Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space, sees comedy’s ‘angriest optimist’ return for a hilarious, honest, and mostly historically accurate, exploration of … 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

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

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

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

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Emergency Poncho: Going In Dry

Emergency Poncho: Going In Dry

Gerard Lane and Dan Taylor were born from a fish taco during wet weather in the rugged Tasmanian highlands. 

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Geek is the new sexy. 

Phil Henderson: Space Cowboy

Phil Henderson: Space Cowboy

‘Phil has extracted my loudest laugh of the Fringe’ (Scotsman). 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

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… 

This is No Safe Space: Art in Capitalist Realism

This is No Safe Space: Art in Capitalist Realism

$65 billion USD worth of art was sold last year, yet 95% of artists can’t make a living. 

Hebridean Fire Presented by Elsa McTaggart

Hebridean Fire Presented by Elsa McTaggart

Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with the Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Hebridean Fire. 

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

Boyhood is all about spit-shakes, rope swings and playing soldiers. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Bad Mums

Bad Mums

They’re outrageous, late for school drop-off and definitely not on the PTA! After a sold-out Aussie tour, Gill Cordiner and Nikki Valentine bring you Bad Mums: an hour of hysteri… 

Where Are We Going With This?

Where Are We Going With This?

In this touching debut, two university students meet on a bench at 2am after a bad night out. 

The Sound of the Space Between

The Sound of the Space Between

In the darkness of grief, a man hears something calling. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

Keyworth returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a joyous new show about family, acceptance and a pair of big (well, not super-big) losses. 

1001 Space Adventures: Breadlove and Poophead – Interactive Children Show

1001 Space Adventures: Breadlove and Poophead – Interactive Children Show

Join Breadlove and Poophead in a cosmic journey where your child isn’t just an audience member – they’re the hero of their own interstellar adventure! Will they save the galaxy? … 

Captain Zak's Space Pirate Problems

Captain Zak's Space Pirate Problems

Captain Zak: Space Pirate has crash landed his ship back at the Pleasance, and he needs your help! He’s stuck with his broken-down spaceship but with your help answering questions,… 

Sarah McGuinness Sings Cabaret

Sarah McGuinness Sings Cabaret

Late-night delights from sultry songstress Sarah McGuiness. 

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Winner: 2023 Best Theatre Award. 

Horatio Gould: Return of the Space Cowboy

Horatio Gould: Return of the Space Cowboy

After his sell-out debut, Horatio brings his much-anticipated second show. 

Amos Gill: Going Down Swinging

Amos Gill: Going Down Swinging

Award-winning comedian and international rising star Amos Gill is back at the Fringe with another boundary-pushing hour of hilarious, challenging and sometimes caustic stand-up. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

Ginger Johnson Blows Off!

Ginger Johnson Blows Off!

Join comedian, crash mat and winner of Drag Race UK Ginger Johnson as she swaps her stilettos for safety goggles and takes a death-defying leap from the runway to the real world. 

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

Demi Adejuyigbe is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and, inexplicably, a musician, known for his podcasts Punch Up The Jam and Gilmore Guys, his popular September 21st video series, … 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

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 … 

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

Comedy’s angriest optimist returns for a hilarious, honest and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel, his totally insignificant place in the universe and how … 

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

‘It’s a new world, a new world. 

That’s Why Mums go to Switzerland

That’s Why Mums go to Switzerland

In the spirit of airing her dirty laundry in public, Bonnie Oddie tells her story of becoming “A bad mother and a bad daughter at the very same time”. 

Maria Telnikoff: All The Men Are Going To Hate Me

Maria Telnikoff: All The Men Are Going To Hate Me

For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature. 

Jack Clay Am I A Going Out Guy?

Jack Clay Am I A Going Out Guy?

“I’ve always had a passion for stand-up comedy, and I’m thrilled to be gearing up for my first solo show. 

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

TV Star Donald McGinty is live on stage for the first time to share his love of the great outdoors. 

“The Hairy Indian Bikers” Without The Bikes (Because Our Mums Won’t Let Us)

“The Hairy Indian Bikers” Without The Bikes (Because Our Mums Won’t Let Us)

Join hairy Indians Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat as they join forces to provide you with pure laughter for an hour! They’re a bit like the Hairy Bikers but they’re not allowe… 

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award - Best Newcomer (Nominee) The reigning BBC New Comedy Awards winner and British Comedian of the Year presents his Edinburgh Comedy Award… 

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award - Best Newcomer (Nominee) The reigning BBC New Comedy Awards winner and British Comedian of the Year presents his Edinburgh Comedy Award… 

Space Deli: The Musical

Space Deli: The Musical

A new-wave comedy musical in space!Work is normally boring for best friends Thordan and Fourdee, until a new co-worker shakes things up at Ralph’s Space Deli!Writt… 

The Lost Bride | In Praise of Me, You, and All We're Going Through

The Lost Bride | In Praise of Me, You, and All We're Going Through

The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief. 

Amy Johnson - Last Flight Out

Amy Johnson - Last Flight Out

Amy Johnson had her ambitions and she flew at them. 

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

The Edinburgh Fringe sensation transfers to the Bush for its first London run. 

Adam Kay: Undoctored - This is Going to Hurt More

Adam Kay: Undoctored - This is Going to Hurt More

‘Bestselling show of Edinburgh Fringe 2023’ The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor returns to the West End, fresh from a record-breaking sell out run at the Edinbu… 

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor returns for his first month at the Fringe since 2016. 

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

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. 

Sara Schaefer: Going Up

Sara Schaefer: Going Up

In her new solo show, Sara Schaefer teaches you how to unlock your potential in this fake(?) seminar about defeating your hecklers, developing your TS (thick skin) and achieving to… 

Sarah Roberts: Worm in Progress

Sarah Roberts: Worm in Progress

An adorable work-in-progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian. 

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

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. 

Jacob Hawley: SPACE WIP

Jacob Hawley: SPACE WIP

Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T… 

Jacob Hawley: SPACE WIP

Jacob Hawley: SPACE WIP

Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T… 

Ayanna Witter-Johnson & LSO Percussion Ensemble at The Hub

Ayanna Witter-Johnson & LSO Percussion Ensemble at The Hub

Composer, cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson joins forces with the LSO Percussion Ensemble for a jazz-infused performance. 

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

He’s 27, gay and riddled with dyspraxia. 

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian. 

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian. 

Brave Space

Brave Space

Seeing the stars spangling Chicago based company Aloft Circus Arts’ posters for Brave Space, last year’s hit, you might wonder – is it as good as all that? The answer is yes,… 

Hebridean Fire presented by Elsa McTaggart

Hebridean Fire presented by Elsa McTaggart

Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with the Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Hebridean Fire. 

Funeral

Funeral

After a slow and rocky start, Ontroerend Goed’s Funeral becomes an emotionally resonant space for processing a person’s grief. 

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah. 

Trust

Trust

People You Know Productions are going for a cross between Posh, and an Agatha Christie novel, except that nobody here actually wants to work out who the killer is. 

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

The show is performed by a brilliant pair of queer, tumbling, absurdist clowns. 

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah. 

Report to an Academy

Report to an Academy

Report To An Academy is not Franz Kafka’s best work, but Robert McNamara brings the elusive central character with precision and animal rage that is very watchable. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Push, Mrs Johnson!

Push, Mrs Johnson!

Push, Mrs. 

Cheekykita: Octopus in Space

Cheekykita: Octopus in Space

Join Octopus on a fantastical, crazy and silly adventure from the bottom of the ocean all the way to space and in-between! High-energy interactive fun with dancing cats, silly song… 

Bowjangles: Dracula in Space

Bowjangles: Dracula in Space

If you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t. 

An Interrogation

An Interrogation

After co-directing Edinburgh Fringe-favourite turned international sensation Six The Musical, Jamie Armatige's latest creative project is writing and directing a promising and … 

Lucy and Friends

Lucy and Friends

Lucy McCormick may think she's the diva of her feral, budget cabaret of brazen filth but the real joy is taking part in the push and pull of being in an audience under her spel… 

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Get on the Lash! Just in time for last orders. 

Grace Jarvis: This Is the Last Goldfish That I Am Going to Eat for You

Grace Jarvis: This Is the Last Goldfish That I Am Going to Eat for You

I have collected, for your enjoyment, an anthology of all the weird things I have done in my life to try and make friends. 

The Maids

The Maids

Whilst the cat's away, the mice will play. 

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

As Adam Kay closes in on becoming a household name, he is evidently an Edinburghhold name, packing out the prestigious Pleasance Grand to brimming point. 

A Spectacle of Herself

A Spectacle of Herself

In A Spectacle Of Herself Laura Murphy slides the serious and the silly up against each other as she successfully weaves the philosophical, the personal and the political together … 

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

Adam Scott-Rowley, creator of the award-winning ***** (Independent) THIS IS NOT CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT presents, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. 

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going?

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going?

Stand-up comedy about getting married, being middle of the road and trying to be more honest. 

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

Watching Dan Tiernan’s Going Under taught me the distinct difference when reviewing comedy between using language like ‘laugh out loud’ or ‘hysterical’ and laughing so mu… 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo… 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Established in 2016, Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band perform vintage music all over the country. 

Going for Gold

Going for Gold

Going for Gold is the award winning (Fuse International Best Theatre Award Brighton Fringe 2023) tale of Frankie Lucas - a London based middleweight boxer in the 1970’s. 

Going for Gold

Going for Gold

Frankie Lucas has been in England longer than he hasn’t. 

Going for Gold

Going for Gold

Frankie Lucas has been in England longer than he hasn’t. 

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up). 

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up). 

Police Cops In Space

Police Cops In Space

Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Francisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their SELL-OUT, Sci-… 

Police Cops In Space

Police Cops In Space

Hot off the back of sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Soho Theatre London & San Francisco Comedy Fest; multi-award-winning troupe POLICE COPS return with their SELL-OUT, Sci-… 

STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Meet Mrs: an old lady who goes into outer space. 

Going Straight to Gay (International Women's Day Festival)

Going Straight to Gay (International Women's Day Festival)

Imagine being in a new relationship. 

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel LIVE

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel LIVE

Come and Join Mark Steel at Leicester Square Theatre as he tries to answer that age old question: What The F*** Is Going On?! With over 1. 

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

Adam Scott-Rowley (creator of the award-winning ★★★★★ THIS IS NOT CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT) presents YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. 

Going Global

Going Global

Going Global! Come and join us and celebrate world class music and dance from across the Globe at it’s very best! Immerse yourself in the delightful sounds of voice, dance and mu… 

Batman (aka Naomi's Death Show)

Batman (aka Naomi's Death Show)

A girl walks down a blossom-lined street, a knife clutched in her pocket. 

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)

An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (do not look that up). 

Rose Johnson (Work in Progress)

Rose Johnson (Work in Progress)

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). 

Going Deutsch

Going Deutsch

Should you ever go back to someone, or something, that almost destroyed you? What if they’re sorry? What if they say they’ve changed? What if they’re offering an EU passp… 

Sarah Keyworth (Work in Progress)

Sarah Keyworth (Work in Progress)

An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth. 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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

We Are Going To Die

We Are Going To Die

When hackers take over the news and report that humanity is mere months away from destruction, it’s branded as an elaborate hoax. 

Lesbian space crime

Lesbian space crime

It is the dawn of space-crime, and a new era for queer representation. 

Mums

Mums

Mums is a poetic and delicate meditation on the state of grieving, following one family in their attempt to adjust to a new reality. 

Lesbian Space Crime

Lesbian Space Crime

An intergalactic queer comedy romp with songs. 

The David Johnson Emerging Talent Award

The David Johnson Emerging Talent Award

A mixed-bill comedy, cabaret and variety show to celebrate the life of maverick producer David Johnson who died in 2020. 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

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

Going Down

Going Down

Four students stuck in an elevator, with nothing to do except to talk to each other. 

The MAKING-SPACE Programme: this is not a party.

The MAKING-SPACE Programme: this is not a party.

You are formally and informally invited to this is not a party. 

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

YOU’RE INVITED TO THE BIG TOP BIRTHDAY! Join Sarah and her best friend Duck as they plan the ultimate circus soiree to help Scarf Lady celebrate her birthday. 

Symphonic Ibiza

Symphonic Ibiza

Featuring some of the most famous Ibiza club anthems from the last 30 years, celebrate the European island of clubbing this summer. 

Elsa McTaggart: Her Story

Elsa McTaggart: Her Story

Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart. 

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going? (WIP)

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going? (WIP)

New show about getting married, being middle of the road and accidentally going viral for the most embarrassing moment in your life. 

Sarah Sherman

Sarah Sherman

Hailing all the way from the bright lights of New York, Sarah Sherman’s self-described horror comedy show - with the emphasis on the horror - is incredibly ghastly and overly gra… 

Eva Bindeman: It’s Going Whaley Well

Eva Bindeman: It’s Going Whaley Well

5 years ago, Eva decided to become an entertainer. 

Sarah Southern: Scandalous!

Sarah Southern: Scandalous!

Debut show from Sarah Southern who pulls the curtain back on gossip and political scandal. 

Brave Space

Brave Space

There’s a famous quote from the film The Third Man. 

The McTaggart Family: Celtic Gospel

The McTaggart Family: Celtic Gospel

From a dream over 25 years ago, it has been a long journey! The time has finally come that a number of the eleven McTaggart Siblings are now in a position to sing from the same pag… 

Clowntown In Space @theSpace: Adventures Back to Earth

Clowntown In Space @theSpace: Adventures Back to Earth

Canada’s award-winning clown band sparks the imagination with… clowns in space! Join Patty as she ventures to Clowntown Colony on the mysterious Planet X to bring her clown frien… 

Space Mystery: A Mystery in Space

Space Mystery: A Mystery in Space

Disaster strikes aboard the S. 

Kiran Saggu and Sarah Roberts: Cake

Kiran Saggu and Sarah Roberts: Cake

A split bill stand-up hour with a cherry on top. 

Space Hippo

Space Hippo

Earth is dying. 

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

Boy, you’re an alien. 

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Debut stand-up hour from Mancunian ray of sunshine, Josh Jones. 

Captain Zak and the Space Pirates

Captain Zak and the Space Pirates

Captain Zak Space Pirate needs your help! He’s lost in a broken-down spaceship and only with your help answering questions, solving puzzles and singing songs can we survive the bub… 

Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy

Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy

Sarah Keyworth’s Lost Boy is very difficult to fully describe. 

Abandoman aka Rob Broderick: Discography

Abandoman aka Rob Broderick: Discography

Using his innate ability to craft songs on the spot, Rob creates a full discography for a fictional artist created by you, the audience. 

Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen

Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen

According to The Stage’s recently departed Scotland editor, Thom Dibden, comedy first overtook theatre as the largest proportion of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s programme du… 

Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies

Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies

My Dad is the most important man in the country* but this isn’t about him. 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo… 

Sascha LO and Sarah Roberts: Sorry About This

Sascha LO and Sarah Roberts: Sorry About This

A split bill stand-up comedy show featuring two of the country’s most attention seeking stand up comedians. 

Double Bill: Sarah Keyworth & Dan Cook (Edinburgh Previews)

Double Bill: Sarah Keyworth & Dan Cook (Edinburgh Previews)

Acclaimed stand ups Sarah Keyworth (as seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and 8 Out of Ten Cats) and Dan Cook (as seen on Absolutely Fabulous, Toast of London and Man v Bee)… 

Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show

Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show

Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant, and funny as ever, Jean Paul Gaultier is set to shake up London this summer when his stunning creation, Fashion Freak Show - 50 years… 

Sarah Southern: Scandalous!

Sarah Southern: Scandalous!

Sarah Southern pulls the curtain back on gossip and political scandal. 

Kevin Daniel & Sarah Johnson: Older And Wiser

Kevin Daniel & Sarah Johnson: Older And Wiser

Older & Wiser is a show about life and everything it can throw at you, from the perspective of two different comics. 

Take Up Space!

Take Up Space!

Want to learn how to use performance skills to express yourself and take up space? Join the multi-talented BiBi Crew for an immersive ½ day workshop led by Judith Jacob, Suzette… 

Take Up Space!

Take Up Space!

Want to learn how to use performance skills to express yourself and take up space? Join the multi-talented BiBi Crew for an immersive ½ day workshop led by Judith Jacob, Suzette… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)

Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)

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)

Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)

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… 

Sharon Em & James Johnson: Cynically Dead

Sharon Em & James Johnson: Cynically Dead

A show to make you think: “maybe I’m not doing so badly after all. 

Cynically Dead: Sharon Em & James Johnson

Cynically Dead: Sharon Em & James Johnson

A show to make you think: “maybe I’m not doing so badly after all. 

An Evening with the Good Enough Mums Club

An Evening with the Good Enough Mums Club

he Good Enough Mums Club is a new musical, produced, written, directed and performed by mums, featuring songs such as “Only My Nose Is The Same”, “The Price To Be Paid” and… 

An Evening with the Good Enough Mums Club

An Evening with the Good Enough Mums Club

NOT PERFECT? SEE THE SHOW! The Good Enough Mums Club is a poignant and hilarious musical toddle through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of mummyhood. 

Space Girls | stop BUS STOP bus

Space Girls | stop BUS STOP bus

Space Girls You. 

 Music @ the Space

Music @ the Space

Live music makes its first steps back to the Space Theatre! Three solo artists share their unique perspective and take on guitar-based rock music, from grungy existentialism to … 

Talk discussing the novel Andrea Víctrix by Llorenç Villaronga with translator Louise Johnson

Talk discussing the novel Andrea Víctrix by Llorenç Villaronga with translator Louise Johnson

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

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

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

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

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

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

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

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s. 

The Tale of Maggoty Johnson

The Tale of Maggoty Johnson

The Tale of Maggoty Johnson is a theatrical performance that blurs the line between a biography and a fantasy fable, following the life of the last working jester in Britain, Samue… 

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT

Martin Creed Turner Prize-winning artist-performer-composer and ‘punk poet’ (Guardian). 

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth. 

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth. 

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

Meet Sarah and her best friend Duck! Join us for a magical adventure live on stage with a whole host of your favourite friends including The Ribbon Sisters, The Sha… 

Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt

Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

A stand-up comedy one woman theatre piece that casts light on how society, your partner and yourself cause a lot of difficulties in your relationship. 

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

A stand-up comedy one woman theatre piece that casts light on how society, your partner and yourself cause a lot of difficulties in your relationship. 

A Space to Bless (BSL-Interpreted)

A Space to Bless (BSL-Interpreted)

Queen Jesus Productions presents A Space to Bless, live from St Mary’s Cathedral – a radical queer space for contemplation, connection and meditation. 

A Space to Bless

A Space to Bless

Queen Jesus Productions presents A Space to Bless, live from St Mary’s Cathedral – a radical queer space for contemplation, connection and meditation. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

A Space to Bless

A Space to Bless

Queen Jesus Productions presents A Space to Bless, live from St Mary’s Cathedral – a radical queer space for contemplation, connection and meditation. 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

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. 

Elsa McTaggart presents When The World Stood Still

Elsa McTaggart presents When The World Stood Still

Boiler suits, beanies and a barrow! That’s what was waiting for this musical duo when lockdown hit! A truly mesmerising twinning of music and storytelling of how a global communi… 

Sarah Roberts & Jess Durand: Do You Know Who I Am?

Sarah Roberts & Jess Durand: Do You Know Who I Am?

Two of the most medicated comedians on the circuit bring you a night of pure self-indulgence. 

Sarah Roberts & Jess Durand: Do You Know Who I Am?

Sarah Roberts & Jess Durand: Do You Know Who I Am?

Two of the most medicated comedians on the circuit bring you a night of pure self-indulgence. 

Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

Gays in Space: a Murder Mystery Cabaret

Gays in Space: a Murder Mystery Cabaret

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

Gays in Space: a Murder Mystery Cabaret

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… 

Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt

Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

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)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

It's Going Whaley Well

It's Going Whaley Well

5 years ago Eva decided to become an entertainer. 

Eva Bindeman: It's Going Whaley Well

Eva Bindeman: It's Going Whaley Well

5 years ago Eva decided to become an entertainer. 

Neurodiverse Space

Neurodiverse Space

Join us on the second Sunday of every month at 7. 

When Sarah Arrives

When Sarah Arrives

“It’s what we do. 

Little Gift

Little Gift

M6 Theatre Company have put together a heartwarming show filled with the Christmas spirit, with some truly charming use of puppetry, storytelling and stage magic It is exactly the … 

Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt

Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

An Intervention

An Intervention

It is a complete delight to watch these two actors practice their craft. 

Adam Kay | This Is Going To Hurt

Adam Kay | This Is Going To Hurt

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

Writing Your Story: Getting Started With Sarah May

Writing Your Story: Getting Started With Sarah May

Get started with writing that story you’ve always dreamed of telling in this interactive one-hour workshop. 

Adam Kay – This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Adam Kay – This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Multi-million bestselling author back at the Fringe for two nights only. 

Virginia Woolf's Orlando, Adapted by Sarah Ruhl

Virginia Woolf's Orlando, Adapted by Sarah Ruhl

Orlando, an attractive, swashbuckling, time-travelling nobleman, favourite of Queen Elizabeth and lover of Princess Sasha, lives over 500 years. 

Jo Jingles – Jo Visits Outer Space

Jo Jingles – Jo Visits Outer Space

Following successful sell-out shows in previous years, Jo Jingles is back for more Fringe fun. 

The Dry Vagina Monologues: Going through the change!

The Dry Vagina Monologues: Going through the change!

An emotional, touching and hilarious piece of original theatre. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart Presents Hebridean Fire

Elsa Jean McTaggart Presents Hebridean Fire

After a sell-out run in 2019, Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with Hebridean Fire. 

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Born and bred in Manchester and just your atypical northern bloke, Josh Jones is taking the circuit by storm. 

Sarah Keyworth: Lil' Keys

Sarah Keyworth: Lil' Keys

Lil’ Keys, big jokes. 

Elliot Wengler: Special Features

Elliot Wengler: Special Features

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… 

Sarah Brightman - Greenwich Music Time

Sarah Brightman - Greenwich Music Time

Sarah Brightman, international singing superstar and world’s best selling soprano, is confirmed to open Greenwich Music Time on Mon 6 July. 

On the Hoof: Speculation in Unimagined Space

On the Hoof: Speculation in Unimagined Space

A Performance Lecture by Forster & Heighes 

Going Straight to Gay (or something in-between)

Going Straight to Gay (or something in-between)

Being in a gay relationship is not always a dance on roses (yes, that’s a Danish expression), especially if you used to be in straight relationships. 

Shirley & Shirley are MUMS GONE WRONG.The Live Podcast

Shirley & Shirley are MUMS GONE WRONG.The Live Podcast

Shirley & Shirley went forth and multiplied. 

A Little Space

A Little Space

Watching A Little Space made me think of Marmite. 

2100: A Space Novelty

2100: A Space Novelty

Join Cut Mustard at the Cockpit for the Voila Europa Theatre Festival as they present their show 2100: A Space Novelty! A hapless human, an unbeatable heroine and a Dark Lord be… 

Sarah McQuaid

Sarah McQuaid

“The precision and sophistication of the writing and playing blows me away. 

Colin Geddis: Safe Space

Colin Geddis: Safe Space

Ahead of his two night run at Belfast’s SSE Arena in 2020, Colin Geddis (Creator of The General Banter Podcast, Gedzilla Films, Barry The Blender…) brings y… 

Sarah Southern: Tentatively Tory

Sarah Southern: Tentatively Tory

Sarah Southern had her political awakening very early: at three she was dressing up as Maggie! She worked at the heart of the political machine and her story of election… 

Sarah McGuinness: Back to Blacks

Sarah McGuinness: Back to Blacks

Sarah McGuinness welcomes you Back to Blacks, the eclectic live music and chat show streaming regularly from Blacks Club, Soho. 

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Million-copy bestseller Adam Kay returns to the Fringe for two nights only, sharing entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-u… 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

Two Mums – One Cup

Two Mums – One Cup

Funny Women One to Watch and Soho Radio presenter Kelly Ford AKA Book of Mum teams up with Max Turner finalist Naomi Wattis (BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 Extra) to talk about judgment, per… 

Symphonic Ibiza

Symphonic Ibiza

Featuring some of the most famous Ibiza club anthems from the last 30 years, celebrate the European island of clubbing this summer. 

Steve Lamacq: Going Deaf for a Living

Steve Lamacq: Going Deaf for a Living

DJ and journalist Steve Lamacq celebrates 30+ years in the music industry with an intimate one-man show full of anecdotes and observations, clocked up over three decades of champio… 

Sarah Johnson: Mum's Going to Ibiza

Sarah Johnson: Mum's Going to Ibiza

If you were invited to a 50th birthday party in Ibiza, would you go? Are you a party animal? Can you get a sitter for the kids? Can you get the time off work? Have you got £1k for… 

You’re Going To Get Mentally Ill – Now What?

You’re Going To Get Mentally Ill – Now What?

Research has got to the point that researchers like Stephen Lawrie (University of Edinburgh) can predict who will get some major mental illnesses years before they develop. 

Laurie Black: Space Cadette

Laurie Black: Space Cadette

Laurie Black is back and she’s green, keen and featuring a plethora of originally written electro synth space cabaret songs. 

Sarah Southern: Tentatively Tory

Sarah Southern: Tentatively Tory

Sarah Southern had her political awakening very early: at three she was dressing up as Maggie! She worked at the heart of the political machine and her story of elections, campaign… 

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

An hour of gorgeous stand-up from two gorgeous comedians. 

Notre Dame de Paris aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Notre Dame de Paris aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The mayhem of the Court of Miracles, Quasimodo’s torment, screaming gargoyles and the tragedy of Esmeralda’s passionate naivety. 

Space Junk: A Soviet Musical

Space Junk: A Soviet Musical

The first man in space is back on Earth and facing new temptations. 

Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today

Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today

The new live show from bestselling author and critically acclaimed hip-hop artist Darren McGarvey AKA Loki the Scottish rapper. 

Going Slightly Mad

Going Slightly Mad

Max has just been sectioned and she doesn’t know why. 

Magic Hour

Magic Hour

Paul Nathan is a name often associated with the I Hate Children Children’s Show, a firm Festival favourite for years amongst little ones, but he is back this year with a brand ne… 

Elsa Jean McTaggart Presents McTaggart Sisters

Elsa Jean McTaggart Presents McTaggart Sisters

The McTaggart sisters Elsa Jean McTaggart and her youngest sister Miss Irenie Rose present a rare opportunity to hear these two highly acclaimed singers/songwriters/multi-instrumen… 

In Space...

In Space...

Chaika: First Woman in Space

Chaika: First Woman in Space

Discover the true story of Valentina Tereshkova, a young textile worker plucked from obscurity to lead the Soviet Union’s race to the stars. 

Our Mums Wouldn't Watch This

Our Mums Wouldn't Watch This

These three comedians have caused their mothers endless stress and worry, and you will be in no doubt as to why once you’ve seen their show. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Hebridean Fire

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Hebridean Fire

Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with Hebridean Fire. 

Police Cops: Police Cops in Space

Police Cops: Police Cops in Space

Hot off the back of total sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, 2017 and 2018, and Soho Theatre, multi award-winning Police Cops return with their sci-fi comedy blockbuster. 

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

A half-hour from half a man (her father was a man). 

Going Solo, Together

Going Solo, Together

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Sarah Johnson's Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting

Sarah Johnson's Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting

After last year’s sell-out smash hit Mum’s Going to Ibiza, Sarah returned home to her two wonderful children and noticed they were losing the art of play due to excessive technolog… 

It's All Going To Be OK – Free Festival

It's All Going To Be OK – Free Festival

The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems. 

Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan

Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan

Occasionally you will see a TV star wandering the Festival crowds during August in Edinburgh, but at A Pig in Japan you can see real-life Japanese TV star, Ollie Horn perform his d… 

Frankie Foxstone AKA The Profit: Walking Tour

Frankie Foxstone AKA The Profit: Walking Tour

‘A total highlight’ (Audience review, HighTide Festival 2018). 

Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist

Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist

Brett Johnson’s Poly-Theist is a charming and quirky peek into the world of polyamory. 

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott

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

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

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

Fred Cooke: Fred Space

Fred Cooke: Fred Space

Fred Cooke is leaving his twinkle toes behind him after Dancing with the Stars and is coming to Edinburgh with his new show of musical madness. 

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed ‘Lie-in King’, Seann Walsh returns to Edinburgh. 

Grace Campbell: Why I'm Never Going Into Politics

Grace Campbell: Why I'm Never Going Into Politics

Everyone is at the Gilded Balloon to catch a glimpse of Alistair Campbell’s daughter, and Grace by name - but not by nature - gives us everything we want and so much more. 

Sarah Kendall: Paper Planes

Sarah Kendall: Paper Planes

Multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall returns to Edinburgh with a spellbinding hour of storytelling. 

Sarah Keyworth: Pacific

Sarah Keyworth: Pacific

Keyworth has become something of an internet sensation in the last year, and her performance showcases a very confident and comfortable performer, owning her space and her audience… 

Inflatable Space

Inflatable Space

A visually stunning theatrical odyssey exploring space, time and our human condition, from internationally acclaimed theatre artist, Thaddeus Phillips. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Ginger Johnson's Happy Place

Ginger Johnson's Happy Place

Ginger Johnsons’ Happy Place playing at Pleasance Dome is undefinable in an utterly enjoyable way: It is a mash-up of Mr. 

Abandoman AKA Rob Broderick – Road to Coachella

Abandoman AKA Rob Broderick – Road to Coachella

Fancy a full music festival in 60 minutes? Abandoman’s got your back! Rob Broderick brings his innate ability to craft songs on the spot to the world of Coachella. 

Lucy Beaumont: Space Mam

Lucy Beaumont: Space Mam

The hugely anticipated new show from Best Newcomer nominee. 

Sarah Keyworth: Pacific

Sarah Keyworth: Pacific

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Newcomer and winner of the Herald Angel Award returns with a brand-new hour of comedy about the little things, the smallest detai… 

Total Eclipse: In a Moment, My Mum is Going to Step Out of the Moon

Total Eclipse: In a Moment, My Mum is Going to Step Out of the Moon

On one hand, Moving Pieces Theatre Company has a bold mission statement: ‘We combine performing arts with the containment of psycho-therapeutic practices and emergent ideas relatin… 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Hysteria by Terry Johnson

Hysteria by Terry Johnson

Sigmund Freud meets Salvador Dali, and the result is comedy chaos. 

2100: A Space Novelty

2100: A Space Novelty

‘2100: A Space Novelty’ makes full use of physical comedy that goes beyond any regular comedy show and takes audiences on an epic space adventure leaving them wanting a sequel! Wit… 

Laurie Black: Space Cadette

Laurie Black: Space Cadette

Join alien babe cabaret queen Laurie Black and her spaceship-synth for the journey of a lifetime to be the first woman to set foot (stiletto heel) on the moon! Adelaide Fringe’s Em… 

Virginia Woolf's Orlando adapted by Sarah Ruhl

Virginia Woolf's Orlando adapted by Sarah Ruhl

“I’m sick to death of this particular self. 

Anna and Sarah: Would Rather Do a Sudoku

Anna and Sarah: Would Rather Do a Sudoku

Sarah Mann (BBC New Comedian finalist 2018, So You Think You’re Funny runner-up 2017) and Anna Dominey (Bath New Act semi-finalist 2018) are the opposite of party people. 

The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan

The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan

The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to Brighton with a powerhouse mash-u… 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

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

Police Cops in Space

Police Cops in Space

Multi-award-winning company, Police Cops, fresh from a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe and winners of ‘Amused Moose Outstanding Show Award 2018’, bring you a comedy bl… 

ALAN JOHNSON: IN MY LIFE

ALAN JOHNSON: IN MY LIFE

Tickets: £23Duration: approx 2hrs with an intervalSuitable for: ages 16+. 

Seann Walsh: After This One, I’m Going Home

Seann Walsh: After This One, I’m Going Home

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed “Lie-In King”, Seann Walsh is “unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation" (… 

A Simple Space - The Belly

A Simple Space - The Belly

Seven acrobats push their physical limits without reserve; this performance is simultaneously raw, frantic and delicate. 

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Welcome to Anatevka! The Playhouse Theatre has been transformed to create this ‘dear little village’ for Trevor Nunn’s penetrating production of Fiddler on the Roof. 

The Amy Winehouse Experience aka Lioness - Tribute

The Amy Winehouse Experience aka Lioness - Tribute

Lioness are an authentic tribute to the magnificent Amy Winehouse and they’ll be continuing to showcase the talent of the songstress with the 'Legacy Tour' throughout… 

Jeremy Vine: What the Hell is Going On?!

Jeremy Vine: What the Hell is Going On?!

Jeremy Vine is one of the UK's most successful broadcasters. 

Fiddler on the Roof - Haileybury

Fiddler on the Roof - Haileybury

Wednesday 13th February, 7. 

TRAJECTORIES II WORKSHOPS:What is public space?

TRAJECTORIES II WORKSHOPS:What is public space?

The workshop proposes to model and visualise personal concepts of public space. 

C'est La Vie - Sarah Bernhardt And Me

C'est La Vie - Sarah Bernhardt And Me

An actress nervously awaits a life-changing audition. 

FAOS: Fiddler on the Roof

FAOS: Fiddler on the Roof

This is a hired event FAOS Musical Theatre Group presents Fiddler on the Roof This classic show features one of musical theatre’s greatest characters. 

Personal Space Volume 2

Personal Space Volume 2

After last year’s sell out inaugural show ‘Personal Space’, an anthology of the dark, weird and deeply funny. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for a brand new adventure anywhere… 

The Rave Space

The Rave Space

A 90 minute mix of jungle music, theatre, spoken word and ritual. 

Kick The PJ: Space Trip

Kick The PJ: Space Trip

A brand new live comedy show, from the surreal mind of YouTube storyteller KickThePJ. 

Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt

Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt (Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor)

Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt (Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor)

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-up comedy. 

Jean Genie- The Ultimate David Bowie Tribute

Jean Genie- The Ultimate David Bowie Tribute

Jean Genie are the ultimate tribute to David Bowie, fronted by John Manwaring and his band, expect a 2 hour show packed with all the hits from the Ziggy and White Duke e… 

Quines

Quines

When joining Gerda Stevenson for a performance of extracts from her poetry book Quines, you might be expecting an afternoon of her simply reading her excellent poetry. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

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… 

Like a Sturgeon

Like a Sturgeon

Edinburgh-raised drag queen Ripley makes his Fringe debut this year with Like A Sturgeon. 

Elsa

Elsa

Half-hearted waitress and aspiring actress Elsa works in a cafe, eavesdropping on overly earnest coffee chats, regretful memories of the night before, and exhausting tales of the r… 

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Every year I have to write a 100 word blurb for a new show and basically I’ve now been doing this long enough to know that none of this bullsh*t makes any difference. 

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Back for five nights only. 

The Space Gecko Project

The Space Gecko Project

In 2014, The Telegraph released an article headlined: “Five Geckos Freeze to Death on Space Sex Mission. 

Jean-Guihen Queyras & Alexander Melnikov

Jean-Guihen Queyras & Alexander Melnikov

Jean-Guihen Queyras CelloAlexander Melnikov Piano Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op 102 No 2Chopin Cello SonataRachmaninov Cello Sonata  Both respected international soloists in thei… 

Schalk Bezuidenhout: Leopard Print

Schalk Bezuidenhout: Leopard Print

Schalk Bezuidenhout steps out dressed like an East London hipster, all bright, quirky knits, socks printed with bananas and a distinguishable moustache and hairstyle. 

She-Wolves

She-Wolves

Laura Careless’ solo show, inspired by the book and BBC series of the same name by Helen Castor, is an intricate, forceful and nuanced production examining the life of five diffe… 

A Life on the Silk Road

A Life on the Silk Road

The National Theatre of China have brought their visually stunning production of Life On The Silk Road to Zoo Southside. 

Does That Mean We're Not Going Bowling?

Does That Mean We're Not Going Bowling?

Does That Mean We’re Not Going Bowling? may be the best debut comedy show at the Fringe this year. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Wedding Guest Extraordinaire: Sarah Southern

Wedding Guest Extraordinaire: Sarah Southern

Full of joy and love following the royal wedding, the Wedding Guest Extraordinaire has brought her obsession with love matches to Edinburgh and wants to share her tales with you. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Hebridean Fire

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Hebridean Fire

Five-star reviewed and ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award-winner Elsa Jean McTaggart, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018 to launch her well-known folk and Scottish music show,… 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sing, Strings and New Things

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sing, Strings and New Things

Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart. 

Canoe

Canoe

“Who are we, now that we don’t have kids?” Matthew Roberts performs as three key characters in this touching one-man performance: as two fathers, David and Tom, that lose the… 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure every day based… 

Sarah Johnson: Mum's Going to Ibiza

Sarah Johnson: Mum's Going to Ibiza

If you were invited to a 50th birthday party in Ibiza, would you go? To help you decide, Sarah takes you on her journey and it’s one you’ll never forget. 

Ella Jean

Ella Jean

Ella Jean is no stranger to fear. 

The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan

The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan

The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan. 

Orpheus

Orpheus

Alexander Wright, our poet for the evening, tells us that this piece was written in The Meadows – the park not very far from Summerhall where they are performing now. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Planet Caramel: Rotations in Flavour Space

Planet Caramel: Rotations in Flavour Space

Free Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer for every audience member! Scotland’s fastest, best and only sketch trio present a light-speed comedy experience like no other. 

Going Solo, Together

Going Solo, Together

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Def Comedy Space Jam

Def Comedy Space Jam

Tom Lawrinson and Josh Jones present an hour of stand-up comedy direct from outer space! Jokes that are absolutely raw and positively looney. 

Sarah Iles: Ghosted

Sarah Iles: Ghosted

A fun stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles invites you to her life of trying to date after 12 years out of the game (she was married, not in prison – insert a hack witty comme… 

Foxdog Studios: Robot Chef

Foxdog Studios: Robot Chef

FoxDog Studios are back – and they are as witty, quick and entertaining as previous years. 

Grace

Grace

Katie Reddin-Clancy’s solo show has the potential to be fantastic – with a delicious, sharply observed script that is slickly performed. 

Thor and Loki

Thor and Loki

Thor and Loki is a wildly silly parody adaptation of the Ragnarok myth that is heaps of fun – even if it does go on a bit. 

Status

Status

Chris Thorpe's solo show for this year is about grappling with national identity as a white british man. 

Abandoman (AKA Rob Broderick) – Pirate Radio

Abandoman (AKA Rob Broderick) – Pirate Radio

Ireland’s finest hip hop musical comedian, is back in the Cow with his biggest show yet. 

Police Cops in Space

Police Cops in Space

It's obvious from the loud, excited audience in Assembly Studio 3 that London-based comedy theatre trio The Pretend Men – Nathan Parkinson, Zachary Hunt and Tom Rose – have… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Everything Is Going to Be KO

Everything Is Going to Be KO

Everything’s Going to be KO begins with an educational psychologist. 

Alma, a Human Voice

Alma, a Human Voice

Alma: A Human Voice is a one-person performance focused on portraying and contrasting two characters from the early 1900s. 

Valerie

Valerie

Through the thick haze and wash lights, the three piece band of performers that make up Valerie can just be seen, shimmering like figures from the past. 

Sirens

Sirens

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if figures from Greek myth were around today? Well, Zoo Co Theatre Company have got you covered. 

Space Doctor

Space Doctor

This November happens to mark the 55th anniversary of the BBC broadcasting the first ever episode of Doctor Who, so it’s hardly surprising that several shows on this year’s Fringe … 

Duckie

Duckie

Le Gateau Chocolat has brought his background in drag to this kids show, which is a solo act loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. 

Wrecked

Wrecked

There are a lot of innovative and unique venues at this year’s Festival, but Wrecked might be just one of the most original and weirdest, as this entire performance takes place i… 

Flight

Flight

Darkfield – creators of last years Séance – have brought their shipping container back to Summerhall for their latest aeronautically themed immersive audio performance, Flight… 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is the plastic-and-glitter-wearing spiritual sister of shows such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 

Baby Face

Baby Face

“Have you ever fantasised about someone like me?” Katy Dye asks the audience, not as an adult woman, not as a performance artist, but as a 15-year-old school girl. 

Olga Koch: Fight

Olga Koch: Fight

When you think of Russians, funny and comedian are probably not two words that instantly spring to mind; but in time, Olga Koch will change that. 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure base… 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)

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. 

Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Callaghan

Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Callaghan

Award-winning UK comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to the Fringe with a powerhouse mash-up of comedy and poetry abo… 

Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Callaghan

Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Callaghan

Who says stand-up and poetry don’t go together? Sarah Callaghan was told it wouldn’t work, that it just wasn’t, well, fun enough. 

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

The smash-hit production of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt returns vividly and noisily to the West End stage in director Sally Cookson’s fun-filled adaptation set to Benji … 

Yen

Yen

Gritty Theatre is living up to its name with their current performance of Anna Jordan’s Yen. 

Tits in Space

Tits in Space

‘Tits in Space’ - are they idiots or are they boobs? A sketch show involving two idiots, some space, emails, death, plankton, voiceovers, and boob hats. 

Isobel Rogers: Elsa

Isobel Rogers: Elsa

Half-hearted waitress Elsa works in a cafe, eavesdropping on overly-earnest coffee chats, regretful memories of the night before, and exhausting tales of the rat race, as she strug… 

Going Dutch

Going Dutch

Concert band extravaganza. 

Free Yoga All Day at Space Yoga Studio

Free Yoga All Day at Space Yoga Studio

Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio. 

Space Doctor

Space Doctor

Have you ever turned up at a party to find yourself surrounded by people you didn’t know who all seemed to be united by an in-joke you didn’t get? That was my Space Doctor expe… 

Going South

Going South

Brace yourselves for a very special afternoon of musical frivolity, as this fabulous duo unleash upon you their zany mix of comedy and stunning harmonies. 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

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. 

Alpha Mums Gone Wrong

Alpha Mums Gone Wrong

Joann Condon, Ayshea Bravo and Leonie Rachel are alpha-mums gone wrong. 

Family Day - Space Girl

Family Day - Space Girl

‘Space Girl’  written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old. 

The Maids by Jean Genet

The Maids by Jean Genet

First performed in 1947, Jean Genet’s The Maids was inspired by the true story of sisters Christine and Léa Papin, who murdered their employer and her daughter. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

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… 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (WiP)

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (WiP)

Rising star Sarah Keyworth, tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, brings an hour of brand new stand-up that shines a light on the relationship between a little girl … 

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione: Compared To What

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione: Compared To What

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

Police Cops In Space

Police Cops In Space

Forget Spaceballs, there is a new sci-fi comedy champion in town. 

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus: Gayz into Space

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus: Gayz into Space

A long time ago in a venue far, far away. 

Oliver Samuels and Volier “Maffy” Johnson in FRENEMY

Oliver Samuels and Volier “Maffy” Johnson in FRENEMY

Samuels and Johnson are two of Jamaican theater’s giants. 

Adam Kay - This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Adam Kay - This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music. 

Space Ape

Space Ape

Once upon a time, approximately twenty years from now, Yorick stands alone, suited up and ready to blast off in a rocket on his celebrated journey to Mars. 

Mo Gilligan AKA Mo the Comedian: Coupla Cans Tour

Mo Gilligan AKA Mo the Comedian: Coupla Cans Tour

After selling out the 2017 leg of his smash hit Coupla Cans Tour in a matter of minutes, online sensation Mo Gilligan is adding a string of new shows for 2018 by massive… 

Deep Space

Deep Space

An immersive moving-image experience that explores the extraterrestrial. 

Sip'n & Sup'n: A tapestry of space, place & words

Sip'n & Sup'n: A tapestry of space, place & words

In this writer’s residency, the writer, Michelle Fairbairn, equipped with laptop, Indian ink, watercolours and black ink pens, will immerse herself in the space and culture that … 

Ethan Andrews: The Youngest I Am Ever Going To Be

Ethan Andrews: The Youngest I Am Ever Going To Be

Ethan Andrews grew up in a mining town with the highest ratio of men to women in Australia. 

A Simple Space

A Simple Space

The must-see, internationally acclaimed circus sensation returns to the Adelaide Fringe! A show that is simultaneously raw, frantic and delicate. 

Sarah Valle vs The Internal Darkness

Sarah Valle vs The Internal Darkness

Armed with an extraterrestrial keyboard, Sarah sets out to battle her inner darkness the only way she knows how: THE POWER OF MUSIC AND THEATRE!. 

Doctor Trek in Space

Doctor Trek in Space

3 of the best sci-fi series to ever grace the screens! 3 of the best improv actors we could find! No rules. 

Space Encounters

Space Encounters

Space Encounters is a 50 minute interactive family opera created by Sean O’Boyle and Ian McFadyen. 

The Dark Space Performances

The Dark Space Performances

At Home Records presents The Dark Space Performances. 

Space Doctor

Space Doctor

Time Travel, Space Ships, Evil Aliens, Sexy Assistants, Demented Fans. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Time & Space

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Time & Space

Ever wanted to experience your own Doctor Who adventure? Our team of time lords will whisk you round the universe and home in time for tea in this hilarious improvised parody! ★�… 

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

The award-winning Oxford Operatic Society returns to the Playhouse to do what they do best: bring a beloved musical to life. 

C'est La Vie - Sarah Bernhardt And Me

C'est La Vie - Sarah Bernhardt And Me

An actress nervously awaits a life-changing audition. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper

Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper

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

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and total Fringe sell-out 2015 and 2016, Sarah Kendall returns with her brand-new show One-Seventeen. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Sandman

The Sandman

This Victoriana adaptation of a gothic adaptation of a children’s fairy tale figure is not exactly breaking new ground. 

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is earnestly performed by a youthful and small cast – the reason for scraping the second star – but the uninspired script and the overa… 

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Plan 9 from Outer Space

The worst movie of all time comes to the Edinburgh stage. 

The Staff Room

The Staff Room

It is really reassuring to see an honest piece about the hard work of being a teacher, whilst also avoiding a bland generic sanctifying of all teachers. 

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

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

Locker Room Talk

Locker Room Talk

Delve into an hour of real Locker Room Talk, a term made infamous by Donald Trump, and allow yourself to be immersed into the murky and dark world of everyday sexism that society d… 

Cook and Davies: Space-Ark

Cook and Davies: Space-Ark

The very last sketch show in the universe! Earth has been destroyed. 

Our Carnal Hearts

Our Carnal Hearts

Our Carnal Hearts is a wicked and totally absorbing cathartic purging experience, exalting the darker shades of humanity that dwell within us all. 

Red Button

Red Button

Red Button is a quirky and peculiar piece of science fiction theatre that doesn’t quite find its feet. 

Space Dogs

Space Dogs

Space Dogs is a historical comedy drama set in the early days of the Cold War. 

A Tale of Two

A Tale of Two

A topical and popular theme for this year’s Fringe – mental health – is explored and fleshed out in this beautiful, bittersweet tale of two childhood friends that battle to f… 

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

One of the most beautiful and timeless shows ever written, Fiddler on the Roof is a wonderful tale of traditions, culture, displacement and loss. 

Dick in Space

Dick in Space

The biggest Dick in the universe is on a plural mission: murder investigation, self-destruction and solving the riddles of the universe – taking on God, Napoleon and unruly human… 

The Emily Triptych

The Emily Triptych

Emily Dickinson is flitting about the meeting room in the Quaker Meeting House. 

Ami and Tami

Ami and Tami

Ami and Tami is a reimagined Hansel & Gretel for the modern day. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Break Up (We Need to Talk)

Break Up (We Need to Talk)

Five hours is a long time for everyone – it’s a long time for a viewer, it’s a long time for an actor, and it’s a long time to have an excruciating conversation about your … 

Pre-View

Pre-View

Traverse Theatre is currently hosting rehearsed readings of pieces from graduates at the University of Edinburgh’s Playwriting Masters course. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Sarah Keyworth: Why Not? (WIP)

Sarah Keyworth: Why Not? (WIP)

Rising comedy star Sarah Keyworth, a Funny Women finalist 2015 and tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, examines what it means to be a child raised believing you co… 

Avalon

Avalon

This is an insight into a piece of work in its infancy, and it does have a long way to go before it stands on its own two feet. 

Outer Space – The Next Empire?

Outer Space – The Next Empire?

Join space innovation researcher Matjaz Vidmar (University of Edinburgh) and acclaimed science fiction author Pippa Goldschmidt to debate the future of human activity beyond Earth. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sounds of Scotland

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sounds of Scotland

Five-star reviews and Three Weeks Editors’ Award winner Elsa Jean McTaggart returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 to launch her well-known folk and Scottish music show, … 

07800 834030: Thank You for Waiting

07800 834030: Thank You for Waiting

Miranda Kane’s show, 07800 834030: Thank You For Waiting returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for more secrets, confessions and answers – the dirtier the better. 

Space Rocket Oddity Man

Space Rocket Oddity Man

Floating in deep space, an astronaut pleads with his lover to let him back in the airlock. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

I remember when Doctor Who was a practically forgotten, long cancelled show that was only the domain of nerds (like me). 

The Intimate Strangers: Mister Bond

The Intimate Strangers: Mister Bond

The Intimate Strangers: Mister Bond is one of those shows made up from two guys (most of the time), a collection of wigs, cloaks, scarves and, guns that are mixed together with a w… 

Anathema

Anathema

Anathema is a promising first piece of work from Bearded Dog Theatre, starting strong with difficult topics not often discussed on stage – specifically the issue of male rape. 

A Different Way Home

A Different Way Home

In A Different Way Home we hear from two estranged members of the same family as they share their sides of a complex family story with us – chiefly how they manage grief after lo… 

Brave Macbeth

Brave Macbeth

If you feel sceptical about the idea of Macbeth as a comedy for children, let me put your mind at rest. 

Going AWOL

Going AWOL

A two-handed, multi-rolling farcical extravaganza written and produced by Bristol-based AWOL Productions. 

We Are All Going to Die

We Are All Going to Die

We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions. 

Spirit of the Dane

Spirit of the Dane

If Shakespeare’s greatest characters could talk, what would they say? Would they be happy about their storylines and demise, and how would they feel about all of the… “modern… 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form. 

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

“Manuel, please sit the guests down,” from the very first sentence, you know this is not going to be any ordinary evening meal – and I’m already clutching my glass of wine,… 

Buried: A New Musical

Buried: A New Musical

“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself. 

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning. 

Dick in Space

Dick in Space

The biggest Dick in the universe is on a plural mission: murder investigation, self-destruction and solving the riddles of the universe – taking on God, Napoleon and unruly human… 

Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught

Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught

You don’t need to be a hippo expert to help Dr Zieffal and Dr Ziegal catch a hippo in Edinburgh – all you need are the right tools and to keep your eyes peeled! The Hippo that … 

Sarah Callaghan: The Pigeon Dying Under the Bush

Sarah Callaghan: The Pigeon Dying Under the Bush

Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from two hugely successful shows and tours of Australia, returns with a show inspired by an incredibly lucky escape, forcing her to re… 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

This slick performance of Robin Hood by Manhattan Children’s Theatre (Edinburgh) will leave you laughing, humming the songs, and with a strange desire to shout ‘Hail King Richa… 

Elsa

Elsa

Elsa works in a cafe and eavesdrops on the coffee mornings with the girls as she waitresses. 

Jason Byrne: The Man with Three Brains

Jason Byrne: The Man with Three Brains

Jason Byrne is no stranger to festival stand-up, or festival audiences, and he has returned once again to Scotland’s capital with his new tour, The Man with Three Brains (althoug… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form. 

Robin’s Hood

Robin’s Hood

C Theatre’s production of Robin’s Hood is a silly pantomime style show featuring the classic characters. 

Mavis Sparkle

Mavis Sparkle

There is more to Mavis Sparkle than meets the eye. 

Police Cops in Space

Police Cops in Space

When a Fringe show sells out on opening night, you know it’s doing something right. 

Trumpageddon

Trumpageddon

Trumpageddon has a strong premise – a facile Q and A with the man of the hour. 

The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never

The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never

The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never is exactly what you want from a cabaret. 

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

In 1986, the Kendall family stood in their back-garden, staring at the Australian sky and hoping to catch a glimpse of Halley’s comet. 

Helen Duff: When The Going Gets Duff

Helen Duff: When The Going Gets Duff

‘Master of shamelessly silly yet socially conscious clowning’ Helen Duff returns. 

Princes of Main: New Year's Eve

Princes of Main: New Year's Eve

A sketch show based on an end of 2017 new year’s eve party, Princes of Main: New Year’s Eve might miss the mark occasionally, but if you stick with it until the bells, it will … 

From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads

From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads

Based on how From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is marketed, one would be justified in expecting it to be a David Bowie tribute act – a musical, tightly knit to the art and mind of… 

Aunty Donna: Big Boys

Aunty Donna: Big Boys

This is Aunty Donna’s fourth Edinburgh Fringe, they have a huge following and return as popular as ever. 

A Strange New Space

A Strange New Space

Amira is obsessed with space and dreams of becoming an astronaut. 

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2017: Dream Sequence

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2017: Dream Sequence

When an Edinburgh Fringe virgin asks a seasoned Fringe-lover (that’s me, by the way) for show recommendations there are a number of shows I always highlight before reviews have e… 

Kaitlyn Rogers: Can I Get an Amen?!

Kaitlyn Rogers: Can I Get an Amen?!

Can I get an Amen?! Is the subtitle of Aussie Comic Kaitlyn Rogers’ show and I do feel like yelling ‘Amen’ by the end of the show, because I’d been praying for it to be over. 

That’s Life on Lisgar

That’s Life on Lisgar

That’s Life on Lisgar is a story of family fissures and the intimate workings of life as a daughter of a Portuguese family in Canada. 

Brexit the Musical

Brexit the Musical

How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha… 

Any Suggestions Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

Any Suggestions Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

The most fantastic improvised parody in all of space & time is back! Brand new episodes of Doctor Who created with your suggestions and a live radiophonic workshop. 

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

A cheesy caricature of itself, Dirty Dancing is full of moments that will make you physically cringe but, if you’re after a literal movie-to-stage adaptation of the so-bad-it�… 

Sarah Callaghan: The Pigeon Dying Under the Bush (preview)

Sarah Callaghan: The Pigeon Dying Under the Bush (preview)

Sarah Callaghan brings you a brand new hour of comedy . 

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

Opening with the ever-familar chord progression of Stand by Me this tribute to Ben E King and the Drifters by Othello Music had the audience in the palm of their hand from … 

You and Me and the Space Between

You and Me and the Space Between

The island is sinking. 

Helen Duff: When The Going Gets Duff

Helen Duff: When The Going Gets Duff

Master of shamelessly silly yet socially conscious clowning, Helen Duff returns with a bold, subversive and very funny new stand-up show about life as a fully exposed idiot. 

Joan

Joan

An unashamedly silly retelling of the story of behind St. 

Going South

Going South

Brace yourselves for a very special afternoon of musical frivolity, as this fabulous all-female trio unleash upon you their zany mix of comedy and stunning harmonies. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

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

Any Suggestions, Doctor?: An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

Any Suggestions, Doctor?: An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

Taking a much loved pop culture reference point is always a sure fire way to fill seats. 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

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 … 

Sarah's web only test

Sarah's web only test

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Dreamboats and Petticoats

Dreamboats and Petticoats

Fans of rock and roll won’t be left disappointed by the musical numbers in teenage romance production, Dreamboats and Petticoats. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

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… 

We're Going On A Bear Hunt

We're Going On A Bear Hunt

You can always feel a particular kind of excitement in an auditorium, before “curtain up”, when a significant proportion of the audience are (a) less than five years old, an… 

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

In Sartre’s existential drama, three characters are placed in a mysterious room with no way out. 

Scottish Ballet Hansel & Gretel

Scottish Ballet Hansel & Gretel

Forget what you know about the traditional Brothers Grimm fairy tale; Christopher Hampson has taken this classic tale and injected it with magic and modern charm, his choreograp… 

Dr Johnson Goes to Scotland

Dr Johnson Goes to Scotland

A risk when putting any historical figure on stage—let alone a writer and thinker of the calibre of Dr Samuel Johnson—is that using their own words makes them appear less a … 

Whose Work Is It Anyway? (The Space Between Us and the Things We Do Together)

Whose Work Is It Anyway? (The Space Between Us and the Things We Do Together)

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

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

Fiddler on the Roof Junior

Fiddler on the Roof Junior

This is a fresh, charming abridged version of the award-winning 1964 musical, Fiddler on the Roof. 

Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

This is a show that had so much potential in its material and utilised none of it. 

God's Anointed

God's Anointed

Grace and Laurie are two friends who decide to become prophets, in order to disprove the dying words of their friend, Eve, who recently committed suicide. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sings, Strings and Other Things

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sings, Strings and Other Things

Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart. 

Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness is an adaptation of a PSA film from 1936 of the same name – famous for being embarrassingly awful – that warned parents of the dangers of marijuana. 

The Snow Child

The Snow Child

A short and well-formed chamber opera, which shows lots of potential, but needs to pick up on the details. 

Leicester Comedy Festival Presents Best of That Other Fest With Sarah Millican & Special Guests

Leicester Comedy Festival Presents Best of That Other Fest With Sarah Millican & Special Guests

Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

Immortal

Immortal

A splendidly constructed World War Two piece, that struggles to be heard. 

Improvised Adventures in Time and Space

Improvised Adventures in Time and Space

The Doctor’s back and combating rogue aliens at the Fringe! Directed by one of the makers of Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes, we take you on a transcendental journey… 

Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour

Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour

Sherlock Holmes meets a theatrical farce in this intelligently written double act that sparkles like the Blue Carbuncle. 

Rayguns Look Real Enough in Space... Man

Rayguns Look Real Enough in Space... Man

Having assembled a crack team of musical legends from across the globe, notorious rock stars Rayguns Look Real Enough are now heading into space to bring home the Best Band in the … 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

Mark Watson: I'm Not Here

Mark Watson: I'm Not Here

Returning once again to the Pleasance stage, Mark Watson is not all there. 

Jamie Laval: Master Fiddler

Jamie Laval: Master Fiddler

US national and Scottish fiddle champion Jamie Laval creates rapt audiences with his passionate performances of traditional Celtic music, showcasing his stunning virtuosity, contem… 

Into the Water

Into the Water

Into the Water promises to be a family-friendly show full of dancing and imagination. 

Alice and the Dream Child

Alice and the Dream Child

Transforum Theatre’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland sets the Lewis Carroll classic in a mental hospital. 

Awakening, Sweet and Sour Sensory Composition

Awakening, Sweet and Sour Sensory Composition

You don a white mask and read a list of instructions upon entering The Space at Jury’s Inn. 

Journeys

Journeys

A Spaniard, a Frenchman, an Englishwoman and an Italian get on a train and treat us to a series of energetic and amusing clowning sketches that weave together the stories of the in… 

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

“All the Australians in the room put your hands up,” a splattering of us raise our hands, and little do we realise that Dan Willis will heavily rely on us to make up a good pro… 

Ditty Fiddler

Ditty Fiddler

Friz Frizzle has ruined songs for West End Shows, #1 Comedy Albums and BBC Radio 4, and now he is going to ruin them live. 

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Hot Coals Theatre have put together a slick physical comedy, full of beat-perfect gags leaving you laughing out loud at the flick of an eyebrow, whilst some of the more grotesqu… 

Stephen K Amos Talk Show

Stephen K Amos Talk Show

Sitting into a dark room, crammed with many other eagerly awaiting strangers, Stephen K Amos enters, his booming voice announcing his talk show and diving into some sarcasm-laced m… 

SKAL and Silent Space

SKAL and Silent Space

Silent Space crosses the boundaries between classical and contemporary Indian dance and between sound and silence. 

I Used to Hear Footsteps

I Used to Hear Footsteps

A documentary style piece of storytelling which merges fact and fiction, past and present in an interesting tale, that sadly fails to curdle the blood. 

You Tweet My Face Space

You Tweet My Face Space

Ever wondered, or perhaps dreaded, what it would be like if your search history could talk? With a host of zany characters and one wonderfully surreal party, You Tweet My Face Spac… 

One Musical to Rule Them All

One Musical to Rule Them All

An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical… 

Bang! To the Heart

Bang! To the Heart

I you are looking for a bombastically visual hip hop dance show, and you don’t mind a nonsensical and cliché plot, this is the show for you. 

Cabaret Whore Presents... La Poule Plombée

Cabaret Whore Presents... La Poule Plombée

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… 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sings, Strings and Other Things

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sings, Strings and Other Things

Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart. 

Paul Johnson: The Cool Kids

Paul Johnson: The Cool Kids

Comedian Paul Johnson guides his two sons through first loves, playground fights, youth sports and the timeless longing to fit in and be one of the cool kids – an urge Paul still… 

As Yet Undecided

As Yet Undecided

As Yet Undecided is an intriguing piece of ‘nonfiction’ with a cast of characters including Doubt, Time and Procrastination. 

Going Underground

Going Underground

In this thought-provoking, inventive and touching piece of new writing, we hear about the lives of ten individuals, linked only by their mode of transportation. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Lassie Will Ye Go

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Lassie Will Ye Go

Five-star review and Editors Award winner Elsa Jean McTaggart returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 to launch her folk album and show, Lassie Will Ye Go. 

A Simple Space

A Simple Space

Gravity and Other Myths are the future of contemporary circus and their show A Simple Space is utterly unmissable. 

Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Michael is the kind of production I come to Fringe to see: a very specific, niche show, seemingly outside of my interests, that is found to be a surprisingly charming hou… 

Sarah & Saskia with Comedy Chums

Sarah & Saskia with Comedy Chums

A fun-packed hour of stand-up where Saskia Preston and Sarah Iles bring along their comedy chums to have you laughing your bellies off. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

An episode of Doctor Who improvised before your eyes! From a fantastic team, including five-star directors, producers, actors and comedians, (Nouse, 2015). 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Space Cat Pasta Bake

Space Cat Pasta Bake

Space Cat Pasta Bake is a two-handed comedy experience by up-and-coming London comedians Bob Munro (Golden Jester winner 2015) and Ross Smith (So You Think You’re Funny? semi-final… 

Sarah Bennetto: I Love You All and I Mean That Sincerely

Sarah Bennetto: I Love You All and I Mean That Sincerely

A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto. 

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two

“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter. 

Sarah Laing Sings the Music of Doris Day

Sarah Laing Sings the Music of Doris Day

Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s. 

Irish Comedy – No Safe Space

Irish Comedy – No Safe Space

It’s late. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Siân and Zoë’s Luxury Cruise Through the Horrifying Vacuum of Space

Siân and Zoë’s Luxury Cruise Through the Horrifying Vacuum of Space

Alternative comedy duo Siân and Zoë are taking a ship (theatre) full of lucky cosmonauts on a relaxing mindfulness retreat. 

Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary

Timelines blur as Queen Mary Tudor stands reading the Financial Times in this capable performance that draws parallels between the purging reign of Bloody Mary and the policies of … 

Singsing Bathtub and Fernando, the Space Elephant

Singsing Bathtub and Fernando, the Space Elephant

A surprise invitation for all adventure seekers! Let’s follow this whimsical crew for the ultimate experience of space. 

Mothers

Mothers

Meet Luke (the uptight one), Joshan (the cool one) and Archie (the third one) as they take you forth into a calamitous hour of high-energy skits. 

Neel Kolhatkar: Neel Before Me

Neel Kolhatkar: Neel Before Me

If you are a millennial/Gen-Y/Gen-X-er you need to see Neel Kolhatkar. 

Sarah Callaghan: 24

Sarah Callaghan: 24

I like Sarah Callaghan. 

Skrimshanks

Skrimshanks

“We have a reviewer in tonight” crows a tall, stunning, grotesquely padded and malformed white-painted clown. 

My Name is Gideon: Songs, Space Travel and Everything In-Between

My Name is Gideon: Songs, Space Travel and Everything In-Between

Gideon Irving is a travelling musician looking for new friends all over the world. 

Alice Fraser: The Resistance

Alice Fraser: The Resistance

You are immediately struck by Alice Fraser’s triumphant gentility as she graces the stage. 

Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings

Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings

Carl Donnelly has reached peak age, he’s a vegan, he recently took up yoga, and he’s content with his life – I know it doesn’t sound like a good recipe for stand-up but som… 

Beyond Price

Beyond Price

This is a wonderfully complex piece; part intertwining story, part vocalised ruminations of Jack Klaff, a Fringe veteran who gives a stunning performance. 

Loren O'Brien: Who?

Loren O'Brien: Who?

A cross between the mass appeal of Amy Schumer and the niche quirkiness of Jenna Marbles, Loren O’Brien is trying to work out her own identity. 

Michelle Brasier: Space Tortoise

Michelle Brasier: Space Tortoise

Michelle Brasier (Backwards Anorak’s Winter is Coming, Aunty Donna’s 1999) presents Space Tortoise. 

Holly Burn: I Am Special

Holly Burn: I Am Special

It’s a struggle to review Holly Burn. 

Circleville, Circlevalley

Circleville, Circlevalley

The beauty of a new play, from a new company, is that expectations are at rock bottom. 

Out of Our Father's House

Out of Our Father's House

The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention. 

A Pocketful of Grimms

A Pocketful of Grimms

Do you remember the warmth and magic you felt being told stories before bed as a kid? That elation you feel when you’re totally engrossed in a book? A Pocketful of Grimms brings … 

Sarah Kendall: Shaken

Sarah Kendall: Shaken

Sarah Kendall’s stand-up routine has a different format to most: it’s all centred around a single tale, and it’s in the hands of someone who really knows their way around sto… 

Naomi Petersen: I am Telling You I'm Not Going

Naomi Petersen: I am Telling You I'm Not Going

Naomi Petersen is a newcomer to the Fringe and in this whirlwind hour of musical and character comedy the laughs fail to keep pace with her sky-high enthusiasm. 

Going Viral

Going Viral

An ARC Stockton Production. 

I am Telling you I'm Not Going

I am Telling you I'm Not Going

Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia. 

I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

“Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia. 

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione

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

Going AWOL

Going AWOL

A farcical comedy two-hander, written and produced by AWOL Productions. 

Going Down

Going Down

The Sex Shells present ‘Going Down’: a glittering, twisted, all-singing, all-prancing look at gay existence in the twenty-first century. 

The Bear Space

The Bear Space

“We are sorry to have to tell you that in this country it all began with a bear. 

Sarah Kendall plus support

Sarah Kendall plus support

Sarah Kendall brings her sell-out Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy award nominated show to Brighton Fringe. 

Andy and Sarah's Rantomime

Andy and Sarah's Rantomime

Every Christmas, comedians Andy Thomas (‘Crimes Against Humanities Teachers’) and Sarah Charsley (‘Ghost Sex’) meet to mime a rant, then do it for real. 

The Rave Space - Will Dickie

The Rave Space - Will Dickie

Live artist and performance maker Will Dickie presents The Rave Space. 1 DJ, 1 Crowd and 1 journey. An experience beyond the theatre and beyond the dance floor. 

TOM, the Musical

TOM, the Musical

Everyone has a story about Tom, says the narrator. 

Sarah Skaggs

Sarah Skaggs

Following the Sept. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

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… 

James III: The True Mirror

James III: The True Mirror

Like the first, the final play in Rona Munro’s James Plays is part family saga, part love story. 

James II: Day of the Innocents

James II: Day of the Innocents

Day of the Innocents takes place on the same set as the first James play, but it feels somewhat different thanks to subtle changes of dressing and lighting. 

James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock

James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock

There’s the feel of a gladiatorial arena to the staging of Rona Munro’s trilogy of James Plays, not least because some audience members seated on a raised area above the sta… 

Fiddler on the Roof NEW YORK

Fiddler on the Roof NEW YORK

Miracle of miracles! A Broadway tradition returns: Fiddler on the Roof. 

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II didn’t shirk from social issues within their musical theatre productions: racism (South Pacific), transient/absent fatherhood (Carouse… 

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the days and suddenly it’s time for a new revival of this shtetl-set musical by Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock. 

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics. 

Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good

Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good

A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness. 

Jean Butler

Jean Butler

Steeped in Irish dance from a young age, Ms. 

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

This sophisticated French pianist offers a colorful program of works by two composers who expanded the piano’s color palette. 

Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined

Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined

If you grew up in the 1970s it was almost compulsory to know the music of Burt Bacharach and lyrics of Hal David - Alfie, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Look of Love and What the World N… 

Sarah Kendall: A Day in October

Sarah Kendall: A Day in October

Having won the Comics’ Choice Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall is back with a hilarious new hour of storytelling. 

Dawns Ysbrydion / Ghost Dance

Dawns Ysbrydion / Ghost Dance

Ghost Dance, or Dawns Ysbrydion as is the Welsh title, uses three female dancers to explore the parallels between the displacement of Native Americans and the Ghost Dance of 1890 �… 

Tall Women in Clogs

Tall Women in Clogs

A surprisingly funny show made up of a series of bizarre vignettes including film, speeches, dance (there is some dancing in clogs, but nowhere near as you expect from the title), … 

Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson

Professor Chris Carter talks to the Rt Hon Alan Johnson about his career in the trade unions, Labour party politics, and his time as a government minister and author. 

Father Christmas Needs a Wee!

Father Christmas Needs a Wee!

An entertaining pantomime-esque show that is great fun for both adults and children. 

Going There!

Going There!

A practical workshop exploring and confronting ‘issues’ through playwriting, performance and, importantly, comedy – with Robert Softley Gale and Johnny McKnight. 

Jean-Luc Picard and Me

Jean-Luc Picard and Me

Recent cinematic reboots notwithstanding, there’s arguably at least one generation of television viewers for whom Star Trek’s starship captain of choice is not James Tiberius K… 

Beauty Of The Beast

Beauty Of The Beast

A slow burn performance, which builds to a surprisingly hard hitting climax, using a dance and self-aware comedy. 

The Wendy House Trilogy: Edmund

The Wendy House Trilogy: Edmund

This is a show I really wanted to enjoy; each part of the production tries very hard to achieve an ambitious vision, but don’t quite make it. 

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

The American High School Theatre Festival brings a sliver of Tolkien’s Middle Earth to an Edinburgh stage in their very ambitious fantasy adaptation of The Hobbit, performed usin… 

Let England Shake

Let England Shake

Let England Shake is a dark and funny performance full of good ideas and performed by a great all-female ensemble. 

Mark Thompson's A Space Traveller's Guide to the Solar System

Mark Thompson's A Space Traveller's Guide to the Solar System

Is it possible for one person to journey around the solar system in the space of a human lifetime? This show is as much about the alien worlds in our planetary neighborhood as it i… 

Sarah Stewart

Sarah Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway based printmaker Sarah Stewart creates fresh contemporary works inspired by patterns and typography found within her environment and found objects. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Sarah-Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Sarah-Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

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

Correction

Correction

This is a mesmerising, funny and well-crafted example of modern choreography, which explores what you can achieve when you are put under restrictions. 

Night of My Life

Night of My Life

Sketch Club 7 has six members. 

Early Grave, Fashionably Late

Early Grave, Fashionably Late

Come and join Mr Cooper Sullivan as he tells the tale of how he became embroiled in a murder which takes him on a wild adventure that will have you giggling the whole way though. 

To Space

To Space

Dr Niamh Shaw is that relatively rare thing – a skilled and engaging stage performer who also happens to be a scientist and engineer, with both a degree and PhD to her name. 

Stephanie Laing: Nincompoop

Stephanie Laing: Nincompoop

Stephanie Laing is Chesney Hawkes’ number one fan. 

Going Viral

Going Viral

Going Viral, written and performed by Daniel Bye, follows an imaginary outbreak of a highly contagious weeping virus spreading across the world, by you. 

Tiernan Douieb: The World's Full of Idiots, Let's Live in Space

Tiernan Douieb: The World's Full of Idiots, Let's Live in Space

Commander Chris Hadfield said that six months on the International Space Station made him feel a great sense of just how much the world is all one place and we are all one people l… 

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

If Dan Willis is targeting the annoying Australian Uncle demographic with his show Australia: A Whinging Pom’s Guide, he’s got it completely spot on. 

Distinguished Gentlemen (But Really Just a Couple of ***ts)

Distinguished Gentlemen (But Really Just a Couple of ***ts)

This is a lewd, ridiculous and over the top show that will leave you stunned and cackling. 

This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage)

This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage)

This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage), despite its lengthy title, is a fast-paced, intense and powerful piece of new writing, filled with intriguing… 

A Very British Childhood

A Very British Childhood

We are invited into the supposedly idyllic lives of an average suburban family, where absolutely nothing is amiss. 

Rent

Rent

A solid production of Rent that will entertain you for an evening but won’t remain with you. 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess

Fourth Monkey are back with another stellar ensemble piece, providing late night gothic horror - even more frightening, as it is based on a real-life horror story. 

The Mercenary Fiddler AKA Elsa Jean McTaggart

The Mercenary Fiddler AKA Elsa Jean McTaggart

Aberfeldian self-taught fiddler and singer-songwriter, Elsa Jean McTaggart, enters stage left, playing electric fiddle and wearing red tartan skirt, and jaunty baker boy hat. 

Mark Thompson’s Space Cadets Training Academy

Mark Thompson’s Space Cadets Training Academy

Mark Thompson, well known as a TV astronomer and author, has joined the ranks of Space Command to help recruit some new space cadets. 

Miss Sarah

Miss Sarah

Someone has gone missing. 

To Kill a Machine

To Kill a Machine

Performed by a superb cast, this is a painful and tragic exploration of Alan Turing’s life and the many attempts to break him as a person. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A solid and entertaining piece of Shakespeare that’s well handled by its young cast. 

Chicken

Chicken

In this play, the North/South divide is a reality. 

Alice Fraser: Savage

Alice Fraser: Savage

Alice Fraser’s kindness immediately hits you like a warm hug: as her audience filter in she’s chatting, pointing out the air conditioning (a small fan that she’s bought herse… 

Brush

Brush

This is a sweet and imaginative show that really draws you into the story that the delightful characters wish to tell. 

Wilde Without the Boy

Wilde Without the Boy

This is a haunting and powerful solo show that lingers with you long after leaving the theatre, sticking closely to Oscar Wilde’s signature style: simultaneously intellectual and… 

Dyspraxia and Politics: The Two Sides to Don Biswas

Dyspraxia and Politics: The Two Sides to Don Biswas

Learning difficulties, the truth in conspiracy theories and politics are the topics of a brave stand up. 

Alex Hylton and Sarah Keyworth: Chasing Tales

Alex Hylton and Sarah Keyworth: Chasing Tales

Join Sarah Keyworth (Amused Moose Semi-Finalist) and Alex Hylton, (Macmillan Comedian of the Year Runner-up) as they take on love, sexuality and dating in this debut show. 

The Beau Zeaux: An Improvised Comedy

The Beau Zeaux: An Improvised Comedy

The Beau Zeaux are impressive in their intensity. 

Sarah Bennetto: Fritters Away an Hour of Your Life... Mmm, Fritters

Sarah Bennetto: Fritters Away an Hour of Your Life... Mmm, Fritters

A new stand-up and character solo show by the London-based Melbourne comedian and host of Storytellers’ Club. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

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. 

Flight

Flight

Flight is an incredibly impressive example of acrobatic theatre, if not a particularly interesting take on the story of The Little PrinceThe storyline follows the original as close… 

Ocean Going Idiot

Ocean Going Idiot

Rob Coleman’s Ocean Going Idiot is less of a piece of theatre and more an hour’s friendly chat about a largely failed adventure in the top room of a pub. 

Jordan Brookes: Adventures in Limited Space

Jordan Brookes: Adventures in Limited Space

Truth and fiction knock lumps out of each other on the battleground of a pale, malnourished man’s body and mind. 

The Periodic Fable

The Periodic Fable

Science and panto combine in this energetic family romp that means well, but ultimately fails to stick together as a whole. 

Butoh Beethoven

Butoh Beethoven

In a piece that is at times frightening, at times energising and constantly absorbing, solo-performer Vangeline is our white-collared conductor, guiding us through a piece which ab… 

Sarah Kendall: A Day in October

Sarah Kendall: A Day in October

A Day in October centres around Kendall’s teenage years at a rough high-school in Newcastle, Australia. 

Jekyll

Jekyll

Hypnotist Theatre have a story they wish to yell at you, loudly, while writhing in semi-darkness so we cannot actually see whose story it is. 

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

The Park family screening of Jurassic Park goes awry due to a missing video tape. 

Sarah Callaghan: Elephant

Sarah Callaghan: Elephant

Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Callaghan lives at home with her mum – and for this hour we are transported to her three-by-five-metre bedroom in her home in working-class London. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

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… 

Michelle Brasier: Space Tortoise

Michelle Brasier: Space Tortoise

In 1968 the Soviet Union sent the first tortoise into deep space. 

Tania Edwards: Electrifying

Tania Edwards: Electrifying

Tania Edwards opens by criticising the elderly. 

aLOne – Loren O'Brien

aLOne – Loren O'Brien

It all begins with a suicide threat. 

Rhys Nicholson – Forward

Rhys Nicholson – Forward

You cannot criticise Rhys Nicholson for a lack of clarity. 

Andrew Ryan: Perfectly Inadequate

Andrew Ryan: Perfectly Inadequate

According to Andrew Ryan, he is a failure. 

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

I have never before been moved from laughing to tears pouring down my face – in the space of one sentence – until I saw this piece. 

To She or Not to She

To She or Not to She

A slow-burn comic piece of theatre about theatre, To She or Not to She will have you chuckling all the way though, and absorbing the deeply felt feminist message without notice. 

Splitfoot

Splitfoot

Splitfoot by Piper Theatre tells the tale of the Fox sisters “Devil Daughters” who, in post-civil war New York, convinced the public that they could communicate with the dead. 

Titania – A Solo Cabaret

Titania – A Solo Cabaret

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… 

Abigoliah Schamaun: Post-Coital Confessions

Abigoliah Schamaun: Post-Coital Confessions

Post-coitus: it’s that intimate moment of openness, where people say weird, wonderful and often brutally honest things. 

Alfie White: Space Explorer

Alfie White: Space Explorer

In this excellent piece of story-telling, Alfie White embarks upon a thrilling everyday adventure that is engaging for all ages. 

James Acaster: Represent

James Acaster: Represent

‘I know why you’re here’, James Acaster begins, ‘for the celebrity gossip’. 

Sushi Tap Show 2

Sushi Tap Show 2

Tokyo Tapdoare a company of Japanese tap dancers, percussionists, circus artists. 

Damsels in Success: Fairytales Retold

Damsels in Success: Fairytales Retold

Mum and Dad are out and it is time for a bedtime story with a twist. 

Bears in Space

Bears in Space

King Joffrey, a Scottish koala bear and a Jane Austen loving, guitar-strumming narrator walk onto a spaceship. 

Going Underground

Going Underground

Be enlightened, be frightened! A fascinating insight into Edinburgh’s underground city! By Davy the Ghost who founded the very first underground ghost tours in Edinburgh! What co… 

Jean-Etienne Liotard

Jean-Etienne Liotard

A stunning exhibition celebrating one of the greatest artists of the 18th century. 

Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup

Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup

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

Shows for Days

(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… 

Piano Recital by Jean Angliviel from the French School

Piano Recital by Jean Angliviel from the French School

Lovers of Romantic piano. 

Ocean Going Idiot - WIP

Ocean Going Idiot - WIP

Rob Coleman doesn’t know his aft from his ebb tide, but despite two failed attempts has an unquenchable desire to cross the Atlantic in a small boat. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

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 Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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… 

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione

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

Sarah Callaghan: Elephant (Preview)

Sarah Callaghan: Elephant (Preview)

Elephant - impossible to overlook and the biggest brain of any land mammal. 

Sarah Connolly

Sarah Connolly

This velvet-voiced, effortlessly communicative mezzo-soprano is joined by the pianist Joseph Middleton in an exquisite program: Schubert’s three “Ellens Gesang” (… 

Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson

Most choreographers interested in social connection try to spur their audiences into action. 

A Bench On The Road

A Bench On The Road

Billed as “a story of women’s courage, of sisterhood and pride”, A Bench on the Road is a work in progress based on the true experiences of Italian immigrants, Scottish-bo… 

Journey's End

Journey's End

With the death of the last surviving veterans a few years back, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 slipped from living memory, but some records remain preserved none-the-less, n… 

Sarah Cahill

Sarah Cahill

In honor of the composer Terry Riley’s 80th birthday, this poetic pianist hosts a “piano party” that will feature solo works written in Mr. 

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

Jan-Paul Sartre, the great French existentialist, displays his mastery of drama in NO EXIT, an unforgettable portrayal of hell. 

Sarah Blush and Ali Perkins

Sarah Blush and Ali Perkins

In the 19th century, the painter Paul Cézanne bragged, “I will astonish Paris with an apple!” He did so by painting hundreds of them, from every angle, in extraord… 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

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… 

Julio Torres: Space Prince

Julio Torres: Space Prince

Mr. 

BFG

BFG

Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre always has a Christmassy feel to it, with its gilded pillars and Arabian Nights ceiling, and this enchanting adaptation feels like an early Ch… 

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane

Following the last year’s sell out, it’s back! 

Sarah Bennetto's Storytellers' Club

Sarah Bennetto's Storytellers' Club

This show is a little different from what the rest of the Festival has to offer. 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Barbara and Yogashwara's Safe Space

Barbara and Yogashwara's Safe Space

Ruthless adult comedy horror in a caravan exploring power, abuse and New Age spirituality, via an exceptionally close mother-daughter relationship. 

Sarah Bennetto's Funeral

Sarah Bennetto's Funeral

Stop all the clocks. 

Don't Worry Guys It's Sarah Campbell

Don't Worry Guys It's Sarah Campbell

Have you been mis-sold PPI? Me neither. 

Cabaret Roulette

Cabaret Roulette

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… 

Ukulele Workshop With Tricity Vogue - Free

Ukulele Workshop With Tricity Vogue - Free

Last year I bought myself a ukulele but I have to confess that most of the time it looks really cute hanging on my wall. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart and Miss Irenie Rose

Elsa Jean McTaggart and Miss Irenie Rose

ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award winner 2012 Scottish singer/songwriter and fiddler Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with her sister Miss Irenie Rose nominee for best newcomer in the Scottish … 

I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life

I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life

Paolo Scheriani, Italian theatre author, winner of several prizes, performs I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life. 

Burton

Burton

The tiny venue was packed so tight for the opening performance of Burton no one in the audience dared breathe. 

Quadrophenia

Quadrophenia

This is a traditional staging of The Who’s rock opera, first performed in 1973. 

AKA MissD

AKA MissD

Roughly halfway through her show, Miss D asks us- “So, has anyone else had Chemical Weapons training?”. 

Where the World Is Going, That's Where We Are Going

Where the World Is Going, That's Where We Are Going

A man and a woman have come together to tell us about Diderot’s novel, Jacques the Fatalist and his Master. 

Mick Ferry: What's Going On?

Mick Ferry: What's Going On?

Mick Ferry’s flyer has quotes from John Bishop and Jason Manford declaring his genius so from the offset is pretty predictable what one is going to receive in this amusing but forg… 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Billing itself as “The Rocky Horror Show for the new millennium”, this is a raucous, glitter-fuelled ride through a disco universe. 

Guilt & Shame: Going Straight

Guilt & Shame: Going Straight

With more raucous energy than a crate of Red Bull sprinkled with cocaine, Rob Cawsey and Gabe Bisset Smith under the collective guise Guilt & Shame bring their new show Going Strai… 

Blues and Burlesque: Hotter Than Hell

Blues and Burlesque: Hotter Than Hell

Blues and Burlesque, featuring sexy Scarlett Belle, sassy and silly Vicious Delicious and their smooth accompanist, Pete Saunders, is a good value 50 minutes of raunchy entertainme… 

Don't Tell Anyone About Sarah Callaghan

Don't Tell Anyone About Sarah Callaghan

Sarah Callaghan wants to tell us a secret in her first one hour Fringe show. 

Going Out West

Going Out West

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

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker is a light-hearted show about Dicky Mick Dicky O’Connor, a self-made cupid for rural Ireland’s slightly-more-than-middle-aged singletons. 

Winky

Winky

“This is the time for you to win. 

Tom Short and Will Hutchby: Only Child Syndrome

Tom Short and Will Hutchby: Only Child Syndrome

At the meagre price of four pounds per ticket, and at one of the smallest venues in town, you get what you expect from Tom Short and Will Hutchby’s Only Child Syndrome: self-cons… 

A Simple Space

A Simple Space

Get up close and personal with one of Australia’s hottest and most original circus ensembles! In the award winning show that has captivated sell-out festival audiences world wide… 

Trainspotting

Trainspotting

Is it really 20 years since the publication of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting? This immersive stage version adapts Danny Boyle’s celluloid presentation of the novel brings… 

Hiraeth

Hiraeth

Bud wants to leave home, but when doing so breaks the tradition of four generations of farmers in rural West Wales, it is a tough decision for the aspiring artist. 

Sarah Kendall: Touchdown

Sarah Kendall: Touchdown

Mothers always know best – as frustrating as it can sometimes be; but surely not so frustrating when it forms the foundations of your next stand up show. 

Dan Schreiber: C*ckblocked from Outer Space

Dan Schreiber: C*ckblocked from Outer Space

Dan Schreiber is a fact-obsessed Aussie who has spent parts of his life in Hong Kong and London and most of it in denial of being a complete and utter geek. 

Jim Campbell's Personal Space

Jim Campbell's Personal Space

A bedroom can be many things: Sanctuary. 

Laika: A Space Dogyssey

Laika: A Space Dogyssey

One of the best things about the Fringe is the energy and ingenuity of the young companies performing here and these are both words that apply perfectly to Double Edge Drama, creat… 

Staple/face are... Going Down Fighting

Staple/face are... Going Down Fighting

Staple/face are a young sketch group, something they don’t shy away from. 

Oz and the Space Pirates

Oz and the Space Pirates

Battle the West Witch with real laser-swords! Blast Space Pirates in the ruby asteroids! Jump black holes! Professional interactive theatre for kids who don’t just want to sit stil… 

Bianco

Bianco

A few years ago I took my children to a circus. 

This is Going to Hurt

This is Going to Hurt

Glenn Boozan and Karin Hammerberg perform a heartfelt show of sketch and storytelling, inspired by an email chain documenting each time one of them cries. 

Guilt & Shame: Going Straight

Guilt & Shame: Going Straight

Orgies, murders, bank robberies and boy bands. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

Space & Time: Landscapes by David Cundy

Space & Time: Landscapes by David Cundy

‘Space and Time’ is an exhibition of unexpected landscape photographs. 

Tell No One About Sarah Callaghan (WIP)

Tell No One About Sarah Callaghan (WIP)

Touted as the next big thing in comedy, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist and One to Watch Winner 2013, Sarah asks you for at least one more year of anonymity by keeping this … 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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. 

Sarah Campbell: Is Everything Okay?

Sarah Campbell: Is Everything Okay?

The ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ writer and Radio 4-featured stand-up finds out whether the world is basically fine or whether everything’s going to shit. 

Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

Don’t be put off by the title: this is a completely fresh reworking of the 19th century story by the Brothers Grimm. 

Soul to Soul (I Have a Dream) by Movin' Melvin Brown

Soul to Soul (I Have a Dream) by Movin' Melvin Brown

American song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown is not content to have just one show at the Fringe (The Ray Charles Experience), or two (an interactive workshop Tap into Health -… 

Jamie Andrew Life and Limb

Jamie Andrew Life and Limb

Each time a mountain rescue is reported in the media, it is difficult not to think ‘Why would they climb that alone/in that weather/at that time of year?’ But the truth for som… 

Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Kershaw has had a lot of bad press over the last decade for his personal life but he’s back on track and promoting his autobiography No Off Switch at the Auditorium, Ghillie Dhu … 

Snoopy the Musical

Snoopy the Musical

As part of the American High School Theatre Festival at Church Hill Studio Theatre in Bruntsfield, Van Buren High School brought to life the colourful and well-loved characters fro… 

Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel

Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel

The Edinburgh Academy makes for a spacious yet slightly odd choice of venue for music and comedy due Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel. 

Tony Benn and Richard Holloway: Two Old Gits

Tony Benn and Richard Holloway: Two Old Gits

In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change. 

Punk Rock

Punk Rock

This tense drama, nominated for two best new play awards in 2010, centers around the lives of seven young people as they sit their mock ‘A’ Levels at a public school. 

Journos

Journos

TTMOOTV Theatre & Film Company’s Journos is the new play by producer/actor Jamie Alexander Eastlake and co-writer/actor Adam Donaldson who did rather well at last year’s Fringe… 

Three Half Pints

Three Half Pints

Last year I regretted not taking my junior reviewers to see the Three Half Pints. 

Going For Gold

Going For Gold

Going for Gold is the second play focusing on the London 2012 Olympics that I have seen at the Fringe and definitely the most pessimistic. 

Val McDermid - Killing People For Fun and Profit

Val McDermid - Killing People For Fun and Profit

As a writer I am always keen to find out how other writers tap into their creative process, and the opportunity to delve into the mind of such a prolific writer as Val McDermid in … 

Susie McCabe: An Uncivil Partnership

Susie McCabe: An Uncivil Partnership

About as far down the opposite end of the spectrum from disappointing as you could get, McCabe’s set is an insight into her coming out at the age of 17 (her dad asked, ‘Susie, … 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

Sharing the Space: The Role of Collaboration in Contemporary Performance Practice

Sharing the Space: The Role of Collaboration in Contemporary Performance Practice

A workshop exploring collaboration and devising in contemporary theatre, led by Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe, Artistic Directors of Glas(s) Performance and producers of the award-wi… 

Writing Plays for Young People

Writing Plays for Young People

Head of Drama at Trinity College London, John Gardyne does not lecture in the art of playwriting, yet he makes an engaging host for this one-hour workshop encouraging the craft. 

Vanessa Knight

Vanessa Knight

Vanessa Knight is the most glamorous thing to come out of Birmingham since Duran Duran. 

Threesome

Threesome

How do you stop people from getting scared by the word ‘feminism’? Why do we live in a world that presents the size zero as the bodily ideal, and any normal, curvaceous figure … 

Arthur Conan Doyle Experience

Arthur Conan Doyle Experience

Despite being described in the Fringe brochure as a ‘walk and talk exhibition’, the audience of the Arthur Conan Doyle Experience was sat in a lecture room upon arrival and a s… 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

Sarah Campbell: Isn’t It Fun???

Sarah Campbell: Isn’t It Fun???

Wave your hands in the air like you don’t feel self-conscious! First world agony from the Russell Howard’s Good News writer. 

Going Dark!

Going Dark!

At the start of the show I heard some people remark that they had seen Beth Vyse last year and had come back. 

Sarah Hendrickx: Time Traveller

Sarah Hendrickx: Time Traveller

Life-long coward, Sarah Hendrickx, travels back in time to her past in a bid to become brave and fearless. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

Kindness

Kindness

Sam Brady ushers us into his gig and then darts behind the curtain to announce his own entrance. 

The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In

The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In

It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor. 

Aurora Winterborn's Candid Cabaret

Aurora Winterborn's Candid Cabaret

The rise in popularity of Burlesque at the Edinburgh Fringe means there is sometimes no telling what is tacky and what is classy. 

Sarah Millican - Home Bird

Sarah Millican - Home Bird

British Comedy Award winner Sarah Millican is settling down (taking her bra off), she has a cat (furry baby) and even a tree (she has lots of mugs). 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

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. 

Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe

Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe

This series of free events gives the public a chance to see, listen to and meet Scottish literary performers, from poets to crime novelists, folk musicians to a-capella singers; a … 

Classical Guitar - Jonathan Prag

Classical Guitar - Jonathan Prag

Any single live performance can be affected by many things; a cold venue, a small audience, a slightly fidgety child in the second row (BBR8, sorry!), but when a performer is bille… 

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One

With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl… 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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

Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!

Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!

At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h… 

Slightly Fat Features

Slightly Fat Features

Riotous comedy cabaret troupe. 

A Simple Space

A Simple Space

It is not often you leave a performance lost of words. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space

If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you. 

We're Going On A Bear Hunt

We're Going On A Bear Hunt

After extensive touring, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt settles in the daytime slots at the Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue this month. 

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga

If growing old quietly was the status quo nowadays then clearly no one informed Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden. 

Funny Women at the Fringe

Funny Women at the Fringe

A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there. 

Quantum Battlestar Deep-Space Voyager Tardis Wars: The Million-Dollar Space Epic

Quantum Battlestar Deep-Space Voyager Tardis Wars: The Million-Dollar Space Epic

If the title has somehow not given it away already, a warning should be given to the unenlightened. 

Tom Wrigglesworth: I'm Struggling To See How That's Helping

Tom Wrigglesworth: I'm Struggling To See How That's Helping

On entering the venue, Tom Wrigglesworth perches on a stool playing melodious chords on the guitar, whilst passing a running commentary on the audience members as they enter the sp… 

All-Star Magic and Comedy - Direct from San Francisco!

All-Star Magic and Comedy - Direct from San Francisco!

The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment. 

The Cheese and Pineapple Club

The Cheese and Pineapple Club

We are invited to a party. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart

Elsa Jean McTaggart

When folk music is mentioned in conversation, images of rolling hills, heather covered moors and pale skinned damsels are amongst those that spring to mind. 

Worst Zoo in Britain

Worst Zoo in Britain

Tudur Owen has a story to tell, and he is determined to share it. 

Justin Moorhouse's Ever Decreasing Social Circle

Justin Moorhouse's Ever Decreasing Social Circle

The inevitable has happened, a comedy show dedicated to the social network site that is Facebook. 

Sarah Jones: Does Not Play Well With Others

Sarah Jones: Does Not Play Well With Others

If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism. 

Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons

I love the name Wendy. 

Richard III

Richard III

Entering the theatre in the midst of a party it was clear that this was going to be an energetic play. 

Harp & Poetry

Harp & Poetry

Harp and poetry isn’t the coolest gig in town and on a cold blustery Sunday night during the busy festival period the tragically poor turn out could testify to that. 

Nicki Hobday Conquers Space

Nicki Hobday Conquers Space

Nikki Hobday is worried about her onstage identity and what she’s going to achieve with the space she’s been given. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

The Beta Males in... The Space Race

The Beta Males in... The Space Race

In a market saturated by sketch comedy, The Beta Males understand that something more is needed to entice the audience. 

Antigone

Antigone

The last time I ‘did Greek’ was the NTS’s production of The Bacchae with Alan Cumming. 

Frying Nemo

Frying Nemo

Frying Nemo, billed as a barely credible tale of adventure on the high seas and performed around a rather large shark tank, full of real sharks was always going to be a fishy tale. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

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… 

Storytelling - Giving Birth Beside the Buffalo

Storytelling - Giving Birth Beside the Buffalo

Billed as storytelling, I didn’t actually believe that after I was sitting comfortably a story would begin. 

Lady Carol Must Die

Lady Carol Must Die

There’s a definite buzz on George Street. 

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

When I was a small boy, they filmed some of the outdoor scenes of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in my grandmother’s street in Edinburgh. 

The Noise Next Door: Bring The Noise

The Noise Next Door: Bring The Noise

I’ve never been a huge fan of improvisational comedy for its sheer clever-dick-ness and the prospect of spending an hour with five testosterone-fueled young guns filled my heart … 

LOL-ocaust

LOL-ocaust

Join rising stars Ant Craven, ‘Wonderfully funny’ (BritishComedyGuide. 

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

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

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

Author

Author

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

Forget Therapy - Just Drink - Free

Forget Therapy - Just Drink - Free

It promised to be a fun show. 

Scottish Falsetto Socks – In Space

Scottish Falsetto Socks – In Space

Let’s see, how can I describe this one? There are a couple of socks that like to sing (up high, mind). 

And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses

And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses

Two women, one food queue and one unlikely friendship. 

Piano Man

Piano Man

Based on the true story of a man who emerges from the sea in a suit with amnesia, who then draws a picture of a piano and proves he can play as a virtuoso, Piano Man is a play abou… 

Chinese Music Traditional and New

Chinese Music Traditional and New

The connection between traditional Scottish music and Chinese music is something I had given no thought to until this concert, but the Harmony Ensemble changed all that with their … 

Sarah Kendall - Get Up, Stand-Up

Sarah Kendall - Get Up, Stand-Up

‘You’re a funny crowd tonight aren’t you? For the first ten minutes I was sure this gig had bombed’. 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

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. 

Colours of Tango

Colours of Tango

To say that the audience was full of women of a certain age at Colours of Tango would be slightly unfair. 

Abigoliah Schamaun: Girl Going to Hell

Abigoliah Schamaun: Girl Going to Hell

When extremely enthusiastic New York comic Abigoliah Schamaunn bounded in “from the back of the room to the front of the room!”, her iPod stopped dead as she arrived onstage. 

Teechers

Teechers

Having spent the majority of my life in school (both as a student and a teacher) this was a play that I was sure I‘d be able to relate to and one that I was looking forward to. 

Sarah Millican - Typical Woman

Sarah Millican - Typical Woman

After winning Best Newcomer at last year’s If. 

Going Green the Wong Way

Going Green the Wong Way

Please put up your hand if you would describe yourself as any of the following: eco warrior, third wave feminist, someone who is not afraid of frank discussions about the female me… 

2011: A Space Oddity

2011: A Space Oddity

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

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Mike Sheer: Jerk In Progress

Mike Sheer: Jerk In Progress

From the moment Mike Sheer appeared it was clear we were in for an energetic show. 

Fag Ends and Families...!

Fag Ends and Families...!

Simon Egerton is already playing the electric piano when we enter the bar. 

Oxford Revue is Going Places

Oxford Revue is Going Places

This sketch writing achieves everything that has come to be expected of the genre, mixing observational with impulsive twists. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a glam-rock musical that returns to its spiritual home in Edinburgh. 

Sarah Millican: Chatterbox

Sarah Millican: Chatterbox

Although Sarah Millican tackles such familiar themes as bras, knickers, her boyfriend, her parents, her vagina (which is no castle) and eating, she invests them with enough South S… 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Reduced to one hour, Deadkat productions’ version of Macbeth galloped through Shakespeare’s tragedy using light projections and puppetry to enhance their interpretation of the Sc… 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

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… 

Luminous Tales

Luminous Tales

Shadow puppetry has delighted people for about 1,000 years and little has changed. 

Inventions Going Bang

Inventions Going Bang

Smoke rings, remote control candle snuffers, fizzy IRN-BRU and the world’s first steam engine are worth the entrance fee alone. 

The Thrill of Irish Music

The Thrill of Irish Music

It was an evening to be remembered for up-tempo tunes mixing Irish, Bluegrass, Country and Folk. 

Kevin Dewsbury: In...Sane - Free

Kevin Dewsbury: In...Sane - Free

There’s a familiar traditional-northern-comic style about Kevin Dewsbury as he welcomes the audience to the room above the Meadows Bar, mixed with a bit of laddish banter. 

Divinely Bette

Divinely Bette

The challenge with a one-woman show is that, not only is it your sole task to keep the audience fully engaged and entertained, but there’s nowhere to hide. 

The Space Between My Head and My Body

The Space Between My Head and My Body

A new theatre company created in 2007, Gin in the Tea’s first production The Space Between My Head and My Body shows promise for the future but lacks narrative drive and clarity. 

The Best Of Rebus McTaggart

The Best Of Rebus McTaggart

[Editors note: Our guest reviewer, Glenn Chandler is the creator of Taggart, the longest running crime drama on television]It was a strange night to be asked to go along and review… 

Pips and Panda Meet the Three Bears

Pips and Panda Meet the Three Bears

The thoughtful touch at this venue was two rows of weenie seats at the front that my petit companion Olivia (4) announced she was going to sit in, next to the girl at the front. 

Moon

Moon

Given that I am Welsh and probably genetically hardwired to love close-harmony singing, I do not normally go out of my way to find it. 

A Little Light Theatre

A Little Light Theatre

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… 

The Three Half Pints

The Three Half Pints

If I were an anthropologist or a linguist I could write a thesis on non-verbal communication through shared laughter. 

Dancing About Architecture

Dancing About Architecture

The host for this chat show is Mark Olver, a stand up who has supported Russell Howard on tour and is the warm-up for such television favourites as Deal or No Deal and Vicar of Dib… 

Sarah McGuinness: Back to Blacks

Sarah McGuinness: Back to Blacks

Director and singer/songwriter Sarah McGuinness presents Back To Blacks, the eclectic live music and chat show streaming regularly from Blacks Club in Soho. 

Marc Jennings: Getting Going

Marc Jennings: Getting Going

Join rising star of Scottish comedy Marc Jennings for his debut solo show at The Stand Comedy Club. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 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

Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem join the cast of Cabaret

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... 

Going Post Natal with Femme Natale

Going Post Natal with Femme Natale

Simon Ximenez gets an unusual insight into parenting, with Kiwi comedy group Femme Natale. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

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

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

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

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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.  

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Double Denim Duo on Working With not Against the Audience

Double Denim Duo on Working With not Against the Audience

Australian comedians Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew made their duo debut at this year’s Fringe as Double Denim, having previously performed as part of Backpack Anorak. 

Fiona McNamara & Ralph Upton on their Approach to Audience Interaction

Fiona McNamara & Ralph Upton on their Approach to Audience Interaction

Binge Culture are a performance-art group of five that originated in Wellington, New Zealand. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Brown

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Brown

Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39. 

Comedian Sarah Kendall on the Power of Storytelling, Silence and Cartwheels 

Comedian Sarah Kendall on the Power of Storytelling, Silence and Cartwheels 

In Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen, Fringe stalwart Sarah Kendall breaks down what we mean when we talk about good and bad luck. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Urwin

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Urwin

Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails. 

#EdFringe17: Sarah Callaghan 3 minute interview

#EdFringe17: Sarah Callaghan 3 minute interview

Sarah Callaghan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, with the show, 'The Pigeon Dying Under The Bush'. 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

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... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

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

Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy

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... 

Agent of Influence’s Sarah Sigal on the Unusual Staying Power of Pamela More

Agent of Influence’s Sarah Sigal on the Unusual Staying Power of Pamela More

Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More is the story of a high-society fashion journalist recruited by MI5 to facilitate the abdication of King Edward VIII. 

Poet Pete De-Graft Johnson on Balancing Art and Business

Poet Pete De-Graft Johnson on Balancing Art and Business

Pete De-Graft Johnson, also known as The Repeat Beat Poet, is a poet and organiser of The PAD, a studio and events space in London. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

​Sarah McIntosh: 11 hours of James Plays in one day? Challenge Accepted.

​Sarah McIntosh: 11 hours of James Plays in one day? Challenge Accepted.

It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend... 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

Going To Space: Violin Variations

Going To Space: Violin Variations

Violin Variations is one of our reviewers' top requested shows this year! Broadway Baby finds out why. 

Going To Space: A Face That Fits

Going To Space: A Face That Fits

Moon Fly Theatre Company is bringing its debut production to EdFringe 2015. A Face That Fits deals with the differences and clashes across generations. 

Going To Space: The Absence Of

Going To Space: The Absence Of

Plexus Theatre Company question the all-important parent-child relationship. 

Going To Space: 5 Kilo Sugar

Going To Space: 5 Kilo Sugar

Tik-sho-ret seeks to bring a touch of Israeli culture to Edinburgh this year with its fast paced comedy 5 Kilo Sugar.  

Going To Space: The Dock Brief

Going To Space: The Dock Brief

Cian and Al are bringing The Dock Brief, a legal satire revolving around a murder and an unsuccessful barrister. Broadway Baby has a little chit-chat. 

Going To Space: STAIRCASES

Going To Space: STAIRCASES

L'esprit de l'escalier - "Staircase Wit" - is the French term used to describe the predicament of thinking of the perfect retort too late. 

Going To Space: Bones

Going To Space: Bones

Gritty Theatre lives up to its name, bringing Bones to Edinburgh this year. Bones tells the story of Mark; let down by society or a let down to society?  

Going To Space: Dust Never Settles In Torchlight

Going To Space: Dust Never Settles In Torchlight

Dust Never Settles In Torchlight explores a dark, immersive landscape through a poetic sequence of choreography and movement. Broadway Baby has a chat. 

Going To Space: Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical

Going To Space: Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical

Intending to improvise over 20 back-to-back on-the-spot musicals this year, Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical returns - with an enormous cast and full ensemble! Broadway Baby ch... 

Going To Space: Paradise: Lost

Going To Space: Paradise: Lost

Based on the the poem by Milton of the same name, Paradise: Lost is a sinister thriller exploring the fall of Man and the origin of original sin. Broadway Baby investigates. 

Going To Space: Mrs Dalloway

Going To Space: Mrs Dalloway

Theatre Paradok's adaption of Mrs Dalloway explores our near-constant use of technology to convey our thoughts, feelings and interests while we interact with others.  

Going To Space: Cautionary Tales for Daughters - Songs your mother never taught you

Going To Space: Cautionary Tales for Daughters - Songs your mother never taught you

Tanya Holt, producer, performer and writer is to grace the stage this year with Cautionary Tales For Daughters. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Dearly Beloved

Going To Space: Dearly Beloved

What happens when three complete strangers are whisked away to a mysterious room to confront ghosts of their past? You'll have to see Dearly Beloved to find out! Broadway Baby inve... 

Going To Space: Romeo & Juliet

Going To Space: Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet, set in the 60's and with not an adult in sight. Broadway Baby is intrigued.  

Going To Space: All’s Well That Ends Well

Going To Space: All’s Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well shows strong women winning the battle of the sexes set against the backdrop of World War II. 

Going To Space: Cross Wire

Going To Space: Cross Wire

Secret agents, spies, world domination, illegal aliens, real ones - what could be better? Broadway Baby talks to Split Trunk Productions about Cross Wire, coming to Fringe '15. 

Going To Space: Get Jazzy On It

Going To Space: Get Jazzy On It

The Bluebelles are an all-female A Cappella group with a taste for jazz. They promise singing, solos and dancing to boot. Broadway Baby has a natter. 

Going To Space: Poppies

Going To Space: Poppies

Poppies is a show set during WWI - it's also aiming to raise money for Poppy Scotland. Broadway Baby talks to Laura Kaye Thomson, director of Music Box Theatre. 

Going To Space: Church Knight

Going To Space: Church Knight

Church Night is a Washington based production company bringing a show of the same name to Edinburgh. But this isn't your average service.. 

Going To Space: The Final Act

Going To Space: The Final Act

The Final Act tells the musical tale of one last chance, promising catchy songs and laughs aplenty. Broadway Baby has a chat. 

Going To Space: ShellShock! Improv Live!

Going To Space: ShellShock! Improv Live!

Shellshock! puts you, the audience, in control. Sit back, relax, and watch the madness ensue! Broadway Baby has a little chat. 

Going To Space: Pitch Please

Going To Space: Pitch Please

Pitch Please is an a cappella group from St Andrews University, Edinburgh. 

Going To Space: A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street

Going To Space: A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street

A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street promises to be absurd, dark, surreal yet humorous. A severed finger in the mail sets off a chain of unlikely events. Broadway Baby investigates. 

Going To Space: Orpheus and Eurydice

Going To Space: Orpheus and Eurydice

The About Turn Theatre Company are bringing Orpheus and Eurydice to EdFringe '15. 

Going To Space: MUSE

Going To Space: MUSE

There is no doubt Jean Ross inspired many with her unconventional lifestyle. MUSE explores her life. 

Going To Space: Reconciling

Going To Space: Reconciling

What do you get when you mix a Baptist, a bro in 'cuffs, a botched funeral and a bottle of vodka? Reconciling. 

Going To Space: Father Christmas needs a WEE!

Going To Space: Father Christmas needs a WEE!

Father Christmas has a problem! After a few mince pies, a glass or two of milk and a little eggnog he finds himself in dire need of a bathroom! 

Going To Space: Macaroni on a Hotdog

Going To Space: Macaroni on a Hotdog

What do you do after a wedding dress impulse buy? Sandra Thomas wrote a show to justify the expense. 

Going To Space: Kitty's Bound For Broadway

Going To Space: Kitty's Bound For Broadway

Kitty's bound for Broadway, baby! We chat to Kerry Miller, the woman behind this one-woman show. It promises to be lighthearted, entertaining and musical. We find out more! 

Going To Space: Tension Square

Going To Space: Tension Square

Broadway Baby talks to Tension Square. 

Going To Space: Follow/Unfollow

Going To Space: Follow/Unfollow

Follow/Unfollow explores internet fame and the rise of the vlogger. Broadway Baby investigates. 

Going To Space: Dog Play Dead

Going To Space: Dog Play Dead

Broadway Baby chats to Gemma Wilson and Anna Thomas-Jones from The Well-Behaved Women about their upcoming show Dog Play Dead. 

Going To Space: Tissue

Going To Space: Tissue

Tissue is a about cancer - something that will affect most, if not all, of us in some way. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: The Norman Conquests

Going To Space: The Norman Conquests

Broadway Baby talks to Stephanie Biggs about The Norman Conquests! 

Going To Space: The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

Going To Space: The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show promises to amaze adults and kids alike! Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Labyrinth

Going To Space: Labyrinth

Labyrinth is a theatrical mashup of three Greek myths. Broadway Baby investigates. 

Going To Space: Sanctuary

Going To Space: Sanctuary

Broadway Baby talks to Susanne Sulby, the writer of Sanctuary, a show dealing with the impact of war on women. 

Going To Space: Giving Up The Ghost

Going To Space: Giving Up The Ghost

Broadway Baby chats to Butterfly with a Bomb Productions, who are bringing the supernatural Giving Up The Ghost to EdFringe '15. 

Going To Space: The State of Concrete

Going To Space: The State of Concrete

Broadway Baby talks to the talent behind The State of Concrete, a show exploring the stereotypes and exceptions to the rule in modern council estates. 

Going To Space: One Above

Going To Space: One Above

Broadway Baby and PALP have a chat about One Above. 

Going To Space: Notflix

Going To Space: Notflix

Broadway Baby chats to Notflix. 

Going To Space: Real Life Becomes a Rumour

Going To Space: Real Life Becomes a Rumour

Real Life Becomes a Rumour asks what three people have really done in their lives. We investigate.  

Going To Space: Fiesta de los Muertos

Going To Space: Fiesta de los Muertos

Today Broadway Baby talks to the talent behind Fiesta de los Muertos. 

Going To Space: After We Danced

Going To Space: After We Danced

After We Danced is a story about love, mystery and tragedy bundled up into one neat package. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Flight Lessons

Going To Space: Flight Lessons

Flight Lessons is a new piece of South African theatre, having taken Jermyn Street Theatre by storm. Broadway Baby investigates. 

Going To Space: Accidental Death of An Anarchist

Going To Space: Accidental Death of An Anarchist

Accidental Death of An Anarchist is being brought to Edinburgh this year by The Hoghead Theatre Company. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Classically Chilled Piano

Going To Space: Classically Chilled Piano

Broadway Baby talks to Rich Batsford, the pianist behind the keys in Classically Chilled Piano. 

Going To Space: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Going To Space: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Broadway Baby talks to the young talent behind The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. 

Going To Space: The Dolphin Hotel

Going To Space: The Dolphin Hotel

Thread Theatre talk to us about The Dolphin Hotel: a show tackling the subject of sex trafficking while remaining funny and thought provoking. 

Going To Space: Kind Hearts and Cormorants

Going To Space: Kind Hearts and Cormorants

Broadway Baby and Flightless Birds, the hodgepodge group of students behind Kind Hearts and Cormorants have a little chat about their show. 

Going To Space: A Little Respect

Going To Space: A Little Respect

Broadway Baby talks to Hungry Wolf Visionary Youth Theatre about their upcoming show, A Little Respect. 

Going To Space: Free For All

Going To Space: Free For All

Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Sweet Nothings: Unwrapped

Going To Space: Sweet Nothings: Unwrapped

Broadway Baby talks to Exeter's sassiest all-female a cappella group! 

Going To Space: Since Maggie Went Away

Going To Space: Since Maggie Went Away

Broadway Baby learns more about Since Maggie Went Away. 

Going To Space: Sweetness and Light

Going To Space: Sweetness and Light

Broadway Baby talks to Sweetness and Light. 

Going To Space: HAPPY GIRL

Going To Space: HAPPY GIRL

HAPPY GIRL takes a look at sexism and inequality amongst teen girls. Broadway Baby investigates. 

Going To Space: Ozymandias

Going To Space: Ozymandias

Ozymandias is a mish-mash of the historical and literary Ozymandias. Broadway Baby has a chat. 

Going To Space: Plain English

Going To Space: Plain English

Broadway Baby talks to Terry Burns, the man behind the one-man show Plain English. 

Going To Space: Wild Bill: Sonnet of a Bardsterd

Going To Space: Wild Bill: Sonnet of a Bardsterd

Enter the world of Wild Bill: Sonnet of a Bardsterd! Shakespeare as you've never seen him. Broadway Baby investigates.  

Going To Space: AVICIDE

Going To Space: AVICIDE

AVICIDE looks at the person behind the label. Broadway Baby has a little chat. 

Going To Space: Normal Is An Illusion

Going To Space: Normal Is An Illusion

Normal Is An Illusion delves into the depths of the human mind. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Odd Shaped Balls

Going To Space: Odd Shaped Balls

Odd Shaped Balls is a show that tackles homophobia in sport. Broadway Baby talks to Ellie Claughton to learn more. 

Going To Space: The Graduettes

Going To Space: The Graduettes

Broadway Baby talks to Sean Wilkie of The Graduettes. 

Going To Space: H.P Lovecraft's The Statement of Randolph Carter

Going To Space: H.P Lovecraft's The Statement of Randolph Carter

The Statement of Randolph Carter promises to whisk you away for an hour. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Block

Going To Space: Block

Broadway Baby and Duncan Ellis, director of Block, have a little chat. 

Going To Space: Luca Wu & Reverse Context Live!

Going To Space: Luca Wu & Reverse Context Live!

Broadway Baby and Luca Wu have a chat about his upcoming show. 

Going To Space: Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Going To Space: Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Broadway Baby talks to Ian Pearce, the man behind this retelling of Dickens' little-known Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions. 

Going To Space: Iolita

Going To Space: Iolita

Broadway Baby chats to the talent behind Iolite. 

Going To Space: The Heist

Going To Space: The Heist

The Heist promises to be comedy horror - "Corror". Broadway Baby was intrigued, so we set out to learn more. 

Going To Space: The Main Yvette

Going To Space: The Main Yvette

Good Punch is bringing The Main Yvette to EdFringe this year. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: Bench

Going To Space: Bench

The humble bench. Sturdy furniture, or something more? Broadway Baby wants to know more. 

Going To Space: Consumption

Going To Space: Consumption

Broadway Baby talks to Joanne Griffiths, part of the team bringing Consumption to EdFringe '15. 

Going To Space: Captain Of The Lost Waves - 'Unsolved Mysteries'

Going To Space: Captain Of The Lost Waves - 'Unsolved Mysteries'

Meet The Captain! A vaudevillian space detective! Broadway Baby asks why. 

Going To Space: Jane And Lizzy

Going To Space: Jane And Lizzy

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

Going To Space: Farewell, My Concubine - The Movement of the Martyr

Going To Space: Farewell, My Concubine - The Movement of the Martyr

Broadway Baby chats to the talent behind Farewell, My Concubine - The Movement of the Martyr, a show that incorporates "martial dance", a fascinating mix of martial arts and modern... 

Going To Space: Life Jim (But not as we know it)

Going To Space: Life Jim (But not as we know it)

Rob Grace and BB are having a little chinwag about Life Jim (But not as we know it), a comedy sketch show incorporating pre-filmed tidbits. 

Going To Space: Re:member

Going To Space: Re:member

Re:member, a show that questions memory through form, structure and movement. Broadway Baby wants to know more. 

Going To Space: A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street

Going To Space: A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street

Broadway Baby chats to the absurdists behind A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street. 

Going To Space: Supertown

Going To Space: Supertown

Supertown, a town beset by supervillains and home to superheroes. Do you need super powers to be a superhero? Broadway Baby finds out. 

Going To Space: Flamin' Dames

Going To Space: Flamin' Dames

Broadway Baby is talking to a couple of spicy, camp ladies about their upcoming show Flamin' Dames. 

Going To Space: Pick N Mixx

Going To Space: Pick N Mixx

Broadway Baby is having a little chat with Louisa Lorey, "a top heavy heterosexual actress" and her partner in crime, "chubby homosexual writer" Geraint Jones. 

Going To Space: Fifty Shades of Fizzgog

Going To Space: Fifty Shades of Fizzgog

Dancing grannies galore! Broadway Baby has a little chat with 50 Shades of Fizzgog. 

Going To Space: Frame Narrative

Going To Space: Frame Narrative

Broadway Baby, Victoria Bastable and Rosalie Falla talk about Frame Narrative, a comedy exploring the person behind the painting. 

Going To Space: The King of Monte Cristo

Going To Space: The King of Monte Cristo

The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more. 

Going To Space: Generation Y

Going To Space: Generation Y

Broadway Baby is chatting to Mark Donald, proudly representing Generation Y. 

Going To Space: Heart of Darkness

Going To Space: Heart of Darkness

We're talking to Hannah Edwards of Scandal And Gallows Theatre, who are a bringing a one man staging of Heart of Darkness, a show that deals with the harrowing underside of sa... 

Going To Space: Elsa Jean McTaggart AKA THE MERCENARY FIDDLER

Going To Space: Elsa Jean McTaggart AKA THE MERCENARY FIDDLER

We're having a chat with Gary, who alongside Elsa Jean McTaggart is bringing The Mercenary Fiddler to Fringe 15! 

Going To Space: The Colours of Kenny Roach

Going To Space: The Colours of Kenny Roach

Broadway Baby is delighted to chat with Lisa Stenhouse, Artistic Director for PepperMint muse about The Colours of Kenny Roach. 

Going To Space: Tumbling After

Going To Space: Tumbling After

Broadway Baby is chatting to Kate Goodfellow of RedBellyBlack and the show she is bringing to Ed Fringe, Tumbling After. 

Going To Space: Titus Andronicus

Going To Space: Titus Andronicus

Broadway Baby has a chat with Georgia Harris, creative director of Tripped Theatre Company. This year they will be taking on Shakespeare's bloodiest play with an updated script. 

Going To Space: The Shambles

Going To Space: The Shambles

Max Adams, producer of Duck Productions talks to us about The Shambles, a shambolic comedy troupe once again gracing the stage this Ed Fringe. 

Going To Space: Buckle Up

Going To Space: Buckle Up

In the first of a new feature for 2015, we talk to companies attending The Edinburgh Fringe with theSpaceUK. 

Going To Space: The Black Hoods Cabaret

Going To Space: The Black Hoods Cabaret

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... 

Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band

Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band

Broadway Baby is talking to Chris Haigh of the The Jäger Maestros, an oompah band that promises to have crowds laughing, drinking and bouncing.