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.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
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…
From Frankenstein to The Invisible Man, James Whale directed some of the greatest movies of all time.
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…
Gritty, powerful and daringly revolutionary, Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein is a transgender reimagining of Shelley’s seminal novel, set in the year of our Lord 1980.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Fred brings his A-game to give you a fun-filled show with comedy, magic, juggling (and maybe some video stunts.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
One man, one monster, one glorious dream to singlehandedly tell the most famous horror story of all time, and absolutely no budget whatsoever.
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 …
Frankenstein: a timeless classic that explores the troubling themes of creation, responsibility, and morality.
Young Frankenstein is a hilarious take on the classic horror story, combining zany antics, a witty script, and high-energy comedic performances for one unforgettable, hilarious adv…
An hour too long a commitment for you? Come see the best international comics in Edinburgh fringe do 15 minutes of their best stuff and decide if you want more, think of it like fu…
The Birth of Frankenstein tells us the story of Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction, on her fateful trip to Geneva with Percy Bysshe Shelley.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
What is a ‘hilarious’ (**** (BroadwayWorld.
NTC Touring Theatre Company presents.
NTC Touring Theatre Company presents.
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, …
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…
Ovation presents a brand new revival of A Drop of Fred - this time, with the lead from Billy Elliot.
Ovation presents a brand new revival of A Drop of Fred - this time, with the lead from Billy Elliot.
A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.
This popular show returns for its fifth run. Four circuit comedians from the UK and Berlin will make you laugh until you wet yourself, in this fast-paced club-style hour.
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.
Young Frankenstein is a hilarious laughter generator from start to finish, directed by one of Brighton’s comic cabaret’s finest.
Young Frankenstein is a hilarious laughter generator from start to finish, directed by one of Brighton’s comic cabaret’s finest.
I Couldn't Be Farced! Nine to five just came alive.
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…
One of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, Fred MacAulay tries out some new jokes. ‘One of the best comedians Britain has produced’ (Richard Osman).
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.
Scotland’s best and much-loved stand-up comedian, Fred MacAulay is back with a brand-new comedy show with some of his favourite guests from across the UK.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.
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.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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.
“A great little fringe experience that I can highly recommend” (The Scotsman) ‘Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin’ premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 to delighted audie…
“A great little fringe experience that I can highly recommend” (The Scotsman) ‘Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin’ premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 to delighted audie…
Expect an exploration of love, politics, culture, depression, and faith in an uncertain universe.
Expect an exploration of love, politics, culture, depression, and faith in an uncertain universe.
After thoroughly impressing with their adaptation of Dracula, TRUESTORY return with another legendary gothic tale as they find all the right parts for an excellent take on Mary She…
An eighteen year-old girl, Mary Shelley, dreams up a monster whose tragic story will capture the imaginations of generations to come.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Just what does it take to make a monster? Is inhumanity truly born simply from reanimation, or is it a product of the already inhumane environment? Re-investigating Mary Shelley’…
An English lawyer, a German IT guy, and an Israeli TV writer throw away their life to entertain you.
A hilarious street cleaner sweeps you off on an outdoor journey into the unknown festival, uncovering its secrets and making an ingenious show out of rubbish with his extraordinary…
It is 1818 and, as a bell tolls nearby, Victor Frankenstein’s monstrous creation explodes into existence.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live lunchtime chat show.
Having spent time in a wheelie bin (for warmth, obviously), Ali’s mind has been wandering and wondering.
Fred Cooke is leaving his twinkle toes behind him after Dancing with the Stars and is coming to Edinburgh with his new show of musical madness.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Love, loss and creation merge in unexpected ways in this thrilling classic gothic tale conceived by Manual Cinema.
“Fred’s Microbrewery” is the world’s first Puppet-in-a-Pub theatrical experience.
Having spent time in a wheelie bin (for warmth, obviously), Ali's mind has been wandering and wondering.
Fred Strangebone has created a monster.
Frankenstein and pantomime are two words which should not go together, but in this brilliant mashup, they curiously do.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Leicester Comedy Festival Silver Comedian 2018, Fred Ferenczi, was described by Bruce Dessau as like a cross between a slow-burn Count Arthur Strong and Simon Munnery.
The son of a Saturday night favourite.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
A Ship of Fool’s Theatre Company welcome us to Happy Valley Care Home, a place where the elderly are ‘thrown onto life’s scrap heap’.
Victor Frankenstein is about to leave home for university, away from his family and Elizabeth, the woman he loves.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is 200 years old and yet the universality of the novel’s core message keeps her creation in the very centre of popular culture.
The son of a Saturday night favourite, a father who performed with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Andy Williams; the son who ended up with nothing, penniless and in care.
Fred Strangebone has created a monster… Inspired by the greatest horror story of all time with help from a grotesque buffoon, Fred wants to demonstrate his scientific and psycho…
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…
Featuring musicians from the internationally acclaimed Complete Songs of Robert Burns (Linn Records). ‘Great voices, great songs… Who could ask for more?’ (fRoots).
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
With a friendship that has endured numerous governments, several economic downturns and expanding waist sizes, these two stand-ups join together to bring you a one-hour show which …
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
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.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live lunchtime chat show.
Fredinburgh, through its rambunctious energy, shows us why Fred Cooke is ‘a born entertainer’ (Chortle.
When SISATA was formed in 2012 they originally focused on the re-telling of Shakespearean plays, but they've always followed the central aim of bringing 'classic stories to…
Love is a many-splendored thing, or so the soundtrack maintains as it heralds a fifty-minute romp through teenage troubles, acting aspirations and romantic realities.
The Lisa Richards agency present a week of top stand-up comedy! Each night, two comedians will perform their new work-in-progress shows.
The Lisa Richards agency present a week of top stand-up comedy! Each night, two comedians will perform their new work-in-progress shows.
Slowly, painfully, out of the fusion of rabid light and impenetrable darkness, Angel emerges, alien and alienated.
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.
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…
People of a certain age will remember Ted Rogers hosting the quiz show 3-2-1 on Saturday nights.
I have the greatest admiration for stand-up comedians.
STRICTLY STARS ALJAZ & JANETTE ANNOUNCE REMEMBERING FRED TOUR FOR 2018 DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND On the eve of the UK tour for Strictly Come Dancing stars Aljaz Skorjanec and Janet…
Split into four different personas, BUDS’ latest production explores the fractured psyche and the motivation behind what makes a monster.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Whose bodies were used to create the monster of Frankenstein? No Exit meets Saw in this squirm-inducing twist on a horror classic.
The National Theatre version of the classic story about the creature and his creator.
Legendary filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks brings his classic monster musical comedy Young Frankenstein to life on stage in an all-singing, all-dancing musical collaboration with …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One of Scotland’s favourite stand-up comedians, Fred MacAulay branches out with a new live lunchtime chat show.
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.
Three decades of killing - 24 hours to break the case.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
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…
‘Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to show you how to change the world…’ The world’s most notorious terrorist tells his remarkable, provocative and multi award-winnin…
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Dan Whitehead of Honky Bonk Theatre brings a hilarious solo performance to The Warren.
Hijinx Theatre in association with Blind Summit.
A refreshingly innovative take on Mary Shelley’s 19th century novel, Augustus Stephens’ one-man performance effortlessly portrayed mental illnesses through the depiction of Vi…
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 …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
After a sell-out two year run at the Edinburgh Festival, ‘Can You Put This In The Bin For Me?’ returns for the 2017 Brighton Fringe.
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…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
A fun-packed hour for little monsters with lots of spooky goings-on. Dance along with Dr Frankenstein and his creations in his dungeon laboratory.
In this adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic, troubled programmer Victor Stone attempts to restore his reputation after being responsible for crashing the stock market.
Pick Yourself Up, Slap That Bass and Let’s Face the Music and Dance.
An expedition to the North Pole.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
How is life for Fred? What is life for Fred? Who/what/where is life for Fred? It could be philosophical (Fred likes to probe).
We meet Fred as he wakes up - cute little puppet stretching and yawns ensue.
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…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
As one of the most commonly adapted works in the English canon, Frankenstein often leaves one unmoved when he or she leaves the auditorium.
Time is of the essence as you and your newly formed team are transported to the authentically and adorned castle laboratory from which Victor Frankenstein has mysteriously disap…
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…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Join us for the biggest, best and only karaoke night at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe every Sunday. Guaranteed to be a great, raucous night to belt out a classic.
This show has a bad title.
Nottingham’s third best lady female hip hop MC (from the Bestwood Park/Top Valley area) Dani Frankenstein brings her unique mix of sexy ballads and high energy beats to Edinburgh.
A new adaptation by Lindel Hart who also plays the Creature, this play looks more closely at the vulnerable and sensitive sides of Frankenstein’s monster.
How is life for Fred since leaving BBC Radio Scotland after all these years? And why did he leave? Did someone forget to get him a hot latte? Were any punches thrown? If you miss h…
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…
(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…
A Ship of Fools will make you laugh out loud and cry in hysterics as they show you what goes on behind the closed doors of the UK care system.
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…
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…
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…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Join us on Sunday nights from 8pm for the biggest and best karaoke night at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! For performers and non-performers alike, everyone is encouraged to get on…
At the risk of damning Fred McAuley with faint praise, this is an extremely competent set.
Mary Shelley is likely turning in her grave at Last Chance Saloon’s rendition of Frankenstein, but no doubt she’s also struggling to stifle a giggle at their heartfelt whack at…
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
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.
This show returns after a sell-out 2012 Fringe.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
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.
Fred MacAulay flicks back and forward to Fringes of the past and future in this Fringe delight bursting with hilarious humour.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No…
Dream On is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and is performed here with great energy and humour by Side by Side Theatre.
Alan Hudson tries something a little different with this magic show, choosing to weave his tricks around a story of how he came to be at the Fringe in the first place.
The concept of the ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ is a character trope describing a grown woman totally in touch with her inner child, free spirited, kooky and playful, the sort who …
Comfort in Chaos is unsure of itself, just as Cooke seems to be unsure of himself.
Here’s a real Fringe gem – a slapstick extravaganza that is literally barnstorming, performed as it is in a temporary wooden box built specially for the show.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
ExADUS intercut dramatisations of extracts from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with moments from and interpretations of Shelley’s own life, and the experiences that drove her to w…
Mitch Benn, a comedian much loved for his fantastically catchy musical contributions to Radio 4’s “The Now Show”, returns to Edinburgh with a new show supposedly based around h…
The idea of the comedy ‘dining experience’ is done most famously at the Fringe by the Fawlty Towers Dining Experience, the concept being that a tribute act to a famous sitcom …
I am about as right-brained and artsy as they come, but my favourite Free Fringe show of last year was Robin Ince’s Carl Sagan is my God, a show about science.
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…
I have seen The End and it’s quite, quite brilliant.
None of the material in Scott Adams and Anthea Neagle’s show is original enough to recommend it above the large number of other free back-room shows.
The witty and charming pair Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna give us a beat poetry rom-com ballad that, while not groundbreaking, at least treads old ground with the comfort and warmt…
Monkey Toast’s chat show is the Pleasance’s late-night forum for comics to plug their shows and there’s nothing wrong with that – in fact, publicity has rarely been so much fun.
Working Girls, the theatre company of Bristol’s Redland High School for Girls, has given us a perfectly acceptable school Shakespeare, set rather conveniently in a school.
Scottish jazz singer Pam Lawson is joined by pianist Tom Finlay and double-bassist Ed Kelly for a musical celebration of the infamous partnership that was Fred Astaire and Ginger R…
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…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the personal letters of a notable literary figure can be an illuminating insight into their thoughts and give us a vivid image of their …
Oddlie is, true to its name, a pleasantly strange mixture.
The Fringe throws up some odd but good things, some odd but bad things, and quite a few thuddingly normal and bad things.
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
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.
Some things will always be a mystery.
This musical tells the story of Mary Shelley, her marriage to Percy Shelley and the inspiration for her novel Frankenstein.
Medieval dramas are an odd beast and very difficult to put on.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Jennifer Lusk’s new piece of writing is a one-woman show recalling a time in the Second World War when a young nurse had a photograph taken of her in an underground station by a …
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…
It is good to be reminded of the fact that history is full of eccentrics, radicals, and pioneers who never appear in the history books - especially when they turn out to be women, …
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…
First, allow me to vent my admiration for this show with mindless superlatives: Fantastic.
As a reviewer I try to keep an objective distance from the show to which I’m assigned, but in the case of this enthusiastic showcase of soccer skills from Korea, I found myself ver…
Join us for a very special Edinburgh Festival Fringe event – an afternoon with John Cleese and his daughter Camilla, hosted by comedian Fred MacAulay.
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.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.