a comedy show.
Strange Fruit Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground Lates
- 11th Mar 2023
Welcome to the Strange Fruit Cabaret, where all the darkest, most decadent excesses and pleasures of the world, and your own imagination, are revealed to you.
Nitwit At Hanging Rock (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 11th - 12th Mar 2023
One mysterious day in 1900, a group of innocent school girls went missing in the Australian Bush.
Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th - 12th Mar 2023
Dan has been a data collector for 10 years.
Quota Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 10th Mar 2023
Welcome to The Quota Cabaret! A drag, burlesque and circus extravaganza that celebrates and champions the under-represented.
Ed Gaughan: Words and Music (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 9th - 10th Mar 2023
Come and discover UK comedy’s best kept secret! Over many years Ed has written, directed and performed work for and with many of the UK’s most loved acts- including Milton Jones…
Ira Sylvester: Someone Save the King (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 9th Mar 2023
Ira Sylvester in his first one-man show takes to the stage to deliver an auto-biographically generated story of his journey where he tries to delve into where one of mixed-heritage…
Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 8th Mar 2023
An hour of new material from Host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast, Stuart Goldsmith.
Jack Barry: (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 8th Mar 2023
Hey you, reading this.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th - 16th Mar 2023
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Charlie George: Grace (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th Mar 2023
Charlie George Swindon’s finest queer, mixed-race, neurodiverse, working class, ex-Jehovah’s Witness comedian longs for Grace.
Daniel Foxx (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 7th Mar 2023
Heroes are boring.
James Alexander: Quantum (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 4th Mar 2023
A character comedy show in this world.
Hannah Platt (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 4th - 5th Mar 2023
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
JOBSWORTH (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 4th - 5th Mar 2023
“I’m a full time employee three times over.
Live At Leicester Sq Theatre
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Mar 2023
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
Alice Frick: The Anti Self-Help Show (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 2nd Mar 2023
Good things will happen.
Reply Guys, The Musical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 2nd Mar 2023
In 2022, Olga Koch wrote a master’s thesis about reply guys. This is a work-in-progress of a musical based on that thesis. ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph
Martha Pailing: Chat Shit, Get Hit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 1st - 2nd Mar 2023
Ever been so angry you couldn’t breathe? Poignant, funny and uncompromising, Chat Shit, Get Hit, is a brand-new show about female rage, the pain of betrayal, and getting better …
Sikisa: Words (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 1st - 2nd Mar 2023
Just back from doing her acclaimed debut hour, Sikisa is here with a new show and she is worried about words! She always thinks she’s gonna say the wrong thing at the wrong time …
Lucy Farrett: Saint Cowpat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 28th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
Stand-up from a holy cowpat masquerading as a woman.
How to Catch a Bear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Studio
- 28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2023
Five years ago, Carys nearly disappeared.
Tamar Broadbent: Objectified, Electrified (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 28th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
Tamar first met feminism in high school but was scared to be its friend because it wasn’t very popular.
Jaz Mattu (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 26th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Theatre of Gulags
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Cavern
- 26th - 26th Feb 2023
Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them.
Priya Hall: Sertraline Dreams (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 25th Feb 2023
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
The Really Useless Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Glitch
- 25th - 26th Feb 2023
Expect to be taken on a journey by a queer wannabe comedy singer/songwriter who is currently very unsure and insecure about everything.
Garbo! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 25th - 26th Feb 2023
An absurd character comedy featuring the life story of the most famous woman in the world, the man who has the house we all want and GARBO! Inspired (very loosely) by Vitto Russo�…
The Really Useless Cabaret (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 25th - 26th Feb 2023
Come sing along, for the first time ever The Really Useless Group is introducing their brand spanking new set of bangers such as The Pink Tax Tango, White Van Driven By A White Man…
Instructions on How to Cry (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 24th - 25th Feb 2023
Instructions on How to Cry is a new devised play exploring the science and mystery of emotional tears which appear to be solely present in Homo Sapiens.
In Stitches Theatre Company Presents Comedy Improv
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 24th Feb 2023
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Posey Mehta: Babycakes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 22nd Feb 2023
Lifetime Achievement Awards come but once in a lifetime, which means Mitzi has just one shot to deliver an acceptance speech that will land her in Hollywood’s Halls of Fame.
Kit Sullivan: Overcommmmmits (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 21st Feb 2023
The happiest day of your life includes robots, time travel and a decent spread on the buffet table.
Suchandrika Chakrabarti: Reunion/Afterparty (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 21st - 22nd Feb 2023
After taking her debut comedy hour I Miss Amy Winehouse (“vulnerable, poignant and hilarious” - Boom Chicago Comedy Festival) to Edinburgh Fringe for a full run, Suchandrika (“warm…
Charlie Vero-Martin: Picnic (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 21st Feb 2023
The planet is melting and life is spinning out of control but maybe Charlie can save it all with a nice picnic.
Owen Roberts: The Boy With The Backwards Heart (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 19th Feb 2023
What is love? It’s a mystery.
Joey Page: Thank You For Coming (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 17th Feb - 15th Mar 2023
Come watch a working class motormouth, trapped in a hipster’s body.
Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 17th - 18th Feb 2023
WGGB-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at Brighton Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Cabaret Sauvignon and a Single VAULT Whiskey
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 17th Feb 2023
Looking for an alternative Valentines Date Night? Or something to alleviate the existential dread of the most ‘romantic’ night of the year? Look no further! Cabaret Sauvignon a…
Five Dresses I Never Wear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 17th - 19th Feb 2023
This is a solo show about femininity and trauma.
Isabelle Farah: irreplaceabelle (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 16th Feb 2023
A WIP hour of stand up from Isabelle Farah Isabelle’s first show, Ellipsis, and second show, irresponsabelle, both had excellent runs at Edinburgh fringe and she returns with ano…
Alex MacKeith Progresses His Work
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 15th Feb 2023
Alex MacKeith goes electric for his second musical comedy show.
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 15th Feb 2023
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny exploration of culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Alfie Brown: Red Flags Galore! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers / The Spacement at The Glitch
- 15th Feb - 19th Mar 2023
In his new show, award winning comedian Alfie Brown is showing signs that he probably can’t have a healthy relationship and proceeding down the road with him would be emotionally d…
Restless Bitch Face (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
They’re here, one’s queer, and they never get over anything.
Crizards (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 14th - 23rd Feb 2023
The UK’s lowest energy double act (Crizards) present a new work in progress show.
Orlando Gibbs: Finch Boy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
Musical comedian Orlando Gibbs (MCA Finals 2021, 2022, 2Northdown Semi-Finalist 2021) sings and chats about the little things in life.
Isobel Rogers (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
Witty and inventive, with a sharp eye for satire and poetic lyrics to match, Isobel Rogers unmasks our shadier selves as we all navigate, or fail to navigate, relationships and our…
Micky Flanagan Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Feb 2023
Micky Flanagan’s Warm Up Show at Leicester Square Theatre.
Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 11th Feb 2023
Alexandra Haddow isn’t quite sure what she wants yet, but that’s ok, because she’s only 18.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th - 11th Feb 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (do not look that up).
Yuriko Kotani: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th Feb 2023
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second language”…
Raj Poojara (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th Feb - 10th Mar 2023
As seen on BBC’s New Comedy Awards, Raj’s work in progress explores what it’s like being a fair skinned Indian boy growing up in Britain.
Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 10th Feb - 15th Sep 2023
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa: French Kiss Tunnel (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 9th Feb 2023
As seen on ITV2 and BBC, French Kiss Tunnel (WIP) will be the first outing of the beginnings of Vidura B.R.’s new hour. It’s about love. He does songs now.
Jessie Nixon: Damsel (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
Jessie Nixon seeks to make her mark with her debut hour of stand-up in new show ‘Damsel’.
Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 9th Feb 2023
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
Kat Bond: Pleaser (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
‘Do you like me? Suppose it is too early to say’.
Angie's Easy | Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
Angie's Easy Pals, gals, pints, cans, Hozier Work in Progress Reality is overrated Angie's Easy - Biaina Ryan "Pub, gaff, good…
What's Good Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
What’s Good Cabaret is coming to VAULT Festival to bring you the Loud, Live & Luscious cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation! What’s Good Cabaret is here, and we are pr…
Ahir Shah (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 9th Feb 2023
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award ‘Best Show’ nominee Ahir Shah is one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation and is known for his sharp, intellectual brand of stand-up …
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 8th - 9th Feb 2023
Brand-new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down-right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Ben Target (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 8th Feb - 14th Mar 2023
A bedazzling show from “a true original and a legend in the making” (The Guardian).
Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 8th Feb - 7th Mar 2023
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4 Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty …
Lou Taylor (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 8th - 9th Feb 2023
With a mixture of standup & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- 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.
Much Ado About Nothing - National Youth Theatre
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Duke of Yorks Theatre
- 7th - 10th Feb 2023
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Rose Johnson (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th Feb 2023
Rose Johnson is 37 and all she’s got to show for it is nine chin hairs, a Love Island addiction, and a world-class talent for over-thinking (plus jokes re: all the above).
Micky Overman: The Stuff (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th - 21st Feb 2023
Comedian Micky Overman is back and she’s got some opinions! After spending most of her life thinking of her opinions as ‘inside thoughts’ she is now getting ready to share them w…
Rhiannon Shaw (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 7th Feb 2023
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
CRACKED (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 7th - 10th Feb 2023
Welcome to Topps Tiles! Your budget friendly solution to all your tiling needs! Can’t decide between Vinyl or laminate? Confused about grouting? Or perhaps you’re stuck in a re…
Lulu Popplewell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 5th Feb - 11th Mar 2023
Brilliant confessional comedy from ‘such a funny and warm performer’ with ‘quick lines and sharp gags’ (Plays To See).
Sarah Keyworth (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 4th Feb 2023
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Clandestine Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 4th - 11th Feb 2023
Created by Cabaret superstars ZeeZee Stardust & Aya L’Storm, Clandestine Cabaret features burlesque, drag, comedy, and anything you can dream up! Taking a cinematic route; blendi…
Nocturne: A Late Night Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 4th Feb 2023
Nocturne: A late night cabaret featuring the very best in entertainment from across the UK.
WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt / The Flair Ground
- 3rd Feb - 18th Mar 2023
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton have fused together to bring you an hour of turbo charged off the wall st…
LILIT (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Cavern
- 3rd - 4th Feb 2023
‘LILIT’ is a wickedly funny, razor-sharp, joyous queer cabaret in the voice of Lilith, an ancient Jewish demon.
Thick n Fast (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 3rd Feb 2023
Award-nominated duo Thick ‘n’ Fast embark on a pioneering journey to conquer the Final (we mean it this time) Frontier: the Metaverse.
Nabil Abdulrashid (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 3rd Feb 2023
An hour of developing new material from Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid.
Smalltown Boy: The Remix (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 2nd - 24th Feb 2023
Comedian Harry Wright develops their hour Smalltown Boy, which was due to appear at VAULT Festival last year.
Eddy Hare (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 2nd Feb - 2nd Mar 2023
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work-in-progress show.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 1st Feb 2023
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award, writer for Horrible Histories & The Emily Atack Show) takes an analytic look at his…
The Great Big Cabaret F*ckabout
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
- 1st Feb 2023
Stars of the international cabaret scene as you’ve never seen them before, performing lesser-known routines, trialling ridiculous concepts they’ve never dared perform before or eve…
Patrick Spicer (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 1st - 2nd Feb 2023
Patrick Spicer is the undisputed world champion of telling jokes that he has written, and this time he has exactly one hour of them.
Leila Navabi: Composition (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 31st Jan - 1st Feb 2023
Welsh, Brown, Gay, Gen-Z comedian Leila Navabi, (BBC New Comedy Awards) is bringing you a show about how unethical it is to artistically exploit marginalised identities for social …
Ania Magliano (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 31st Jan - 2nd Feb 2023
Ania’s sharp, wry writing combined with her affable performance style make her a ‘glittering new talent’ (The i Paper) of the UK comedy scene.
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Jan - 27th Mar 2023
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Jan - 27th Mar 2023
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
Queerdos Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 29th Jan - 12th Feb 2023
QUEERDOS is a night to come and be Queer as F*ck! We laugh and cry and gasp! You will leave as one of the Queerdo family .
Darran Griffiths: Inconceivable (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 29th Jan 2023
Darran Griffiths is a comedian, host and podcaster who has a blend of Caribbean confidence and Essex irreverence.
Piece of Work
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 29th Jan - 19th Mar 2023
A story about the unfolding of the infinite, about the tangled mess of the UK, about two brothers and one remarkable chicken burger.
Luisa Omielan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 28th - 29th Jan 2023
Join ‘genre defining’ comedian Luisa on her latest masterpiece in action, by the time we finish together, it will be.
Janine Harouni (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 27th Jan - 7th Mar 2023
Janine thought she knew her family.
Tadiwa Mahlunge: 25 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 27th Jan - 1st Mar 2023
Billed as “one of the country’s top new comedy acts” by The York Press, Tadiwa Mahlunge has performed at, among others, the Latitude, Greenman, and Greenwich Comedy Festivals -…
We Need To Talk, a Jazz Cabaret
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 27th Jan - 4th Feb 2023
A Jazz Cabaret exploring the journey of a break-up through an honest, raw and unappetising lens, sharing the most vulnerable moments with a sprinkle of humour and Mancunian charm.
We Need To Talk, a Jazz Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Vault Festival
- VAULT Festival
- 27th Jan - 4th Feb 2023
Nominated for Best Theatre at the 2022 Greater Manchester Fringe, Mancunian, Queer and Working-Class writer and performer Jas Nisic makes their VAULT Festival Debut with their crit…
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan 2023
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith presents a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Ali Woods (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers / The Spacement at The Glitch
- 26th Jan - 21st Feb 2023
Award-winning comedian Ali Woods returns with his latest jokes! Half-English, half-Scottish Londoner, Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hac…
The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author
- Listing Theatre
- 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, …
Georgina Thomas (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan 2023
This is an experimental work-in-progress by Georgina Thomas, a polite young lady from Hertfordshire.
Freya Parker: It Ain't Easy Being Cheeky (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan - 28th Feb 2023
An hour of critical thinking on what it means to be a little cheeky guy in a world on fire.
Steve Hili: The Sexy Environmentalist
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 25th Jan 2023
The Sexy Environmentalist is a high-octane mix of environmentalism and “sexiness” in a last-ditch effort to unite humanity and save the planet! Time is running out, but (accor…
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus stop (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 25th Jan - 16th Mar 2023
Why does one become obsessed with Taylor Swift at 30 when one loved Sting at 8? (years old, not AM) Can one shit on a bus and also maintain a healthy romantic relationship? WHY ARE…
Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 25th Jan - 9th Mar 2023
Chloe Petts presents her follow up show to hit debut, Transience.
Mark Bittlestone (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 25th - 26th Jan 2023
Join Mark for 50 minutes of stuff, some new, most old, hopefully mostly funny.
Tamsyn Kelly: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 24th - 25th Jan 2023
Tamsyn Kelly looks at how the men in her life have shaped who she is.
Degenerate (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 24th Jan - 19th Feb 2023
Maria isn’t dead yet; she’s just forty.
Ashish Suri: Hipster on the Loose (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 24th Jan - 9th Mar 2023
The show comprises of Ashish Suri sharing his weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
2:22 A Ghost Story - Lyric Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Gielgud Theatre / Lyric Theatre
- 21st Jan 2023 - 4th Aug 2024
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
EUPHORIA @ The Glory - Fleur’s Top Surgery Cabaret Fundraiser
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 6th Jan 2023
Pure Imagination Cabaret Presents.
John Bishop: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th - 26th Jan 2023
Star of Saturday night's The John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi-award winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for …
John Bishop: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th - 26th Jan 2023
Star of Saturday nights the John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi award-winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for 4 nigh…
The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 3rd - 28th Jan 2023
The Royal Court Christmas show is back baby and it's deffo not for kids!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I’d go every night this week if I could" Liverpool Ech…
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Pantomime
- London Fringe
- Applecart Arts
- 16th Dec 2022 - 2nd Jan 2023
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, there’s some GIANT fun coming to East London this December! Join Jack, Jill and a whole host of their hilarious friends as they climb up the beanstalk to Applecart…
Mother Goose - Duke of York's Theatre
- Review
- ★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- Duke of Yorks Theatre
- 1st Feb, 2023
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
Hey Duggee - The Live Theatre Show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Festival Hall
- 14th Dec 2022 - 8th Jan 2023
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
OH HOLEY NIGHT - Mark T Cox - A Very Homosexual Christmas Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 13th Dec 2022
Come spend one special winters evening in East Londons favourite hole, The Glory.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2022
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th Dec 2022
Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com…
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 10th Dec 2022 - 15th Jan 2023
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum A GIANT panto comes to The London Palladium! This Christmas join comedy superstars Dawn French and Julian Clary as they lead the cast of a brand-new production of Jac…
A Musical Theatre Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 4th Dec 2022
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
Jack and the Beanstalk - Lyric Hammersmith
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 2nd Dec 2022 - 7th Jan 2023
Join us in 2022 for the gigantic return of Jack and the Beanstalk.
A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 2nd Dec 2022 - 2nd Jan 2023
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
All You Can Eat Cabaret: New Year, Same Fat Ass
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 29th Nov 2022
WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence.
Gary Barlow A Different Stage - Savoy Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Savoy Theatre
- 21st - 28th Nov 2022
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 11th Nov 2022 - 21st Jan 2023
The Royal Court Christmas show is back baby! You want stupid jokes? We’ve got ’em.
ZODIAC Friday Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- ZODIAC Bar
- 4th Nov 2022
Bringing you the best in new & established talent every Friday at the queer venue everyone is talking about ZODIAC!Starring vocal sensation:Miss JoelleAidan OrangeHappy Hour fr…
Woolwich Works in Progress: Ed Night + Tadiwa Mahlunge
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Woolwich Works
- 26th Oct 2022
Ed Night - who you might have seen seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and Comedy Central - will be bringing an hour of brand-new jokes along with ‘one of the country’s top new comedy acts’, T…
Woolwich Works in Progress: Esther Manito + David Mills
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Woolwich Works
- 20th Oct 2022
If you missed Esther Manito on Live at the Apollo, this is fantastic chance to see the Lebanese-British stand up in person.
TALK by Kill The Cat Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Warwick Arts Centre
- 8th - 9th Oct 2022
Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other.
Ricky Gervais: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th Sep 2022
Ricky Gervais returns to Leicester Square with a night of new material.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MFA Graduate Acting Showcase 2022
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Sep 2022
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
My Kind of Musical : Too Fat for Theatre
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Discovery (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 28th Aug 2022
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
Discovery (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 28th Aug 2022
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Wrongful Convictions and a Hacked Toothbrush
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 27th Aug 2022
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
Become a Sexy Refugee in Five Easy Steps!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 26th Aug 2022
Are you outraged by the double standards at the UK border and in Western media’s single-minded reporting on refugees? If so, this show is for you.
Optimistic (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 26th Aug 2022
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionize medicine – and people believe her.
Skinner & T'witch: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 26th Aug 2022
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
Omar&Lee are EVERYMAN (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2022
Countercultural goons Omar&Lee workshop their way to mature masculinity.
Death of an Author
- Listing Theatre
- 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…
Pat Cahill: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
My WIP will likely include songs about buying a Pritt Stick, sleepy eyes and absolutely loads of double entendres if I have my way.
NASTY: "big" girls being gross, mean and sexy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Remember that time you pooed yourself in public? Or when you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone poi…
Degenerate (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2022
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Sloss and Humphries on the Road
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 20th Aug 2022
Daniel Sloss and Kai Humphries have been friends almost as long as they’ve been comedians.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Evil Psychiatrists and Sexy Refugees
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 19th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th - 19th Aug 2022
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th - 19th Aug 2022
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Dance and Stop Learning English!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 17th Aug 2022
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 28th Aug 2022
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 28th Aug 2022
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
Cabaret Impedimenta
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 17th Aug 2022
An impossible variety show hosted by John-Luke Roberts.
Sindhu Vee: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th - 17th Aug 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Sindhu Vee returns with a new hour.
Mediocre Gay (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 16th - 27th Aug 2022
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Isolation and Skin
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 16th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 16th - 28th Aug 2022
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Invisible Cabaret
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 16th - 18th Aug 2022
Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe, performing vaudevillian variety shows devoted to raising mental health awareness.
Mark Watson: More Banging on About Time and Similar Issues (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 15th - 19th Aug 2022
The rapidly ageing minor national treasure from Taskmaster and so on, begins building on the success of current show, This Can’t Be It by taking the first steps towards a new one.
Shenanigans Cabaret Burlesque Edition
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Join London-based producer and host, Foxi Blue, for a saucy night of delectable debauchery, featuring stunning and scintillating burlesque acts from across the UK.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Brighter Brains and Languages
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 15th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
For Example Theatre present: Boat!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 14th - 18th Aug 2022
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th - 28th Aug 2022
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Kevin Shepherd: Exploding Biscuits (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 13th - 28th Aug 2022
Circuit stand-up Kevin is creating a new show and he’s bringing it to the Fringe so you can watch it for free! ‘Shepherd is an open and honest performer.
Spill Your Drink: A Deaf Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Deaf Action
- 12th - 14th Aug 2022
Pioneering theatre company Solar Bear presents a rude, riotous celebration of Scottish deaf talent.
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 12th - 19th Aug 2022
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Making Friends and Eco-Friendly Parenting
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 11th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 11th - 13th Aug 2022
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Jack Badcock
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 11th Aug 2022
Veteran performer, singer and guitarist, Jack Badcock, toured extensively on four continents, predominantly as frontman and founding member of renowned world-folk band Dallahan.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Creative Currency and Hormones
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 11th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 9th - 26th Aug 2022
Join Monski Mouse, special guest cabaret superstar Dusty Limits, and friends for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and fun for 0-5s.
Mr.B: Twerp in Progress
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 9th - 11th Aug 2022
The Chap Himself returns to the Fringe armed with his beats, rhymes, manners and some small instruments for a strictly limited run of Chap-Hop recitals.
Jack Absolute Flies Again
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Olivier Theatre
- 15th Aug - 3rd Sep 2022
July 1940.
Wonderville Magic & Cabaret
- Listing Theatre
- West End
The doors are opening on a magical new destination in the heart of the West End.
Catherine Cohen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th - 21st Aug 2022
Following her Netflix special The Twist.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Feminist Policing and Creating from Data
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 8th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 29th Aug 2022
Back for its seventh year at Edinburgh Fringe, this chaotic institution is the only way to end your night at Edinburgh Fringe! Join high-energy hosts, Griffin and Jones, for an hou…
A Bit Fat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 7th - 10th Aug 2022
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
A Bit Fat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 7th - 10th Aug 2022
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
Late-Night Tropical Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise Palms
- 7th - 29th Aug 2022
Paradise Palms’ infamous buffet of raucous cabaret and queer performance alongside comedy, spoken word and the darn-right ridiculous.
Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 7th Aug 2022
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Geriatric Millennial (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Liz Guterbock (2022 Union Jack Radio Ones to Watch, 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee, 2020 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Award nominee, 2019 Funny Women A…
The Black Cat Cabaret Presents Halcyon Nights
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Crazy Coqs
- 10th - 16th Aug 2022
Crazy Coqs’ iconic Saturday night residency show, The Black Cat Cabaret presents an evening of old school Hollywood glamour meets underground London nightlife, performed…
Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 6th - 14th Aug 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Mamoun Elagab: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
Rising star Mamoun wants to share with you his unfiltered, idiosyncratic and unorthodox world view – the things you think about and never say out loud.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Nuclear Apocalypse and Propaganda
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 6th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent.
Marriage in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 6th - 13th Aug 2022
Marriage in Progress playfully sends up lifelong commitment while celebrating it, and critiques the vanity of performance while revelling in it.
Magic Faraway Cabaret with Mister Meredith
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns with Mister Meredith again in charge.
Neil O'Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
As I’m writing this, I think the show will be about my best friend.
Absolute Burlesque Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Absolute Burlesque Cabaret are back! Returning after multiple sell-out years and promising to be the biggest and best yet.
Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Killer Robots and the Prevalence of Evil!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 6th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Leicester Square Theatre All-Star Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 5th - 14th Aug 2022
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
Ben Hur: The Theatre Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 5th Aug 2022
The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot…
Best of Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Best of Cabaret from the Fringe returns with an all-star diverse rotating cast of international and regional seasoned artists in the genre.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Light Licences and Creating from Data
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 5th Aug 2022
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Mean Girls and Creative Currency
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 5th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Gentrif*cked (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 5th Aug 2022
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
Little West End Theatre Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 5th - 25th Aug 2022
It’s time for us to play.
BANANA BEARD (Work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 5th - 6th Aug 2022
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Linger, Presented by Everything Must Go Theatre Company
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 5th - 6th Aug 2022
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
Gareth Mutch: Mutch in Progress (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 25th Aug 2022
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
Su Mi: Banana Beard (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 5th - 6th Aug 2022
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 12th Aug, 2022
There’s always two sides to every story, even fairy tales.
In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 4th - 5th Aug 2022
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
The Failure Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The Fremonts have been married ten years and have the therapy bills to prove it.
In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 4th - 5th Aug 2022
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Matt Hutchinson: Hostile (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 4th - 26th Aug 2022
Matt is the son of Jamaican and English parents and is an NHS doctor.
Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Two rising stars of the UK stand-up circuit banging out jokes and stories on topics as diverse as relationships, religion, politics, health and the human condition.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
Runi Talwar/Toussaint Douglass: Jokes In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
Highly rated newcomers, Runi (Hypothetical, HIGNFY) and Toussaint (Dave’s Outsiders, John Bishop tour support), have written for TV and supported some of the biggest names in comed…
Jack Gleadow: Jack's Entertainment
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The Leicester Mercury Champion and multi award-winner, Jack Gleadow returns to the Fringe with more old-school comedy for the modern age.
Daniel Sloss: New Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Scotland’s international comedy star is doing a run of shows to work up some new material for his next tour.
Kai Humphries: Mischief!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
‘Downright hilarious!’ (Edinburgh Evening News).
Gash Theatre Needs Some Space
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
Boy, you’re an alien.
Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Eliott has never cared for sex.
Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
John Robins: Work In Progress/Progress In Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
A heady mixture of ropey material and competent crowd work from one of the greats. Extra show added: as part of Just the Tonic’s Hot Ticket Lucky Dip. Tuesday 23rd at 5.45pm.
Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
NHS junior doctor, comedian and now author (oooooh, check him) Ed Patrick returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the makings of a new show.
Charlie Hopkinson: Deep (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Ever wondered if what you are seeing and hearing is real? Feel like your trust in the audio-visual spectrum has been shaken? Charlie explores the increasing dangers – and benefit…
Last Wednesday's Work Shirt
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
Last Wednesday's Work Shirt
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Teacher-by-trade Jack’s guide to everything the classroom may throw at you.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Aidan Jones – Looking for Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
I’ve been fired from 14 jobs in my life – I’m starting to think that I might be the problem? I’ll tell you some of the stories and you can tell me what you think.
Nightlands by Jack MacGregor
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2022
Nightlands is a play about how authoritarianism weaponises nostalgia, about Russia today.
Tiff Stevenson: Sexy Brain
- Review
- ★★★★★
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 18th Aug, 2022
Sexy Brain is Tiff Stevenson’s tenth Edinburgh show – a mighty feat for any comedian.
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2022
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2022
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Work.txt
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Hate your job? Come work for us.
Jack Barry: Don't Happy Be Worry
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandemic to heal your soul like a hearty dose of medicinal magic mushrooms.
Stewart Lee: Basic Lee (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
In this work-in-progress show, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined stand-up mode.
Jack Docherty: Nothing But
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 3rd - 19th Aug 2022
Jack Docherty, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly comic tale, where he grapples with lost youth, love, fa…
In the Weeds by Joseph Wilde, Produced by An Tobar and Mull Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2022
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2022
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 31st Jul 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Cafédral
- 31st Jul 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 30th - 31st Jul 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 30th - 31st Jul 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
Apocalypse Live with Professor Jack Darcy
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 27th Jul 2022
‘An x-rated musical-comedy TED talk about the end of human civilisation’.
Sun Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 26th - 28th Jul 2022
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
Sun Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 26th - 28th Jul 2022
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
Scenic Outdoor Theatre - 'Nana Rabbits Cake-Off'
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Town Hall
- 26th - 31st Jul 2022
Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest…
Iron Annie Cabaret
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 21st - 23rd Jul 2022
A unique musical and theatrical interpretation of one of the most ambitious literary debuts of recent years, the Iron Annie Cabaret is coming to the Boys School at Smock…
We Need To Talk: A Jazz Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- International Anthony Burgess Foundation
- 19th - 20th Jul 2022
We Need To Talk: A Jazz Cabaret is a show produced, directed and performed by Jas Nisic and accompanied by Dave Cavendish.
Kate Barron: Work In Progress
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 7th Jul 2022
In her Fringe debut, one of the rising stars of the UK stand-up scene shares a raw, honest and hilarious hour of tales… with just the right amount of filth.
Heidi Regan: Work In Progress
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 5th Jul 2022
This brand-new hour is Heidi’s most personal yet.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd - 7th Jul 2022
Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes ahead of this year Edinburgh Festival With support the Running Time will be approximately 60-70 minutes.
Cabaret To The Core
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 20th Jun 2022
Join us as Leontine Hass and Associated Studios presents a ‘one night only’ Cabaret starring the Musical Theatre Core Diploma 21/22 students.
Sunday Cabaret with Myra DuBois and Lola Lasagne
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 19th Jun 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH MYRA DUBOIS AND LOLA LASAGNESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Hi, Camp! Drag Cabaret
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 18th Jun 2022
Hello Campers! Welcome to Hi, Camp! a night of fabulous drag entertainment hosted by your friendly neighbourhood drag mess That Girl! With a whole host of absolutely STELLAR speci…
Sunday Cabaret with Danny Beard and Tanya Hyde
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 12th Jun 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Laurel & Hardy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 4th - 5th Jun 2022
Lucky Dog are generally regarded as being the best Laurel and Hardy re-enactors in the world.
Laurel & Hardy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 4th - 5th Jun 2022
Lucky Dog are generally regarded as being the best Laurel and Hardy re-enactors in the world.
Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2022
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
Cabaret Continentale: We Still Love EU
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th Jun 2021 - 4th Jun 2022
Need some Euro cheer? Never fear ‘Cabaret Continentale!’ is here! Join us for three nights of sensational and sexy variety Spiegel acts from around Europe, to really make your Fri…
Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2022
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
Eco Maniac (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2022
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
Le Cabaret Burlesque
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 2nd Jun 2022
Join Valentina del Pearls and the leading lights of French New Burlesque for a remarkable revue bringing together glitter, glamour and humour.
Eco Maniac (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2022
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
Le Cabaret Burlesque
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 2nd Jun 2022
Join Valentina del Pearls and the leading lights of French New Burlesque for a remarkable revue bringing together glitter, glamour and humour.
Liam Withnail: Hot Sauce! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
Liam Withnail: Hot Sauce! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
Heidi Regan: No Worries (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
Heidi Regan: No Worries (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 1st Jun 2022
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 1st Jun 2022
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 26th Jun 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st Jun 2022
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st Jun 2022
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Gentrif*cked (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2022
Kate-Lois Elliott is a comedian, performer and writer, whose sketches were recently nominated for the Writers’ Guild Awards 2022 for best online comedy and the Funny Women Content …
Jenny Collier: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2022
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
Kevin Precious: Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2022
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Kevin Precious: Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2022
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Jenny Collier: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2022
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Churchill Theatre / Gielgud Theatre / Richmond Theatre
- 10th May, 2022
The event might fall short of the hype that The Man Behind the Mask would be a ‘confessional evening – seasoned with highly personal, sometimes startling, and occasionally outr…
Jim Daly: Football And Fatherhood (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2022
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Jim Daly: Football And Fatherhood (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2022
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Sunday Cabaret with Myra DuBois and Lola Lasagne
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 29th May 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH MYRA DUBOIS AND LOLA LASAGNESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Physical Theatre Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market - Waterloo Room
- 28th May 2022
Everything begins with movement.
Physical Theatre Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market - Waterloo Room
- 28th May 2022
Everything begins with movement.
Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 30th May 2021 - 3rd Jun 2022
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Neil O'Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Neil O'Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 26th May - 3rd Jun 2022
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Sugarcoated Sisters: Work in Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd Jun 2021 - 25th May 2022
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
‘Smut’ is the LONGGGGG anticipated show from rising star Lily Phillips, the show that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Sugarcoated Sisters: Work in Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
Posey Mehta: Babycakes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 24th - 25th May 2022
Gloria is not a gorilla, but she is stuck in the zoo’s gorilla enclosure.
Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- One Church Brighton
- 24th - 29th May 2022
Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m…
Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- One Church Brighton
- 24th - 29th May 2022
When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder.
Broken Record (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 22nd May 2022
Daniel, a failing writer, attends his final session with his “digital therapist”, which are now all the range in a cash-strapped, tech-focused NHS.
Broken Record (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 22nd May 2022
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with a solo hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Cabaret of Queeriosities
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 21st May 2022
Brand new for Brighton Fringe 2022.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 21st May - 5th Jun 2022
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 21st May - 5th Jun 2022
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Lee Campbell: SEE ME (work in progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st May 2022
Combining humour, performance poetry and visual moving imagery made up of my personal archive as an artist of nearly 25 years, SEE ME is a multi-media, immersive, (almost) autobiog…
Shelf: HAIR (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd Jul 2021 - 21st May 2022
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Fear (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2022
Growing up, Faye was an anxious bedwetter but a fighter at heart.
Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 25th May 2022
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 25th May 2022
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2022
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Shelf: HAIR (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 21st May 2022
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2022
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 22nd May, 2022
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- 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.
Ollie Horn: GOOOOOD MOURNING! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 28th May 2022
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
Ollie Horn: GOOOOOD MOURNING! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 28th May 2022
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
Cabaret Boheme: Stage and Screen!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 23rd Jun 2021 - 21st May 2022
Warning: this show is not for the faint-hearted.
Michael Odewale: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 19th May - 1st Jun 2022
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Michael Odewale: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 19th May - 1st Jun 2022
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Lulu Popplewell: Goblin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 21st May 2022
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2022
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Lulu Popplewell: Goblin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 21st May 2022
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2022
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 18th May 2022
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 18th May 2022
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Rich Spalding: LWLM (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 17th - 18th May 2022
Sometimes, it’s hard to be loved.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming / Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 6th Jun 2021 - 17th May 2022
(In addition to this online show, John Callaghan will be performing LIVE at the Spiegeltent on 14th June 2021!) https://www.
Kuan-Wen: Ilha Formosa (Work In Progress) INCOMPLETE
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 18th May 2022
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Hysteria (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 16th - 19th May 2022
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
Hysteria (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 16th - 19th May 2022
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
Kuan-Wen: Ilha Formosa (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 18th May 2022
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Kuan-Wen: Ilha Formosa (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 18th May 2022
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
David Ephgrave's a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
New material from the blogging comic.
Leanne Shorley: Nice Things (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 15th - 16th May 2022
Leanne likes nice things like instant noodles, personal massagers and Adam Rickitt from Coronation Street.
Tom Houghton (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 15th - 29th May 2022
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
Sunday Cabaret with Sooz Kempner and Shania Pain
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 15th May 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH SHANIA PAIN AND SOOZ KEMPNERSunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Tom Houghton (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 15th - 29th May 2022
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
HOT TICKET (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 15th - 20th May 2022
Outrageous American comedian and Gaulier-graduate Darius Emadi debuts his solo clown work-in-progress HOT TICKET! An energetic 50 minutes of clown aimed to make you die laughing wi…
Riggs (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
Riggs (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
David Ephgrave's a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
New material from the blogging comic.
Jane Postlethwaite & Joe McCarthy: Terrible People (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- 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 …
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 15th May 2022
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Andrea Hubert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 29th May 2022
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Andrea Hubert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 29th May 2022
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress 2022
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 28th May 2022
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress 2022
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 28th May 2022
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 15th May 2022
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Ricky Balshaw: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th May 2022
BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar…
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 26th May 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Gutter Dandy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 10th - 26th May 2022
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Gutter Dandy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 10th - 26th May 2022
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Maisie Adam: Buzzed (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th May - 5th Jun 2022
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th May - 5th Jun 2022
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th May - 1st Jun 2022
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Maisie Adam: Buzzed (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th May - 5th Jun 2022
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 9th May 2022
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 9th May 2022
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 8th - 29th May 2022
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 8th - 29th May 2022
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 19th Jun 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent / Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 13th Jun 2021 - 4th Jun 2022
Bad Luck Boss Laurie Black is smashing mirrors and screens to summon the best acts in alternative cabaret for your live viewing pleasure.
Sara Barron (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 8th - 18th May 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
Sunday Cabaret with Poppycock and Mrs Moore
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 8th May 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH POPPYCOCK AND MRS MOORESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Sara Barron (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 8th - 18th May 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
Troy Hawke! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
Troy Hawke! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
Neon Moon Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th May 2022
Spellbinding world-class circus, cabaret and burlesque with an electrifying twist.
Not Done Yet ! - A Life In Progress Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 8th May 2022
A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him.
WRAP UP – A Kid’s Cabaret Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wrap Play Cafe
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
Spun Glass Theatre will once again transform WRAP into a theatrical family playground launching Brighton’s first kid’s cabaret club for the 2022 Fringe! Our Kid’s Cabaret C…
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore (Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 15th May, 2022
If Victoria Wood was alive today, she would have been charmed by Selina Mersey: Madonna/Whore, a work in progress show that explored, via the form of comedy and burlesque, the idea…
Neon Moon Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th May 2022
Spellbinding world-class circus, cabaret and burlesque with an electrifying twist.
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble / The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
Madonna or whore.
Jamie DSouza: Stop Drawing Willies On My Poster (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 29th May 2022
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
WRAP UP - A Kid's Cabaret Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wrap Play Cafe
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
WRAP UP! will harness the energy of a classic cabaret, in a space that will be entertaining and familiar for children and their families.
Jamie DSouza: Stop Drawing Willies On My Poster (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 29th May 2022
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 7th - 26th May 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Eddy Hare (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work in progress show.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2022
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2022
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Why was the Wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty have an opinion on consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? How does a goose inspire revolution? Find out in t…
Dan Wakeling: Social Chameleon (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Paradox Place
- 6th - 7th May 2022
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
Lionhouse Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Lionhouse
- 6th - 14th May 2022
Bumfluffery and other such silliness.
Dan Wakeling: Social Chameleon (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Paradox Place
- 6th - 7th May 2022
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
Lionhouse Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) / Lionhouse
- 6th May 2022 - 12th May 2023
Bumfluffery and other such silliness.
Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 6th - 8th May 2022
Eliott has never cared for sex.
Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 6th - 8th May 2022
Eliott has never cared for sex.
Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Why was the Wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty have an opinion on consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? How does a goose inspire revolution? Find out in t…
Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2022
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2022
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
Kate Expectations (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 6th - 8th May 2022
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Kate Expectations (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 6th - 8th May 2022
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
Catapult Cabaret: Proud 2 Be Here
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 1st - 2nd May 2022
Despite the prevalence of queer artists in the theatre industry, we’ve noticed there’s still a lack of queer representation within musical theatre stories.
Aidan Sadler: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2022
If your life were a song, what would the Melody be? Join award-winning cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they figure out the answers to questions like this along with “who polices the…
Sunday Cabaret with Danny Beard and Marsha Mallow
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 22nd Apr 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND MARSHA MALLOWSunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Kevin Bridges Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th Apr - 11th May 2022
Catch Kevin Bridges as he warms up ahead of his future UK and World Tour.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 31st Mar 2022
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 31st Mar 2022
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Cabaret Star(t)lets at The Matchstick Piehouse, Deptford
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Matchstick Piehouse
- 24th Mar 2022
Come and join us for an evening of burlesque from new-on-the-scene performers.
Elegies: Two Monologues from Ricochet Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Drayton Arms Theatre
- 22nd - 26th Mar 2022
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Mar 2022
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Mar 2022
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
Peak Trans (Work In Progress)
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Karaoke Hole
- 17th Mar 2022
As the discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK comedian, trans-woman & nuisance Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun.
Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 10th Mar - 9th Jun 2022
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Feb - 25th Apr 2022
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Shane Clifford: Aw Class (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 24th Feb 2022
Work In Progress Stand Up ComedyShane Clifford performs a Work In Progress show that asks the important questions: what is class in Ireland? Why do modern dogs wear jump…
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME | Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 20th Feb 2022
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME Let us not remain strangers Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)A Stuttering Comedy Show in Development PLEASE COME TALK TO ME -&nbs…
Connemarvellous | Stephen Mullan: Love is...? (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 19th - 20th Feb 2022
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
twenty-eight presented by Deus Ex Machina Productions and Theatre 503
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- SW11 3BW
- 15th - 18th Feb 2022
The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2021
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Dec 2021
Now in it’s 12th year.
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Theatre
- West End
We are full of beans to announce that the “the doyen of dames” (The Times) Clive Rowe returns to Hackney Empire this year for a sparkling new panto adventure! When happ…
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Semi Finals
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th - 28th Nov 2021
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
THE GALLIFREY CABARET
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 19th Nov 2021
THE GALLIFREY CABARETAre you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?Then take our hand and get ready to run!Jump aboard the queerest tardis in time and space for a night of cosmic c…
Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Kit Kat Club
- 22nd Jul 2022 - 1st Feb 2025
In a time when the world is changing forever, there is one place where everyone can be free… Welcome to the Kit Kat Club.
Sticking to the Facts: Luke O’Neill and Mark Henry in conversation with Aoife Barry | In-person Tickets
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 13th Nov 2021
Join us for an evening with Professor Luke O’Neill and Tourism Ireland Marketing Director Mark Henry in conversation with Aoife Barry.
Cabaret Playroom: The Showcase
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 11th Nov 2021
The pick of the Cabaret Playroom season.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Quarter Finals
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 5th - 14th Nov 2021
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
SILVERTOWN - A WORK IN PROGRESS READING
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- The Factory Project
- 28th - 29th Oct 2021
SILVERTOWN - A new play by Jonny Wooster.
Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 28th Oct 2021
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret / Livestream
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- The Space
- 28th Oct 2021
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance.
Camp Vamp Cabaret: Crystal (Rupaul's Drag Race UK), Cleopantha, Cake Boi & Jenna Davinci
- Listing Film
- UK Regional & Tours
- Nightingale Club
- 28th Oct 2021
Camp Vamp Cabaret is back! Were back on Thursday 28th October at The Nightingale Club, Birmingham with Drag Race U.
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 27th - 28th Oct 2021
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance.
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 26th - 28th Oct 2021
Tales of the Crypt cabaret is fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance, packed into a hour of full on entertainment for your darkest delights…
Revenge: The Horror Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- The Pleasance Theatre Trust
- 21st Oct 2021
Revenge: The Horror Cabaret is an exploration of horror and cabaret.
Belszki and Guests: Lesbian Cabaret Show
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Brunswick
- 17th Oct 2021
Belszki and Guests: Lesbian Cabaret ShowSun 17 Oct @ The Brunswick Holland Road HoveDoors 6:45pm Show 7pm End 9pm 10 A NIGHT CURATED BY LESBIANS, FOR LESBIANS AND ALLIESEVERYO…
Chichester Cabaret Club
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oaklands Pavilion
- 16th Oct 2021
It’s FINALLY Back! After a hiatus due to you know what, we’re back stronger than ever and raring to go! Chichester Cabaret Club was officially born in 2016 and has featur…
Belszki and Guests: Lesbian Cabaret Show
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 14th Oct 2021
Belszki and Guests: Lesbian Cabaret ShowThurs 14 Oct @ Two Brewers ClaphamDoors 7pm Show 8pm 10 A NIGHT CURATED BY LESBIANS, FOR LESBIANS AND ALLIESEVERYONE WELCOME IN AUDIENC…
Mike Bubbins: Throwback (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 14th Oct 2021
Mike Bubbins, star of hit podcast The Socially Distant Sports Bar, and of BBC television comedies Mammoth, Tourist Trap and The Unexplainers, unleashes THROWBACK, his fi…
What's Good Cabaret: Second Verse.
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Colours Hoxton
- 10th Oct 2021
Huns, we are coming back for another one, presenting to you THE loud, live & brand new cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation!What’s Good is BACK, pressing play…
PARTY IN THE ATTIC: A Secret Cabaret in the Heart of Soho
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Soho’s Attic
- 8th Oct 2021
Party in the Attic brings an evening of jaw-dropping performances, diva anthems, exquisite drag and the best of London’s Cabaret to our stage over the crazy streets of Soho.
Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar
- Listing Music
- 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…
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Cabaret Roulette: FEET!
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 29th Sep 2021
Ready for another spin of the wheel? Cabaret Roulette is coming home to The RVT, and thanks to audience vote, the challenge for this round’s lineup has been set.
Fruity Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Freedom Bar
- 26th Sep 2021
Welcome to Fruity Cabaret where fashion meets camp, hosted by the beautifully handsome and illustrious Ophelia Love with special guests from RPDRUK S3 Kitty Scott-Claus, …
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Half Moon Theatre
- 25th - 25th Sep 2021
Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come! This classic fairytale now gets the Lyngo Theatre treatment so expect lots of surprises and beautiful images as…
Sex Work, Censorship and Social Media: Panel
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- VFD
- 23rd Sep 2021
In May this year, under the guise of making the UK the safest place in the world to go online the government passed the Online Safety Bill which removes any content deemed as havin…
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Peer Hat
- 22nd - 30th Sep 2021
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Peer Hat
- 22nd - 30th Sep 2021
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Peer Hat
- 22nd - 30th Sep 2021
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
NON BINARY CABARET at THE GLORY
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 21st Sep 2021
NON BINARY CABARET - Tuesday 21st September in The Basement Cabaret Space at The Glory Starring:WANDA WHATEVER LUSTY LOVELACEMONSIUER COOKIE& CHAI Show Timi…
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Acting Showcase
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Sep 2021
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
Cabaret Sauvignon: #Blush
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Colours Hoxton
- 19th Sep 2021
CABARET SAUVIGNON: #BlushThe deep & full-bodied DRAGLESQUE variety show What is draglesque? Were not sure if its a word, but we love it.
Doña's Harvest Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Doña
- 18th Sep 2021
Put down your knitting, the book and the broom, it’s time for a cabaret! Enjoy a night of burlesque and comedy from a cross section of London’s drag kings, queens, jesters and…
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Heats
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Sep - 24th Oct 2021
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 15th Sep 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoug…
Simon Evans: Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th - 19th Sep 2021
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 7th Sep - 5th Oct 2021
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 7th Sep - 5th Oct 2021
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 7th Sep - 5th Oct 2021
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 7th Sep - 5th Oct 2021
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Sep - 25th Oct 2021
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
5-a-Day Cabaret with Carrot!
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 2nd Sep 2021
Are you ready to get your 5-a-day!? Carrot (“everyone’s favourite drag vegetable” - TimeOut London) is here to bring you a lineup of organic produce that will give you all the…
Josie Long: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 29th Aug 2021
Oh, you like Josie Long? Political and personal in one sentence, angry but tender, did a brilliant and much-lauded Fringe show when we last had civilization.
Chansons: Musical Intercultural French Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 29th - 29th Aug 2021
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
Fruity Bank Holiday Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Freedom Bar
- 29th Aug 2021
Fruity Cabaret on Bank Holiday SundayThat’s right darlings, we’re back at Freedom Bar for the final Bank Holiday of the year and we’ll be on hand to provide the fruitiest night of …
Fred MacAulay: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
One of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, Fred MacAulay tries out some new jokes. ‘One of the best comedians Britain has produced’ (Richard Osman).
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progr…
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Fake News, Alexa & Networking
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 27th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Queerdos Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 27th Aug 2021
——QUEERDOS CABARET——A NIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL DRAG QUEERDOS CABARET is coming to The Glory for its first instalment of Avant Garde, alternative, and out right weird London D…
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Football, Data & Bilingualism
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 27th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
Jack Dee: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
Join Jack Dee as he takes to the road to warm up ahead of continuing his UK tour.
Alex Kealy: Monopoly (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 27th Aug 2021
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Superhumans, Wild Child & Sharks
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 26th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Depression, Assholes & Hippies
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 26th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
I Feel Petty / As Yet Unlisted – A Work-in-Progress Double Bill
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 26th Aug 2021
Vix Leyton, Welsh stand up and host of the Comedy Arcade podcast lives her life as a self-styled princess of petty.
THREE-Ugly Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Little Angel Theatre
- 25th Aug 2021
This “Ugly Cabaret” is a performance meant to showcase selected scenes and songs from our first original musical “Three: A Generational Musical.
Tom Lucy: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th - 27th Aug 2021
Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand-new material for an upcoming show.
THREE-Ugly Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Little Angel Theatre
- 25th Aug 2021
This “Ugly Cabaret” is a performance meant to showcase selected scenes and songs from our first original musical “Three: A Generational Musical.
Wellness Workshop with Jordan Jack Turner
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Friends House
- 24th Aug 2021
Workshop overview:Jordans aim is to offer all-inclusive mindful approach to health and wellness that take into account your mental health, your physical health, your emotional heal…
Alex Kealy: Monopoly (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 13th - 26th Aug 2021
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Alex Kealy: Monopoly (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 24th - 27th Aug 2021
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 23rd - 26th Aug 2021
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Hannah Platt and Erika Ehler: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Hannah and Erika are two of the most exciting rising stars on the comedy scene.
White Chicks 2 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 23rd - 29th Aug 2021
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes (So You Think You’re Funny? and 2Northdown New Act semi-finalist) and Sharlin Jahan (Bath New Act runner-up and Rising Star finalist) present White Chicks 2…
Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 23rd - 26th Aug 2021
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Mark Simmons – One-Linerer: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 23rd - 25th Aug 2021
Mark Simmons (Mock The Week, Dave’s Top Jokes of the Fringe 2017, 2019) has been busy with his podcast Jokes With Mark over the last 18 months, interviewing the likes of Milton Jon…
Shenanigans Cabaret On Tour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 22nd Aug 2021
Join London-based producer and host Foxi Blue for a saucy night of delectable debauchery, featuring stunning and scintillating new and established burlesque acts from Scotland and …
Lou Sanders New Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Dementia, Quantum Particles & AI Creativity
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 22nd Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Marginal Gains & A Hacked Toothbrush
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 22nd Aug 2021
Two top academics, two dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Lou Sanders New Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
Sara Barron: Suffer, fools! (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 21st - 29th Aug 2021
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Sara Barron: Suffer, fools! (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 4th - 29th Aug 2021
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Barry Ferns Stands Up for 2021 (On Arthur's Seat)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- On Top of Arthur’s Seat
- 20th - 23rd Aug 2021
Barry Ferns has been performing life-affirming comedy shows on Arthur’s Seat since 2007.
Jake Lambert: Shimmy Shake (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2021
Jake Lambert (tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) returns with another ‘highly entertaining hour’ (One4Review.
George Fox and Chris Thorburn: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 20th - 26th Aug 2021
For one week only, George Fox and Chris Thorburn are bringing their award-winning comedy off the internet and back to the Monkey Barrel stage for their work-in-progress stand-up sh…
Tamsyn Kelly: Cornwall's No1 Tourist Attraction (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 20th Aug - 11th Sep 2021
Brand new work in progress show from working class Cornish actor and comedian Tamsyn Kelly.
You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Tom Ward: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th - 21st Aug 2021
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 19th - 22nd Aug 2021
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Rich Hardisty SILLY BOY (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th Aug 2021
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Tom Ward: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th - 21st Aug 2021
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 19th - 22nd Aug 2021
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Lily Phillips and Anna Clifford: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 19th - 21st Aug 2021
Lily Phillips has been seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and All4, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year runner-up, Funny Women finalist and Pleasance Reserve comedian Lily Phillips …
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Rich Hardisty SILLY BOY (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th Aug 2021
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Ben Pope (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 18th Aug 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Ben Pope (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 18th Aug 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Dancers, Algorithms & Speech
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 17th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Dirty Protest Theatre / Kill Me Now by Rhiannon Boyle
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 17th - 21st Aug 2021
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Fifty Shades of Fiction & Stroke Survival
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 17th Aug 2021
Two top academics, two dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th - 19th Aug 2021
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) presents some new ideas (and some old ones) through a mixture of theatrical techniques, such…
Fruity Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Freedom Bar
- 15th Aug 2021
The most fabulous night frivolity in Soho is back on August 15th! Fruity Cabaret at Freedom BarHosted by MeStarring Cara Melle, Ophelia Love and Kitty Scott-ClausPlus special guest…
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Ryan Cullen, Kai Humphries and Gareth Waugh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 15th - 29th Aug 2021
Three powerhouse comedians (solo stars in their own right) join forces for a stunning hour of stand-up.
Simon Evans: The Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 14th - 22nd Aug 2021
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Hatty Ashdown: Dig Deep (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 14th - 15th Aug 2021
“Wonderfully inventive, consistently funny”- Time out.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 13th Aug 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 13th Aug 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Not Ready For This: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 13th Aug 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Michael Akadiri: Not Ready For This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 13th Aug 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Oh No (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 13th - 29th Aug 2021
A new hour of stand-up from the biggest wee fanny in Scottish comedy.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 12th - 24th Aug 2021
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Luke McQueen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 12th - 13th Aug 2021
Work in progress.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 14th Aug 2021
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 12th - 24th Aug 2021
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 14th Aug 2021
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
Luke McQueen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 12th - 13th Aug 2021
Work in progress.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 12th - 16th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 11th - 14th Aug 2021
Ania is trying out some new material.
Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 11th - 14th Aug 2021
Ania is trying out some new material.
Jack Docherty – Nothing But
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 11th - 29th Aug 2021
Jack Docherty, the BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, and one of Scotland’s favourite comic performers, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly c…
An Hour With The After Dark Cabaret & Burlesque
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Aug 2021
Join Miss Carmen Aurora for ‘An Hour With The After Dark Cabaret & Burlesque’, offering a glamorous evening right in the heart of Camden.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Caring Robot, Talking-Money & Toilet Graffiti
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 11th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host comedian, Susan Morrison.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Torture On Trial, #Selfloathe & Hope
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 11th Aug 2021
Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 10th Aug 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 10th Aug 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Taiwan Season Symposium: International Digital Theatre Roundtable
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOOTV
- 9th Aug 2021
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
Elf Lyons: Raven (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2021
Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats to Camden Fringe with a horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King.
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- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 9th - 11th Aug 2021
You’ll clock in at the beginning.
Chaps - Work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 8th - 29th Aug 2021
CHAPS are comedy power houses Naz Osmanoglu (Horrible Histories, formerly of Wittank) and Tom Houghton (Comedy Central Roast Battle, formally of The Noise Next Door).
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Aug 2021
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy,…
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Martin Willis: Jazz (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin / Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2021
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Aug 2021
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her de…
Martin Willis: Jazz (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin / Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2021
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
The Sexy Environmentalist
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Aug 2021
The Sexy Environmentalist is a high-octane mix of environmentalism and “sexiness” in a last-ditch effort to unite humanity and save the planet! Time is runn…
Raul Kohli: Works It Out As He Goes Along (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2021
Raul Kohli was going to do a show about how blind faith is rational in 2020.
The Sexy Environmentalist
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Aug 2021
The Sexy Environmentalist is a high-octane mix of environmentalism and “sexiness” in a last-ditch effort to unite humanity and save the planet! Time is running out, but (accor…
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House / Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 7th - 23rd Aug 2021
In this show, I Robert Inston(is), narrate as informatively as I am able, on the mythology that surrounds the murders in Whitechapel in 1888.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 16th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Glenn Moore: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 7th - 15th Aug 2021
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Glenn Moore: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 7th - 15th Aug 2021
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
The Sexy Environmentalist
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Aug 2021
The Sexy Environmentalist is a high-octane mix of environmentalism and “sexiness” in a last-ditch effort to unite humanity and save the planet! Time is running out, but (accor…
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Funny Women Award winner Thanyia Moore has been a bully, and she’s been bullied.
Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre
- Review
- ★★★
- Monica Yell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 24th Aug, 2021
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
DICKPRESSION (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 6th - 8th Aug 2021
An alternative stand up comedy show which earnestly takes an entirely literal approach to the common comedian advice of ‘find your audience’.
Theatre-19 Presents: John
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th Aug, 2021
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 18th Aug 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Absolutely Burlesque Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Copstick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 26th Aug, 2021
One of the great things that the Edinburgh Fringe has always done is to give a platform to local schools of various performing arts within an actual arts festival.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
DICKPRESSION (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
Cabaret Macabre
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 6th - 7th Aug 2021
Welcome to the darkest party in town, in which emcee and soldier Joan of Arc invites you all to kick up a storm on behalf of the most maligned and mistreated women of the last seve…
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 18th Aug 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Bytesize Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 15th Aug 2021
A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.
Impro Theatre's Tennessee Williams UnScripted
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
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Jim Daly - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 5th Aug 2021
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
Patrick Spicer: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 5th - 25th Aug 2021
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Jim Daly - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 5th Aug 2021
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 5th - 25th Aug 2021
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Jack Hoosie and the Leisuregroan
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre / The Water Rats
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2021
Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Gay Sauna (1997).
Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Water Rats
- 2nd - 4th Aug 2021
Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Sauna (1997).
Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Water Rats
- 2nd - 4th Aug 2021
Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Sauna (1997).
Groovie Thursdays with Lucien Jack
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Grove Bar & Restaurant
- 15th Jul - 30th Sep 2021
Every Thursday, from 7.
The Thinking Drinkers – Pub Quiz (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 14th Jul 2021
The Thinking Drinkers hilarious, brand new show gets the drinks in, in more ways than one, with every audience member getting 5 free drinks while competing for amazing p…
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th - 14th Jul 2021
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Anna Marie Simonsen: Naughty (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 5th - 6th Jul 2021
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things NAUGHTY.
Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd - 4th Jul 2021
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Gerard Harris: Wank In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 5th Jul 2021
All the best jokes I’ve ever written and also some others.
Gerard Harris: Wank In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 5th Jul 2021
All the best jokes I’ve ever written and also some others.
Gays in Space: a Murder Mystery Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 29th Jun - 1st Jul 2021
Follow the Gays’ tantalising tales of devious destruction as they battle the heinous Hetero Sector! Enjoy a drink or two as a colourful cacophony of creativity causes chaos right…
Gays in Space: a Murder Mystery Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 29th Jun - 1st Jul 2021
Follow the Gays’ tantalising tales of devious destruction as they battle the heinous Hetero Sector! Enjoy a drink or two as a colourful cacophony of creativity causes chaos right…
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Will Hall and Sharlin Jahan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (BBC Asian Network) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Will Hall and Sharlin Jahan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (as heard on Union Jack Radio) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Electric Cabaret: Rockstars and Popstars TV Time Machine
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Chalk Venue
- 26th Jun 2021
Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand after two years of hilarious sell-out shows! As a V.
Lionhouse Cabaret: Comedy ft. Dyball & Kerr, Live Music and More
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Lionhouse
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Electric Cabaret: Rockstars and Popstars TV Time Machine
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Chalk Venue
- 26th Jun 2021
Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand after two years of hilarious sell-out shows! As a V.
Frankie Thompson (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th Jun 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
The Sex Party (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Tom Lucy: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
Catch Tom as he tries out new material.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th Jun 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
Weimar Now! - Berlin Cabaret Songs
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 24th Jun 2021
Having performed a series of cabarets at the Barbican Art Gallery and a charity concert for Bono and Chris Martin, “cabaret kings” William Ludwig and Dean Austin return with �…
Cabaret Boheme: Stage and Screen!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 23rd - 26th Jun 2021
Warning: this show is not for the faint-hearted.
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress at The Museum of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Jun - 4th Jul 2021
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 23rd Jun 2021
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Sewer Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th Jun 2021
Welcome to ‘Sewer Cabaret’.
Sewer Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th Jun 2021
Welcome to ‘Sewer Cabaret’.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Matty Hutson: Relax (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
Sleeping tigers, Matty Hutson and Heidi Regan tread the boards once more after a year of laying dormant due to the ‘big pandemic’.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd Jun, 2021
Whenever we think of Jack the Ripper, immediately we think back to Whitechapel and his gruesome victims.
Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 21st Jun, 2021
The apologetic opening to Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire, explaining the failure of the actors to turn up, might seem out of place in any standard piece of theatre, but then it wou…
Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 18th - 21st Jun 2021
The Cabaret Voltaire was a notorious nightclub in 1916 Zurich run by the Dadaists.
Marcel Lucont's Cabaret Fantastique
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 17th - 20th Jun 2021
The cult hit from festivals all over the world comes to Brighton Fringe.
Omar Ibrahim: Decolonise This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade
- 17th - 19th Jun 2021
A dismantling of hilarious topics, including race, identity and of course, Asian dads.
Marcel Lucont's Cabaret Fantastique
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 17th - 20th Jun 2021
The cult hit from festivals all over the world comes to Brighton Fringe.
Cabaret Continentale: We Still Love EU
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th - 19th Jun 2021
Need some Euro cheer? Never fear ‘Cabaret Continentale!’ is here! Join us for three nights of sensational and sexy variety Spiegel acts from around Europe, to really make your Fri…
Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 16th Jun 2021
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
The Secrets of Jack Roulette
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 15th - 17th Jun 2021
A mysterious package, a private investigator, and a night club performer trapped in a hell of his own making.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 16th Jun 2021
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
The Secrets of Jack Roulette
- Review
- ★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 17th Jun, 2021
Imagine the setting.
Sara Barron: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 16th Jun 2021
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Sara Barron: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 16th Jun 2021
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 13th Jun 2021
Bad Luck Boss Laurie Black is smashing mirrors and screens to summon the best acts in alternative cabaret for your live viewing pleasure.
Luca Cupani: Words in Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 26th Jun 2021
Storytelling meets observational humour.
Not Ready For This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 12th Jun 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Not Ready For This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 12th Jun 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Luca Cupani: Words in Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 26th Jun 2021
Storytelling meets observational humour.
The After Dark Cabaret and Burlesque Show
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 11th - 12th Jun 2021
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
The After Dark Cabaret and Burlesque Show
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 11th - 12th Jun 2021
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
The Psychedelic Fox (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade
- 11th - 13th Jun 2021
Mercury is in retrograde, a full moon in Scorpio and enough wonk to see you through the night! Journey down the rabbit hole of delicious chaos with viciously funny comic Charlotte …
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 27th Jun 2021
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 27th Jun 2021
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Ben Pope: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 7th - 21st Jun 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Royal Court Theatre Heritage Talk
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 7th Jun 2021
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
Ben Pope: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 7th - 21st Jun 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Stoph Demetriou: Bad Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 12th Jun 2021
We all lie to ourselves.
Stoph Demetriou: Bad Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 12th Jun 2021
We all lie to ourselves.
Happified (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th - 27th Jun 2021
The show the world needs right now.
Sasha Ellen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 18th Jun 2021
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Happified (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th - 27th Jun 2021
The show the world needs right now.
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 18th Jun 2021
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Vix Leyton: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 3rd Jun 2021
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
David Ephgrave: COVID-19, DAVID-40 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
Nick Elleray: Passionate About Compromise (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Vix Leyton / Rich Wilson: An hour of work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 3rd Jun 2021
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
David Ephgrave: COVID-19, DAVID-40 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
Nick Elleray: Passionate About Compromise (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Tom Houghton: Red Flag (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 9th Jun 2021
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
Tom Houghton: Red Flag (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 9th Jun 2021
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2021
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2021
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2021
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2021
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 1st - 18th Jun 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 1st - 18th Jun 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May - 22nd Jun 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May - 22nd Jun 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Rajiv Karia: Paint (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 30th May - 20th Jun 2021
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
Troy Hawke: ''Sigmund Troy'd!' (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 27th Jun 2021
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival best show nominee.
Rajiv Karia: Paint (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 30th May - 20th Jun 2021
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 30th May - 27th Jun 2021
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Drag Queen Bingo & Cabaret every Saturday afternoon
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- CellarDoor
- 29th May - 20th Nov 2021
Bingo to dream about & prizes from your worst nightmare with Wilma Ballsdrop, Topsie Redfern, Ruby Violet & Paul CosmicTicket link
Covid Captivity Cabaret: Lockdown Sonnets
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- theSpaceUK
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
Opera singer Ann Liebeck started writing sonnets about her feelings as lockdown hit the UK at the beginning of the Coronavirus epidemic.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Jake Lambert: Shimmy Shake (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 28th May - 25th Jun 2021
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
Tom Mayhew: Get Rich or Die (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Jake Lambert: Shimmy Shake (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 28th May - 25th Jun 2021
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Spiegeltent regular John Callaghan has performed his thoughtful and spiky electronica for record labels like Warp and as one half of comedy duo Eccentronic.
Tom Mayhew: Get Rich or Die (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Covid Captivity Cabaret: Lockdown Sonnets
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- theSpaceUK
- 28th May - 6th Jun 2021
Opera singer Ann Liebeck started writing sonnets about her feelings as lockdown hit the UK at the beginning of the Coronavirus epidemic.
Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th Apr - 5th Dec 2021
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Apr 2021
Eliott doesn't care for sex.
Maddie Campion: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Apr 2021
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Maddie Campion: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Apr 2021
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Sharon 'n' Barry do 'Romeo & Juliet'
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
Our suburban couple who, having exhausted the baking, Joe Wicks & Netflix, have decided to have a crack at Shakespeare.
Emergine Theatre Translators Scratch Night
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theater Pub
- 19th - 23rd Jan 2021
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
The Meat Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Online & Broadcast
- theSpaceUK
- 8th - 31st Jan 2021
From recent East 15 graduates The Meat Cabaret is a short film exploring the female form and beauty myth through a fabricated cabaret show.
Readymade Cabaret 2.0
- Review
- ★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Online & Broadcast
- theSpaceUK
- 22nd Jan, 2021
The first rule about a Dada performance is that you don’t start one with the history of Dada.
The Secret Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Online & Broadcast
- Scottish Ballet
- 19th Dec, 2020
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2020
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Dec 2020
Now in it’s 12th year.
Jason Manford: Like Me (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 26th - 29th Aug 2020
He’s back! It’s been a busy few years for Jason since his last smash-hit stand-up show, but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t chan…
Poetry & The Theatre With Tim Marriott, Shell Shock Media
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 25th - 30th Aug 2020
A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre.
Covid Captivity Cabaret-Locked Down Sonnets
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Space UK
- 22nd - 30th Aug 2020
Domesticated Diva in Distress as lockdown hits.
From One Theatre To Another: Soldiers And The Stage
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- 6 Company St
- 20th - 30th Aug 2020
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
Lest We Forget – The Process Of Creating Your Own Work
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 19th - 30th Aug 2020
Charlotte will take you through the timeline of creating your own work, along with a practical element to get you started on your own play.
Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 19th - 30th Aug 2020
Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa…
Barry Nisbet: A Shetland Voyage
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 18th Aug 2020
Join a 21st-century sea journey exploring joy, sadness and solace through the songs and tunes of Barry Nisbet, acclaimed Shetland songwriter, fiddler and sailor.
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th - 31st Aug 2020
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Digital Caravan Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Online
- 15th Aug 2020
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai…
Simon Amstell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th - 25th Aug 2020
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous’ (New York Times).
Army @ The Virtual Fringe: Live Every Moment - Creating dance for film, tv and theatre with Rosie Kay
- Listing Workshop
- Online & Broadcast
- Online
- 11th Aug 2020
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
The Songcatcher: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 10th - 11th Aug 2020
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
Jack the Ripper: Mary Kelly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 8th - 14th Aug 2020
August 1888, London sees the first of five brutal murders, the callous cruelty of which sends shock waves far and wide and etches the name of the most infamous serial killer into t…
The Voodoo Rooms Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 16th Aug 2020
A thrilling intimate showcase sees our hilarious Master of ceremonies introduce a cast of outrageous performers including world-class comedians, astonishing magicians, cabaret croo…
Ivy Paige: Bitch, I’m a Work of Art
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
Edinburgh’s favourite showgirl invites you to a private viewing of her personal collection.
Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Sexy and subversive, audacious and hilarious, this one-woman show puts a knife in the back of traditional fairy tales.
Reginald D Hunter: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
Reginald returns to the Fringe with his off-year, set-building, work-in-progress show with working titles: The Things That I Was Wrong About, The Death of Uncle Fluffy, and The Man…
Kai Humphries: Knitter-Boxer-Glory
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
If life was a simulation would you only follow the narrative or have fun doing all the side quests? Extracting joy and betterment from life’s every diversion and challenge, multi…
Simon Evans: The Work of The Devil
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Last year’s show, Dressing for Dinner, earned Evans some of the most ecstatic reviews of his career including an unbeaten 4.
Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st Jul 2020
Eliott doesn't care for sex.
Elliot Wengler: Special Features
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Jul 2020
Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200…
Luke Rollason: Bowerbird (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed / The Warren: Theatre Box
- 26th May 2020 - 26th Jun 2021
A big-eyed, big-haired thing in a turtleneck exposes the infidelities of your cutlery drawer.
Simon Evans: Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th May 2020
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Simon Evans: Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th May 2020
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Pick n Mix: Mixed Bill Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Online & Broadcast
- Your Home!
- 15th Apr 2020
Comedy, music, drag, spoken word. Kate Smurthwaite, Loui vin Dini, Sophia Blackwell, Turan Ali, Vic Melody, Zora (from Dryadic). Hosted by Annabelszki.
Phoenix Dance Theatre - Black Waters
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Peacock Theatre London
- 26th - 27th Mar 2020
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Mar 2020
Back for it’s fifth year.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Mar 2020
Back for it’s fifth year.
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th Mar 2020
Colin Hoult’s critically acclaimed alter-ego Anna Mann, Actress, Singer, Welder (got to have a back up) returns in the workings of a brand new show,…
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Mar - 6th Apr 2020
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Mar 2020
As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her debut hour of stand-up, Alpha.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Mar 2020
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
Gad Elmaleh: Work In Progress (French Language Show)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd - 7th Mar 2020
Metropolis Music Presents: Gad Elmaleh J’ai choisi le Leicester Square Theatre pour improviser autour des thèmes de mon prochain spectacle#workinprogress Pl…
MANDEMIC: A DRAG KING CABARET
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Omnibus
- 28th Feb 2020
Join The Family Jewels for a full frontal night of comedy, song, and a disarmingly sexy exploration of gendered power.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan - 13 Tongues & Dust
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 26th - 29th Feb 2020
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Paquito Forever - A one-man cabaret show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Off Broadway
- Club Cumming
- 24th Feb 2020
Paquito Forever, performed by Joan Vázquez, is an intimate, personal (and musical!) and fun account of the real-life adventures of Paquito (Paco) Alonso, a gay Catalonian growing …
The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd Feb - 6th Dec 2020
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Maddy Anholt: How to Train Your Psychopath (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Feb 2020
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
Arron Crascall: The Socially Awkward Tour (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Feb 2020
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
Arron Crascall: The Socially Awkward Tour (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Feb 2020
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
Alexei Sayle: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd - 30th Jan 2020
A WIP stand-up performance.
Alexei Sayle: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd - 30th Jan 2020
A WIP stand-up performance.
Kerry Godliman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd - 31st Jan 2020
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2019
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 16th Dec 2019
Now in it’s 11th year.
Jack and The Beanstalk
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Theatre Peckham
- 4th - 20th Dec 2019
Olivier-nominated and award-winning playwright Paul Sirett (REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, THE BIG LIFE, RAT PAT CONFIDENTIAL) imagines one of the most treasured and classic children’s …
Andy Zaltzman – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd - 10th Dec 2019
Andy Zaltzman, host of the long-running worldwide hit satirical podcast The Bugle, comes to the Museum of Comedy.
Maddy Anholt: How to Train Your Psychopath (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Nov 2019
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
Kerry Godliman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th - 22nd Nov 2019
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
Barry Steele & Friends - The Roy Orbison Story
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 19th Oct 2019
He’s the man with the sunglasses and the black suit who delivered some of the world’s darkest and most emotional ballads, yet Texas-born Roy Orbison remains …
All Work No Play
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Stockwell Playhouse
- 14th - 17th Oct 2019
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
Sky Blue Theatre presents: The British Theatre Challenge
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
- 1st - 5th Oct 2019
The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Stewart Lee: SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work in Progress & DVD Launch
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 24th Sep - 5th Oct 2019
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work-in-Progress and DVD LAUNCH A run of work-in-progress gigs to …
Old Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre
- 22nd Sep 2019
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
AUDITION (a work in progress)
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 15th Sep 2019
AUDITION combines contemporary circus, dance-theatre, fierce acrobatics and stunning visuals.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Programme B: EN / The Call / Juba / Revelations
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 5th - 13th Sep 2019
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbour and Channel 4’s Adventures in Futureland, Jamali Maddix has just come back from his first world tour.
The Laurel and Hardy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 22nd - 25th Aug 2019
The award-winning Lucky Dog have been playing their successful biopic Hats Off To Laurel and Hardy since 2013.
Disabled Led Theatre Making
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
Kanata Cabaret Hour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall
- 21st - 24th Aug 2019
Kanata: the Haudenosaunee word for Canada.
Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios / Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th - 21st Aug 2019
Ahead of his nationwide tour, Josh returns to Edinburgh for a strictly limited run of work-in-progress shows.
Barry
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 21st - 25th Aug 2019
Barry is a devised verbatim piece about Dr James Barry.
Luisa Omielan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 20th - 25th Aug 2019
Join Luisa Omielan (What Would Beyonce Do?!, Am I Right Ladies?! and Politics For Bitches) as she tries out some stuff for an upcoming project.
Alternative Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
- 20th - 25th Aug 2019
Looking for something really different? Have a look at our line-up of brilliant and original alternative comedians strutting their stuff in an intimate venue at the Fringe.
Advice and Discussion Forum with the Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
How Can Venues and Producers Work Better Together
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Marlene in Havana: Gypsy Tango Cabaret
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
We highlight the Latin music elements, which were so important in films internationally, with European tangos, Balkan gypsy jazz and operetta alongside iconic Dietrich hits and new…
Sex Ed: A Cabaret of Play
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 19th - 20th Aug 2019
With thrilling stories, silly games, and pervy puppets, Sex Ed is the smartest, slam-bangin’-est cabaret in town.
How to Become a Theatre Industry Leader
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Jack Carroll and Friends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Join the star of Live at the Apollo, Sunday Night at the Palladium and Britain’s Got Talent as he and some of his comedian friends try out new material.
Joel Dommett: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
- 18th - 24th Aug 2019
Joel (credits, credits, credits) is returning to Edinburgh with some new sweet ideas for you to potentially enjoy. ‘Hilarious…delightful tales’ (Scotsman).
Steve Hili: The Sexy Environmentalist
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside
- 18th - 25th Aug 2019
Like you, Steve knows the world is in trouble.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 / Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 17th - 25th Aug 2019
Eliott has never cared for sex.
Westdal and Hayward Need Work
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 20th Aug, 2019
Freyja Westdal and Beth Heyward join the ranks of such excellent Fringe female musical comedy acts as Fascinating Aida, Flo & Joan, and EastEnd Cabaret with a smart, funny, che…
Nathan Cassidy: Observational (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 17th - 25th Aug 2019
Award-winning comedian Cassidy has had a crazy year.
Cave Women: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 15th - 25th Aug 2019
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Evaluation
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 14th - 26th Aug 2019
If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ…
Giant Wolf Theatre – Playback
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Depot
- 14th - 17th Aug 2019
Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre.
Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let's Hope for the Best (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 13th - 25th Aug 2019
Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through.
Youth Theatre on an International Stage
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 13th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Dan Clark: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 13th - 14th Aug 2019
Dan Clark, star of BBC Three’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and host of the popular podcast Screen Talk, is dusting off his comedy cape* to perform stand-up for the fi…
Ed Gamble: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 12th - 16th Aug 2019
Hi guys, Ed here.
Geoff Norcott: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 12th - 25th Aug 2019
The star of BBC2’s The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and his own BBC Radio 4 special returns to the Fringe.
Shane Todd: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 12th - 13th Aug 2019
When you lose a bet with a mate and have to get ‘The Toddfather’ tattooed on your leg you can either have it removed with a laser, or become.
TalkFest – Ways and Means: Theatre in 2019 and Beyond
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 12th Aug 2019
What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch…
Forgotten Regions: Developing Theatre Through Rural Creative Hubs
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 12th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
How to Engage Working-Class Audiences When Touring Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 12th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
All-Star Cabaret: The Free Fringe Gala
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 12th - 19th Aug 2019
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Shreds – The Jack the Ripper Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 10th - 17th Aug 2019
Whitechapel, 1888.
Best Friends: A Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
- 10th - 11th Aug 2019
A new feminist comedy cabaret, debuting at the 2019 Camden Fringe.
Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Stewart Lee: Wok In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 9th - 15th Aug 2019
Notes towards a new show from ‘the world’s greatest living stand-up’ (Times).
Mawaan Rizwan: Werk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 8th - 12th Aug 2019
After a sell-out Fringe, Mawaan (BBC Three, Netflix) is back to shape a new bonkers show.
Smut Slam: Where Sexy and Storytelling Collide
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 7th - 14th Aug 2019
This high-energy, dirty storytelling open mic has been around the world.
Multilingual Theatre: Towards a More Diverse Representation of Multilingual Works and Artists in the UK
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 6th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 5th - 15th Aug 2019
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and cabaret superstar Dusty Limits for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and fun for …
Iain Stirling: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
- 5th - 17th Aug 2019
BAFTA Award-winning comedian Iain Stirling returns to the Fringe following a sell-out tour, with a load of new jokes, read off notes.
BHF Scotland Presents Work of Heart
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- British Heart Foundation Scotland
- 5th - 9th Aug 2019
Discover how we are beating heart and circulatory diseases with a different interactive workshop every day where science meets art.
The 5pm Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- McSorley’s Irish Bar
- 5th - 23rd Aug 2019
Our talented performers from every corner of the globe showcase the very best of the Fringe – comedy, circus, magic and burlesque that never fails to please.
Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2019
The only way to end your night at Edinburgh Fringe! Join high-energy hosts, Griffin and Jones, for an hour(ish) of late-night chaos, decadence, and mischief from some of the very b…
Comfort Food Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Imagination Workshop
- 4th - 13th Aug 2019
Australia’s singing cook presents her award-winning musical cooking cabaret.
Mary Houlihan: Me and Jack
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex
- 4th - 24th Aug 2019
Comedian Mary Houlihan tells the true (fake) story of her torrid romance with 82-year-old actor Jack Nicholson.
Russell Howard: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios / Assembly Hall
- 1st - 13th Aug 2019
Russell performs his work-in-progress show testing new material.
Working-Class Progress with Backenders
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 3rd - 9th Aug 2019
Backenders is a live comedy sketch parody of the BBC soap opera Eastenders.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Always packed, this ‘fab lil’ cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns for its sixth year.
In Bread with Joseph Emslie (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
In this 45-minute work-in-progress show Joseph attempts to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Cabaret of Curiosities
- Review
- ★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 9th Aug, 2019
Tatwood Puppets make their Edinburgh Fringe debut with the perfectly titled Cabaret of Curiosities.
Omid Djalili: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
Legendary festival favourite, stand-up comedian, film and television star Omid Djalili returns for eight shows only.
Jack Barry: Alien
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Your best friend (and acclaimed stand-up) Jack Barry is worried about you.
Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Squeeze in with two talented up-and-coming comedians.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
Fresh from touring the UK and Australia, the feel-good comedy maestro.
The Five-Thirty Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
The perfect appetiser for your early evening on the Fringe.
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Voices We Hear
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Daphne, or Hellfire
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn…
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Five storytellers open a treasure chest.
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: From the Wind
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 12th Aug 2019
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
Strut Club Cabaret Presents…Hello Sailor!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 2nd Aug 2019
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
The Electric Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C aquila
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
The alternative late-night Fringe experience returns.
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Shellshock!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
Progress
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Bailey Dillon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 23rd Aug, 2019
There is something deeply human and inherently charming about imperfect dance.
Lorca: A Theatre Beneath the Sand
- Review
- ★★★
- Amy Macrae
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 9th Aug, 2019
Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play.
Cabaret at Le Monde
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
The Le Monde cabaret show is at the forefront for discerning Fringe-goers and is a must-see of the festival! Relax in our luxurious Dirty Martini Lounge and let us treat you to our…
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Symbiosis
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends …
Hetaira: A Mythic Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th Aug, 2019
More of a personal theatrical experience than what one might expect from a show described as ‘cabaret’, Allie Jessing’s Hetaira: A Mythic Cabaret sees the talented actress de…
Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
All-Star Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe.
BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Swallows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
Pottervision 2 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
The Harry Potter parody show returns with a brand-new work-in-progress hour! Join us, four full-grown men, as we celebrate and recreate the absurd scenes of those magical movies.
Lew Fitz: Chucky Egg (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 11th Aug 2019
With his first solo show, stand-up comedian Lew Fitz (BBC New Comedy Award nominee 2018) covers a hilarious and often uncommon journey from his northern, working-class background a…
All Work, No Play
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Novotel
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
We all have to work.
Stuart Mitchell – Is It Just Me? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Join the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News as he runs through new material for his next tour.
Jack Rooke: Love Letters
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Dear reader, you may know me from such tragedies as Dead Dad (Radio 4’s Good Grief) and Dead Friend (BBC Three’s Happy Man) but this year I’m dead chuffed to perform comedy about s…
Best of Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
For the first time in Fringe history, the absolute Best of Cabaret amalgamate for a late-night extravaganza of sultry songs, dance varieties, comedic displays and vivacious variety…
Love is a Work in Progress with Tara Rankine
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
**** (Advertiser).
Full Moon Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Euan Brook
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull
- 17th Aug, 2019
Every night, a debauched affair of revelries and frivolity can be found in the depths of the Raging Bull bar on Lothian Road.
Jake Donaldson Fights the Sea (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 10th Aug 2019
Join Jake for a work in progress of his new stand-up show.
Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Following sell-out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning comedian Zach Zucker returns with a new hour of absurdist stand-up! Important: Jack Tucker is a very funny stand-…
Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
A Wake in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘I’m sorry.
Russell Howard: Work in Progress (Afternoon)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 1st - 13th Aug 2019
Come join Russell for his early afternoon bonus hour.
Jack and Barney Are in the Background
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Jack Chisnall (BBC Radio 4 writer, ‘one of the best reviewed shows of Fringe 2018’ (Comedy.
Zahra Barri's Special (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire / Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘Edgy and very funny’ (Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club).
LipSync / Cumbernauld Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 2nd Aug, 2019
Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they…
Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta.
Sexy Lamp
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Will Breden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2019
Katie Arnstein has brought her joyous mix of caustic wit, a cautionary tale and a call to arms to her first Fringe.
Nina Conti: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 18th Aug 2019
British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti is boldly experimenting and discovering fresh ideas as she develops her next new show.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Kiri Pritchard-Mclean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 31st Jul - 22nd Aug 2019
Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You, The Russell Howard Hour) is working up a new show.
Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Winner of Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year makes his Fringe debut after performing as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve in …
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 10th Aug, 2019
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Jonny Donahoe: Forgiveness (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Forgiveness is a work-in-progress about the cycles of abuse that form and affect who we are; if and how we can escape them and move on.
Carl Donnelly: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 28th Jul 2019
Join this 'observational genius' (Guardian) for his 10th solo show! In 10 years he’s been married, divorced, happy, depressed and twice nominated for the…
Garrett Millerick: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 26th Jul 2019
Garrett Millerick is an acclaimed stand up comedian, writer and director.
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 24th - 26th Jul 2019
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and London cabaret superstar, Dusty Limits, for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and…
Eliott Simpson: (a)sexy and I know it
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 23rd Jul 2019
Eliott has never cared for sex.
Eshaan Akbar: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 22nd Jul 2019
What does it take to be a man these days? After #MeToo, incel attacks and man buns, Eshaan Akbar explores masculinity and his relationship with men, women, and himself.
Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 21st Jul 2019
Winner of Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of The Year, Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year makes his Fringe debut after perfor…
Eleanor Tiernan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 21st Jul 2019
Eleanor Tiernan is a stand up comedian, writer and actress known for her uniquely oblique world view.
Susan Riddell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 20th Jul 2019
After winning a place in BBC Writer’s Room Fast and Funny, Susan Riddell went on to write, create and star in several online comedy sketches for BBC Short Stuff wh…
Pierre Novellie: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 20th Jul 2019
Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie comes to Great Yorkshire Fringe to try some new stuff out.
Darren Harriott: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 19th Jul 2019
Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person.
Kōtuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 19th - 20th Jul 2019
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
Lucy Beaumont: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 19th Jul 2019
Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer.
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 19th Jul 2019
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
Stephen Buchanan: Baby Dove (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 18th Jul 2019
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
Simon Munnery: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th Jul 2019
Once the most radical, now the only radical.
Blue Heart Theatre - Exile
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King's Head Theatre Pub
- 11th - 12th Jul 2019
It’s 2016.
sexy Lamp
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 11th Jul 2019
Ever since Katie was cast as the lead in her primary school Christmas show “Santa’s Snow Mobile” she believed there was a place for her in show business.
CABARET
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- USA Regional & Tours
- Peregrine Theatre Ensemble
- 10th Jul - 31st Aug 2019
Kander and Ebb’s Tony and Academy Award winning musical opens July 10th in PROVINCETOWN, MA at FISHERMEN HALL “There was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and …
Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- USA Regional & Tours
- Peregrine Theatre Ensemble
- 10th Jul - 31st Aug 2019
Kander and Ebb’s Tony and Academy Award winning musical opens July 10th in Provincetown, MA at Fishermen Hall.
Grace Campbell & Tamsyn Kelly - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 9th Jul 2019
Grace Campbell is a comedian rapidly making a name for herself in the UK stand up scene.
Tamsyn Kelly and Isa Bonachera - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 8th Jul 2019
Tamsyn Kelly grew up on an estate near Lands End, with a dangerous father, a disabled mother and a dream of one day moving to London to become a total bad-ass with enough money to …
Giants: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 20th Jul 2019
Fjord- The Greatest Hit Fjord, the multi-platinum Norwegian pop duo, are back after a two year sabbatical.
Andy Parsons: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Jul 2019
Join Andy Parsons (Mock The Week) one of Britain’s finest political comedians as he tries out material ahead of his new tour ‘Healing Th…
Bridget Christie: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Jun - 11th Jul 2019
New material shows from the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose D'Or and South Bank Arts award winner Bridget Christie.
Theatre On Tap
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 17th - 17th Jun 2019
‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day.
Josh Widdicombe & Romesh Ranganathan – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th - 19th Jun 2019
Join Josh Widdicombe and Romesh Ranganathan as they road test their new material ahead of their tours.
Steve Bugeja – Single Mum – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Jun 2019
Steve helped his single mum find her Prince Charming all while learning his times tables.
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, Dave’s ‘The Magic Sponge’) returns to Brighton with a work in progress of his sixth solo show.
Sophie Duker: Venus (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Sophie Duker is not a goddess.
Becky Brunning: Action Antihero (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Becky Brunning: Funny Women Finalist, daredevil, Broadchurch actor, helmet owner, brings her new nigh-octane show to Brighton after her debut hour ‘Beaming’ stormed* Edinburgh Frin…
Steve McNeil: Video Games (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2019
The creator of (and team captain on) ‘Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit’ bangs on about video games for an hour.
Cabaret Burlesque: Supernature
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2019
Join Valentina del Pearls and four other leading lights of French New Burlesque for a remarkable revue bringing together glitter, glamour and humour.
Jack Stark: Tea, Bee, Sea
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2019
Full-time idiot Jack Stark hasn’t written this show.
How Does This Politics Thing Work?
- Listing Events
- West End
- Udderbelly
- 30th - 31st May 2019
Politics is boring.
Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
Join Lulu in a (short) hour of stand up as she tries out ideas about spooning, Christmas films and how all human beings are fundamentally repulsive (yes, even you, sorry).
William Stone: Gathering Moss (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
William Stone (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2018) is gathering moss, stuck somewhere between reality and dreams in the nineties.
MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Bananas (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 28th - 30th May 2019
Anna Banana can put words together that, if sung, would be so elegant, and, if rapped, would be lit! School has ruined poetry, so can she call herself a word-worker or a rhyming ri…
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2019
“A renaissance man in a suitcase.
Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 28th - 30th May 2019
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Science Fiction Theatre Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Pleasance Theatre
- 27th May - 1st Jun 2019
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
Sara Barron: The Coconut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 26th May - 2nd Jun 2019
The “reigning queen of New York’s live storytelling scene” (Jon Ronson) and host of US live show The Moth, Sara’s debut stand up hour garnered 5* reviews and earned her a nomin…
Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 26th - 27th May 2019
Fresh from Edinburgh Festival as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, this multi-award-winning comedian brings his debut show to Brighton Fringe.
Cabaret Hour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 25th - 27th May 2019
Comedy impressionist Stephen Owen, comedian and ventriloquist Phil Reid and comedy magician Stu Turner come together for a fabulous hour of entertainment.
The Desk by Frank Foucault (Work In Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 25th - 27th May 2019
Thump.
Electric Cabaret: Come Fly with Me
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront
- 25th May 2019
Brighton favourites The Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand! Join the jet set when you book with Electric Cabaret Airlines.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 25th May 2019
The third hour show from Robin Morgan (writer for BBC Two’s ‘The Mash Report’, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, television warm-up for the Graham Norton Show and tour support for Ell…
Patrick Spicer: Now I've Seen Anything (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 22nd - 25th May 2019
Patrick Spicer delivers a work in progress of his first solo show to Brighton fringe.
Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Crown Kemptown
- 22nd - 27th May 2019
‘Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl’ is a romp of bizarre happenings that explore the completely fabricated lives of the colourful and controversial.
Jake Baker: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 22nd - 25th May 2019
After the success of his debut last year at the Brighton Fringe, Jake presents his highly-anticipated second show.
Neil Delamere: End of Watch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd May 2019
Star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and The News Quiz, Neil Delamere presents this work-in-progress show.
Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 21st - 24th May 2019
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 23rd May 2019
TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 21st - 27th May 2019
WINNER: Best Comedy - Brighton Fringe (Zach & Viggo) Fresh off sold-out shows in New York, London and LA, the bad boy of comedy Zach Zucker returns to Brighton with a brand new ho…
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
All Work, No Play
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 20th - 26th May 2019
We all have to work.
One Flew Over the Kyriacou's Nest (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 19th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou.
Fiona Sagar and Vanessa Hammick Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2019
Join Fiona Sagar and Vanessa Hammick for this double bill of new comedy: Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show nominee 2016 and 2017, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to …
Daniel Audritt: Trying to be Good (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 18th - 19th May 2019
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings a work in progress of his debut hour, to the Brighton Fringe.
Motherhood (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 18th - 19th May 2019
Brand new comedy ‘Motherhood’ is a hilarious exploration of life as a new parent.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse Exists! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 25th May 2019
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse did a show last year about being imaginary, and realised along the way that it was a massive manifestation of all her insecurities!! Hooray!! Now she’s trying…
Neil O'Rourke: Thump (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 17th May - 1st Jun 2019
A work in progress show from Neil O’Rourke, Finalist of Irish Comedian of the Year, New Comedian of the Year, and So You Think You’re Funny.
Theatre of Hate
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- 229 The Venue
- 16th May 2019
In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack.
Cabaret Boheme: Stage and Screen!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 16th - 18th May 2019
This is no ordinary night at the movies! Veronica Blacklace and Chris Hide introduce Cabaret Boheme’s brand new ‘Stage and Screen!’ Using classic music from Hollywood and Broadway,…
Kotuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 15th - 19th May 2019
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Huge Davies: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 15th - 18th May 2019
Fresh from his appearance on ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’, Huge Davies is preparing for his first hour.
Helen Bauer: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 15th - 18th May 2019
Ultimate babe and hotly-tipped new stand-up comedian, Helen Bauer, presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts, feelings and emotions on pretty much everything.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 15th - 19th May 2019
Born and raised in Japan, Yuriko Kotani now lives in the UK.
All My Sons (12A cert tbc) - National Theatre Live
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 14th May 2019
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Romesh Ranganathan – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th - 28th May 2019
Join Romesh Ranganathan as he road tests his new material ahead of his tour.
I, Tom Mayhew (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 13th - 17th May 2019
Tom was unemployed for three years from the age of 18.
Sezar Alkassab: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Richmond
- 13th - 17th May 2019
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his new work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Nick Elleray, “quality downbeat comedy” (Chortle), is known for his dry, bleak musings on the dark and squalid aspects of life.
Jack Cray: The Fittest Guy on the Street
- Review
- ★★★
- Sebastian Beaumont
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 18th May, 2019
Jack Cray is The Fittest Man On The Street.
Cressida Wetton: Crewless, a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th - 29th May 2019
Cress wouldn’t wish her rented bedsit on anyone, narrowboats always looked so romantic and she’s ready for an off-grid adventure! Join her as she develops a stand-up comedy s…
The Untimely Death Of Jack Chooselove
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 11th - 16th May 2019
Journalist Peyvand Khorsandi never intended to become an obituaries editor at The Independent, nor did he intend to work for the Daily Mail.
Jessica Fostekew: Power Bungalow (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 11th - 14th May 2019
Power Bungalow is a new show all about strength.
Robyn Perkins: Just In Case (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 11th - 19th May 2019
On 14 August 2018, Robyn Perkins ★★★★ (Voice Magazine) participated in a dating show in front of a live audience.
Maria Shehata: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 10th - 12th May 2019
The follow-up to her debut Edinburgh show ‘Wisdomless’, multi award-winning comedian Maria Shehata expands on her transatlantic move for love and life after it fell apart.
Jools Constant: Sexy Modern Fables
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 10th - 18th May 2019
Jools takes you on a journey through the crazier moments of a life lived without a second thought.
Liam Withnail: Homecoming (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 25th May 2019
Brand new hour of thoughtful and hilarious stand up from the celebrated comic.
Bad Clowns: Cult Classic (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 11th May 2019
An interactive (work in progress) experience in which the audience find themselves in the hands of three friendly faces of a horrific, demonic cult.
Heidi Regan: On Time (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 9th - 13th May 2019
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny 2016, presents a work in progress of her new show.
Andrew Nolan: Homewrecker (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 9th - 10th May 2019
At 15, Andrew and some friends had a race to see who could down their pint fastest.
Sexy Lamp
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 9th - 11th May 2019
Ever since Katie was cast as the lead in her primary school Christmas show ‘Santa’s Snow Mobile’ she believed there was a place for her in show business.
Brodi Snook: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 30th May 2019
Fast-rising Australian comedian and general smart-arse Brodi Snook takes a break from her career as a foot model (selling photos of her toes to foot perverts for cash) and having p…
I'm A 7: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 9th - 25th May 2019
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Louise Atkinson: Sounds Good, Looks a Mess (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- 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.
a Bit Weird (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 8th - 11th May 2019
‘a Bit Weird’ is the brand new show by Sallyann Fellowes.
George Egg: Movable Feast (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 8th - 25th May 2019
More invention.
Maisie Adam: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 8th - 11th May 2019
Winner of So You Think You’re Funny? 2017 and Amused Moose National New Comic 2018, Maisie Adam presents a work in progress of her second Edinburgh show.
Barry and Sian: Exposed
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 7th - 27th May 2019
Award-winning comedy sketch duo ‘Barry and Sian’ (Aka BS) - off the back of their sold out Christmas Special ‘Oh Holy Shite’ - comes ‘Exposed’! It’s not just the sun you need to be…
Adele Cliff: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 27th May 2019
A brand new hour of comedy from hilarious stand-up Adele Cliff.
Oleg Denisov: Russian Troll (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th - 9th May 2019
Days of myths and fairy tales are gone.
Work Makes You Free by Michael Ross
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 6th - 10th May 2019
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Pete Strong: Greenfinch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Pete Strong just wants to be happy.
Sunday Encounters: Dame Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music - A Life in Musical Theatre
- Listing Events
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 5th May 2019
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
Cool Story Bro (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 5th May - 1st Jun 2019
Have you ever witnessed a couple’s divorce? When these people are your parents, your life turns upside down, especially if you’re 8-years-old.
Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Squeeze in with two talented up-and-coming comedians.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 4th May - 1st Jun 2019
Chloe Petts brings her “inexhaustibly funny mind” (Diva Magazine) and “compelling presence” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) to her work in progress show ‘Alpha’.
Faye Treacy is a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 19th May 2019
As seen on BBC Three and heard on Radio Four, Faye Treacy is back with a new work in progress show.
Awokening: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 4th - 8th May 2019
A presentation of visionary (ridiculous) ideas from an apocalyptic clown man.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Lucy Pearman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 25th May 2019
Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas.
Alternative Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 3rd - 17th May 2019
Fancy an alternative variety show? Then they don’t get much better than this! Four award-winning break through acts playing in an intimate venue and all for free!
Olga Koch: If/Then, A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 3rd May 2019
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-proclaimed Taylor Swift of the London comedy scene, Olga Koch is back! This time she’s getting more intimate, more experimental and more…
Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
The acclaimed and award-winning comedy duo returns to Brighton with new material for their highly anticipated second show.
Jim Campbell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Nest
- 3rd - 10th May 2019
Award-nominated stand-up Jim Campbell descends from a murderous Scottish clan and has inherited their rage.
Crusade (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
This Anglo-Arab mum (‘So You Think You’re Funny’ finalist and published author; ‘Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic’) is raging at the endless feedback on what her identity should really…
Micky Overman: Presenting Miss Micky Overman (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 3rd - 30th May 2019
A brand spanking new hour from 2018 Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, Micky Overman.
Luke Rollason's Infinite Content (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 3rd - 6th May 2019
Switch on your phones and switch off your brains as Luke Rollason puts his mind on a spin cycle for your instant gratification.
Gethin Alderman is: SUBLIME (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Bunker
- 3rd - 6th May 2019
Gethin Alderman loves Limes.
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Pipeline
- 3rd - 15th May 2019
Was Thanyia Moore bullied? Or was she the bully? Join the Funny Women Award Winner 2018 as she seeks to find the answer in this hilarious account of her childhood.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
A work in progress show from one of the UK comedy circuits most promising up-and-coming comedians.
Flo and Joan: Work in Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Apr 2019
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
Rob Brydon probes Barry Humphries
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- London Palladium
- 28th Apr 2019
For one night only, an evening with two indisputable titans of comedy.
Flo & Joan Work in Progress plus Rosie Jones
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Apr 2019
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
The Last Cabaret on Earth
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Live At Zédel
- 8th Apr 2019
Join us as we celebrate the impending end of the world with an evening of show tunes from the West End and Broadway, at the Crazy Coqs Live at Zédel on the 8th of April at 9:15pm.
Paul Chowdhry – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Apr 2019
Come and see the comedy powerhouse Paul Chowdhry - star of Taskmaster, Live at The Apollo and Wembley Arena Sell Out.
Paul Chowdhry: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th - 20th Apr 2019
Come and see the stand-up comedy powerhouse & star of Taskmaster and Live at The Apollo.
StarStruck - Best Theatre Arts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 31st Mar 2019
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
Jack the Ripper - ENO
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 30th Mar - 12th Apr 2019
The world premiere of Iain Bell’s Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, following his critically-acclaimed In Parenthesis.
Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 29th Mar 2019
A Brexit Night Party.
Flo & Joan - Work in Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Mar 2019
Flo & Joan Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
SINGEASY does Musical Theatre
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Mar 2019
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Seann Walsh: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th Mar 2019
Join Seann Walsh at the Museum of Comedy as he runs through material.
Kerry Godliman & Jen Brister: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th - 13th Mar 2019
Kerry Godliman & Jen Brister: Work In Progress Join Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister as they try out new material
How Does This Politics Thing Work Then? (6+yrs)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 10th Mar 2019
Politics is boring.
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Half Moon Theatre
- 9th - 9th Mar 2019
Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come! This classic fairytale now gets the Lyngo treatment so expect lots of surprises and beautiful images as CBeebie…
MORGAN & WEST : Non-Séance : A work in progress*
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 7th - 8th Mar 2019
Thursday 7th March, 8pmFriday 8th March, 8pmTickets: £10Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: ages 11+Other: This show takes place …
Flo & Joan / Rob Auton - Work in Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Mar 2019
Rob Auton Award winning stand-up comedian and poet Rob Auton (Dave’s Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award winner, Glastonbury’s ‘Poet In Residence’)…
Flo & Joan: Work In Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Mar 2019
Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 24th Feb 2019
Back for it’s fourth year.
The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Feb - 1st Dec 2019
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 24th Feb 2019
Back for it’s fourth year.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress With Support
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Feb - 31st Mar 2019
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 21st Feb 2019
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress With Support
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th - 28th Feb 2019
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th Feb 2019
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Encore
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 17th - 25th Feb 2019
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Jo Burke: Peculiar - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Feb 2019
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Revan and Fennell: The Do (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Etcetera Theatre
- 12th Feb 2019
The award-winning comedy duo return to Etcetera Theatre with some brand spanking new material.
Antony & Cleopatra (12A) - National Theatre Encore
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 4th Feb 2019
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th Feb - 1st Apr 2019
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Feb 2019
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Feb 2019
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Feb 2019
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Feb 2019
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Live
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 31st Jan 2019
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Dumfries Fringe 2019
- Listing Puppetry
- Scotland
- Container Theatre
- 27th Jan 2019
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Jekyll & Hyde: Work In Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th Jan 2019
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
Jekyll & Hyde: Work In Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th Jan 2019
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th - 27th Jan 2019
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th - 27th Jan 2019
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Revan and Fennell: The Do (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Jan 2019
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
Simon Brodkin – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Jan - 16th Apr 2019
From the man who pranked Theresa May, Donald Trump, Sepp Blatter, Kanye West and many more of the world’s biggest knobs; acclaimed character comedian Simon Brodkin…
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th - 19th Jan 2019
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 19th Jan 2019
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Angelos and Barry: Live Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Dec 2018
Angelos and Barry record another of their legendary award winning improvised podcasts in front of a live London audience.
Peculiar: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Dec 2018
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Jo Burke: Peculiar - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Dec 2018
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
A Weimar Christmas with William Ludwig & Dean Austin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Phoenix Artist Club
- 9th Dec 2018
Join “Cabaret Kings” (The Londonist) William Ludwig and Dean Austin for a pine tree of songs from Weimar Berlin and beyond – Jennys, Johnnys and Killer Queens.
Glenn Moore and Pierre Novellie: Work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Dec 2018
Glenn Moore is a critically-acclaimed and prolific stand-up, writer, and sketch comedian.
House of Jack Christmas Show
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh
- The Studio
- 4th Dec 2018
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Pantomime
- USA Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 28th Nov 2018 - 6th Jan 2019
This actor musician version of the popular panto tale is peppered with pop hits from across the decades, bundles of audience participation and hilarious slapstick.
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Pantomime
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 28th Nov 2018 - 6th Jan 2019
This actor musician version of the popular panto tale is peppered with pop hits from across the decades, bundles of audience participation and hilarious slapstick.
Alan Carr: Work In Progress (plus support)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Nov - 1st Dec 2018
Alan Carr: Work In Progress (plus support)
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Scotland
- The Brunton, Musselburgh
- 11th Dec, 2018
What makes a "traditional" pantomime? It's certainly not just a case of blowing the dust off a 1970s panto script and hoping for the best; here, the Brunton’s now r…
Revan and Fennell: The Do (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Nov 2018 - 24th Jan 2019
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
Rob Beckett: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th Nov - 13th Dec 2018
Rob Beckett: Work In Progress
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 27th Oct - 20th Nov 2018
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
Bing Live! Bing Goes To The Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 17th - 18th Oct 2018
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Frank Skinner: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 13th Oct 2018
Frank Skinner presents an hour of work in progress material for one week only!
TalkShow Cabaret
- Listing Spoken Word
- London Fringe
- The Wheatsheaf
- 6th Oct 2018
A new spoken word event. You share stories in the first half - the second half is with a hit Edinburgh Festival performer!
Michael McIntyre Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Oct 2018
Michael McIntyre WIP
Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Rosemary Branch Theatre
- 30th Sep - 16th Dec 2018
Jack Left Town are the greatest band in the world, the only hitch is that they never existed.
Ricky Gervais & Guests: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th - 16th Sep 2018
Ricky Gervais WIP
Ricky Gervais: Ricky Gervais & Guests Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd - 10th Sep 2018
Ricky Gervais WIP Please be aware, the show starts at 6.30pm and latecomers will not be admitted.
The Network Ensemble: Finding Your Voice in Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 24th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas (Work-in-Progress / Open Rehearsal)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 25th - 26th Aug 2018
Following the success of the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra and Eurohouse, Bert and Nasi present an exclusive work-in-progress showing of their latest piece.
How to Work with BSL Interpreters
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 24th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Access All Areas: Creative Work Backstage
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Being a Female Leader in Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
LRC Youth Theatre Present Empra's New Threads
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 23rd - 25th Aug 2018
16m subscribers.
1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd - 22nd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Working Together: How Can Freelancers and Venues Work Effectively Together?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
National Touring With Black Theatre Live
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 21st Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Pushing Boundaries in Work for Young Audiences
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 21st Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
Come to the Cabaret!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 19th Aug 2018
Join us for a postmodern take on popular songs from the past decade as well as standards by the likes of Gershwin, Berlin, and Ellington.
Becky Brunning - Action AntiHero (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 18th - 20th Aug 2018
Becky Brunning: Actor, comedian, daredevil, helmet owner, stunt-doer, brings her new nigh-octane show to boldly tackle the big issues: should she have children? Is equality the re…
Bongo Club Cabaret vs Cancer
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 16th Aug 2018
The legendary late-night variety show returns for one night only! An incredible line-up of cabaret, comedy and music acts from across the Fringe presented by Rhymes with Purple and…
Shining a Light on the Gender Gap in Technical Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
COMMON: GROUND – Barriers to Staging Work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a Working-Class Artist
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2018
COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with…
Barry Crimmins – A Tribute
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 16th Aug 2018
Last year, Barry Crimmins made his triumphant debut on the fringe.
Visual Theatre Meet-up
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Comfort Food Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C at New Town Cookery School
- 15th - 26th Aug 2018
Australia’s singing cook presents her award-winning musical food cabaret in its UK debut.
Site Specific Theatre Practice
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 15th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2018
Last year, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Gryll…
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden: Historical Objects
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 13th - 14th Aug 2018
Our plucky pension grabbers take you on a hilarious journey to comedy’s distant past.
Diva Regina: Work Permit in Progress
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Camden Fringe
- The Albany
- 13th - 14th Aug 2018
Phoenix Arts Club Cabaret Award Finalist Diva Regina presents her first solo cabaret show at Camden Fringe.
Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
Back by popular demand! Cabaret is full of decadence and delight, music and merriment.
Bilingualism(s) in Theatre: Creating Artistic Languages
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 13th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
World in Progress
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
World in Progress is a brand-new musical song-cycle that explores our ever-changing relationship with the earth.
Angelos and Barry: A Matter of Life and Death
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub / Le Monde
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
BBC’s Angelos Epithemiou and Channel 4’s Barry from Watford return with a new show following their sell-out tour.
Kerry Godliman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th - 11th Aug 2018
Kerry Godliman is back in Edinburgh to try out material she’s never said out loud before.
The Future Voice of Theatre Critics
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Smut Slam Cabaret: Where Sex and Storytelling Collide
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2018
The finest filth on the Fringe, told by the people who lived it.
Immersive Theatre: History and Inspiration
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 6th - 7th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Theatre Uncut: Women on Power
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 6th - 13th Aug 2018
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
Swallow The Sea Caravan Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cranston Caravan Club
- 6th - 27th Aug 2018
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Devising Theatre for Social Change with Caitlin Skinner
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 6th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Great Red Sky Cabaret Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Red Sky Tent Company Pop Up Hotel
- 6th - 26th Aug 2018
A family-friendly mixed bag ranging from cabaret to comedy via spoken word and theatre.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2018
This ever-growing Edinburgh Fringe institution is back for its fifth year! With a different line-up of top, hand-picked, Fringe acts every night, join hosts Griffin and Jones for t…
The Electric Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C aquila
- 5th - 26th Aug 2018
The alternative late-night Fringe experience returns, to a new home at C aquila amid the hustle and bustle of the Royal Mile.
The Oxford Revue: Group Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Three Broomsticks
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Three of the Oxford Revue’s best and brightest present a free hour of stand-up and musical comedy.
The Late Night Cabaret Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 4th - 27th Aug 2018
A late-night open mic cabaret night which is open to all Fringe performers: so music, comedy and performance is all on the cards.
Secret Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Tolbooth Market
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Take a chance on a real free Fringe experience.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns for its sixth year.
Other Voices Spoken Word Cabaret
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Jack Barry: Tango
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Globe Bar
- 4th - 24th Aug 2018
In the last year, acclaimed stand-up Jack Barry has been appointed by his parents as their couples therapist.
Whisky and Gin Tasting Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Each evening we will be performing our sultry cabaret which includes three free samples of either whisky or gin in your free shot glass as we inform you how whisky and gin are made…
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Fresh from touring UK and Australia, the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2018
The Le Monde Hotel cabaret show is at the forefront for discerning Fringe-goers and is a must-see of the festival! Relax in our luxurious Dirty Martini lounge, enjoy a cocktail or …
Barry Ferns: Barry Loves You
- Review
- ★★★
- Jim Ralley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 23rd Aug, 2018
Barry promised he would "share [his] soul with you" at the start of the show, and golly, he really does.
The Laurel and Hardy Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 3rd - 6th Aug 2018
The award-winning Lucky Dog have been playing their successful biopic Hats Off To Laurel and Hardy since 2013.
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
The Five-Thirty Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
The perfect appetiser for your early evening on the Fringe.
You All Know Me, I'm Jack Ruby!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
November 22nd 1963.
Stitch in Time: A Knitting Cabaret
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2018
Excitement! Drama! Romance! And… knitting? A scintillating cabaret, featuring the lost knitting songs of WWI and WWII from Canada, Britain, America and France.
The One-Thirty Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Enjoy a showcase of the best comedy talent to kick-start your day with our hand-picked selection – and watch what you should be seeing more of from around the city.
Tetchy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
The whole world is on edge.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
John Robertson: Sweaty, Sexy Party Party
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2018
Suited and booted Australian improv god unleashes pure comedy chaos in a basement with a live blues band.
Jonny Woo's All Star Brexit Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2018
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines.
Nish Kumar: It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of The Mash Report trials new material for a national tour.
James Veitch's Work in Progress Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability.
Cabaret Chinwag
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 2nd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Jack and Claire / Free Festival
- Listing Comedy
- 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…
Daniel Simonsen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Currently residing in New York City, the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer returns to the Fringe to build material.
Jack Evans: Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Workers of the world: please stop! Jack Evans, lizard prince of Manchester’s alternative circuit, presents a punchy, out-there hour about work: its history, its present and a futur…
Death Ray Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom / Laughing Horse @ The Place
- 2nd - 19th Aug 2018
After performing to sold out crowds in Toronto, Death Ray Cabaret returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with more fast-paced songs and break-neck banter.
Nigel Ng: Malaysian Sensation (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
After Hours Cabaret Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 6th Aug, 2018
Entering the Underbelly Fresian, we were enticed by the melodious notes of a live band playing.
Full Moon Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2018
The Full Moon Cabaret is an immersive art party with burlesque, variety and subversive surprises.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Superheroes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- 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.
Barry's Fringe Audio Walking Tour
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Tron – Hunter Square
- 1st - 31st Aug 2018
An immersive, downloadable, free, 45-minute audio tour of the Festival Fringe – featuring interviews about its history with many Fringe comedy legends as you walk through the cha…
A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
A Work in Progress is just that, a work in progress.
Vince Ebert: Sexy Science. Made in Germany
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
German comedians are like English cooks, sober Scotsmen or Texan democrats.
Jack Docherty: Miekelson and McGlashan – Serious Men
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Fresh from filming the fifth series of hit BBC One show Scot Squad, Edinburgh’s Jack Docherty returns to the Fringe for the first time in 25 years.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Review
- ★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 13th Aug, 2018
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is the plastic-and-glitter-wearing spiritual sister of shows such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Kai Humphries: Team Smug
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Multi award-winning Geordie comedian premieres his hilarious new show about celebrating life and the true value of having pride in oneself.
Russell Howard – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 12th Aug 2018
Russell Howard returns to Edinburgh for two weeks only. New ideas, New routines, Anything could happen! It’s gonna be great, and it’s only a fiver. Who’s in?
ISMO: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Jul 2018
Fresh from his appearance on Conan, Ismo returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to try out material ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe Show.
Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Scratch
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 29th Jul 2018
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Blink by Phil Porter
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 28th Jul 2018
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
Rob Deering: Earworm (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 26th Jul 2018
Rob Deering is back with his most tenacious tunes yet.
Barry Cryer: Name-drops Keep Falling On My Head
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Jul 2018
As writer and performer, Barry Cryer has worked with the great and the good of comedy, from Max Miller to Ross Noble; Kenny Everett to Frankie Howerd; Tommy Cooper to Bo…
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 20th Jul 2018
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic Deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 19th Jul 2018
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour.
Ian Smith – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th Jul 2018
Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) is a multi-award winning comedian, fuelled by 35p energy drinks.
The Nursery Theatre presents... Saturday Night Improv
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 21st Apr - 21st Jul 2018
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
Barry Humphries Weimar Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- London Palladium / The Barbican
- 14th Jul, 2018
Ernst Krenek, Erich Korngold, Frank Schreker, Erwin Schulhoff and Mischa Spoliansky were not household names in the late 1940s when a young Barry Humphries in Melbourne, Australia …
The Nursery Theatre presents... Friday Night Improv
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 4th May - 20th Jul 2018
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd Jun - 14th Jul 2018
Born and raised in Japan, Yuriko Kotani now lives in the UK.
Nick Dixon: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Jun 2018
Nick Dixon arrives fresh from working with Will Smith on his new movie, performing his standup on Comedy Central, and supporting Europe’s biggest comedian at the S…
Simon Munnery: The Wreath (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 9th Jun - 14th Jul 2018
“I went to a funeral the other day.
Women: Work And Power Improv Night!
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 8th Jun 2018
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Underbelly Festival Southbank
- 8th - 18th Jun 2018
“Pint-sized vixen” Laurie Black (Rogue Romantic, Briefs Factory Sweatshop) returns to the Spiegeltent to taunt the gods of bad luck and smash some mirrors - metaphorically! Joined …
Henry Paker: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd Jun - 4th Jul 2018
The Leicester Mercury award-winning comedian is building a brand new hour of stand up.
Sexy Beasts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 31st May 2018
The untamed and inimitable Jet Black Pearl from the port of Amsterdam sings about macho roosters, ecstatic slugs and other voluptuous creatures, while squeezing one hot accordion.
Tom Ward: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2018
Chortle Best Newcomer Winner 2017, Tom Ward, returns with his difficult third album.
Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2018
Kevin Precious is a former Religious Studies teacher.
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2018
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and London cabaret superstar, Dusty Limits, for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, originals, puppetry and fun…
Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 29th - 31st May 2018
‘Jack Left Town’ tells the story of the greatest band the world has never known.
Josh Widdicombe and Henry Paker: Work in progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 29th May - 9th Jul 2018
Josh Widdicombe and Henry Paker try out new material for their upcoming stand up shows.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 29th May 2018
A renaissance man in a suitcase.
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 28th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Ian Smith is a multi-award-winning comedian; this is a work in progress of his fifth solo show.
Paul Wade: Mortal (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 26th - 28th May 2018
Do you struggle to fit in in an ever-changing world? Does the speed of change make you feel old before your time? Then you know how Paul feels.
Max & Ivan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 26th - 27th May 2018
Black-belt grandmasters of narrative-sketch comedy take to the live stage in a whirlwind hour of new ideas and never-before-seen characters.
Electric Cabaret 1970s Revue
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront
- 26th May 2018
Time travel to 1970s Brighton’s top ‘nite spot’ and enjoy a Tequilla Sunrise or two at the bar in the secret Bedford Ballroom (complete with original 70s chandeliers), as we take a…
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: The New Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 26th - 27th May 2018
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
Ruby Wax: How To be Human. (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th May - 3rd Jul 2018
We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on.
Clueless Theatre Presents: Two by Jim Cartwright
- Review
- ★★★★
- Eleanor Hart
- Brighton Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 28th May, 2018
What's your tipple? Pint of lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps? How about an evening being transported to the White Oak pub where you will meet an eclectic mix of ch…
Marcel Lucont's Cabaret Fantastique
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Munster
- London Fringe
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 28th May, 2018
Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique featured not a single person in character, and was all the better for it.
Nigel Ng: Malaysian Sensation (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 24th - 26th May 2018
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
Live Music in Theatre: Creating and Playing Music for a Theatre Piece
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 24th May 2018
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
Hammond Graduate BA Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 23rd May 2018
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
The MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2018
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 23rd - 26th May 2018
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Katharine Ferns: Between One Ferns (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 24th May 2018
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 28th May 2018
An hour of new material by award-winning comedian and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star, Larry Dean.
Fiona Sagar: Working Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 20th - 27th May 2018
Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show Nominee 2016, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to Brighton Fringe with her new character comedy show.
The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th May - 2nd Dec 2018
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
It's All My Mother's Fault! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 20th - 27th May 2018
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th May 2018
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Mawaan Rizwan: Twerk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 19th - 20th May 2018
Fresh off a UK tour supporting Simon Amstell, Mawaan Rizwan is back with a work-in-progress show.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
Cabaret Boheme: Cinematic Spectacular
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th - 19th May 2018
Warning: this show is not for the faint-hearted.
Cabaret From The Shadows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 17th - 18th May 2018
Winner of Nordic Fringe Network Award at Brighton Fringe 2017.
Let Them Eat Jake: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 16th - 19th May 2018
Creating your own kingdom is what life’s all about – one where you can live by your own rules, make your own choices, and be the person you truly are.
Dan Evans: In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 30th May 2018
Come and watch as award-winning, stand-up comedian, and much credited writer Dan Evans releases 53 minutes of his latest entertainment into the wild.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 14th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award 2015 and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani brings you wonderfully offbeat stories with her rug-pulling punchlines…
Maria Shehata - Pretty Little (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 14th - 18th May 2018
Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata follows up her debut show ‘Wisdomless’ with stand up and storytelling about her life in London and what happened after she whimsically move…
All Work, No Play
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 14th - 20th May 2018
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Evelyn Mok: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 13th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Featured on Channel 4, Comedy Central and BBC’s New Talent Hotlist, the award-winning Swedish comedian presents a work in progress that promises to be “uncensored, unapologetic and…
Life In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 13th - 15th May 2018
When life fell apart, Rob moved into a caravan.
The Laurel & Hardy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 12th - 13th May 2018
The award-winning Lucky Dog have been playing their successful biopic ‘Hats Off to Laurel & Hardy’ since 2013.
Lolly Jones: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th - 19th May 2018
Join Lolly and special guest(s) in an hour of stand up & character comedy.
Kelsey de Almeida: I'm Very Different People (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th - 27th May 2018
Winner of South End Comedy Festival’s ‘Best Newcomer’ competition 2017, Kelsey is one of the youngest working comedians in the UK.
Olga Koch: Fight, a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 12th - 13th May 2018
In 2014, Olga Koch’s father was stopped by authorities on the Russian border, which resulted in the most surreal year in her family’s life.
Esther Manito: But I've Got One (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 13th May 2018
Esther Manito, a finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny? 2017’ and heard on BBC radio 4 Extra, is working on her first solo show.
Rosco McClelland: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 11th - 12th May 2018
It’s been a hell of a year for Rosco McClelland, travelling the world, getting engaged and making new friends in interesting places.
Nik Coppin: Shark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th May - 3rd Jun 2018
He told a silly joke one night at a show in Australia and the events thereafter were rather confusing.
Adele Cliff: Sheep (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 30th May 2018
Adele Cliff, Dave’s Top 15 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 and 2016, brings her brand-new show ‘Sheep’ to Brighton! Packed with gags, anecdotes and fun, this work-in-progress sho…
Anna Morris: Under the Sea (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 14th May 2018
A brand new show from the creator of award-winning wedding comedy ‘It’s Got to be Perfect’.
Adam Vincent: Semi-detached (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 8th - 29th May 2018
See this award-nominated (Best Comedy, Buxton Fringe 2017) Australian stand-up, now living in Bedford, who played to full houses throughout his Edinburgh Fringe run (2017).
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
Jake Baker: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 8th - 23rd May 2018
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Brighton.
Bisha K Ali's Life is A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 8th - 21st May 2018
Bisha K Ali brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Steve Bugeja: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 8th May 2018
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Love Island Aftersun’, Russell Howard’s ‘Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, presents a work-in-progress show.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 7th - 31st May 2018
Laurie Black’s back in town to taunt the gods of bad luck.
Barry Ferns: Barry Loves You
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 7th May 2018
The new show from Barry Ferns: Spirit of the Fringe (2014, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Malcolm Hardee Award-winner.
What's it all about, eh? The Musical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th May 2018
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th - 8th May 2018
Award-winning double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to Brighton Fringe with their brand of observational and character-driven sketch comedy.
Heidi vs Sharks: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2018
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny? 2016, explores our increasingly confusing world via the medium of shark films.
Jay Cowle: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Jay Cowle is a stand-up comedian and day dreamer which is all very nice until he wants to get something done, but things are changing.
Luke Kempner: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner brings his 2018 work in progress show to Brighton Fringe for the first time.
Barry and Alasdair's Non-Trademark-Infringing Comedy Adventure (Where the Audience Chooses)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
A multimedia spectacular from Angel Comedy founder Barry Ferns and Alasdair Beckett-King (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the of Year 2017).
Proteus Theatre Company: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous To Know
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 5th May 2018
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
VAGUE (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 6th May 2018
18 months ago, Maisie Adam decided to try stand-up comedy.
Dave: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2018
Despite his best intentions, Dave Fensome is getting older.
Nick Elleray: It's Been Emotional (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 4th - 19th May 2018
The ‘Mellow Thunder From Down Under’ returns to Brighton with a stand-up comedy show that’ll be thoughtful, silly, and thoughtfully silly.
Luke Rollason's Planet Earth (Is a Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 7th May 2018
A low-budget, one-man nature documentary set in a future where our worst predictions came true.
Eddie Izzard: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Apr 2018
Eddie Izzard: Work In Progress.
Nina Conti - Work In Progress
- Review
- ★
- Millie Bayswater
- London Fringe
- Udderbelly
- 1st May, 2018
Nina Conti, now a household name from multiple television appearances, has done great trade tonight packing out London’s premier temporary fringe venue – The Underbelly at Sout…
Phoenix Dance Theatre Triple Bill
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Peacock Theatre London
- 26th Apr 2018 - 28th Jun 2019
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
Ivy Paige, A Work In Progress
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Apr 2018
International Showgirl, Ivy Paige, star of ‘London Cabaret’, hostess of An Evening of a Burlesque, real life Jessica Rabbit and now the infamous singing sire…
Frank Lavender: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Apr 2018
Northern club comic Frank Lavender returns to London’s Leicester Square Theatre for a run of Work In Progress Shows.
Bridget Christie: What Now? (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th - 18th Apr 2018
Brexit.
Frankie Boyle - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Apr - 29th May 2018
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre to try out some brand new jokes.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 26th Mar - 19th Nov 2018
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 25th Mar 2018
Back for its third year.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects 21st Anniversary Gala
- Listing Exhibition
- West End
- Prince of Wales Theatre
- 18th Mar 2018
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is celebrating its 21st Anniversary on Sunday 18th March 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, raising funds to give inspiring theatre experiences to ch…
Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show
- Listing Magic
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe.
Best of Edinburgh Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Austral Hotel
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning comedy & cabaret acts from Edinburgh.
DANNY BHOY – A WORK IN PROGRESS
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Howling Owl
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
Evolution Festival: Lyric Ensemble: Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 16th Mar 2018
The Lyric Ensemble is a group of 15 actors led by international director Anne Louise Sarks.
POWER LINES: WORDS AT WORK
- Listing Spoken Word
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 11th Mar 2018
Join OLD JACK, the Aussie Gleeman, for your renewable energy – high voltage, low emissions, clean and efficient, ample storage, no blackouts (we all hope).
Big Value Kids Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Austral Hotel
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning family friendly cabaret acts from Edinburgh.
Auditions: The Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 10th - 11th Mar 2018
Two of Melbourne’s audition pianists come together to share stories of best, the worst and the most hilarious theatre auditions that they’ve had the pleasure of playing piano f…
Sound & Fury's Secret Mystery Cabaret of Mysterious Mysteries
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Live From Tandanya
- 10th - 17th Mar 2018
The boys of Sound & Fury present selected “Best-of-Fringe” artists to perform new, or experimental pieces NOT from the shows they’re mounting at Adelaide Fringe! New lineup each we…
Doorway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Back again for yet another wonderful season of the DOORWAY CABARET.
Comfort Food Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- MERCATO / The Joinery
- 18th Feb - 17th Mar 2018
SA’s very own singing cook presents her award-winning show Comfort Food Cabaret after sell-out seasons at the 2017 Adelaide & Melbourne Fringe Festivals.
No Frills Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 19th Mar, 2018
Circus is changing; different art forms are being encompassed into the genre and many shows are far removed from the classic days of traditional circus, crossing the line into perf…
DISCO INFERNO 70's & 80's CABARET
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- The British Workingmen’s Club AKA The Castle Entertainment Centre
- 10th Mar 2018
70’S & 80’S DISCO INFERNO CABARET where Fancy Dress is optional will be one of the best nights you have had in ages.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 9th - 17th Mar 2018
Laurie Black is back to taunt the gods of bad luck to bring you the best in alternative cabaret! Joined by a variety of performers including music, comedy and cabaret, this is a gl…
Cabaret Pub Crawl
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Sugar
- 9th - 17th Mar 2018
The sexier, more refined version of the sell out Comedy Pub Crawl.
After Hours Cabaret Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Welcome to the After Hours Cabaret Club.
Jack Savage - Silly Billy
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Black Bull Hotel
- 8th Mar 2018
Silly Billy (noun; informal) 1.
King Jack Queen
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Market Apartment
- 4th - 4th Mar 2018
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
The Truth About Jack Gramenz
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- BASEM3NT
- 3rd Mar 2018
The truth can be a very funny thing.
The Redhead Cabaret: Sirens of Seduction
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Nexus Arts
- 2nd Mar 2018
THE REDHEAD CABARET’s third installment, Sirens of Seduction, is their most ambitious show to date! Be prepared for a cabaret-burlesque-theater hybrid extravaganza dredged from the…
MOJITO! - The Hemingway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Arkaba Hotel
- 24th Feb 2018
Literary giant Ernest Hemingway, orchestrates a soireé of Latin music at his favourite bar, La Bodeguita del Medio, in Havana, Cuba.
Work Makes You Free
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Network Theatre
- 21st - 25th Feb 2018
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
Vicarious Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Live From Tandanya
- 18th - 18th Feb 2018
A whole cabaret show completely improvised, that’s what! What could go wrong? Come see the cabaret show where songs are made up on the spot! Songs that make less sense than this …
Katie Pritchard: Tsunamiramirami (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Caxton Arms / The Soundhouse Leicester / VAULT Festival
- 3rd Feb - 31st May 2018
West End Actress, Musician and snazzy idiot, Katie Pritchard, is off on an adventure in this tidal wave of Sketchy, Charactery, Musical Comedy fun.
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Pantomime
- West End
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 20th Dec 2017 - 6th Jan 2018
With plenty of magic beans, a loveable cow, an enormous beanstalk, a gigantic giant and a massive adventure, this year’s panto looks set to be the biggest ever.
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Coliseum / Lyceum Theatre
- 11th Dec 2017 - 6th Dec 2020
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
The Barricade Boys Christmas Cabaret
- Listing Music
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 5th - 23rd Dec 2017
The Barricade Boys showcase some of the world’s finest male voices from the West End, International Tour and Hollywood movie of the world’s longest running musical - Le…
EPIC Players Cabaret: Songs About Ourselves
- Listing Music
- Off Off Broadway
- The Triad
- 4th Dec 2017
The evening features numerous Broadway stars and company members of the EPIC Players Inclusion Company and will showcase a neuro-inclusive cast of performers living with and withou…
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 20th Nov 2017
Award-winning double act, Revan and Fennell, bring their unique brand of silly and observational sketch comedy to the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for one night only.
Black Cat Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Christmas in Leicester Square / Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 11th Nov 2017 - 30th Sep 2018
London’s favourite purrrveyors of dark and daring cabaret entertainment return with a spectacular show inspired by vintage, after-hours Montmartre.
The Unplanned Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 29th Sep 2017
The Unplanned Cabaret - Riding the wave of the cabaret revival, the Unplanned Cabaret brings you all the sparkling dresses and fake eyelashes, all the smooth voices and faded gla…
Jekyll & Hyde - National Youth Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Ambassadors Theatre
- 27th Sep - 6th Dec 2017
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
Othello - National Youth Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Ambassadors Theatre
- 26th Sep - 8th Dec 2017
This is a mating ground.
Auditions and Interviews – MA Acting and MA Theatre Directing
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 27th Aug 2017
East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title.
Bilingualism in Theatre - Discussion
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 26th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Bilingualism in Theatre - Workshop
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 26th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Dylan Moran – Work in Progress (Grumbling)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 25th - 27th Aug 2017
A brand new Work in Progress show from Dylan Moran.
Tara Theatre and Touring to London
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 24th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Outcast in Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Future of Inclusive Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University).
1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Amateur Theatre Meet Up
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Training for Technical Theatre and Acting
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Black Theatre Live: Making the Most of Touring Opportunities
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Contracts: The What, Why and How Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
David Earl Is Brian Gittins: Don't Feed the Monkey Man (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 20th - 29th Aug 2017
David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins is an utter prat and according to the Sussex Argus, ‘The World’s Worst Comedian’.
Who Framed Jack the Ripper?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Silk Nightclub
- 19th - 27th Aug 2017
It’s 1880s Whitechapel is in the grip of Ripper terror.
The Future Voice of Theatre Critics
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 18th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Simon Amstell: Tour Previews (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th - 19th Aug 2017
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous.
In Conversation With… Barry Crimmins
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 17th Aug 2017
Legendary American stand-up, political satirist, activist and child sexual abuse survivor talks frankly about his life’s emotional and intellectual journey that has had audiences…
Opportunities for new Musical Theatre after the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th - 18th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One Stop Cabaret Shop
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 17th - 27th Aug 2017
Two cabaret favourites – Don One from Birmingham and Claire Benjamin from London – join together for this unusual musical comedy pairing to host a variety show with a twist.
Feminism in Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Writing and Producing Your Own Work: Top Tips and Study Options
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Iain Connell: Some Buzz (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 15th - 27th Aug 2017
After years in the sketch show game, Iain Connell, star and co-creator of BBC hit show Burnistoun (a sell-out at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe) is throwing caution to the wind…
Careers in Theatre Production
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 15th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jordan Brookes: Body of Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th - 28th Aug 2017
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden: Just the Two at Six
- Review
- ★★★★
- John Murray
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 17th Aug, 2017
In terms of comic legends, and certainly in terms of comic writing, the name of Barry Cryer is right up there.
Jason Manford: Muddle Class Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 14th - 20th Aug 2017
Jason Manford is back and better than ever! With this work in progress show you’ll be one of the first to get a sneak peak of his brand new tour, Muddle Class.
Nick Helm: Masterworks in Progress '17
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th - 27th Aug 2017
After spending two years in the wilderness, international treasure Nick Helm (Dave’s Best Joke 2011) crawls his way back from the depths of hell to find the world he once loved has…
Tim Key: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th - 27th Aug 2017
Late at night.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Why do we need Amateur Theatre?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Slash Theatre: The Room in the Elephant
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 8th - 12th Aug 2017
We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’.
Theatre Production: Pathways and Possibilities
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 8th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 28th Aug 2017
The Lock-In Cabaret is back for it’s fourth year at Edinburgh Fringe! With a different line-up of top Fringe acts every night, hand-picked by hosts Griffin and Jones, this ever-gro…
A Great American Songbook Cabaret
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 6th Aug 2017
Songs you know and love presented by cabaret specialists Patrice and Richard, who have performed on the east coast in the US, Hawaii, Ireland and on cruise ships.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Always packed, this ‘fab lil’ cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns for its sixth year.
Hard Breakfast: The Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
She’s a sell-out! In a good way.
Barry Loves You (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Barry Loves You: an ambitious claim to make, even if he already knew you.
Anarchy Cabaret III
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Ciao Roma
- 5th - 25th Aug 2017
Steve McLean curates and introduces a revolving roster of some of the quirkiest acts from the comedy circuit and the funniest folk from cabaret land.
Abi Roberts: Fat Girl Dancing (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus.
Other Voices Spoken Word Cabaret
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
Jazz Theatre - After Midnight
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- The London Irish Centre
- 5th Aug 2017
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
Planet Caramel: Hot, Sexy, Kind and Desperate
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
TLB (three lovely boys) seek EP (entire planet) for friendship and maybe more.
The 5:30 Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
The perfect appetiser for your early evening on the Fringe.
The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 19th Aug 2017
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
A Tutti Frutti Cabaret / PBH's Free Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CC Blooms
- 4th - 24th Aug 2017
Tragic diva Glenda Campari (Nina Baldini) has travelled the world, searching for her favourite fierce females for this world premiere cabaret.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 4th - 25th Aug 2017
Following a hugely popular run last year, Cabaret at Le Monde has returned and it’s bigger, better and more diverse than ever.
Electric Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C primo
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
The alternative late-night Fringe experience returns.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Cabaret Chinwag
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A Struggle: Work in Progress / Free Festival
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
Death Ray Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2017
Death Ray Cabaret is the apocalyptic musical comedy show from Second City veterans Kevin Matviw and Jordan Armstrong.
Dan & Jamie Work On Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
Daniel Audritt (BBC Radio 4 and Channel 5) and Jamie Oliphant (ITV2’s TVOD and BBC New Comedian) bring an hour of stand-up to the Free Fringe’s most popular venue – the Free Sist…
Keith Farnan: Work and Words in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2017
Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow) has tried to answer some of the big questions in life in previous shows, but now seems like a good time to just be funny.
Michael Clarke: A Felt in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Michael Clarke has felt something.
Jordan Brookes: Body of Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
Jack Barry: High Treason
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
This show is about why we should legalise all the drugs.
Jack Rooke: Happy Hour
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th Aug, 2017
Jack Rooke won a scholarship to attend Westminster University to study Journalism.
Abigail's Party – Comedy Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Comedy Cabaret hosted by ‘supremely talented comic’ (Time Out) Abigail Burdess and her glamorous assistant Dave! Abigail wrote for the BAFTA-winning That Mitchell and Webb Look and…
JoJo Bellini: Crash-Bang Cabaret!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
A hilariously naughty cabaret about car accidents, kink and cucumbers.
Kai Humphries: Punch-Drunk
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th Aug, 2017
Kai Humphries delivers in style a Fringe spectacle with amusing stories of his hometown Blyth and of his life which led him into the world of comedy, aided a poignant slideshow.
Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret about Gin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
***** (Time Out, Sydney).
Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Caitlin Rebecca
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 7th Aug, 2017
Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.
Stacey by Jack Thorne
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- THE LONDON THEATRE - New Cross
- 22nd Jul 2017
STACY by Jack Thorne A bleakly funny and disturbing play from Jack Thorne, writer of This Is England ‘86 and the stage adaptations of Let The Right One In and Harry Potter & The …
Lunchbox Theatre: Everyday People
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridewell Theatre
- 18th - 21st Jul 2017
Squeeze some culture into your lunchbreak! Grab a sandwich and join Lightbox Theatre this July for a lunchtime serving of darkly comic gems by some of theatre’s most prominent p…
Beyond the Senses – Atmospheric Music Theatre by Law Wing-fai
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Shaw Theatre
- 15th Jul 2017
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
Project2 and The Unplanned Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 14th Jul 2017
Project2’s ongoing mission: to explore nerd culture, to invent new relationships and new connections, to joyfully meld minds and to make jokes about the Captain’s log.
King Jack Queen
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- 84 Great Bridgewater St
- 7th - 8th Jul 2017
A site specific, immersive play invites the audience into Danni’s student flat for pre-drinks and Ring of Fire with her best friend, Jack.
STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 7th Jun, 2017
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
Darren Harriott: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 1st Jun 2017
Darren Harriott is one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
Eshaan Akbar: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 1st Jun 2017
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year, Eshaan Akbar, brings his work-in-progress show ‘Eshaan Who? Akbar!’ to Brighton Fringe.
Sonder Theatre Company Presents: NeverFolk
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2017
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 4th Jun, 2017
What to wear to a cabaret show where the dress code was “dress for the end of the world or the beginning”? Sorry, my supernova outfit is still in the laundry.
Amy Howerska. Progress (Work Inn)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2017
A work-in-progress show from your very own Welsh-wonder, Amy Howerska.
Eleanor Conway: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Follow up to Eleanor’s critically acclaimed debut show.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 30th May 2017
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes pushing the set to another level.
Carly Smallman: A Work in Progress and Other Terrible Stories About Why I Keep Ruining it for Myself
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 29th - 30th May 2017
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
Kevin Precious: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 29th - 31st May 2017
Work-in-progress. Former RE teacher; teaching RE; philosophy of religion; God-shaped hole; being a humanist… that sort of thing.
David Sheeran - I Am Donut: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 29th May - 2nd Jun 2017
Skyfall, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Ghost, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast, Notting Hill, 50 Shades Darker and Beetleju…
Jack Rooke: Good Grief
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 29th May 2017
With a coffin full of sympathy snacks, Jack Rooke and his 85-year-old Nan, Sicely, invite you to the happiest town in Britain, where Dad’s dead and the only thing to eat is lasag…
Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary
- Review
- ★★★
- Louise Jones
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May, 2017
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…
Femme Fatale Show: Cabaret & Burlesque Night
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Grosvenor G Casino Brighton
- 26th May 2017
Join us for a show-stopping night of music and dance, as we shimmy through the hits of ‘Chicago’, ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Sweet Charity’, before turning up the heat for our classic burlesqu…
Jack and I: The Jack the Ripper Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 29th May, 2017
On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London.
Storyland Author Readings
- Listing Spoken Word
- 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.
A Ship Of Fools Theatre Company: Welcome to Paradise
- Review
- ★★★★
- Julia French
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 29th May, 2017
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Cabaret Boheme: A Night at the Movies
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th Jun, 2017
Sexy provocateur Veronica Blacklace is back with seasoned cabaret talent and fresh faces from her own burlesque school.
Samantha Pressdee: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 25th May 2017
A bitter-sweet tale of political awakening.
Wayward: a Surreal Musical Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 23rd - 25th May 2017
In this slightly surreal, politically-charged musical cabaret, seemingly wholesome Scottish lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure.
Snakes and Ladders: A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 24th May 2017
Phil Jerrod’s third debut show isn’t written yet, but so far seems to be about how it’s still worth trying to be happy, even though everything’s blatantly terrible.
Helen and Micky's Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 21st - 28th May 2017
An hour of comedy from two up-and-comers, Micky Overman, “a keen comic mind” (Chortle), and Helen Bauer, “Bauer is so funny” (NPR Berlin), about life and all their feelings, which …
James Loveridge: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 23rd May 2017
Voted ‘One To Watch’ at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 and nominated for Amused Moose Best Show 2016 at the Edinburgh Fringe, James is back with another hour of hilarious st…
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Ellie Taylor: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 18th - 19th May 2017
Star of ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Mock the Week’ and Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’, tries out some new jokes for an hour or so.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 13th - 14th May 2017
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
Perfection In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 13th - 14th May 2017
You don’t have to be perfect.
Cirque Du Cabaret: Gala Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 12th - 13th May 2017
One of the UK’s longest running cabaret companies ‘Cirque Du Cabaret’ debuts in Brighton Fringe 2017 with a brand new show.
Smut Slam Cabaret: where sex and storytelling collide
- Review
- ★★★
- Ray Ocean
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Waterfront 1
- 7th Jun, 2017
Smut Slam is a raucous celebration of sex in all it’s glorious, awkward and heart-warming forms.
David Ephgrave: All Work, No Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 11th - 18th May 2017
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
JoJo Bellini: Crash-Bang Cabaret!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 11th - 13th May 2017
After the roaring success of JoJo Bellini’s ‘Kitchen Cabaret’ at Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe in 2016, the salacious songstress brings to Brighton a brand-new, and much naug…
For all the fires not yet lit: Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Circle Bar
- 10th - 22nd May 2017
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
Sexy Beasts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 10th May 2017
The untamed and inimitable Jet Black Pearl from the port of Amsterdam sings about macho roosters, ecstatic slugs and other voluptuous creatures, while squeezing one hot accordion.
Adam Scott Vincent: The Scared and Lonely Tour (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 17th May 2017
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Steve Bugeja: Summer Camp - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 1st Jun 2017
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, is working on a new show and you can come watch him create it.
Yuriko Kotani: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 7th - 14th May 2017
Winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 and Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award 2015, Yuriko Kotani (Time Out’s One to Watch) brings you a work-in-progress show.
Andrea Hubert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 31st May 2017
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 6th - 7th May 2017
Ian Smith (BBC3’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, BBC1’s ‘The Ark’) is an award-winning comedian.
I Hope I Die Before I Start Voting Conservative (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May 2017
Apparently we all get more right-wing as we grow older.
The Late Night Shop Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Gem Electric
- 6th May 2017
“Blurring the lines between burlesque and performance art, their prodigious dumb shows are an unparalleled joy in British variety” (This Is Cabaret).
Tom Ward: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 5th - 19th May 2017
Tom Ward (Comedy Central / BBC Worldwide / Radio 4 Extra) is back! After a hugely successful debut hour at Edinburgh 2016 he returns to Brighton for a work-in-progress of his follo…
Cabaret OTT (On The Tube)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 5th - 6th May 2017
Following a sell-out run and rave audience reviews for his last show, Nuno Sabroso is bringing his latest cabaret to Brighton.
You Give Me Fever, the Phaedra Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Bethan Troakes
- Brighton Fringe
- Broadway Lounge
- 29th May, 2017
It is with a plethora of “well”s with which this show must be described: well written, well performed, well timed and very well done.
Cabaret From The Shadows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Aidan Stark
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 9th May, 2017
Amid the abundance of hard hitting and harrowing new work presented at the Fringe, one could be forgiven for wondering why we’re all taking ourselves so seriously.
Fit for Work
- Review
- ★★★
- Lucy Alexander
- Brighton
- The Iron Duke Pub Guesthouse Kitchen & Theatre
- 27th Mar, 2017
If you believe the stigma of mental health is slowly disappearing, then Fit for Work will question your perception of this topical subject and how it is perceived in the workplac…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
A Christmas Carol with London Musical Theatre Orchestra
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Dominion Theatre / Lyceum Theatre / Old Vic Theatre
- 19th Dec 2016 - 2nd Jan 2021
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
5th Annual British Theatre Challenge - The Masters
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Lost Theatre
- 2nd - 3rd Dec 2016
Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si…
Great Expectations presented by Attic Theatre Company
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Merton Arts Space
- 30th Nov - 18th Dec 2016
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
Smut Slam: where sexy and storytelling collide
- Listing Nightlife
- Off Off Broadway
- Three of Cups
- 29th Nov 2016
Welcome to the dirty storytelling open mic that ticks all the boxes.
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- King’s Theatre
- 3rd Dec, 2016
There’s no doubting the energy in Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre before this show starts; many kids are already singing along to a soundtrack of current chart hits.
New English Ballet Theatre
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Peacock Theatre
- 9th - 12th Nov 2016
New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents.
Cabaret Playroom
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 4th Oct - 6th Dec 2016
A space for new cabaret ideas.
Creating Autobiographical Theatre in The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 28th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Musical Theatre Workshop With the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 24th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Whose Work Is It Anyway? (The Space Between Us and the Things We Do Together)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 24th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
MA/MFA in Theatre Directing
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 23rd Aug 2016
This event is an opportunity for you to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA in Theatre Directing led by Mathew Lloyd – one of the UK’s foremost authorities on director tra…
1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 23rd - 24th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Handmaidens of Death – WWI Theatre of Its Time
- Review
- ★★
- Bennett Bonci
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 28th Aug, 2016
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Creating Autobiographical Theatre in The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 22nd Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
National Theatre Live: From Stage to Screen
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 22nd Aug 2016
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2016
The Fringe’s favourite duo are back for just two shows! With a combined age of more than twice that of One Direction they sing of Nicola Sturgeon, killer stairlifts, mobile phone s…
Sexy Beasts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hispaniola
- 21st - 27th Aug 2016
‘The most eccentric and equally the most talented woman you will see in Edinburgh this month’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 20th Aug 2016
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
Black Theatre Live Information Session
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 19th - 25th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Megan Atkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 20th Aug, 2016
For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing …
Eargasm Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 21st Aug 2016
Two quirky ladies.
Physical Theatre: In Conversation With...
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 18th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 18th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Art of Reduction and Distillation of Humanity: Whisky Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners
- 18th - 25th Aug 2016
The whole of the 20th century viewed through profound counterculture events and the whisky industry! An abridged history lesson and tutored whisky tasting, the Whisky Anorak way.
Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 18th - 19th Aug 2016
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
Eargasm Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 17th - 18th Aug 2016
Two quirky ladies.
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Josie Long: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 16th - 28th Aug 2016
The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, BBC Radio 4 star and cult optimist Josie Long returns to The Stand with an hour of new material and knockabout fun, as she works towards …
Brenda Feuerle: A Firefighter Woman at Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 27th Aug 2016
Firefighter Woman Brenda Feuerle is on duty.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Cabaret (Kab-uh-rey)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Back by popular demand! Cabaret is full of decadence and delight with incredible music and suggestive, hard-biting themes.
Critics v Creatives – Writing About Theatre Design
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 15th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Numbers by Kieron Barry
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 15th - 29th Aug 2016
A dark comedy focusing on four teenage girls an hour before head girl is announced.
Jack & Lou: Agents of Farce
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Jack and Louisa stand up so that you can sit down. Or stand up too. Just please stay.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 14th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Your Life in Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 14th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Ups & Downs Theatre Group
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Elim
- 13th Aug 2016
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
National Theatre Live: A View From the Bridge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 13th - 25th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 13th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 12th - 13th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Cabaret Chinwag
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 11th - 25th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 11th - 18th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Making Work With Young Performers
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 10th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 10th - 24th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 10th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Technical Theatre and Actor Training
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 10th Aug 2016
A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training.
Dive and Summerhall Present... C U Next Tuesday Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 18th Aug, 2016
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
Spaced: Whisky Theatre
- Review
- ★★
- Oliver Simmonds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners
- 14th Aug, 2016
Imagine you’re fifteen.
Joining the Digital Dots: How Celtic Games Collaboration Can Work Across Sectors and Locations
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 9th Aug 2016
How do we roll out digital content across new platforms? How can games and gaming work in other sectors? How do we join the digital dots? Should we be looking at new ways of utilis…
National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 8th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 29th Aug 2016
Among its loyal fans the Lock-In Cabaret is fast becoming a Fringe institution! Hosted by the pioneers of slapdash magic Griffin and Jones, and starring the best acts on the Fringe…
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 7th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns for its fifth year.
Jack & Karen
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fingers Piano Bar
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Jack & Karen are sick and tired of playing second fiddle to Will & Grace.
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 20th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Piffin' Ain't Easy – A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 6th - 14th Aug 2016
A work in progress by a work in progress aka John Van Der Put.
Jack Evans: Melancholy Poontang
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Jack Evans’ debut hour.
Other Voices Spoken Word Cabaret
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, all with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
Love Me Tinder Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 19th Aug, 2016
A short and sweet performance that makes use of popular romantic tracks to tackle the trials and troubles of online dating and the accompanying creeps who come with the app, Love M…
Victoria Jeffrey: Dancing With Jack
- Review
- ★★★★
- John Murray
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Previously known for her well received part as a Totally Naff Tart, this is Victoria Jeffrey solo and talking about life.
Dreamform: Improvised Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 5th - 9th Aug 2016
Welcome to Dreamform.
Cabaret Whore Presents... La Poule Plombée
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 8th Aug, 2016
Bursting with musical variety and talent, razor-sharp lyrics and incredible chemistry, Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston return to this year’s Fringe with Cabaret Whore Pre…
An Evening of Original Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 10th Aug 2016
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Matchbox Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 5th - 13th Aug 2016
Welcome to Matchbox Theatre! Would you please take a moment to check that all mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched on? Your calls are important to us! Photograph…
Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
Cabaret at Le Monde returns for its third year. Hosted by Bruce Devlin and featuring the finest artistes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. www.lemondehotel.co.uk/fringe.
National Theatre Live: The Audience
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 5th - 15th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Mulhollandland (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 48 Below
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Alternative comedy lovers of the world, unite! Mulhollandland is failing.
Cabaret Nova
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 4th - 30th Aug 2016
The alternative late-night Fringe experience returns.
Katharine Ferns is Faking It (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Dark stand-up comedy on learning to laugh about the visible and invisible scars from surviving abuse and mental illness plus some feminism for comic relief.
Crack in Progress by Lucy Pearman
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
There’s an egg here to find other eggs and see if they’re OK? 30 minutes of relaxing nonsense.
Joe DeRosa: Zero Forward Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
US writer, actor and stand-up Joe DeRosa makes his highly anticipated UK debut.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
Faye Treacy: Special (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015, Faye Treacy went to the Brit School with Adele and Jessie J and then studied the trombone at The Royal Academy of Music with no one intere…
Robyn Perkins (is a) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Robyn Perkins, **** (ThreeWeeks), is the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist.
Mae Martin: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Mae Martin (BBC Radio 4, Live from the BBC, Russell Howard’s Good News) improvises a brand new hour every night as she develops her new show.
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
JoJo Bellini's Kitchen Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Join JoJo Bellini for a hilarious show filled with fun, food and the songs of Tom Jones.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 4th - 13th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza – Free
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest and most beautiful acts participating at …
The Late Stage Cabaret
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
A catharsis of cultural creativity from our capital city! Each evening, host and hero of the Edinburgh music scene, Paul Montague, will bring you an eclectic mix of performances an…
Fraser Geesin: Jack of All Polymaths
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 48 Below
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Publish the blurb verbatim.
Jack Barry: You Don't Know Jack
- Review
- ★★
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 13th Aug, 2016
Jack Barry has the potential to be an electric comic.
Bad Luck Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 4th - 25th Aug 2016
Laurie Black taunts the gods of bad luck in her first ever show at the Fringe.
Al Murray – The Pub Landlord: Let's Go Backwards Together (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Publican.
Here's Some Black for the Union Jack
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
British-Arab Ella has spent the last few years passing as white: National Geographic Explorer, ‘Achingly funny’ (LooseLips.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Russell Howard and Steve Williams Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2016
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
Kai Humphries: In Full Colour
- Review
- ★★★★
- chhewitt95
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 22nd Aug, 2016
In this hour-long set, Kai Humphries manages to deliver some fantastically hard-hitting comedy – truly the stuff of (as he’d probably call himself) a ‘legend’.
Lauren Pattison: Reet Petite – A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
One of the brightest young talents on the Northern comedy scene who is beginning to make her presence known across the country.
Lazy Susan: Crazy Sexy Fool
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lanikai KT
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th Aug, 2016
Comedy twosome Freya Parker and Celeste Dring are back with more off-the-wall sketches and impeccably observed characters.
The Late Night Sexy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
A celebration of sex through song! Using his unique brand of satirical striptease stand-up, let Australian musical comedian Grant Busé take you on a joyous taboo-tackling explorat…
Ali Hassan: Man Interrupted (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
As a father of four, Ali is well versed in dodging difficult questions or just making up the answers.
Famous Taste of Scotland Cabaret Dinner Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Prestonfield House
- 1st - 31st Aug 2016
Historic 17th-century Prestonfield House, adjacent to Royal Holyrood Park, is the spectacular setting for the Famous Taste of Scotland Cabaret Dinner Show.
Women Redressed: Theatre Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre
- 31st Jul - 1st Aug 2016
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
'Damned' by Jack Harrison
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Studio 24 / The Gillygate Shed (Garden of The Gillygate Pub) / The King’s Arms Theatre
- 12th - 31st Jul 2016
A critically-acclaimed and fast-paced piece of theatre exploring manipulation of power, the precariousness of hierarchy, and the change that questions can wreak.
Cabaret RIP
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 9th Jul 2016
Cabaret RIP: Reality is Perception.
Miles Jupp: Work-In-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 30th Jun 2016
Miles Jupp, star of Rev.
The Dingleberry Theatre Foundation Presents: Mandatory Seminar
- Listing Comedy
- Off Broadway
- Annoyance Theatre NY
- 30th Jun - 28th Jul 2016
A dark satire on workplace wellness showing that often the people telling you how to live your best life are the ones who don’t know how to do it themselves.
Barry Manilow Live at the O2 with Pre show Thames River Cruise on 23 June 2016
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- O2 Arena
- 23rd Jun 2016
Barry Manilow O2 Arena show on Thursday 23 June 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Barry Manilow’s going to be back in the UK for one final set of shows…
Samantha Pressdee: Sextremist (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 3rd - 5th Jun 2016
Samantha’s a radical feminist, political activist and very funny (maybe not always for the ‘right’ reasons)! Join her for an hour of topless comedy in support of the Free the N…
Tez Ilyas: Progress in Work
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 5th Jun 2016
Edinburgh Fringe’s Funniest Newcomers 2015 (The Guardian).
EastEnd Cabaret: Perverts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2016
Professional perverts Bernie and Victy are back with an utterly raucous and unashamedly risqué hour of their most salacious songs: all filth, no filler! These fringe favourites ar…
Cabaret Whore Presents: La Poule Plombée
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom Edward
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 5th Jun, 2016
Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston remain on top form with their new laugh-out-loud spin-off Cabaret Whore, in which Young’s comic character La Poule Plombée is finally g…
Showtime with Cabaret Boheme
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 1st - 4th Jun 2016
Sparkling host Veronica and her troupe of performers bring their mix of entertainment with all the skill, charm and cheek you could want.
Onwards to Progress / Orpheus
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2016
Two pieces of new British writing that have been produced by Bred in the Bone Theatre.
Acting Funny: UoB's Short Course on Comic Theatre Practice
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- University of Brighton, Edward St
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2016
Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi…
Faye Treacy 'Special' (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2016
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015 Faye Treacy.
Cabaret Burlesque
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 28th - 29th May 2016
Join Valentina del Pearls and four other leading lights of French New Burlesque for a remarkable revue bringing together glitter, glamour and humour.
Black Cat Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 28th - 30th May 2016
The Black Cat Cabaret brings together exceptional acrobats, comics, dancers and singers to create a spectacular variety show inspired by Montmartre’s dark and daring heyday.
Electric Cabaret Presents 'Moulin Rouge'
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Grosvenor G Casino Brighton
- 27th May 2016
Enchanting songbird and hostess Lilian Lake welcomes you to the Moulin Rouge.
John Hastings: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 28th May 2016
John Hastings, your great friend, is back to work on new jokes about his moral compass and probably masturbation.
John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 25th May 2016
Quirky, wistful, witty, jubilant songs; dynamic performance; unique arrangements; ingenious costumes.
Alcopop Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 23rd - 26th May 2016
Paul unveils his story of having no home, no job and two children, but these being the least of his problems, in what will become his Edinburgh Fringe debut hour.
Human-In-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 23rd - 25th May 2016
My mind and body aren’t in sync. The less in sync they are, the unhappier I become. If you feel the same way, this is the show for you.
Bootworks Theatre presents: Now Listen To Me Very Carefully
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 23rd - 24th May 2016
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Ellie Taylor: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 23rd - 26th May 2016
Join Ellie Taylor (‘Mock the Week’, ‘Snog Marry Avoid’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’) as she prepares a brand new show.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 22nd May 2016
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Pete Strong: Self-Sabotage, a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 26th May 2016
2015 Brighton Squawker award finalist Pete Strong - “walking a fine emotional line.
Larry Dean: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 20th May - 5th Jun 2016
Fosters Comedy Awards 2015, Best Newcomer: Nominee, and Scottish Comedian Of The Year award-winner brings his new show to Brighton Fringe.
'Plan SuzyB': A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 18th - 31st May 2016
Brand new show from the former Funny Women award winner.
Paul McCaffrey: Work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th May - 2nd Jun 2016
A work-in-progress show from the star of BBC3’s ‘Impractical Jokers’ and ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’.
Katharine Ferns: Faking It (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 16th - 22nd May 2016
We learn to lie at 3-years-old.
Jenny Collier: Jen at Work
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 16th - 18th May 2016
This is a work in progress from Winner of Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014, Winner of the Hobgoblin Comedy Award 2015 and Second Place New Act of The Year Show 2015.
Dance Theatre Masterclasses
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Nelly Lewis
- 15th - 29th May 2016
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
Oli Bettesworth: Someone Stop Me (Work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 15th - 24th May 2016
“Mate, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out you’d snapped one day and gone on a killing spree.
Robyn Perkins [is a] Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 12th - 28th May 2016
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist, explores her father, fatherland and what happens when you don’t think before …
Rob Dumbrell: Life in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 11th - 27th May 2016
Rob’s life fell apart five years ago.
Steve Bugeja: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 31st May 2016
Steve Bugeja, winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, presents his second solo show (in progress).
Andrea Hubert: Some work. Some progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 15th May 2016
When you see the joy on a small child’s face as he’s about to press the button to call the lift, you realise that your adult life will never offer you that same level of joy ever a…
Adam Vincent: Judgemental (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 30th May 2016
Fresh from his sell-out run in Edinburgh, comedy writer for Channel Four’s ‘The Last Leg’, Adam judges himself and the world with wanton cynicism but now wonders if this is just …
Jessica Fostekew: Monster in a Cardigan (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 8th - 15th May 2016
The early rumblings of a wonderful new show about fear, love and being frazzocked.
Fraser Geesin: Jack Of All Polymaths
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 2nd Jun 2016
Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle).
The Sissy's Progress
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 7th May 2016
Nando Messias was beaten up on the street in an act of homophobic hatred.
James Veitch: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 7th - 15th May 2016
Thematically loose, structurally tenuous.
How to: Be a Theatre Producer
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 7th May 2016
Learn all about the life and work of a theatre producer! What is a producer? Who are they? What do they do? Could you be a producer? Come along and find out.
JoJo Bellini's Kitchen Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Bronte Nicoll
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th May, 2016
May 6 marked the official opening of Brighton’s famous Fringe Festival, with glorious sunshine all day and a wonderfully warm evening, the British weather played its part in…
Robin Morgan: Free Man (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 8th May 2016
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Sadlers Wells
- 4th - 7th May 2016
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
The Theatre Workshop Presents...Monologue Jam!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Oliver Lugg
- Brighton
- The Iron Duke Pub Guesthouse Kitchen & Theatre
- 30th Mar, 2016
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
Night at the Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Vault Festival
- Multiple Venues
- 27th Feb - 24th Apr 2016
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
Village Pub Theatre LGBT Innovators 1
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre Bar
- 24th Feb, 2016
The playwrights, directors, and actors who constitute the loose confederation that is the Village Pub Theatre once again moved in to the more upmarket, city central Traverse Thea…
Village Pub Theatre LGBT Innovators 2
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre Bar
- 25th Feb, 2016
The Village Pub Theatre’s second evening of short new dramas at the Traverse, in celebration of LGBT History Month, came with a wonderfully louche vibe, thanks to the easy MC-i…
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Roundhouse
- 25th - 28th Nov 2015
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Jack and The Beanstalk
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Nicola Masters
- London Fringe
- Hackney Empire
- 27th Nov, 2015
Everybody knows the story of Jack and The Beanstalk.
JACK Quartet and Anthony McGill
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Roulette
- 20th Nov 2015
The American Music Project, a new organization dedicated to fostering performances and commissioning American music, presents its first concert in New York — an enticing prog…
Women Redressed : Theatre Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Arts Theatre
- 9th - 16th Nov 2015
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
EastEnd Cabaret: Perverts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 29th - 30th Aug 2015
The cult musical comedy duo return for two nights only! As seen on BBC3 and ABC2, direct from scandalising audience and selling out shows at London’s Soho Theatre, Adelaide Fring…
The Big Cabaret Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 28th Aug 2015
Lili la Scala (AFVS) hosts this family-friendly variety show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Pappy's Live at the Cabaret Bar!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 27th - 29th Aug 2015
Performing some of their classic sketches, some new bits and some bits that will come across as new because they’ve forgotten how they went in the first place.
The Angelos and Barry Show: Live Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 26th Aug 2015
Angelos Epithemiou (BBC Two’s Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford (BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon) record their award-winning iTunes Best of 2014 podcast in front o…
Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 25th Aug 2015
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Stand By Your Man - True Crime Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 24th - 25th Aug 2015
Stand By Your Man: True Crime Cabaret presents chilling, thrilling true stories of regular women with one thing in common: they all fell in love with serial killers.
Jack the Ripper: Facts, No Fiction
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 24th - 27th Aug 2015
London, 1888.
Theatre Engine: FlashMob
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 24th - 28th Aug 2015
A mash-up of dance, music, mobile phones and you! FlashMob begins as a game of words and ends as a dance party for all participants – with audience members interacting with movem…
Theatre Uncut
- Review
- ★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 7th Sep, 2015
Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them.
Barry Cryer's 80th Birthday Roast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 23rd Aug 2015
For centuries, he’s written for the biggest names in comedy. Now he’s 80, it’s time to get our own back. Join Baz and his special guests as we tear strips off a comedy legend.
Mark Watson: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 21st - 30th Aug 2015
His show Flaws was probably the most acclaimed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners
- 20th - 27th Aug 2015
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
Large Scale Theatre Marketing Workshop
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 19th Aug 2015
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Super-Fragile-Nihilistic-Sexy-and-Atrocious (and Other Poems)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fingers Piano Bar
- 18th - 22nd Aug 2015
Poems and jokes about why women and wordplay are tremendous whilst god and the patriarchy and DJ Steve Wright are much less so.
Late Night Phantasmagoria With Jack Lukeman
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 19th Aug, 2015
The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
The Pilgrim's Progress
- Review
- ★★★
- Francesca Street
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Elim
- 25th Aug, 2015
John Bunyan’s 1678 text The Pilgrim’s Progress is regarded as one of the most significant works of literature in the English Language.
BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 17th - 20th Aug 2015
Scott Mills and Huw Stephens present Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret.
The Five-Thirty Cabaret at the Famous Spiegeltent
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2015
The perfect appetizer for your evening on the Fringe.
What is the Point of Children’s Theatre?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th Aug 2015
Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences.
John Godber's Happy Jack
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2015
Drama from the pen of one of the nation’s best loved playwrights.
Sexmaniac. Anarchist Theatre Only for the Mentally Unhinged
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2015
It’s 2015.
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden – Old Masters
- Review
- ★★★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 20th Aug, 2015
How can you review Barry Cryer? He’s a British comedy legend, practically an institution.
Village Pub Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Village Pub Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2015
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Edinburgh all year round, Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a regular “let’s put the show on here” brand of new theatre based in the f…
Tim Key: Work-in-Slutgress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th - 31st Aug 2015
Comedic lump Key (38) plonks himself in a room for a couple of weeks and tries out some new specks of poetry.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Theatre: In All Its Forms!
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 14th Aug 2015
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
Barry from Watford's Bingo Bonanza
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th - 29th Aug 2015
The nation’s favourite octogenarian, star of BBC Radio 4’s forthcoming series Barry’s Lunch Club and regular on BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon, returns to Edinburgh af…
Cabaret Chinwag
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 13th - 27th Aug 2015
Join cabaret critic Ben Walters, formerly of Time Out London, now of the Scotsman and NotTelevision.
Smut Slam Cabaret: Where Sexy and Storytelling Collide
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 12th - 27th Aug 2015
The finest filth on the Fringe, told by the people who lived it.
Theatre Censorship Now
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 50 George Square
- 12th Aug 2015
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
Stitch in Time: A Knitting Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Elaine Liner
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 19th Aug, 2015
There’s niche and then there’s the niche of the niche.
The Art of Reduction and the Distillation of Humanity: Whisky Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Hargreaves
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners
- 15th Aug, 2015
The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre.
A Feathery Cabaret Riot
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 11th - 15th Aug 2015
The galah is a bird found in large numbers across Australia.
Dive and Summerhall Present… C U Next Tuesday Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- A George
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug, 2015
This show is wondrously delightful.
Backstage Pass to the UK’s Biggest Theatre!
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th - 11th Aug 2015
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
Five-a-Side Theatre
- Review
- ★
- Caitlin Hobbs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th Aug, 2015
“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.
Alan Davies: Work in Progress 2
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 9th - 15th Aug 2015
For one week only Alan will try to sift through the frazzled hollow mass of his head for new stories and jokes.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 9th - 31st Aug 2015
After last year’s smash-hit, sell out run, the Lock-In Cabaret is back! Award-winning magicians Griffin and Jones, ‘bizarre, hilarious and anarchic’ (MagicNight.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 9th - 30th Aug 2015
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
Tales from a Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 14th Aug, 2015
The Creative Martyrs, that white-faced Laurel and Hardy of existential cabaret terrorism, are not men to be trifled with, as some rather talkative front-row audience members discov…
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns to Edinburgh for its fourth year with the pick of the Fringe’s burlesque, magic, variety and sideshow.
Jack Heal: Frankenstein's Love Monster
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alice Quine
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cabaret Voltaire
- 20th Aug, 2015
This show has a bad title.
Jack Heal: Do Scientists Dream of Synthetic Sheep?
- Review
- ★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Silk Nightclub
- 24th Aug, 2015
The answer we get from Jack Heal to the question of his show’s title is that, not only do scientists dream of genetically engineered sheep, but they are actively pursuing how to …
Cassie Atkinson and Oh Standfast: Comedy in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southsider
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Word shouter Oh Standfast and Cassie Atkinson (E4’s Drifters) offer the absurd observed.
Howard Read: Man (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2015
Modern man needs a positive role model, and Howard has the external genitals, a moustache and a suit.
Backstage Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hispaniola
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
She’s performed in Las Vegas, she’s performed in England and now for the first time Samantha appears at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Barry and his Guitar
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
One-man musical comedy about a young man, Barry, who works in a cafe where he gets told off by his boss but has a real crush on his daughter, the waitress, Mary.
Mr Susie's Last Chance Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Mr Susie has one hour to save cabaret.
Anarchy Cabaret (Return of the Tight Six)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Ciao Roma
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Straight from London’s comedy and cabaret circuit: Harry Scott-Moncrieff, Faye Treacy, Steve Mclean and Oh Standfast return following their hit run of 2014 (Daily Mirror, Pick of t…
Derek Ryan: The Slaughterhouse Rules - Uncut! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Waverley Arches
- 8th - 14th Aug 2015
Dying is easy.
Weill at Heart: Kurt Weill's Cabaret Songs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2015
Acclaimed cabaret singer Bremner Duthie and a swinging band led by pianist David Patrick celebrate the dark, decadent and always lovely music of Kurt Weill.
BARBU Electro Trad Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Alice Quine
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 29th Aug, 2015
One man shouldn’t be able to hold two men on his shoulders at the same time.
Is This the Best of Jack Campbell?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Jack started comedy in 2010 after he moved from rural Cambridgeshire to Leicester to study Creative Writing at De Montfort University.
The Black Hoods Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2015
Bear witness to the debauchery and murder of some of the most decrepit puppets to crawl out of a back alley.
Transit Cabaret
- Review
- ★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 15th Aug, 2015
Transit Cabaret by Six Faux Nez is described as ‘A silent show, like a silent movie, a clever, poetic and festive mix of music, gesture and underground cabaret-theatre.
The Sons of Pitches
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Chown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 14th Aug, 2015
The Sons of Pitches took the Fringe by storm last year.
Cabaret at Le Monde
- Review
- ★★
- Max Falkenberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 13th Aug, 2015
Despite the exceptional charm of host Bruce Devlin, the acts for Cabaret at Le Monde tonight lack conviction; performers having seemingly little motive other than to plug their own…
The Barry Delusion
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
The new show from Barry Ferns: Spirit of the Fringe (2014, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Malcolm Hardee Award winner.
Jack Samuel Warner in Jack's Ample Wardrobe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
Jack’s Ample Wardrobe is a new stand-up show featuring an old wardrobe.
Phil Nichol’s Cray Cray Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
From the award-winning star of Catastrophe (Channel 4) and Uncle (BBC3), and the producers of award-winning megashow The Wrestling comes the anarchic late night gang-show of your d…
Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza – Free
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and most beautiful acts participating at…
Shazia Mirza: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
I will be trying out new material, never done material, some good material, and maybe some outstanding material.
Joy is the Enemy of Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 6th - 26th Aug 2015
Are you happy? No, of course not.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Twisted Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ali Schultz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 16th Aug, 2015
Word of advice: the four stars you see here are only for the brave at heart.
A Life in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 6th - 14th Aug 2015
Join Ryan Cull (2013 BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award winner) as he describes his personal life in progress, from his boyhood adventures in leg braces to becoming a man combating h…
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 12th Aug, 2015
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens follows the unfolding story of a group of misfits working the infamous den of iniquity – Saucy Jacks space bar.
Jack Rooke: Good Grief
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lettie Mckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 13th Aug, 2015
Jack Rooke: Good Grief could probably win a prize for ‘comedy show with the least likely to be funny subject matter ever that actually turns out to be absolutely hilarious�…
Vampire Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
A Vampirissimo cabaret packed with swinging satirical popular songs, jumping live band and spectacular dancing.
Joy is the Enemy of Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead / Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2015
Are you happy? No, of course not.
Mr Susie's Last Chance Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms)
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
Mr Susie has one hour to save cabaret.
English Cabaret Hour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
The English Rose of the contemporary cabaret scene, Sue Casson, returns for a second year with another mouth-watering smörgåsbord of song, satire and shortbread.
Cabaret Nova
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 17th Aug, 2015
A blend of music and comedy, Cabaret Nova exhibits some of the Fringe’s up and coming stars.
New Town Theatre Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
Kate Lucas – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
Some people know exactly what to say, exactly what to think and exactly how to behave.
Mark Thomas: Trespass – Work in Progress
- Review
- ★★★★
- J W Close
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 15th Aug, 2015
It’s hard these days to find comics, amongst the slick and edgy big leagues, with a genuine sense of mischief.
Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t Work
- Review
- ★★★
- Max Falkenberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 13th Aug, 2015
Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – Minging Detectives
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
Simon Donald: Barry Twyford Isn’t Meant
- Review
- ★★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 13th Aug, 2015
The nervous Barry Twyford (from Crackwhore and Mingpiece Market Research) takes to the stage and explains that he has accidentally booked himself to do a show at the Edinburgh Frin…
Kai Humphries: How to Be Happy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
‘Happy, original and surreal .
Titania – A Solo Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 25th Aug, 2015
A really specific, niche or academic inspiration for a show, adapted in a completely unexpected style that still absolutely suits the material with high levels of audience interact…
Jack and Molly and the Beanstalk
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 12th Aug, 2015
We all know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk – or at least, think we do.
Bebe+Luna Present...The Cabaret Farce!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephens
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Bebe van der Belt (a glamorous American) and Miss Luna Peach (a cheeky Brit) conspire to host the most divinely decadent evening Edinburgh has ever seen.
Jack Barry: This Title Came to Me in a Dream
- Review
- ★★★
- Oliver Lennard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 18th Aug, 2015
In his debut hour of Fringe stand-up, Jack Barry delivers an entertaining and energetic set which, despite his insistence to the contrary, contains an undercurrent of awareness and…
Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Blackwell
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 26th Jul, 2015
Goronwhy Thom bursts through a film screen on stage after some very clever filmography and you just know that this group is taking it back to basics.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
Steve Bugeja: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 29th - 30th May 2015
Fresh from supporting Russell Kane on his national tour this is the highly anticipated debut show from Steve Bugeja, the winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013.
Electric Cabaret Presents: Moulin Rouge
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Grosvenor G Casino Brighton
- 29th May 2015
Verity Valentine, the sassy and enchanting songbird and hostess welcomes you to the Moulin Rouge.
Showtime with Cabaret Boheme
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 28th - 29th May 2015
An intimate evening filled with red hot burlesque, phenomenal vocals, Cabaret and Cirque.
Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 27th - 28th May 2015
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Kickmouse Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 25th May 2015
A night of alternative variety, featuring award-winning Jon Hicks and acts selected by this “master of deadpan” & “funereal rocker” himself.
Jonny Awsum: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th May 2015
Join Jonny for his brand new 2015 show.
Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 24th - 26th May 2015
Kevin Precious is a former RE teacher.
ACT Kids Theatre Festival
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 24th - 27th May 2015
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
Hundred Watt Club: Burlesque & Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 22nd May 2015
Returning to Brighton with another rip-roaring line-up! Featuring raucous, risqué and hairy boylesque from Dave the Bear; flirtatious striptease from pin-up Jeanie Wishes; plus hi…
Omar Hamdi: Work in Progress 2015
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 18th - 27th May 2015
BBC3 and Radio 2 star, Welsh-Egyptian motormouth Omar Hamdi is “Just what the comedy scene has been crying out for” (Daily Telegraph).
Nettle Knickers: Puppet Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Spa Queens Park
- 17th May 2015
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
The Iron Boot Scrapers Edwardian Cabaret w/ Prof Elemental
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Coalition
- 8th May 2015
Five of the greatest acts, drawn together from Steampunk’s finest Music Hall.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Matt Winning: Work in Progress in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th - 13th May 2015
Ongoing idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning.
Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 9th May 2015
Award-winning new comic Harriet Kemsley unveils her deepest, darkest fears.
Dan Fardell At Least 100 Jokes: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 4th - 31st May 2015
Join “winningly self-deprecating” (Chortle.
Cabaret Burlesque
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 2nd - 4th May 2015
Join Valentina del Pearls and four other leading lights of French New Burlesque for a remarkable revue bringing together glitter, glamour and humour.
Blackshaw Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Battersea Library
- 2nd - 16th May 2015
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Punch & Judy's Grand Theatre of Varieties
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fishing Museum
- 2nd - 24th May 2015
Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
Jack
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: Main Space
- 2nd - 4th May 2015
A striking and brutally funny comedy, based on the life and times of Jack McRay.
The Rakes Progress
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
- 1st - 9th May 2015
James Levine conducts one of his favorite 20th-century operas, Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress,” in this revival of the director Jonathan Miller’s c…
Jack Grant: I Exist
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb Comedy @ Nowhere Man
- 1st - 2nd May 2015
Jack Grant stands looking back at his receding youth and hairline, exploring why he became a comedian and why he couldn’t do anything else.
Buttery Brown Monk at the Leicester Square Theatre
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 26th - 28th Mar 2015
Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance.
Best Boy - Not As Imagined (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 15th Feb 2015
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
Village Pub Theatre: Bill Murray Night
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- The Village
- 5th Feb, 2015
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
JACK Quartet
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Roulette
- 16th Jan 2015
This fearlessly adventurous and virtuosic quartet, known for its exciting performances of envelope-pushing new music, presents a program anchored by Elliott Carter’s bra…
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
Todd Barry and Dave Attell
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Comedy Cellar
- 27th Nov 2014
The Comedy Cellar is offering two strong shows on Thanksgiving night. Along with Mr. Barry and Mr. Attell, expected performers include Mark Normand, Greer Barnes and Godfrey.
Theatre Uncut
- Review
- ★★★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Oran Mor
- 20th Nov, 2014
In a departure from its usual format, A Play, a Pie and a Pint this week plays host to (and co-commissioned) Theatre Uncut 2014, a political theatre company producing short plays…
Blackshaw Theatre presents Halloween Tales
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Selkirk
- 30th Oct - 1st Nov 2014
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
Cabaret Roulette: Addiction
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Madame JoJo’s
- 8th Oct 2014
Final show of the season.
Bawdsville Cabaret - The Ram Jam's Last Stand
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- The Grey Horse
- 21st Sep 2014
Bathe in the risqué for an evening of all girl comedy, cabaret & burlesque hosted by Unruly Scrumptious with resident cabaret wrong’uns - plus special guests.
Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2014
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Wireless Theatre Presents: Couples Who Changed the World
- Review
- ★★
- Henry St Leger
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 31st Aug, 2014
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
Jarred Christmas and Jack Hobbs: The Christmas and The Hobbit -A Beat Box and Stand-Up Collaboration
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 18th - 20th Aug 2014
Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer.
Jack Gardner and Liberty Hodes On Ice
- Review
- ★★★
- Cara Ballingall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 21st Aug, 2014
“It’s not started.
Jack Dee's Help Desk
- Review
- ★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 21st Aug, 2014
Jack Dee’s Help Desk sees Dee and a panel of surprise top comedians address problems that audience members put to them.
Tom Rosenthal: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th - 17th Aug 2014
Star of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner and ITV2’s Plebs, Tom Rosenthal throws shit at a wall figuratively and possibly literally.
Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Aron Penczu
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners
- 19th Aug, 2014
Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition.
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Iron Work Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 12th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Jack
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gryphon@WestEnd
- 12th - 16th Aug 2014
Pilgrimage to Loch Ness and a chance at redemption, Jack is an exciting new work that examines Scotland’s modern identity through the stories of her people.
Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Dunford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 13th Aug, 2014
“There was a Cabaret.
Meet the National Theatre Literary Department and Studio
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 11th - 18th Aug 2014
This talk is ideal for theatre-makers of all kinds who create work from scratch and want to find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
Acting and Technical Theatre Careers Talk
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 11th Aug 2014
World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses.
The Trial of Chimpanzee Jack
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 10th Aug 2014
You are summoned for jury service.
The Oxford Gargoyles: Jazz a Cappella
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Chown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 20th Aug, 2014
Returning to the Fringe for a ninth year running, the Gargoyles are a class act.
A Work of Art
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 10th - 16th Aug 2014
In his Fringe debut, Richard Carnaby invites you to share a glimpse inside the lives and minds of three curious specimens, who have more in common than may first appear – or than…
The Theatre of Dissection
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge
- 10th Aug 2014
The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art.
Huggers - Family Friendly Comedy and Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Gorgie City Farm
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2014
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Cabaret Chinwag
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 6th - 20th Aug 2014
Join cabaret critic Ben Walters, formerly of Time Out London, now of the Scotsman and NotTelevision.
Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners
- 6th - 24th Aug 2014
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
Theatre Uncut 2014
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 4th - 18th Aug 2014
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2014
Award-winning magicians Griffin and Jones, ‘bizarre, hilarious and anarchic’ (Magic Night), bring their own brand of late night variety entertainment, joined by the finest acts…
Cabaret @ Le Monde
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Upstairs @ Le Monde
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2014
Cabaret at Le Monde - with the finest artistes on the Fringe - visit our website for full details: www.lemondehotel.co.uk/live
A Bonanza of Festival Comedy and Cabaret
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Paradise Palms
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2014
A Sunday more like Saturday! The comedy version of a Mexican stand-off featuring a smorgasbord of classic international Fringe Comedy, with a selection of the very best acts from …
BBC: BBC Presents… Cabaret!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 2nd Aug 2014
We present our pick of the newest, biggest and best cabaret acts.
The Midlife Crisis Cabaret Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hispaniola
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
Two women run off to the Fringe in a Peugeot van with a kid in tow.
The Philosorap Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Milo Boyd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 8th Aug, 2014
The Philosorap Cabaret is Charlie Dupré’s one man, floor shaking, beat breaking rap show that in about 50 minutes lurches through the entire history of western philosophy.
Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2014
‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’ **** (Metro).
Other Voice Spoken Word Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 10th Aug, 2014
Hosted by the effulgent (according to her title card) Fay Roberts, this event did as promised, presenting diverse voices from a number of different spoken word artists.
Cabaret Roulette
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Street
- 5th Aug, 2014
PHB’s Free Fringe often uses some odd venues and this one, in the small disco downstairs at The Street, is cramped with awkwardly-shaped seating making it difficult for the whole…
Abi Roberts: Twerk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Hotly-tipped comedy starlet Abi Roberts comes in like a wrecking ball with her debut stand-up show.
Vive le Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 1st - 10th Aug 2014
Now in its fifth glorious year, Vive le Cabaret guarantees the biggest laughs, the hottest burlesque and the most sensational circus, speciality and musical performers of any varie…
Mr Susie's Last Chance Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Mr Susie, the innocent yet hopelessly confused alien, has one hour to save cabaret.
The Barry Experience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
For his first solo stand-up hour, Barry Ferns invites you into The Barry Experience.
Theatre on a Long Thin Wire
- Review
- ★★★
- Kyung Oh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 16th Aug, 2014
There are no actors in this show.
Marcel Vol. I – Italian Politics as a Work of Art
- Review
- ★★
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th Aug, 2014
Marcel Vol I explores the topic of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandals, portrayed in the form of an absurdist nightmare.
Darius Davies' HBÖ Special Uncensored
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 5th Aug, 2014
Davies is a dynamo and a wonder to behold on stage.
Barry Cryer and Colin Sell: Twittering On
- Review
- ★★★
- Martin Walker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 4th Aug, 2014
Fans of Barry Cryer – and there are legions of them – will adore this rambling stream-of-consciousness comedy show about nothing in particular.
Jack Samuel Warner and John Pendal: Men and Myths
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Seriously funny nonsense and painfully revealing true stories as Jack, ‘slightly quirky’ (Chortle.
The Five-Thirty Cabaret at the Famous Spiegeltent
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
The perfect appetiser for your evening on the Fringe.
Huggers - Family Friendly Comedy and Cabaret
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Gambit Theatre Presents: Contrast
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th Aug, 2014
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
English Cabaret Hour
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 16th Aug, 2014
Set at the fictional Celebrity Café, this cabaret features sketches, song, and the baking of mini-cupcakes.
John Robertson: The Dark Room
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 19th Aug, 2014
Returning to the Fringe for the third year running, this text adventure game-gone-big seems to have more lives than it gives its players.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Review
- ★★★
- Cara Ballingall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 8th Aug, 2014
Billing itself as “The Rocky Horror Show for the new millennium”, this is a raucous, glitter-fuelled ride through a disco universe.
Bulletproof
- Review
- ★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 10th Aug, 2014
“What happens when you think you’re being hilarious and other people just think you are causing anarchy?” Despite beginning with a gripping premise about censors, sensitivity a…
FanFiction Comedy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 8th Aug, 2014
Big-time book nerd Lev Grossman once told Time magazine that “fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band…
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 31st Jul - 23rd Aug 2014
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Cabaret Nova
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Macnamara
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 21st Aug, 2014
Cabaret Nova has undergone a transformation since last year.
No Strings
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jack Chown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 19th Aug, 2014
Not another student sketch show?! Bear with me, this one’s above the rest.
Sparks
- Review
- ★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C cubed
- 6th Aug, 2014
It is either apt or ironic that a show whose set recreates a building site feels a little messy.
Baby Wants Candy present The Improv All Star Explosion!
- Review
- ★★
- Jack Chown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 19th Aug, 2014
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
Phill Jupitus: Shirking Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club V
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
This Edinburgh Fringe, Phill Jupitus truth bombs his way through an hour of laughs, daily.
Stuart Mitchell - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Stuart Mitchell was a finalist in the NATYS competition in 2012 and is one of the most exciting new stand-up comedians performing across the UK.
Big Brass
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Chown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 15th Aug, 2014
For those who run at the mere mention of the phrase ‘musical comedy’, this sketch show is for you.
Lords of Strut: Chaos
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 23rd Aug, 2014
If you were the kind of kid that rocked out in your room with hairbrush in hand (or if you do it to this day), you’ll like Lords of Strut: Chaos.
The Blues Brothers- Live
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Chown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 14th Aug, 2014
These Blues Brothers take a cliché and put their own mark on it.
Nina Conti - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 30th Jul - 17th Aug 2014
Award-winning comedian, groundbreaking ventriloquist and Bafta nominated filmmaker Nina Conti is trying out material for her new show.
Jack and I
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 1st Aug, 2014
The unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper has provided constant fascination for people around the world ever since the grisly murders were committed.
Thünderbards: Seconds
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2014
With a show based around time travel, Thunderbards make a whole hour zip merrily by.
Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories!
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 20th Aug, 2014
On a dark and stormy night at the Fringe, Will Seaward’s Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories will warm your cockles rather than chill you to the bone.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - And So Am I
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Dunford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 22nd Aug, 2014
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Jonny Awsum: Sexy Noises
- Review
- ★★★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 10th Aug, 2014
There are some shows which instantly give you a good vibe and this is one of them.
Knightmare Live - Level 2
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2014
For fans of the original kids’ show, Knightmare Live - Level 2 is a dream come true.
EastEnd Cabaret: Sexual Tension
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 9th Aug, 2014
Eastend Cabaret pays homage to the well-established tropes of Cabaret and they do it well.
Kai Humphries: Stuff Protocol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 9th Aug, 2014
Many will be thrilled to see that the infectiously funny Kai Humphries is back at the Fringe with his new show Stuff Protocol.
Lee Griffiths: Post Traumatic Sketch Disorder
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2014
Lee Griffiths: Post-Traumatic Sketch Disorder lays out the comic’s psyche by following Freud (just about) through funny family hang-ups by way of kid’s books, cock lengths and cr…
Beth Vyse: Get Up With Hands!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2014
Hands down, Get Up With Hands! is the funniest thing I’ve seen at the Fringe this year.
City Academy Musical Theatre Company Present Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Shaw Theatre
- 19th - 20th Jul 2014
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
An Evening of Cabaret with Julie Klausner
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Joe’s Pub
- 2nd Jun 2014
The host of the popular podcast “How Was Your Week,” Ms. Klausner promises “complete and utter magic” — and guests — in this night of cabaret.
SHOWTIME at CABARET BOHEME
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 1st Jun 2014
Sparkling singer-compere Veronica and her troupe of international performers bring their intimate & combustible collaboration of the finest entertainers with all the skill, charm a…
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Electric Cabaret Present Moulin Rouge
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Grosvenor G Casino Brighton
- 30th May 2014
Featuring re-enactments of your favourite scenes from Moulin Rouge.
LetLuce in Progress: Pair of Tits
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 26th May - 1st Jun 2014
Join ‘LetLuce’ for more surreal, anarchic joy.
Blerk-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple
- 22nd - 24th May 2014
Geordie Giant Luke Benson brings his best stuff about making himself better to Brighton Fringe.
Cabaret Burlesque
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rosy Cherrington
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 24th May, 2014
On their third return to the Fringe, French dance troupe Le Burlesque Klub brought a certain je ne sais quoi to the festival’s lineup with their unique brand of neo-burlesque.
Ellie Taylor - A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 22nd May 2014
Join Ellie Taylor (host of ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’ BBC3, team captain ‘Fake Reaction’ ITV2, ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ Channel 4) as she cobbles together an hour of stuff into an actual stand…
Jack Bull
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Gallery40
- 20th - 25th May 2014
Jack Bull creates mixed media paintings; this is his first solo exhibition showcasing a selection of new and unseen pieces from over the last four years.
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Kasper's Puppet Theatre
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Marina
- 16th - 30th May 2014
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
Tomás Ford's Electric Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 16th - 17th May 2014
A late night Fringe adventure with Australian electronic cabaret urban legend Tomás Ford.
EastEnd Cabaret: Dirty Talk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joshua Feldman
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 19th May, 2014
A review of EastEnd Cabaret seems almost redundant nowadays, given the number of years that these two girls have prevailed in the Fringe circuit.
John Hastings: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 18th May 2014
In the past two years John moved to the United Kingdom which led him to sleeping with a married woman, making his parents proud, deciding to buy a falcon and dealing with the death…
Jonny Awsum: Sexy Noises
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th May 2014
Jonny brings his smash hit feel-good comedy show to Brighton.
Jim Holland: Shoegazing/Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Dukebox Theatre
- 14th - 28th May 2014
To really know a man, you must walk a mile in his shoes.
Todd Barry
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Bell House
- 13th May 2014
A staple of the New York comedy scene, Mr. Barry wraps up his Crowd Work tour with two more shows of entirely improvised material.
Omar Hamdi: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 12th - 21st May 2014
Russell Kane’s national support act, Welsh-Egyptian Omar Hamdi is preparing for his Edinburgh debut with a mix of fresh ideas and routines that have wowed audiences at some of the …
The Barry Experience
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 10th May - 1st Jun 2014
An hour of stand-up, stories and tales from the world of Barry.
Mike Sheer: Jerk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 7th - 10th May 2014
Mike Sheer has taken his provocative and silly stand-up comedy show from Toronto to Australia, UK, US, and all over continental Europe.
Jack and the Beans... Talk
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 5th - 31st May 2014
You think you know the story? Think again.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
The Clown Town Cabaret
- Review
- ★★
- Jay Kidd
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 6th May, 2014
Dazzled by the title, I was expecting Clown Town Cabaret to be a night of physical comedy and clowns.
Bitchelors (Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Pitts
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 4th May, 2014
Anna Morris’s new show might be a work in progress but it’s already pretty brilliant.
The Best of Village Pub Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 9th Apr, 2014
Edinburgh’s revered Traverse Theatre has, for many years, defined itself as “Scotland’s new writing theatre”, regularly giving over its stages to a variety of new voices …
Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
Cabaret is Broadway’s smash hit full of decadence, delight, incredible music and suggestive, hard biting scenes, Cabaret is a don’t miss at the Fringe! Starring Southern Cali…
Ross Couper and Tom Oakes
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2013
Hailing from Shetland and Devon respectively, Ross Couper (fiddle) and Tom Oakes (guitar, flute) are a dynamic duo who incorporate many of the elements of traditional Scottish and …
Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug 2013
Film night showing the cult movie.
VAMM
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2013
Halfway through their electrifying set at the Assembly Rooms, VAMM paused to tell us that their name is an old Shetlandic word meaning ‘to bewitch or entrance’.
Theatre Uncut: Dalgety & Fragile by David Greig
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Hutton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
EttieBoo's Cabaret Boonanza - Free
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th - 25th Aug 2013
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best and brightest cabaret, comedy, circus and burle…
Jack, Or the Submission
- Review
- ★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2013
When it comes to absurdity there are not many names more famous than Eugene Ionesco.
Tango Theatre: Woman of Shadow, Woman of Light
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th - 26th Aug 2013
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
CineFringe Film Festival 2013
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable.
A Career in Theatre Management
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien…
Black Rubix Theatre Presents: Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster
- Review
- ★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
In the style of Noises Off, the fictional Black Rubix Theatre (actually some of the students in the Queen Mary Theatre Company) attempts to put on what they think is a biting satir…
Almond Roca: The Lost Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Pinnington
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Almond Roca is one of the strangest and funniest things you are likely to see at the Fringe.
Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip
- Review
- ★★★
- Milly Reilly
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
The whirr of a granny-mobile jolts into action and within seconds Barry from Watford zooms onto stage, bleating a tuneless song to the utter (and somewhat surprising) delight of th…
The True Story of Ah Q (Physical Theatre)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Madeleine Ash
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2013
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
An Afternoon of Playback Theatre
- Listing Theatre / Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 17th Aug 2013
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
Skills Work Out
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 14th Aug 2013
Care for and refresh your voice, body and imagination - led by full time East 15 staff.
Large Scale Theatre Marketing Workshop
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug 2013
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Meet the National Theatre Studio and Literary Department
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 19th Aug 2013
Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
Repertory Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Steedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Foodies Festival
- Review
- ★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
The Foodies Festival largely delivers what it promises: ‘Artisan producers’ - check; ‘Michelin-starred chefs cooking live’ - check; ‘the best in fine food and drink’ �…
Get Conceptual
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
The concept of a conceptual art discussion, held in a faux-Victorian salon-style parlour is the epitome of metaphorical marmite: some people would love a chance to languidly wax ly…
Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
In his new show, Reginald D Hunter carves a far more introspective figure than the jovial presence we are accustomed to seeing on TV.
The Hour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Littered with pickled brains and collectible little curios, Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge feels as much an absinthe-addled emporium of wonders as it does a gin-slinging sales …
Edinburgh: A Literary City
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
It is difficult to discuss Allan Foster’s talk, Edinburgh: A Literary City, in division from its glorious venue: the ostentatiously oddball Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge.
Daniel Rigby: Berk in Progress
- Review
- ★★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Daniel Rigby returns to the Fringe this year with a sketch show that certainly lives up to its name.
Introduction to Solo Theatre Performance
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 11th Aug 2013
A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl…
Rough Theatre
- Review
- ★★★
- Isla VT
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Creased Productions’ Rough Theatre brings to the stage two of Beckett’s lesser known plays, Rough for Theatre I and II, in simple but effective style.
Theatre Uncut
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Jack and Jill and the Red Postbox
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 11th Aug 2013
Sensitive, humorous and challenging theatre performance using projection, nursery rhymes, live and recorded sound/music which encourages us to think about how we live and work alon…
Nitekirk - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Setting up within the whitewashed walls of Greyfriars Church, Nitekirk is a gentle affair.
Theatre Uncut
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 19th Aug 2013
Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on …
Traverse Through Time: 50 Years of the Traverse Theatre
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th - 8th Aug 2013
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Barry on Arthur's Seat
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2013
A show on top of Arthur’s Seat, every day at 1pm.
Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
This all-female spoken word cabaret claims to offer ‘a veritable smorgasbord of poetry’; yet even though it is, to a certain extent, a daily-changing ‘sampler’ of numerous performa…
Barry's Audio Tour of the Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 4th Aug 2013
This downloadable tour invites you into the Fringe’s histories, through intimate anecdotes from veteran performers like Arthur Smith and Simon Munnery.
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Now enjoying its third year in Edinburgh, the Magic Faraway Cabaret has a reputation for presenting the best burlesque, variety and sideshow skills available in the Scottish capita…
Magic Faraway Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Cabarets are, by their very nature, fluid and changeable beasts, especially those in Edinburgh which act as convenient samplers of what’s available elsewhere on the Fringe.
Jack Jerome
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
SYTYF semi-finalist and Max Turner New Act finalist Will Cooper presents his comic creation Jack Jerome who will educate you on how life should be lived, not in a patronising way, …
Late Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
For its 12th year Comedy Zoo’s Late Show moves to the Cabaret Bar, providing Pleasance Courtyard with a dose of raucous late-night stand-up.
Barry Brennan’s Bi-Monthly Dungeons and Dragons Sessions – A Geek Tragedy
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
No in-depth knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons lore is required to appreciate the excellent comedy this show provides.
Uncle Henry's Happy Hour
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Claiming to have made millions with an 80s boomtime business in the corrugated iron industry (before subsequently nose-diving into bankruptcy), Uncle Henry is certainly rather rich…
The Full Bronte! Literary Cabaret
- Review
- ★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
“Faster than pen can set it down, came panic, rushing, crushing—a blind, selfish, cruel chaos.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Give Me a Tune
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Away from the bustle of the festival’s main late-night venues in the attic room of The Outhouse, Chris Clark and his band provide a relaxing evening with tunes from the Great Ame…
Vive Le Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 11th Aug 2013
Edinburgh’s biggest and best variety show.
Vive le Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 11th Aug 2013
The worldwide festival cult-hit show returns with more of the best comedians doing anecdotes, jokes and songs based around sex.
Tomás Ford: Electric Midnight Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2013
The maddest midnight party of the Fringe returns.
Aurora Winterborn's Candid Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Aliya Ram
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Sep, 2012
Showcasing everyone from British pole dancing champions to bluegrass bands and a ukulele-wielding redhead called Simmy Starfish (who flashes us with a Support Pussy Riot badge), Au…
Aurora Winterborn's Candid Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
The rise in popularity of Burlesque at the Edinburgh Fringe means there is sometimes no telling what is tacky and what is classy.
The Suicidal Tendencies of Sheep and a Dog Called the Hoff
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2013
In this new play from the Just Like The Precipitation Theatre Company, Declan drags his childhood friends JJ, Alistair and Robbie to a decidedly grotty hotel in Edinburgh during th…
Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous) 2013
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2013
Sign on to Sh!t Theatre’s JSA: ‘a curious though immensely likeable duo who merge stand-up with physical theatre and biting socio-political satire .
You All Know Me - I'm Jack Ruby!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
Verb Garden: The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tara Isabella Burton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
At first glance, there was something utterly incongruous about the relationship of The Famous Spiegeltent - all flowing fabrics and dark wood panelling - and the panelists of Frida…
Seymour Mace Presents, Marmaduke Spatula’s F*ckin’ Spectacular Cabaret of Sunshine Show.
- Review
- ★★★
- Nanna Gunnars
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
I’m afraid I don’t particularly trust shows with exceptionally long titles that are self-claimed ‘spectacular’.
EastEnd Cabaret: Dirty Talk
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 1st Aug 2013 - 16th May 2014
The award-winning musical comedy duo return with all-new and hilariously naughty original songs.
Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenni Ajderian
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Tricity Vogue’s voice has a peculiar tone that suggests everything she says is really an innuendo.
The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
The art of kamishibai - a Japanese form of ‘paper play’ in which tales are told with illustrated slides drawn one by one through a central frame both physical and fictional - i…
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 24th Aug 2013
The maestro of feel-good comedy.
The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza / Free Festival
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t…
Bangalore Rock
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Indian trio Thermal And A Quarter arrive in Edinburgh on their Bangalore Rock tour to brighten up the Fringe with their impressive brand of funky rock music.
Stephen K Amos - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 24th Aug 2013
From the maestro of feel-good comedy.
For the Trumpets Shall Sound
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
If Siegfried Sassoon had written Brideshead Revisited, the result would likely resemble Another Company’s original piece, For The Trumpets Shall Sound.
Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer: Sex Addict
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Edwards
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Sex, heroine and general debauchery - Alistair Green and his alter-ego Jack Spencer want to change the world, three steps at a time.
Susan Calman: Always (A Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion.
Tricity Vogue’s Ukulele Cabaret – Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Allana Isaacs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Tricity Vogue gets her kicks from having somebody strum her ukulele that sits on top of her head.
Cabaret Nova
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 27th Aug 2013
The alternative late-night Fringe experience.
Multi-Levelled Morons - Free
- Review
- ★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
To give a show this title, considering the easy barbs that could be made at its expense, is perhaps brave.
Kai Humphries - Shameless
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Obank
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Debatably ginger Geordie comedian Kai Humphries is shameless.
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.
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist…
Barry Castagnola: The Donny Donkins 'As (hopefully soon to be) Seen On TV' Show
- Review
- ★★
- Charlotte Goodman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Barry Castagnola has summed up all of the most depressing things about Fringe comedy with his newest character.
Don't Drop the Egg
- Review
- ★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Comedy troupe GibbensMagnusJones’ YouTube mockumentary Don’t Drop The Egg, following the lives of three members of the fictional Clapham Falcons RFC, provided an effective and …
Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades
- Review
- ★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy.
Slightly Fat Features
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
WitTank presents The School
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
‘Bastardi Sumus Absolutam’ (‘We Are Absolute Bastards’) reads the school motto beneath the crest that welcomes the audience on arrival to WitTank’s The School.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space
- Review
- ★★★★
- Milly Reilly
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
John Robins - Where Is My Mind?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Blackfriar’s Basement
- 1st Aug, 2013
For most of this show, Robins’ mind is on the 24th of August, 2001, the greatest day of his life.
Champagne Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2013
Pop the cork on your Fringe evening at Hispaniola! Taste five delicious sparkling wines paired with famous wine songs from Morrissey, Waits, Queen, Bublé and more.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Fringe favourite Alex Horne returns with his accomplished band to entertain the late-night crowds, this time in an inflatable cow.
Mary, Queen of Scots
- Review
- ★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
In precisely the same manner as is the sumptuously propagandist portrait that opens it, this exhibition is one transparently motivated by an effort at pure populism.
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
A few hours spent interrogating From Death to Death and Other Small Tales - the Scottish National Gallery’s brilliant new exhibition - feels as much like a psychic regression ses…
Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
The title ‘Coming into Fashion’ proves incredibly appropriate for this exhibition.
Art of Alison Kinnaird - Luminesce
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Aptly for an exhibition of graphite and glasswork, Alison Kinnaird’s Luminesce is a gentle and delicate affair.
City of the Dead Haunted Graveyard Tour
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
It could be deemed ironic that our group was thrice threatened with murder before our tour had kicked off.
Terror Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
The name Auld Reekie Tours, our intrepid tour guide informs us, is taken from an old affectionate nickname for Edinburgh herself; it refers to the stench and smoke of olden-day roa…
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
If growing old quietly was the status quo nowadays then clearly no one informed Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden.
Tennyson Hanbury's Condensed Cabaret
- Review
- ★★
- Katherine Burr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
Proclaiming himself to be in league with the devil, Tennyson Hanbury didn’t exactly fill me with excitement for his Condensed Cabaret.
Cabaret Decadanse
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
If Jim Henson’s Muppets were fused with the Kit Kat Club in hedonistic pre-War Berlin, it’s kind of like the atmosphere painted by the French-Canadian production called Cabaret Dec…
The Bongo Club Cabaret (and NYE Club)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Nadia Mehdi
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
The Bongo Cabaret always has a lot to live up to, being well regarded as one of the best cabarets at the Fringe.
Damian Kingsley: Work in Progress - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Tiffany Shepherd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…
Scottish Dance Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fritzie Andrade
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2006
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
EastEnd Cabaret: The Revolution Will Be Sexual
- Review
- ★★★
- Eleanor Lischka
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Sep, 2011
With Bernadette Berne on vocals and Victor Victoria, her ‘own personal freak of nature’ (a creature quite literally straddling the line between man and woman) on piano and accordio…
Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Cory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Likely the most enjoyable corporate seminar you’ll see at the Fringe, Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines is warm and entertaining from the start.
Theatre of Sex
- Review
- ★
- Luke Sharp
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2008
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town.
Growing Growing ... Gone! The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2007
Panto usually involves a cast of thousands, huge sets and the theatrical magic supplied by trap doors, smoke machines and flying apparatus.
BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 1
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
BBC: Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret returns to the Fringe with its hosts Scot Mills and Nick Grimshaw.
Major Jack Union's Victorian Monster-Hunting Tea
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Gross
- Brighton Fringe
- 28th May, 2012
Entering a room full of trays of sandwiches, scones, cakes and ‘tea’ which turned out to be minty cocktails in tea-cups (it is sponsored by Hendricks after all) held a whole lo…
Repertory Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Helene Cloete
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Jack Barry and Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
This pair of independent comedians is sure to evoke a titter from even the stoniest of critics.
Loving London: The Capital Cabaret
- Review
- ★★
- Ellen Carr
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th May, 2012
Maybe it’s because I’m a Brightonian, but this show certainly didn’t make me love London town.
Bongo Club Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
Before going to the Bongo Club I was a cabaret virgin.
Stitches: Stand-up. Slightly Strangely - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Hackett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
You’d be hard pressed to find a free hour of comedy at the Fringe as well-structured and thoughtful as ‘Stitches’.
Don Quixote - Theatre of the Blind
- Review
- ★★★
- Leon Conrad
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2009
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
Cabaret Auschwitz
- Review
- ★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2007
As titles go this one is pretty much guaranteed to get your attention.
A Life In The Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Linda Haller
- London Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Out with the old and in with the new.
Cabaret Nova
- Review
- ★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Showcasing the best Cabaret of the Fringe – so states the publicity – Cabaret Nova offers 20 minute titbits of full shows running across a range of venues.
Vive le Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Leila Battison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
‘This is the year of cabaret at the Fringe!’, exclaims an exuberant Des O’Connor (no not that one, this one is really rather young and yummy).
Bob Graham Work Ethic
- Review
- ★★★
- Mark Gregory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
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…
Jack The Lad
- Review
- ★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2006
The poster for Perfume Productions presentation of this new play by Matt Harris is one of the most eye-catching and provocative, asking Have You Been To A Male Prostitute? I…
BBC Radio 1 Fun and Filth Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Leila Battison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
This is the year of Cabaret at the Fringe.
Superbard and the Sexy Quantum Stories
- Review
- ★★★
- Jade French
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Jumping aboard Superbard’s storytelling train is a bit like riding shotgun in Doc’s Deloreon; you’re going to suspend your disbelief and hope he doesn’t crash.
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
The Leeds Tealights: Sexy Chubby
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
If you subconsciously reach for a bag of salt and vinegar crisps when you notice a paper cut on your thumb, then this acerbically doused sketch show is the one for you.
National Theatre of Scotland Presents Love Letters to the Public Transport System By Molly Taylor
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
Author
- Review
- ★★★★
- Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2010
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…
The Beta Males' Midnight Movie Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
Slacker's Guide to Western Theatre
- Review
- ★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2010
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Straight out of Cambridgeshire and truly embracing the spirit of the fringe, Get It On is a stand-up comedy show that showcases two up and coming performers called Ben Hustwayte an…
Scottish Dance Theatre – Matters of the Heart
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Myers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2011
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
Candid Cabaret
- Review
- ★★
- James Robert Ball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
I had never been to a strip club before.
Belt Up Theatre's Outland
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion.
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Boo Lingerie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jon Stapley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Socks playing guitar.
Belarus Free Theatre
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Myers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
Cabaret Whore - Free
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tony Samuels
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2009
Downstairs in a night club that makes an awkward bedfellow for performance, youll find seasoned actress & comedienne, Sarah Louise-Young conjuring up three very distinct characte…
Belt Up Theatre's The Boy James
- Review
- ★★★
- Fred Maynard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
Jewish Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2007
Daniel Cainer plays keyboard and guitar, sings and tells stories about the beginning of Judaism, Jewish migration and his childhood experiences.
Continuity Scares Me: a work in progress
- Review
- ★★
- Steven Ellis
- Camden Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Alarm bells sounded early with Richard Wright’s show.
Scottish Dance Theatre - Luxuria
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2009
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
Scottish Dance Theatre - A Visitation
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2009
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
Barry and Stuart - Show and Tell: The Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Adam Lebovits
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
A magic show is fundamentally different from most other shows – because the success of the show is based on how much trickery can be covered up from the audience, rather than how…
The Cabaret Of Pottiness
- Review
- ★★★
- Clarissa Widya
- Camden Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
The Cabaret of Pottiness is usually a monthly event but has sprung itself on Camden for three nights, in honour of the Fringe festival.
Livewire Theatre's Salem
- Review
- ★★★
- David Levesley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
Bourgeois & Maurice - Social Work
- Review
- ★★★★
- Damian Sandys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2009
This is no ordinary cabaret.
Pistol & Jack – Smash.Glam.Sex.Music.
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
Jack Foster and Carolyn Anona Scott
- Review
- ★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2009
Last week, after a particularly late night out getting my major organs in training for the month that is simply referred to as Edinburgh, I had my first Festival encounter of J…
Mike Sheer: Jerk In Progress
- Review
- ★★
- Carrie Rian Johnson
- Camden Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
From the moment Mike Sheer appeared it was clear we were in for an energetic show.
Jason Byrnes Telly Idea, Which May Also Work On The Radio Show!!
- Review
- ★★★
- Gordon Johnston
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2007
In an increasing trend amongst the big-name comics, this is Jason Byrne’s ‘other show’, and this year involves grabbing four guest celebrities as panellists for the top table, a co…
Barry Castagnola in Where's Barry
- Review
- ★★★
- Cai Trefor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Barry Castagnola’s new show revolves around the man himself running late for his performance in Edinburgh.
Cabaret Whore Encore! - Free
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2010
Sarah-Louise Young channels four very different, equally hilarious and rather odd women in this cabaret spectacular.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - On The Telly
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2010
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
Mr Ken Dee in Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Leila Battison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Mr Ken Dee cuts a striking figure in a dress.
BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 3
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
To get through the third night of BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret you needed a strong stomach or a repressed gag reflex as the show went truly dirty in pursuit of the utterly…
BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 2
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret is the perfect late-night entertainment show: the cream of the Fringe’s weird and wonderful crop is given short slots to impress a sizeable …
Marcel Lucont: Cabaret Fantastique
- Review
- ★★★
- Joanna Alpern
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
The magical, dusky venue that is the Assembly Elegance Tent provided the perfect atmosphere for the night-time revels of Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique.
Work Songs
- Review
- ★★★
- Lynne Marie Martens
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
Work Songs is a dance exploration of office-place machismo power struggles by The Dangerologists.
Barry Morgan's World of Organs
- Review
- ★★★
- Nancy Napper-Canter
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Barry Morgan’s act rests heavily on double entendre.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
- Review
- ★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2010
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a glam-rock musical that returns to its spiritual home in Edinburgh.
Alistair Green: Jack Spencer - Why Anything?
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
While Green’s professionalism for going ahead with his solo performance with a tiny audience is worth a mention, this shouldn’t distract from the most important point: that his…
DugOut Theatre's Inheritance Blues
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Other Voices promised much — ‘comedy, politics, naughty lyrics, free sweets… And a veritable smorgasbord of poetry antics’, but the most significant terminology on its titl…
Sh!t Theatre Present: Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous)
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
Jack Whitehall: Learning Difficulties
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rob Hayward
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2010
Jack Whitehall is a man on top of his game.
Jack the Ripper: Facts, No Fiction
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dale Phoenix
- Brighton Fringe
- 17th May, 2013
Jack the Ripper is undoubtedly acknowledged as a tall figure in a top hat, creeping through the foggy streets of London’s East End and pouncing on lascivious ladies of the night.
Crab House - A Bloody Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tristram Fane Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Musicals bring me out in a rash.
Jack the Knife
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tony Challis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
Jack Klaff was outside chatting to audience members for some time before the show, and shook our hands as we entered.
Barry And Stuart: Part-Time Warlocks
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2008
The shows title gives little away, so when an electronic voice counts up the percentage complete, this looks likely to go geeky.
Jack Pratchard
- Review
- ★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2010
Jonathan Storeys beautiful paper theatre is the setting for the tale of Jack Pratchard, the falling-piano casualty who discovers the City of the Dead under a drunk mans hat.
Cabaret Decay Unlimited
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2007
Billed as a celebration of ‘decomposition’, Cabaret Decay Unlimited is an oddity of a show.
Jack Heal's Murderthon
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joanna Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Jack Heal’s Murderthon is as ecstatically funny as the man himself.
Vaudeville Cabaret Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Terry Gilliland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2007
It’s an all too familiar, but unfortunate, story for a reviewer.
Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Christie Rolley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
Theatre Tasters - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Oscar French
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
Cabaret Whore - Her Finest Hour
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
This show is certainly value for money.
EastEnd Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky
- Review
- ★★★★
- Thom Louis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
The musical duo that make up EastEnd Cabaret look like they could have been dragged straight from a Berlin drag bar.
Kieran and The Joes: Teampowered
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jack Hackett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
If there’s one thing that Kieran and the Joes know, it’s that if you want to inspire, you have to perspire.
A Little Light Theatre
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah Agnew
- Brighton Fringe
- 18th May, 2009
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
scratch (work in progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- London Fringe
- 9th Nov, 2009
Sometimes raw, rough shows, performed on a knife-edge are the most gripping.
Instant Theatre
- Review
- ★★★
- Dale Phoenix
- Brighton Fringe
- 12th May, 2013
Leaving a theatre and having to critique a performance for potential visitors, despite knowing that it will never be recreated in that way again, is an undoubtedly difficult task.
Absolute Cabaret with Karen Egan
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Terry Gilliland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2006
Absolute Cabaret with Karen Egan is a delightful show.
The Cabaret of Menace
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Terry Gilliland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2006
I had no idea what to expect when I went to see The Cabaret of Menace at C too.
Vive Le Cabaret!
- Review
- ★★★
- Joshua Feldman
- Brighton Fringe
- 4th May, 2012
Vive Le Cabaret is a variety performance with a variety of class.
Simon Talbot: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
One of the biggest comedy stars in Denmark, Simon Talbot comes to the Fringe with some work-in-progress shows.
La Reprise Histoire(s) du theatre (I)
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Lyceum
- 8th Aug, 2019
Theatre-making manifestos always make me wary, in part because I'm inherently suspicious of portentous artists in any field: "The aim is not to depict the real, but to mak…
Ready, Set, Read: Jack and the Beanstalk
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Join in with Jack and his friends in this interactive solo show adaptation with music by award-winning Front Room Theatre.
Queerdog Theatre Talk About JUMP
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- 23rd May, 2024
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
Death Is A Friend of Mine: Interview with Jack Avison
- Feature
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd May, 2024
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after a sold-out Scottish tour and an OFFFest win for Best Musical/Circus at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, writer and musical director of 'Godfath...
The British Theatre Challenge 2024
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 8th Apr, 2024
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
Barry McStay: My Story of Breeding
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 30th Mar, 2024
Barry McStay tells us about his experience of writing and revising his play, Breeding
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem join the cast of Cabaret
- Feature
- Sue Denham
- West End
- 15th Aug, 2023
The producers of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club have announced that from Monday 25 September 2023, the roles of The Emcee and Sally Bowles will be played by music icons Jake Shears an...
Dominique Salerno - I'm what would happen if Jack Black and Tina Fey had a baby.
- Feature
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2023
James Macfarlane chats with Dominique Salerno about her debut Fringe show The Box Show, the relationship between creativity and constraint and just what she gets up to in that box.
Cast and Director on Vincent River at Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 23rd Jun, 2023
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Technology in the Theatre: How #TOMtech is bringing it to light
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 19th Sep, 2019
Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 26th Dec, 2017
The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret at The Barbican Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 15th Nov, 2017
Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei...
‘Edinburgh is kind of like tapas’ – New Diorama Theatre’s David Byrne
- Feature
- Liam Rees
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2017
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace on Sensitive Issues in Theatre
- Feature
- Chris Quilietti
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2017
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
Pollyanna’s Pollyfilla Talks Queer Cabaret and Political Anxiety
- Feature
- Gordon Douglass
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2017
Broadway Baby’s Gordon Douglas met Adam Castle, the host of Pollyanna to talk about the outrageous, late-night queer cabaret that’s on everybody’s minds.
Leyla Josephine’s Collision of Theatre and Spoken-word Poetry
- Feature
- Carly Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2017
Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow.
Prom Kween’s Rebecca Humphries on Why she Won't be Doing a Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2017
Underbelly Untapped Award-winner Prom Kween is a high-energy comedy musical about Matthew Crisson, the first non-binary person to win a prom queen title in a US high school.
Jack Rooke Opens Up about Mental Health
- Feature
- Henry St Leger
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2017
Jack Rooke's career was launched by his 2015 Fringe meditation on loss and mourning, Good Grief, which took him on a national tour, sold out at the Soho Theatre in London, and saw ...
#EdFringe17 Theatre Q&A: Corinne Maier from Like A Prayer
- Feature
- Corinne Maier
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Jul, 2017
Like A Prayer is a theatrical essay about personal faith in which six nuns deliberate attitudes towards the big questions of life. We spoke to Corinne via an email Q&A.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Apr, 2017
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 24th Mar, 2017
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
The Ferryman to transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in June
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 8th Feb, 2017
After the short run at the Royal Court Theatre sold out in just one day, Jez Butterworth’s epic, new play The Ferryman will transfer to the West End.
Winter Theatre Seat Sale - Amazing deals & offers this Christmas
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 1st Dec, 2016
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Last chance to see The Dresser from just a tenner at the Duke of York’s Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 1st Dec, 2016
Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
A New Play, A New Studio Theatre, And A Bright Future For Greenwich
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 23rd Sep, 2016
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Fossils’ Nel Crouch: “Theatre is alive and well at the Fringe!”
- Feature
- Alexander Gillespie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2016
Award-winning theatre company Bucket Club are melding together playful theatre with a live techno score for Fossils, a sceptical quest for the Loch Ness Monster at the Pleasance Do...
Andrew Roberts & Josh Mathieson are Dealing with Death in Children's Theatre
- Feature
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2016
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
The Nuclear Family Team on Creating Interactive Theatre Formats
- Feature
- Chris Quilietti
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Paines Plough’s James Grieve & Remy Beasley on the Magic of Theatre for Teens
- Feature
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2016
I Got Superpowers for my Birthday by Katie Douglas is an action-packed fantasy adventure about the pains of growing up and learning you can shoot fire from your fingertips.
Kelly Burke & Joe Atkins on their Kurt Weill theatrical cabaret, Love for Sale
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2016
Love for Sale a theatrical cabaret celebration of the music of Kurt Weill set in 1930s Paris.
Paines Plough’s George Perrin on Directing Interactive Theatre
- Feature
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
If you were to list Every Brilliant Thing about life, what would you include? This is the idea behind Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play, broaching the subject of menta...
Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Nir Paldi on The Bucket List
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
Theatre Ad Infinitum have become a fixture of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having won two Stage Awards, two Argus Angels, and a Guardian Best of EdFringe.
Breach Theatre on Teaching Dolphins how to Speak - Tank at Pleasance
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak.
Hip-hop Cabaret Hot Brown Honey on Making Diverse Spaces
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2016
Hot Brown Honey is loud, proud, in your face, and at the Fringe for the first time.
Georgian Director Keti Dolidze calls for more International Theatre at the Fringe
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2016
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
SpaceDating: Love Me Tinder Cabaret
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Jun, 2016
Let Megan guide you through the dos and dont's of online dating for Fringe 2016. Broadway Baby has a chat about her show Love Me Tinder..
Brighton Insider- Cabaret and Circus
- Feature
- Bethan Troakes
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th May, 2016
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up those lacy stockings and take a sneak peek into the debaucherous and downright entertaining world of Brighton Fringe cabaret and circus.
Brighton Insider - Dance and Physical Theatre
- Feature
- Bethan Troakes
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th May, 2016
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
Road to the Fringe - The Marlborough Theatre
- Feature
- Bethan Troakes
- Brighton Fringe
- 5th May, 2016
A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city.
Brighton Insider: The Rialto Theatre
- Feature
- Christine Kempell
- Brighton Fringe
- 30th Apr, 2016
It’s the second year for the Rialto Theatre at the Brighton Fringe but it’s already gaining a reputation as a home for local talent.
Lach named Associate Producer with UA and New Town Theatre for EdFringe 2016
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Mar, 2016
Universal Arts announced this week that they are thrilled to be bringing BBC Radio 4 star Lach on board to produce and programme shows at the New Town Theatre (96 George St) for Th...
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Thom Southerland appointed Artistic Director of Charing Cross Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 7th Mar, 2016
Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
London Theatre Workshop relocates to Central London site
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 19th Jan, 2016
London Theatre Workshop has announced that after two successful years located above the Eel Brook Pub in Fulham, the company is relocating to an exciting new venue in Central Londo...
Greenwich's New Season To Celebrate Female Theatre Makers
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 14th Jan, 2016
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Clout Theatre, Superbolt Theatre and Tooth+Nail: The Lecoq Theatre Panel
- Feature
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2015
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools.
Mad Scientist Academy: Interactive Children’s Theatre at Boxsmall Festival
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2015
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
The Fringe Incubator: Why Greenwich Theatre Supports EdFest.
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 10th Jul, 2015
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
Going To Space: The Black Hoods Cabaret
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Feb, 2015
Broadway Baby talks to Rebecca O'Brien, joint artistic director of Knuckle and Joint about their upcoming show The Black Hoods Cabaret, which promises adult humour, puppet murder a...
Broadway Baby adopts the principles of the Theatre Charter
- Feature
- Sue Denham
- West End
- 15th Sep, 2014
The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
The 17 Zaniest Names for Theatre Production Companies at #EdFringe 2014
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2014
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
The Jack Holden Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2014
Best known for playing Albert in the National Theatre's War Horse, actor Jack Holden is about to star in Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked, Rob Hayes's new play about ...
The Story Pocket Theatre Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Jul, 2014
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
The Green Stag Theatre Company Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Jun, 2014
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...
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