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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frontlines and Lifelines – An Army Doctor in Crisis and War

Frontlines and Lifelines – An Army Doctor in Crisis and War

The distilled 40-year career of an internationally renowned British Army doctor, presented as a collection of original poems. 

More of a Question Than a Comment (WIP)

More of a Question Than a Comment (WIP)

Camilla is obsessed with stories, great stories, the greatest stories ever told. 

Gary John Miller: Goof

Gary John Miller: Goof

From the brain of Gary John Miller who was once described as a ‘mad genius’ by a former teacher comes a solo comedy show about growing up and the urge to refuse to do so. 

More Than Another Language!

More Than Another Language!

Learning a second language can change the way you use your first. 

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet – Edinburgh’s eight-piece jazz-funk superband, famed for their infamous treatment of Stevie Wonder’s back-catalogue – invite you to join them on the dance floor a… 

Sacred Arts Festival Architecture at St Cuthbert's Parish Church and the Church of St John the Evangelist

Sacred Arts Festival Architecture at St Cuthbert's Parish Church and the Church of St John the Evangelist

Guided Tours. 

Iain Dale: All Talk Election Preview with Michael Crick, Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Iain Dale: All Talk Election Preview with Michael Crick, Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi… 

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

John Wayne Gacy was one of the worst serial killers in US history: responsible for the rape, torture and murder of at least 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970s. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

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

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

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

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

Caitriona Dowden is Holier Than Thou

Caitriona Dowden is Holier Than Thou

As a lapsed Catholic obsessed with medieval history, Caitriona spends a lot of time thinking about saints. 

12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

Hagar: War Mother

Hagar: War Mother

One woman’s odyssey to escape Syria’s brutal war with her son, who should be having his first birthday party. 

A Play by John

A Play by John

How is it possible: we all watch this, we all agree, we all shake our heads, yet we all get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again? Matteo and Reggie, fuelled by John’s sugge… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

The Elton John Story

The Elton John Story

The awe-inspiring journey of one of the all-time musical greats delivered by one of the UK’s finest Angus Munro and Night Owl Shows. 

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

Influenced by the meeting of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a unique interpretation of songs by both artists. 

Jason John Whitehead: Clubbed

Jason John Whitehead: Clubbed

A regular in Edinburgh, Jason John Whitehead has been touring his brand of social and confessional comedy around the world for 20 years now. 

John Oakes – Rapscallion

John Oakes – Rapscallion

Join comedian John Oakes for 50 minutes of improvised hilarity! Featuring entirely extemporized Shakespearean style sonnets, raucous unrehearsed rap recitals and guest appearances … 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Sobriety, sex and profound stupidity. 

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages. 

John Hegley: Do Horses Have Teeth, Sir?

John Hegley: Do Horses Have Teeth, Sir?

For over 30 years Hegley has brought a show to the Fringe with a spattering of favourites, alongside new work, to present to festival-goers. 

#1 Champion: War of the Flags

#1 Champion: War of the Flags

Who are the funniest comedians? The Americans? The English. 

John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza!

John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza!

John-Luke Roberts does every solo comedy show he’s ever done in a row, and then goes back to the first one and does them again until the Fringe runs out. 

Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You

Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You

Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long. 

John Robertson's The Dark Room

John Robertson's The Dark Room

The audience is trapped in a retro video game with a sadistic, end-of-level boss. 

Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey

Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey

Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey is a laugh-out-loud musical hour spent inside the whimsical world of Christian Dart, you’ll hear about his birth weight, less-than-successful love … 

The Emu War: A New Musical

The Emu War: A New Musical

Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback. 

The Gummy Bears’ Great War

The Gummy Bears’ Great War

At dawn, the nation of the Gummy Bears declares war against the nation of the Dinosaurs. 

John Robertson: The Human Hurricane

John Robertson: The Human Hurricane

Got an opinion? Got a story? Seen a show you liked or didn’t? Want to pop content into the brain of the UK’s most manic comic? Grab a seat and play along with the new interacti… 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

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

John Tothill: Thank God This Lasts Forever

John Tothill: Thank God This Lasts Forever

Last year, John Tothill was visited by a series of terrible plagues. 

John Meagher: Big Year

John Meagher: Big Year

After a sell-out run at Dublin Fringe, host of Radio 4’s The Divil’s Own John Meagher makes his debut at The Gilded Balloon with his debut show Big Year. 

Worse Than You

Worse Than You

Confronted with her fear of being unlovable and forever misunderstood an overly self-aware comedian puts together the biggest show of her life. 

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

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

The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York … 

At War With Myself

At War With Myself

‘Why go where you’re not wanted?’ So asks a gay theatre maker, who puts down the bottle to pick up a gun, recklessly joining the British Army whilst the LGBT+ ban… 

Piano Playtime with John Mann

Piano Playtime with John Mann

The Max Miller Appreciation Society presents John Mann, Britain’s No. 

John Hinton: Well Well Well...

John Hinton: Well Well Well...

Sometimes serious, sometimes somewhat sillier, songs on a suite of subjects syphoned from the synapses of a celebrated semi-Swedish science singer-songwriter. 

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Join Geoff Robb, winner of the Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, for an evening of magical storytelling and virtuoso guitar that promises to transport you out into the woods. 

'If you like David Sedaris, John Mulaney, and a sexy accent, you might like this show'

'If you like David Sedaris, John Mulaney, and a sexy accent, you might like this show'

This debut show weaves together the insightful storytelling of David Sedaris and the clever stand-up of John Mulaney, welcoming you to the world of Renata, a non-native speaker bol… 

Father John’s Evening Mess

Father John’s Evening Mess

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. 

I AM MORE THAN

I AM MORE THAN

I AM MORE THAN supports women in the city who are experiencing homelessness, to use their creative voices to tell their communities who they are and that they are not defined by ho… 

John Doherty

John Doherty

 Donegal singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, John Doherty, first entered the Irish music scene as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the band, Little H… 

Happen/Chance | John Spillane's CGI Comedy SPECTACULAR!! IN 3D!!

Happen/Chance | John Spillane's CGI Comedy SPECTACULAR!! IN 3D!!

Happen/Chance Honestly. 

Oh What a Lovely War

Oh What a Lovely War

Roll up, Roll up! And take your seat for the ever-popular ‘War Game’! A cornerstone of modern musical theatre and one of the very greatest stage satires, Oh What A Lovely War … 

Oh What A Lovely War

Oh What A Lovely War

A cornerstone of modern musical theatre and one of the very greatest stage satires, Oh What A Lovely War is an extraordinary theatrical journey bringing to life the folly… 

Oh What a Lovely War

Oh What a Lovely War

Blackeyed Theatre in association with South Hill Park Arts Centre presents the 60th Anniversary Tour of Joan Littlewood’s epic anti-war musical Oh What A Lovely War. 

John Cale

John Cale

Avant-garde and provocative, John Cale inspires and amazes with his innovative and radical album, Mercy. 

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet – Edinburgh’s eight-piece jazz-funk superband, famed for their infamous treatment of Stevie Wonder’s back catalogue – invite you to join them on the dance floor a… 

War on Woke

War on Woke

You can’t say moist, you can’t assume a person’s gender or even if they identify as a person at all, maybe they’re a plant? What started off as a way to call out discrimina… 

John Otway

John Otway

An English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring, a surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog persona. 

Rikki Morgan as Elton John

Rikki Morgan as Elton John

Elton John tribute Rikki Morgan takes you on a rollercoaster ride through four decades of Elton classics. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St John's Princes Street

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St John's Princes Street

Songs of Displacement. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

In Conversation with… John Nicolson

In Conversation with… John Nicolson

Has represented Ochil and South Perthshire as an SNP MP since 2019. 

Cathedral Talk and Music: John Stainer – A Life in Music

Cathedral Talk and Music: John Stainer – A Life in Music

Professor Jeremy Dibble (Durham University), authority on British music from the 19th century, reflects on the life of Sir John Stainer and his most famous work, The Crucifixion. 

In Conversation with… John McDonnell

In Conversation with… John McDonnell

Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington in West London since 1997. 

Better Never than Late: A Japanese Woman's Struggle with Conformity WIP

Better Never than Late: A Japanese Woman's Struggle with Conformity WIP

What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby). 

Better Never than Late: A Japanese Woman's Struggle with Conformity WIP

Better Never than Late: A Japanese Woman's Struggle with Conformity WIP

What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby). 

Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype – An Evening with John Cambridge

Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype – An Evening with John Cambridge

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. 

Brian Kellock and John Burgess

Brian Kellock and John Burgess

Brian Kellock is one of the UK’s finest and most in-demand jazz pianists, acclaimed for a distinctive, swinging style of playing with classic jazz piano influences at its heart but… 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level. 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level. 

Brothers: War Poems and Chronicles

Brothers: War Poems and Chronicles

‘My biography is blood and flesh, not entertainment. 

Impro Train with John Oakes

Impro Train with John Oakes

Join comedian John Oakes for 50 minutes of improvised hilarity! Featuring entirely extemporized Shakespearean-style sonnets, raucous unrehearsed rap recitals and guest appearances … 

11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

John Franklin: My Dad's Advice

John Franklin: My Dad's Advice

A beautifully hilarious stand-up about the memories of his dad’s best stories, Netflix star John Franklin intends to keep you laughing as he weaves tales of his father’s life advic… 

When Judas Met John – Songs of Dylan and Lennon

When Judas Met John – Songs of Dylan and Lennon

Influenced by the meeting of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a unique interpretation of songs by both artists. 

John Robins: Howl

John Robins: Howl

Still screaming after all these years. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

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

John Robins: Work in Progress

John Robins: Work in Progress

Notes on stage? Tick! Breath-taking riff-scenarios? Tick! Bits that don’t work? Tick! Progress not perfection, people! Witness some progress from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner / fa… 

Tom Crosbie: Actions Speak Louder Than Nerds

Tom Crosbie: Actions Speak Louder Than Nerds

Tom Crosbie is smarter, funnier, and more delightfully dextrous than can easily be explained, even by the copious amounts of time he spends practicing such things. 

John Robertson's The Dark Room

John Robertson's The Dark Room

Returning for its eleventh year at the Edinburgh Fringe, this cult favorite show has lost none of its energy and atmosphere. 

Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva

Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva

Award-winning ‘brilliant. 

Crizards: This Means War

Crizards: This Means War

The discussion around war - especially the two world wars - is usually a very difficult and serious subject. 

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

The Last Living Libertine is the debut hour from John Tothill as he tries to dissect our attitude to life and prove that techno music is the true expression of human spirit and the… 

John Kearns: The Varnishing Days

John Kearns: The Varnishing Days

Attending John Kearns' show, The Varnishing Days, was an absolute treat that demands to be seen! Right from his entrance, he had us hooked with his distinctive and uproarious p… 

John & Christian: Battle Counters

John & Christian: Battle Counters

Following the success of their podcast Real Album Reviews, John and Christian are at The Hope Theatre to present their favourite childhood TV show: Battle Counters! The show’s prot… 

John & Christian: Battle Counters

John & Christian: Battle Counters

Following the success of their podcast Real Album Reviews, John and Christian are at The Hope Theatre to present their favourite childhood TV show: Battle Counters! The show’s prot… 

John Hastings: The Times They Are A John Hastings

John Hastings: The Times They Are A John Hastings

Ole John Hastings here, God’s favourite comedian, Fringe regular and public urinator (by circumstance and never choice) has returned with a maximum nonsense and mega-lols show. 

John & Christian: Battle Counters

John & Christian: Battle Counters

Following the success of their podcast Real Album Reviews, John and Christian  present their favourite childhood TV show: Battle Counters!The show's protagonist, a boy called … 

Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey

Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey

About the show Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey is an hour long look at the vibrantly mundane life of a vibrantly mundane man. 

Ten Men - The Lives of John Bindon

Ten Men - The Lives of John Bindon

Ten Men is a gritty, funny, one man play based on the infamous life story of the actor, gangster, ladies’ man and alleged lover of Princess Margaret - John ‘Biffo’ Bindon. 

Ten Men - The Lives of John Bindon

Ten Men - The Lives of John Bindon

Ten Men - The Lives of John Bindon by Franklyn McCabe “London’s nothing more than a million doors, the trick is to walk through the right one. 

Bovine Cemetery's World War III Literary Cabaret

Bovine Cemetery's World War III Literary Cabaret

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When Winston Went To War With The Wireless

When Winston Went To War With The Wireless

A true story about truthIn May 1926 Britain grinds to a halt, as workers down tools for The General Strike. 

Bovine Cemetery's World War III Literary Cabaret

Bovine Cemetery's World War III Literary Cabaret

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When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan & Lennon

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan & Lennon

Presented in a blues / folk style with tight sibling harmonies, this Irish duo performs songs around a story of the influence, envy and respect that each artist had for the other. 

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan & Lennon

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan & Lennon

Brothers Broke bring their popular and well-reviewed 2021 Edinburgh Fringe “in-person” show to debut at this years Brighton Fringe. 

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

Join John Tothill, the Last Living Libertine [citation needed], for an evening of exaggeration, emancipation and dense theoretical speculation in a show that straddles cabaret and … 

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

Join John Tothill, the Last Living Libertine [citation needed], for an evening of exaggeration, emancipation and dense theoretical speculation in a show that straddles cabaret and … 

Zeit-Heist: more than a feeling

Zeit-Heist: more than a feeling

Join ‘I Am Not Victoria Wood’ performer Julia Knight for an interactive comedy theatre performance with live songs Has your personal passion suddenly gone viral? Zeit-Heist is tha… 

Zeit-Heist: more than a feeling

Zeit-Heist: more than a feeling

Join ‘I Am Not Victoria Wood’ performer Julia Knight for an interactive comedy theatre performance with live songs Has your personal passion suddenly gone viral? Zeit-Heist is tha… 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

“If you want to put your brain in the blender, have a listen - it’s a bit like if Aphex Twin wrote British music hall songs. 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

I AM MORE THAN

I AM MORE THAN

‘I AM MORE THAN’ is a project set up by Equinox women’s project supporting women in the city who are experiencing homelessness to use their creative voices to tell their comm… 

I AM MORE THAN

I AM MORE THAN

‘I AM MORE THAN’ is a project set up by Equinox women’s project supporting women in the city who are experiencing homelessness to use their creative voices to tell their comm… 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. 

Further than the Furthest Thing

Further than the Furthest Thing

"Surprise is as come from the H‘outside world” On a remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic, a community has lived undisturbed for centuries, defying … 

The War Inside

The War Inside

Come take a wild ride inside the body and discover a rip-roaring story of bowel disease diagnosis with blood, tears, shit, absurdity, hilarity, and humanity. 

No One Deserves This More Than You

No One Deserves This More Than You

A theatrical comedy meta horror multimedia experience - this show has all the adjectives and more! A desperate actor seeks a friend to be the ‘reader’ for their self tape. 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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

John Travulva and Jodie Mitchell: Cis Male Comedian

John Travulva and Jodie Mitchell: Cis Male Comedian

Prince of accessible content and OFFIE Award winning ‘brilliant. 

John Bishop: Work In Progress

John Bishop: Work In Progress

Star of Saturday night's The John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi-award winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for … 

John Bishop: Work In Progress

John Bishop: Work In Progress

Star of Saturday nights the John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi award-winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for 4 nigh… 

Elton John Tribute - ONLY ELTON

Elton John Tribute - ONLY ELTON

 The ONLY Elton John ShowThe ONLY Elton John Show is the UKs newest and most exciting Elton John tribute show to hit the Brighton scene. 

John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman, once an illustrious entrepreneur, has been brought low by a prison sentence for fraud. 

John Tothill: Dermatologists Hate Him

John Tothill: Dermatologists Hate Him

Join John Tothill – writer, comedian, former Footlight and London’s Last Libertine, actually – for an evening of exaggeration, emancipation and assorted chat. 

John Tothill: Dermatologists Hate Him

John Tothill: Dermatologists Hate Him

Join John Tothill – writer, comedian, former Footlight and London’s Last Libertine, actually – for an evening of exaggeration, emancipation and assorted chat. 

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet vs John Williams

After four years of their infamous Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband completely sold-out its 2019 follow up, tackling their next legendary artist. 

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns and critically acclaimed nonsense merchant Pat Cahill present their messy, loving, self-flagellant Off-Broadway show. 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

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

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns and critically acclaimed nonsense merchant Pat Cahill present their messy, loving, self-flagellant Off-Broadway show. 

Ten Men – The Lives Of John Bindon

Ten Men – The Lives Of John Bindon

This is a one-man play about the infamous life of the actor, criminal, alleged lover of Princess Margaret and possessor of a 12-inch appendage, John Bindon. 

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James’ Tantric Night Out is a conventionally attractive new comedy show from the people behind Final Cut and BIG SHOP. 

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James’ Tantric Night Out is a conventionally attractive new comedy show from the people behind Final Cut and BIG SHOP. 

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon is the debut sketch show of Bristol Revunions alumni Matthew Wilson and Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist Rosa Richards. 

Bàrdachd Cogaidh – War Poetry

Bàrdachd Cogaidh – War Poetry

Bithibh còmhla rinn airson seisean sònraichte a’ toirt sealladh air bàrdachd cogaidh. 

Bàrdachd Cogaidh – War Poetry

Bàrdachd Cogaidh – War Poetry

Bithibh còmhla rinn airson seisean sònraichte a’ toirt sealladh air bàrdachd cogaidh. 

Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of the War of the Worlds

Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of the War of the Worlds

If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do. 

John Bell: A Few of My Favourite Things

John Bell: A Few of My Favourite Things

Spend a relaxed hour with Australian living legend John Bell, as he rummages through his swag of favourite things, fishing out poems, stories, backstage gossip: things he finds ins… 

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

Join John Bishop and Tony Pitts as they meet a special guest to chat about three words that mean something to them. 

John Thorn Dirt An Existential Songbook

John Thorn Dirt An Existential Songbook

World-renowned songsmith and pianist extraordinaire, John Thorn, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a sublime collection of new original songs exploring the meaning of life and t… 

More Than Tracy Turnblad

More Than Tracy Turnblad

In this cabaret exploring body standards in the entertainment industry, Abby Rose Morris details her experiences as a plus-size performer while dismantling the ever-present cultura… 

Poems, Prayers and Promises: The John Denver Story

Poems, Prayers and Promises: The John Denver Story

A celebration of the life and songs of one of the most influential performers and humanitarians of the 1970s. 

Will Nuclear War Affect House Prices?

Will Nuclear War Affect House Prices?

In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher. 

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

Following three culturally deeply unsettling, sell-out smash-hit runs, this bafflingly entertaining late-night comedy extravaganza returns to the Fringe for a fourth hammer blow. 

Rikki Morgan as Elton John

Rikki Morgan as Elton John

Elton John tribute Rikki Morgan takes you on a rollercoaster ride through four decades of Elton classics. 

When Judas Met John – Songs of Dylan and Lennon

When Judas Met John – Songs of Dylan and Lennon

Influenced by the meeting of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a unique interpretation of songs by both artists. 

Handbook of Civilian Defense (What Every Loyal American Can Do To Help The United States Win The War)

Handbook of Civilian Defense (What Every Loyal American Can Do To Help The United States Win The War)

A word-for-word theatrical adaptation (with original music) of the 1942 government handbook published to prepare families for uncertainty and violence, then and now. 

10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing

10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

John Lloyd: Do You Know Who I Am?

John Lloyd: Do You Know Who I Am?

Just one of the many questions the producer of QI, Blackadder, Spitting Image, The News Quiz, Not the Nine O’Clock News is hoping to answer over eleven harrowing teatimes. 

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

Step aside HG Wells, take a break Jeff Wayne, back to your trailer Tom Cruise, Lamphouse is tackling War of the Worlds and they’re doing it. 

Am I Alone? John K

Am I Alone? John K

Author/actor Stephanie Vlahos gives a performance that blurs author with character, thought with creation, fear with love as she embodies the character John K Mercury, an accidenta… 

John Robins: Work In Progress/Progress In Work

John Robins: Work In Progress/Progress In Work

A heady mixture of ropey material and competent crowd work from one of the greats. Extra show added: as part of Just the Tonic’s Hot Ticket Lucky Dip. Tuesday 23rd at 5.45pm. 

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that this world was being watched keenly by an intelligence greater than mans’ and yet as mortal as his own. 

John Aggasild: Welcome Back

John Aggasild: Welcome Back

A Romantic (Stand-Up) Comedy (Show). 

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny

John Hegley’s Biscuit of Destiny. 

The Greatest Hits of Lily and John

The Greatest Hits of Lily and John

Lily hasn’t heard from John in weeks. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

‘Watching audiences tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it’ (Daily Telegraph). 

A War of Two Halves

A War of Two Halves

The year is 1914. 

John Hastings: Do You Have Any Ointment My John Hastings

John Hastings: Do You Have Any Ointment My John Hastings

John Hastings has had to deal with the shit life has thrown at him since 2019… He got a divorce during Covid, his best friend got a terminal diagnosis, he got bed bugs, he nearly… 

John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But...

John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But...

There’s a world just like our own, but there isn’t a word for sand. 

King John

King John

Experience the best upcoming talent from the North of England as one cast stage two of Shakespeare’s least known plays… What comes to mind when you thi… 

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan & Lennon

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan & Lennon

Brothers Broke bring their popular and well-reviewed 2021 Edinburgh Fringe “in-person” show to debut at this years Brighton Fringe. 

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them. 

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them. 

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Join Geoff Robb, winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, for an evening of magical storytelling and virtuoso guitar that promises to transport you out into the forest. 

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, Geoff Robb is back with new stories inspired by trees. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

(In addition to this online show, John Callaghan will be performing LIVE at the Spiegeltent on 14th June 2021!) https://www. 

Tougher than the Train

Tougher than the Train

Clownberry Theatre enchants adults and children alike with Tougher than the Train - an experience that explores the idea of being tough versus playful through the usage of audience… 

Tougher than the Train

Tougher than the Train

What if you are too tough for your own good? In this show, we meet Sigurd the Viking and his Siberian pet frog. 

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by an intelligence greater than man’s and yet as morta… 

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by an intelligence greater than man’s and yet as morta… 

Ruby and the Vinyl by John Godber & Elizabeth Godber. Music by Ruby Mackintosh

Ruby and the Vinyl by John Godber & Elizabeth Godber. Music by Ruby Mackintosh

In Ruby’s Pop-Up record and vintage clothes shop magical things are happening, people are falling in love, finding themselves, sorting their lives and restyli… 

Ruby and the Vinyl by John Godber & Elizabeth Godber. Music by Ruby Mackintosh

Ruby and the Vinyl by John Godber & Elizabeth Godber. Music by Ruby Mackintosh

In Ruby’s Pop-Up record and vintage clothes shop magical things are happening, people are falling in love, finding themselves, sorting their lives and restyli… 

The Great War | Lovely Head

The Great War | Lovely Head

Momentum Theatre Productions is proud to present the Irish premiere of The Great War along with Lovely Head in a night of two dark comedies by Neil LaBute. 

Our War

Our War

Our War tells the compelling story of Ola, Tommy and Christian, as they travel from their native Nigeria to war-torn Britain during the height of World War II. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show). 

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show). 

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show). 

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)

Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show). 

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age. 

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age. 

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age. 

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour

John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age. 

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in “A Glimpse of Gingham” a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour and expressive dance. 

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in “A Glimpse of Gingham” a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour and expressive dance. 

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

For just three special shows, newly created for 2021, together again to celebrate the return of the Fringe. 

When Judas Met John

When Judas Met John

Influenced by the meeting of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a bluesy fusion of songs by both artists. 

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West. 

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West. 

John Hegley's Drawings of Dromedaries (And Other creatures)

John Hegley's Drawings of Dromedaries (And Other creatures)

Drawings of Dromedaries (and Other Creatures). 

KING JOHN: A Theatrical Film

KING JOHN: A Theatrical Film

King Richard the Lionheart is dead. 

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

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

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

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

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

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

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

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

Theatre-19 Presents: John

Theatre-19 Presents: John

Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol… 

King John: A Theatrical Film

King John: A Theatrical Film

King Richard the Lionheart is dead. 

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

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

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

John Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

John Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

Following two culturally deeply unsettling, sell-out smash-hit runs in 2018 and 2019, this mind-bogglingly awful (and disquietingly successful) idea for a comedy extravaganza retur… 

John & Jen

John & Jen

Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa’s John and Jen is a true masterpiece on what it means to be a family. 

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Throughout lockdown, many of us have enjoyed reconnecting with the natural world. 

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour, and expressive dance. 

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

A Glimpse of Gingham: A Tribute to John Denver

Time Out and Funny Women Awards nominee Celia Byrne in a joyful one-woman show that’s a unique blend of music, humour, and expressive dance. 

John Osborne: John Peel’s Shed

John Osborne: John Peel’s Shed

Another chance to see this exceptional, acclaimed storytelling hit. 

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

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

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

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

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

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

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

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

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

I Am More Than 2021

I Am More Than 2021

This project artistically explores the assumptions we make when we encounter a woman experiencing homelessness. 

I Am More Than 2021

I Am More Than 2021

This project artistically explores the assumptions we make when we encounter a woman experiencing homelessness. 

Des Kapital: Better Red Than Dead

Des Kapital: Better Red Than Dead

Join the pop star of the Proletariat, Des Kapital (winner of ‘Gulag’s Got Talent’, ‘The Ex-Soviet Republic Factor’ and ‘Strictly Commune Farming’) for a live, physica… 

Des Kapital: Better Red Than Dead

Des Kapital: Better Red Than Dead

Join the pop star of the Proletariat, Des Kapital (winner of ‘Gulag’s Got Talent’, ‘The Ex-Soviet Republic Factor’ and ‘Strictly Commune Farming’) for a live, physica… 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

Spiegeltent regular John Callaghan has performed his thoughtful and spiky electronica for record labels like Warp and as one half of comedy duo Eccentronic. 

John Pendal: Monster

John Pendal: Monster

A show about sex and sexuality that laughs in the face of shame and guilt. 

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

A showcase of musical performances from British Army Musicians presented by Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Connor Deacon and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Andee Birkett, two current serving members… 

Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics

Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics

Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa… 

Movement To Contact – Choreographing War

Movement To Contact – Choreographing War

Román Baca leads a choreographic workshop, turning experiences of military training, service, and war into choreography. 

King John

King John

King Richard the Lionheart is dead. 

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a bluesy fusion of songs by Bob Dylan and The Beatles. 

Bruce Davies – Poems, Prayers and Promises. The John Denver Story

Bruce Davies – Poems, Prayers and Promises. The John Denver Story

A celebration of the life and songs of one of the most influential performers and humanitarians of the 1970’s. Performed by ‘one of Scotland’s best singers’ (Tom Paxton). 

In Conversation With: Román Baca - Journey Through Dance and War

In Conversation With: Román Baca - Journey Through Dance and War

Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again. 

Army @ The Virtual Fringe: The War Photographer

Army @ The Virtual Fringe: The War Photographer

Join Rebecca Brown, the first female soldier to win Army Photographer of the Year 2019 for a conversation on her experiences. 

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet vs John Williams

In 2019, after four years of their hit Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband tackled their next legendary artist and sold-out every show. 

10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland). 

When Judas met John

When Judas met John

Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform selected songs by Bob Dylan and John Lennon, portraying their like-minded viewpoints and highlighting some of their influences. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

‘Watching audiences tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it’ (Daily Telegraph). 

Lea Salonga & John Barrowman - Greenwich Music Time

Lea Salonga & John Barrowman - Greenwich Music Time

Continuing the classic theme is Olivier and Tony Award-winner, Lea Salonga. 

Monday Favourites - John Owen Jones

Monday Favourites - John Owen Jones

Due to the phenomenal success of the first two seasons of Sunday Favourites at The Other Palace, Lambert Jackson are thrilled to present the star-filled line-up of their third seas… 

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today. 

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today. 

John Shuttleworth’s Back

John Shuttleworth’s Back

‘John Shuttleworth's Back’. 

John Shuttleworth’s Back

John Shuttleworth’s Back

‘John Shuttleworth's Back’. 

War Horse

War Horse

The National Theatre’s internationally-acclaimed smash-hit War Horse returns to London this autumn for a limited season at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, an exciting ne… 

Dr John Cooper Clarke: Luckiest Guy Alive Tour

Dr John Cooper Clarke: Luckiest Guy Alive Tour

Dr John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s. 

Baba's War

Baba's War

Love cake? Love Springsteen? Love immigrants? Don’t worry, Baba hates all those things too. 

The John Rowe Show

The John Rowe Show

Direct from Australia, John Rowe brings his sofa-based entertainment show to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

More Myself Than I Am

More Myself Than I Am

The Bronte sisters’ tragically short-lived lives are reimagined for the Fringe by Eleventh Hour Theatre. 

Soundhouse Presents: John Goldie and the High Plains

Soundhouse Presents: John Goldie and the High Plains

One of the best acoustic guitarists in the world right now, John Goldie, is joined by his brand-new backing band, the High Plains. 

Why AI is a bigger threat than Global Warming

Why AI is a bigger threat than Global Warming

Artificial Intelligence is not just coming, it is already here. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

The Poetry of God and War

The Poetry of God and War

From the Book of Exodus to the nuclear age, two subjects have regularly inspired poets: love and war. 

Ayman Jarjour in Concert with John Coutts

Ayman Jarjour in Concert with John Coutts

An evening of poetry and music given by John Coutts and Ayman Jarjour. 

Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John

Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John

The multi award-winning Welsh comedian is back with a brand-new live show. 

Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow

Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow

Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow. 

Hallowed Ground – Women Doctors in War

Hallowed Ground – Women Doctors in War

Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others. 

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Introducing Carol Ann Duffy to the stage with a trumpet call, indicating a rally of the troops, seems befitting for the hour with the world-renowned poet. 

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

Following a surprising (and culturally deeply unsettling) smash-hit, sell-out run at last year’s Fringe, this mind-bogglingly awful, disquietingly successful idea for a late-night … 

The Katet vs John Williams

The Katet vs John Williams

After four years of their sell-out Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband tackles their next legendary artist. 

Rhymes and Reasons: The John Denver Story

Rhymes and Reasons: The John Denver Story

A celebration of the life and songs of one of the most influential performers and humanitarians of the 1970s. Performed by ‘one of Scotland’s best singers’ (Tom Paxton). 

In Conversation with... John McDonnell

In Conversation with... John McDonnell

Shadow Chancellor since 2015 and MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, McDonnell has campaigned against the Iraq war and argued for curbs in bankers bonuses, decent pensions, fre… 

A War of Two Halves

A War of Two Halves

2018 Fringe sell-out. 

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

I, John Kearns, and I, Pat Cahill, join hands to present our messy, loving, self-flagellant off-Broadway show, 110%. 

Geoff Robb – The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb – The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award and since then he has been writing music inspired by trees. 

You're in a Bad Way by John Osborne

You're in a Bad Way by John Osborne

Writer, theatre-maker and creator of cult Edinburgh hit John Peel’s Shed, John Osborne has a new storytelling show about music and dementia. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman). 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

After performing at the Brighton and Ludlow Fringes this year, Majk Stokes returns to Edinburgh to bookend the Venue 40 programme. 

Better Than Dying Alone

Better Than Dying Alone

Ménage à trois. 

Elton John: Rocket Man Live!

Elton John: Rocket Man Live!

The brand-new tribute show from Liquid Lunch Productions, Elton John: Rocket Man Live! showcases the very best of the eclectic songbook of the legendary Elton John and Bernie Taupi… 

Colt Cabana and John Hastings Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches

Colt Cabana and John Hastings Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches

Colt Cabana Is a world-famous wrestler who has wrestled around the world from Dundee to Japan and back including a short, not so successful, run in the WWE as Scotty Goldman. 

John Kearns: Double Take and Fade Away

John Kearns: Double Take and Fade Away

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner presents his fourth show. 

Steve N Allen: Better Than

Steve N Allen: Better Than

In a time when you can’t do right for doing wrong, Steve N Allen (as seen on BBC Two’s The Mash Report) takes a look at how hard it is to be better. 

John Rattray and the Original Rules of Golf

John Rattray and the Original Rules of Golf

Celebrating the 275th anniversary of the original rules of golf, this exhibition will show John Rattray’s involvement in shaping the modern golf game and golfing artefacts, clubs… 

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

This. 

John Hastings: 10 John Hastings I Hate About You

John Hastings: 10 John Hastings I Hate About You

John Hastings is back at the Fringe and has moved out of his regular haunt, the Pleasance Courtyard, to a more homely Monkey Barrel. 

Laura Davis: Better Dead Than a Coward

Laura Davis: Better Dead Than a Coward

Dark, bold and razor sharp, Australian comedian Laura Davis is internationally critically acclaimed as one of the most unique comedic voices around. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012. 

Normaler Than Everyone

Normaler Than Everyone

It may be because of the stage productions and films which I saw growing up, but my innate and core expectation about musical theatre is that it tends to be on the big size, if not… 

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

If you saw a live news report of an alien invasion on a network you trusted, would you believe it? Rhum & Clay’s production of The War of the Worlds poses that exact question… 

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Meet Jonny: teacher, father and football fan. 

Bible John

Bible John

In the late 1960s three women were murdered by an Old Testament quoting serial killer by the name of Bible John. 

John Accardo: Method to the Magic

John Accardo: Method to the Magic

You want to know how the tricks work, but this show will reveal how a magician thinks! John Accardo may be one of America’s rising young talents, but he’s been performing for over … 

John-Luke Roberts: After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!

John-Luke Roberts: After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!

Hopefully, you know the kind of show you’re in for, with a deliciously meaningless title like this, and crafted surrealism is exactly what is in store. 

John Pendal: Monster

John Pendal: Monster

Known better for his kink-based comedy, John Pendal returns this year to the Fringe with a different angle to a similar style he employs, one that combines his witty sexual quips w… 

John Robins: Hot Shame

John Robins: Hot Shame

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, digital DJ, vibe-magnet, yells into a well. 

John Robertson’s ‘The Dark Room’

John Robertson’s ‘The Dark Room’

"Watching audiences attempt to tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it. 

John Pendal: Monster

John Pendal: Monster

“AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER…FRINGE BRILLIANCE” - ★★★★★ Broadway Baby Storyteller and stand-up comic John Pendal returns to the Great Yorkshire… 

John Pendal: Monster

John Pendal: Monster

“AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER…FRINGE BRILLIANCE” - ★★★★★ Broadway Baby Storyteller and stand-up comic John Pendal returns to the Museum of Comed… 

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett – The Nearly Free Tour

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett – The Nearly Free Tour

  This magnetic bond still holds after more than 40 years of attempted escapes and still loved for their total in-yer-face originality, the contrast between the dea… 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

“A renaissance man in a suitcase. 

Lee Miller's War: Witnessing Women

Lee Miller's War: Witnessing Women

Lee Miller witnessed with her camera events of WWII, the battles and the lives destroyed in the hope that this horror will not be forgotten. 

Divinely Bette: Bette-er Than Ever

Divinely Bette: Bette-er Than Ever

Divinely Bette is coming back with a brand new show! With a whole new set list of the classic Bette variety (including ‘From a Distance’, ‘Under The Boardwalk’, and more!) as well… 

Alice-India: WIP, or, War and Peace

Alice-India: WIP, or, War and Peace

Dropped on the wrong planet in 1994, Alice-India dissects the crisis that took over her life by letting it run riot in public. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

When Julie Met John

When Julie Met John

This new play from Brighton Arts Lab (the edge-dwellers that brought you The Brexorcist) takes the transcript of a public confrontation in Christchurch, streamed live on Facebook, … 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in a dark room. 

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb: The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award for his solo show. 

Julian Dutton in Do You Think That's Wise? The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier

Julian Dutton in Do You Think That's Wise? The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier

British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2018 In this affectionate tribute to one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton (BBC1&rsqu… 

Julian Dutton in Do You Think That's Wise? The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier

Julian Dutton in Do You Think That's Wise? The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier

British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2018 In this affectionate tribute to one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton (BBC1&rsqu… 

John Lodge

John Lodge

John Lodge, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues and recent inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is bringing his ’10,000 Light Years&rsq… 

John & Beatrice

John & Beatrice

A surreal tragicomedy about the difficulty of connection and the meaning of love. 

John Adams

John Adams

Singer/Songwriter John Adams draws influences from the likes of James Morrison, Sam Smith, David Gray and James Blunt. 

film maltings: Cold War

film maltings: Cold War

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismat… 

A Private War (15)

A Private War (15)

In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. 

John Hinton's Ensonglopedia Of Animals (5+yrs)

John Hinton's Ensonglopedia Of Animals (5+yrs)

Twenty-six animal songs, one for each letter of the alphabet. 

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

One of the most ground-breaking arena tours of all time, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of ‘The War of the Worlds’ - Alive on Stage is to make its return to the UK … 

John Wilson And The John Wilson Orchestra

John Wilson And The John Wilson Orchestra

John Wilson’s 70 piece superstar orchestra returns with their brand new show ‘At The Movies’. 

John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke

Britain’s best loved poet Dr John Cooper Clarke is heading to the London Palladium on Sat 24 November 2018. 

War Requiem - ENO

War Requiem - ENO

War Requiem is one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century. 

Stranger than Fiction: Shane Dunphy, Andrea Carter & Cormac O’Keefe with Jane Casey

Stranger than Fiction: Shane Dunphy, Andrea Carter & Cormac O’Keefe with Jane Casey

How much does real life influence fiction? Is the truth sometimes stranger? Four crime writers with close ties to the law and law makers, discuss how real life has influ… 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

Returning for a fifth year, Majk Stokes hosts two evenings of music, poetry, comedy and storytelling to round off Venue 40’s Fringe programme for 2018. 

Adele Is Younger Than Us

Adele Is Younger Than Us

We’ve all been there, the shattering realisation that you’re not Adele. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

John Grant

John Grant

Michigan-born, now Reykjavik-based, US singer-songwriter John Grant creates music that can be agonisingly sad, painfully funny – or often both, but never less than breathtaking … 

Edinburgh's Traditional Music: Allan Ramsay's Songs. John Morran (Vocals, Cittern), Frank McLaughlin (Pipes, Guitar), Fred Freeman (Commentary)

Edinburgh's Traditional Music: Allan Ramsay's Songs. John Morran (Vocals, Cittern), Frank McLaughlin (Pipes, Guitar), Fred Freeman (Commentary)

Featuring musicians from the internationally acclaimed Complete Songs of Robert Burns (Linn Records). ‘Great voices, great songs… Who could ask for more?’ (fRoots). 

Cezary Goes to War

Cezary Goes to War

The Regional Medical Draft Board has strict guidelines for the classification of recruits and their suitability for deployment. 

John Lenahan: Up Close

John Lenahan: Up Close

An evening of intimate magic (and comedy) with a master, in a late-night venue, restricted to a small audience – book early to avoid disappointment! John Lenahan has performed ar… 

Camilla Cleese and Steve Hofstetter: Produced by John Cleese

Camilla Cleese and Steve Hofstetter: Produced by John Cleese

A stand-up comedy show featuring two outstanding comedians; one has over 100 million YouTube views, the other has a famous dad. 

Falkland – The War the World Forgot

Falkland – The War the World Forgot

Two unlikely friends find a camaraderie against a backdrop of bitter conflict, questionable politics and moral debate waged overseas. 

When Judas Met John

When Judas Met John

Influenced by the meeting of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a bluesy fusion of songs by both artists. 

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations

As a reviewer I'm fortunate enough to get free tickets to many shows. 

NEHH Presents... Start to End – Solid Air by John Martyn

NEHH Presents... Start to End – Solid Air by John Martyn

Start to End return with a live band interpretation of John Martyn’s classic fourth solo studio album Solid Air, following a sold-out appearance at Celtic Connections 2018. 

King John

King John

Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John. 

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Old friends John Kearns and Pat Cahill have gathered together 110% of their very best talking points, bloopers, songs and fighting talks to discuss at the Blundabus. 

The War of Jenkins' Ear

The War of Jenkins' Ear

Toby Jenkins hates boarding school. 

John Hegley: New and Selected

John Hegley: New and Selected

He came to our home with my Grandmother. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman). 

John Hegley: Morning Wordship

John Hegley: Morning Wordship

Join the morning chorus of clappy, clippy, cloppy, floppy, flappy sing-song and poem pong. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

Closer Than Ever

Closer Than Ever

Discover the span of universal highs and lows faced by us all through the experiences that life throws at us – love, heartache, fear, growing up and growing old.  

Fred MacAulay and John Moloney

Fred MacAulay and John Moloney

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 … 

John Lynn: Addiction Diction

John Lynn: Addiction Diction

John Lynn is not a drug fiend. 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

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

John Montgomery String Band

John Montgomery String Band

This is the five-piece band’s second consecutive appearance at the Fringe. 

Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher

Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher

Kevin Precious is a former religious studies teacher. 

John Robertson: Sweaty, Sexy Party Party

John Robertson: Sweaty, Sexy Party Party

Suited and booted Australian improv god unleashes pure comedy chaos in a basement with a live blues band. 

John and Claire Lenahan – Loud & Louder

John and Claire Lenahan – Loud & Louder

Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure. 

Justin Matson: Fatter Than You Think

Justin Matson: Fatter Than You Think

Adorably awkward with a twist of gay, Los Angeles-based comedian Justin Matson has been kicked off of three rollercoasters for being too fat. 

Do You Think That's Wise? – The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier

Do You Think That's Wise? – The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier

In an affectionate tribute, leading impressionist Julian Dutton of BBC One’s The Big Impression brings to life one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in The Dark Room! You (the audience) must choose an option – will you A) Find the light switch? B) Cry for help? C) Go north? Come and play a live-acti… 

Willis & Vere: A Serious Play About World War II

Willis & Vere: A Serious Play About World War II

Winner: VAULT Festival Comedy Award. 

A War of Two Halves

A War of Two Halves

There is only one football champion in Scotland, and its colours are maroon and khaki. 

John Partridge: Stripped

John Partridge: Stripped

Stripped is a new beginning. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

John Kearns: Don't Worry They're Here

John Kearns: Don't Worry They're Here

The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for an encore of his 2017 critically acclaimed hit. 

John Pendal: We Are Family

John Pendal: We Are Family

Storyteller and stand-up comedian John Pendal explores his family tree and discovers mutinies in the 1800s, arson in the 1900s and autism in the 2000s. 

John Hastings: Float Like a Butterfly, John Hastings Like a Bee

John Hastings: Float Like a Butterfly, John Hastings Like a Bee

Last year, John Hastings was hit by a car and broke his arm. 

John-Luke Roberts: All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some Comedy!

John-Luke Roberts: All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some Comedy!

John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

War With the Newts

War With the Newts

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 … 

John Pendal: We Are Family

John Pendal: We Are Family

Popular comic John Pendal returns to Great Yorkshire Fringe for a third consecutive year. 

John Porter - Can't Help Falling (In Love)

John Porter - Can't Help Falling (In Love)

‘Write what you know!’ they say. 

John Pendal: We Are Family

John Pendal: We Are Family

“AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER…FRINGE BRILLIANCE” ★★★★★ - Broadway Baby John Pendal is proud to announce his third full-length solo show: “… 

John and Claire Lenahan: Loud & Louder (Edinburgh Preview)

John and Claire Lenahan: Loud & Louder (Edinburgh Preview)

Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure. 

Livin' Larger Than Life

Livin' Larger Than Life

The SLJO are back with an all-new set featuring tunes from the golden era of Big Band and other jazz classics. 

John Osborne: John Peel's Shed and Other Stories

John Osborne: John Peel's Shed and Other Stories

Writer and storyteller John Osborne is back with a trio of shows across the final weekend of the Fringe. 

Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher (Work in Progress)

Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher (Work in Progress)

Kevin Precious is a former Religious Studies teacher. 

Falkland: The War the World Forgot

Falkland: The War the World Forgot

Falkland opens with a projected collage of imagery from the time of the Falkands war – punk rock, Brezhnev, Pacman, the Brixton riots, the wedding of Charles and Diana. 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

A renaissance man in a suitcase. 

A Serious Play About World War II

A Serious Play About World War II

Winner Vault Festival Comedy Award 2017 Winner of the IYAF: Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy Award in 2017 After the success of their five-star, award-winning farce ‘The Starship Os… 

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

There have been many adaptations of the book War Of The Worlds by H. 

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

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

By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way. 

Geoff Robb - Original Spanish & Celtic Guitar + Vocal Explosion

Geoff Robb - Original Spanish & Celtic Guitar + Vocal Explosion

Geoff Robb is a guitarist and composer whose music blends his classical training with his love of Spanish and Celtic music. 

James Cary: James and John

James Cary: James and John

John 3:16 is the verse to end all verses apparently. 

John Pendal: Family

John Pendal: Family

John Pendal returns with a preview of his new solo stand-up comedy show ‘Family’. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d… 

John Osborne: Circled in the Radio Times

John Osborne: Circled in the Radio Times

A new storytelling show about finding a pile of old copies of the Radio Times and piecing together someone’s life by the programmes they had circled. 

The War Of The Worlds

The War Of The Worlds

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s…” …And few… 

John Barrowman with Seth Rudetsky as pianist & host

John Barrowman with Seth Rudetsky as pianist & host

Mark Cortale Presents Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre:JOHN BARROWMAN MBEwith SETH RUDETSKY as pianist & host. 

Ingo's War

Ingo's War

Ingo was a very nervous dog. 

More Heat Than Light

More Heat Than Light

In a well-paced, one-hour monologue, eighteen-year-old Alex talks about the generations of family who have had a significant impact upon his life. 

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: THE ELEMENT IN THE ROOM

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: THE ELEMENT IN THE ROOM

The incredible life story of Marie Curie, arguably the most important woman in science, who discovered two chemical elements, won two Nobel Prizes, and made breakthroughs that have… 

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: ALBERT EINSTEIN: RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: ALBERT EINSTEIN: RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING

Join Albert, the genius behind the übercoolest moustache in science, for a lecture like no other. 

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: ORIGIN OF SPECIES...

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: ORIGIN OF SPECIES...

In this international smash-hit musical comedy, Charles Darwin tells the remarkable story of how he came up with the idea that shook the world, and why it took him 20 years to publ… 

John Hastings - Audacity

John Hastings - Audacity

BBC Three’s John Hastings, the funniest white comedian from Canada, was briefly vegan and is currently in love. 

John Kauffmann, Art Photographer: A Retrospective

John Kauffmann, Art Photographer: A Retrospective

South Australian-born John Kauffmann (1864-1942) discovered photography as art while living in Europe in the 1890s. 

Livvy & Pete: The Songs Of Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen

Livvy & Pete: The Songs Of Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen

Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths and acclaimed cabaret darling Amelia Ryan celebrate the songbooks of Aussie icons Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen for one night only. 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - a tribute to the songs of Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - a tribute to the songs of Elton John

The Flaming Sambucas (extended band), with Terry Nicholas at the White Grand Piano, bring to life the timeless songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. 

It's Only Life - A New Musical Revue featuring John Bucchino

It's Only Life - A New Musical Revue featuring John Bucchino

Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S. 

Justin Matson: Fatter Than You Think

Justin Matson: Fatter Than You Think

Many stand-up comedians like to be super punchy in their comedy. 

John Bishop

John Bishop

Comedy superstar John Bishop is extending his sell out UK tour and coming to the London Palladium in Feb 2018 with his brand new live show, Winging It. 

Hot Lips and Cold War

Hot Lips and Cold War

An Exciting New Musical Play by Lizzie Freeborn HOT LIPS AND COLD WAR is a brand new sophisticated musical play set in the White House during the 1960s – a time of the Cold War,… 

John

John

UK theatregoers may be playing catch-up when it comes to playwright Annie Baker. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

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

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

To tie in with the release of his new CD, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new selection of silly songs and poems, along with a few old favourites, on topics includi… 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

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

Stranger Than Truth

Stranger Than Truth

Lost in the Po Strewth wilderness, our band of heroes attempt to claim the Firestone and rescue the Elves from prejudice, shampoo tax and travel bans. 

Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip.

Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip.

Introduced by Jacquie Storey – who once successfully auditioned for the group that later became Hot Gossip (and turned them down) – we first see a short video from The Kenny Ev… 

John Prescott: In Conversation

John Prescott: In Conversation

John Prescott, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after his sell-out performance last year. 

Philomusica of Edinburgh With John Sampson

Philomusica of Edinburgh With John Sampson

John Sampson (trumpet and recorder) joins the orchestra for performances of Vivaldi’s recorder concerto in C minor and Handel’s trumpet suite in D. 

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden: Just the Two at Six

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden: Just the Two at Six

In terms of comic legends, and certainly in terms of comic writing, the name of Barry Cryer is right up there. 

John Porter – Five Years' Time

John Porter – Five Years' Time

We’ve all had the question. 

John Hegley: Peace, Love and Potatoes

John Hegley: Peace, Love and Potatoes

The title of Hegley’s show refers to his latest book, Peace, Love and Potatoes, a perfect example of the juxtaposition between the common and the conceptual found throughout his … 

John Bishop: Winging It (Warm Up)

John Bishop: Winging It (Warm Up)

Comedy superstar John Bishop is returning to Fringe with a brand new work in progress show Winging It. 

John Shuttleworth: My Last Will and Tasty Mint

John Shuttleworth: My Last Will and Tasty Mint

‘Punch the air to character comedy. 

In Conversation With… John McDonnell

In Conversation With… John McDonnell

Shadow Chancellor since 2015 and MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, McDonnell has campaigned against the Iraq war, and argued for curbs in bankers’ bonuses, decent pensions,… 

In Conversation With… Rab Noakes

In Conversation With… Rab Noakes

The In Conversation series at New Town Theatre in George Street is an hour of chat with a celebrity guest each day. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

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

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

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

Golf Course War Machine

Golf Course War Machine

NATO Summit, 2014, Newport, Wales: Pippa is dazed, hungover and staging her own personal protest on the Coldra roundabout. 

Miss Julie, Clarissa and John

Miss Julie, Clarissa and John

Inspired by August Strindberg’s groundbreaking 1888 naturalistic drama, Miss Julie, the action is relocated to a Reconstruction Era Virginia plantation. 

War Dialogues

War Dialogues

Does the placement, presence, and input of artists need to be re-negotiated and re-imagined in the context of contemporary crises? Artist David Cotterrell is joined by a panel of l… 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

John Hunt Sings Swing. Campbell Normand Piano, Ed Kelly Double Bass

John Hunt Sings Swing. Campbell Normand Piano, Ed Kelly Double Bass

There’s only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand on piano and Ed Kelly on double bass. 

John Montgomery String Band

John Montgomery String Band

The band feature multi-stringed instrumentalists playing original music and songs in the folk/country rock genre. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie. 

Circled in the Radio Times by John Osborne

Circled in the Radio Times by John Osborne

TV has a special place in our hearts, for comforting us on a very personal level, and for giving us the communal experience of watching and talking about it. 

(My Father) John Gabriel Borkman

(My Father) John Gabriel Borkman

Most bankers walked free after the bubble burst – but not John Gabriel Borkman. 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

theSpace at Symposium Hall is an ideal setting for music appreciation. 

War of the Sperms

War of the Sperms

For a play about personified jizz, War of the Sperms is surprisingly unsexy. 

Comedy World War 5

Comedy World War 5

The hit-show in its fifth year! Four international top comedians per night, one against one, no allies. 

John Kearns: Don't Worry They're Here

John Kearns: Don't Worry They're Here

The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for the first time. 

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy teams up with incredibly talented musician John Sampson to bring a unique blend of reading with live music. 

The James Taylor Story

The James Taylor Story

The James Taylor Story is one of a series of shows at the Fringe under the Night Owl Shows, the company created by Dan Clews. 

The Joni Mitchell Story

The Joni Mitchell Story

The Symposium Hall is an ideal venue for an acoustic music show with great views from the whole of the theatre. 

War Pig

War Pig

French theatre group Le Festin de Saturne deliver a wild and engaging clown show, War Pig, following the adventures of young Private Juan and Captain Fidel Castra off to war. 

Frigid: A Musical Worth Melting For

Frigid: A Musical Worth Melting For

Napier University Drama Society returns to the musical stage after selling out last year. 

Atlantic: America and the Great War

Atlantic: America and the Great War

There is beautiful music at the heart of Atlantic: America & The Great War. 

Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour

Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour

To say Nicholas Parsons is a legend, and this being his sixteenth season at the Fringe I imagine he must see this like his own version of an annual end of the pier summer show wher… 

(My Father) John Gabriel Borkman

(My Father) John Gabriel Borkman

Most bankers walked free after the bubble burst – but not John Gabriel Borkman. 

John Scott Delusions

John Scott Delusions

John Scott Delusions. 

War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast

War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast

Seven actors perform 40 roles in this radio show adaptation of HG Wells’s classic sci-fi thriller about a Martian invasion of Earth. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

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

More Equal Than Others

More Equal Than Others

Is this Romanian guy supposed to be the future of stand-up comedy? Bold, brash and a total smartass, Victor Pãtrãscan wings it in this one-man show and tries to get away with it. 

Women at War

Women at War

Women at War is an interesting piece which explores the gendered dimensions of warfare through a monologue by a female American soldier serving in Afghanistan. 

Tom Toal in Better Than Before

Tom Toal in Better Than Before

Fresh from supporting Rob Brydon on tour, TT returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show. 

It’s Better to Lie Than to Tell the Truth and End Up Alone in a Ditch Crying

It’s Better to Lie Than to Tell the Truth and End Up Alone in a Ditch Crying

We lie to our friends, family, lovers and bosses because it’s easier than telling the truth – we have no idea what we’re doing, and we might have genital warts. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

There are many different kinds of video games: roleplaying, shoot-em-up, strategy, the list is endless. 

Looking for John

Looking for John

Looking for John. 

Anything Can Be a Podcast Returns Again for the Third Time! With John Hastings

Anything Can Be a Podcast Returns Again for the Third Time! With John Hastings

Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast! John Hastings improvises an hour of comedy based on suggestions from the Fringe’s top comedians, his teenage blog, and his friend Paul Stanley H… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam… 

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris… 

John Robertson: Dominant

John Robertson: Dominant

More unstructured stand-up from the Cardinal of Chaos, the Ayatollah of Abuse, the Duke of Puke, John Robertson. 

Ingo's War

Ingo's War

The heart-warming tale of Ingo the dog and his journey of bravery, hope and finding courage where you thought you had none. 

Adele Is Younger Than Us

Adele Is Younger Than Us

Adele is Younger Than Us is a hilarious, down to earth comedy about the everyday struggles that ‘normal’ girls face. 

John Robins: The Darkness of Robins

John Robins: The Darkness of Robins

Having developed a strong reputation at the Fringe in previous years, John Robins remains a safe bet for sarcastic, pithy self-loathing, although he seems to have a lost a little o… 

Jonny Pelham: Just Shout Louder

Jonny Pelham: Just Shout Louder

As seen on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central and Live from the BBC. 

Britney in: John

Britney in: John

In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission. 

John Hastings: Audacity

John Hastings: Audacity

John Hastings is back at the Fringe and this time he’s in love - for real. 

John Lynn: Woke Up

John Lynn: Woke Up

John Lynn was on top of the world. 

John Pendal: How to Escape from Stuff

John Pendal: How to Escape from Stuff

John’s beautifully candid 2016 show, International Man of Leather, won the hearts of audiences and critics alike and went on to tour the world. 

John Pendal - How To Escape From Stuff

John Pendal - How To Escape From Stuff

Before John became a comedian he spent ten years as an amateur escape artist. 

Yank! A World War II Love Story

Yank! A World War II Love Story

“Some stories didn’t make it into the history books” In 1943, young Mid-Westerner Stu serves in the army as a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal ‘f… 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes pushing the set to another level. 

Ingo's War

Ingo's War

This cosy story follows the adventures of Ingo, a dog on a mission to make his owners proud. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

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

Louder: Apples and Snakes and NWS presents...

Louder: Apples and Snakes and NWS presents...

Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature. 

Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band

Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band

Jazz and Poetry Layer Cake A delicious serving of modern original Jazz and poetry created by the award-winning author John Harvey (author of the bestselling Charlie Resnick series… 

John Hastings: Works!

John Hastings: Works!

John Hastings is a fence-sitting former drag queen. 

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

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

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

John Pendal: How To Escape From Stuff

John Pendal: How To Escape From Stuff

Before John became a comedian he spent ten years as an amateur escape artist. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

John Prine

John Prine

Two time Grammy-award winner, John Prine, is a singer songwriter who, from his eponymously titled first LP release in 1971, has continued to write and perform songs that have becom… 

Nuclear War

Nuclear War

Nuclear War is Simon Stephens’ experimental foray into contemporary movement and dance. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer

A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer

When the voice of Bryony Kimmings - writer and director of this piece and “performance artist by trade” - asks at the start “how could you make a show about illness and death wit… 

John Prescott: In Conversation

John Prescott: In Conversation

Lord John Prescott discusses his career in the public eye. 

King John

King John

Performed by a company of young actors, this is a credible adaptation of Shakespeare’s rarely performed King John that revels in the high stakes of its historical narrative. 

Three Nights With John

Three Nights With John

In six years of bible storytelling, Yorick has built a reputation for delivering John’s Gospel with a gripping performance storytelling style that is authentic and accessible. 

Bach: St John Passion

Bach: St John Passion

Coro Edina return to the Fringe following previous years’ acclaimed performances of Brahms and Mozart Requiems and Handel’s Messiah. 

John Muir: Rhapsody in Green

John Muir: Rhapsody in Green

Directed by Patrick Sandford. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

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

A Case of You: The Music of Joni Mitchell

A Case of You: The Music of Joni Mitchell

Breezing in as part of the Made In Adelaide initiative after a sold out run there, I had high expectations of this presentation. 

John Knox

John Knox

If you want to see a show that constructs John Knox as a talking point for oversimplified political views, may I suggest Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off? It’s not on… 

Techies: The Musical

Techies: The Musical

The descriptor for this Fringe production should appeal to anyone involved in theatre. 

Elvis, John and Me

Elvis, John and Me

The best undiscovered songwriter of his generation? Born to celebrity parents when Elvis topped the charts, immediately given away to strangers. 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

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

John Hunt Sings Swing with Campbell Normand's Trio

John Hunt Sings Swing with Campbell Normand's Trio

Only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand’s outstanding Trio. 

At War With Love

At War With Love

Ambitious in its intentions, At War With Love uses a selection of thirty-two of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to form a narrative set against the backdrop of the First World War. 

The Blue Box: Memories of the Children of War

The Blue Box: Memories of the Children of War

A twelve-year-old girl writes a poem. 

John Otway

John Otway

Basking in the success of his movie, the two-hit wonder returns to Edinburgh. 

John Porter – Lunatic (of the) Fringe

John Porter – Lunatic (of the) Fringe

John Porter always wanted an interesting life. 

Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats With a Piano

Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats With a Piano

From street musician to concert artist and back again, the man who was Marvin Hanglider is celebrating his 60th birthday by becoming a fundraiser for Children in Need. 

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

The much-loved and highly respected UK Poet Laureate and her accomplished and entertaining musical collaborator return following sell-out shows in 2015. 

John-Luke Roberts Builds a Monster

John-Luke Roberts Builds a Monster

A thoughtful idiot builds a monstrous show for your entertainment. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

The Jazz Bar is packed for this one, and no wonder: this is music you can’t help but tap your feet to. 

I Ran With the Gang: The Story of Alan Longmuir, the Original Bay City Roller

I Ran With the Gang: The Story of Alan Longmuir, the Original Bay City Roller

Now in its third year at the Fringe, I Ran With The Gang written by Liam Rudden for his company LR Stageworks returns this year to the cosy yet lavish surroundings of Le Monde in u… 

Victoria Jeffrey: Dancing With Jack

Victoria Jeffrey: Dancing With Jack

Previously known for her well received part as a Totally Naff Tart, this is Victoria Jeffrey solo and talking about life. 

Are We Stronger Than Winston?

Are We Stronger Than Winston?

The British might be renowned for talking and complaining about the weather, but if you come from Fiji there are more heightened concerns than just cold rainy days. 

Frank Sanazi's Das Vegas Four: Zis Time It's War

Frank Sanazi's Das Vegas Four: Zis Time It's War

After another successful European tour, Frank Sanazi’s comedy-cabaret war machine rolls into Edinburgh, accompanied by his psychopathic daughter Nancy Sanazi, Saddami Davis Jnr, De… 

A Fête Worse Than Death

A Fête Worse Than Death

Welcome to the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, nestled in the South Wales Valleys. 

Sinatra and Me

Sinatra and Me

There are certain shows at the Fringe that build a reputation even during a short run and this one easily falls into that category. 

Music to Watch Girls By

Music to Watch Girls By

Pete Sinclair returns with a brand new show titled after an Andy Williams hit. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

“You awaken to find yourself in a dark room”, it’s a phrase shouted many times during The Dark Room. 

Jen Carnovale Wronger Than You

Jen Carnovale Wronger Than You

Jen has had a year of ups or downs: she was locked in a shop, reprimanded at 35,000 feet and thought having a life plan of trying all the biscuits was OK. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b… 

John Pendal: International Man of Leather

John Pendal: International Man of Leather

If you think you have seen and done it all, try John Pendal on for size. 

How is Uncle John?

How is Uncle John?

How Is Uncle John? is a story about the relationship of mother and daughter: of protector and protected, and of victim and survivor. 

Marny Godden: Where's John's Porridge Bowl?

Marny Godden: Where's John's Porridge Bowl?

Something’s happened to John’s porridge bowl and Marny Godden has crafted an hour of surreal, very physical comedy to find out exactly what. 

The Raunch

The Raunch

As Underbelly at George Square grows arms and legs, an expansion into the Meadows was inevitable. 

John Robertson: Arena Spectacular!

John Robertson: Arena Spectacular!

John Robertson claims that comedy is a sick industry (and he should know). 

John Gordillo: Love Capitalism

John Gordillo: Love Capitalism

Despite the commanding tone of his show’s title, John Gordillo doesn’t actually come across as a fan of Capitalism as an economic and social system. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

John Scott Smashes It to F*ck

John Scott Smashes It to F*ck

A stand-up comedy show in which John promises to rip up the room for the full hour, or you can leave throughout. 

Susie McCabe: There is More to Life Than Happiness

Susie McCabe: There is More to Life Than Happiness

Susie McCabe’s worst fears are coming true: she’s slowly turning into her parents. 

Danny Deegan is Taller Than Jesus, More Visible Than God

Danny Deegan is Taller Than Jesus, More Visible Than God

Join Danny as he goes through a year that has seen him dumped by his girlfriend on the set of a BBC drama, nearly get beaten up by his dad, discover internet dating, have a health … 

Nick Elleray: More Memories Than Future

Nick Elleray: More Memories Than Future

If you like your comedy dry and your comedians sly and your jokes wry, then this is for you. 

Adele is Younger Than Us

Adele is Younger Than Us

We’ve all been there – the shattering realisation that you are not Adele. 

Grant Stott's Tales from Behind the Mic

Grant Stott's Tales from Behind the Mic

Grant Stott is well known around the Edinburgh area. 

The Animotion Show: Peace - War

The Animotion Show: Peace - War

Returning in a new theatrical format that builds on 2015’s outdoor extravaganza, The AniMotion Show premieres Peace and War. 

Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout the Words Real Loud

Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout the Words Real Loud

Nish Kumar has provided a wily hour of satire as some people could sit for the entire show and not realise it’s really a show about politics. 

John Hastings: Integrity

John Hastings: Integrity

Unbelievably clever, deftly executed and outrageously funny, John Hasting returns once again to the Fringe with his new show Integrity. 

John Pendal - International Man of Leather

John Pendal - International Man of Leather

This ground-breaking stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual ‘Inter… 

John Hastings: Work in Progress

John Hastings: Work in Progress

John Hastings, your great friend, is back to work on new jokes about his moral compass and probably masturbation. 

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

Quirky, wistful, witty, jubilant songs; dynamic performance; unique arrangements; ingenious costumes. 

John Robertson's The Dark Room

John Robertson's The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in a Dark Room! Choose an option: A) Find The Light Switch. 

John Pendal: International Man of Leather

John Pendal: International Man of Leather

This solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual ‘International … 

Mat Ewins & John Kearns

Mat Ewins & John Kearns

Edinburgh Comedy award-winner (2013/14) John Kearns delivers non-sequiturs, surreal digressions and bizarre lunacy alongside stand-up, sketch, and character comedian Mat Ewins. 

More Memories Than Future

More Memories Than Future

If you like your comedy dry and your comedians sly and your jokes wry, then this is for you. 

A Fête Worse Than Death

A Fête Worse Than Death

A one-woman character comedy show set in the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, Wales. 

A Fete Worse Than Death

A Fete Worse Than Death

A one-woman character comedy show set in the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, Wales. 

John Pendal - International Man of Leather

John Pendal - International Man of Leather

This ground-breaking debut solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th an… 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si… 

The War Of The Worlds

The War Of The Worlds

Those of a certain age (likely to be over 40) who took Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds double LP record to their hearts - and those who found it on one of its many re-releases… 

Valda Setterfield and John Scott

Valda Setterfield and John Scott

Valda Setterfield has been a groundbreaker and a muse for more than half a century, notably as an early member of Merce Cunningham’s company. 

War Horse

War Horse

Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, the National Theatre's internationally-acclaimed production of War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical experience. 

Nick Kroll & John Mulaney

Nick Kroll & John Mulaney

Only a few weeks before their sold-out Off Broadway run of “Oh, Hello” begins, Mr. 

John Luther Adams

John Luther Adams

The composer John Luther Adams’s shimmering sonic landscapes are inspired by nature, including the beautiful panoramas of Alaska, where he lived for decades before moving to … 

Time at the Bar!

Time at the Bar!

Beardman production Time At The Bar was written and directed by Kieran Mellish and follows the story of The Duck’s Beak pub, whose future is uncertain. 

The War On Drugs Is Harmful

The War On Drugs Is Harmful

President Nixon declared war on public enemy number one in 1971. 

The Marvellous Mechanical Mesmerist

The Marvellous Mechanical Mesmerist

The title looked like something from a Victorian sideshow. 

What If...............? Legacy of War

What If...............? Legacy of War

What if you lost everything? What if you couldn’t go home? What if you forgot what home meant anymore? What if you lost your friends? What if you had no one? In alliance with Gil… 

Brothers and Sisters in Arms – Songs of War and of Peace

Brothers and Sisters in Arms – Songs of War and of Peace

Sell-out 2010-2014. 

Come Together, Barb Jungr and John McDaniel Perform The Beatles

Come Together, Barb Jungr and John McDaniel Perform The Beatles

In this exciting collaboration, award-winning vocalist and performer, Jungr, and Grammy and Emmy Award winner McDaniel investigate The Beatles; celebrating Paul, John, George and R… 

Darkness Falls – John's Gospel

Darkness Falls – John's Gospel

The Gospel of John is the most interesting of all the New Testament gospels. 

John Godber's Happy Jack

John Godber's Happy Jack

Drama from the pen of one of the nation’s best loved playwrights. 

Lydia Trueblood: The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast

Lydia Trueblood: The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast

Traveling Showcase from California bring their musical cabaret to the Fringe for the first time as Lydia Trueblood The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast takes centre stage at the t… 

war war brand war

war war brand war

Brand New and Pembroke Players’ joint production of Thom May’s war war brand war is wonderfully witty and compelling. 

Songs of Love and War

Songs of Love and War

Songs of Love and War will touch on poetry and stories from wars in Iraq, Vietnam, Korea, Sri Lanka and the Boer War as well as WWI and WWII, interspersed with love songs from the … 

John Rae’s The Troubles Featuring Brian Kellock

John Rae’s The Troubles Featuring Brian Kellock

The Troubles play 21st-century jazz and are New Zealand’s leading contemporary jazz group. 

Orkestra Del Sol – Larger Than Life

Orkestra Del Sol – Larger Than Life

Globally inspired, but distilled in Scotland. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

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

John Bercow

John Bercow

The Rt Hon John Bercow is one of the best known modern British parliamentarians, gaining great praise for his role as the Speaker of the House of Commons. 

The Wedding Reception

The Wedding Reception

The Wedding Reception is billed as an immersive comedy. 

The Pity of War

The Pity of War

David Corkhill conducts the Edinburgh Festival Ensemble and singers Stuart Murray Mitchell and Hugh Hillyard-Parker in his adaptation of a song cycle of the Wilfred Owen war poems … 

Cheaper Than Therapy

Cheaper Than Therapy

Every comedian seeks and thrives on the laughter of their audience, but that’s not what’s most important to them. 

Closer than Ever

Closer than Ever

Closer Than Ever is a revue musical wherein each song takes us to a different scenario within the complex theme of love and relationships. 

John Pilger: Power and Propaganda (Q&A)

John Pilger: Power and Propaganda (Q&A)

Journalist, film-maker and author, John Pilger is one of only two to win British journalism’s highest award twice. 

John-Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up

John-Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up

An idiotic comedy show about having and then not having a father, and how stupid you need to make yourself look to get away with speaking ill of the dead. 

John Osborne - Most people aren't that happy, anyway

John Osborne - Most people aren't that happy, anyway

Radio 4 poet and author John Osbourne presents his first poetry set at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie. 

John Lennon: In His Own Write

John Lennon: In His Own Write

John Lennon was not only a Beatle, but also a skilled short fiction writer, poet and doodler. 

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

In a typically idiosyncratic twist Carol-Ann Duffy is collaborating with her ‘favourite’ court musician John Sampson for a reading of work from across her gargantuan oeuvre. 

It's a Woman's War

It's a Woman's War

This show invites us to take a look at life in wartime Britain. 

Cheaper Than Therapy

Cheaper Than Therapy

Every comedian seeks and thrives on the laughter of their audience, but that’s not what’s most important to them. 

More C*nt Than Cant: The Scandalous Life and Fast Times of Lord Byron

More C*nt Than Cant: The Scandalous Life and Fast Times of Lord Byron

Lord Byron: hellraiser, fashionista, sexual predator, poet, punk. 

Peter Brush: Older Than the Oldest Dog That Ever Lived

Peter Brush: Older Than the Oldest Dog That Ever Lived

Low energy comedian Peter Brush brings his awkward persona to rest upon matters of death and religion with a surprisingly lighthearted tone. 

Matthew Crosby: Smaller Than Life

Matthew Crosby: Smaller Than Life

Matthew Crosby (one of Pappy’s, co-star/co-writer of BBC Three’s Badults) returns to Edinburgh with another lovely little show. 

John McKeever: Multifarious

John McKeever: Multifarious

On top of talent and comic-timing, McKeever has charm by the bucket-load. 

John Scott Presents Dissent

John Scott Presents Dissent

Dissent: noun, def. 

Much Further Out Than You Thought

Much Further Out Than You Thought

Lance Corporal James Randall is sitting in a living room strewn with desert sand and an abandoned maroon beret by the television. 

John Robertson – The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head

John Robertson – The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head

John Robertson’s send up of classic text based video games succeeds in being an hilarious evening of retro fun. 

John Lloyd: Emperor of the Prawns

John Lloyd: Emperor of the Prawns

John Lloyd: Emperor of the Prawns is billed as an hour of comedy, but turns out to be so much more. 

Orry Gibbens and Red Richardson Better Than Crap

Orry Gibbens and Red Richardson Better Than Crap

The stars of Don’t Drop the Egg and Charity Case split an hour of stand-up comedy. 

Willie and Sebastian

Willie and Sebastian

Expectations were high in a crowded Dining Room at the old Gilded Balloon, with a profusion of Scottish media lending support or checking out the latest and most challenging new wo… 

John Hastings: Marked from the Start

John Hastings: Marked from the Start

John is a premature born, twitchy, nervous yet confident, agnostic, coddled, only grandson in his family. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b… 

Oh Gumtree

Oh Gumtree

Oh What A Lovely War (musical), Oh Calcutta (nude theatre) – but what is Oh Gumtree? The title says nothing of the play behind the poster really but deserves further investigatio… 

zazU: A Fête Worse Than Death

zazU: A Fête Worse Than Death

zazU, a town (or possibly country) with fairly odd inhabitants, is gearing up to hold its fête. 

John Robertson: Let’s Redecorate!

John Robertson: Let’s Redecorate!

Australian comedian John Robertson has become a well-known Fringe regular with his hit interactive gameshow, The Dark Room. 

Ian D Montfort: Under Sciencey Conditions

Ian D Montfort: Under Sciencey Conditions

Tom Binns has a huge reputation to protect. 

Mark Nelson: Older than Jesus

Mark Nelson: Older than Jesus

Acclaimed, award-winning stand-up with some thoughts on life now that he is older than Jesus. 

John Robins: Speakeasy

John Robins: Speakeasy

Burgeoning Fringe comedy legend and self-professed borderline alcoholic John Robins indulges his audience with a startlingly self-referential hour of stand-up comedy. 

War 100

War 100

A reflection of war through 100 years: from World War One through to the modern day. 

John Chamberlain

John Chamberlain

Inverleith House will present the first ever exhibition in a UK public gallery by the late John Chamberlain (born 1927, Rochester, United States, died 2011). 

John Zorns Bagatelles

John Zorns Bagatelles

(Sunday) This spring the prolific avant-garde composer John Zorn, whose music draws from modernist, jazz, rock and klezmer styles and more, wrote some 300 short melodies that he ca… 

John

John

(previews start on July 22; opens on Aug 11) In Annie Baker’s new play, directed by Sam Gold, a quarreling couple (Christopher Abbott and Hong Chau) alight at a Gettsysburg, … 

When The War Came Home

When The War Came Home

It’s not often that I’m asked back to see a show, let alone because those involved have openly taken on some of the points I made in my review!When the War Came Home is a … 

John Scott

John Scott

Bach lovers owe much to Mendelssohn, who was instrumental in reviving interest in the baroque master’s music. 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc… 

John Crampton ... Blues & Bluegrass

John Crampton ... Blues & Bluegrass

Hebden Bridge Blues Festival: “This was a quite breath-taking performance by a phenomenal musician who brought the clamouring audience to its feet on more than one occasion and had… 

St John's Adaptation of 'The Tempest'

St John's Adaptation of 'The Tempest'

St. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener… 

John Osborne: Most People Aren't That Happy, Anyway

John Osborne: Most People Aren't That Happy, Anyway

Writer and performer John Osborne (John Peel’s Shed, Sky 1’s After Hours) performs his first ever hour long poetry show. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2… 

John Hegley: I am a Poetato

John Hegley: I am a Poetato

An A to Z of poems about people, pets and other creatures. 

John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes

John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes

Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer, John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh Fe… 

The State Vs John Hayes

The State Vs John Hayes

Huntsville Prison, Texas 1959. 

John Hamm

John Hamm

John Early and Hamm Samwich team up again for another night of music and comedy “in a shameless ploy for visibility.” 

John & Jen

John & Jen

(previews start on Feb. 

When The War Came Home

When The War Came Home

The First World War is often described as the first “total war”, that is involving the entire population, at home as well as on the battlefield. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L… 

John and Scott

John and Scott

John Lutz and Scott Adsit, “30 Rock” alumni, reunite for an evening of long-form improv. 

John Zorn

John Zorn

This year is the 30th anniversary of John Zorn’s “Cobra,” one of his improvisatory “Game Pieces,” in which musicians follow a set of cues and rules. 

John Zorns Cobra

John Zorns Cobra

The 30th anniversary of John Zorn’s “Cobra” — an unpublished, improvisatory “game piece” based on a complex set of rules instead of a score R… 

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds: The Final Arena Tour

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds: The Final Arena Tour

Following a triumphant UK and European arena tour in 2012, Live Nation and SJM Concerts, are delighted to announce that one of the most ground-breaking tours of all ti… 

Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds

Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds

Following a triumphant UK and European arena tour in 2012, Live Nation and SJM Concerts, are delighted to announce that one of the most ground-breaking tours of all ti… 

John and Mark / Naked Old Man

John and Mark / Naked Old Man

‘John and Mark’ is a new play about a musical legend and his killer that sees prisoner Mark David Chapman visited by John Lennon, the man he shot dead years earlier. 

Colombia: Reclaiming the Children of War

Colombia: Reclaiming the Children of War

Children in Colombia suffer serious violations from recruitment and exploitation by armed forces. 

John Bird: Money, Sex and Justice- How to Change Your World

John Bird: Money, Sex and Justice- How to Change Your World

John Bird started The Big Issue magazine. His story is achingly funny and powerfully inspiring. It will make you want to rush out and start making changes in your own life. 

John Lloyd's Museum of Curiosity Live

John Lloyd's Museum of Curiosity Live

Following his sell-out fringe debut, John and curator Dan Schreiber host a live version of the BBC Radio 4 hit in which guests donate their favourite items to an infinitely large a… 

John Renbourn and Wizz Jones

John Renbourn and Wizz Jones

Septuagenarian guitar folk legends John Renbourn and Wizz Jones deliver a night of folk and blues, with varying degrees of success. 

The Pity of War: Songs of Hope and Loss

The Pity of War: Songs of Hope and Loss

Songs from the trenches and music from the home front illustrating the impact of the Great War on the people of one Old Town church and their local community. 

The Pity of War: The Flooers o’ the Forest

The Pity of War: The Flooers o’ the Forest

Richard and Mark Holloway read from Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic Scottish novel Sunset Song with Scottish folk songs and bagpipe music.  

John Robb: Louder Than War

John Robb: Louder Than War

The Membranes and Goldblade frontman. 

John O’Farrell: 25 Years of Writing Stupid Jokes

John O’Farrell: 25 Years of Writing Stupid Jokes

In John O’Farrell’s 25 Years of Writing Stupid Jokes, he tells the story of his comedy career: first as a writer on the likes of Spitting Image and Have I Got News for You a… 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

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

John Muir. Rhapsody in Green

John Muir. Rhapsody in Green

A new play by Mike Maran explores the Sierra Nevada and Alaska with the Scottish naturalist and celebrates his deep understanding of the need to preserve the wilderness for the spi… 

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

On the fourth of August, 100 years ago Britain declared war on Germany. 

Anything's Better Than These C**ts

Anything's Better Than These C**ts

If this title hasn’t caught your attention, nothing at the festival will. 

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Independence Performed by Paul B Edwards – Free

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Independence Performed by Paul B Edwards – Free

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe… 

John Kearns - Shtick

John Kearns - Shtick

Yet another show from the winner of last year’s Foster’s Best Newcomer Award. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie. 

John-Luke Roberts: Stnad-Up

John-Luke Roberts: Stnad-Up

John-Luke Roberts delivered his usual off-the-wall comic offerings in this enjoyable hour at the Voodoo Rooms. 

Cheaper Than Therapy

Cheaper Than Therapy

Cheaper Than Therapy presents its audience with a changing line up of five comedians performing sets based on phobias, anxieties and hang-ups. 

My Demons Are Bigger Than Yours

My Demons Are Bigger Than Yours

A show about masculinity and the persistent search for our worst sides. 

Jack Samuel Warner and John Pendal: Men and Myths

Jack Samuel Warner and John Pendal: Men and Myths

Seriously funny nonsense and painfully revealing true stories as Jack, ‘slightly quirky’ (Chortle. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Returning to the Fringe for the third year running, this text adventure game-gone-big seems to have more lives than it gives its players. 

Blues and Burlesque: Hotter Than Hell

Blues and Burlesque: Hotter Than Hell

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

War!

War!

Let’s celebrate War! ‘Lest we forget’ is the theme this year in an unelected government that seems hell bent on erasing history. 

John Early: Literally Me

John Early: Literally Me

John Early, endearingly honest and absurdly funny, presents his hourlong show of stand-up, short films and music. 

John Conway Tonight

John Conway Tonight

The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness. 

Dogs of War

Dogs of War

There’s a lot going on in Dogs of War. 

John Robertson: A Nifty History of Evil

John Robertson: A Nifty History of Evil

In addition to coming back to the fringe with last year’s critically acclaimed The Dark Room, John Robertson is also performing a more traditional stand up show, A Nifty History … 

John Robins: This Tornado Loves You

John Robins: This Tornado Loves You

John Robins has written a show about love. 

John Hastings - Adventure

John Hastings - Adventure

Canadian standup John Hastings peddles an incredibly original show that could easily be a contender for Fringe Festival Awards. 

John Ruskin: Artist and Observer

John Ruskin: Artist and Observer

‘Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty’ declared John Ruskin ‘if only we have eyes to see it’. 

John Leguizamos “Ghetto Clown”

John Leguizamos “Ghetto Clown”

(performance on July 28) The motor-mouthed monologuist John Leguizamo brings this autobiographical solo show, his fifth, to Central Park’s SummerStage. 

Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War

Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War

The atmosphere of this exhibition is a mixture of solemnity and heroism beautifully accompanied by the melancholic sound of bagpipes. 

John Byrne: Sitting Ducks

John Byrne: Sitting Ducks

John Byrne, who was born in Paisley, is one of Scotland’s most versatile and accomplished artists and writers. 

Leith At War

Leith At War

Set in the midst of the Second World War as the planes start to fly over the skies of Britain, Leith At War brought a wave of nostalgia to the audience. 

Hey: An Evening With Kate Berlant and John Early

Hey: An Evening With Kate Berlant and John Early

As part of the Comedy Central Corporate Retreat series, Ms. Berlant and Mr. Early revive their variety show. 

The Post War Orchestra

The Post War Orchestra

Make Music Not War: Imagining an era when violent conflicts have ceased, The Post War Orchestra transforms deactivated weapons and other military equipment into musical instruments… 

John Hegley: I am a Poetato

John Hegley: I am a Poetato

An A-Z of poems about people, pets and other creatures. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

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

John Hegley: New and Selected Potatoes

John Hegley: New and Selected Potatoes

Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer, John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh F… 

King & Country World War 1 Opera

King & Country World War 1 Opera

The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

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

British Music and the Great War

British Music and the Great War

A concert of British music to mark the 2014 centenary of the Great War and the impact of the conflict on heritage and culture. 

War of Words

War of Words

The bog roll projector screen was novel. 

John Hastings: Work in Progress

John Hastings: Work in Progress

In the past two years John moved to the United Kingdom which led him to sleeping with a married woman, making his parents proud, deciding to buy a falcon and dealing with the death… 

Oh! What a Lovely War + Other Events

Oh! What a Lovely War + Other Events

Filmed on Brighton’s West Pier, come and see Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

John Robertson: A Nifty History of Evil

John Robertson: A Nifty History of Evil

What was originally billed as John Robertson’s A Nifty History of Evil became a show of improvised comedy at the Caroline of Brunswick, with Robertson creating an entirely new e… 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

The term ‘live-action video game’ is usually reserved for disappointing Hollywood adaptations of your favourite computer games (Tomb Raider, Silent Hill, the list could go on). 

Healing War Through Art

Healing War Through Art

An Exhibition of First World War photographs of limbless soldiers from the Pavilion Hospital engaged in specialist vocational training; along with photographs and cartoons from the… 

St. John Passion

St. John Passion

An experienced early-music specialist, Masaaki Suzuki leads forces drawn from Juilliard415, the Yale Baroque Ensemble and the Yale Schola Cantorum in Bach’s crushing mas… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! So It Goes - John Fleming's Comedy Blog Chat Show

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! So It Goes - John Fleming's Comedy Blog Chat Show

Hottest Fringe comedy acts chat with John Fleming, ‘the Boswell of the alternative comedy scene’ (Chortle. 

John Carnie and Spider Mackenzie Still Have the Blues

John Carnie and Spider Mackenzie Still Have the Blues

A driving mix of celtic, jazz, folk and blues. 

The Adventures of John Paul Jones

The Adventures of John Paul Jones

Written by celebrated folk musician Alan Reid, storytelling and songs relate the tale of this controversial and extraordinary 18th-century Scots mariner. 

John Renbourn

John Renbourn

In a Fringe where one man shows are ten a penny, there’s a reason why the queue for John Renbourn snakes all the way up the street and round the corner from the St. 

John Otway

John Otway

Basking in the success of his movie, the two-hit wonder returns to Edinburgh. 

War of the Waleses

War of the Waleses

It’s the old romcom cliché: boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl marries into the suffocating institution to which boy belongs, girl divorces boy. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

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

John James and Eddie Walker

John James and Eddie Walker

One night only! Award-winning songwriter and blues picker Eddie Walker together with legendary acoustic guitarist John James present a grand reunion concert in one of the most exci… 

John McNamara Acoustic Soul and Blues

John McNamara Acoustic Soul and Blues

You wouldn’t guess that John McNamara had only decisively started his Blues career last year at this very festival. 

John McNamara Acoustic Soul and Blues

John McNamara Acoustic Soul and Blues

Must see Australian artist. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

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

John-Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up

John-Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up

I was absolutely delighted by this truly ingenious comedian. 

A Complete and Comprehensive History of the Roman Empire in Less Than an Hour - With Jokes

A Complete and Comprehensive History of the Roman Empire in Less Than an Hour - With Jokes

Misnomer number one of the title; it does actually last a full hour. 

Rowena Haley: There's More to Life Than Chips

Rowena Haley: There's More to Life Than Chips

Rowena Haley’s show has a simple, yet entertaining foundation: what is it like to grow up with a 93-year-old as your best friend? Through wittily penned songs, anecdotes and lar… 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

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

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

Ian Rankin once described a John Hunt blues set like ‘Seasick Steve in a science lab. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

In the bowels of The Jazz Bar, John Hunt perches on his stool clutching a guitar, his ageless face cast in red shadows. 

Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?

Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?

Everyday society accepts woman who wear jeans, trainers and a t shirt as normal, yet if a man walked down the street in stockings, skirt and high heels that is seen as abnormal. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty. 

John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless

John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless

Pointing his target at corporations, appealing to the lowest common denominator and anthropomorphism, John Gordillo’s Cheap shots at the Defenceless is a satirical look at aspects … 

John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman

John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman

John Williams isn’t just a comedian. 

War of the Worms

War of the Worms

Don’t let the title of this show suggest to you giant worms or even aliens battling it out; here is war in its loosest sense. 

Lewis Schaffer Is Better Than You

Lewis Schaffer Is Better Than You

All new for 2013. 

PowerCouple - Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior

PowerCouple - Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior

One of the beautiful things about the Fringe is the way in which so many shows can be supported simultaneously. 

Jonny & the Baptists: Bigger Than Judas

Jonny & the Baptists: Bigger Than Judas

Jonny & The Baptists have in the past, unfairly in my opinion, been likened to Tenacious D. 

On the Beach by John Osborne

On the Beach by John Osborne

Several years ago, John Osborne got a job teaching at a summer school in the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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

John Robins - Where Is My Mind?

John Robins - Where Is My Mind?

For most of this show, Robins’ mind is on the 24th of August, 2001, the greatest day of his life. 

Tania Edwards: The Art of War

Tania Edwards: The Art of War

Tania Edwards is wonderfully open and relaxes quickly, gracing the stage pint-in hand. 

The State vs John Hayes

The State vs John Hayes

With the much publicised and ongoing arguments concerning the American death penalty and justice system, it would be easy to write a play concerning the issue which stank of lofty … 

John Lloyd: Liff of QI

John Lloyd: Liff of QI

John Lloyd has worked with some of this country’s most plaudit burdened comedians, many of whom cut their teeth on the mile and were discovered performing in the dingy venues of … 

John-Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil: The Behemoth

John-Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil: The Behemoth

Racist belly buttons. 

John McNamara Acoustic Soul / Blues Singer - Free

John McNamara Acoustic Soul / Blues Singer - Free

The Edinburgh Festival has some unusual venues – that is a well-known fact amongst regular Fringe-goers, as avid audience members hop from university building to converted wareho… 

John Laurie, Frazer & I

John Laurie, Frazer & I

Ian Watt’s one-man show pays tribute to the acclaimed Scottish actor John Laurie. 

The Trial

The Trial

Kafka’s “Trial” is, in many respects, a very daring piece of work to choose to put on at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

It might seem an absurd idea to run a musical in the West End for just a week. 

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

I walk out of the Globe theatre at 10. 

John Scott - Totally Fed Up

John Scott - Totally Fed Up

Locally born John Scott is back at the very club where he made his start in comedy in the late 90’s, now with his second full-length Fringe show. 

Wall

Wall

One of Britain’s most recognised playwrights; David Hare’s recent credits include Gethsemane at the National, as well as the screenplays for Stephen Daldry’s films, “The Hours�… 

Tusk Tusk

Tusk Tusk

“Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus. 

Death and the King's Horseman

Death and the King's Horseman

Set in Oyo, Nigeria in the middle of World War II, Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman centres around the battle between British colonialist views and the local traditio… 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

For all those who have been crying out for a gripping, controversial, and energising new musical, the wait is over. 

Tossers: More Balls Than Most

Tossers: More Balls Than Most

The setting is a construction site outside a café on a day like any other. 

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Ian McDiarmid’s adaption of Andrew O’Hargan’s book for the stage revolves around a gay priest’s relocation to a small town in Scotland and a major scandal which unfolds whilst … 

Mrs Affleck

Mrs Affleck

Samuel Adamson’s adaption of Henrik Ibsen’s great classic “Little Eyolf” is transported to the 1950s, a period which was renowned for stagnation, post war restructure and a pro… 

Wives of War

Wives of War

This musing war-wifedom suffers from a patchy script and a patched-together structure. 

Jason John Whitehead: Letters from Mindy

Jason John Whitehead: Letters from Mindy

Having enjoyed a couple of drinks before Jason John Whitehead’s show, I became acutely aware within five minutes that I was desperate for a pee. 

More Lives Than One - Oscar Wilde

More Lives Than One - Oscar Wilde

An hour long performance constructed out of the colourful and controversial life, ambitions and writings of Oscar Wilde was always going to be an evening well spent. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

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

Andrew Lawrence - Soul-Crushing Vicissitudes Of Fortune!

Andrew Lawrence - Soul-Crushing Vicissitudes Of Fortune!

An individual walks onto the stage. 

John Hastings: UnRelentless

John Hastings: UnRelentless

John Hastings’ Edinburgh preview is nowhere near as unrelenting as the title suggests at first glance. 

War Notes

War Notes

Lili la Scala leads us through an hour of song from the world wars. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi… 

George In The Dragon's Den

George In The Dragon's Den

George in the Dragon’s Den is an odd mix of child and adult humour; a two hander, it markets itself as “a topical tour de force where pantomime meets Monty Python”, however desp… 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

To sip on a quaint mug of English tea or to go to a bloody war in the Middle East?Make Tea, Not War presents its audience with this dichotomy and is set around the parochial, crump… 

John-Luke Roberts Distracts You From A Murder

John-Luke Roberts Distracts You From A Murder

I’m sitting there, innocently enjoying the show, when John-Luke Roberts points at me and declares that no-one really likes having conversations with me, they only do it so they ca… 

John,Antonio and Nancy

John,Antonio and Nancy

The blurb describes this performance as a ‘sobering, gloriously juvenile collision between foresight and hindsight’. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

The word “Macbeth” originally became unlucky in theatres as it was such a guaranteed hit at its time, that if the current production was running badly, the theatre would simply r… 

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo’s hugely moving, and very successful novel Private Peaceful made its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe last year as a one man show. 

The British Ambassador’s Belly Dancer

The British Ambassador’s Belly Dancer

Who could not admire Nadira Murray? Born into an under-privileged background in Uzbeckistan, she faced the torment of watching her father, an unqualified but talented director and … 

The Patriot Act

The Patriot Act

Lynda Bruce and Sandy Burns’ new play confronts the issues of privacy, manipulation, and perhaps most importantly love and the willingness to embrace that by putting aside differe… 

NewsRevue

NewsRevue

Back again, the world’s longest running comedy show has returned to sell out audiences once more. 

Croft and Pearce - Funnier Than It Sounds

Croft and Pearce - Funnier Than It Sounds

Croft and Pearce exhibit matching outfits, and to a degree, matching faces, accents and physicality. 

Author

Author

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

Reginald D Hunter - No Country for Grown Men

Reginald D Hunter - No Country for Grown Men

Reginald D Hunter is back at the Fringe this year with his latest show “No Country for Grown Men”. 

Property Rites

Property Rites

Property Rites is, in its simplest terms, the story of a patron desperate to get rid of a set of singing dolls he bought and subsequently regretted. 

Actions Speak Louder Than Birds

Actions Speak Louder Than Birds

The problem with small – “cosy” – spaces is that it’s very difficult for a critic to hide. 

World War Wonderful!

World War Wonderful!

The Wonderful Sisters are a singing trio cabaret act from Australia who welcome us to their show with a charming three part harmony song, ‘Down in Louisiana. 

War Of The Worlds

War Of The Worlds

I, like a generation around me, grew up with Jeff Wayne’s hauntingly powerful War Of The Worlds concept album. 

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle Trio

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle Trio

‘There’s some room down here if you fancy a dance,’ fiddler John McCusker encouraged vainly during last night’s one-night-only concert of traditional and new Irish music, h… 

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

CS Lewis’ magical novel “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” is perhaps the greatest ever written for children. 

Normality (Starring Pedro Kruger)

Normality (Starring Pedro Kruger)

How does God decide who gets which body? What is it that dictates whether someone is considered normal or abnormal? Indeed, how is it that someone comes to consider themselves as n… 

Bridget Christie: War Donkey

Bridget Christie: War Donkey

If a stand-up show concludes with an impassioned yell of the phrase ‘women’s rights are worth farting for’, chances are you’re not in the company of a normal stand-up. 

Shakespeare For Breakfast

Shakespeare For Breakfast

With the curtain going up at 10am, Shakespeare for Breakfast is certainly one for the early birds, but is full of all the right ingredients to wake you up, cure a bad hangover and … 

Camille O'Sullivan:The Dark Angel

Camille O'Sullivan:The Dark Angel

Camille O’Sullivan seemed, at one point, set to become an architect. 

Newsrevue 30th Anniversary

Newsrevue 30th Anniversary

Good evening. 

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free

Bringing his YouTube sensation to the Fringe, Australian comic John Robertson’s show The Dark Room is basically a ‘choose your own adventure’ computer game in which selected … 

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

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

Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary. 

The War of the Waleses

The War of the Waleses

Fresh from an airing at the Open Stages Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, this is a show that has been riding high. 

Jason John Whitehead - The Joker

Jason John Whitehead - The Joker

Coming on the the strains of the Steve Miller Band’s ‘The Joker’, Jason John Whitehead confesses that only a few day’s into his run, it’s already beginning to piss him off. 

Love and War: The Songs of Howard Goodall

Love and War: The Songs of Howard Goodall

It is a great honour for any composer to have their work cherry-picked by fans and turned into a revue. 

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

Jean Paul Jones is an eighteenth-century US naval commander with Scottish roots; and this is the musical of his life. 

Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley

Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley

Take a dead Monday night bar, add a couple of lost souls, short skirts and a good doseof Bronx-side rage. 

Bob's Date

Bob's Date

It is Bob’s first date in 2 years. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

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

Closer Than Ever

Closer Than Ever

This production, of songs by David Shire and Richard Maltby, takes an unconventional look at various kinds of relationships, including love, family, obsession, friendship and rejec… 

Patrick Monahan - Stories and Tales for Kids, Who Can Run Faster Than Snails

Patrick Monahan - Stories and Tales for Kids, Who Can Run Faster Than Snails

Patrick Monahan’s show is a great piece of interactive storytelling that has children standing on chairs waving their arms wildly to be picked to help Monahan tell the story of a … 

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

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

A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid… 

Bec Hill is More Afraid of You Than You Are of Her!

Bec Hill is More Afraid of You Than You Are of Her!

A man in the front row at Bec Hill’s show accuses her of being the worst comedian he’s ever seen. 

Cheap Laughs (Are Better Than No Laughs) - Free

Cheap Laughs (Are Better Than No Laughs) - Free

I’m not sure if I agree with Eric Gudmunsen’s sentiment that ‘Cheap laughs are better than no laughs’ after his alternative evening of late night comedy at Captain Taylor�… 

Nick Helm: This Means War!

Nick Helm: This Means War!

Nick Helm returns to Edinburgh once again following last year’s highly successful Dare to Dream. 

John Peel's Shed by John Osborne

John Peel's Shed by John Osborne

John Peel’s Shed by novelist and storyteller John Osborne is an invitation to the heart and soul of a man whose life was transformed by radio. 

The Best Of John Betjeman

The Best Of John Betjeman

Across the time span of two hour-long performances, Lance Pierson performs a selection of Betjeman’s poetry. 

Michael McGoldrick, John Doyle and John McCusker

Michael McGoldrick, John Doyle and John McCusker

These are three astonishingly talented musicians; the acclaim surrounding them all is justified. 

Oh What a Lovely War on Terror

Oh What a Lovely War on Terror

This show bases its sketch and ad-libbing comedy on George W Bush’s war on frightening things and more specifically ‘terror’. 

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

It might have been running on and off for nearly 18 years now, but Stephen Daldry’s groundbreaking production of JB Priestley’s classic is still as poignant, relevant and fresh a… 

Zombie Prom

Zombie Prom

The collaboration of John Dempsey’s story and Dana P Rowe’s composition leads to almost everything you expect musical comedy to be – cheesy, American, high octane and cringe wor… 

Many Roads to Paradise

Many Roads to Paradise

Anthony Biggs’ production of Stewart Permutt’s play flicks between several interconnecting storylines and manages to effectively analyse the development and breakdown of relation… 

John Robins: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

John Robins: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Despite being named after an album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a band famed for its extravagant tendencies, John Robins’ show of the same name is comforting and familiar. 

The Dog-Eared Collective: You’re Better Than This

The Dog-Eared Collective: You’re Better Than This

The costumes may be naff, the props may break, but the belly laughs come thick and fast in this fun-filled hour of winningly surreal sketch comedy. 

An Afternoon with John and Camilla Cleese hosted by Fred MacAulay

An Afternoon with John and Camilla Cleese hosted by Fred MacAulay

Join us for a very special Edinburgh Festival Fringe event – an afternoon with John Cleese and his daughter Camilla, hosted by comedian Fred MacAulay. 

David Correos: Better Than I Was the Last Time

David Correos: Better Than I Was the Last Time

Returning after bringing all of the noise in 2018, David’s had time to reflect on one heck of a year. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Bigger than Dolly Parton

Bigger than Dolly Parton

Kate Copstick meets ​Natalie Perlin, the 36GGG woman, while trying hard not to stare at her breasts; Natalie's that is. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.  

Do Animals Have Chins? Songwriter John Hinton Reveals The Surprising Truth

Do Animals Have Chins? Songwriter John Hinton Reveals The Surprising Truth

Do you ever find yourself singing The Bare Necessities? Or breathily repeating David Attenborough’s iconic narration? If so, the Ensonglopedia of Animals is the show for you. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

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

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

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

Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support... 

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

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

With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned. 

John Pendal: Religion is the same as kinky sex

John Pendal: Religion is the same as kinky sex

Former International Mr Leather, John Pendal compares organised religion with the fetish world. And finds plenty of overlap. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

Bigger and better than ever: Brighton Fringe 2016

Bigger and better than ever: Brighton Fringe 2016

Comedy from Max and Ivan, music from Cassetteboy and DJ Rubbish, cabaret from Le Gateau Chocolate and world premieres galore are among the many highlights at the 2016 Brighton Frin... 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

The John Conway Three Minute Interview

The John Conway Three Minute Interview

John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia. 

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