Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Misty Last: Academy Award Winner, Buzzfeed ‘where are they now’-er.
Scottish singer/songwriter, based in Sweden, finally back home.
Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fu…
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
Two performers armed with a single scene – a customer orders a drink from a waiter.
Dear Billy - A Love Letter to the Big Yin from The People Of Scotland.
This is not a musical.
Alright, stop, collaborate and listen! Safety expert Ian Crawford is back with a brand-new presentation.
Wet Mess Wet Messifies the messiness of life; exploring transitions, testosterone, edges of drag, blur between performance and reality, magical in the mundane.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and…
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…
The Grumpy Magicians present: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
Outdoor 360° wrap-around street art exhibition at Quality Yard in Leith.
Hypothesis: comedy is therapy.
Can a magician be a rockstar? Rockstar Magician Arron Jones couldn’t possibly say, but yes.
A brand-new wild, fast, funny, and often filthy show from the award-winning comic that bursts with positivity, frantic stand-up and improv comedy energy.
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…
Journey through the life and music of the 150 million record-selling Piano Man in this uplifting show.
Billy Banana’s Brilliant Bingo, the interactive extravaganza event of the Fringe.
A musical soirée breathing life into the timeless allure of the legendary divas of jazz.
Love.
Following the loss of a childhood friend, Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns 23.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
A hilarious and heartfelt musical that tackles modern love in all its forms.
A few years ago I got punched in the face by a lady on the train.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Classically trained pianist and stand-up comedian Aidan Jones plays Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major and tells stories about heartbreak, murder, MDMA etc.
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
A play exploring ethnic identity, Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim is a phenomenon in Scotland where it has sold out countless nationwide tours.
I’m an Australian comedian.
What is anything? The basically-award-winning*, ‘real WTF comic’ (Chortle.
‘Teddy told me that in Greek, nostalgia literally means, ‘the pain from an old wound’.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Improv legends Racing Minds return to Edinburgh for their 11th year of unscripted escapades! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help, a myst…
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 …
After two sell-out Fringe runs, this marvelous Manc is back with his best show yet.
Nazereth Love Jones the number one representative for Hip Hop an RnB performing live.
The tale of hope, redemption and the power of love comes to the Royal Festival Hall for one night only.
Back for 2023! A great day out for art lovers.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Copernicus Now is a joyful and surreal caper in which the Renaissance-era astronomer reshapes the sola…
*Part of Lamb Comedy’s Big Queer Weekender* Jen Ives (Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party, and Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared) returns with her new stand up comedy hour I’m Straight Now, a show…
Experience the first on-screen adventure of everyone’s favourite archaeologist/action hero, with live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.
Following 7 different sell out shows over the past 10 years the puppets are back for one last year at The Brunswick, to celebrate their unique brand of silliness, songs, mess, magi…
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.
Kayleigh’s debut hour is the intricate true story of how she found out her real dad is not the man named on her birth certificate.
Fresh from a critically acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Southampton’s Thrown Together Theatre present a wild ride through their collective mind - a channel-flicking, rico…
Serious comic Ryan Hill and loveable idiot Ben Jones present their Sketch Show Goes Wrong play combining original material, tributes to comedy greats and much more silliness! Hill…
Despite only being an infant when Margaret Thatcher left office, so not old enough to actually remember the era of Billy-the-Cactus and Lorraine Fontaine for myself, I was still vi…
A notionally more polished update of Ivo’s 45 minute navel gaze from last year’s Fringe.
The SpidersOld is the Web we WeaveCornucopia Jones Wants You to Succeed!Even You Could Have It All All The Spiders - Dermot Doyle The Spiders is a musical about large …
Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee.
Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee.
Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns twenty-three.
The all new Wild-West End Musical! A rollicking new musical comedy based on the original Clint Eastwood motion picture.
Exploring the idea of what it means to grow up, let go, and discover your own identity, Now & Then: I Think of You follows two women as they sort through memories of what once was.
Stephen Jones, the self-proclaimed rugby prodigy of the small Welsh village Aberfan, has just made the kick of his life.
Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee.
Agatha Christie called And Then There Were None the most difficult to write book of her career, but staging her play comes with challenges of its own.
Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast of Devon.
Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey, Ever Decreasing Circles) and Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast, Nine Perfect Strangers) star in Marcelo Dos Santos’ hilarious new comedy Backst…
Memory is a strange thing.
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK.
BBC New Comedy Award-nominated Kayleigh Jones wants to tell you why she fed her dad to a pelican.
Natalie Palamides and Lucy Pearman are two very normal girls who will share an hour.
Join four friends weighed down by their past and frightened of their future as they take a trip around a natural history museum and explore the big bang, loving difficult parents, …
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
The rodeo is the best place in the world.
Prolific writer and broadcaster whose interests include the Scots language and the historic Scots diaspora across the world.
In this fast-paced storytelling journey, Marina reminisces about university and being told by her lecturer that she dances like a sack of potatoes.
In this fast-paced storytelling journey, Marina reminisces about university and being told by her lecturer that she dances like a sack of potatoes.
Featuring songs, skits and nonsensical moments, And Now.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
It Won’t Be Long Now is drawn from first-hand accounts of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation.
The double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns with a brand new show about moving to a new area, people he has met and losing his mind.
Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fu…
Described by top showbusiness writer Mark Richie from the Stage Newspaper as ‘an impressive vocal performer’ and ‘his tribute to Tom Jones is one of the best he’s had the pleasure …
Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected …
When Florence walks into the music shop, all she wants is a new string for her guitar.
A musical comedy magic show to rock your socks off! Magic, music, comedy, raw sex appeal, zero self-awareness.
Griffin and Jones have decided to change the world.
How does a former DJ turned stand-up comedian cope with a landmark birthday? Well.
Get Fyred up for gym, tan, laundry, bromance, and betrayal as stand-up comedians and New Jersey girlies, Jenny Gorelick and Gabby Bryan, take on NJ’s baddest boys in this caution…
Quality Yard brings you a free outdoor 360° wrap-around exhibition of creative street art and graffiti by nationally and internationally exhibited artists.
Young British guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright, together known as The Showhawk Duo, have dazzled audiences worldwide with their spectacular approach to playing the guita…
Night Owl Shows delivers a worthy and memorable spectacle with The Billy Joel Story that sees the talented troupe of Angus Munro on piano and vocals, Daniel Watts on drums, Alex Be…
A new (WIP) show of high-energy stand-up from one of the warmest, wildest, nicest guys in comedy today.
Right Here, Right Now.
The show is performed by a brilliant pair of queer, tumbling, absurdist clowns.
The world’s only stand-up/improv/chat tattoo comedy show hits the Fringe to take you down the hilarious highway of human graffiti.
Award-winning New Zealand comedian; master of interaction, consummate raconteur.
The Oxford Revue is turning 70 years old! From Monty Python to Mr Bean to Love Actually, the alumni of Oxford’s premier comedy troupe have been polluting the UK cultural landscape …
An electric, joyful hour packed with fun and skewering takes on society, Right About Now is the brand-new show from the award-winning James Nokise.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
I never met my biological father.
Shropshire’s crazy-named grassroots comedy club comes to the Edinburgh Fringe with a daily line-up of five different comedians.
After a three year hiatus, Tom Skelton, Daniel Roberts, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their critically-acclaimed improv show, Aaaand Now For So…
I quit drinking in 2019.
As Mark Black visits the doctors for looking for a diagnosis, he takes us through the chaos with a set written by ADHD itself.
Brand-new show from everyone’s favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards’ Best Newcomer nominee.
Can love survive when someone dies? ‘No bastard ever warned me that your love life goes down the shitter when someone dies.
In his debut, Dan Jones takes the audience through his struggles with love without borders.
Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree.
Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree.
Starring Alice Fearn, and directed by Julie Atherton, Then, Now & Next is a heartwarming, original musical from writers Christopher J Orton and Jon Robyns.
Pebble Trust and Bird&BlendTeaCo bursary winning play ‘Can I Be Bored Now? is a theatre piece in which through dialogues, music and movement, two performers lead the audience on a …
Pebble Trust and Bird&BlendTeaCo bursary winning play ‘Can I Be Bored Now? is a theatre piece in which through dialogues, music and movement, two performers lead the audience on a …
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for another live crisis conference on Sunak, Starmer, Brexit, the Culture Wars and everything el…
Who hasn’t sung along to “Hey, Big Spender?” Now, there’s a unique opportunity to hear the songs of Dorothy Fields - “I Can’t give you Anything but Love,” “A Fine Romance,” an…
Who hasn’t sung along to “Hey, Big Spender?” Now, there’s a unique opportunity to hear the songs of Dorothy Fields - “I Can’t give you Anything but Love,” “A Fine Romance,” an…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
BLUE was Derek Jarman’s final film.
“Whatever Happened To Billy Kenny?”It’s the question asked by thousands of Evertonians across the last three decades.
“Whatever Happened To Billy Kenny?”It’s the question asked by thousands of Evertonians across the last three decades.
Billy Kidd will bring no rabbits, feather flowers or top hats to her show.
The Buzztones are back! Following smash-hit shows in 2019 and 2020, the pop-comedy maestros return to VAULT with a brand new, feel-good set of tracks and nonsense.
Happy CapitalDon’t bet on the wrong horseHEAR + NOWAn improvised, synthesized garden of sound Happy Capital - Tommy Harris Mark believes he's found his golden…
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an evening of high quality analysis, low quality jokes, and recrimination and blame allocati…
“Being black is about fighting a white world.
This Seems Ambitious is the debut hour from Amused Moose National Breakthrough Comedian of the Year, and double Pleasance Reserve Nominee Dan Jones.
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, …
Nina was going through life quite nicely, when POW! Suddenly! she wasn’t! Fear and Anxiety crept into normal every day situations.
Over a decade after winning RTE’s ‘Fame the Musical’ TV Show, West End stars Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi are returning to Dublin with a brand new show…
Over a decade after winning RTE’s ‘Fame the Musical’ TV Show, West End stars Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi are returning to Dublin with a brand new show…
Russian Doll meets clowns in And Then the Rodeo Burned Down, a circular metaphysical piece that combines elements of dance, comedy and mystery to form a labyrinth equivalent of a s…
It certainly ain’t their first rodeo when this pair of clowns are trapped in a time-loop.
‘…one of the most important events I have seen…’ - Damian Todres, Wells Cathedral School‘…it was stunning and has left an incredible impression …
Ready to change your life? Start your journey to greatness and join the biggest pack of girlbosses and SHE-ros you’ll ever meet with Paradise! Gabriel’s been low lately…
Presented by The People’s Players, the Liverpool’s Royal Court amateur theatre company.
You are invited for a lively afternoon of debate and discussion on the versatile and diverse role of the dramaturg in Irish theatre making hosted by the Dramaturgs'…
Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns …
Taking over Woolwich Works for the first time, get ready to be dragged through a catalogue of Gateau & Woo’s favourite musical hits, from Gypsy to Grease, Little Mermaid to The S…
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…
Scottish singer/songwriter based in Sweden, finally back home.
Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…
A special school assembly harking back to the grand old days of the bawdy British boarding school, hosted by drag king and self-proclaimed “Head” Master Mr Brake Down.
The rodeo is the best place in the world.
After my last Fringe appearance (August, 2016), I had to step away from Edinburgh and consider how to be less devastatingly funny.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
A new solo performer show by acclaimed playwright Rosemary Jenkinson, about young bonfire builders in East Belfast.
Billy Parva is the greatest man who ever lived.
Billy Parva is the greatest man who ever lived.
Griffin and Jones have spent the last decade travelling the UK, showcasing their homemade miracles, and generally being the biggest comedy and magic superstars you’ve never heard…
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as: ‘the relationship.
The rodeo is the best place in the world.
High-energy stand-up from one warmest, wildest and nicest guys in comedy today, bringing his unique, funny, frantic and sometimes filthy comedy mind to the Fringe with off-the-wall…
UK Pun finalist and writer of one of Dave’s Best Jokes of the Fringe, Roger Swift resurfaces into the post-lockdown world with an updated version of his whirlwind roller-coaster …
My nickname is Taco – the first girl I ever kissed thought I looked Mexican.
Nina was going through life quite nicely, when – pow! Suddenly she wasn’t! Fear and anxiety crept into normal everyday situations.
Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe.
Join Paul Mccaffrey and Seann Walsh for a live version of The UK’s Top 10 Comedy Podcast. Comedy’s two angriest friends just got angrier.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand up.
I’ve been fired from 14 jobs in my life – I’m starting to think that I might be the problem? I’ll tell you some of the stories and you can tell me what you think.
Debut stand-up hour from Mancunian ray of sunshine, Josh Jones.
Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…
An investigation into Welsh and queer identity or a show for anyone with a complex relationship to home.
Neanderthal Canadian Trinidadian Norn Iron loon Law brings his half-baked thoughts on the last couple of years and a little time travel to boot.
Marketed as “The first new UK production”, Nikolai Foster’s re-imagining of classic favourite Billy Elliot certainly embraces the challenge of creating a ‘new’ take on th…
Back for 2022! A great day out for art lovers.
Back for 2022! A great day out for art lovers.
MARK BILLY BILLINGHAM is TV's most experienced, highest ranking and most decorated SAS leader and sniper.
MARK BILLY BILLINGHAM is TV's most experienced, highest ranking and most decorated SAS leader and sniper.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
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.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
Phunky physics, catchy chemistry and bangin’ biology.
Phunky physics, catchy chemistry and bangin’ biology.
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Has he gone yet…? As the Government teeters on its foundations and the council dog warden comes for Boris “Big Dog, Honest” Johnson, the cult politica…
Deck the halls with Customs Manifest Forms and don’t expect any turkey – it’s the end of year festive live special from Oh God, What Now?, the hi…
Meet some of the shortlisted authors from the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 at this year’s Dublin Book Festival.
In partnership with Gay Community News So, who’s your favourite Irish trans writer? For a small demographic, trans people are a very big subject in I…
Sarah Winman, Ann Ingle, Luke Cassidy in conversation with Niall MacMonagleDr Rosaleen McDonagh in conversation with Dr Emilie Pine, with readings from Kathleen Murphy&n…
Presented by West Cork Literary Festival I am the queen of two crowns, banished fifteen years, the famed and folded woman, bad-luck baleful girl, mother of three s…
Reclaiming the European Street: Speeches on Europe and the European Union President Michael D.
Join us for an evening with Professor Luke O’Neill and Tourism Ireland Marketing Director Mark Henry in conversation with Aoife Barry.
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…
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
Presented by Tylor and Vincent & Alissa Anne Jeun YiAlissa Anne Jeun Yi: Daddy IssuesDaddy Issues is a drag king, comedy and performance art show about how I was called to move out…
Queer Clash Diary - Where are we now? Tuesday 7th SeptemberThe Yard Theatre11am - 6pm 10 (15 Solidarity Ticket) Bringing together promoters, producers, venues, performers…
Spirit of the Fringe, multi-award-winning, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comedian, author and explorer Tim FitzHigham is here for one solo show only.
Elspeth McVeigh’s an accomplished singer of baroque and early Scottish music with performances described as having a haunting, ‘entrancing voice.
An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.
Directed by Christine Devaney and featuring an ensemble of Edinburgh-based performers, Field is an immersive, uplifting work that has Arthur’s Seat as its backdrop.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home, Ryan Lane’s playful, inventive and intimate character comedy explores what it means to be Welsh, queer and the myths tha…
Tony returns without understanding or any idea of what comedy was and it is.
Tony returns without understanding or any idea of what comedy was and it is.
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
ICCA UK finalists Sweet Nothings bring you a battle of the ages.
Drag Rags IRL is BACK with another sale! We’ve got huns from the scene selling their pre-loved drag, vintage, costume bits, props, alt fashions and much more at absolute BARGA…
Brand new, uncensored and totally unrehearsed.
Roll up as Britain’s two most addictive political podcasts face off in a show of two halves.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Shôn Dale-Jones’ playful, honest and heartfelt show about love, creativity and family combines magnetic storytelling with a dreamscape of animation, film and original music.
Shôn Dale-Jones’ new show was going to be all about love.
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.
Having performed a series of cabarets at the Barbican Art Gallery and a charity concert for Bono and Chris Martin, “cabaret kings” William Ludwig and Dean Austin return with �…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
A sing-a-long musical bingo game celebrating the best and worst of music from across the decades, hosted by Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Signature Sound Acapella is a music group with a passion for experimental acapella.
Signature Sound Acapella is a music group with a passion for experimental acapella.
£74 Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children)£23 Adult £20.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Billy’s 12th Fringe appearance.
3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
The perpetrators of 2019’s satirical smash hit Now That’s What I Call Brexit – ‘Searing satire’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide.
Born and bred in Manchester and just your atypical northern bloke, Josh Jones is taking the circuit by storm.
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…
Due to the phenomenal success of the first two seasons of Sunday Favourites at The Other Palace, Lambert Jackson are thrilled to present the star-filled line-up of their third seas…
Musical theatre sensation Lucie Jones, star of hit musical Waitress, performs her first West End solo concert at the historic Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 16 February 2020 at 7pm.
The post-Election post-mortem.
Edinburgh Comedy Award and double BAFTA-nominated professional idiot Spencer Jones is back with his brand-new show.
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK! TWO more classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK!TWO more classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
Beginning in 1978, aspiring musician Daniel (Dylan Wynford) meets wannabe comedian Greg (Freddie Woodyatt) at an open mic night.
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Olga Koch is back! Ahead of her BBC Radio 4 special, the acclaimed stand-up tells a love story through the medium of computer programming (which she …
Riddled Image have been invited to a funeral, but something quickly becomes clear when they arrive: the funeral is for one of them.
Friz Frizzle, the self-proclaimed ‘Song-Ruiner’ has a dream: to ruin your childhoods by bastardising well known songs that you grew up with.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
This mystical dance performance is about the connection between what we see and what we believe.
I need to preface with this review with a disclaimer – this is either a one-star or a five-star show, depending on your sense of humour.
A celebration of wonderful wildlife in songs and poetry with Joan Busby (mezzo-soprano), Brian Bannatyne Scott (bass), Walter Blair (piano) and Joshua Manning (reader).
Billy Joel: Piano Man Live showcases the very best of the dynamic songbook of the legendary Billy Joel.
Queer, political theatre that tells a tale of feminist self-empowerment and delivers a powerful manifesto of self-realisation, erotic positivity and physical fulfilment.
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.
Undeniably nice young man stands around for 45 minutes, prompting a good time and the temporary approval of himself.
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible and nothing is quite…
Spencer bought a new looper, but he can’t beatbox.
After a baffling 2018 run (The Wee Review Fringe Experience Award: ‘most memorable experience – be it good.
Madame Komondor Will See You Now is a wildly interactive solo comedy show that probes everything from excessive male masturbation to enhancing a woman’s pleasure.
Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful authors.
In 2012 I wrote a diary on a deck of playing cards, one for each week.
Following a sell-out 2018 Fringe and debut UK tour, the ‘utterly hilarious’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Once famed for coal, copper and steel production, Wales’s industry has now ground to a halt.
A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
For most of 2017 I received taunting messages from a fake Facebook account.
UK Pun finalist and writer of one of Dave’s Best Jokes of the Fringe, Roger Swift returns with his whirlwind rollercoaster ride of non-stop corny jokes, puns, one-liners, wordpla…
What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, …
‘I reiterate my request for a full refund and look forward to your theatre’s explanation [for] why you chose to market this show as suitable for 16-year-olds’ (Audience review).
One man.
Award-winning actor, writer and composer AJ Holmes makes his Edinburgh debut with an hour of stand-up, storytelling, and songs! Known from The Book of Mormon on Broadway, London’s …
Seven comedians: you, the audience, decide their fate.
EU leaders swap negotiations for disco, tassels and glitter in this ‘razor sharp blend of burlesque and comedy’ (EdFestMag.
May.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Spencer Jones took last year’s Edinburgh Fringe off, but did he waste his time idling? Not a chance.
Smart and funny observations on a new-found, middle-class lifestyle with ski holidays, through the prism of poor, immigrant, living-in-a-caravan roots.
We first encounter the witty Yorkshire whirlwind that is Rosie Jones, as she bops along to what we assume is a silent disco, as she is adorned with massive red headphones.
Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful au…
The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music…
Returning to the UK after one of the most talked about concerts in 2018, ‘Quincy Jones - A Life In Song’ which The Times called ‘a ritzy extravaganza’, and …
Six-time Grammy award winner Billy Joel is without a doubt a more than significant part of pop music's history, having been responsible for a number of top ten hits from the …
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Clare Sales School of Dance is for all age and abilities.
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible, and nothing is quit…
Dr Jones Funny Bones is coming to Brighton with a show for the whole family.
HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE BILLY FURY STORY Billy comes alive via giant screen, re-united with his own Furys’ Tornados.
Patrick Spicer delivers a work in progress of his first solo show to Brighton fringe.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Majk Stokes is a singer-songwriter, poet, environmentalist, Quaker and self-confessed caffeine-addict.
The simple story of three hungry goats and a grumpy old troll, told with a gentle ecological message.
Much-loved local violinist Ellie Blackshaw pairs up with London based pianist David Elwin to perform the rarely heard 1932 violin and piano sonata by Frank Bridge.
The brilliant British pianist Simon Ballard returns to play works by Schubert, Ries, Dvorak, Smetana, Ireland, Moszkowski, de Severac and Sydney Smith.
3 top professional oboists come together to play for us on the first May bank holiday Monday.
JB Carter, American, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2017 finalist, shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award 2018, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and Northern Irishman, Phili…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
2019 marks 50 years since Joni Mitchell released her album, Clouds, which featured arguably her best loved song, Both Sides Now.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-proclaimed Taylor Swift of the London comedy scene, Olga Koch is back! This time she’s getting more intimate, more experimental and more…
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
Three new recruits join the warship HMS Indomitable, commanded by the scholarly Captain Vere.
The world premiere of Iain Bell’s Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, following his critically-acclaimed In Parenthesis.
Five women go camping in a remote mountain range.
Following his success with The Encounter at the Barbican, Simon McBurney’s five-star production of The Magic Flute returns to ENO, concerning the search for truth and reason,…
Politics is boring.
Paul McCaffrey has recently appeared on major UK tours with two of Britain’s foremost stand ups, Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges – playing to more than half…
Grand Final on Monday 25th February, 7.
Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught …
Shortlisted Showcase on Tuesday 19th February, 7.
HERE WE ARE NOW A Post-Minimalist Opus WireCan we think ourselves into different people? HERE WE ARE NOW - Paul GilgunnAlbum launch and debut performances of a bold and …
Akhnaten is a mesmerising work whose text draws on ancient hymns, prayers and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian.
Based on the real events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident – Five women go camping in a remote mountain range. None return.
A musical tackling life’s big questions with inimitable humour and humanity.
Following on from his highly-acclaimed reunion concerts in the USA with Billy Joel’s original touring band and now in its fifth, hugely-successful year, Elio Pace …
War Requiem is one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century.
With themes of rival families, thwarted love, unhealthy obsessions, and a doomed political marriage, Lucia di Lammermoor is Donizetti‘s most compelling romantic drama.
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess explores the relationships between members of a close-knit community in 1920s South Carolina.
A blisteringly truthful and darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.
"BILLY wants to help you make space.
Brexit.
Written by actor Christopher Saul, (currently Pompey in IMPERIUM at The Gielgud Theatre), based this play on recordings he made of his Grandmother, Flo, in 1969.
Its 1969 and Flo looks back on her life in London from the Boer War to the Summer of Love.
Queer NYC comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Second City, The New Yorker) attacks conservative Christian parents, contemporary gay culture, and hunts for a husband in this provocative an…
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…
Rosie Jones is a comedian with a penchant for being mischievous.
Fresh from his tour of Australia earlier this year, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new collection of witty and whimsical songs and poems covering two of his bigges…
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected.
Free (ticketed).Sellout expected.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Billy Joel: Piano Man Live! showcases the very best of the dynamic songbook of the legendary Billy Joel.
Triumphant return after successful AMC 2017 gigs.
Danger! Systems are being corrupted and broken.
The Greenock-based local luminary tells stories of love, life and laughter with well-crafted songs.
Your supermarket knows when you’re pregnant; Google knows what medical conditions you have; Facebook could help your doctor diagnose you.
The world is full of wonderfully different people – dramatic, dreamy, daring and disturbing! Join our medley of characters on an energetic journey through their dreams, hopes and…
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! These award-winning idiots have become famous for their fast banter, tight chemistry, contagious en…
Maxine Jones, 62, has left home on a bicycle to become a nomad.
Irish comedian Keith Fox returns to Edinburgh with another solo stand-up show.
One went to a south London private school, one went to a Catholic School in Glasgow’s East End.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
On 12th November 2013, Archie Henderson accidentally reached #98 in the UK Singles Chart.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Come on then! (To my show.
After their five-star run (TheWeeReview.
Celebrating the enthusiasm and fresh talent of new dancers from across Scotland.
From the questionable mind of Rory Jones comes a show of galactic proportions.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Sanderson Jones is back! After six years building the worldwide Sunday Assembly movement, the comedian, and activist has returned to the Fringe with the first, only and best secula…
Puns! Lots of puns! Spoken puns, visual puns, musical puns, contrived puns and a lot of props.
For the 4th year, American atheist Bronston Jones reacts to the chaos of his country with a prayer: God Bless ‘Merica, because it’ll take a miracle to fix it.
They say ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’.
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.
Lolly (BBC Three/Comedy Central) lampoons political figures in this character comedy/burlesque hybrid show.
A schoolboy’s dream.
A deliciously dark musical cabaret exquisitely crushing the American dream, delivered with rare power and visceral beauty.
Remember that bit in Silence of the Lambs when Bob the prison guard finally faces up to his feelings for co-worker Janine? Me neither, but this isn’t a film on Netflix: it’s an…
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
Adele Cliff is no mindless follower, a point she’s very keen to address.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
Fifteen Minutes is the debut hour of critically acclaimed comedian Rosie Jones (8 Out Of 10 Cats, Silent Witness).
Billy Roche, playwright (Tumbling Down, The Wexford Trilogy, The Cavalcaders etc) returns to his musical roots with his own brand of psychedelic folk.
See this Welsh singing legend, known for hits such as Delilah and What's New Pussycat, perform LIVE! The rhythm and soul supremo has been wowing crowds for over fifty years and…
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What's New Pussycat, will grace the Racecourse stage on July 27, as part of the much-loved Music Showcase.
Jason Rouse is a renegade touring stand-up comedian taking the mainstream comedy world and turning it upside down.
Back for 2018! Another fantastic day out for art lovers everywhere.
On 12 November 2013, Archie Henderson accidentally reached number 98 in the UK Singles Chart.
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! These award-winning idiots have become famous for their fast banter, tight chemistry, contagious en…
Live Turkish and Greek music accompanied by mesmerising bellydance performances.
Latest smash-hit show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed, award-winning comedian.
Think you know game shows? Think again, as this new show comes to Brighton, that will make you laugh like a child.
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.
From the questionable mind of Rory Jones (All-Ireland Poetry Slam Champion 2015) comes a debut show of galactic proportions.
For the first time ever in the UK…TWO classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
Join Lolly and special guest(s) in an hour of stand up & character comedy.
A knight of the realm steals money from pensioners, the NHS is sold off to the highest bidder and Olly Murs live tweets a ‘terror incident’ from inside Selfridges.
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…
A day in the life of an idiot.
Brexit.
Smash-hit new show from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish comedian.
Dance the night away with Adelaide’s hottest party boat and live acts on the Inner Harbour of Port Adelaide.
From the group that brought you Jungle Babes Guerilla Music, we invite you to participate in a gutsy collaboration of all things vulnerable.
Peter Jones (a writer for Channel 10’s The Project) is up here! Peter is making his Adelaide Fringe debut after being named one of the New Faces To Watch by the Herald Sun at the M…
Hey, I’m Aidan.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Returning to Adelaide for the first time since 2012, Dominique Schmidt presents a curated selling exhibition of exquisite medieval illuminated manuscripts on vellum, including leav…
Silly Billy (noun; informal) 1.
Should you come see my show or not? Tell you what, look up my stand-up comedy on YouTube and if it makes you laugh grab some tickets.
UK-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and caffeine addict Majk Stokes comes to Adelaide for the first time to present a show built around two of his greatest…
TOM JONES & THE DIVA’S- Performed by Joe Guidace and Susie Jay (2016 Australia’s Got Talent Finalists) This show is full on, non-stop pulsating music, brilliant costumes and…
BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show.
Five remarkable individuals take stock of where they are now.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
In a Brighton basement eight young women sit on stools, waiting, the audience in a semi-circle around them.
Our Storyteller is on the run from those three-headed monsters, trying to bring you the most fantastic tales from the Magic Land of Three.
Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs.
Pippa Evans Presents… – Join Pippa Evans (founder member of Showstoppers) and some of her favourite improvisers as they explore the world through your eyes and theirs.
The World Premiere of Roy Budd’s masterpiece score to the 1925 classic silent film.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
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…
Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None is difficult as a play.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘Dazzling wit.
Elgar songs for solo and trio featuring Judith Gardner Jones and pianist Richard J Lewis, with Madeleine Trépanier, and Alicia Pettit.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Pioneers of Slapdash Magic are back for a third year at the Fringe, with a brand new show! Expect illusions, death-defying stunts and magical life hacks, all from the jumbled, …
The king of late-night comedy is back.
Spencer Jones is a genius but I’m not sure why.
Camille is the Fringe.
People watching is bloody brilliant, isn’t it? Let’s take a good look at those spectacular nobodies, anybodies and busybodies.
At 36, David is still unable to function in society.
Following a script left by his late Grandfather, Bennet Kavanagh (winner of the King Gong at the London Comedy Store, runner-up in the Reading Comedy Festival New Act of the Year) …
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
For the third year, American atheist Bronston Jones sees the state of his nation and mutters ‘God Bless ‘Merica.
This idiot’s back.
A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever so slightly unhinged former C-lister.
Puns.
Milton Jones is a true wordsmith, often dubbed the master of the one-liner, he is absolutely true to form in his latest Edinburgh Fringe offering.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
‘Dazzling wit.
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…
Join Dana Alexander in her fifth Edinburgh Show, as she navigates through the matrix of the modern world of dating.
The translation of the word utopia, if my Ancient Greek (and Wikipedia) haven’t let me down, is “no-place”.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after four sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th…
Prepare to have your joy levels optimised by “the finest female character comic around” (Time Out) as Pippa Evans presents Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and improvisers seen on B…
Few people can turn the (vividly graphic) tale of a dead rabbit into stand-up, but Sasha Ellen is somebody who’s learned the hard way to take life’s hurdles with an incontrover…
This show is about two things: home and the body.
Griffin and Jones – the self-proclaimed Ant & Dec of this comedy price range – delivered an action-packed hour of illusions, stunts and magical life hacks.
An improvised rock documentary is a tall order, and Jack Left Town sets out with boundless enthusiasm, a strong absurdity curve and sick air guitar to deliver, even if some areas a…
David Attenborough meets clowning in this low-budget romp through the Earth’s depleted natural world.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
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 …
Inspired by two real stories, the play explores the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families - a journey of love, loss and duty.
Back for 2017! Another fantastic day out for art lovers everywhere.
All the annual plants, vegetable plants and shrubs that you may need.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Oleg Caetani, renowned internationally for his deep knowledge of Shostakovich’s repertoire, will lead Bard College’s innovative pre-professional orchestra, The Orchestra Now (T…
Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins will star for the first time together in the West End as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, the third produ…
As part of its Around Town series, The Orchestra Now will be performing a free concert of works by Glinka, Messiaen, and Tchaikovsky.
A world premiere from ENO’s composer-in-residence Ryan Wigglesworth, The Winter‘s Tale a compelling new interpretation of Shakespeare’s tale of love, lo…
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…
The Orchestra Now performs a free concert in the Bronx led by conductor JoAnn Falletta.
The Orchestra Now kicks off the 2nd season of its Around Town series with a free concert in Harlem, led by conductor JoAnn Falletta.
With her unique blend of Pop, Jazz and Country, Norah Jones has made a career for herself that rivals that of her legendary father.
The Orchestra Now, a pre-professional orchestra in residence at Bard College, performs three orchestral suites and a symphony by three American composers: Bernstein, Copland, and M…
One performance only. Turn up early – sell-out expected.
Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change takes you through a series of hilarious vignettes that show the roller coaster ride that is relationships.
Does the wistful attitude of Robbie Burns longing for the Highlands have the same resonance today as in 19th century Scotland? Alongside today’s hot topics of independence and na…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
‘Thought-provoking, visually beautiful and totally engaging’ **** (EdinburghGuide.
After a mere 23 years on the worldwide comedy circuit and at the tender age of 55, JoJo Smith presents her debut solo show.
The smash hit, sell out production from Hartshorn - Hook Productions returns for one night only, reuniting the stellar cast of Simon Lipkin, Julie Atherton, Gina Beck and Samuel Ho…
Making international trade deals isn’t easy but it is funny, absurd, ridiculous, stupid, nonsensical, manic, moronic, filthy, terrifying, profane, devastating, and moooo-ving.
UCLU Musical Theatre Society’s Fringe production of the Joe Dipietro’s fast paced musical comedy is an incredibly entertaining and fast paced journey into the world of dating, …
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Blues – the base root of modern music – presented by popular, in demand Edinburgh four-piece, playing lovable, timeless standards plus some driving originals.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
On paper, this show sounds excellent.
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back! These award-winning idiots have become famous for their quick banter, tight chemistry, contagious energy and jaw-dropping, show-stopping wi…
Tom Jones was born to be hanged.
A jumble sale of characters.
Anybody who finds themselves rooting for a couple in a film or show will love the responsibility handed out by Ae-Ja Kim in Our Man.
2016’s been a bit of a bumpy year to say the least so, it was only a matter of time before we started receiving advice from extra-terrestrials.
Too often Joan of Arc is depicted as a very quiet, very pure young woman who keeps her gaze firmly on her feet or to the Heavens: not very fun at all.
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…
Pete Otway takes the opportunity in his first Edinburgh solo show to get audiences up to speed with what’s been happening in his life up to now.
Sometimes you wonder if you need the context of a previous comedian’s shows to really ‘get’ their most recent work.
Huddled underground in a nuclear bunker, Three Men in a Boot attempt to recreate history as best they can whilst staving off hunger (and potentially another Ice Age).
Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Bronston Jones: God Bless ‘Merica (Again).
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
Spencer Jones is once more going full tilt in the surrealism stakes, and the result is a fantastically strange success.
What’s your favourite music album? It’s something that not everybody puts a lot of thought into, but for Gabriel Ebulue it’s a make-or-break situation when making a first imp…
“I don’t want your opinions printed,” Ashley Storrie says to any potential reviewers in the audience.
I was there when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, when Emu bit Michael Parkinson.
Lewis Macleod’s impersonation skills are unlike anything I’ve seen - though they are like plenty of things you will have heard.
For a drag queen, Scarlet SoHandsome is a real sweetie.
The title song, by Cole Porter, makes an appearance part way through the second half of this narrativised collection of numbers, and really speaks of the character’s ultimate sta…
Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon…
A status as Fringe favourite and a viral stint for her infamous “Trump is a cunt” sign at the businessman’s visit to the Trump Turnberry golf resort mean that Janey Godley’…
Almost every review of Spencer Jones takes the lazy route of saying he’s like Mr Bean meets something/someone wacky.
In terms of their brand of comedy rock, Axis of Awesome fall more into the rock than comedy genre: there’s far more liberal use of a smoke machine than your average musical comed…
Jamali Maddix creates a buzz when he enters the stage, and why not? He’s a cool guy.
Deliciously Stella is what you expect her to be: if you’ve seen the Instagram account which has become a viral hit with its piss-take of ‘fitspiration’ and other smug hashtag…
I have binge-watched six series of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Netflix and I love drag queens.
With last year’s Cry me a Liver Lucy Pohl proved herself to be an exceptional actor, throwing herself into each of her characters with impressive resolve.
I’ve been mulling over more scholarly words to describe Neal Portenza and his show, but I honestly cannot fight the urge to call it batshit.
Callisto: A Queer Epic is a thoughtful piece of theatre which explores social conflicts that coincide with the queer lifestyle.
Rowena Hutson owes her feminist outlook on life to action heroes of the 1980s.
Parris has a seemingly natural knack for creating comedy imbued with emotional depth that doesn’t feel forced or insecure.
Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically …
Thirty seconds in and an audience member is on the stage already: Lolly Adefope doesn’t mess around.
Houdini came to Newport twice in the early twentieth century - not a piece of information you’d find at the top of Houdini’s Wikipedia page, but of utmost significance to young Ala…
Dark humour isn’t in short supply this Fringe - in case you hadn’t noticed, celebrity and political news of late has had a tangible effect on performers.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after three sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious…
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.
Standing defiantly under the glare of a neon working men’s club sign, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean tackles schema in a bold and impressive solo hour.
It’s not too likely that a straight production of The Pirates of Penzance would garner that wide an audience at the Fringe – a Gilbert and Sullivan musical isn’t the most buz…
It’s not every day you find yourself leaning forward on your seat due to the sheer suspense of a show.
Nick Hall’s one-man cold war thriller is an active piece, darting through London, Amsterdam, and under the Iron Curtain to the heart of the Soviet Union, all in the pursuit of a …
A Year From Now Where will you be a year from now? RedBellyBlack sets out to answer this simple question with honesty, empathy and visual dexterity.
There’s a definite shift in the second play in this double bill from Edinburgh-based theatre company Strange Town.
Meet many cutting-edge local and national artists and buy incredible art direct at the artrepublic Art Yard Sale! Head to Jubilee Square for this spectacular Brighton Fringe climax…
‘Now I’m a Big Boy!’ is written, produced and performed by young people, tackling issues of growing up and the problems surrounding sexual consent.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Brighton and Hove Organic Gardeners, together with Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, will host an organic plant sale in Preston Park.
All the annual plants, vegetable plants and shrubs that you may need.
Performed previously to North London audiences by writer Seth Jones, Polly tells the story of Benjamin, a down-on-his-luck toymaker who begins to love his favourite creation (Polly…
A day of provocations and presentations: creating a diverse future and raising the profile of disabled artists.
Join Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Awards finalist Paul Jones, as he presents his guide to parenting for nerds.
They say you should never meet your heroes.
First lines are important; as attention grabbers, but also as indicators of what’s to come, tonally at least.
If you believe ‘youth is wasted on the young’, then just for a second imagine it was lived by the not-so-young.
As Alice and Ben settle into their beautiful new flat they realise that the family across the hall hope to be more than just good neighbours.
His 20’s were a fist of fun, his 30’s spent deciphering the intricacies of Big Cook and Little Cook’s business partnership, and then, oh fuck!, he was 40.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is the second-longest running off Broadway musical.
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…
Bard College’s new training ensemble, led by Leon Botstein, offers a program called “Beethoven’s Likes,” featuring works by composers important to Beethoven…
Billy Elliot is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot.
This worthy festival showcases an eclectic range of composers, including Steve Mackey, beginning on Jan.
(performances start on Wednesday) A tuneful celebration of musical and theatrical experiment, this year’s festival features the world premiere of “Angel’s Bone,…
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Gibney Dance brings back its DoublePlus series, in which well-known choreographers present the work of emerging and under-exposed artists.
Edinburgh Fringe sensation, BAFTA nominee, 2015 New Act of the Year runner up and double BARRY UK winner for best show and best performer, Spencer Jones brings his prop comedy crea…
Some lives are touched by war.
I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff.
The Graduettes starts with a great farce premise: flatmates wake up on Christmas morning to find their home robbed and their landlady dead on the floor.
Do we need to label disabled artists? Join the conversation, see things differently, meet the Unlimited and iF Platform artists, take part and change perceptions in a day of talkin…
Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.
Jack BK’s original written piece deals with class struggles, privilege and ignorance in a clear and effective way.
Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical.
It’s clear that the sketch trio made of Oli Gilford, Edd Cornforth and Jake Shoolheifer have good comic potential, and bounce nicely off each other.
In Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope, Jones proves himself to be an engaging and eloquent speaker without any airs of pretension.
Susan Harrison and Andrew Gentilli are clearly good improvisers, and their joint credentials imply that BEINGS should be a highly entertaining and swift hour of long form improv co…
Matthew Giffen is a charming whirlwind of a man, commanding the audience with his larger-than-life on-stage persona.
Following on from Brew’s acclaimed Remember When which recalled his past an elite ballet dancer, For Now I am engages directly with his body as it is now, 18 years on since his lif…
She brought Tom Jones to tears on BBC’s The Voice.
This show is reviewer proof.
FeatherStone Puppets began in 1960 as John Peel Puppets and played fifteen sell-out years on the Edinburgh Fringe.
Robert Sanders and James Sidgwick have created a lightly entertaining musical around superhero tropes and aesthetic, making for cute if not somewhat pantomime-esque hour and a half…
Not So Native Now is a talk about multilingualism as part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, engaging and inviting the audience to consider our preconceptions about bilingualism an…
Critically acclaimed and loved by audiences across North America and the UK, Canadian born, Oxford-dwelling Miriam Jones will open the Connected Arts Festival in 2015.
Award-winning maths comedian and Rubik’s cube world record holder Matt Parker is once more forming a maths + comedy venn diagram with lively stand-up and mind-boggling maths.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
As we grow older and we become more aware of the world, the way we look at people, the way we attach emotions and feelings begins to change.
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
No amount of advance research can prepare you for Comedians’ Cinema Club.
Mairearad Green and Anna Massie know how to put on a show – they combine warmth, wit and banter with supreme musicianship to create an enjoyable, varied, and polished set.
Running Torch’s The Wishing-Chair Adventures prides itself on audience interaction.
As the son of legendary folk-rock star Roy Harper, and one-time member of New Wave pop band Squeeze, Nick has a lot to live up to.
Sometimes circumstances conspire to flummox a band’s gigging intentions: NeWt’s trombonist’s lip was injured and swollen, such that “I can’t play some of the notes the tunes need!”…
Award-winning tricksters Griffin and Jones, famous for their own brand of high energy comedy and slapdash magic, are likely to have you glued to your seats and rolling in the aisle…
Ed Gamble is a man who plays by the rules – his rules, which he probably has laminated and stuck up somewhere around the house.
Maxine (RTE, BBC R4, Embarrassing Mother, Invisible Woman) plans to move back to the UK after raising sons in Ireland.
Phill Jupitus is a performance poet.
Known for his deadpan delivery of pun-filled one-liners, Milton Jones returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his latest show, The Temple of Daft.
Renny Krupinski’s script is an ambitious one: chronicling the lives of one family across three generations, The Alphabet Girl aims to show the destruction of family values and the …
Part of the American High School Festival, Antigone Now is nothing if not endearing in its attempts to impress.
The Carousel, the middle play of The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy, is a frantic, flashy piece of theatre with a strong performance at the heart of it.
Children’s entertainment should be brimming with energy, lovable and over-the-top characters, and enchanting tricks.
The door is locked.
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.
In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower.
How do we choose what we believe? Do we believe what we see with our eyes? Or do we believe what others find believable? What happens when these two things contradict one another? …
Billy (Hector Dyer) and Joe (Joseph O’Toole) have gone on a ‘holiday’.
Job losses, painful break ups and junk food - set to music! Get Your Shit Together is the perfect pick me up for 20-somethings in a similar situation, or just a nice dose of Schade…
Low energy comedian Peter Brush brings his awkward persona to rest upon matters of death and religion with a surprisingly lighthearted tone.
Tumbling across the stage with the energy of ten children’s birthday parties, Playhouse International (Romania and Australia) create a completely chaotic environment which is bound…
I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break.
‘God, what a day’ is the first thing said to us by Scaramouche Jones, the red-nosed, white-faced clown who – sensing the ghosts of an audience in his dressing room – decide…
After a fantastic first Fringe appearance in 2014, we’re back in 2015 for Volume 2.
The freshest bad boys of the East London comedy scene present to you an array of superlative comedy talent and show snippets for your pleasure.
It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart.
Mae Martin is an absolute gem on the Free Fringe.
With the accompanying subtitle, this show becomes God Bless ‘Merica, Because It’ll Take A Miracle To Fix It; whilst that’s quite a mouthful, it certainly encompasses the sent…
When I was in high school Glee became really popular, and I loved it because it seemed so new and cool and sexy.
Joby Mageean uses comedy as a coping mechanism to deal with all his real problems in life, such as an awful disease which left him with no immune system, a lack of money and other …
Lance Jonathan (Peter Michael Marino) has had enough of sitting around as understudy on his dads’ ship the S.
An adventure through a moral maze.
Protest music night taking on the BBC.
Katherine Ryan makes it clear from the moment she wanders onto the stage and discusses the logic behind R&B song Smell Yo Dick that she doesn’t give a rat’s ass what you think.
On any given night during the Edinburgh Fringe there are dozens of funny comics standing on stage talking about the life and loves of a performer.
Iain Stirling has an excellent way of working a crowd.
David Elms brings his muted comedic style in the form of musical vignettes.
Now Listen to Me Very Carefully is a semi-autobiographical piece about Andy’s obsession with the film Terminator 2.
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
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…
Scottish Comedian Of The Year Award winner returns to the Fringe with his debut hour.
2015 has surely been a bumper crop for satire.
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised spins out a fully-fledged, one hour show, firmly founded on nothing more than the performers’ wit, charm, comedic reflexes and audi…
“Did she fall or was she pushed?” posits the Mad Hatter (Annie Neat), as Three Mugs of Tea embark on their consumerist take on Alice in Wonderland.
Blind Summit bring a mastery of puppetry to the stage, layering meta-narrative upon verbatim performance upon crime headline in an original look at the aftermath of the Jack and th…
Feminasty is a rollercoaster of irreverent, witty humour with a real agenda at hand.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
Tom Stade seems to have gone out of his way to be anything but the Canadian stereotype.
Feeling spiritual? Sara Pascoe has invented her own religion and we’re all invited! Eschewing the other faiths on offer, Pascoe takes to the stage with her “scripture” professing…
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.
Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat who believes he’s a Chihuahua.
(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…
Prize-winning young pianist Madelaine Jones presents an eclectic programme of music, from Georgian keyboard sonatas to contemporary Norwegian pieces.
Buy art direct from the artist at the inaugural artrepublic Art Yard Sale! Head to Jubilee Square to meet with and buy from some of the world’s leading artists at this spectacula…
Inspired by two real stories, this new play explores the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families with great insight, sensitivity and humour.
Novelists Susanna Jones and Sally O’Reilly on why they started writing historical fiction and their publishing experiences.
All the annual plants, vegetable plants and shrubs that you may need.
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 Cold Heart Revue is a UK solo music act making his Brighton Fringe debut with ‘Where Are The Villains Now’.
Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2013, Larry Dean brings his first solo show to the Brighton Fringe.
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…
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(previews start on Tuesday; opens on May 3) Sibyl Kempson, a playwright of indelible and unforced weirdness, launches a new theater company, the 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr.
(previews start on March 19; opens on April 2) Rock ’n’ roll might be here to stay, but its venues come and go.
(performances are Thursday through Saturday) The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts has a single stage rather than three rings and its supply of cotton candy is scant.
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…
In a New York subway carriage Lula, a white woman encounters Clay, a black male.
Bargemusic, New York’s popular floating recital hall that is docked near the Brooklyn Bridge, continues to draw audiences to its Here and Now series of contemporary music pro…
“Twisted &demented and so energetic”“Unique theatrical brilliance.
Majk (pronounced Mike, for reasons which are unlikely to become clear again at the moment) presents a witty collection of finely crafted comedy folk songs on topics ranging from sc…
One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected.
Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913) was a minor English writer, artist and photographer and serious eccentric.
The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood.
In the ironically grand setting of the Assembly Rooms, Owen Jones gave a rallying and convincing cry against the establishment.
The Poozies singer-songwriter, fresh from her flawless performances on prime time TV’s The Voice, (including a duet with her mentor Sir Tom Jones).
Septuagenarian guitar folk legends John Renbourn and Wizz Jones deliver a night of folk and blues, with varying degrees of success.
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, with the conflict re-worked to England vs Scotland.
Fauré’s Requiem, composed in the late 1880s, is a short piece lasting 35 minutes, performed in Latin, and created for orchestra, organ, male and female chorus and two soloists…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Alex Yellowlees and his band take us back in time to the swinging twenties with a collection of hot club swinging jazz tracks, played with a lightness of touch and a lot of skill…
Now Until the Hour is a lyrical dramatic monologue starring Jacquie Crago.
Where Is She Now? A one person celebration of Shakespeare’s best loved and rare monologues with lively and enlightening discussion about the characters portrayed, including Lady Ma…
Billing their series of gigs as Playtime, some of Edinburgh’s finest Jazzers are creating very interesting and enjoyable music in the intimate space of The Outhouse’s attic.
Fast moving, family-friendly Shakespeare from a company first seen on the 1981 Fringe.
Sixpiece Americana-tribute band Flagstaff have created an evening of infectious, good-natured, toe-tapping fun in the environs of the Jazz Bar.
In 1970, Billy Hayes was imprisoned for attempting to smuggle cannabis out of Istanbul.
Set in Edinburgh’s Globe Bar, Mark Cooper-Jones embarks on an hour long reminder to all of us that Geography is much more than just colouring in.
Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe…
In the bowels of Banshee Labyrinth lurk the most unlikely of creatures, and none more terrifying nor outlandish as Richard Tyrone.
This young and energetic company have tried to create a sketch show with a storyline.
Three fine comedians who are all just so hot right now are upstairs in a pub somewhere telling jokes.
‘Let’s see what comes out of my mouth’ is something Bronston Jones says before almost every show.
Scottish Youth Theatre presents this funny, fast-moving, emotional roller coaster of a show using sketches, monologues and music to explore young people’s hopes, fears, ambitions…
Luke Speirs’ new musical presents a love triangle between three best friends and the fallout of their relationships as a result of Tom’s (Sam Rich) unrequited love for Drew (Luke S…
Joe Dipietro and Jimmy Roberts’ musical comedy, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change has become a staple of the fringe in recent years, probably because it requires a small, …
Stand-up comedy featuring sexual suggestion from the outset, rolling gags and the occasional knob joke. I think I can more or less promise that it won’t get too clever for anyone.
Aiming to cover ninety years of Blues in sixty minutes is a mightily ambitious endeavour.
Death always makes us think about life.
See it before it gets jaded at #249! Four top class comedians doing their best ten minutes.
Imagine all your favourite historical documentaries rolled into one hour-long show that simultaneously entertains and explains all of history.
A new character show from the TV warm up to The Graham Norton Show and Mock The Week.
Actor and writer Justin Butcher’s Scaramouche Jones is a feat in storytelling: both performer and tale performed are equally and utterly compelling.
A confessional comedy performance by literary translator and writer Petra Kindler, on the joys and perils of cross-cultural creative work, surviving homemade hurricanes and the cha…
Their explosive opening truly astounded the crowd, as a seven-piece live funk band and four homegrown Minneapolis hoofers hit the stage.
Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones) is the debut solo show from exciting young absurdist Oscar Jenkyn-Jones.
It’s William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and everyone’s invited! But will the celebrations go to plan.
Older women are often see-through.
BAFTA nominated Big Babies star performs his debut Edinburgh show.
Plays by leading contemporary playwrights are becoming more common at the Fringe.
There are those, the outsiders, that like to shock us all, that like to fire poisonous sound bites into the pits of our souls to question our own accepted comfortable western ident…
Things are not going well for Luke McQueen.
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
Join 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly for another ‘ludicrously funny hour’ (Skinny) of stories and observations from his life since last August.
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised is a solid hour of good fun.
Colour The Clouds present Billy, The Monster and Me! Join Billy on his adventure of a lifetime! Find out what happens when a Monster appears in Billy’s bedroom on the very day th…
This blitz through dates, relationships, marriages, kids, divorces and funerals is a joyous and occasionally moving romp.
Of the 10 Brooklyn companies that participated in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2013-2014 Professional Development Program, four were selected to stage full productions at …
“When the children are asleep we’ll sit and dream” Voted the best musical of the 20th Century by Time Magazine, Carousel is the classic American musical, with a timeless score th…
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
We’re putting on a show for you, no one else, it’s for you, Only YOU (and him).
All the annual plants, vegetable plants and shrubs you may need.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
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.
Blending music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with mesmerising Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, ‘Chaos Carousel’ takes us on a journey that not only crosses continents but also takes …
Paintings and prints of the most colourful and eccentric parts of Brighton (including illustrations for a pub series in Viva Brighton) by the 2012 Brighton Fringe Visual Arts Prize…
This new musical from Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (“Next to Normal”) is a gleaming drawing board of a show, full of polished surfaces and clearly drawn lines.
One of the most award-winning shows on stage today, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End and has gone on to c…
Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” books, this transporting immersive theater work occupies a dreamscape where the judgments and classifications of the waking mi…
The real story behind Oscar-winning film Midnight Express, told by the person who lived it.
It was wi’ some trepidation ‘at Ah installed myself at a table, pint in hain, fur a thee hoors burns’ session.
You may have heard the global population is rising and that the world is less than 30% land, however, this show asks - how much do you really know about the other seven billion peo…
Mike Levy bounds on stage with all the gusto a 64 year old man can have.
What do you get when you cross a story of a boy who loves westerns with pop music and the Jeremy Kyle show? You get Billy With His Boots On.
Billy plays dice with the devil and loses.
Nick discusses plans for his funeral with a majestic PowerPoint presentation. Will also talk about sport, hobbies etc. Bring a sandwich. #lunchtime. www.freefestival.co.uk
Bella Hardy is one of those performers whose warmth and affability immediately put you at ease.
There’s something very likeable about Irish singer and songwriter Damien Dempsey, but the adulation he inspires is a little confusing.
This is a strange addition to the Fringe programme - and I’m not talking swastika-straddling naked physical theatre or radical juggling Shakespeare revamp.
Written by celebrated folk musician Alan Reid, storytelling and songs relate the tale of this controversial and extraordinary 18th-century Scots mariner.
This production by Akhmeteli State Dramatic Theatre is a lesson on how not to stage a drama in a foreign language.
Year Out Drama Company, in association with Stratford-upon-Avon College, present one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed plays.
Before this show, every time I walked past the nondescript sign on Nicolson Street imploring me to give the Scientologists a try, I was tempted to stop.
Performance artist and Cystic Fibrosis sufferer, Martin O’Brien, explores the relationship between endurance and chronic illness in Mucus Factory, a five-hour piece commissioned …
Dreamland Theatre makes an impressive debut with this imaginative interpretation of a traditional fairy tale.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Z Theatre Company consists of a bunch of likeable first year drama students from Hull University.
Good children’s theatre should appeal to the inner kid in every adult as well as every actual child.
There’s no denying Scottish jazz singer Carol Kidd has a sweet voice, although it takes a few songs to settle down this evening.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Looking for stagecraft and charisma is an odd part of reviewing a music show.
Here’s a Fringe rarity: a show that’s written, performed by and about the people of Edinburgh.
The Les Clochards combine high-jinx, cheeky-chappy, faux-Francais, ‘Allo ‘Allo, theatrics with a level of musical inventiveness and professionalism that can only have come from…
Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business.
A happy-clappy monk spreads the gospel of laughter in Peter Barnes’ Black Death comedy.
American violist Christine Rutledge and British award-winning pianist David Gomper offer a little afternoon serenity in the midst of the festival hubbub.
As a result of a complicated birth, journalist Rahila Gupta’s son developed cerebral palsy.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Australians Tnee Dyer and Melissa Western deliver a set list of classic jazz and blues with light-hearted, occasionally risqué between-song banter.
To begin at the beginning: there’s a bizarre pre-set in this Under Milk Wood in which the cast, dressed in tasselled tie dye and leggings, drift about the stage aimlessly, wafting …
Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli…
Featured as part of the American High School Theatre Festival, St.
Patricia Selonk stars as Laura - a 40 year-old-woman, grappling with a deteriorating neurological disease - in this exciting production from Armazem Theatre Company, part of this y…
There is nothing wrong with the message of this show from the Italian company, Scarlattineteatro, but then neither is it particularly original.
Gorge yourself silly on the Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award winner and finalist.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Derby day, one Rangers fan, one Celtic fan, a single jail cell. The match isn’t the only thing that will kick off. Funny, touching take on the age old issue of sectarianism.
It’s been a strong festival for one-woman shows and this less talked-about piece by PenKnife Productions certainly makes the cut.
Celtic-mad Tim and Rangers-daft Billy find themselves banged up in the same cell on the day of an Old Firm match. Can Harry, the ever watchful turnkey, keep them apart?
Vegas Underground stood in front of a huge screen as a cartoon designed to put us in the mood for a night of Rat Pack-style music appeared behind them.
Milton Jones enters, characteristically via scooter, clad in a blue print shirt, orange trousers, orange shoes, and hair which defies gravity.
Vive is a six-part a cappella jazz vocal ensemble from London that creates original songs and reworks old favourites.
This is a tale of two love stories running parallel: one between the cats Puss and Tabs; and the other between their owners, the hero and heroine.
Kevin Dewsbury is a bloke.
* Billy McGuire ain’t always honest in an hour of quick fire stand up.
Three-quarters into this heavily autobiographical show, Canadian comic, singer-songwriter and actor Phil Nichol launches into a story about breaking his penis during a one-night st…
If you are hoping for a tranquil evening where you can lounge back in your fold-away chair, enjoy the gentle chink of ice cube on glass as you sip your favourite tipple and chuckle…
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.
All the way from Soweto, South Africa, The Soil is a three-part SATMA award-winning a cappella group with a mission to warm the hearts of even the frostiest Edinburgh native.
At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now.
Starbird is a delightful show, performed by two charismatic women, ably assisted by some very cute starchick puppets.
The Big Man’s back.
When Lampaert appears on TV, he gets heckled or internet abuse.
‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer.
Carl Donnelly summarises his show perfectly as ‘stories about the world from the perspective of a cuban-heel-boot-wearing hippy!’ - a sharp and witty hour filled with brilliant…
As one of the bigger children’s shows at the Fringe and certainly one of the more heavily advertised, I had rather high expectations of Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs.
2012 Foster’s Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Joe Lycett is back in Edinburgh with his latest stand-up show If You Lycett Then You Should’ve Put A Ring On It.
This one hour play by David Moreland initially appears to tackle euthanasia.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Self-confessed former ‘Apple Fanboy’ and tech enthusiast Michael Daisey has had legal action brought against him by the company after they contested several claims in his notorious…
There seems to be an alarming number of a cappella groups at this year’s Fringe, so standing out as something rather special is all the harder.
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
Lea McGowan (pronounced Lee, as in, Now Leasing), is a beautiful dancer.
‘How’re yez?’ Eilish O’Carroll greets her audience as she steps out to affectionate applause, dressed all in black under her blue sequinned jacket: part theatre luvvie, part salt o…
The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is a charming ensemble of ten ukulele players and one double bass player.
If you thought you’d seen it all before, think again: Le Gateau Chocolat is here to shake up your festival.
Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t…
One complaint reserved by many locals is that the Festival attracts a lot of sorts born with silver spoons in their mouths, or, as Joe Bor’s climber creation puts it, the sort wh…
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
Billy the Kid eats his cereal to the sound of live punk rock and then shoots his mum for trying to make him go to school.
Every country has its fables and this production, originally written by David Feldshuh, brings together a collection of tales from around the world, both traditional and contempora…
We live in something of a golden age as far as Fringe productions of music theatre are concerned.
When the matchmakers of Austens time are no more, fear not: I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change negotiates, with excruciatingly spot-on humour, the difficulties of the mo…
If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism.
Titan Knight sure knows how to put on a show.
This two hander begins with both actresses acting out a dumb show to a music track.
Off-Broadway’s longest running musical comes to the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Imprints is a delicate and well thought out production that subtly addresses a serious disease while gracefully demonstrating its damage on a strong and loving relationship.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
It is unclear why, forty years after the release of the original, Get Carter requires a transfer to stage.
If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town.
Inventive and skilful storytelling elevate the meeting of Abel and Cain to an imaginative and captivating performance, which Raphael Rodan and Anastasis Sarakatsanos deliver with c…
I had heard little about Brendan Burns until I reluctantly went on Saturday to see his show.
Initially I had high hopes for this young company.
It’s surprising to find Hit Comet in the Comedy section of the Fringe Guide as the heartfelt friendship at the core of the piece is far more successful than some of the comic ele…
With pre-festival recommendations from The Guardian and The Scotsman as well as a slot at one of the Fringe’s most prestigious theatres, performances of Ten Plagues have been pac…
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…
A young women of 22, recently left unemployed by her beloved ‘Aquatown’ of Luton, reveals her inner thoughts, imaginations and desires to a new pet goldfish, Toby.
Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday.
The start of Alfie Brown: Soul for Sale is signalled by the sound of sirens and screaming, disrupting the soundtrack of Justin Bieber and Joe McEldry playing as the audience take t…
Self deprecation seems to be the dish of the day for this afternoon’s stand up as Damion Larkin presents a showcase of all the problems he deals with on a daily basis.
Five years in the making and almost stopped by the Japanese earthquake earlier this year, Siro-A blitz the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with outstanding visual trickery.
Completely bizarre, the Dog-Eared Collective held nothing back in their unrelenting comedy set which had everything from detective lives of Beethoven and Bach to Glasgow’s 2022 O…
A delightful hour of salacious and cheeky comedy, Larry Dean: Out Now! is a hilarious window into the life of Larry.
To have a tagline from Emma Thompson, undoubtedly a belle of British cinema, is to wield a hefty endorsement.
There aren’t many taboos left in comedy.
This is a very abbreviated, comic production of the eighteenth century novel by Henry Fielding.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see.
A Professor tries to find his daughter, Sophie, after the first failed attempt of making a double of her left haunting consequences.
Richard Marsh as his self-styled character, Richard, steals the audience away from the busy and crowded public spaces of the fringe, setting his own pace.
With an intense stare, Jen Brister describes her set as ‘a beige lesbian in a darkened room.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change is a comedy musical from the pen of Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts.
Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o…
Mark Cooper-Jones is a Geography teacher.
Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so…
In Any More Legroom?, Liverpool John Moores University showcases its recent graduates’ dissertation dance pieces.
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.
Babushka’s tale is brought to life with a tatty cloth backdrop, wooden frames and props that litter the stage waiting to be used like playthings from a child’s toy box.
The tale of an orphan - sheltered by her rich aunt, charming the snobs she meets with her sense of fun - Pollyanna is a relentlessly idealistic story.
The School of Night may take their name from an intellectually exclusive Elizabethan collective but what this improvisational group performs is high culture made accessible to the …
Surreal humour is usually considered to be at odds with a comedic mainstream, though many who are named practitioners of the surreal are some of the most broadly watched of comics.
Blues can be a difficult act to pull off.
Billy the Mime is no stereotypical French man trying to climb out of an invisible box.
Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b…
Ophelia is a strange concept: take what is widely considered to be Shakespeare’s masterpiece and try and rewrite it yourself, using lines from the original plus a couple of other…
Arnica 9CH is an exposé of a dancer’s private life and the consequences she faces from her determined efforts to meet the level of perfection expected of a dancer.
‘I wuv you with the intensity of a thousand suns,’ yells Will (Jack Swain) in Misshapen Theatre’s Phillipa And Will Are Now In A Relationship, a romantic comedy told entirely throu…
Jean Paul Jones is an eighteenth-century US naval commander with Scottish roots; and this is the musical of his life.
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
Edoardo Okamoto has played this piece for seven years now and it has become part of his identity.
Musicals are a challenge to perform on a budget at the best of times but the problem is made worse when the performance space is absurdly tiny.
The production of choice for Phoenix Company tells one man’s love story through the coupling of multimedia and dance.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
With an empty spotlight where the physical form of Dr Jacopo Annese should have stood, his recorded voice introduces the audience to the case of Henry Molaison, ‘the most famous …
Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.
Making sure that I arrived exactly five minutes early, as instructed by the lady at the box office, I promptly passed my telephone details to a stranger and had left the venue in n…
This show is exactly what it is.
The Free Fringe is a generous proposal at the worst of times, but when it offers up shows like this, ones that feel like they’ve been dreamed up out of pure love and shared free of…
This play is from the book of the same name by Herman Meville, about life and death on a British warship during the Napoleonic Wars.
David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr are one of the most respected lyricist/composer teams on Broadway.
In Muscle, five men, ranging from young to old, explore and play a variety of male characters that challenge what it is it to be a man.
The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a director’s dream.
From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them.
A new piece written by Kate Saffin, this show sees Helen McGregor play Bess, the cook of soon-to-be King Richard III, as she narrates, describes, witnesses, and gives opinion on th…
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…
Billy Fisher is young and idealistic, constantly searching for something better for himself and dreaming of a job beyond his undertaker’s office.
Muirne Bloomer and Emma O’Kane march and stamp across the space with mocking routines of Swan Lake in this production that takes a sour look into how a career in ballet can be to…
So, another year another thousand student companies bringing I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change to the Fringe.
The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to.
With the stereotypical, “Ooh Matron!” persona as articulated by the likes of Alan Carr and the distinct lack of engagement with sexuality as espoused by Simon Amstell and his i…
The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt.
Flesh Eating Tiger is a frequently over-complicated little beast but one that prides itself on confusing its audience.
The Voodoo Rooms provide old-school trendy surroundings for a comedy variety show.
Impressive set design promises a fresh and cutting-edge take on the foul conditions of the trenches during World War I for four men.
Most people are accustomed to the standard Chinese ornaments and decorations in their local takeaway.
At the start of this show Billy Watson talks about cocks and pubes and soon moves on to describe a tedious pursuit of pussy, which would presumably not be half as tedious if he eve…
Jimmy McGhie may sweat away two litres in his hour stand up, but it’s worth it for the amount of people he wins over.
Fresh from filming a one hour stand up special for ABC2’s Comedy Next Gen series, to be broadcast sometime this year, Suren Jayemanne makes his Adelaide Fringe Festival debut.
We talk to Ellie Jones and some of the cast about her production of Animal Farm for BYMT.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Since the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has caused the world to shut down, the theatre industry has gone dark, at least at first sight.
After taking on a LOT of research to create their new cabaret show, What Doesn’t Kill You [blah blah] Stronger, Tyler and Erin have discovered some tips on how to survive some pr...
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.
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.
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.
The world’s longest running American musical, the multi award-winning Chicago, returns to London’s West End after a 5½ year absence.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And...
Tickets go on sale at 12pm today for the world premiere of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at London's Aldwych next Spring.
Sondheim’s musical comes to the West End starring Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone at the Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season next year, and you can get your hand on ti...
Betrayal, money, power, politics and love.
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...
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.
Are you excited about Brighton Fringe yet? We are! And with 988 Brighton Fringe shows and events now listed on Broadway Baby you've found the right place for the best coverage of t...
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
The world’s favourite family musical Annie makes its long-awaited return to London this May, starring comedy superstar Miranda Hart – and it's on sale now.
We don’t know quite how big the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe will be this year quite yet – the final number’s a closely guarded secret until the official press launch in Ju...
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Tickets on sale now for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic musical Carousel at the London Coliseum, starring Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins on stage together for the very first time...
Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins will star for the first time together in the West End as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, the third productio...
This week we have a number of fantastic deals and offers across a huge range of theatre and attractions, with new offers being added every day.
Love for Sale a theatrical cabaret celebration of the music of Kurt Weill set in 1930s Paris.
Tim FitzHigham tells Broadway Baby why playing one half of Flanders and Swann for the last decade isn’t just nostalgic, it’s unbridled joy.
Sonia Friedman Productions announces today that tickets for the long awaited UK premiere of Tony Award-winning musical Dreamgirls go on sale this week.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Following Thursday’s first preview of the West End production of Motown the Musical, due to public demand, a further 200,000 tickets are released for sale taking bookings at the ...
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
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.
Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones of Action to the Word made her name with her all-male production A Clockwork Orange, currently touring with Glynis Henderson Productions.