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The Second Coming of Joan of Arc

The Second Coming of Joan of Arc

In The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Joan returns to share her story with contemporary women and unmask the brutal misogyny behind male institutions. 

Outwith Words: Tinderbox Orchestra and Loud Poets

Outwith Words: Tinderbox Orchestra and Loud Poets

Bringing together rappers and singers with heavy brass, strings, woodwind and a thundering backline, Tinderbox transform preconceptions of what an orchestra can be. 

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming! Second Coming

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming! Second Coming

Wacky German jokemeister Jürgen’s comedy collision is back for a second helping of schnitzel schwitzen! Along with comedy friends and pros! Following a successful Edinburgh Festiv… 

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… 

Thank You So Much for Coming

Thank You So Much for Coming

You are cordially invited. 

no one is coming to save us

no one is coming to save us

Maddy is worried that no one is having fun at her party. 

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

When his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Ricky was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out? After rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Ricky Sim returns with t… 

Joshua Bethania: Coming Home

Joshua Bethania: Coming Home

A debut from the 2022 So You Think You’re Funny? winner. 

Carousel's Pop-up Poets

Carousel's Pop-up Poets

Join us for free spoken word and poetry performances as Carousel’s learning disabled and/or autistic spoken word artists pop-up across the city centre with impromptu performances. 

Max Norman & Friends - Comedy Cabaret Hour

Max Norman & Friends - Comedy Cabaret Hour

Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun. 

THE SECOND COMING OF JOAN OF ARC

THE SECOND COMING OF JOAN OF ARC

Catinca Maria Nistor makes her UK stage debut with one-woman show, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc. 

Coming Clean

Coming Clean

It’s 1982 , Greg and Tony live in Kentish Town. 

Life Lines: Poetry, Dance and Music by Sage Dance Company, Rack Press Poets

Life Lines: Poetry, Dance and Music by Sage Dance Company, Rack Press Poets

A cabaret-style event mixing poetry, music and contemporary dance, with Sage Dance Company, a ballet-based dance company for ages 55+, and Rack Press Poetry, an independent poetry … 

The Parliament of Poets

The Parliament of Poets

Apollo calls the poets of the nations, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, teaching a universal celebration of life. 

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming!

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming!

A German-themed comedy collision hosted by wacky jokemeister, Jürgen! Plus a selection of established pros and friends from the Fringe. 

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c… 

No One Is Coming

No One Is Coming

‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send. 

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

With such an emotionally heavy title as An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People, I was a little worried what to expect from this comedy show. 

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Join the crew of a saucy ship and unleash your inner pirate in the most ridiculously playful adventure comedy you’ve never had. 

Tania Lacy: Everything's Coming Up Roses

Tania Lacy: Everything's Coming Up Roses

After surviving six years in Berlin with those crazy Germans, getting through menopause without spontaneously combusting and raising a teenage boy in lockdown with her husband of 2… 

Max & Ivan: Life, Choices

Max & Ivan: Life, Choices

This wholehearted and heartwarming family orientated show, from the creators of Commitment, The Wrestling, and Deep Heat is the classic story of a life-long friendship and quirky f… 

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Award-winning performer Max Norman invites you to join the crew of a ship and unleash your inner pirate in this absurdly epic adventure comedy quest bursting with nautical nonsense… 

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Join the crew of a saucy ship and unleash your inner pirate in this family-friendly comedy epic ideal for all loose cannons aged 8 to 88. 

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Max Norman: A Pirate's Life For Me

Award-winning performer Max Norman invites you to join the crew of a ship and unleash your inner pirate in this absurdly epic adventure comedy quest bursting with nautical nonsense… 

Keanu is Coming

Keanu is Coming

In 2017 three friends confessed their mutual love of 90s action classic Point Break, and as a result decided they had to remake their own no-budget version: Point Broke. 

Keanu is Coming

Keanu is Coming

In 2017 three friends confessed their mutual love of 90s action classic Point Break, and as a result decided they had to remake their own no-budget version: Point Broke. 

Joey Page: Thank You For Coming (Work in Progress)

Joey Page: Thank You For Coming (Work in Progress)

Come watch a working class motormouth, trapped in a hipster’s body. 

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, … 

Max Fosh: Zocial Butterfly

Max Fosh: Zocial Butterfly

They said he couldn’t make it as a global fashion icon; they were wrong. 

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… 

She Had It Coming

She Had It Coming

A brand-new a cappella show, created by ICCA UK finalists! Stuck in purgatory, five women must fight for a place in heaven and avoid fiery hell. 

MaX-XiM

MaX-XiM

Zaibatxu presents: MaX-XiM. 

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c… 

Coming Out of My Cage (And I've Been Doing Just Fine)

Coming Out of My Cage (And I've Been Doing Just Fine)

Mr Brightside hasn’t left the UK charts in 18 years. 

The Idiot Circus: Death is Coming

The Idiot Circus: Death is Coming

An evening of original songs and existential banter from a dark cabaret band with funny hats. 

THE DEAD BEAT POETS with BEATS & BONGOS

THE DEAD BEAT POETS with BEATS & BONGOS

Our hosts Risky Maracas (Rikki Tarascas), Honor Mission and their group of hip cats ensure you get fully immersed in the world epitomised by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Caroly… 

THE DEAD BEAT POETS with BEATS & BONGOS

THE DEAD BEAT POETS with BEATS & BONGOS

Our hosts Risky Maracas (Rikki Tarascas), Honor Mission and their group of hip cats ensure you get fully immersed in the world epitomised by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Caroly… 

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. 

No One is Coming

No One is Coming

No One Is Coming is a storytelling performance about a mother and a daughter inspired by real life events and infused with Irish mythology and comedy. 

Mother's Meeting: MAX (Rupaul's Drag Race S7), Two Thousand & Late, Ebony Kruger & Misty Van Cartier

Mother's Meeting: MAX (Rupaul's Drag Race S7), Two Thousand & Late, Ebony Kruger & Misty Van Cartier

BirminghamFriday 19th November, The Nightingale Club Were finishing this year with a bang and pleased to announced the return of MAX to the U. 

Behind Desire Film Screening ft Max Disgrace

Behind Desire Film Screening ft Max Disgrace

Behind Desire Festival is a celebration of sex workers, survivors and sexual minorities. 

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… 

The Comet is Coming

The Comet is Coming

Join this cosmic trio for psychedelic rock, jazz and electronica, or as they describe it, ‘the music of the future, but backwards’. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c… 

Wolves Are Coming For You

Wolves Are Coming For You

Someone has seen a wolf. 

Jonny Awsum Is Coming to Town

Jonny Awsum Is Coming to Town

Jonny Awsum shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent with his performances of ‘This Is A Musical’ with Ant and Dec, and ‘The Triangle Song&… 

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special. 

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her. 

The Coming Out Play

The Coming Out Play

The Coming Out Play is a 40-minute one-woman play that follows the twenty-six-year-old and sucre-sweet Lucy Moran as she travels to her parents’ house to tell them that not only … 

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… 

Jonny Awsum Is Coming to Town

Jonny Awsum Is Coming to Town

Jonny Awsum shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent with his performances of ‘This Is A Musical’ with Ant and Dec, and ‘The Triangle Song’ wit… 

Jonny Awsum Is Coming to Town

Jonny Awsum Is Coming to Town

Jonny Awsum shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent with his performances of ‘This Is A Musical’ with Ant and Dec, and ‘The Triangle Song’ wit… 

The Pitmen Poets

The Pitmen Poets

To follow…  

Chris Kehoe: The Second Coming of Chris

Chris Kehoe: The Second Coming of Chris

Would everything be better if piratical misanthrope Chris Kehoe was in charge? Maybe. 

Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let's Hope for the Best (Work in Progress)

Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let's Hope for the Best (Work in Progress)

Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through. 

Bach and the Poets: Slow Dancing

Bach and the Poets: Slow Dancing

American violist Christine Rutledge returns to the Fringe with her new multimedia program combining music by Bach with newly commissioned works by poets from Detroit, Rutledge’s fi… 

Can You See Where I'm Coming From?

Can You See Where I'm Coming From?

Award-winning spoken word artist Melanie Branton performs poetry and songs about her roots and plays the recorder (the ultimate punk instrument) badly. 

I'm Coming

I'm Coming

Molly Brenner’s one-woman show about her pursuit of an orgasm is an endearingly-performed trundle through her long search for sexual fulfilment. 

Coming Home With Me

Coming Home With Me

A night exploring the grimy underbelly of a girls’ night out. 

Desiree Burch: Desiree's Coming Early!

Desiree Burch: Desiree's Coming Early!

In a “day in the life” format of her experiences at Burning Man festival, Desiree Burch intricately tells us the story of her search for sex during an unintentional acid trip. 

A Long Time Coming

A Long Time Coming

A mix of comedy, storytelling and even a poem or two. 

Coming of the Third Age

Coming of the Third Age

The Professors of Logic present the songs of Anna Durkacz Ryan with a fresh look at approaching age. 

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

It’s a fact of life that any standup on the Fringe who is neither white nor straight is likely required to spend at least part of their show addressing it. 

Morgan Rees and Riordan DJ: Coming to Terms

Morgan Rees and Riordan DJ: Coming to Terms

Coming to Terms is an hour of stand-up comedy featuring two award-nominated and winning acts. 

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c… 

Max & Ivan: Commitment

Max & Ivan: Commitment

There ain’t no party like a Max & Ivan party, ‘cause a Max & Ivan party uses equations to guarantee participant enjoyment!The comedy duo are back at the Fringe and read… 

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. 

Coming Home with Me

Coming Home with Me

A night exploring the grimy underbelly of a girls’ night out. 

Poets v MCs Brighton v Sheffield

Poets v MCs Brighton v Sheffield

The long-standing Poets v MCs show is back in a new guise. 

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. 

Max Norman: How to be a Pirate

Max Norman: How to be a Pirate

Step aboard a ship for an adventure of ludicrous comedy and nonsense storytelling with an explosive salt spoon of a pirate who’s lost on a quest and needs your help, only he doesn�… 

No One is Coming | Family Tree

No One is Coming | Family Tree

No One is ComingMy Mam's different to yours. 

Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner

Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner

Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean. 

Coming Clean

Coming Clean

The smash-hit, sell-out play by Kevin Elyot and writer of the landmark drama My Night With Reg, transfers to Trafalgar Studios 2 this January. 

Max and Ivan's Prom Night

Max and Ivan's Prom Night

You are invited to a real-life, late-night, end-of-Fringe prom! So dress up fancy, get your dad to drop you off at Assembly High – the only high school inhabited by all your favo… 

The Poets' Republic – Unleashed

The Poets' Republic – Unleashed

The Poets’ Republic – Unleashed. 

The Second Coming

The Second Coming

Wacky songs exploring the Third Age, performed by a bunch of accomplished musicians and fronted by singer/songwriter Anna Durkacz. 

2nd Coming. Again.

2nd Coming. Again.

Two people are led to believe they are the second coming, they (and you) need to work out who it is using evidence and stories told by people their past in this (slightly) immersiv… 

Queen of the F*cking World: The Second Coming

Queen of the F*cking World: The Second Coming

Returning with a brand-new kick-ass sequel, Queen’s bass guitar dances across sexual politics. 

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. 

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. 

Loud Poets: The Fantastical Game Show Spectacular

Loud Poets: The Fantastical Game Show Spectacular

For anyone who isn’t already familiar with Loud Poets, you really should be. 

No One Is Coming to Save You

No One Is Coming to Save You

No One is Coming to Save You is an abstract piece of theatre which eschews character development and plot narrative, in favour of exploring recurring images. 

Max & Ivan: Our Story

Max & Ivan: Our Story

Edinburgh Comedy Award winners Max & Ivan (as seen on BBC2’s ‘W1A’ and heard on Radio 4’s ‘The Casebook of Max & Ivan’) bring their critically acclaimed origin story to Brighton, a… 

Max & Ivan: Work in Progress

Max & Ivan: Work in Progress

Black-belt grandmasters of narrative-sketch comedy take to the live stage in a whirlwind hour of new ideas and never-before-seen characters. 

Coming of Age With The Professors of Logic

Coming of Age With The Professors of Logic

Coming of Age showcases songs on a theme of embracing age. 

Aliens Coming: A Musical

Aliens Coming: A Musical

The unique & uproarious musical returns to The PIT after a sold out run for ten upcoming performances from August 17th to September 18th. 

The Second Coming

The Second Coming

In a world full of hatred and ignorance, Simply Surreal, fresh from our sell-out show last year, welcomes you to our exciting play. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

Loud Poets is loud. 

Max & Ivan: The Reunion

Max & Ivan: The Reunion

This is character comedy at its finest. 

Coming Clean

Coming Clean

It’s 35 years since Kevin Elyot’s first play, Coming Clean, premiered at the Bush Theatre and 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK. 

Chris Kehoe: The Second Coming of Chris

Chris Kehoe: The Second Coming of Chris

Would the world be a better place if piratical misanthrope Chris Kehoe was in charge? Without a shadow of a doubt. 

Poets v MCs Brighton v Bristol

Poets v MCs Brighton v Bristol

For 14 years the poets and rappers of Brighton have been locked in an epic struggle. 

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. 

Poets v MCs Battle Games

Poets v MCs Battle Games

For 14 years the poets and rappers of Brighton have been locked in an epic struggle. 

The Yanks Are Coming

The Yanks Are Coming

This is the fourth show in the series ‘Lions Led By Asses’ using poetry, song and facts. 

Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner

Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner

Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities. 

Thomas Wolfe Presents: The Brighton Fringe Poets

Thomas Wolfe Presents: The Brighton Fringe Poets

Local author and poet Thomas Wolfe presents a night of spoken word, poetry and storytelling from some of Brighton’s best poets. 

Is the Cyber Armageddon Coming?

Is the Cyber Armageddon Coming?

Past wars have started for the most trivial of reasons. 

Liza Pulman: Everything's Coming Up Roses

Liza Pulman: Everything's Coming Up Roses

Enjoy an afternoon with Liza in an expertly pruned show about flowers, gardens and all things green! From Tip Toe Through The Tulips to Neil Diamond’s You Don’t Bring Me Flower… 

Poets Against Humanity

Poets Against Humanity

Poets Against Humanity is a remix of ‘Cards Against Humanity’ with the ultimate aim of having nobody take poetry seriously. 

Max Fletcher: Walden

Max Fletcher: Walden

Max needs to start making money from comedy, so he’s decided to adapt the great transcendentalist novel Walden into a comedy show. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

Spoken word troupe Loud Poets have taken to the road once more, with live band in tow, for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Craig Hill: Up and Coming!

Craig Hill: Up and Coming!

‘Riotously funny… His energy is boundless’ (Independent). 

If There's Not Dancing at the Revolution, I'm Not Coming

If There's Not Dancing at the Revolution, I'm Not Coming

Taking multimedia representations of young women as its inspiration, If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, I’m Not Coming picks apart a medley of references to Titanic, Disney … 

Max & Ivan: Our Story

Max & Ivan: Our Story

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

Max and Ivan: Unstoppable

Max and Ivan: Unstoppable

Fringe veterans Max and Ivan bring their show Unstoppable to The Warren for this year’s Brighton Fringe. 

Brighton v Edinburgh Poets v MCs

Brighton v Edinburgh Poets v MCs

Two battles in one: first the poets from the two great festival cities join to take on a united team of rappers. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

This is slam-style, make some noise, fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching poetry. 

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. 

The Second Coming: Dapper Laughs

The Second Coming: Dapper Laughs

Dapper Laughs is a British comedian, actor, presenter, writer and Viner. 

Poets Against Humanity

Poets Against Humanity

The panel show dedicated to the desecration of poetry comes to the PBH Free Fringe. 

Alastair Clark: Getting Better

Alastair Clark: Getting Better

Alastair Clark is not getting better. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

After a poor showing at last year’s Fringe, the Free Footlights return this year on top form. 

Fifty Shades of Fizzog

Fifty Shades of Fizzog

Who doesn’t want to see grannies street dance?In an unexpected turn of events, this year’s breakthrough sketch show is not just another bunch of students. 

Blues and Burlesque: Happy Hour

Blues and Burlesque: Happy Hour

Created by the wonderful Pete Saunders and his lovely ladies Miss Vicious Delicious and the delightful Scarlet Belle, Blues and Burlesque: Happy Hour offers an enchanting evening o… 

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

The best in improvised stand-up, Set List presents a daily changing selection of Fringe favourites performing a never before seen set without a moment’s preparation. 

Cabaret at Le Monde

Cabaret at Le Monde

Despite the exceptional charm of host Bruce Devlin, the acts for Cabaret at Le Monde tonight lack conviction; performers having seemingly little motive other than to plug their own… 

The Sound of Musicals

The Sound of Musicals

In their Fringe debut, Music Box Theatre present an intimate and impressive production of The Sound of Musicals, a compilation show featuring a smattering of musical theatre favour… 

Sameena Zehra: Homicidal Pacifist

Sameena Zehra: Homicidal Pacifist

Who hasn’t thought about culling parts of the human race? I have and I’m practically an angel! Surely even the greatest pacifist can’t resist, with the forces of UKIP at larg… 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

Loud Poets are a Scotland-based collective of poets who perform together. 

Michael Che: Six Stars

Michael Che: Six Stars

One of the fastest rising young comedians from across the pond, Michael Che is back in Edinburgh for a third year running with his new show Six Stars. 

Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t Work

Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t Work

Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland. 

Puddles Pity Party

Puddles Pity Party

Half clown, half rock opera, one-man show Puddles Pity Party is the Fringe debut of viral video star Puddles the Clown. 

Winter is Coming. Again.

Winter is Coming. Again.

Winter Is Coming. 

WOMANz: Jou're Welcome

WOMANz: Jou're Welcome

Everyone has that one persistently irritating friend. 

Max and Ivan: The End

Max and Ivan: The End

In Max and Ivan: The End, the eponymous duo take you on a guided tour of the small town of Sudley-on-Sea, introducing you to all of the residents. 

Will Durst: BoomeRaging From LSD to OMG

Will Durst: BoomeRaging From LSD to OMG

According to the press release, this year’s show is Will Durst’s “highly anticipated return to the Fringe after over a decade. 

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical

In its second year at the Fringe, The Improv Musical is a fun, heart-warming comedy by Music Theatre Warwick, despite failing to live up to its improvised appearance. 

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. 

Verses Versus Verses: Brighton v London Poets v MCs

Verses Versus Verses: Brighton v London Poets v MCs

After the gargantuan battle of Brighton’s finest at the 12th Annual Poets v MCs, Brighton takes on the best that the Mother City has to offer. 

Max and Ivan: The End

Max and Ivan: The End

Welcome to Sudley-on-Sea. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

This is slam-style, make some noise, fist thumping, pint drinking, side tickling, heart wrenching poetry. 

BITE2015: Brighton Youth Poets v MCs + Brighton v Oxford

BITE2015: Brighton Youth Poets v MCs + Brighton v Oxford

Now in its third year, BITE brings together the verbal talent of Brighton and Hove’s 13 - 19 year old poets and rappers, battling for the supremacy of their style of spoken word. 

Three Poets - One Mic

Three Poets - One Mic

Three Brighton-based performance poets grab hold of the microphone at Over Broadway in order to shout at you on the subject of politics, sexuality and death. 

Le Haggis - The Second Coming

Le Haggis - The Second Coming

Scotland’s sexiest cabaret – Le Haggis returns to the Big Burns Supper festival and carnival. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

This is slam-style, make some noise, fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching poetry. 

The Cowboy Max Show

The Cowboy Max Show

The Cowboy Max Show is a comedy and stunt extravaganza for the whole family. 

Amore - The Romantic Poets

Amore - The Romantic Poets

Since 2002, The Mercators, one of Edinburgh’s longest established amateur drama groups have presented dramatised readings in period costume celebrating the lives of famous writers … 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

It’s not often you’re treated to performance poetry in a setting with as much production value as this. 

Max Dickins: My Groupon Adventure

Max Dickins: My Groupon Adventure

Max Dickins – or shall I say Lord Max Groupon – has been a very busy man. 

Mark Grist & MC Mixy: Dead Poets' Death Match

Mark Grist & MC Mixy: Dead Poets' Death Match

Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like. 

Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming is a ludicrous take on the popular TV series, Game of Thrones. 

Max Silvestri Releases His Album: A Comedy Show and Party

Max Silvestri Releases His Album: A Comedy Show and Party

The host of the excellent Williamsburg show “Big Terrific,” Mr. Silverstri celebrates his new stand-up album, “King Piglet.”  

Bite2: Brighton and Hove Youth Poets v MCs

Bite2: Brighton and Hove Youth Poets v MCs

Welcome to the cutting edge of word. 

Poets-SLASH-MC's Festival Showdown

Poets-SLASH-MC's Festival Showdown

Heroes of performance poetry Hammer and Tongue and rap warriors Slip Jam proudly present a spiralling twist on their annual battle (‘A legendary fixture’ Latest 7) Gauntlets thrown… 

Its Sooo Up and Coming

Its Sooo Up and Coming

Stand-up continues its push deeper into Brooklyn with this new entry to the bar show scene. 

Second Coming

Second Coming

As anyone who’s ever been involved in any kind of show will know, they’re not easy things to put on. 

Max Fletcher - Fail Beter

Max Fletcher - Fail Beter

A smart and fresh new solo comedy show that’s 100% guaranteed to be funny and doesn’t need any stars to prove it. ***** (TheNewCurrent.jux.com). 

Briefs: The Second Coming

Briefs: The Second Coming

Recently, in another review, I wrote that La Clique was showing every other cabaret on the Fringe how it should be done. 

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. 

Slightly Fat Features

Slightly Fat Features

Riotous comedy cabaret troupe. 

Max and Ivan: The Reunion

Max and Ivan: The Reunion

There will be leaping and spinning, there will be theme music and coloured lights, and your expectations of what is possible with a two-man cast will be changed forever. 

Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast

Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast

The title ‘Coming into Fashion’ proves incredibly appropriate for this exhibition. 

Richard Herring: Talking C*ck - The Second Coming

Richard Herring: Talking C*ck - The Second Coming

Every man in the audience stiffened as a pulsating phallus inflated on the screen in front of us at the start of the show. 

Richard Herring - Christ on a Bike: The Second Coming

Richard Herring - Christ on a Bike: The Second Coming

This year, Richard Herring is resurrecting his first ever one-man Fringe show, ‘Christ On A Bike’, which he performed in 2001. 

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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… 

Coming Up For Air by George Orwell

Coming Up For Air by George Orwell

Simply and elegantly staged, George Orwell’s Coming Up For Air is a breath of fresh air in the middle of all of the over dressed, multi-media, post-modern shows which seem to have… 

Max Dickins: This Will Only Take A Moment...

Max Dickins: This Will Only Take A Moment...

Sharply clad in a waistcoat and red trousers, or as he describes himself dressing like ‘a gay snooker player,’ Max Dickens certainly looks the part. 

Max and Ivan

Max and Ivan

Max and Ivan are one of my main reasons for loving the Fringe. 

The Trap’s Bad Play: Second Coming

The Trap’s Bad Play: Second Coming

If there’s one theatre company that can claim to have built an episodic comedy-of-errors at the Fringe, then it’s The Trap. 

Bud Take the Wheel I Feel a Song Coming On

Bud Take the Wheel I Feel a Song Coming On

Bud Take The Wheel is the new play from Clara Brennan. 

Max and Ivan Are Holmes and Watson
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Max and Ivan Are Holmes and Watson

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. 

Max and Iván: Exposed – The Edinburgh Fringe

Max and Iván: Exposed – The Edinburgh Fringe

Two comic actors play numerous different quirky characters, as the quest to read the big, breaking news goes on. 

Max and Iván: Televisionaries

Max and Iván: Televisionaries

Max and Iván are a comedy double act from London. 

Andrew White: Coming of Age

Andrew White: Coming of Age

In 2017, Andrew White debuted his first solo show, It Was Funnier in My Head, unable to legally drink, have debt, or even get into some venues he was set to perform in! But this ye… 

Max Riebl - The Great Pretender

Max Riebl - The Great Pretender

A world class voice and virtuosic musicians seamlessly combine the worlds of alternative pop and masterful baroque. 

Having Fun on the High Seas with Max Norman

Having Fun on the High Seas with Max Norman

Simon Ximenez is considering a life on the ocean wave after talking to Max Norman about his Edinburgh show, A Pirate’s Life for Me. 

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... 

Interview: Poets Against Humanity's ​Andrew Blair & Ross McCleary

Interview: Poets Against Humanity's ​Andrew Blair & Ross McCleary

Andrew Blair and Ross McCleary are Edinburgh-local writers and collaborators. 

The Poets are Coming: Carys ‘Matic’ Jones

The Poets are Coming: Carys ‘Matic’ Jones

Well-travelled poet Carys ‘Matic’ Jones brings Professional Nomad: What Happens When a Gap Year Becomes a Gap Decade? to Clerk's Bar this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Harry Giles

The Poets are Coming: Harry Giles

Poet and performer Harry Giles, of former Guardian Best-of-the-Fringe fame, is bringing his new show Drone to Summerhall with the SHIFT/ collective this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Stan Skinny

The Poets are Coming: Stan Skinny

Poet Stan Skinny brings Love Poems For The Feint Hearted to the PBH Free Frnge this year. 

The Poets are Coming: Ben Norris

The Poets are Coming: Ben Norris

In the first of Broadway Baby's The Poets are Coming series, Ben Norris tells us about his one-man show The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Family, a look at fathers and sons thro... 

The Poets are Coming: Ali Maloney

The Poets are Coming: Ali Maloney

Ali Maloney of the SHIFT/ collective tells us about HYDRONOMICON, his tentacle-related spoken-word show at Summerhall this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Andrew Blair (and Ross McCleary)

The Poets are Coming: Andrew Blair (and Ross McCleary)

Andrew Blair gives Broadway Baby a taste of his spoken-word show This is Poetry with Ross McCleary, an exploration of fictional Edinburgh not at all based on the film Troll 2. 

The Poets are Coming: Agnes Török

The Poets are Coming: Agnes Török

TED talk-giver Agnes Török gives us a tantalising preview of her spoken-word show If You're Happy and You Know It – Take This Survey, which is set to premiere&nb... 

The Poets are Coming: Matthew Harvey

The Poets are Coming: Matthew Harvey

Matthew Harvey is bringing his stand-up poetry show Matthew Havey is... Dangerman! to the Fringe all the way from New Zealand.  

The Poets are Coming: Tina Sederholm

The Poets are Coming: Tina Sederholm

Slam champion and Fringe veteran Tina Sederholm is bringing The Good Delusion to the Banshee Labyrinth this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Sophia Walker

The Poets are Coming: Sophia Walker

Broadway Baby favourite Sophia Walker has won Best Spoken Word Show for two years running. 

The Poets are Coming: Mike Galsworthy

The Poets are Coming: Mike Galsworthy

Scientist Mike Galsworthy is doing something rather different at Clerk's Bar this Fringe... 

The Poets are Coming: Alex Marsh

The Poets are Coming: Alex Marsh

Fig leaves, female figures and chocolate cake will feature heavily in poet Alex Marsh's Fringe. 

The Poets are Coming: Dan Simpson

The Poets are Coming: Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson is doing six shows at the Fringe this year. Six. Did I mention he's doing SIX SHOWS?  

The Poets are Coming: Harry Baker

The Poets are Coming: Harry Baker

Six months after his first poetry collection is published, world slam champion Harry Baker is heading to the Fringe with Harry Baker - The Sunshine Kid. 

The Poets are Coming: Matthew Macdonald

The Poets are Coming: Matthew Macdonald

Edinburgh man Matthew Macdonald brings Something Wicked This Way Comes to the Fringe this August, following his debut with Who Are Your People? last year. 

The Poets are Coming: Colin Bramwell

The Poets are Coming: Colin Bramwell

Hairy poet and impro pianist Colin Bramwell brings his debut solo show Scale to the Pilgrim this Fringe. Expect Highlands kitsch without the kitsch. 

The Poets are Coming: David Lee Morgan

The Poets are Coming: David Lee Morgan

BBC Slam champion David Lee Morgan is Building God at the Banshee Labyrinth this Fringe with a show about the great revolutions of history. 

The Poets are Coming: Sara Hirsch

The Poets are Coming: Sara Hirsch

Loud Poet Sara Hirsch is bringing her debut spoken-word show, How Was It For You?, up to Clerk's Bar this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Max Scratchmann

The Poets are Coming: Max Scratchmann

Poet Max Scratchmann will star alongside Alec Beattie in Edinburgh in the Shadows this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Rachel Amey

The Poets are Coming: Rachel Amey

Scottish poet Rachel Amey is set to perform Peacock Blue as part of the SHIFT/ collective at Summerhall this August. 

The Poets are Coming: Gerard Logan

The Poets are Coming: Gerard Logan

Gerard Logan will be performing in three spoken-word shows this Fringe, two based on the work of Oscar Wilde and one on Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece". 

The Poets are Coming: Colin McGuire

The Poets are Coming: Colin McGuire

Glaswegian-born poet Colin McGuire is set to debut his first solo show, The Wake Up Call, themed around sleep and sexuiality. 

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