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.
Joseph is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe to launch a new EP! This time with a special extended music extravaganza! Along with the new Songs from the Wolf Cabin EP, recorded at t…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky …
Nominated for Best Composer on the Fringe for Sailing to Tomorrow (Musical Theatre Matters, 2007), Peter D Robinson brings a variety of music from his musicals and choral works to …
Singing sensation Cameron Mills is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and ma…
Born of the voices of past lives and baptized in the dust-bowl dirt, the Gothic Americana music of Heathen Apostles harkens back to a bygone chapter of American history.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Enjoy piano musical satire at its finest, celebrating the mischievous wit of Tom Lehrer.
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…
Generation eXpert Samantha Day finds out which generation is the best.
Two thrilling adventures in a double feature inspired by Hollywood blockbusters.
The legend of stage and screen returns to Edinburgh for an intimate on-stage conversation.
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…
Confessions of a Butterfly: An Evening with Janusz Korczak.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Howl with the hounds and dance on the moors! She’s not there – but you are.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
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 …
Despite being dragged by the wig from her seat in Westminster, Babs Romance MP holds a celebratory ‘evening with’ and reflects on her absurdly privileged life and sketc…
People talk of my influence on my daughter, but what about her influence on me?' - James Joyce, 1934 FRAGMENTS OF LUCIA is a solo guitar performance by Joseph Ches…
Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominee Jon Hipkiss returns to the Brighton Fringe for the first time in five years with the show that was among one of the best audience reviewed s…
“Breasts loom large in our culture - but why?” Following a sold out run in Edinburgh and nomination for the coveted Amused Moose Award, Samantha Day (‘Titologist’ and Come…
Join Father John in “Father John’s Evening Mess” for a night of unapologetically filthy fun that proves sometimes salvation comes with a side of sinful laughter.
Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, award-winning poet Inua Ellams tells his ridiculous, fantastic immigrant-story of looking for a country to belong to and a place to call…
A night of laughter, cabaret, mystery, and glamour! Roll up, roll up.
Irish classical guitarist Darren Loughran presents a programme of classical guitar music spanning from the 16th century to the present day.
The Bellshill Salvation Army Band was formed in 1921, its primary function being to support the worship and ministry of their church.
‘You’re the one with the identity crisis mum, not us!’ Middle-class, middle-aged, multicultural mother of millennial sons Sudha invites her boys to ‘crack open a cold one’ and shar…
Join the Godfather of Tartan Noir, writer and director of the world’s longest-running police drama, learn secrets from behind the cameras, share some of his favourite moments and…
Francis Daulerio is a poet and teacher from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky …
You’ve definitely heard of Gene Montague.
Experience a unique and occasionally surreal evening of laughter from Ireland’s favourite internet comedians Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann, bringing their jokes, sketches and …
“You’ve definitely heard of him.
Following the success of her hit show Careering, Samantha Day is back at the Fringe with The Booby Trap! Breasts loom large in our culture – but why? Samantha gets her tit jokes …
SAY Award winner, Kathryn Joseph returns to Summerhall’s Dissection Room playing songs from her new album, For You Who Are the Wronged.
Megan Stalter (incredible comedian, curious author, plus-size model) invites you for an evening of mischief and play.
An Evening with Destynee: a British-born drag artist with Sierra Leonean / West African roots.
John Cambo Cambridge lived with David Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit-record Space Oddity and toured Scotland with him in Junior’s Eyes.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Enjoy musical satire at its finest: celebrating the mischievous wit of Tom Lehrer, performed by Australian entertainer, singer and pianist, Antony (DrH) Hubmayer.
Jesse James, the famous outlaw, finds himself in hot water with the authorities and the rest of his crew.
Join Shropshire’s worst novelist for an evening of dipping, chipping and sipping as he dips into his oeuvre of two-page novels, chips away at life’s big questions and sips hot …
The 1930’s star tells her own story in her own words.
Ex-Hibs, Aberdeen, Tottenham, Barcelona and Scotland striker Steve Archibald discusses his extraordinary football career in an intimate setting for one night only! A Scottish title…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Welcome to an hour of character comedy with ‘the most awful person at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe’ (Comedy.
From the outset the jazz club on the top floor of Toulouse Lautrec appears to have a cosy rustic atmosphere, like one that we'd associate with a gazebo.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
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Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork.
In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork.
Join us for a wonderful evening of festive & triumphal music with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra starting with Shostakovich’s dynamic Festival Overture, followed by a world premier …
Join us for a wonderful evening of festive & triumphal music with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra starting with Shostakovich’s dynamic Festival Overture, followed by a world premier …
A hilarious skewering of the alt-right with: leader of the Regain Party, freedom fighter/icon, agitator extraordinaire, host of the TripadPfizer podcast, and professional feather r…
Liverpudlian singer/songwriter and pianist Holly Lovelady would love to invite you to the Boys' School at Smock Alley Theatre.
Liverpudlian singer/songwriter and pianist Holly Lovelady would love to invite you to the Boys' School in Smock Alley Theatre.
Join Shropshire’s worst novelist, Christopher Bliss, for a one-off intimate evening of dipping, chipping and sipping, as he dips into his oeuvre of 2-page novels, chips away at lif…
On January 27th, 2023, Bohemia Records release LUCIA, multi-award nominated musician Joseph Chester’s first major composition for classical guitar & strings, c…
On January 27th, 2023, Bohemia Records release LUCIA, multi-award nominated musician Joseph Chester’s first major composition for classical guitar & strings, c…
An unpredictable debut from the chaotic mind of self-proclaimed loser Adam Willis (Willis & Vere).
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, …
A double feature inspired by Hollywood blockbusters.
A double feature inspired by Hollywood blockbusters.
Leader of the Regain Party.
The Happy Mondays legend joins us for a candid Q&A
Fane Productions invite you to spend an evening with award-winning British garden designer and Gardeners’ World presenter, Adam Frost.
Experience a unique night of laughter from Ireland’s favourite internet comedians Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann, bringing their jokes, sketches and tunes live…
Liverpudlian singer/songwriter and pianist Holly Lovelady would love to invite you to the Boys' School at Smock Alley Theatre.
The music making between siblings Slava and Leonard Grigoryan has a palpable ease, the unspoken affinity of kinship.
Singing sensation Thomas Cameron is a charismatic, Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and is making ‘wave…
Touring 25 countries in 10 years, Joseph is returning to the Edinburgh 2022 Fringe.
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…
William Roby stars as centenarian cabaret artist Mr Noel Howard in this solo show about a veteran performer who at a hundred-and-something (his actual age is revealed in the show i…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
An unmissable opportunity for curious foodies to get up close and personal with an Australian artist at a sumptuous feast.
A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single drink.
Few things are guaranteed: death, taxes and Joseph getting ID’d! After amassing over 3 million views on TikTok, taking the runner-up spot at the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the…
Joseph Tawadros is a multiple award-winning Oud virtuoso and a larger-than life-character, in both music and personality.
Ray Fordyce is back after a two-year delay to host some of the best in comedy and entertainment from all around the world in one small, cosy room. Cuppas optional!
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
Swept up by the Lionesses’ historic win at the Euros, I booked to see Joseph Parsons: Equaliser.
Tara Boland: An all-singing, all-dancing, all-acting idiot.
A stand-up performance of extracts from the works of some of the great writers of the past from Ireland, with no particular theme, just wonderful material full of humour and pathos…
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
A one-woman parody, brought to you by Moon Loaf.
Howl with the hounds and dance on the moors! Kate’s not there, but you are.
Joseph Parsons looks at the joys of sport for those who love the beautiful game, and for those who don’t.
Esther ManitoEsther has just filmed her Live At The Apollo debut and now brings you her award winning brand-new stand-up hour ‘#NotAllMen’ at Soho Theatre, after a suc…
Joseph Parsons looks at the joys of sport for those who love the beautiful game, and for those who don't.
The acoustic gypsy violin and guitar duo are back following their excellent 2019 debut.
The acoustic gypsy violin and guitar duo are back following their excellent 2019 debut.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
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.
Gill Sims is the author of the Best Selling ‘Why Mummy’ series of books and the woman behind the hugely popular ‘Peter and Jane’ Facebook page.
Up and coming star Joseph Parsons promises “Very high energy, well-written material” (The Stand), with his brilliantly funny and poignant debut show “Equaliser”.
Up and coming star Joseph Parsons promises “Very high energy, well-written material” (The Stand), with his brilliantly funny and poignant debut show “Equaliser”.
he Good Enough Mums Club is a new musical, produced, written, directed and performed by mums, featuring songs such as “Only My Nose Is The Same”, “The Price To Be Paid” and…
NOT PERFECT? SEE THE SHOW! The Good Enough Mums Club is a poignant and hilarious musical toddle through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of mummyhood.
An Evening With Me!An intimate and potentially festive evening of performance and chit chat hosted by Me!Plus starring some of her favourite children, both old and newOphelia LoveC…
A special fundraiser from Squeeze front-man, Glenn Tilbrook with support from emerging South East London musicians
Join Yorkshires #1 funnyman (according to his late mother), misogyny apologist, and inevitable sex symbol FRANK LAVENDER for an evening of comedy in Frank’s own brand of progressiv…
Join Yorkshires #1 funnyman (according to his late mother), misogyny apologist and inevitable sex symbol FRANK LAVENDER for an evening of comedy in Frank’s own brand of progressive…
Performing live on stage - Liam Joseph at 8pmTicket link
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…
Join Hundred Watt Club as they return to St Mary in the Castle for a vintage inspired, champagne popping evening of burlesque! Let your hair down and enjoy a good old fashioned gli…
Glamorous-Gobshite Ms Sharon Le Grand and Nudist Piano-Playing Circus-Clown Nicky are here!! Come spend an evening as they cast off the shackles on the old Joanna!!  …
Comedian Isy Suttie (Peep Show) presents a darkly comic tale about the joy and horror of romance.
Joseph Parsons presents a fun-filled hour of stand up comedy about the joys of sport and the joys of homosexuality.
Joseph Parsons presents a fun-filled hour of stand up comedy about the joys of sport and the joys of homosexuality.
Joseph Parsons presents a fun-filled hour of stand up comedy about the joys of sport and the joys of homosexuality.
South African artists, baritone Njabulo Madlala and pianist James Baillieu bring our ROSL recitals series to a close with a beautiful programme of Mahler, Schumann and traditional …
Roberto Ruisi (violin).
Concerts include: Soprano Siân Dicker won our Singers Prize in the 2020 annual music competition and she returns to the Princess Alexandra Hall programme with a delightful Mozart …
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.
The award-winning Scottish singer-songwriter performs her hauntingly beautiful folk melodies.
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.
An unpredictable debut from the chaotic mind of self-proclaimed loser Adam Willis (Willis & Vere).
An unpredictable debut from the chaotic mind of self-proclaimed loser Adam Willis (Willis & Vere).
An unpredictable debut from the chaotic mind of self-proclaimed loser Adam Willis (Willis & Vere).
Electric Umbrella have been challenging perceptions and enriching the lives of people with learning disabilities through music in and around Watford since 2016.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, award-winning poet Inua Ellams tells his ridiculous, fantastic immigrant-story of looking for a country to belong to and a place to call…
Louise Dearman is a leading British actress, singer and international concert soloist.
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.
The tradition of telling ghost stories reaches back many centuries and we’re keeping that custom alive with a visit from everyone’s favourite 17th-century monsterologist, Profe…
Professor Edvard Von Goosechaser is the leading 17th Century monsterologist promising to entertain us with his Anglo-Saxon insult-based humour.
Ray Fordyce is back once again to host an amazing suppertime show to amuse and entertain any Fringe audience.
Award-winning journalist and radio presenter Ira Glass, storyteller extraordinaire, has announced two UK dates for 2020.
Join Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Patsy May for another crazy night of fun and frolics with a festive feel to truly warm the cockles
After a 7 year hiatus, Scottish Comedian Samantha Hannah blasted back onto the stand up scene in 2018 by trying to find a husband in a year and writing a show about it&h…
Sixty-eight-year-old drag legend Lavinia Co-op (Bloolips) reflects on queer life over the past half-century, using recorded interviews and her incomparable abilities as a dancer, c…
Jon Robyns returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to celebrate the release of his new album, Musical Direction.
Author of online sensation Peter and Jane, Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind Why Mummy Drinks, its follow up Why Mummy Swears and the recently annou…
Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind "WHY MUMMY DRINKS", its follow up "WHY MUMMY SWEARS" and the recently announced "WHY MUMM…
Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind "WHY MUMMY DRINKS", its follow up "WHY MUMMY SWEARS" and the recently announced "WHY MUMM…
Acknowledged as ‘a forerunner in the new generation of classical guitarists’ (BBC Radio 3) and a graduate of the Royal College of Music, Michael Christian Durrant presents a progra…
With their astonishing singing vocals, Brenda and Bernie attempt to perform the worlds greatest tribute to the divas show.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
An intimate and provocative live performance that ‘evolves into a hypnotic whirlwind of warring emotions’ (Herald), Cryptic’s critically acclaimed, poignant staging of award-winnin…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
Joseph Parsons (as seen on Channel 4) presents his uplifting, sell-out show, Baggy Point.
An evening with the man himself, Bez. Hear tales of the Hacienda, the rise and fall, then rise and fall again of The Happy Mondays, winning Celebrity Big Brother and more.
25 countries in 10 years, Joseph brings songs from his journey to Edinburgh.
Join David Rudolf, defence attorney for Michael Peterson in the hit Netflix documentary series The Staircase, for an evening of discussion into the intimate details of the case and…
Sarah-Louise Young is one of Edinburgh Fringe's most respected and sought after musical variety performers, and it's no stretch of the imagination to see why, as she delive…
The word Latchepen is an exclamation of happiness in the Romani language.
In this 45-minute work-in-progress show Joseph attempts to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Hannah Walker and her alter ego, Savvy B, take a comic look at who we become when we drink and what it takes to sparkle.
The only thing crazier than Sammie was the welfare state supposed to be helping her! Getting your needs met in austerity Britain is a game of Russian roulette.
An Evening with Lee Trundle, with Francis Breen: Lee Trundle is cancelled.
In 2018 Samantha, ‘one of the funniest ladies on the planet’ (RemoteGoat.
Sam (Australia), nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Two of the most energetic and invigorating young acts on the circuit today join forces in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of driving, high-octane folk music…
Two of the most energetic and invigorating young acts on the circuit today join forces in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of driving, high-octane folk music…
The chaotic cabaret cult, AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH is here!Enter Strange Phenomena, howl with the The Hounds Of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heigh…
A new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s multi-award winning musical is returning to The London Palladium in summer 2020 for a strictly limited run!Released as a co…
The only thing crazier than Sammie was the welfare state supposed to be helping her! Getting your needs met in austerity Britain is a game of Russian roulette.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Thursday 13th June, 7.45pmTickets: £16Duration:Suitable for: ages 18+
Join Kelsey Grammer for an intimate evening this June to celebrate his illustrious career for one night only.
Acoustic Gypsy duo (aka Sophia and Seb) are back following their excellent 2017 debut.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
An evening of brilliant music-making with soprano Valeria Guidotti, flautist Karen Rash, violinist Sophia Bartlette, guitarist Sebastian Goodwin-Day, and pianists Jon Byrne, Joe Wa…
Spend an evening with TV personality and comedian, Dom Joly, as Matt Stocks hosts a live Q&A where they’ll discuss the stories behind Trigger Happy TV and much more.
Harry Redknapp, the 2018 series winner of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and famous football manager will be telling stories from his football days and his time i…
Tickets: £26Duration: approx.
The only thing batshit crazier than Sammie was the welfare state supposed to be helping her! Getting your needs met in austerity Britain is like a game of Russian roulette.
Rob Madin (Jerk, Man Like Mobeen, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown) brings a brand new show every month to 2NorthDown, featuring music, comedy, video and some very special guests.
Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown electrifies audiences with high-wire piano playing, impassioned singing and the emotional rollercoasters of his songs both c…
Tickets: £23Duration: approx.
West End and Broadway star Kerry Ellis chats to broadcaster Gaby Roslin about her 20 years in show business and performs songs with her band from throughout her illustrious career.
In a rare public appearance, Charles Dance discusses his remarkable 50-year career in theatre, film and television.
An Evening with Lee TrundleAbsurdist Stand-up (not appearing: Lee Trundle) Symphony of WormsA time, space and neurosis traversing comedy show An Evening with Lee …
MAESTRO - The Battle Royale of improvised Theatre and Comedy The gloves are off.
Following on from his sold out tours celebrating the music of Christie Hennessy in 2016 and 2017, Aonghus McAnally is back with a brand new show.
Wilton's is thrilled to present An Evening with Sir Tim Rice, in which the lyricist of many of the most successful stage and film musicals of today will introduce some of his m…
An Intimate Evening with Sophia Loren, one of Hollywood’s true goddesses of the silver screen.
One of the most gifted and multi-faceted personalities in modern American music history, Steve Tyrell, has been announced for a special show at London’s Leicester …
The Rebels’ Season continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre with Bathsheba Doran’s Parents’ Evening.
Join record breaking author and lifestyle content creator Zoe Sugg for an intimate evening as she discusses her new book Cordially Invited in front of a live audience.
Patsy May, the American puppet semi-finalist from Britain’s Got talent, hosts an evening of fun music, comedy, skits, videos, games and special guests.
Caritas Strings from George Watson’s College are returning to Canongate Kirk with a programme which spans three centuries; from Vivaldi’s Winter from The Four Seasons to Warlock’s …
Special additional show featuring former Zappa Plays Zappa vocalist/instrumentalist Ben Thomas, who will be opening the show with his own material and then joining the band for.
Acclaimed comedy troupe Kill the Beast returns to the Fringe with a new show that is a bizarre mash up of Poltergeist and The Room.
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…
The un-pinndownable musical force known as Amanda F*cking Palmer (Dresden Dolls, Eveyln Evelyn) returns to the Fringe, this time armed with only a piano and a ukulele.
Of all the Greek tragedies I think it is Medea that sticks with us the most as modern audiences.
Sh!t Theatre’s sell out show from last year returns for a limited run at Summerhall, in what is perhaps the most bizarre, strange and utterly hysterical hours of performance art …
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
Roll-up.
International award-winning concert pianist Santa Ignace began her studies with her father, a jazz pianist and conductor.
With his high energy delivery, natural comic ability and overall friendly vibe, Joseph Parsons (as seen on Channel 4) will share his uplifting account of the ups and downs of disco…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Modern dating and a devastating terrorist attack do not, at first, seem like complimentary subject matters for a romantic comedy, and yet in 52Up Production’s new show 9/11 Was a…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
From the humid and dark recesses of Greenside Infirmary Street, a particularly fabulous member of the aristocracy takes us through a rollicking and camp-filled history of homosexua…
Joanne Hartstone’s one-woman show is a brilliant send up to classic Golden Age Hollywood that keeps the glitz and glamour of the period whilst showing the grimy and exploitative …
Attempting to create a spin-off to one of the most beloved musicals of recent memory is a brave choice, and unfortunately it is a gamble that didn't pay off in this case.
Fresh from last year’s Bubbles and Martini sell-out hit, this show features the forever charming Michael Bublé tribute host Michael Bubbles in conversation, taking the audience …
Self identity, depression, sexual awakenings and The Smiths are all topics central to writer/director Ben SantaMaria’s incredibly touching and heartfelt play about growing up gay…
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Acclaimed writer David Ireland’s new play is a visceral, violent and incredibly explosive punch to the gut that passionately tears into the confused state of British identity, th…
Ommmm.
Four years ago Samantha lost everything, including her marbles.
From laundry girl to one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars, the tragic and wonderful life of Anna May Wong.
After a sell out run last year the Great British Mysteries return to the Fringe with a new show set 400 years earlier, but still the containing the wit, charm, and ridiculous sense…
A pop song musical about the six wives of Henry the Eighth is not, at first glance, something you’d think would necessarily work.
Birds of Paradise’s new musical is a hysterical and at times incredibly thoughtful production that takes a wry and insightful poke at the state of inclusion in modern theatre and…
Kirsty Osmon captivates the audience from the first moment her drunken anti-heroin wakes.
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.
Multi-award winning playwright Henry Naylor returns to the fringe with a stunning two-hander set in Nazi Germany that is both incredibly poignant and unnervingly timely.
Willy Hudson’s heart-filled, charming and hysterical one man show storms the stage at Summerhall and sheds light on the hugely under-discussed areas of gay sexual politics with d…
Tall stories brings an incredibly charming and old school production of one of Oscar Wilde’s lesser known novellas, The Canterville Ghost, that perfectly embodies the spirit - p…
Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out.
Sex, sequins, and scintillating musical numbers are all brought to bear into writer/performer Peter Groom’s one man (Woman?) show about the life and times of the glamourous gay i…
Should we have kids? It’s a difficult question, but one that becomes even more complex when you’re a gay couple, and have to grapple with a whole cavalcade of unique problems c…
Eastlake Productions brings a new, fast-paced and gritty one-man show to the Fringe that takes a dark look at one teenager's attempt to delay the inevitable and find a better l…
We in the L.
Deciding to take on Scientology, the notoriously thin skinned and litigation happy “religion”, as the central subject matter of a comedy rock musical is certainly a brave choic…
In an empty and decaying room four performers armed only with limited props, a beat up collection of instruments, and a selection of microphones bring to life a tale of anger, rage…
The Cambridge impronauts return to the fringe festival with a new show that lovingly tributes Lemony Snicket's famous A Series of Unfortunate Events in a wonderfully absurd if …
George Buchner’s great working class tragedy Woyzeck has long cast a shadow over European theatre.
Knaive Theatre’s reworking of Czech author Karel Capek’s 1937 novel War with the Newts is a striking adaptation of an unfairly forgotten sci-fi masterpiece that will leave you …
Come support some brave new writers while they investigate our fears!The list of our fears is rather long, and some of these accounts are actually based in true events b…
Leading US Humorist, David Sedaris, is coming to London for his 2018 UK tour supporting the release of his book of essays ‘Calypso’.
Join us for an inspirational talk with Michelle McMacken to discuss holistic lifestyle medicine and promoting optimal wellness through plant-based nutrition.
We are SUPER excited to have a true modern day superman, Rich Roll, come to Dublin on Saturday 30th June.
I’ve been to more than my fair share of post-show Q&As.
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.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Call the Midwife, The Crown, BBC Radio 4) returns to Brighton after a smash-hit, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre runs and a UK tour.
It’s ten o’clock on a Friday night in Brighton and Temple Bar is buzzing.
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…
The Looker is the surreal, dark yet playful story of Vida: a young woman who yearns to break free from the call centre and take control of her life.
Five Star Awarded West End Actor & Singer Harry Kit Lee (Hair The Musical.
The Intimacy and Attraction Workshop® is an interactive set of techniques and exercises for inviting presence, connecting through the heart, and exploring the play of masculine an…
Luke Joseph Ryan was one of the Top 50 Cleo Bachelors.
Selladoor’s touring production of Flashdance continues to shine light and pizzazz with a strong fusion of two worlds moulded into 80s’ pop glitz and grit.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Stoker on Stoker reveals true stories about Bram Stoker and his family, and Dacre’s unique perspective on the unsolved mysteries of Dracula, which have kept scholars and fans awa…
Emmy and Tony award winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth will bring her boundless talent and charisma to the London Palladium for a very special one off show on 20 October …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
CS Lewis and a troubled, questioning student in a scintillating and spellbinding 90 minutes in the study of the famous Oxford don and bestselling author.
Award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams, born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered to be Boko Haram territory, left Nigeria for England in 1996…
Joseph K is a modern day adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial brought to us by students from KGS Theatre Company.
Hands-on Messiah, written and performed by F.
Annie is just a normal girl with normal problems.
Clara Glynn’s play Safe Place hits the stage this fringe festival, bringing us a tale of unlikely friendship whilst making deep and insightful comments on the relationship between …
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (The Crown, Sunny D, BBC Radio 4) returns to Edinburgh after a smash-hit, sell-out run in 2016.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
For one night only Proud Camden is hosting a night of music and comedy with an all killer no filler line up: Australian comedy rock artist Huw Joseph, the incredible talent of quir…
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.
In a tiny stage at the back of Summerhall, The Letter Room, in association with Northern Stage in Edinburgh, brings a feet stomping, hand clapping, spirit raising show to the fring…
The ultimate scary soirée.
Energetic, disturbing and just a bit confusing, Fourth Monkey’s latest offering of physical theatre crashes onto the festival stage in this entertaining if messy and uneven reworki…
Stalingrad stands as one of the most destructive and horrific battles of the 20th century.
In an upmarket hotel room, two men – one a disgraced politician, the other an ex-rent boy – meet to rekindle old loves and re-open old wounds in this darkly comedic character s…
As we enter the shadowy theatre of Assembly Hall we see an imposing set of gallows upon which a young man sits shackled as a lone pianist plays quiet discordant music.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
David Crawford’s one man show about the great granddaddy of weird fiction, the one and only H.
A bittersweet tale of political awakening.
Some Riot theatre’s new play is a rollercoaster of love, loss and the passion and pain of being young that hooks you from the first word, makes you fall in love with it then breaks…
Not Cricket’s new production of Alice in Wonderland is a charming and whimsical piece that delights audiences both young and old with its blend of live music, puppetry and dance.
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…
The Stars of Racing Mind bring a fast paced, immensely funny and completely bonkers improvised Sherlock Holmes spectacular to the Fringe this year with this brilliant off the wall …
In their Fringe debut comedy hour Sisters hit the ground running with a fast paced, intensely dark and gut bustingly funny show of sketches, skits, and more jokes about live stream…
The Wardrobe Ensemble returns to the Fringe festival with a fast-paced and incredibly entertaining look at the education system in BritainThe play focuses on the last day of school…
Half a String Theatre’s new show is a delightfully charming and immaculately produced tale of triumph, travel and terrific adventure told through innovative puppetry and wonderfull…
In a darkened room surrounded by blinking lights a young angry man tells us his life story, from childhood through teen years to the miseries of universities we see what the strugg…
The Cambridge Impronauts return to the fringe with a long form improvised show that is a hot mess from shaky start to hilariously absurd finish.
Joseph Morpurgo has earned a reputation for being both a crowd pleaser and a comedian’s comedian with his inventive, high-concept multimedia shows.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (The Crown, Sunny D, BBC Radio 4) returns to Edinburgh after a smash-hit, sell-out run in 2016.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (‘The Crown’, ‘Sunny D’, BBC Radio) is exploring the lost women of science.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
This year Sophia and Amoret will be roaming through Europe, discovering the story of Gypsy music.
A1 Sporting Speakers return to the Palladium in May with the much loved heavyweight champion of the World.
A bitter-sweet tale of political awakening.
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 …
An evening of new and exciting work from students nearing the end of their acting training at Strode’s College.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
This is a pleasant, goofy and geeky hour which largely talks about a three point plan to get one woman closer to a Cox.
Sponsored by the Portslade Furniture Warehouse, this show sees the web’s freshest sketch comedy act revitalised on stage.
Who knows what to expect when the mercurial Eric Cantona takes to the stage for a rare public appearance? Cantona is widely credited as being the catalyst for Manchester United&rsq…
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…
There have been by my count no less than six adaptations of Macbeth at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016, yet the China Anhui Opera Institute’s offering may be the most unusual.
yt2 Plus’ staging of Ella Hickson’s Fringe First winning Eight hits some right notes, but fails to really engage with its difficult source material and comes off as both discon…
Eleventh Hour Theatre’s fresh and admittedly interesting take on Sophocles’ Classic tragedy presents a new spin on the classic tale that, whilst successful enough, fails to rea…
Euripides’ classical tragedy, of one woman’s quest for revenge and the terrible lengths she is willing to go to inflict pain on her wayward husband, has been performed thousand…
I must admit I was sceptical walking into C +1 on Chambers street on this afternoon to see The Rep Theatre Company’s latest show.
Alan Mosca and Bryan Byng are joined by Steve and Colin Temple, with unique harmonies and musicianship, performing all the hits of Freddie and The Dreamers alongside timeless class…
TV sitcom history was made when Richard Wilson, star of One Foot in the Grave, was the only person to appear in an episode called The Trial.
This is a time-traveller’s lark in which the two protagonists, Johan and Stefan, travel back in time to 1933 Germany after having had a debate over whether or not they would kill…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
ImmerCity’s stripped back and stylised telling of the ever popular Scottish play is an at times disorienting, nightmarish and incredibly compelling piece of theatre that will giv…
Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning remains in a high security US Military Prison on a 35-year sentence for passing nearly a quarter of a million classified files to Wikileaks in 20…
Created, written, and performed by students from Oxford University, Queenside Productions new musical Pawn is an impressive, if imperfect, piece of new student writing that, whilst…
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.
Escape into the Renaissance for an hour with music from Octavoce in the beautiful surroundings of the Robin Chapel, Edinburgh.
A brief introduction to Ryan Adams for the uninitiated - he’s a rock/country singer from Carolina who’s released a new album every year or two since the turn of the century; so…
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
Fortitude Dance company’s attempt to stage a ‘physical theatre’ version of Shakespeare’s bloody Scottish tragedy in the club scene of 1980’s Manchester is certainly a nov…
Edinburgh Gin’s Evening of Literature and Liquor returns for a second year after last year’s sold out dates.
One World Actors Centre’s fringe production of James Goldman’s historical black comedy The Lion in Winter is a valiant attempt to bring the acclaimed play to the festival stage…
Tackling an adaptation of The Great Gatsby, one of the most famous and beloved novels ever written, is not a task taken on lightly but it is one the Nottingham New theatre rises to…
A haunting and utterly compelling SAY award-winning album Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I’ve Spilled comes to Summerhall’s dissection room.
Performed with enthusiasm and a seemingly constant supply of energy, Auditions proves to be a surprisingly enjoyable hour of comedy in spite of its very rough edges.
Opening to a darkened stage with crackling lightning and booming thunder, Mart Sander’s solo show Behind the Random Denominator provides a wonderfully chilling hour of late night…
Mark Thomas’ new one-man-play blends spoken word and storytelling to create a compelling, intimate and rousing performance that lifts the spirit in this pitch perfect personal an…
This play follows James, an agency worker with no experience or real knowledge of autism, as he is thrown into a job at a care home for adults with low-functioning autism.
Performing as part of the International Collegiate Theatre Festival, this fast past cut down version of Shakespeare’s classic tale of madness, death, and existential crisis shine…
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Science fiction is a rare thing to find at the Fringe; even rarer is finding it done well, but the Sundial Theatre company has little to fear with their latest offering, After the …
Like many musical theatre fans, I have a love-hate relationship with Rent.
The set-up is simple: an armchair, a side-table, and a teapot, cup, and saucer.
Ash is a devised piece by a group of Lecoq-trained graduates about the nicotine addiction of a Yorkshireman and his friends and family.
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…
From the creators of the Faulty Towers Dining Experience, The Wedding Reception is an interactive show which includes a three course meal.
This show doesn’t disappoint.
Lip Theatre Company’s offering at the Fringe this year presents an interesting take on the classic Greek myth of Medusa: one that is unfortunately plagued with tonal shifts and a…
This is a one-man show in which comedian Simon Jay, armed with orange makeup and Trump-like mannerisms, attempts to satirise one of the most mystifying political phenomenons of our…
This is political stand-up at its best.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Using poetry, physical theatre, music and a limited amount of props, The Fast Food Collective’s new show is a thrilling romp through a night on the town.
“Every woman is a riot,” is roughly painted on the wall behind the stage area of this hidden-away New Town bar’s seldom used attic space.
The image of a twisted spindly shadow with long crooked fingers, along with pointy ears and even pointier fangs ascending the stairs, is one that is burned into the imaginations an…
Put Miranda Hart in a rocket with an extra dose of feminism and whimsy and you get Samantha Baines’ 1 Woman, A Dwarf Planet and 2 Cox.
Shrapnel theatre’s new Fringe show The D-List attempts to address the issues of celebrity and fame in the modern day world of Twitter, reality TV and a culture that idolises thos…
Twist Theatre Company’s R’n’B infused musical adaptation of the infamous Scottish history play, billed as Shakespeare meets Empire, is a messy but still engaging and enjoyabl…
In your Face Theatre in conjunction with the King’s Head Theatre return to the Fringe with their highly acclaimed and incredibly visceral adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s cult novel …
Striding onto the stage accompanied by thunderous fanfare, taking his place on a podium and decrying the evil of tyrants and the chains of authority, Dominic Allen’s blistering a…
A bare stage.
Hang, the latest show from Yellow Jacket Productions, set in the near future where the death penalty has returned with an added feature, the victim is able to choose the method of …
Performed with high energy and boundless amounts of enthusiasm, Let them Call it Mischief’s irreverent and fast paced take on Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror story is decent fun, if …
This is a very funny hour of stand-up from a bearded man.
Anyone wandering around central Edinburgh this festival will likely have noticed the large billboards and posters advertising No Horizon, a new musical of Broadway styled proportio…
As you enter the white clinical looking surroundings of a backroom in the medical quad of the Underbelly you are greeted by a Stepford smiling woman who calmly leads you to your se…
German artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) is best known for his actions, installations and sculptures, but first and foremost he was an artist who was interested in ideas: ideas about…
One of Hollywood’s most successful stars, Charlie Sheen, will share his passion for acting, producing and writing up close and personal in an on-stage interview with British …
Bill Kenwright’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a phenomenon! It’s been part of musical lovers’ lives for many years; combine that with a lovea…
Samantha’s a radical feminist, political activist and very funny (maybe not always for the ‘right’ reasons)! Join her for an hour of topless comedy in support of the Free the N…
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (BBC Radio London, ‘Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People’, ‘Call the Midwife’) needs space.
The Fretful Federation is an orchestra plucked from Brighton and the surrounding areas playing all manner of fretted instruments.
Sponsored by the Portslade Furniture Warehouse, this show sees the web’s freshest comedy sketch act revitalised on stage.
Show-stopping Motown-covers act with three female vocalists who provide choreographed dance routines, costume changes and epic vocals! Performing only the best songs from Motown to…
Phil Differ is not someone you’d immediately recognise.
(Monday through Mar. 19) One half of the surrealist-loving British comedy duo the Mighty Boosh, Mr. Fielding presents a night of stand-up, characters, animation and music.
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…
Only a few days before the premiere of Ms.
On the bill at this pianist’s People’s Symphony concert are works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, as well as Schumann’s “Kreisleriana” and Brahms’s &…
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
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Dan Fox, Ian Stroud and Mark Vigeant are the Trumpet Boys, three brass-playing comedians who work their instruments into this hilarious night of sketch comedy as the trio records a…
Two of the most sought-after stand-ups today team up for this benefit show that celebrates 15 years of Baby Buggy, an organization that provides for families in need.
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This program of seven short plays by David Ives is presented by New York Deaf Theater and employs both spoken English and American Sign Language to tell its comedic tales (2:00).
The New York master tweaks the nose of musical convention, pokes the eye of received wisdom and burns the rule book of the past.
West End and opera star John Marshall returns with tenors Fraser Simpson, Bruce Davis, and Richard Lewis, piano, to perform favourite opera, Broadway and movie hits.
West End and opera star John Marshall returns with tenors Fraser Simpson, Bruce Davis, and Richard Lewis, piano, to perform favourite opera, Broadway and movie hits.
This show is reviewer proof.
Trying to keep up with the ever changing and intense plot of Dario Fo’s fast paced and absurd play can often be a challenge that leaves many productions lagging behind the playwr…
Drifting down the river is a rather appropriate metaphor for describing the experience you have when watching this show.
If there was a drop of water for every play ever staged about how money won’t bring you happiness during the Fringe, then Edinburgh would experience major flooding.
Mr.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Going into this show, I had my reservations.
Angelus is a theological comedy taking place in the cavernous space of the Library Theatre in the Royal College of Physicians.
‘Puppet Beowulf?’ my flatmate asked me with a raised eyebrow and quizzical expression as I left the flat to review Atomic Force Production’s new show.
The relationship between parent and child is one of the most important in society and in the lives of most people.
From Shakespeare to Sarah Kane, retellings of classical myths have proved ample sources for new, distinct creations.
Celtic myth and legend have provided a huge array of inspiration for painting, music, film and theatre.
Beyond Expectations markets itself as a reworking of the Dickens classic, but this time told from the perspective of the love interest, Estella.
John Robertson’s send up of classic text based video games succeeds in being an hilarious evening of retro fun.
Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism.
Attempts on Her Life has a notoriety surrounding it that most shows would kill for.
For as long as there has been something as recognisable as a “young person” there have been works of fiction that bemoan the horrible aimlessness of a “lost generation”.
I’m going to start by dismissing the notion that we’re due something entirely new from Joseph Morpurgo, because such thinking ignores the staggeringly high standards to which t…
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…
The improv concept of This Is Your Trial is sound: two comedians take on the roles of prosecution and defence as they argue over cases that are brought by the audience.
A solo show is a delicate thing.
At the Break of Dawn is a show brimming with big ideas and questions all jostling together for space; but whilst the concept itself is impressive, the execution falls short of its …
Known for her caustic humor and unabashed insult comedy, Lisa Lampanelli talks with the comedian and radio host Ron Bennington about her new outlook on life and her forthcoming sta…
(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…
Help identify the dastardly murderer.
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…
An entertaining and uplifting hour of stunning vocals, luscious harmonies and witty banter from the UK’s premier classical-crossover vocal trio.
Ms.
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…
Jacquie Currie presents the words and music of the great entertainer Joyce Grenfell.
TIME OUT ★★★★ Eve is a 13 year old vampire.
‘There is something which I wish you to take into consideration.
Mr.
(previews start on March 12; opens on March 15) A fighter, a manager and a prostitute walk into a bar and find themselves in the midst of a Richard Maxwell play.
Some of New York’s funniest performers gather to reinterpret classic award show speeches, including Eliot Glazer, Ilana Glazer, Julie Klausner, Erin Markey, Michael Musto, Be…
Mr. Gonzalez-Macuer, an award-winning New Zealand comedian and star of the coming film “What We Do in the Shadows,” headlines this night at Union Hall.
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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…
Gotham Comedy Club hosts an interview with the great talk show host, who is promoting a new book, “Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.
Kendra Cunningham hosts these three impressive young talents from the Park Slope area for half-hour sets.
US composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt makes a welcome return to London following her sell-out concerts at St Paul’s Church in 2007 and The Hippodrome in 2012.
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To watch Reed perform is to witness the bending of reality.
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
The comparison between An Evening With Dementia and King Lear is closely drawn.
Join 84-year-old Hollywood legend Patti DuPont (149 films, nine husbands, five facelifts) for an intimate hour of chat, music and candid tales from 65 years in show business.
Joseph Morpurgo’s epic, sprawling opus opens with a montage of a VHS recorded presentation of early ‘80s TV adverts and news reports from the city of Odessa, Texas.
Alhambra Theatre: 28th Jun 7pm.
John Early, Michael Cavadias and Dave Hill host their version of a daytime talk show, with the guests Jemima Kirke, Cole Escola and Kate Berlant.
As part of the Comedy Central Corporate Retreat series, Ms. Berlant and Mr. Early revive their variety show.
The host of the popular podcast “How Was Your Week,” Ms. Klausner promises “complete and utter magic” — and guests — in this night of cabaret.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
NIA Birmingham: 24th May 6pm.
Come and celebrate English eccentricity with Duck Soup and the Trio Buschellini in a uniquely silly concert that will take you from the Village Green to a Persian Market and back a…
I greatly admire Union Music Store’s mission to bring their home-grown acts to the masses – a labour of love and angst warding off cynics like me, to be sure.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Anna Emerson gives an entertaining performance in her latest show, An Evening with Patti DuPont.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
The producers of last year’s inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival continue their cultivation of the city’s best comedy.
Written by Lisa Diana Shapiro, with a pop-flavored score by Georgia Stitt, this wry new family musical begins at summer camp, where the title character isn’t an ace investiga…
Inon Barnatan, a gifted young pianist, is the connecting thread in an evening celebrating Schumann.
A ‘journey into fear’, Deimos succeeded in one single respect: to instil the everlasting terror of anything billed at 2 hours 50 minutes.
David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers.
Cards on the table: this is an incredibly impressive show.
It is always sheer joy to watch Dominic Allen perform.
It is very difficult to appreciate a show when the performer alienates you from the rest of the audience.
A celebration of Scottish Highland music featuring the great Highland bagpipe, the clarsach (harp), and traditional singing.
The original box office smash hit tribute to one of the greatest movie soundtracks.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
As fleeting as the surviving Sapphic snippets themselves, Sappho… In 9 Fragments shall vanish from Edinburgh come tomorrow and this review will be nothing more than dusty scholar…
A unique evening with the actress, comedienne, singer, political campaigner and raconteur, sharing intimate and hilarious recollections from her hugely successful autobiography Not…
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Part of the American High School Theatre Festival, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon is a high speed attempt to combine all 209 fairy tales compiled by the Grimms or at least, it w…
Mad, rad, and dangerous to miss, Track 3 is a glorious treat that is sure to bring a smile to the face.
Never has a plane crash induced so much hilarity.
Whilst in the Fringe Guide this show rests under the category of ‘Spoken Word’ with a subcategory of ‘comedy’ I’m not sure I could call it either, as although aspects of …
Following her sell-out Sunday Night Supper Clubs at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club and the Dalston Boys Hall, Samantha comes to Edinburgh with stories, games, guests and ju…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Every time I recall this show, the nightmares return.
In this lifeless production, we follow the tale of a young woman, Skildir, as she struggles to cope with life in a secluded island community and an abusive stepfather.
In a beautifully executed smorgasbord of puppetry, art, sound and film, Tortoise In A Nutshell in association with Cumbernauld Theatre presents a tale of small seaside-town destruc…
I found Hurly Burly’s ‘best of Shakespeare deaths’ a thoroughly educational experience: I learnt that Shakespearean ‘best of’ simply does not work.
Surreal, silly, spectacular, Minotaur Theatre Company presents a comic gem of a show that is a thoroughly entertaining experience.
Too much, too close.
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.
Joseph Morpurgo teams up with theatre company Truthmouth in a crazy but brilliant character comedy, presented alongside a wacky slideshow.
A triumph of style over substance, the bright and flashy Omega from blackSKYwhite offers an awful lot of bark with little in the way of bite.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Jethro Compton has racked up so many stars in his Fringe career that he may legitimately be called a galaxy and it is with great pleasure that I add a further five.
‘We’re gonna scam these fuckers real good’ confides Sergey to his brother Boris behind a shielding screen.
A fun, toe tappin’ schlock-horror romp, The Bloody Ballad whips up a mixture of live music and theatre to create what could be described as a narrative gig.
It is perhaps a mistake for Faye Draper to have a clock mounted on the wall during her one woman show Tea is an Evening Meal.
It seemed very strange to be watching something called ‘An Adult Evening’ at 9.
Tonight was an evening of two plays, one short, one less short, but the action started before the audience were seated with characters roaming into the foyer.
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
Ben Dover, the self proclaimed ‘Prince of Porn’ really wants you to think he has the rudest show in Edinburgh (no doubt hoping for some publicity grabbing ‘controversial’ headline)…
Jay Sodagar came on stage apologising.
Paul McCaffrey seems less like a performer and more like a mate in a pub.
EmpathEyes theatre presents a beautifully directed and innovative adaptation of Orwell’s classic dystopian novel.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Ed Eales-White presents a one man sketch show championing, as he puts it, the average man on the street.
Parents Evening promises an hour of character-based sketch comedy in a school setting, which is already an idea devoid of originality, but is handled particularly poorly.
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…
Sweet ECA plays host to one of several new immersive theatre shows - Parents Evening invites us to join the staff of Aultyme Time High on their special parents night the…
Clive James returns to Edinburgh with two daily shows, a lunchtime chat show for those who want to see him in one-to-one conversation with guests and an evening one-man show in whi…
An exploration of modern society and our responses to it, Life Is Too Good To Be True is a one-man show presented by the Netherlands’ Het Geluid (The Noise).
Showcasing the best Cabaret of the Fringe – so states the publicity – Cabaret Nova offers 20 minute titbits of full shows running across a range of venues.
If youve been in Edinburgh for a few weeks, or even days, you will probably have experienced the Evening with Dementia marketing campaign, which consists of actor Trevor T.
Hilarious and energetic, this is a superb adaptation of the quintessentially English tale.
Taking a seat for The Rabbit and the Rose is a treat.
In his book about the onset of his wife’s dementia, former ITN journalist John Suchet explained that the one ‘mercy’ he could see about the condition was that the person with…
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…
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
David Hasselhoff has a large and committed international following: Pleasance Grand was sold out on his opening night and at almost £20 a ticket, this is one of the more expensive…
Children’s Underground Tour offers families the chance to be guided round Edinburgh’s haunted vaults.
Liam Mullone is a man with a chip on his shoulder.
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.
The English School of Mongolia (ESM) ignited the stage of the Arthur Cotterell Theatre with their modern take on Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Choc-a-block with catchy tunes and feel-good fun, The Picture House tells the story of Penny and Oscar, a sweet couple torn apart by the Second World War.
Comprised of two one-act plays, The Words Upon The Window-Pane (W.
I couldn’t help feeling somewhat disappointed after leaving an evening of haunting and soulful melodies decidedly un-haunted.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Set in the litter-strewn streets of Olympic London, The Remarkable Rocket follows a group of young adults hired for the opening ceremony clean-up.
Returning from deepest darkest 1998 are Canadian comedians Craig Campbell, Glenn Wool and Stewart Francis with a showcase of their comic abilities.
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…
Describing his genre as ‘racist comedy’ and insisting that the show is not funny, Paul Chowdhry presents 55 minutes of offensive material that is often as uncomfortable as it i…
Charmian Hughes is on a mission to save the world.
Everyone knows that Sylvester Stallone created the Hollywood’s boxing legend boxer Rocky Balboa.
According to the publicity, We Got Rhythm ‘smacks the audience in the face with a satirical spectacle of choreography, slapstick and farce’.
While undoubtedly a good show by anyone’s standards - apart from someone who doesn’t like American men with high, nasal voices reading comic but ultimately touching stories, presum…
Tired of the exhausting work of writing shows, Adam Hills has resolved to be rid of routine and base a show entirely around chatting to the audience.
Patrick Monahan is an energetic bundle of fun.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
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.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
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.
Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, sports presenter Ore Oduba and actress Lesley Joseph are the latest celebrities announced to appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour, wh...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.