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. 

Scott Silven: Wonders

Scott Silven: Wonders

Enter the hypnotic world of Scott Silven, the Scottish illusionist inspired by the landscape of his childhood. 

So You Think You're Funny? Competition – Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny? Competition – Grand Final

Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and … 

ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles – Robin Laing

ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles – Robin Laing

Who saw the Queen’s Bahookie? Which castle had an annual rent of one red rose? Which maiden was most feared by Scottish aristocrats? Which job is worse – turnbrochie or pigeon-… 

Tales from a British Country Pub

Tales from a British Country Pub

Join comedy musician Chris Sainton-Clark as he takes you through his troublesome and hilarious experiences of working in British pubs. 

I Did Something I Shouldn't Have...

I Did Something I Shouldn't Have...

16 year-old Sean Parker has never known his Dad and wants to change that. 

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world. 

Scott Bennett: Stuff (WIP)

Scott Bennett: Stuff (WIP)

We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be. 

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby (WIP)

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby (WIP)

One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby. 

Found Our Funny – Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Found Our Funny – Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona. 

Edinburgh Tales

Edinburgh Tales

Theatre on the Edge returns to the Fringe after last year’s production of Kerouac: And All That Jazz (***** (EdinburghGuide. 

Aaron Chen: Funny Garden

Aaron Chen: Funny Garden

‘Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one’s garden’ (Voltaire). 

Tales of Haunted Edinburgh – Echoes From Beyond the Grave

Tales of Haunted Edinburgh – Echoes From Beyond the Grave

Edinburgh is known as one of the most haunted cities in the world. 

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. 

Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP

Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP

You find a door. 

Ava and Beaux: Tales of Magic

Ava and Beaux: Tales of Magic

‘Visually gorgeous… a perfect, stunning magic show’ ***** (WorldMagicReview. 

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… 

Philip Simon: Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?

Philip Simon: Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?

His crowdwork videos have consistently gone viral all over social media (@PhilipsComedy) so join this award-winning MC and comedian for a hilarious mix of brand-new jokes and witty… 

Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Six friends plan a night of folklore and song. 

Something To Believe In

Something To Believe In

It’s like confession without the guilt. 

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 Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this wildly entertaining solo show. 

Bobby Davro: Everything is Funny... If You Can Laugh at It

Bobby Davro: Everything is Funny... If You Can Laugh at It

One of the UK’s best-known celebrity entertainers over the last 40 years brings his first Fringe full run after a series of sell-out shows last year. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town facade. 

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest

Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. 

Funny Guy

Funny Guy

A twisted exploration of the fragile underpinnings of love, friendship, and ambition. 

Thor Stenhaug: It's So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid

Thor Stenhaug: It's So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid

Thor Stenhaug is a Norwegian comedian based in the UK. 

Filthy Funny Females

Filthy Funny Females

‘Filthy Funny Females deserves an award. 

2 Funny Feckers

2 Funny Feckers

The craic is back after a sell-out run in 2023 with 60 minutes of non-stop laughs from two hilarious comics seen on RTE, BBC, and ITV – Wes Dalton (creator of sell-out show 4 Fun… 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Funny Bones

Funny Bones

In Funny Bones, a clown contemplates life, death, and other laughing matters. 

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk. 

4 Funny Feckers

4 Funny Feckers

Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a sell-out Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee. 

Whisky and Tales

Whisky and Tales

Discover Scotland’s national drink! Explore four single malt Scotch whiskies as your guide weaves history, stories and whisky tasting together into an unforgettable two-hour experi… 

Edinburgh's Old Town – History and Tales

Edinburgh's Old Town – History and Tales

Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town. 

Sadbh Peters and Scott Oswald: Platonic Sex

Sadbh Peters and Scott Oswald: Platonic Sex

Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny and … 

Why Did I Crush My Balls? And Other Tales from the Generation of Too Much

Why Did I Crush My Balls? And Other Tales from the Generation of Too Much

It’s gonna be a bloody night! This dude has taken his crazy kink to a whole new level. 

Buckets of Blood – Fairy Tales Not For Kids

Buckets of Blood – Fairy Tales Not For Kids

In the 19th century, the original stories of the Brothers Grimm were scarier, more bloodthirsty and disturbing. 

So You Think You're Funny? Competition – Heats

So You Think You're Funny? Competition – Heats

The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the grand final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase… 

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up). 

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. 

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised

Improv legends Racing Minds return to Edinburgh for their 11th year of unscripted escapades! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help, a myst… 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

A line-up show starring the top three acts from the 2023 edition of So You Think You’re Funny? The UK’s biggest new comedy competition, with Samira Banks, Christopher Donovan and L… 

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 … 

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising Fringe stars. 

Hearthfire Tales Live

Hearthfire Tales Live

Dungeons and Dragons Live on Stage! Join Hearthfire Tales as they once again take to the Smock Alley Stage with a Semi-Improvised Fantasy adventure where both dice and … 

Mr D's Tales of Myth and Legend

Mr D's Tales of Myth and Legend

The Irrepressible Mr D returns to Sweet Venues with old favourites and new tales of Monsters, Magic and Brave Deeds from the British Isles and beyond. 

Meet Me in the Morning - Tales, Lies & a Tribute to Bob Dylan

Meet Me in the Morning - Tales, Lies & a Tribute to Bob Dylan

Meet Me In the Morning is a concert with a twist. 

Stephen Catling: Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism.

Stephen Catling: Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism.

Comedic powerhouse Stephen Catling (Finalist for Stand-up Nights 2019 and semi-finalist in South-coast New Comedian, Chortle Student Comedian, and Get Up Stand-up 2022) brings you … 

And Now for Something Completely Puppety

And Now for Something Completely Puppety

Following 7 different sell out shows over the past 10 years the puppets are back for one last year at The Brunswick, to celebrate their unique brand of silliness, songs, mess, magi… 

Funny Business: A Clown Cabaret

Funny Business: A Clown Cabaret

Funny Business is a queer celebration of clowny nonsense, a love letter to the absurd and only the most silly of sausages. 

Yes Anderson: Tales from the Tent

Yes Anderson: Tales from the Tent

The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning; complicated family dynamics; existential angst. 

Tales for an Unruly Audience

Tales for an Unruly Audience

The art of storytelling has always inspired our imaginations. 

Siri-ously Funny

Siri-ously Funny

In this show we will share the history of AI, explain AI and debunk AI. 

Lewes Curious - Women Being Funny

Lewes Curious - Women Being Funny

Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes. 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

A group of thespians stumble upon an ominous book filled with grisly and gory tales. 

Tales in the Key of Terror: Spooky Storytelling Performance

Tales in the Key of Terror: Spooky Storytelling Performance

You are cordially invited to a spooky storytelling performance by author C. 

Scott McPherson: A Fine Line (Work in Progress)

Scott McPherson: A Fine Line (Work in Progress)

Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions. 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun. 

Arabs Are Not Funny! - AWAN Edition

Arabs Are Not Funny! - AWAN Edition

You might have thought that Arabs couldn’t get any funnier. 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Half Cut Theatre take their loving but disarmingly sharp hatchet to one of the seminal works of English Literature, Geoffrey Chaucer’s six-hundred-year-old-snapshot-of-mediaeval-… 

Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City

Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City

Meet the real Carrie Bradshaw in Candace Bushnell’s acclaimed one woman show True Tales of Sex, Success and SEX AND THE CITY. 

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

The Edinburgh Fringe sensation transfers to the Bush for its first London run. 

The Working Girls of Soho, Saucy Tales of Notorious Women

The Working Girls of Soho, Saucy Tales of Notorious Women

The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen. 

Artefact & Something Unspoken

Artefact & Something Unspoken

The ever-flexible performance space at the Playground Theatre is once more transformed with great imagination, this time to accommodate the double bill of Rena Brannan’s Artefact… 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, Twisted Tales serves as an excellent example of the type of boundary pushing theatre that is out there if you know where to look. 

Something To Take Off The Edge

Something To Take Off The Edge

In Something To Take Off The Edge, Errol McGlashan delivers a gripping one-man show taking audiences on a visceral journey into the world of a high-security prison. 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, Twisted Tales serves as an excellent example of the type of boundary pushing theatre that is out there if you know where to look. 

So You Think You're Funny – Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny – Grand Final

Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and … 

You Dress Funny – Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn

You Dress Funny – Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn

Join Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn for a very special Edinburgh Fringe edition of You Dress Funny, the event where comedy meets fashion. 

The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook

The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook

Aki Remally (vocals, guitar) and Fraser Urquhart (piano, keyboards) make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

O Tusitala: Tellers of Tales

O Tusitala: Tellers of Tales

This new one-person play by leading Samoan writer Sia Figiel vividly tells, through the voices of never-before-heard indigenous characters, the extraordinary story of Robert Louis … 

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year. 

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Maximiliano Martin, Clarinet and Scott Mitchell, Piano

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Maximiliano Martin, Clarinet and Scott Mitchell, Piano

Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist. 

Scott McPherson: Life

Scott McPherson: Life

Scott McPherson: Life is an intimate window into the inner-workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life. 

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom is a glorious exploration of our global musical heritage. 

Found Our Funny

Found Our Funny

After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s hottest new comedians have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Fringe for your amusement! Barcelona is… 

Seriously Funny Comedy Show

Seriously Funny Comedy Show

Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Tales of Edinburgh Horror

Tales of Edinburgh Horror

Every city has a history, but when it comes to grisly secrets, it’s hard to rival the gruesome history of Edinburgh. 

Phil Kay – Funny Walks

Phil Kay – Funny Walks

Phil Kay’s Funny Walks – the droll stroll. 

Another Afternoon at the Opera with Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Friends

Another Afternoon at the Opera with Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Friends

An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist… 

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

World’s Best Fringe Theatre Winner 2022/3 (International Fringe Encore Series, New York) returns for eight performances only. 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. 

Tipples, Tales and Traditions with Edinburgh Gin

Tipples, Tales and Traditions with Edinburgh Gin

Immerse yourself in the enchanting wonder of Edinburgh at our exclusive tasting experience. 

Once Upon A Crime – Gruesome Grimm Tales!

Once Upon A Crime – Gruesome Grimm Tales!

Presenting your favourite fairy tales – the obnoxious bullying of Ashputtel (the first Cinderella) by her stepsisters, the vanity of a fashion-conscious (and strangely familiar!)… 

Queer Folks' Tales

Queer Folks' Tales

Storytellers from a range of backgrounds, ages and cultures share stories of LGBTQ+ lives past, present and future. 

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest

Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. 

Alex Something Is Missing Again!

Alex Something Is Missing Again!

Join Alex, the astounding magician on his quest for magic and the existential meaning, again. 

Second Helping: Two Dead Lovers, Dead Funny

Second Helping: Two Dead Lovers, Dead Funny

Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa. 

Woah! These Guys are Funny

Woah! These Guys are Funny

When these two stud muffins met for the first time, they realised they had one mission: how do we get one audience member to say this was ‘good’ comedy. 

Tinder Tales

Tinder Tales

This show is all about the world of online dating with comics telling their stories and audience members having their chance to join in with their own experiences. 

Animate Lands: Mythic Celtic Tales

Animate Lands: Mythic Celtic Tales

A journey through the storied soul of Scotland. 

Erik Scott – Talkin' Trash

Erik Scott – Talkin' Trash

Erik Scott grew up in a fireworks warehouse deep in the cornfields of the American Midwest and now resides in New York City. 

Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?

Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?

His crowd-work videos have consistently gone viral all over social media, so join one of the UK’s leading circuit MCs and award-winning comedians for a hilarious mix of brand-new j… 

So You Think You're Funny? Competition Heats

So You Think You're Funny? Competition Heats

The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the Grand Final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase… 

Anita Wigl'it: Funny Gurl

Anita Wigl'it: Funny Gurl

Get to know Anita Wigl’it, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under in this kooky, hilarious and tell-all, one-woman show, Funny Gurl! Over a fabulous hour, travel back in time to 198… 

Something Educational

Something Educational

In their final year, a group of friends at a boarding school in the Scottish Highlands are all waiting to be told off for their various antics. 

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I'm Funny?

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I'm Funny?

Whilst Colleen Lavin’s Do The Robots Think I'm Funny? is an interesting experiment and indicative of our fascination with AI, it’s not a particularly well-structured or fun… 

Late Bloomers' Tales

Late Bloomers' Tales

Anna Vanosi’s soulful voice transports you from jazz (Billie Holiday, Doris Day) to pop (Bob Dylan, Björk) tracing a comical, poignant path, as she feels out of step with time. 

Brian Gallagher: Something, Somewhere, Some of the Time

Brian Gallagher: Something, Somewhere, Some of the Time

Childhood tales of flying boats inspired Brian to travel the world. 

Anna Piper Scott: Such an Inspiration

Anna Piper Scott: Such an Inspiration

Comedian. 

Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism

Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism

As comedian Stephen Catling ambles onto stage, clad in a novelty dog head, it's apparent that we're sitting in an absurdist comedy show. 

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town façade. 

Tree Woman Tales

Tree Woman Tales

Holly Penfield’s eclectic collection of original songs is a heady fusion of blues, rock and pop. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

Grandfather Frog's Tales of the Meadow

Grandfather Frog's Tales of the Meadow

In Grandfather Frog’s Tales of the Meadow there are stories about rabbits, chipmunks, foxes and even skunks! Grandfather Frog knows the important stuff about everybody who lives ar… 

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scotland is a land of myths and legends. 

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster

When a Jane Austen heroine, unlucky in love, finds herself thrown into the modern world of dating, she must set aside her customs and expectations to brave this new world of courts… 

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Funny

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Funny

McClaine Beirne in his first 45-minute Edinburgh show. 

Dragenstein: Tales of Terror

Dragenstein: Tales of Terror

Drag king horror master Mr Brake Down invites you to a darkly theatrical storytelling experience set to music, showcasing chilling tales. 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe. 

Frank Lavender: Be Funny

Frank Lavender: Be Funny

Club-comic Frank Lavender springs forward from the smoky concert halls of yesteryear offering modern audiences one promise; a laugh a minute or their money back. 

4 Funny Feckers

4 Funny Feckers

Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee. 

2 Funny Feckers

2 Funny Feckers

2 Funny Feckers brings you 60 minutes of non-stop craic from two hilarious comics seen on RTE, BBC, and ITV – Wes Dalton and Sergi Polo (the lads behind sellout show 4 Funny Feck… 

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. 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe. 

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

From the creators of Moon Dragon and Sea Dragon, Dragon Tales is the magical interactive storytelling show for children aged 4-6 years old. 

Filthy Funny Females

Filthy Funny Females

Filthy. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

After a three year hiatus, Tom Skelton, Daniel Roberts, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their critically-acclaimed improv show, Aaaand Now For So… 

Tales From a Haunted Bookshop

Tales From a Haunted Bookshop

A spooky show of terrible tales, bothersome books and gruesome goings on! The Haunted Bookshop has a story for everyone. 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

A line-up show featuring the top three acts from the 2022 edition of So You Think You’re Funny? The UK’s biggest new comedy competition, with Joshua Bethania, Pravanya Pillay and J… 

Scott Murphy: About a Buoy

Scott Murphy: About a Buoy

Everyone’s favourite sailing instructor is back, and ready to rock the boat (but only if everyone’s wearing a buoyancy aid, and comfortable getting splashed. 

SOMETHING TO TAKE OFF THE EDGE

SOMETHING TO TAKE OFF THE EDGE

  • Listing
  • Theatre
  • Camden Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 1st - 27th Aug 2023

Experience the raw reality of prison life in “Something To Take Off The Edge,” a powerful one-man show Tragi-comedy written and performed by Spoken Word Artist & Actor, Errol McGla… 

SOMETHING TO TAKE OFF THE EDGE

SOMETHING TO TAKE OFF THE EDGE

  • Listing
  • Theatre
  • Camden Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 1st - 27th Aug 2023

Experience the raw reality of prison life in “Something To Take Off The Edge,” a powerful one-man show Tragi-comedy written and performed by Spoken Word Artist & Actor, Errol McGla… 

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year. 

Buckets Of Blood - Fairy Tales Not For Kids

Buckets Of Blood - Fairy Tales Not For Kids

The Brothers Grimm are the most famous collectors of fairy tales, but back in the 19th century, stories for children were a lot scarier, blood thirsty and disturbing. 

Buckets Of Blood - Fairy Tales Not For Kids

Buckets Of Blood - Fairy Tales Not For Kids

The Brothers Grimm are the most famous collectors of fairy tales, but back in the 19th century, stories for children were a lot scarier, blood thirsty and disturbing. 

Arabs Are Not Funny - Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

Arabs Are Not Funny - Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond! Arabs Are Not Funny sees comedians with roots in the Arab world attempt to prove… 

Aviary Tales: Whisper into my Arse

Aviary Tales: Whisper into my Arse

Aviary Tales presents: Whisper into my Arse. 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe. 

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (funny ha, ha)

Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (funny ha, ha)

After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe. 

Aviary Tales: Whisper into my Arse

Aviary Tales: Whisper into my Arse

Aviary Tales presents: Whisper into my Arse. 

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork. 

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork. 

The Funny Mummies Comedy Gala

The Funny Mummies Comedy Gala

What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com… 

The Funny Mummies Comedy Gala

The Funny Mummies Comedy Gala

What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com… 

Stephen Catling – Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism.

Stephen Catling – Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism.

Comedic powerhouse Stephen Catling (Finalist for Stand-up Nights 2019 and semi-finalist in South-coast New Comedian, Chortle Student Comedian, and Get Up Stand-up 2022) brings you … 

The Funny Mummy

The Funny Mummy

“Mummy, I love your boobies. 

The Funny Mummy

The Funny Mummy

“Mummy, I love your boobies. 

A Funny Old Life

A Funny Old Life

A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life. 

A Funny Old Life

A Funny Old Life

A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life. 

Scott McPherson: Life

Scott McPherson: Life

Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life. 

Scott McPherson: Life

Scott McPherson: Life

Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life. 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

Caravanserai at 10pm is an interesting time to have a show. 

Hearthfire Tales Live

Hearthfire Tales Live

Tabletop Roleplaying brought to life with an Interactive twist! After multiple performances around Ireland, Hearthfire Tales bring their unique live show to Smock Alley … 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all … 

Queer Folks' Tales

Queer Folks' Tales

As the audience enter the auditorium at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, the four storytellers are already on stage: poet Janette Ayachi, powerhouse crime author Val McDermid, bur… 

Not Your Grandma's Folk Tales

Not Your Grandma's Folk Tales

This delightful evening of tall tales proves storytelling isn’t just for kids! Join award-winning storytellers Minnie Wilkinson (The Tell Tales) and Niall Moorjani (Mohan: A Par… 

The Play With The Really Long Slightly Poetic Sounding Title That's Actually A Bit Too Long But That's OK Because It's About Something Important... Or, She Howls Kelp

The Play With The Really Long Slightly Poetic Sounding Title That's Actually A Bit Too Long But That's OK Because It's About Something Important... Or, She Howls Kelp

What’s the only thing proven to change the world? That’s right: issue-led fringe theatre. 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge… 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre. 

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, … 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions. 

Something in the Air

Something in the Air

A note on the back cover of Peter Gill’s latest play, Something in the Air, at Jermyn Street Theatre, claims that the stories of the two old protagonists “flow like mist down t… 

Nosferatu … A Symphony of Spookiness but, Like, it’s Also Funny and There’s Bits Set to Music – Wait, why are you Still Writing? That’s not all the Title! Nooooooooooooooo!

Nosferatu … A Symphony of Spookiness but, Like, it’s Also Funny and There’s Bits Set to Music – Wait, why are you Still Writing? That’s not all the Title! Nooooooooooooooo!

On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead. 

A Something! No Dragon No Lion!

A Something! No Dragon No Lion!

A Kung Fu contemporary circus made in Hong Kong. 

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… 

Tales of an Altered Consciousness Within a Comical Lunatic

Tales of an Altered Consciousness Within a Comical Lunatic

A wild fiesta of electrifying physical laugh-out-loud comedy. 

Cock-Tales: The Antidote to The Vagina Monologues

Cock-Tales: The Antidote to The Vagina Monologues

Upfront and erect in most of history’s greatest moments, the penis has earned itself a reputation of admiration and revulsion in equal measures. 

Katie's Tales

Katie's Tales

‘How can such a pure feeling emerge from an actor’s body?’ (Franco Acquaviva, Sipario. 

Sing Sistah Sing! Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Sing Sistah Sing! Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

A glorious exploration of musical theatre weaving song, spoken word and piano together across centuries and continents, celebrating the African diaspora’s quest for artistic, intel… 

Scott Bennett: Nine Lives

Scott Bennett: Nine Lives

Described by the Evening Standard as ‘live comedy’s best kept secret’ Scott Bennett has been blazing a trail through the stand-up circuit for the best part of a decade. 

Found Our Funny at the Fringe

Found Our Funny at the Fringe

After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s finest comedic talents have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe for your amusement! B… 

A Something! No Dragon No Lion!

A Something! No Dragon No Lion!

A Kung Fu contemporary circus made in Hong Kong. 

The Grimm Tales

The Grimm Tales

The Riverside Theatre company are back, after sell-out-shows in 2019, with another exciting adventure for children and families. 

Tam O' Shanter, Tales & Whisky

Tam O' Shanter, Tales & Whisky

Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky is a comic celebration of the gothic poems of Robert Burns. 

The Funny Punny Magic Show

The Funny Punny Magic Show

Join the Trickster and Sunny the Bunny for a riot of silly stunts and crazy magic in The Funny Punny Magic Show! Four-time winner of the Scottish Children’s Entertainer of the Ye… 

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes. 

Tales from the City Below

Tales from the City Below

There have always been legends of a city below the pavements of Edinburgh. 

Wild Tales for Weird Folk

Wild Tales for Weird Folk

The Embers Collective are teaming up with Stumble Trip Theatre to bring you a collection of wild tales for weird folk. 

Tales of Vomit, Trash and Broken Glass

Tales of Vomit, Trash and Broken Glass

After an ecological disaster unleashes a neurotoxin into the air, two people are thrust into a series of emotionally-charged vignettes, where they are forced to confront both the n… 

Ali Brice: I Tried To Be Funny, But You Weren't Looking

Ali Brice: I Tried To Be Funny, But You Weren't Looking

Ali Brice is embracing life after almost losing it. 

So You Think You're Funny? Competition Heats

So You Think You're Funny? Competition Heats

See the UK’s longest running and best comedy newcomer competition back for its 35th year. 

Exodus

Exodus

As we come into nearly eight years of rule of the UK Government by the Conservative Party – or 12 Years depending on your feelings for the Liberal Democrats – we have seen a ri… 

Mary O'Connell: There's Something Wrong With Mary (WIP)

Mary O'Connell: There's Something Wrong With Mary (WIP)

Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop. 

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scotland is a land of myths and legends. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea: A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea: A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

Funny Tinge

Funny Tinge

We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences. 

Fab: Funny Stand-Up for Sad People, Sad Songs for Funny People

Fab: Funny Stand-Up for Sad People, Sad Songs for Funny People

Comedian Fab La Roche-Francoeur loves the feeling of being surrounded by an audience laughing at his jokes. 

Funny Tinge

Funny Tinge

We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences. 

*not even* Remotely Funny

*not even* Remotely Funny

Fast-paced, bold and hilarious. 

The Funny Thing About Death

The Funny Thing About Death

There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable. 

Fox Tales: The Pied Piper

Fox Tales: The Pied Piper

Hans the Storyteller, Reynard the Fox, and Gripp the Raven give a hilarious new telling of the classic fairy tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin. 

Daniel Downie: There's Something About Mary

Daniel Downie: There's Something About Mary

Pasty-white, loved a round of golf and a bevy, locked in a bitter dispute between Catholics and Protestants, had an adorable wee Skye Terrier dog, married three times, implicated i… 

Brian Gallagher: Another Funny Irishman, Blah Blah, Diddley Diddle Dee

Brian Gallagher: Another Funny Irishman, Blah Blah, Diddley Diddle Dee

True stories, sharp gags and a big beard – Gallagher returns to Fringe following his sold-out run last time out! From growing up in Ireland, to travelling the world and everythin… 

Cameron Gibson - Mysteries; An Hour Of Impossibilities

Cameron Gibson - Mysteries; An Hour Of Impossibilities

Charming Scottish mind reader Cameron Gibson has been amazing audiences all over the world with his fun, engaging and interactive style of stage shows for several years. 

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

There’s always two sides to every story, even fairy tales. 

it's only funny with stage directions

it's only funny with stage directions

The morning after. 

it's only funny with stage directions

it's only funny with stage directions

The morning after. 

An Objectively Funny Show

An Objectively Funny Show

Critical darlings and audience favourites Objectively Funny take time out from producing top-tier shows and providing mental health support at the Fringe to present some of the hot… 

Something About George

Something About George

All Things Must Pass, they say. 

Something About Simon

Something About Simon

Paul Simon is a name that has cemented itself into the ‘hearts and bones’ of audiences all over the world. 

4 Funny Feckers

4 Funny Feckers

Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee. 

Sofie Hagen: Fat Jokes

Sofie Hagen: Fat Jokes

From dealing with video testimonies of love from superfans to the vilest of far-right vitriol that can be spat in 280 characters and all whilst dealing with the life of a comedian,… 

Al Lubel: Talks About His Name for Fifty-Six Minutes and About Something Else for Four Minutes

Al Lubel: Talks About His Name for Fifty-Six Minutes and About Something Else for Four Minutes

Al Lubel talks about his name for fifty-six minutes and about something else for four minutes. 

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty will give the audience an intimate, comical window into these changes. 

Illegally Funny

Illegally Funny

Sid Singh: comedian, human rights lawyer and idiot. 

Filthy Funny Females

Filthy Funny Females

An outrageous hour of comedy served to you by a selection of female comedians from across the globe. 

Yuriko Kotani: Kaiju About

Yuriko Kotani: Kaiju About

Like Edinburgh, London is not an easy city to live in. 

Tarot: Cautionary Tales

Tarot: Cautionary Tales

Bounding onto the stage with red smeared eyes and billowing white nighties, the three performers of Tarot kick off their show Cautionary Tales bursting with enthusiastic energy and… 

Tales from a Haunted Bookshop

Tales from a Haunted Bookshop

A spooky show of terrible tales, bothersome books and gruesome goings on! The Haunted Bookshop has a story for everyone. 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

Who is the bandaged man, obsessively in love and held captive inside an upmarket flat, counting down the seconds until it’s time for Her to return and the ‘thing I can’t say’ to be… 

Something in The Water

Something in The Water

With a plastic fork in hand (not a preference, all part of the show), the Crains Lecture Hall of Summerhall, a former home of learning for the students of the University of Edinbur… 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

A new show for 2022 bringing you the best of the winners and finalists from 2021’s So You Think You’re Funny? comedy newcomer competition. 

Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen

Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen

According to The Stage’s recently departed Scotland editor, Thom Dibden, comedy first overtook theatre as the largest proportion of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s programme du… 

Biddy O'Loughlin: Funny Girl, Sad Songs

Biddy O'Loughlin: Funny Girl, Sad Songs

From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs. 

Something in the Water

Something in the Water

‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily. 

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

In 2002, whilst researching a comedy, triple-Fringe First winner Henry Naylor and two-time Scottish Press Photographer of the Year Sam Maynard, went to the Afghan war zone. 

Thanyia Moore: Just Being Funny

Thanyia Moore: Just Being Funny

Thanyia Moore was going to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2020 with a heartfelt, emotional show, that was about to rock your socks off… but then 2020 happened. 

Stuart McPherson: The Peesh

Stuart McPherson: The Peesh

This year Stuart got alopecia. 

Old Town History and Tales

Old Town History and Tales

This entertaining tour will take you through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town covering history, culture, folklore and much more. 

Donna Scott: Weird Sense of Tumour

Donna Scott: Weird Sense of Tumour

Bewildered comic Donna Scott (BBC New Voices Final 10; Apple Podcast Stand-Up Comedy Charts Top Ten) ponders childlessness, her Black Country roots, being an unlikely genius and he… 

Donna Scott: Weird Sense of Tumour

Donna Scott: Weird Sense of Tumour

Bewildered comic Donna Scott (BBC New Voices Final 10; Apple Podcast Stand-Up Comedy Charts Top Ten) ponders childlessness, her Black Country roots, being an unlikely genius and he… 

Funny Women

Funny Women

Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up. 

Funny Women

Funny Women

Now in its 20th year, Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up. 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales is a deliciously depraved double bill that reveals the darkness under the domestic, the lengths people will go to for love & how to wash blood stains out of a carpet. 

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales was a power packed two-hander show from Owdyado Theatre that took the idea of the thriller genre and turned it inside out by twisting it into two deliciously dark pla… 

Sid Singh: Illegally Funny

Sid Singh: Illegally Funny

After helping beat Donald Trump (ever heard of him?) in court one more time, award-winning comedian Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comic Relief, Comedy Central UK) is back with his brand new… 

Sid Singh: Illegally Funny

Sid Singh: Illegally Funny

After helping beat Donald Trump (ever heard of him?) in court one more time, award-winning comedian Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comic Relief, Comedy Central UK) is back with his brand new… 

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. 

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot. 

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot. 

Homobesity: Tales of My Fat Gay Body

Homobesity: Tales of My Fat Gay Body

Irish writer Connor O’Donoghue tells stories, at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, of his fat gay body, including reflections on his foreskin, his relationship with the “chubby ch… 

Homobesity: Tales of My Fat Gay Body

Homobesity: Tales of My Fat Gay Body

Irish writer Connor O’Donoghue tells stories, at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, of his fat gay body, including reflections on his foreskin, his relationship with the “chubby ch… 

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes. 

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

Scott McPherson: Go Scotty

A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes. 

Funny Fellas

Funny Fellas

Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner. 

Wild Tales for Weird Folk

Wild Tales for Weird Folk

Acclaimed storytelling troupe The Embers Collective have teamed up with Stumble Trip Theatre to tell you some wild tales that’ll have you going out a bit wonkier than when you ca… 

Funny Fellas

Funny Fellas

Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner. 

Wild Tales for Weird Folk

Wild Tales for Weird Folk

As the audience entered the Bosco Theatre, we were enchanted by a solo guitar player (Tim Carp) on stage. 

Colin Chadwick: Funny T-Shirts

Colin Chadwick: Funny T-Shirts

This moron wearing all of his t-shirts at once has got layers, watch him peel himself like a very funny sentient onion that won’t make you cry. 

Colin Chadwick: Funny T-Shirts

Colin Chadwick: Funny T-Shirts

This moron wearing all of his t-shirts at once has got layers, watch him peel himself like a very funny sentient onion that won’t make you cry. 

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Why was the Wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty have an opinion on consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? How does a goose inspire revolution? Find out in t… 

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Why was the Wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty have an opinion on consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? How does a goose inspire revolution? Find out in t… 

Arabs Are Not Funny

Arabs Are Not Funny

Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond, Arabs are not funny! sees comedians with roots in the Arab world showcasing their talents a… 

The Funny Mentalist

The Funny Mentalist

Laughter on the front lines!Live performance and video footage from the first professional clown to use laughter as a mental health programme in countries at war. 

Twisted Christmas Tales

Twisted Christmas Tales

After creating the hugely successful The Unlikely Candidate (“a fantastic blend of buffoonery and horseplay”Writebase) Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Th… 

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret / Livestream

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret / Livestream

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance. 

 Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance. 

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt cabaret is fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance, packed into a hour of full on entertainment for your darkest delights…  

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… 

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson. 

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson. 

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson. 

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson. 

Field- Something for the Future Now

Field- Something for the Future Now

Directed by Christine Devaney and featuring an ensemble of Edinburgh-based performers, Field is an immersive, uplifting work that has Arthur’s Seat as its backdrop. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility

Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility. 

Potless Scott

Potless Scott

An interactive comedic look at why comedian Scott Adams is still as penniless as the day he was born. 

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) – Airs of Chivalry, Romance and Drama

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) – Airs of Chivalry, Romance and Drama

Claire Barnett-Jones, BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year, winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize 2021, gives a 250th anniversary homage to Sir Walter Scott, the world-famous… 

Funny Femmes Triple Bill (WIP)

Funny Femmes Triple Bill (WIP)

Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy. 

Funny Femmes Triple Bill (WIP)

Funny Femmes Triple Bill (WIP)

Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy. 

Heather Duster presents Funny Girl!

Heather Duster presents Funny Girl!

Heather Duster presents Funny Girl: A one woman retelling of the iconic musical with a little more drag! Join Heather as she takes you on a musical journey with her one woman … 

Spooky Jerry's Spooky Campfire Tales

Spooky Jerry's Spooky Campfire Tales

Come one, come all! Gather around our virtual campfire and listen to the silliest, spookiest stories we can come up with – entirely improvised! With a fresh set of tales each nig… 

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

A stand-up comedy one woman theatre piece that casts light on how society, your partner and yourself cause a lot of difficulties in your relationship. 

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

Going Straight to Gay... Or something in-between

A stand-up comedy one woman theatre piece that casts light on how society, your partner and yourself cause a lot of difficulties in your relationship. 

Myra DuBois – Dead Funny

Myra DuBois – Dead Funny

Myra is dead; long live Myra! Realising she stands to miss out on the most attention she’ll ever receive, the ‘acid-tongued and funny to the bone’ (Time Out) Myra brings forw… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah It’s Super Scott’s Variety Show!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah It’s Super Scott’s Variety Show!

Super Scott returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his own style of comedy juggling and escapology. Maybe a bit of magic. Expect the unexpected! 

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. 

The Anterbury Tales

The Anterbury Tales

Chaucer, but with insects. 

STAGE & SCREEN: A Scott McQuaid Masterclass

STAGE & SCREEN: A Scott McQuaid Masterclass

In this one-off masterclass, director Scott McQuaid will introduce his approach to storytelling on stage and screen, through developing ideas and storylines, direction, characters,… 

Twisted Tales Goes to the Fringe

Twisted Tales Goes to the Fringe

Owdyado Theatre present a darkly comic evening of mini Twisted Tales by writers from Cornwall and across the UK. 

Something in the Water

Something in the Water

‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily. 

Twisted Tales Goes to the Fringe

Twisted Tales Goes to the Fringe

Owdyado Theatre present a darkly comic evening of mini Twisted Tales by writers from Cornwall and across the UK. 

Something in the Water – For Kids!

Something in the Water – For Kids!

Grumms doesn’t see themselves in the Barbies or GI Joes they play with. 

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. 

Old Town History and Tales

Old Town History and Tales

Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is our original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town. 

Tales of Travel and Trade

Tales of Travel and Trade

A photographic celebration of our travels to source ethically produced artisan products over the last four decades, with a selection of these unique objects collected along the way… 

Funny Answers to Happy Questions

Funny Answers to Happy Questions

Comedian Ryan Wingfield takes a funny look into the science of what makes us happy. 

Jasmin Gleeson & Dan McKeon: Are Funny People Confirmed

Jasmin Gleeson & Dan McKeon: Are Funny People Confirmed

It’s two of the coolest and cutest up-and-coming comedians DANIEL MCKEON and JASMIN GLEESON bringing an hour of premium comedy to Camden this August with a two-hander like no other… 

Jasmin Gleeson & Dan McKeon: Are Funny People Confirmed

Jasmin Gleeson & Dan McKeon: Are Funny People Confirmed

It’s two of the coolest and cutest up-and-coming comedians DANIEL MCKEON and JASMIN GLEESON bringing an hour of premium comedy to Camden this August with a two-hander like no other… 

It's A Little Bit Funny

It's A Little Bit Funny

It’s A Little Bit Funny tells the incredible story of Elton John’s rise and fall (and rise again) as one of the most successful singer/songwriters ever. 

Scott Murphy: Sailing Lessons

Scott Murphy: Sailing Lessons

Ever been sailing before? Ever felt the soft touch of Neoprene on your skin? The salty wind in your hair? The thrill of seagull in your eye? If you answered no but would like all t… 

Funny Women

Funny Women

Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up. 

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. 

Let Me Tell You Something You Already Know

Let Me Tell You Something You Already Know

A personal performance of a woman’s struggle growing up in a man-made world. 

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK. 

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

Something Funny with Scott McPherson

In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK. 

Something About Simon: The Paul Simon Story

Something About Simon: The Paul Simon Story

In this new show, singer-songwriter Gary Edward Jones not only recites the music of one of his idols but also tells the unique story of Paul Simon combining visuals, stage design a… 

Something About Simon: The Paul Simon Story

Something About Simon: The Paul Simon Story

In this new show, singer-songwriter Gary Edward Jones not only recites the music of one of his idols but also tells the unique story of Paul Simon combining visuals, stage design a… 

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. 

Funny That Comedy

Funny That Comedy

Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC THOMAS GREEN fresh from a sell-out Australian festival season with NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighting Talk’, ‘The Blame Game’, ‘The Michael Mc… 

Funny That Comedy

Funny That Comedy

Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC STEPHEN GRANT (Brighton’s own award winning compere) with CALLY BEATON (‘QI’, ‘The Apprentice You’re Fired’) NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighti… 

Tales of Whatever

Tales of Whatever

Comedians telling true stories. 

Tales of Whatever

Tales of Whatever

Comedians telling true stories. 

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legends

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legends

Brighton’s own King of anarchic storytelling, the irrepressible Mr D, returns to Brighton Fringe with tales of ghosts, monsters, and the Devil that are not for the faint-hearted. 

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legends

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legends

Brighton’s own King of anarchic storytelling, the irrepressible Mr D, returns to Brighton Fringe with tales of ghosts, monsters, and the Devil that are not for the faint-hearted. 

Scott Capurro Survives

Scott Capurro Survives

Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS. 

A Blue Something Livestream

A Blue Something Livestream

Chris, Lucy, Hervey and Mandy are stuck in a waiting room. 

A Blue Something

A Blue Something

Chris, Lucy, Hervey and Mandy are stuck in a waiting room. 

Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny

Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny

Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. 

Scott Capurro Survives

Scott Capurro Survives

Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS. 

Little Grimm Tales

Little Grimm Tales

What if the wishes were granted? What if the magic were real? A stunning new adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales! Head into the woods with Hansel & Grethel, help the little … 

Funny How?

Funny How?

Ever wondered why comedians feel the need to get up and reveal their soft underbelly to audiences that might reject them? Ever wondered why a singer seems to want to soak up all th… 

Schubert's Winterreise with Brian Bannatyne-Scott

Schubert's Winterreise with Brian Bannatyne-Scott

Schubert’s masterpiece song cycle Winterreise (A Winter Journey) performed by Scotland’s foremost operatic bass accompanied by legendary Scottish pianist, Walter Blair. 

Al Start's Go Kid Music Club: Tall Tales

Al Start's Go Kid Music Club: Tall Tales

Brighton resident and local legend Al Start is heading to the beach this Summer with an array of stories and songs for kids and their grown-ups. 

Spooky Jerry's Spooky Campfire Tales

Spooky Jerry's Spooky Campfire Tales

Around the campfire, late one night, sit some improvisers. 

Amorous Tales of Shakespeare

Amorous Tales of Shakespeare

Who was Shakespeare’s true love? Anne Hathaway who seduced the young Will. 

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales

Sexy and subversive, audacious and hilarious, this one-woman show puts a knife in the back of traditional fairy tales. 

Tales from the City Below

Tales from the City Below

There have always been legends of a city below the pavements of Edinburgh. 

Going Straight to Gay (or something in-between)

Going Straight to Gay (or something in-between)

Being in a gay relationship is not always a dance on roses (yes, that’s a Danish expression), especially if you used to be in straight relationships. 

Jimmy Carr - Terribly Funny

Jimmy Carr - Terribly Funny

Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. 

Christmas Tales

Christmas Tales

Tales from the Shed are feeling incredibly festive as they head to the Museum of Comedy this December. 

Dead Funny

Dead Funny

The Tower Theatre Company seek to outrage and (somewhat) inspire with their recreation of Dead Funny. 

Funny Women Awards 2019 – Semi-Final

Funny Women Awards 2019 – Semi-Final

The semi-final of the 2019 Funny Women Awards. 

Afternoon Organ Recital with Marion Lees McPherson

Afternoon Organ Recital with Marion Lees McPherson

Marion Lees McPherson, organist of Stockbridge Parish, presents a programme of German and French music. 

Funny Women Meet Up

Funny Women Meet Up

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

Celebrating 32 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition. 

The Scott Walker Songbook

The Scott Walker Songbook

Scott Walker was one of popular music’s most fascinating and elusive characters. 

Ghostly Tales

Ghostly Tales

Ghostly Tales are adaptations of Victorian supernatural short stories; The Wind in the Rosebush, The Shadow on the Wall, and The Best Room in the House. 

Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window

Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window

Chic Murray was the comedian’s comedian. 

Funny Women on the Fringe

Funny Women on the Fringe

Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe. 

Fraser Gibson: Self-ish

Fraser Gibson: Self-ish

Fraser Gibson spends his time shamelessly promoting himself about town as a way to make a living. 

Dog Tales

Dog Tales

People have much to hide. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

Mezzo: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Mezzo: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Six strong Norwegian voices offering a cappella arrangements ranging from jazz, pop, Scandinavian folk music to classical pieces. 

Supernatural: Wonder Tales from Scotland

Supernatural: Wonder Tales from Scotland

Scotland is a country blessed with abundant natural beauty and mystical landscapes. 

Dean Friedman – Singing Songs, Telling Tales

Dean Friedman – Singing Songs, Telling Tales

Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary, pop icon status for chart-topping hits… 

The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook

The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook

For Gil Scott-Heron fans this evening at The Jazz Bar would need no extra hype. 

An Objectively Funny Night

An Objectively Funny Night

A fundraiser for your new favourite production company’s mental health partnership with CALM, providing and raising awareness for services to support performers at the Fringe. 

Rats’ Tales

Rats’ Tales

Rats’ Tales by Carol Ann Duffy and adapted by Melly Still brings together a hugely entertaining, sinister and magical mixture of traditional and invented folk stories, richly con… 

Tales of the Condemned

Tales of the Condemned

Take a look back at Scotland’s darker history as we delve into the lives of a few Scottish folk whose fates were sealed by being accused of witchcraft. 

Late Bloomers' Tales

Late Bloomers' Tales

Have you ever been, or felt, late? Maybe you’re not alone. 

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 32nd year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a… 

Ava Beaux: The Mysterious Tales of Poe

Ava Beaux: The Mysterious Tales of Poe

Enter the macabre minds of Beaux and Poe. 

Tales of Neverland

Tales of Neverland

Make way for the Lost Boys! Join Wendy, Michael and John as they are whisked away to Neverland by Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. 

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

It’s 1816, and Mary Shelley is about to recite the words that would be Frankenstein. 

Sooz Kempner – Mega Drive

Sooz Kempner – Mega Drive

Sonic might not be the best video game character in the world but moving around at the speed of sound, he has touched many hearts and none more so than Sooz Kempner who brings her … 

The Stinky Cheese Man... and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

The Stinky Cheese Man... and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Though the characters may be familiar, these favourite storybook fables are uproariously derailed in this children’s play of fractured fairy tales. 

Hang Drum Virtuoso Milly Hoddo Featuring Guitarist Ryan Gibson

Hang Drum Virtuoso Milly Hoddo Featuring Guitarist Ryan Gibson

This virtuoso duo, returning for their third year, are exploring the rich and mellow sounds of hang drums accompanied by acoustic and bass guitar. 

Miss Candy AppleBottom presents: Tales and Adventures from Beyond the Veil of Nonsense

Miss Candy AppleBottom presents: Tales and Adventures from Beyond the Veil of Nonsense

Candy’s stories, musicality and legs will take you on a journey of her/his adventures through time. 

Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North)

Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North)

Comic dance-theatre conceived and performed by Yukon born ‘Intrepid’ Jen. 

STYX

STYX

A mixture of mythology, memory and music. 

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Lum: And Other Colourful Tales

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Lum: And Other Colourful Tales

Have you ever closed your eyes and tried to imagine a new colour? Lucy is a little grey girl in a little grey world who escapes to a land of colour through her stories. 

Tami Stone – My Funny Bits

Tami Stone – My Funny Bits

Comedy actress Tami Stone presents her debut one-woman Edinburgh show. 

Funny for a Girl

Funny for a Girl

We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe and brought them together for an evening of comedy you’ll never forget! ‘An amazing evening of the most hilariou… 

Something Else

Something Else

What do you expect when you go to a holiday resort? Seaside memories, hearty dinners, relaxation and. 

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. 

Funny Stories About Pain

Funny Stories About Pain

Funny Stories About Pain is a one-hour journey through some decidedly not-funny events in the life of comedian Troy Alan, which would amount to a depressing Ted Talk if Troy couldn… 

Grimm Tales

Grimm Tales

Grey Dog Theatre follow the triumphant Beasts and Beauties, ‘a perfectly synchronised swarm of young talent’ **** (Young Perspective) with more of Carol Ann Duffy’s magical f… 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

A changing line-up featuring the best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 32nd year! A great night of the funniest from the Fringe,… 

There's Something Missing

There's Something Missing

There’s Something Missing, is a two-person physical (and sometimes funny) contemporary piece of confessional theatre that discusses identity. 

Right in the Eye – Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès' Films

Right in the Eye – Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès' Films

Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema. 

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free

Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

Tales from the Balkans

Tales from the Balkans

A brutally honest show about growing up in the Balkans, then somehow moving to Malta, and finally ending up in London to become a pizza boy. 

Fulfilment

Fulfilment

In our modern world, convenience is king and Amazon wears the crown. 

Funny in Real Life

Funny in Real Life

A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage. 

Great Grimm Tales

Great Grimm Tales

‘Three nights to save a soul. 

Carte Blanche with Uncle Charlotte and Aunt Scott

Carte Blanche with Uncle Charlotte and Aunt Scott

Charlotte MacDonald and Scott McPherson’s comedy partnership is underpinned by a no-nonsense and fun attitude to life! Experience a comedy show where you, the audience, can leave y… 

Do Our Best

Do Our Best

The Girl Guide Promise, an oath taken by all Guides and Brownies, highlights how a girl guide member must always do their best, be true to themselves and develop their beliefs. 

Funny Feckers

Funny Feckers

One of London’s most popular comedy nights Funny Feckers is coming to the Fringe to showcase the best acts from Ireland and beyond. 

Tales from the Garden

Tales from the Garden

The performance opens to a figure eerily adorned in a rose-embellished mask, a luscious pink rose plugged into her mouth like a pacifier. 

Travis Jay: Funny, Petty, Cool

Travis Jay: Funny, Petty, Cool

After attending the festival in 1994 as a young boy to watch his mother Angie Le Mar perform, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee Travis Jay is bringing his own show to … 

Stuart McPherson: Mr. November

Stuart McPherson: Mr. November

Stuart McPherson (as seen on BBC1) brings his hotly anticipated debut hour to the Fringe. 

Tales of Whatever

Tales of Whatever

Northern powerhouse Tales of Whatever (@talesofwhatever) returns for 2019 with changing daily line-ups of seasoned Fringe comics and performers, all going off-script to share true … 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

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

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott

This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding. 

Sleeping Trees: Silly Funny Boys

Sleeping Trees: Silly Funny Boys

Sleeping Trees are silly, funny boys. 

Scott Gibson: White Noise

Scott Gibson: White Noise

Scott Gibson, Glasgow’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning son, returns to the Fringe with a brand new hour of darkly comedic storytelling. 

Harriet Dyer and Scott Gibson: That's Not a Lizard, That's My Grandmother

Harriet Dyer and Scott Gibson: That's Not a Lizard, That's My Grandmother

The brainchild of comedians Harriet Dyer and Scott Gibson, That’s Not a Lizard, That’s My Grandmother! is unlike any other show at the Fringe. 

Isa Bonachera: The Great Emptiness

Isa Bonachera: The Great Emptiness

One day the earth might be so devastated that we might need to leave for a distant planet. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Beach Body Ready

Beach Body Ready

In our current day and age with consuming media in whatever shape it may take, it’s not difficult to find an advert, article or commentary about the body and how we should look i… 

Yuriko Kotani: Somosomo

Yuriko Kotani: Somosomo

It is common to see stand-up comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe be either unnecessarily controversial or unimaginatively bland. 

Edinburgh Festival Tales Tour

Edinburgh Festival Tales Tour

Join this lively and entertaining guided walking tour and enjoy decades of thrilling Fringe stories from today to Edinburgh’s first festivals in 1947. 

Confirmation

Confirmation

Part-biographical, part-political, part-musical, part-magical. 

It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night

It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night

In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture. 

Something About Simon

Something About Simon

Paul Simon is a name that has cemented itself into the Hearts and Bones of audiences all over the world. 

Myra DuBois: Dead Funny

Myra DuBois: Dead Funny

Yorkshire’s finest Myra DuBois has tragically ‘died’ but on the upside, she’s invited you to the greatest funeral you will ever attend. 

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: The Ronnie Scott’s Story - 60th Anniversary Concert

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: The Ronnie Scott’s Story - 60th Anniversary Concert

In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc… 

Something Else

Something Else

What do you expect when you go to a holiday resort? Seaside memories, hearty dinners, relaxation and…purgatory? This is the story of golden oldies Pete and Maggie… 

'Tales from Northern Britain' - In Search of an Identity in Post-Referendum(s) Britain

'Tales from Northern Britain' - In Search of an Identity in Post-Referendum(s) Britain

In a time where the country has never been more divided, Stan Wallace has complete conviction in his belief that both Remainers and Leavers need to fuck off, and he’s here to vent … 

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: A Celebration of Gershwin

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: A Celebration of Gershwin

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time… 

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

One of the greatest works of English Literature is brought to life in this new and exciting production which transports Chaucer’s pilgrims to 2019 and re-imagines his tales. 

The Scott Walker Songbook

The Scott Walker Songbook

Scott Walker was one of popular music's most fascinating and elusive artists. 

Now Here is a Funny Story!

Now Here is a Funny Story!

The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music… 

Dena Blizzard: One Funny Mother

Dena Blizzard: One Funny Mother

Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go, The Board Game f… 

Tales from the Elsewhere

Tales from the Elsewhere

Welcome to Hopeville. 

Dr Jones Funny Bones

Dr Jones Funny Bones

Dr Jones Funny Bones is coming to Brighton with a show for the whole family. 

Funny Women Showcase

Funny Women Showcase

We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

The Blood Tales

The Blood Tales

Re-mystifying the most misunderstood phenomena of a woman’s body by telling the true tales about our blood. 

Doctor Scott is Psycho-Active

Doctor Scott is Psycho-Active

Drug law reform activist Dr Keith Scott’s wacky trip into the world of the psychoactive drugs we use and the psychotic drug laws that try to stop us using. 

Tales from the British Isles

Tales from the British Isles

The Wandering Bard is an ensemble that merges qualities of early music with delights of immortal folk music. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

ON SALE AT 10AM FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMEBER Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny - … 

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny - featuring the true stories of how thi… 

The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (U) - Family Cinema

The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (U) - Family Cinema

From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits. 

Funny Turns

Funny Turns

A new comedy by David Hampshire. 

Funny Turns

Funny Turns

A new comedy by David Hampshire. 

Tales from the Shed

Tales from the Shed

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. 

Tales from the Shed

Tales from the Shed

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. 

Bitter Sweets: Ugly Tales for Beautiful Souls

Bitter Sweets: Ugly Tales for Beautiful Souls

Cast Iron Theatre returns to Brighton HorrorFest with their hugely popular night of spooky storytelling from local writers. 

Three Funny Men

Three Funny Men

A night of sparkling wit and humour featuring James Cary, Paul Kerensa and Simon Jenkins that lovingly looks at the flaws, foibles and funniest parts of faith and religi… 

Tales From The Shed at St Georges Church

Tales From The Shed at St Georges Church

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. 

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

Celebrating 31 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition. 

Alan Bennett's Say Something Happened

Alan Bennett's Say Something Happened

Alan Bennett is a national treasure, and his writings are justly well respected. 

Funny Women on the Fringe

Funny Women on the Fringe

Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy including performances by special guests and the brightest new talent at the Fringe. 

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… 

Tales of the Unacceptable

Tales of the Unacceptable

In the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp Sameena Zehra and Seymour Mace set out to examine UK comedy. 

A Collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Too

A Collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Too

Come find yourself in the woods again amongst shadow puppetry, masks and magic in A Collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Too. 

Afternoon Organ Recital in Stockbridge With Marion Lees McPherson

Afternoon Organ Recital in Stockbridge With Marion Lees McPherson

Marion Lees McPherson will spend an afternoon in Stockbridge Church with her annual organ recital of music by Bach, Schumann and Brahms. 

Shakespeare Catalysts

Shakespeare Catalysts

Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify, as James Beagon (co-director and actor) did at the start of the show, that Aulos Productions’ Shakespeare Catalysts is a work… 

Holy Sh*t

Holy Sh*t

Hearing a couple of priests swearing will always be amusing. 

So You Think You're Funny? Sketch

So You Think You're Funny? Sketch

Join us for the second year of the new comedy competition celebrating all things sketch! The organiser’s behind the UK’s biggest comedy newcomer competition are on the hunt for the… 

1984

1984

It is frightening how Orwell’s nightmarish dystopia continues to ring true, year after year. 

Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games

Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games

The American comedian and creator of The Jeselnik Offensive comes to London two nights only with his brand new hour, Funny Games. 

Alan Bennett's Say Something Happened

Alan Bennett's Say Something Happened

An Alan Bennett one act play-originally written for TV in 1982. 

Lisa Scott and Co Ain't Misbehavin'

Lisa Scott and Co Ain't Misbehavin'

Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date. This is Lisa’s 14th year at the Fringe, she sings with sophistication and humour. 

The Secret Diary of Scott Mitchell, Aged 43 and 3/4

The Secret Diary of Scott Mitchell, Aged 43 and 3/4

Scott Mitchell lives in Singapore. 

Legacy: The Story of Martin Luther

Legacy: The Story of Martin Luther

In the beginning was the Word, but I honestly don’t know which word to begin with when trying to describe this production. 

Grace

Grace

Nigel (Jonny Davidson) and his wife Sarah (Ella Dorman-Gajic) are sitting down to a dinner of soup and parsnip wine when they are interrupted by a knock on the door. 

Manx Fairy Tales and Legends

Manx Fairy Tales and Legends

Who is Jack the Giant Killer and the Black Dog of Peel? How did the Buggane of St Trinian’s terrorise local villagers? Why was Phynodderee banished from Fairy Land? Discover why th… 

Scott Gibson: Tales from the Battlefield

Scott Gibson: Tales from the Battlefield

Since the beginning of time, comedians have plied their trade on the comedy battlefield. 

No Funny Business

No Funny Business

Simon Hall is a comedy writer, TV icon and national treasure, who finds himself arrested under suspicion of never having told a joke. 

Brahms and Liszt: A Recital of Songs by Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Walter Blair Featuring Catherine Hooper

Brahms and Liszt: A Recital of Songs by Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Walter Blair Featuring Catherine Hooper

Brahms and Liszt – two great masters of German song in a luscious recital by internationally renowned bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott, rising star soprano Catherine Hooper and legenda… 

Women Aren't Funny

Women Aren't Funny

Parker has only ever dreamt of being a stand-up comedian. 

Grimm Tales

Grimm Tales

Carol Ann Duffy’s lyrical and heartwarming adaptations of classic tales brought magically to life by a vibrantly talented young all-female cast. 

Grimm's Fairer Tales

Grimm's Fairer Tales

With wolves, witches and goblins, the story unfolds as the audience is invited to become part of the drama. 

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 31st year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a… 

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

Night time. 

Adrian Minkowicz: Tango Tales

Adrian Minkowicz: Tango Tales

After Best Newcomer, the Argentinean comedian brings stories of tango from Buenos Aires to Edinburgh. 

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. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

Small Talk at Chambers and South: The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook

Small Talk at Chambers and South: The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook

Making their Edinburgh Fringe debut, Aki Remally and Fraser Urquhart play a whole set of jazz, funk and soul from the songbook of the godfather of hip hop, Gil Scott-Heron. 

Greyhounds

Greyhounds

Set in the small village of Shuttlefield, Greyhounds sees the local amateur dramatic society attempt to raise money for a Spitfire fighter aircraft by putting on a production of Sh… 

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious … 

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. 

Romeo and/or Juliet

Romeo and/or Juliet

Ryan North’s hilarious choose-your-own-adventure-style version of Hamlet, To Be Or Not To Be, first published in 2013, proved so successful that in 2016 Romeo and/or Juliet follo… 

I, Sniper

I, Sniper

I Sniper, appropriately enough, starts with a bang. 

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales Part II

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales Part II

Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near death by a fire-breathing dragon, and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy drug-smuggling ring. 

Steve McCann: Funny Bones

Steve McCann: Funny Bones

Funnybones is Steve McCann’s Edinburgh solo debut. 

Getting Away Scott Free

Getting Away Scott Free

After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free. 

Ollie Horn Made Some Funny Friends in Japan

Ollie Horn Made Some Funny Friends in Japan

Lovable Brit Ollie Horn (‘always a crowd pleaser’ (Edd Daggers, ROR Comedy)) tells fast-paced tales of life as an unlikely Japanese TV star and life on the road as he tours around … 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Marie

Marie

With the aid of a tea towel, a glass, and a stool, Sarah MacGillivray skilfully portrays a wide variety of characters in a modern re-telling of the story of Mary, Queen of Scots �… 

Tales from the Fireside

Tales from the Fireside

Edinburgh’s infamous ghosts descend upon The Fireside venue to retell the gruesome stories from the past. 

About Lady White Fox With Nine Tales...

About Lady White Fox With Nine Tales...

What if Lady Macbeth was the reincarnation of the mysterious White Fox? YVUA Arts present their award-winning About Lady White Fox with the Nine Tales. 

LoveHard: Tales from the Elsewhere

LoveHard: Tales from the Elsewhere

Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (Edinburgh Fringe LST Sketch-Off Finalists, 2017) are at it again! Last night at the Fringe Espionage venue this double act – otherwise known as Lo… 

Scott Bennett: Leap Year

Scott Bennett: Leap Year

People say it’s brave to do stand-up comedy, it’s braver to let someone you love do it. 

Funny Dubz

Funny Dubz

Three new up-and-coming stand-up comedians perform their diverse sets. 

Scott Capurro: The Trouble With Scott Capurro

Scott Capurro: The Trouble With Scott Capurro

So what exactly IS the Trouble with Scott Capurro? Is it that this left-leaning liberal American (yes, he’s the one, apparently) seemingly talks without pausing for breath? (“Are y… 

Richard Wheatley: Jokes and Tales of a Second-Year Gap Student

Richard Wheatley: Jokes and Tales of a Second-Year Gap Student

Richard is Britain’s leading blind theoretical physicist turned stand-up comedian with a Blue Peter badge… well, definitely in the top three. 

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. 

Tori Scott Is #Thirsty

Tori Scott Is #Thirsty

Celebrating poor life choices and an unconditional love of vodka, direct from New York City. 

I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife: A Play by Christopher Bliss

I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife: A Play by Christopher Bliss

Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back. 

Stuart McPherson and Donald Alexander

Stuart McPherson and Donald Alexander

Gilded Balloon Futures presents an hour of stand-up from two of Scotland’s fastest rising talents. 

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars featuring Claire Martin OBE – Ella Fitzgerald and the Jazz Divas

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars featuring Claire Martin OBE – Ella Fitzgerald and the Jazz Divas

Multi-award winning vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Clare Martin OBE, joins the acclaimed Ronnie Scott’s All Stars for a celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald and t… 

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales Part II

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales Part II

Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near killed by a fire breathing dragon, and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy Drug Smuggling Ring. 

Tales from the Shed

Tales from the Shed

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. 

Tales from the Shed Workshop

Tales from the Shed Workshop

Hey, ever put on a puppet show in an hour?And ever put on a show with all new characters, music and dance made up by the cast?And ever been in a show that will only be p… 

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars play The Music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars play The Music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, led by the club’s musical director, take to the stage to celebrate two giants of jazz… 

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars – A Tribute to Miles Davis

The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars – A Tribute to Miles Davis

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club,  The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to the legendary Miles Davis. 

Scott Bennett – Leap Year (Preview)

Scott Bennett – Leap Year (Preview)

Tipped by industry magazine Chortle as one of the acts to watch in 2018, Rob Brydon tour support, BBC News Quiz writer, Amused Moose Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and E… 

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales: Part II, Death Around the Corner

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales: Part II, Death Around the Corner

Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near killed by a fire breathing dragon and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy Drug Smuggling Ring. 

Krumpet Klub - ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’

Krumpet Klub - ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’

Krumpet klub present a ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’ Welcoming you into a world of dark comedy, and spooky burlesque dancer’s . 

Krumpet klub- ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’

Krumpet klub- ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’

Krumpet klub present a ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’ Welcoming you into a world of dark comedy, and spooky burlesque dancer’s . 

Pibroch Tales

Pibroch Tales

Two men enter a forest. 

Scott Lavene

Scott Lavene

Born in Essex, Scott Lavene was raised on power ballads, punk and swearing. 

Funny Women: Brighton Nights

Funny Women: Brighton Nights

The UK’s leading female comedy community ‘Funny Women’ host a night of fabulous female comedy talent in Brighton’s best comedy venue, Komedia Brighton, featuring a mix of establi… 

Getting Away Scott Free

Getting Away Scott Free

Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. 

Baba Brinkman: Canterbury Tales Remixed

Baba Brinkman: Canterbury Tales Remixed

Baba Brinkman’s gritty re-telling of Chaucer’s classic Tales has been critically acclaimed the world over, with the ‘Wife of Bath’ and ‘Pardoner’ seeming perfectly at home next… 

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. 

Rattle Tales

Rattle Tales

Rattle Tales was started by a collective of eleven Brighton based writers who wanted to bring new writing to the stage. 

Tales

Tales

As the audience wandered into the Sweet Dukebox theatre for the start of Tales Michelle Madsen and Lizzy Margereson of BAIT were already standing by the seats, welcoming people war… 

Dave Bailey: Say Something!

Dave Bailey: Say Something!

Multi-awarding-winning Comedian Dave Bailey has something to say. 

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… 

The Start of Something

The Start of Something

Sweet Werks' studio is a well-suited venue for The Start of Something. 

The Trouble With Scott Capurro

The Trouble With Scott Capurro

Scott Capurro is one of nature’s great raconteurs. 

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legend

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legend

Come on a journey back in time as Mr D regales you with fabulous tales of ghosts, monsters, the Devil, and more. 

Tales of the Mother tongue

Tales of the Mother tongue

Morocco’s past colonisation by its European invaders meant stories and tales of the old Morocco were unwritten. 

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, these terrific tales are woven together with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from Julia… 

Scott Gibson: Like Father, Like Son

Scott Gibson: Like Father, Like Son

Award-winning comedian Scott Gibson returns with his sold-out, smash-hit Fringe show ‘Like Father, Like Son’. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

Adeladies - Best of the Fringe's Funny Women

Adeladies - Best of the Fringe's Funny Women

Girls just want to have fun! And that’s why The Adeladies are back for another year at the Fringe! Enjoy the Fringe’s premier selection of the very best in female comedy, with… 

Getting Away Scott Free

Getting Away Scott Free

Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

"Who's Your Daddy?" The Funny Side Of Parenthood.

“Who’s Your Daddy? returns to Adelaide with an amazing line-up of both local and International comedians, both Mums & Dads, all talking Parenthood. 

Kind of Something Unusual

Kind of Something Unusual

Join the artist who isn’t afraid to explore and change up familiar territory. 

Grimm Tales

Grimm Tales

Not mincing any of our words here - the Brothers Grimm are really really grim. 

Tales of Adventure

Tales of Adventure

Fantasy, danger, excitement, laughs and mystery await those brave enough. 

Kate Fuller: Tales of Love and Murder

Kate Fuller: Tales of Love and Murder

From the Red Right Hand and the Long Black Veil, to Delilah and Miss Otis Regrets, we have told tales of love and murder through song for centuries. 

The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales)

The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales)

Emma Rice’s “exquisite” (Telegraph) production comes to Oxford Playhouse following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

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

Danny Bhoy Makes Something Great Again For Stronger Better Future Tomorrow Together

Danny Bhoy Makes Something Great Again For Stronger Better Future Tomorrow Together

Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK. 

Objectively Funny Festival

Objectively Funny Festival

9 days & 42 shows of the finest live comedians in Britain. 

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gilded Balloon’s annual comedy competition, So You Think You’re Funny. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

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

Funny Money

Funny Money

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

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Back due to popular demand! Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian, short and punchy. 

So You Think You're Funny? Sketch

So You Think You're Funny? Sketch

A brand-new string to the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! To celebrate 30 years of nurturing and developing new comic talent – we’re on… 

Enchanted Tales

Enchanted Tales

Journey through fairy tale lands. 

Tayberry Tales

Tayberry Tales

Tayberry Tales is a multi-sensory storytelling programme – the main focus is to support individuals with a learning disability, to develop and learn new skills through an accred… 

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth

Peek through the comedy retro-spectoscope at medicine and dentistry in the 1970s and 80s. 

Twenty Something

Twenty Something

Morning People Productions’ self-written and self-directed Twenty Something is a wonderful, shrewd new play about the whirlwind of realities and disappointments in young adult li… 

The Tinder Tales

The Tinder Tales

Produced by Connie Stride and co-directed by Emily Ashbrook and Elizabeth Bailey, The Tinder Tales excels in making genuine experiences appear visceral. 

The Story of Snow and Other True Tales According to Reet Petite

The Story of Snow and Other True Tales According to Reet Petite

Snow is the newest prisoner at HMP Young Offenders Institution, Hull. 

Play Something

Play Something

Two men meet in a club. 

Now Here's a Funny Story!

Now Here's a Funny Story!

In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly. 

Best of... So You Think You're Funny?

Best of... So You Think You're Funny?

A changing line-up featuring the best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! A great night of the funniest from… 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

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

Lisa Scott and Co Ain't Misbehavin'

Lisa Scott and Co Ain't Misbehavin'

Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date.  

Seriously Funny

Seriously Funny

Spare an hour for quality comedy that educates and entertains! Comedians are joined on stage by Edinburgh’s researchers to explore local and global issues of healthcare, gender ide… 

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. 

Anna Savory: Tales from the Satanic Library

Anna Savory: Tales from the Satanic Library

Anna Savory is a comedian & condemned woman. 

Grimm Tales

Grimm Tales

Perfect Pullman. 

Scott Gibson: Like Father Like Son

Scott Gibson: Like Father Like Son

The winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer is back with an honest and frank insight into the men who have influenced and impacted his life. 

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. 

Ava Beaux: The Mysterious Tales of Poe

Ava Beaux: The Mysterious Tales of Poe

Enter the unsettling mind of Edgar Allan Poe. 

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character… 

Marc Jennings: Smart-Funny

Marc Jennings: Smart-Funny

Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist Marc Jennings talks about the struggles of life and the world from his perspective as a working class Glaswegian with an intellectual bent. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Super Scott's Totally Scripted Unimprovised Show

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Super Scott's Totally Scripted Unimprovised Show

Super Scott returns to the Fringe with his own unique blend of comedy, juggling, magic and more. Expect the unexpected! (Recommended by his mother). 

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!

Sondheim’s fast-paced lyrics are hard to perform well, even for an experienced Broadway star, and it is rare that I have seen an amateur production that manages to do him justice… 

Pibroch Tales

Pibroch Tales

Two men enter a forest… Fear meets mythical creature and strange happenings ensue. 

Border Tales

Border Tales

Following a turbulent year of politics and current affairs, this year’s Fringe programme is unsurprisingly loaded with all manner of shows trying to make sense of the world in 20… 

Seriously Funny

Seriously Funny

Spare an hour for quality comedy that educates and entertains! Comedians are joined on stage by Edinburgh’s researchers to explore local and global issues of healthcare, gender ide… 

John Scott Delusions

John Scott Delusions

John Scott Delusions. 

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. 

Donald Alexander and Stuart McPherson

Donald Alexander and Stuart McPherson

Following their sold out Glasgow Comedy Festival show, Donald and Stuart make their Edinburgh Fringe debut. 

Scott Barnett: Quantumly Entangled With a Blobfish

Scott Barnett: Quantumly Entangled With a Blobfish

Quite possibly the best/only show about blobfish you’ll ever see. 

Scott 'The Redman' Redmond: Departures

Scott 'The Redman' Redmond: Departures

Death invited you to decide the fate of The Poet. 

JoJo Smith: I Was the Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner (Ten True Tales)

JoJo Smith: I Was the Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner (Ten True Tales)

2016 saw JoJo Smith dip her toe into the Fringe waters with a brief run of her first solo show I was Mick Jones’ Bank Clerk. 

Funny Cluckers – Afternoon Show – Free

Funny Cluckers – Afternoon Show – Free

One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests. 

Teasing the Funny Bone: A Seminar (For Professionals, Amateurs and Anyone In-Between)

Teasing the Funny Bone: A Seminar (For Professionals, Amateurs and Anyone In-Between)

A “professional” seminar on how to rise to fame in the comedy world! Join our hosts as they stumble their way through a corporate lecture with anecdotes, lies and incorrect facts. 

Three Tales of Life and Death by Craig Lucas

Three Tales of Life and Death by Craig Lucas

In the world premiere of Pulitzer/Tony Award nominee Craig Lucas’s (Prelude to a Kiss, An American in Paris, Amelie) zany and touching new play, three stories collide in a world of… 

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Martin “Bigpig” Mor. 

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… 

JoJo Smith  I Was The Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner: Ten True Tales

JoJo Smith I Was The Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner: Ten True Tales

You want stories? JoJo has a lifetime’s worth. 

Funny for a Grrrl

Funny for a Grrrl

Three fabulous comediennes on an amazing bill for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never forget, all hosted by the fantastic Mary Bourke. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after four sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious … 

Funny Women Fest

Funny Women Fest

Funny Women takes over your lunch hour with a feast of comedy, interviews and highlights from the very best of the Fringe. 

Scott Agnew: Spunk on Our Lady's Face

Scott Agnew: Spunk on Our Lady's Face

Burly Glaswegian stand-up Scott Agnew has for many years joked about “blow-job knee”—wear and tear arising from too much time on his knees providing oral sex. 

Scott Gibson: Like Father Like Son

Scott Gibson: Like Father Like Son

The winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer is back with an honest and frank insight into the men who have influenced and impacted his life. 

Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’

Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’

In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. 

Scott Adsit And Friends plus Improvable

Scott Adsit And Friends plus Improvable

Comedy legend Scott Adsit, known for performing at US improv institutions Second City and UCB, as well as his TV roles in 30 Rock and Veep, is joined on stage by some very special … 

The Maydays feat. Scott Adsit plus Swipe Right and Me Plus One

The Maydays feat. Scott Adsit plus Swipe Right and Me Plus One

The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl… 

Funny Broken Bones

Funny Broken Bones

A Gala stand-up comedy show for the comedian Jim Tavare featuring twelve top comedians Harry Hill, Stewart Lee, Milton Jones, Paul Zerdin, Alan Davies, Paul Chowdhry, Dave Johns, A… 

The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales

The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales

On a lake somewhere not far away, a mother duck is sitting on her eggs. 

James Campbell: The Funny Thing About...

James Campbell: The Funny Thing About...

A stand-up show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words. 

Tales from the Woods

Tales from the Woods

This is an exciting journey through some great tales. 

Funny Women Awards: Brighton Heats

Funny Women Awards: Brighton Heats

‘The Funny Women Awards’ are back at Brighton Fringe! ‘The Funny Women Awards’ has left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including … 

The Grimmest of Grimm Tales

The Grimmest of Grimm Tales

Did you know the Brothers Grimm collected together over 200 different stories? Why do we only ever hear about Cinders and Snow White? Were the others too scary? Too gruesome? Or a … 

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. 

Marvellous Myths and Terrific Tales

Marvellous Myths and Terrific Tales

An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain. 

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 … 

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

A courtroom in hell. 

Scott Gibson: Life After Death

Scott Gibson: Life After Death

Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever. 

Adam Scott Vincent: The Scared and Lonely Tour (work in progress)

Adam Scott Vincent: The Scared and Lonely Tour (work in progress)

Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m… 

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legends

Mr D’s Tales of Myth and Legends

A retelling of ten old tales, such as the story of Devil’s Dyke and why Rugby Union team Hartlepool Rovers are known as the Monkeyhangers, this hour long show invites the audienc… 

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… 

Dead Funny

Dead Funny

Eleanor wants a child. 

Something's Gonna Happen

Something's Gonna Happen

Something’s Gonna Happen returns for autumn presenting the best in fantastic live, local music. 

Rice Paper Tales

Rice Paper Tales

Saturday 10 & Saturday 17 September, 12pm, 1. 

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth is a one-man comedy show written and performed by ex-doctor and dentist, and retired comedy writer and performer, Ray Lowry. 

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

Welcome to the final of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers’ competition. 

The Sitcom Trials: So You Think You Write Funny?

The Sitcom Trials: So You Think You Write Funny?

The competition to find the best new situation comedy writers and performers the country has to offer. 

The Grimmest of Grimm Tales

The Grimmest of Grimm Tales

Did you know, the Brothers Grimm collected together over 200 different stories? Why do we only ever hear about Cinders and Snow White? Were the others too scary? Too gruesome? Or a… 

The Silence at the Song's End

The Silence at the Song's End

Beautiful, funny and completely moving, Really Good Stories’ production of The Silence at the Song’s End is one of the best pieces of theatre you’ll see this Fringe. 

Something for Everyone

Something for Everyone

A concert full of well known pieces from the worlds of opera, operetta, musicals and popular music.  

Ayesha Hazarika: Tales from the Pink Bus

Ayesha Hazarika: Tales from the Pink Bus

Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband. 

Dreaming of Leaves

Dreaming of Leaves

Quirky, vibrant and oozing with dark imagination, Dreaming of Leaves is a daring and thought-provoking piece of theatre. 

Witch

Witch

St Magnus Players return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a gripping tale of witchcraft, faith and fear. 

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. 

Ayesha Hazarika: Tales from the Pink Bus

Ayesha Hazarika: Tales from the Pink Bus

Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband. 

The Funny Brothers

The Funny Brothers

A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden. 

Not Just a Funny Turn

Not Just a Funny Turn

Join us for a gala night of comedy featuring a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland. 

The Man Who Built His House to Heaven

The Man Who Built His House to Heaven

One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who… 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

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

Funny Women Awards 2016: Regional Final

Funny Women Awards 2016: Regional Final

The Funny Women Awards have left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Katherine Ryan, Kerry Godli… 

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. 

Lisa Scott

Lisa Scott

Thirteen years performing at the Fringe, Lisa sings with passion and humour, bringing a modern sound with a jazz/funk feel, covering material from Burt Bacharach, Sade, Stevie Wond… 

Coreen Scott and Friends

Coreen Scott and Friends

An acoustic programme of traditional and contemporary songs in French and English presented by singer Coreen Scott and friends. 

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Paul Merton returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with an improvised comedy show. 

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

The first thing you are met with when walking into Eagle House School’s Production of Burying Your Brother in the Pavement is approximately 20 young teenagers spaced out on the s… 

Tales from the Tent

Tales from the Tent

When someone has nowhere to go, a fairytale can take them home. 

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney has been touring all over the UK for months. 

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian: short and punchy. 

Tales from the American Midwest – Free

Tales from the American Midwest – Free

Award-winning Badger High School Theater presents Tales from the American Midwest, a series of American folk tales centred around the Midwestern states. 

So You Think You're Funny? Heats

So You Think You're Funny? Heats

Welcome to the 29th year of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers competition! After months of regional showcases, these guys are the funniest of the hundreds of… 

Two Funny Lassies

Two Funny Lassies

Lady Shona and Natalie Sweeney tend to criminally overshare. 

Harriet Dyer – Barking Tales (Showcase)

Harriet Dyer – Barking Tales (Showcase)

As heard on BBC Ouch. 

Something in My Shoe

Something in My Shoe

Meet Reginald, the bravest piece of rope in show business. 

A Funny Valentine

A Funny Valentine

This show tells the story of famous American jazz musician Chet Baker’s life and death, featuring storytelling by Mike Maran, and live music by Colin Steele and Fraser Urquhart. 

The Grimmest of Grimm Tales

The Grimmest of Grimm Tales

Did you know, the Brothers Grimm collected together over 200 different stories? Why do we only ever hear about Cinders and Snow White? Were the others too scary? Too gruesome? Or a… 

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Four top quality foul-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny. 

Bones

Bones

Bones is one of the most high-energy monologues you will see this Fringe. 

Susan Morrison: Walking Dead, Famous and Funny

Susan Morrison: Walking Dead, Famous and Funny

Start your Fringe day with a laugh-and-learn walk through some of Edinburgh’s weirder backstory. 

The Funny Brothers

The Funny Brothers

A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden. 

The Girl with the Hurricane Hands (and Other Short Tales of Woe)

The Girl with the Hurricane Hands (and Other Short Tales of Woe)

Each of the short – but far from woeful – tales in this half-hour collection (from Bristol University and National Youth Theatre) have concepts that could be summed up in one l… 

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… 

Funny for a Grrrl

Funny for a Grrrl

Witty, fresh and clever, Funny for a Grrrl serves a refreshing line-up of stand-up in this year’s Fringe. 

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. 

Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful

Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful

Filled with humour and sorrow, Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful is a play about a man who is considering throwing in the towel. 

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon… 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Featuring the very best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomers’ competition. 

Scott Agnew: I've Snapped My Banjo String, Let's Just Talk

Scott Agnew: I've Snapped My Banjo String, Let's Just Talk

Scott Agnew is looking good, these days; whether that’s down to him drinking less is unclear, though it’s clearly a bit of a culture shock on the night of this review as it’s… 

Scott Gibson: Life After Death

Scott Gibson: Life After Death

This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic. 

Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed

A surprisingly moving hour of theatre, Something Borrowed deals with the struggles of a 21st-century, 20-something feminist trying to reconcile the desire for the perfect fairy tal… 

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Devised from the diaries of Fredrick Treves, Fringe Management and Canny Creatures Scotland present The Elephant Man. 

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. 

A Plague of Idiots

A Plague of Idiots

Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after three sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious… 

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and getting in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People, where the adults can have just as good… 

Tales From The Hanging Captain

Tales From The Hanging Captain

If theatre is all about holding a mirror up to ourselves, then Tales From the Hanging Captain certainly makes the grade – it’s the first performance piece arising from the thr… 

Acting Funny: UoB's Short Course on Comic Theatre Practice

Acting Funny: UoB's Short Course on Comic Theatre Practice

Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi… 

Something Rotten

Something Rotten

Something Rotten, not to be confused with the 2015 Broadway musical of the same name, is this time Hamlet’s villainous uncle, Claudius’s version of events, told as if he wer… 

Tales of a Grandson

Tales of a Grandson

There is much more to history than just learning dates and facts. 

Funny Women Awards 2016

Funny Women Awards 2016

The Funny Women Awards have been scouring the UK and Ireland for the best new female comic talent! Come along and spot the next big thing, help raise funds for domestic violence… 

Rattle Tales

Rattle Tales

Short story and flash fiction readings with audience participation. 

Magnificent Myths and Tall Tales

Magnificent Myths and Tall Tales

An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain. 

Magnificent Myths and Tall Tales

Magnificent Myths and Tall Tales

“An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain. 

Funny Women: Time of the Month

Funny Women: Time of the Month

Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners. 

Something Rotten! NEW YORK

Something Rotten! NEW YORK

Hear Ye, Broadway! From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original… something fresh. 

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Actor/singer/storyteller Richard Spaul tells stories from Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre masterpiece. 

Tales of Sin

Tales of Sin

Tales of Sin proclaims malice, seduction, lust and vengeance, so count me in! This six for the price of one variety show, spans a wide spectrum of genres – musical, opera, vers… 

The Funny Papers: Human Behaviour

The Funny Papers: Human Behaviour

Hilarious new surreal sketch show about how humans are. 

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi

Performer James Cairns (‘Dirt’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘The Snow Goose’) teams up with writer Gwydion Beynon (‘The Epicene Butcher’) to tell the epic, unforgettable and hilarious… 

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi

Performer James Cairns (‘Dirt’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘The Snow Goose’) teams up with writer Gwydion Beynon (‘The Epicene Butcher’) to tell the epic, unforgettab… 

Brandon Scott Wolf

Brandon Scott Wolf

Mr. 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Fanny Brice’s prowess and fame were arguably due to her impeccable comic timing and clown-like performances, combined with a powerful singing voice that could both move you with … 

Scott Wheeler

Scott Wheeler

A Brooklyn Art Song Society portrait concert for Mr. 

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… 

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. 

Scott Adsit & Oliver Chris Cant Get Into Level One

Scott Adsit & Oliver Chris Cant Get Into Level One

Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course. 

Funny People: Alan Zweibel in Conversation With Martin Short

Funny People: Alan Zweibel in Conversation With Martin Short

Mr. Zweibel and Mr. Short, both prolific comedians and writers, will discuss their new books and reflect on their decadeslong careers. 

TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK – On the Verge of Extinction

TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK – On the Verge of Extinction

TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK – On the Verge of Extinction is a poignant, uproarious look at family, relationships, addiction, peeing, aging, cancer, and scones. 

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

Peter Rabbit knows very well he’s not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there his father met his untimely end! But he can’t resist … and soon he and his… 

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

Welcome to the final of the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition. 

Cariad & Paul: A Two Player Adventure

Cariad & Paul: A Two Player Adventure

Through their use of improvisation and mime, backed with a fantastic live band (The Glue Ensemble), Cariad and Paul bring to life a series of hilarious stories, based solely on one… 

Not Just a Funny Turn

Not Just a Funny Turn

Join us for a gala night of comedy with a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland. 

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and Other Tales

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and Other Tales

Lancaster Offshoots have created an enjoyable and surprisingly funny offering with their take on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit and Other Tales. 

James Loveridge: Funny Because It's True

James Loveridge: Funny Because It's True

An hour of hilarious true stories from an exciting young stand-up comedian/loveable idiot, James Loveridge brings his 2014 show back to the Fringe for a limited run. 

Grow Old Disgracefully – Being Funny As an Older Woman

Grow Old Disgracefully – Being Funny As an Older Woman

Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell. 

The Amazing Sketch Show

The Amazing Sketch Show

The description of The Amazing Sketch Show states that their sketches are ‘some of the funniest, silliest and zaniest sketches’ to be found at this year’s Fringe. 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity. 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity. 

The Humble Quest for Universal Genius

The Humble Quest for Universal Genius

Trying to find a new Renaissance Man (or Woman) in an hour is no easy task, but it is one that The Humble Quest for Universal Genius attempts with great enthusiasm. 

Jason Neale is Proper Funny: Fact

Jason Neale is Proper Funny: Fact

After a sold out run at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, affable everyman Jason Neale brings a highly enjoyable hour of Proper Funny real life stories, cheeky observations and u… 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort. 

Something Between Nothing and Everything

Something Between Nothing and Everything

In our fast-paced and demanding consumer culture, a production that takes time to examine and appreciate the joys and sorrows found in everyday life can be a real gem. 

Song Tales from the American Edge

Song Tales from the American Edge

Texan Kiya Heartwood (Stealin’ Horses, Wishing Chair) is ‘an award-winning American singer/songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famou… 

The Bristol Suspensions in: A Suspension of Disbelief

The Bristol Suspensions in: A Suspension of Disbelief

A group of seventeen students from Bristol University that formed in September last year, The Bristol Suspensions are fairly new to the a cappella scene, but that does nothing to d… 

Heads

Heads

When two precocious, self-important students uncover a student-teacher relationship scandal at their private school, they plan to exploit it for their own gain and, in so doing, ho… 

That's Not Funny! Are Offence-Seekers Killing Comedy?

That's Not Funny! Are Offence-Seekers Killing Comedy?

From the campaign to oust lad comedian Dapper Laughs from his ITV2 show to the banning of feminist stand-up Kate Smurthwaite at Goldsmiths University, the comic’s right to probe, t… 

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties… 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

There are three things which are undeniably British: Geoffrey Chaucer, trains and casual drinking. 

The Jeremy Kyle Show Does Shakespeare

The Jeremy Kyle Show Does Shakespeare

A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend. 

Tales from Ovid

Tales from Ovid

Frantic passions are unleashed when divine and human worlds meet. 

The Sinister Tales of Doctor Synistra

The Sinister Tales of Doctor Synistra

Improv with a dark twist! As you enter the theatre you will be welcomed by the cast who will show you to your seats and make sure you are sitting comfortably, before using dark mag… 

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication. 

Oriental Fairy Tales: Wild Zebra (Symphonic Excerpts)

Oriental Fairy Tales: Wild Zebra (Symphonic Excerpts)

This is a performance of the score from the fantasy dance-drama Wild Zebra, showcasing the accomplishments of a troupe of young Chinese performers (8-12 years old). 

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. 

Funny Women Awards 2015 Semi-Final

Funny Women Awards 2015 Semi-Final

The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade, and witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit. 

Oriental Fairy Tales: Wild Zebra (Ballet with Orchestra)

Oriental Fairy Tales: Wild Zebra (Ballet with Orchestra)

Wild Zebra is a fantasy ballet with symphony orchestra accompaniment showcasing the accomplishments of a troupe of young Chinese performers (8-12 years). 

Meet the Agent: Paul Harper at Keddie Scott Associates

Meet the Agent: Paul Harper at Keddie Scott Associates

Paul works as the Scottish agent for Keddie Scott Associates Ltd, a London based agency. 

Coreen Scott and Friends

Coreen Scott and Friends

A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott. 

Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

This is a superb student production from St Edward’s School, under the direction of Jamie Johnstone and co-director Rebecca Clark. 

Something Cool: The Story of June Christy

Something Cool: The Story of June Christy

If the name isn’t familiar, the tunes will be. 

Oriental Fairy Tales: Legend and Modern

Oriental Fairy Tales: Legend and Modern

Yu Cai Primary School, originated in the ancient oriental city of Yan’an, where only about 100 years ago the people moved out from living in cave houses. 

Oriental Fairy Tales: Happy Hours in Childhood

Oriental Fairy Tales: Happy Hours in Childhood

Childhood is happy and carefree. 

Richard III
BOBBY WINNER

Richard III

I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders… 

Marching for Necie

Marching for Necie

We open with a group of young Southern belles, beautifully attired in vintage-style dresses, learning how to apply make-up to please their husbands, so setting up the conservative … 

Oriental Fairy Tales: The Charming Oriental City

Oriental Fairy Tales: The Charming Oriental City

The ancient East, full of myth and charm. 

Showbiz, or, Repeat Until Funny

Showbiz, or, Repeat Until Funny

A comedy that ironically centres around two failing comedians should find humour in the ineptness of these characters. 

18 Foot Story

18 Foot Story

Sometimes a production doesn’t come together and it’s not for a lack of trying. 

Cautionary Tales

Cautionary Tales

Widely regarded as one of the leading young companies in the UK, Newbury Youth Theatre have an unparalleled reputation at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Tales in the Tide

Tales in the Tide

Do you dare to take the hand of a mermaid? Swim with a Selkie? Hear the song of a Siren? Such stories are fishwives’ tales. 

So You Think You're Funny?

So You Think You're Funny?

Welcome to the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition. 

Women of the Mourning Fields

Women of the Mourning Fields

This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds. 

Tales from a Cabaret

Tales from a Cabaret

The Creative Martyrs, that white-faced Laurel and Hardy of existential cabaret terrorism, are not men to be trifled with, as some rather talkative front-row audience members discov… 

Something Wicked This Way Comes...

Something Wicked This Way Comes...

Remember the times when you were scared of the dark? When everything went bump in the night? When all the hairs on the back of your neck stood on end? Well, they’re back and they’… 

Tall Tales for Small People: American Folk Stories and Songs

Tall Tales for Small People: American Folk Stories and Songs

We all love a good story! Multi award-winning singer-songwriter Mike Willis and his rovin’ band transport you to the smoky mountains of America. 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing is quite simply brilliant. 

The Exeter Revue: Sketchup

The Exeter Revue: Sketchup

Four students, a full house and a series of clever sketches make for a very enjoyable hour in The Exeter Revue: Sketchup. 

Open

Open

Taking place in the greatest of British institutions — a chip shop — on election night, Open is a devised work by the student-run Nottingham New Theatre. 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

‘When April has showered sweetly with his rains, when the west wind has breathed so sweetly through every grove and field. 

Gator Tales

Gator Tales

Using the unique experiences of African American students at the University of Florida, from the first students who attended more than 50 years ago to members of the current studen… 

Improvabunga: Funny Side Up

Improvabunga: Funny Side Up

After a quick introduction to the performers, a few improvisational examples, such as a Lonely Hearts Ad from a toilet and a first date at the Battle of Waterloo, we were introduce… 

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties… 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess

Fourth Monkey are back with another stellar ensemble piece, providing late night gothic horror - even more frightening, as it is based on a real-life horror story. 

Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury

Offering “a modern, alternative view to the story of Lady Macbeth”, Hell Hath No Fury certainly has an intriguing premise. 

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram, an Israeli human rights lawyer turned journalist, a bleeding heart and an inadvertent anthropologist of British life gets herself leave to remain in the UK, builds a … 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Hansel and Gretel

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Hansel and Gretel

You think you know the story of Hansel and Gretel, but can you fully comprehend the suffering that they endured? Poverty, starvation, abandonment, incarceration, murder and insanit… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t… 

Da-Da-Darling

Da-Da-Darling

This evocative dance performance is as notable for the process by which it was made as it is for the quality of the final product. 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition. 

Death by Shakespeare

Death by Shakespeare

“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”. 

Dead Funny

Dead Funny

This is Glasgow-based comedian Harry Garrison’s debut festival show, but with his confident, flawless delivery and natural charm, one would never know. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric is a friendly, unassuming man whose Tales of the Sea take you through his time spent on submarines in the Royal Navy. 

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour. 

Shakespeare's Avengers Assembleth: Age of Oberon

Shakespeare's Avengers Assembleth: Age of Oberon

When William Shakespeare is kidnapped by Oberon, the fairy king, it is up to his team of Avengers to rescue him and keep Oberon from re-writing his plays (and the sonnets. 

The Quentin Dentin Show

The Quentin Dentin Show

The Quentin Dentin Show is an extraordinary and eccentric dark comedy rock musical, which sees main characters Nat and Keith’s relationship on the rocks and their lives in a rut. 

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram plays the outsider in England, reflecting on what makes people British from her own standpoint as an Israeli woman. 

Light Boxes

Light Boxes

A space at Summerhall has been transformed into a forest. 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Little Red Cap

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Little Red Cap

A bare stage, obscured by low lighting and backed by an eerie sinister soundtrack set the tone for this gripping retelling of the classic children’s fairy-tale, but this telling … 

Method in Madness

Method in Madness

New writing and Shakespeare, dance and physical theatre, all accompanied by the evocative music of Laura Marling; Method in Madness is a truly mesmerising show. 

Fantastic, Funny and Free

Fantastic, Funny and Free

A fantastically funny show for all the family. 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Rapunzel

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Rapunzel

Rapunzel is part of Fourth Monkey’s 2015 fairytale season and features their signature physical ensemble work. 

The Hampstead Murder Mystery!

The Hampstead Murder Mystery!

When High Court Justice Sir Horace Fewbanks is found dead, Detective Inspector Chippenfield and Detective Sergeant Rolfe are on the case to find the killer. 

The Beanfield

The Beanfield

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a violent police intervention in which more than 500 travellers were arrested in a field on their way to a new-age… 

Martin ‘Bigpig’ Mor’s Funny Stuff for Happy People

Martin ‘Bigpig’ Mor’s Funny Stuff for Happy People

Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People, where the adults can have just as good a… 

Eclipse

Eclipse

It’s August 1999 and a group of Bristol teenagers have returned from a trip to Cornwall where they went to see an eclipse. 

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Fans of Charles Dickens will love this charming one-man show performed by Ian Pearce, which he adapted from a short story. 

Rik Carranza: Charming

Rik Carranza: Charming

Rik Carranza tells us he has been doing stand up comedy for five or six years and one word that has been continually used to describe him in reviews is ‘charming’. 

Beth Vyse: As Funny As Cancer

Beth Vyse: As Funny As Cancer

Vyse is back and this time it’s personal! A bodacious and ballsy look at her battle with breast cancer. 

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes… 

Fairly Tales

Fairly Tales

This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’. 

Hamlet

Hamlet

It wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without multiple adaptations of Hamlet all vying to make their mark, but this production by the English Repertory Theatre, directed and adapte… 

Scarlet Shambles: It Used to Be Me

Scarlet Shambles: It Used to Be Me

Best described as cabaret with some clowning thrown in, Scarlet Shambles: It Used To Be Me is a delightful surprise. 

Scott Bennett: About a Roy (Stories About Me Dad)

Scott Bennett: About a Roy (Stories About Me Dad)

Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience. 

Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman

A superb one-woman show from Kate Cook, Invisible Women tells of the thrilling adventures of a repressed housewife and sometime poet turned WWII operative. 

Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory

Three performers and twenty five sketches, presented in a random order each night. 

Funny for a Grrrl

Funny for a Grrrl

Four fantastic comediennes on one amazing show! We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe, and brought them together for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never… 

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Jean is sitting in a cafe enjoying a lobster bisque when a phone nearby starts to rings. 

Hairy Maclary's Cat Tales

Hairy Maclary's Cat Tales

A brand new show featuring your favourite characters including Hairy’s feline friends. 

Alex Hylton and Sarah Keyworth: Chasing Tales

Alex Hylton and Sarah Keyworth: Chasing Tales

Join Sarah Keyworth (Amused Moose Semi-Finalist) and Alex Hylton, (Macmillan Comedian of the Year Runner-up) as they take on love, sexuality and dating in this debut show. 

The Outsider

The Outsider

Conceived and performed by stage magician Janne Raudaskoski, The Outsider is a spectacular piece of theatre illusion. 

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

An adaptation of the classic gothic horror by Henry James, this show promises chills and thrills but didn’t send too many shivers up my spine. 

25 Stories

25 Stories

The premise of 25 Stories is simple enough; Alex Watts is bored at work and so comes up with short stories to keep himself entertained. 

John Scott Presents Dissent

John Scott Presents Dissent

Dissent: noun, def. 

Wojtek the Bear

Wojtek the Bear

Wojtek was an extraordinary bear, and this play that tells his story is an equally extraordinary piece of theatre. 

Tiff Stevenson: Mad Man

Tiff Stevenson: Mad Man

Speaking to those of us in her audience who have never seen her perform before, Tiff Stevenson says ‘You’re so lucky… I remember seeing me for the first time. 

Live in the Staff Room (Sex, Fairy Tales, Serial Killers and Other Stuff)

Live in the Staff Room (Sex, Fairy Tales, Serial Killers and Other Stuff)

After Flipper Committed Suicide! Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales. 

Don't Tell Him Pike: Part 2. More Tales from the Not So Stupid Boy...

Don't Tell Him Pike: Part 2. More Tales from the Not So Stupid Boy...

Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow… 

My Name is Saoirse

My Name is Saoirse

Set in an attic sewing room, Saoirse’s life is presented to us as a form of patchwork quilt. 

Gabriel Bisset-Smith Tells the Most Original and Funny Joke in the Universe!

Gabriel Bisset-Smith Tells the Most Original and Funny Joke in the Universe!

Multi-award winning performer Gabriel Bisset-Smith will take you on a journey of intergalactic travel, strange sexual positions, bizarre dance routines, Kanye West and unhinged mur… 

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

There is just something about storyteller Callum Lykan. 

Abnormally Funny People

Abnormally Funny People

Abnormally Funny People showcases some of the best and brightest comedians living with disabilities on the circuit, oh and a token “normal”. 

48 Minutes / Free Festival

48 Minutes / Free Festival

I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte… 

Vladimir McTavish: Scotland, 45 Events That Shaped a Nation

Vladimir McTavish: Scotland, 45 Events That Shaped a Nation

Vladimir McTavish’s cynical look back at Scotland’s past spans from the fourteenth century to the present day, examining the successes and failures of kings and governments,… 

Ben Russell: The Tokyo Hotel

Ben Russell: The Tokyo Hotel

This show begins with the sound of drums and then a dreadful storm and so gives its audience certain expectations of what is to come but, as Russell himself exclaims, “prepare yo… 

Shit-Faced Shakespeare

Shit-Faced Shakespeare

In Macbeth, Act II, Scene 3, the Porter states “Drink [. 

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… 

Scott Smith: Wonders at Dusk

Scott Smith: Wonders at Dusk

Wonders at Dusk is not just a magic show; it is a magical experience. 

Tubular Bells for Two

Tubular Bells for Two

With over twenty different instruments played by only two men, this performance of Mike Oldfield’s masterpiece Tubular Bells is an astounding, explosive, truly incredible feat. 

I Am Not Myself These Days

I Am Not Myself These Days

This adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s autobiography by writer/performer Tom Stuart is in turns sympathetic and shocking. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised spins out a fully-fledged, one hour show, firmly founded on nothing more than the performers’ wit, charm, comedic reflexes and audi… 

Christian Talbot is Shite at Being Irish

Christian Talbot is Shite at Being Irish

At the Fringe last year, some members of Christian Talbot’s audience got up to leave part-way through his show, explaining that they thought he would ‘be more Irish’. 

Fable

Fable

A charming storytelling piece that fuses spoken word and music, Fable from the Flanagan Collective charts the story of ‘J’. 

Croft & Pearce – There's Always Something

Croft & Pearce – There's Always Something

Returning to the Fringe with another slice of slickly made sketch comedy, Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce once more impress with cleverly structured and impeccably acted comic vignet… 

Something

Something

When hurdles try to stop us, when problems appear to be unsolvable, we seek something to help us carry on. 

Mistaken: A Quartet of Plays for One Actor

Mistaken: A Quartet of Plays for One Actor

Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough. 

The Cherry Orchard: Beyond the Truth

The Cherry Orchard: Beyond the Truth

I wasn’t supposed to be reviewing this show, but on a friend’s recommendation (“three Korean ladies doing Chekhov. 

Pierre Novellie is Anxious Peter

Pierre Novellie is Anxious Peter

The title of Pierre Novellie’s show is somewhat misleading. 

The Magic Porridge Pot and Other Tasty Tales

The Magic Porridge Pot and Other Tasty Tales

Splodge that porridge! Slurp that soup! Snap that biscuit! On today’s menu there is a trio of traditional and tasty tales to tantalise and tease. 

Cartography

Cartography

This is a story of Sarah, a lover of maps and trigonometry. 

Funny Bones Trash

Funny Bones Trash

Embracing all the great theatrical traditions of silent comedy and vaudeville, Funny Bones Trash is the best kind of children’s show. 

Jon Cozart – Laughter Ever After

Jon Cozart – Laughter Ever After

With over two million subscribers to his YouTube channel and fifty two million views and counting for his first Disney parody video After Ever After, Jon Cozart is something of a s… 

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2015: Love Handles

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2015: Love Handles

I’m not entirely sure where the title of the show came from, as love handles are never mentioned or a part of any of the sketches that The Cambridge Footlights perform but, frank… 

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram, an Israeli human rights lawyer turned journalist, a bleeding heart and an inadvertent anthropologist of British life gets herself leave to remain in the UK, builds a … 

The Potter Trail

The Potter Trail

The Potter Trail, beginning opposite the Greyfriars Bobby statue, is proud to say that it is perfectly magical, thank you very much. 

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Quintet Presents The Ronnie Scott’s Story

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Quintet Presents The Ronnie Scott’s Story

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’. 

Tech-nically Funny Chicks

Tech-nically Funny Chicks

This all-female stand-up show benefits ChickTech NYC, a nonprofit organization that works to increase the number of women in technology-based fields. 

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… 

Funny Women Awards 2015

Funny Women Awards 2015

The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade and have witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit. 

Honest, Open and Funny through Clown

Honest, Open and Funny through Clown

We will discover how our individual clown works, how to accept and play with the audience, making them laugh and in turn, love us! Whether you are a performer or not, being free an… 

Rattle Tales

Rattle Tales

Back for their fifth Brighton Fringe, spoken word group Rattle Tales present a night of interactive literature. 

Tales of Hanuman by Paul Scott

Tales of Hanuman by Paul Scott

Hanuman is half human, half monkey. 

The Canterbury Tales: A Promenade Performance

The Canterbury Tales: A Promenade Performance

Stories from the greatest English storyteller, ‘in situ:’ gives you ‘Canterbury Tales’ in a promenade performance of Chaucer’s masterpiece. 

Funny Fillies Go Fourth!

Funny Fillies Go Fourth!

Back in Brighton for their fourth year. 

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… 

Wyrd-O! Tales from the Absurdicon with Simon Blakeman

Wyrd-O! Tales from the Absurdicon with Simon Blakeman

Wyrd-O! Tales From The Absurdicon Go-Anywhere theatre that recklessly pulls at the threads of reality. 

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… 

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

Daphna Baram: Something to Declare

“Wonderful and hilarious… quick wit and fearless storytelling” (Broadway Baby). 

Vote for Me: A Musical Debate by Drew Fornarola & Scott Elmegreene

Vote for Me: A Musical Debate by Drew Fornarola & Scott Elmegreene

VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner. 

Forty Minutes in the Style of Wes Anderson: Popular Tales Retold

Forty Minutes in the Style of Wes Anderson: Popular Tales Retold

The Cinco de Mayo edition of this monthly show sees improvisers retell well-known stories in the style of the indie film director Wes Anderson. 

Little Joe's Cautionary Tales

Little Joe's Cautionary Tales

Brighton Fringe’s number one free family event will entertain both you and your little ones. 

Moon Tales

Moon Tales

Thirteen tales inspired by the old names for the full moons. 

The Funny Papers: The Theory of Nothing

The Funny Papers: The Theory of Nothing

Dark, sexy gothic comic characters for a modern age, The Funny Papers deliver a surreal fast paced comedy sketch show to keep you giggling, thinking and laughing out loud for an ho… 

Funny Women Weekend Comedy Academy

Funny Women Weekend Comedy Academy

Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny. 

The Sinister Tales of Doctor Synistra

The Sinister Tales of Doctor Synistra

Improvised comedy, with a dark twist! Doctor Synistra presents three short improvised tales of horror based on audience suggestion. 

Smart, Funny & Black Anniversary Show

Smart, Funny & Black Anniversary Show

Amanda Seales celebrates the first anniversary of her regular show with a top-notch lineup of comedians from Tru TV’s “Friends of the People”: Jermaine Fowler, Li… 

Benjamin Walkers Find the Funny

Benjamin Walkers Find the Funny

The Broadway and film actor Benjamin Walker continues his long-running monthly variety show, which features a mix of comedians and musicians. 

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. 

Blackshaw Theatre presents Halloween Tales

Blackshaw Theatre presents Halloween Tales

Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway. 

Whats So Bloody Funny?

Whats So Bloody Funny?

Alex Borstein (“Family Guy,” HBO’s “Getting On”) hosts this variety show in support of the National Hemophilia Foundation. 

Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris

Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris

Any list of famous Belgians must include the trio Georges Simenon, Audrey Hepburn and Jacques Brel. 

Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson

Mr. 

Find the Funny

Find the Funny

Benjamin Walker, the Broadway heartthrob (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), hosts local stand-ups and musicians at this variety show… 

Eye of a Needle

Eye of a Needle

For traditionalists, this is a heartening time for new writing in the theatre. 

Return of the Soldier

Return of the Soldier

Rebecca West was one of the supreme journalists and travel writers of the 20th century, caustic and sharp-eyed. 

Piano Music of Erik Satie

Piano Music of Erik Satie

In the surrounds of St Cecilia’s Hall, my view of pianist Peter Bream is through a glass case displaying a set of tartan-clad bagpipes. 

The Genius of George Gershwin

The Genius of George Gershwin

Gershwin fans will enjoy this programme of carefully selected tunes as well as biographical readings, including letters between Gershwin and his brother and collaborator Ira. 

Lisa Scott's Rock and Soul

Lisa Scott's Rock and Soul

After her 2013 sell-out show, Lisa Scott is ready to delight your ears and get your feet tapping with laid back grooves and classic big power numbers. 

Coreen Scott and Friends

Coreen Scott and Friends

A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott. 

So You Think You're Funny? Final

So You Think You're Funny? Final

Welcome to the 27th Final of the UK’s best stand-up comedy newcomers competition! After the Gilded Balloon has scoured the nation in search of the best new comic talent, we are dow… 

Send More Paper

Send More Paper

Billed as an uplifting tale about murder, Send More Paper is entertaining and thought provoking in equal measures. 

Architects and Anarchists

Architects and Anarchists

This is a play about a writer, the girl he loves and the characters in his head. 

News Junkie

News Junkie

This piece from Japan seeks to present a slice of life. 

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

This fun new adaptation of JM Barrie’s classic story begins in Priceland. 

Flat Pack

Flat Pack

Flat Pack is a coming-of-age story. 

A Collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales

A Collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales

Follow Hansel, Gretel, and Jacob on their journey through the forest. 

Joe's Cautionary Tales

Joe's Cautionary Tales

Hungry Wolf presents an energetic and enthusiastic offering for children at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Electra Project

The Electra Project

This play, about a group of high school students attempting to adapt the Greek classic with disastrous consequences, thankfully doesn’t end in a case of life imitating art, altho… 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Vibrant, bawdy and vivid, this witty adaptation of Chaucer’s masterpiece breathes fresh new life into the mediaeval pilgrims telling their naughty stories en route for Canterbury… 

Mark Thompson: The Secrets of the Universe... Exposed

Mark Thompson: The Secrets of the Universe... Exposed

The welcome recording over the PA tells us that this event is part of the Assembly Rooms’ ‘Enchanting ideas’ series for a ‘more discerning audience’, getting a chuckle … 

Connected

Connected

In this solo show about an ambitious crooner, we see Frank Corelli in an interrogation room, prompted to reveal the story that got him there. 

Peter Seivewright Performs Piano Music by Cyril Scott

Peter Seivewright Performs Piano Music by Cyril Scott

Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970). 

Telling Tales

Telling Tales

Todoandahooha’s Telling Tales is a series of 21st century morality plays commenting on and critiquing the contemporary world. 

Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder

Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder

Who doesn’t love a good murder? Most of Britain does apparently and this preoccupation is not a recent event. 

Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band

One of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music. 

Such a Nice Girl

Such a Nice Girl

Eilidh has a problem. 

Funny Women Awards Semi-Final 2014

Funny Women Awards Semi-Final 2014

The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui… 

Jimmy Carr – Funny Business

Jimmy Carr – Funny Business

Jimmy Carr’s Funny Business will be: a) packed with jokes, b) rude and offensive*, c) a great night out, d) £18. 

Tiernan Douieb: Read Something

Tiernan Douieb: Read Something

Tiernan Douieb’s enthusiastic energy and affable disposition immediately engages the audience as soon as he takes the stage. 

Song Noir - The Director's Cut

Song Noir - The Director's Cut

It should be a speakeasy with small round tables and lowballs of stiff drinks on the rocks – but it ain’t. 

Bob Downe: Bob, Sweat and Tears

Bob Downe: Bob, Sweat and Tears

He claims he’s now been knighted as Sir Robert Downe (you can call him Count Downe, geddit?) but that isn’t the only outlandish claim made at this fabulous frolic of a cabar… 

Not Just a Funny Turn

Not Just a Funny Turn

It was a shock just sitting down in the Stroke Association Scotland’s venue - on every seat was a leaflet telling us that one in six people in Scotland will suffer a stroke in thei… 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One. 

Into the Woods JR

Into the Woods JR

In this abridged version of Into the Woods I wasn’t sure if the ‘junior’ part would refer to the length or the audience appropriateness of the play. 

Neverland

Neverland

This lovely piece of devised work opens with the young cast, paint-splattered and white-faced, arranged on a row of chairs, from which they begin a choreographed series of movement… 

The Usherettes

The Usherettes

This romp through the bygone days of grand movie theatres and classic films is brought to us by Jean (Karen Levick) and Pearl (Helen Wood). 

The Selkie and the River God

The Selkie and the River God

This play explores the enduring Celtic mythology of Selkies – mythical seal-like creatures who, once ashore, can shed their skin, appear as beautiful women and have their hearts … 

London Life

London Life

If this show had simply featured the songs of the Three Belles – an Andrews Sisters-inspired act with delightful voices and glorious harmonies – and some references to the 1… 

Totally Devoted

Totally Devoted

The worst thing about this show is that there’s a life-size cardboard cut-out of Robert Pattinson onstage the entire time. 

The Hacienda Tales

The Hacienda Tales

Canterbury may have one of the world’s most famous cathedrals, but Manchester had the Hacienda. 

Austen

Austen

Writing fiction in Jane Austen’s time was deemed a frivolous thing and, with this considered, the frivolity of a musical is certainly an appropriate way to present her life. 

Tales from the MP3

Tales from the MP3

20 Stories High Young Actors Theatre Company’s Tales from the MP3 is an original and dynamic production. 

Tap Into Health: Movin' With Melvin

Tap Into Health: Movin' With Melvin

Movin’ Melvin Brown is in town doing two different high-energy shows on alternating nights. 

Artie's Tartan Tales

Artie's Tartan Tales

The Singing Kettle’s creator and former star, Artie Trezise, is back with his exciting new production. 

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. 

Something's in the Living Room

Something's in the Living Room

A darkly humorous one-woman physical theatre piece with an elaborate costume made of black bin bags. 

X and Y

X and Y

The title for this play comes from the chromosomes that arbitrarily define gender. 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition. 

Like a Virgin

Like a Virgin

Like a Virgin has an intriguing concept, promising bubble-gum pop and teen rites of passage. 

Riding With Night

Riding With Night

Riding with Night opens with an ensemble of black-cloaked figures, their faces masked, and a voiceover providing an epilogue to the play we are about to see. 

The Waterbabies

The Waterbabies

I had high expectations for this adaptation of one of my childhood favourites. 

Julia Sutherland is Feeling Kind of Funny

Julia Sutherland is Feeling Kind of Funny

Julia looks like she’s got it together: well groomed, with powerful eyebrows. 

Nevada: It Ain’t Just About Vegas, Baby!

Nevada: It Ain’t Just About Vegas, Baby!

This original work sets out to present the history of the US state of Nevada, contending that there’s more to it than Vegas. 

Whimsical Grimm

Whimsical Grimm

This adaptation by Stephen Williams follows the stories of Clever Gretel (no relation to Hansel) and Silly Kate Elizabeth. 

Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies

Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies

Tracing the life of Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee, this solo show is surprising and delightful. 

The Secret Collector

The Secret Collector

Jack lives on an island where the community calls itself idyllic. 

Bristol Improv Steals the Show - Free

Bristol Improv Steals the Show - Free

The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe. 

Drowning Scott

Drowning Scott

“Would you rather die by drowning or die of cancer?”Scott would rather drown. 

Paper Play

Paper Play

Paper Play is the story of a boy who climbed to a great height to see what he could see. 

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

Neil Simon’s comedy is made up of three self-contained acts in three different explorations of relationships, all of which take place in the same room at the Plaza Hotel in Manha… 

Cameron Gibson : Mind Your Head

Cameron Gibson : Mind Your Head

Cameron knows what you’re thinking. 

Working Title: The Orpheus Project

Working Title: The Orpheus Project

A slick piece of cyberpunk with noir flourishes, The Orpheus Project is an atmospheric re-imagining of Kafka’s The Trial combined with the myth of Orpheus and his quest to bring … 

Best of Oh So Funny - Free

Best of Oh So Funny - Free

The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh. 

Other Voice Spoken Word Cabaret

Other Voice Spoken Word Cabaret

Hosted by the effulgent (according to her title card) Fay Roberts, this event did as promised, presenting diverse voices from a number of different spoken word artists. 

Lisa Scott Sings Blues and Jazz

Lisa Scott Sings Blues and Jazz

From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication. 

Play Dough

Play Dough

In this energetic play presented as a game-show the audience is divided into two teams and sat facing one another across the playing space. 

Prelude to a Number

Prelude to a Number

Prelude to a Number is a show about maths: more specifically, it’s about the ‘golden number’ phi, which is related to the Fibonacci sequence and is all around us, although we… 

James Loveridge: Funny Because It's True

James Loveridge: Funny Because It's True

James Loveridge’s Funny Because It’s True is indeed funny and is presumably also true. 

Human

Human

Jo is unwell. 

Funny Stuff For Happy People

Funny Stuff For Happy People

Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff For Happy People, an hour of comedy, circus, storytelling,… 

Mary, the Last Farewell

Mary, the Last Farewell

Performed in the stately Edinburgh Elim church, Mary the Last Farewell is a historical drama about the life of the Queen of Scots. 

Victorian Vices – Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls

Victorian Vices – Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls

From the corridors of a modern hotel we enter Victorian London in this immersive musical theatre piece. 

Funny For A Grrrl

Funny For A Grrrl

Four fantastic comediennes on one amazing show! We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the festival and brought them together for an afternoon of comedy you’ll neve… 

Over It - Death, Anorexia and Other Funny Things

Over It - Death, Anorexia and Other Funny Things

Seeking to explore the idea that you are your experiences, this positive and inspiring show details how these two up-and-coming comics are not Over It. 

The Decline and Fall of Marcus Distilius

The Decline and Fall of Marcus Distilius

Forget Justin Bieber and his legions of ‘beliebers’. 

The Shakespeare Revue

The Shakespeare Revue

Those familiar with Shakespeare and fans of musicals will enjoy Emanuel Theatre Company’s fun romp that mashes the two genres together. 

Loud Poets

Loud Poets

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

Trojan Women

Trojan Women

In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy, the Trojan War has ended but the women of Troy are still to discover their fates and more tragedies. 

I Before You

I Before You

“It’s the game show of all game shows!” our host tells us as we begin. 

The Ukulele Evangelists Bang One Out

The Ukulele Evangelists Bang One Out

Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric is a sailor and performs his Tales of the Sea in an appropriately dark and dank venue; Just the Wee One at The Caves is, impressively packed out for this Submariner’s Yarn. 

Tabularasa

Tabularasa

Combining contemporary and African dance, four dancers put on an impressive physical display in Kaneish Dance Theatre’s Tabula Rasa. 

Obscura

Obscura

Christian Cagigal’s Obscura is an utterly charming magic show, but it’s more than that: it’s a theatrical experience incorporating card tricks, music boxes and storytelling. 

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scotland, a land steeped in myth and legend. 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition. 

Sinatra: Final Curtain

Sinatra: Final Curtain

This original musical by Kingdom Theatre is a tribute to the songs of Frank Sinatra. 

Imaginary Girlfriend

Imaginary Girlfriend

In the back room of the White Horse pub, Danny Mullins is taking us through what his promo material describes as interactive music magic. 

Darkle

Darkle

First produced in 1989, Bill Gallagher’s script, which won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, still feels relevant to the issues in contemporary culture. 

Gambit Theatre Presents: Contrast

Gambit Theatre Presents: Contrast

Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters. 

So You Think You're Funny?

So You Think You're Funny?

The Gilded Balloon’s So You Think You’re Funny is a comedy omnibus and competition, offering little showcase slots for Fringe veterans and newcomers. 

Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge

Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge

Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter. 

English Cabaret Hour

English Cabaret Hour

Set at the fictional Celebrity Café, this cabaret features sketches, song, and the baking of mini-cupcakes. 

Scandimania: Gods of Ice and Fire

Scandimania: Gods of Ice and Fire

In Scandimania: Gods of Ice and Fire, the stage is crammed with seven young actors, all dressed in white, who leap into action and unfold a fast-paced enactment of Norse mythology. 

Movin' Melvin Brown: The Tap-Dancing Preacher

Movin' Melvin Brown: The Tap-Dancing Preacher

Melvin Brown has got the moves, and this suave dude who appears in a suit and gold satin shirt also has a killer voice. 

Sweep Up the Stars

Sweep Up the Stars

Sweep Up The Stars charts the bittersweet journey of Bill/William, who is determined to become a writer when, at the age of eight, his older self appears to him through the power… 

Loose Soul

Loose Soul

“We live in a time of magic. 

Tick Tock

Tick Tock

Mhari and Thomas can’t conceive. 

No Belles

No Belles

Of 566 scientists to win the Nobel Prize, only 15 have been women. 

The Amazing Bubble Man

The Amazing Bubble Man

Children will love this fun spectacle of bubble-blowing and even grown-ups will be impressed by the Amazing Bubble Man’s feats; not ten minutes into the show, I heard a Dad in fr… 

Love. Guts. High School.

Love. Guts. High School.

We can all remember the name of our first crush, can’t we? That’s the question Love. 

Makes Something of Himself

Makes Something of Himself

Two-time comedian of the year nominee Luke Benson has been looking at his life: nearly 30, not quite winning and obsessing over how big is fun-size. 

Dark Meat on a Funny Mind

Dark Meat on a Funny Mind

Capturing the singular Richard Pryor in a staged bio-play is a challenge and this limp, rote production is nowhere near up to it (1:30). 

Fleeting  Clouds, the Splendid Library

Fleeting Clouds, the Splendid Library

Fleeting Clouds, the Splendid Library is an original Chinese opera inspired by the Guoyunlou books, an encyclopaedic set covering 1000 years of knowledge. 

The Canterbury Tales Remixed

The Canterbury Tales Remixed

This production modernises the art of Chaucerian storytelling to make accessible the humour and bawdiness of The Canterbury Tales. 

The Greenville Ghost

The Greenville Ghost

The Greenville Ghost, a new script by Tom Bonnington, is a laugh-a-minute farce about two struggling hoteliers who decide to invent a fictional ghost to draw in clientele. 

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you. 

Cal Wilson: It Could Have Been Me

Cal Wilson: It Could Have Been Me

Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man). 

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children (and Other Funny Stories)

Comedian Jay Foreman provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this excellent mid afternoon show in the Green. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised is a solid hour of good fun. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Produced by C theatre, The Snow Queen is a charming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Karina Wilson. 

The Jungle Referendum

The Jungle Referendum

The Jungle Referendum, by Three Mugs of Tea Theatre, invokes the classic tale of the Jungle Book to explain what’s going on with the Scottish referendum. 

Sushi Tap Show

Sushi Tap Show

This exuberant, toe-tapping spectacular is a sure-fire crowd pleaser. 

Talk About Something You Like

Talk About Something You Like

Byron Vincent enters the venue in pinstriped pyjamas and a pair of tatty trainers, wiping his long fringe out of his eyes. 

Jamie MacDonald: That Funny Blind Guy 2 - The Good, the Stag and the Ugly

Jamie MacDonald: That Funny Blind Guy 2 - The Good, the Stag and the Ugly

Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”. 

Scott Capurro Islamohomophobia: Reloaded

Scott Capurro Islamohomophobia: Reloaded

Age hasn’t softened Scott Capurro; nor, it has to be said, has marriage. 

The Potter Trail

The Potter Trail

It’s fair to say I’m acquainted with the Harry Potter series. 

Vaults and Wynds Tour

Vaults and Wynds Tour

I’ve heard horror stories of people who went on ghostly tours in Edinburgh and were scared by actors hiding in dark places, or who felt nauseous or panicky in the fetid air, so i… 

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. 

Funny Women Awards Heat

Funny Women Awards Heat

The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui… 

NY Funny Songs Fest

NY Funny Songs Fest

Now in its third year, Jessica Delfino’s annual comedy musical festival —   with 15 events and dozens of comedians — travels to a different borough each nigh… 

Twenty To Something

Twenty To Something

Twenty to Something is a funny, moving and truthful show about student life, university culture and the deeper issues affecting today’s young people. 

Goldfish Fire Alarm: Epic Improv Tales

Goldfish Fire Alarm: Epic Improv Tales

Goldfish Fire Alarm are a group of improvisers from London with a love of storytelling. 

Working Men's Club

Working Men's Club

The title of Luke Benson and David Hardcastle’s show can easily give rise to the fear that it will be a rather patronising pastiche of working class culture for the benefit of a … 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

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

The Trial of the Jew Shylock

The Trial of the Jew Shylock

‘The Merchant of Venice’ has always been a problematic play, with its Elizabethan anti-Semitism rubbing shoulders with almost fairy-tale elements (the three caskets) and Shakes… 

Rattle Tales

Rattle Tales

Live storytelling… and you’re in the show. 

Rattle Tales

Rattle Tales

Brighton’s finest writers read their stories and then you get to have your say. We even provide rattles so you can make some noise. Loud rattling fun! 

That Funny Blind Guy 2

That Funny Blind Guy 2

The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly. 

Something Wholly Inappropriate

Something Wholly Inappropriate

Hosted by Brighton’s own Doctor Bongo, ‘Something Wholly Inappropriate’ is an eclectic mix of local comedy, music, poetry, lectures, storytelling and debate. 

In The Heights

In The Heights

The Heights of the title are Washington Heights, a Dominican-American neighbourhood of New York at the top end of New York. 

Funny Peculiar: Eccentric Brighton Tour

Funny Peculiar: Eccentric Brighton Tour

The tour, led by two hapless guides, focuses on the more eccentric characters who have lived and worked in Brighton and explores the nature of eccentricity itself. 

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ is the third of Frank Loesser’s trio of Broadway masterpieces, following ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘The Most Happy Fella… 

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. 

The Sinister Tales of Doctor Synistra

The Sinister Tales of Doctor Synistra

Improvised horror stories, presented by Dr Synistra (a host with many faces but only one name). 

Funny Fillies!

Funny Fillies!

After a sell-out tour of London, Edinburgh & Manchester to rave reviews, these two award-winning friends return to the Brighton Paddock where it all began. 

Safe Sex / On Tidy Endings

Safe Sex / On Tidy Endings

Harvey Fierstein, before he branched out into writing books for straight musicals, was a kind of theatrical barometer of gay life. 

Blues In The Night

Blues In The Night

“Blues in the Night” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s. 

Doctor Miracle

Doctor Miracle

Bizet’s one-act opera ‘Le Docteur Miracle’ is a fine and fizzy confection cooked up at the age of only eighteen as an entry to a competition for a comic opera organised by … 

Joe Orton: The Musical

Joe Orton: The Musical

‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London. 

Archimedes' Principle

Archimedes' Principle

Archimedes’ Principle is a recent (2012) play from the young(ish) Catalan playwright and director Joseph Maria Miro i Coromina. 

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin

I was worrying about the cat. 

Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

There are no three words more calculated to make a critic’s heart sink than Amateur Operatic Society. 

Des Clarke: Funny How

Des Clarke: Funny How

Des Clarke is one of the most popular comedians working in Scotland today. 

Grimm Tales

Grimm Tales

Gresham’s school is performing at the Fringe for the 13th consecutive year. 

It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Superman!

It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Superman!

Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ ‘It’s a Bird etc’ is something of an oddity. 

Rachel's Café

Rachel's Café

“Everyone is Welcome – No Exceptions” is the motto of Rachel’s Café in Bloomington, Indiana, a university town with a liberal and artistic ambience and pretensions. 

Tales From Red Vienna

Tales From Red Vienna

David Grimm’s play, about a gentlewoman (Nina Arianda) forced to work as a prostitute, is not only set in 1920, but it also feels like a throwback to that era, in which melod… 

Something Beginning With

Something Beginning With

Jake and Ollie have gone underground. 

Penelope

Penelope

Penelope is the conclusive episode of Ulysses and the first time Joyce explores the inner workings of Molly Bloom’s consciousness. 

Scott of the Antarctic: The Musical

Scott of the Antarctic: The Musical

Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical. 

Lisa Scott Sings Blues and Jazz

Lisa Scott Sings Blues and Jazz

From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication. 

The Making of Something Awesome

The Making of Something Awesome

Will’s parents are getting divorced, but Will thinks he can save their marriage. 

Funny Women Pop Up Fringe

Funny Women Pop Up Fringe

Unfortunately, it still seems remarkable enough for a comedy show’s bill to be entirely populated by women that the Funny Women Pop-Up Fringe marketed their lineup as such. 

Auld Edinburgh Tales

Auld Edinburgh Tales

Join LIP Theatre Company for a journey through times past, present and future in the streets of Auld Reekie as they return for their 17th year with another exciting original play. 

Pole Factor

Pole Factor

This play attempts to shed light on topics the company, Angry Bairds Productions, believe ‘no one wants to talk about’: Religious extremism; Islamophobia, drug addiction, suici… 

Sonica Presents Sven Werner's Tales of Magical Realism

Sonica Presents Sven Werner's Tales of Magical Realism

Werner’s atmospheric installation takes you on an illusion-fuelled journey to darkly poetic places. 

Grim Tales from the Brothers Grimm

Grim Tales from the Brothers Grimm

In an appropriately darkened room we listened as the wonderfully eccentric Viktor Wynd, multidisciplinary artist and wearer of green-and-yellow-checked suits, regaled us with suita… 

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. 

Scott's Songs

Scott's Songs

Songs from Evenin’s Fa’ with Sangsters, Amy Geddes, Sarah McFadyen. 

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Wearing a kilt, a red stripy top and a pair of gold earrings, the bearded Martin ‘Bigpig’ Mor somehow made me think of a Scottish pirate in a children’s storybook. 

The Cautionary Tales of Struwwelpeter

The Cautionary Tales of Struwwelpeter

I was pleasantly surprised by this performance. 

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises. 

A  Funny Valentine

A Funny Valentine

American jazz with a Scottish accent? Well, why not? Go sample this strange but still palatable cultural fusion in the basement of the Valvona and Crolla café. 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer is a tricky writer to read, let alone convey in a coherent dramatic narrative. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

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

Theo Gibson

Theo Gibson

What happened to rock n’ roll? What happened to ruddy passion? Theo Gibson is a perfect example of a new age of Sheeran-sheeps who sing – and rap, we can’t miss that out – … 

A Funny Valentine

A Funny Valentine

The story of Chet Baker, cool jazz pin up, laid back genius and heroin addict, told by Mike Maran with Colin Steele (trumpet) and Dave Milligan (piano). 

So You Think You're Funny?

So You Think You're Funny?

Twenty-five years of the best stand-up comedy competition in the UK, we have whittled it down to the best from hundreds of entries. 

Kabul

Kabul

An uncompromising voice reads out the Taliban’s manifesto and we are reminded that, from 1996-2001, women in Kabul were not allowed to seek any form of medical support when sick;… 

So You Think You're Funny?

So You Think You're Funny?

Welcome to the 26th year of the best stand-up comedy newcomers competition in the UK! Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O’Doherty! Who will be cro… 

That Funny Blind Guy

That Funny Blind Guy

Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London. 

Standing Up For Something

Standing Up For Something

Jonny Lennard and Pierre Novellie are two talented stand-ups united to bring you an hour of the freshest, funniest stand-up at the Fringe - if you’re a true comedy fan, you’ll laug… 

Over It - Death, Anorexia, and Other Funny Things

Over It - Death, Anorexia, and Other Funny Things

Split between two comedians, Over It aims to lift the curtain on the taboo subjects of death and anorexia through the medium of laughter - and it kind of works. 

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. 

Martin Croser - Funny Bone China

Martin Croser - Funny Bone China

Comedy’s most reasonable man tells entertaining lies about the novelty teacup industry and other issues (time permitting). 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Due to the fact they lived such different lives to our own, it is perilously easy to dismiss our medieval cousins as having absolutely nothing in common with modern Britons. 

Something in My Shoe

Something in My Shoe

Those who rushed in to Ian Saville’s magic show just before starting were in danger of thinking that the performance had already begun. 

Something There That's Missing

Something There That's Missing

What would you risk to make your mark? A girl moves across the world to write a fantastical coming of age story. 

Tales from the Fringe

Tales from the Fringe

A stand-up comedy show about the Fringe - the Edinburgh Fringe, the fringes of life, the fringes of the comedy circuit itself. Hosted by Barry Ferns. ‘Surreal genius’ (Metro). 

Flyerman 2 - This Time It's Funny!

Flyerman 2 - This Time It's Funny!

The title of the show, Flyerman 2: This Time it’s Funny is perhaps a little misleading. 

Handmade Tales

Handmade Tales

Handmade Tales, performed by the Tap Tap theatre, is a collection of children’s stories that transport you to a magical world. 

Something Fishy

Something Fishy

Another outing for put-upon mother-of-three Ruth Rich, Something Fishy charts an ill-fated school trip to Marrakech. 

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

You remember The Canterbury Tales don’t you? A group of pilgrims meet in a Southwark tavern, all on pilgrimage to Canterbury, and agree to pass the time by telling each other stor… 

PC, Mac and Me: The Funny Side of Computers

PC, Mac and Me: The Funny Side of Computers

After the hit Control-Alt-Delete, Willis returns with a brand new computer comedy show. 

4.48 Psychosis

4.48 Psychosis

Unsettling, rich with seamless physicality and melancholic tableaux, the pupils from The City of London Academy certainly capture the poignancy of Sarah Kane’s final play. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning Fringe favourite (6th year) insider’s view of life on a nuclear submarine. 

Something Fishy

Something Fishy

Daisy and Petunia are stranded in a mysterious fishing village with a dark, dark secret. 

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth

Doctor Ray Lowry is a retired doctor and dentist, and former TV and radio comedy scriptwriter. He lets the audience see the funny side of being a doctor, a dentist and a patient. 

And They Played Shang-a-Lang

And They Played Shang-a-Lang

If you’re looking to travel back through the years and witness witty portrayals of your schooldays, then this show will transport you. 

The Dumb Waiter

The Dumb Waiter

A disused kitchen basement is the setting for a revival of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter, this environment instantly creating a close proximity between actor and spectator. 

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Scamp Theatre presents an hour-long feast of storytelling that thrills children and parents alike. 

Rod Woodward: Funny Turn

Rod Woodward: Funny Turn

From the moment he gets up on stage, Rod Woodward is at ease with the crowd. 

I Want to Tell You Something

I Want to Tell You Something

A small show in a small space for a small group. 

London Road, Sea Point

London Road, Sea Point

‘Why is it easier to speak to a stranger than it is to my own daughter?’ Rosa, an elderly woman approaching the end of her life, asks Stella, a Nigerian immigrant reluctantly i… 

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. 

Hope Light and Nowhere

Hope Light and Nowhere

A blue football rests in the middle of a chalk circle; traumatised Edward, played by Alex Austin, moves nervously around the edges of the stage; a television set flicks on and off… 

The  Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs

We learn from the outset of the play that two of the three pigs are dead. 

An Actor's Lament

An Actor's Lament

Steven Berkoff and Jay Benedict flamboyantly meander across the minimalist stage and poetically begin to explore the theatrical world. 

The  Extremists

The Extremists

Norman Kreeger, played by David Calvitto, has recently published a book on 21st century extremism and appears as a guest on Issues in Focus, a late night political talk show to sha… 

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales immerses children and parents alike into a world of wonder. 

Katie Mulgrew: Your Dad's Not Funny

Katie Mulgrew: Your Dad's Not Funny

Katie Mulgrew’s debut solo Edinburgh show is a charmingly chatty walk through the comedian’s life, from the large-headed daughter of Jimmy Cricket who struggled as a child in s… 

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. 

Each of Us

Each of Us

For the first few minutes of the play, written by and starring Ben Moor, it seems as if we are about to witness a melancholic reflection on a lost marriage and the quiet despair on… 

Scott Agnew - Something's Gotta Give

Scott Agnew - Something's Gotta Give

There’s a point in every show when stand-up Scott Agnew drops what he calls ‘the G bomb’; that is, he mentions that he’s gay. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t… 

From Death to Death and Other Small Tales

From Death to Death and Other Small Tales

A few hours spent interrogating From Death to Death and Other Small Tales - the Scottish National Gallery’s brilliant new exhibition - feels as much like a psychic regression ses… 

Too Close To The Sun

Too Close To The Sun

The scene a producer’s office in that place where men sit waiting to throw money at the moon. 

Denise Scott - Regrets

Denise Scott - Regrets

We all have regrets, right? This is the simple premise for Denise Scott’s show, which mainly consists of an hour of embarrassing stories at her own expense. 

Amongst Friends

Amongst Friends

There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead. 

Funny Women at the Fringe

Funny Women at the Fringe

A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there. 

Naked Boys Singing

Naked Boys Singing

I didn’t know what to expect from a show with the title ‘Naked Boys Singing’. 

And Now for a Nice Evening With Wallan

And Now for a Nice Evening With Wallan

There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’. 

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. 

Tales From The Shed

Tales From The Shed

Tales From The Shed is a delightful interactive performance for the under-fives, where colour, magic and music fuse together to create a wonderful theatrical presentation as an alt… 

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

An aspect of the Fringe that is sometimes passed over is the indigenous shows for the local population, which, heaven knows, puts up with enough to deserve something good of its ow… 

Troubadour Tales

Troubadour Tales

For me The Troubadour Tales should be a total hit. 

The Comedy of Oedipus

The Comedy of Oedipus

In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome. 

Life or Something Like It - Free

Life or Something Like It - Free

Located in the small but cosy performance space underneath the main café area of Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, Life or Something Like it sees Mancunian singer-songwriter Claire… 

The Francis Bacon Opera

The Francis Bacon Opera

The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic. 

Pop-up Opera

Pop-up Opera

Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences. 

Four Farces

Four Farces

Probably our best knowledge of Victorian farce comes from WS Gilbert’s topsy-turvy world of the Savoy operas, where an absurd premise leads with impeccable logic to an even more … 

School for Scandal

School for Scandal

Everyone loves a good scandal and this is probably why Sheridan’s most famous play has stood the test of the time for the last two hundred and thirty years. 

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

The 1960s hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced, rollicking farce. 

The Bear

The Bear

Bears, in dream interpretation theory, are a symbol of renewal and rebirth. 

Shackled

Shackled

There is a moment a third a way into Fergus Ford’s play when the lights dim, the comedy darkens and the plot takes a sharp and unsettling swerve into territory already occupied by… 

Billy

Billy

We live in something of a golden age as far as Fringe productions of music theatre are concerned. 

Lightning Strikes

Lightning Strikes

Tom is a modern boy living an openly gay life but unable to get it together. 

Funny's Funny: Fantastic Fringe Finale - Free

Funny's Funny: Fantastic Fringe Finale - Free

‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show. 

This Time It's Personal

This Time It's Personal

Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties. 

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

It takes some chutzpah to present the Fringe premiere of a West End musical that played 2000 performances over five years and across three theatres, and only closed less than three… 

Phantom

Phantom

Pity the composer who gets there first: Auber’s opera ‘Manon Lescaut’ eclipsed by both Puccini and Mascagni; Nicolai’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ by Verdi’s ‘Falstaff… 

Grim(m) Tales of the Woods - Free

Grim(m) Tales of the Woods - Free

One cannot help but feel , when offered lesser-known tales from the Brothers Grimm, that there is probably a reason that they are not so popular. 

Tales of Ballycumber

Tales of Ballycumber

I once heard about a man who, minutes from planning to end his life, went into a shop to get whatever last-second things the destitute buy; pen and pad, a Bounty bar, twenty Major … 

Michelangelo Drawing Blood

Michelangelo Drawing Blood

Michaelangelo Drawing Blood is a 75-minute dance piece with an arresting score by Charlie Barber. 

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

The ‘last days’ of the title is used in a Milennarian sense – we are at Judas’s Judgement Day, at a trial which ostensibly will determine whether Judas should be released f… 

Future Tales (Sierakowski)

Future Tales (Sierakowski)

Future Tales (Sierakowski)by Komuna //Warszawa is based on the politics of Sławomir Sierakowski, a 34 year old ‘left-wing intellectual and activist’ who has become a prominen… 

Marcel Pursued By the Hounds by Michel Tremblay

Marcel Pursued By the Hounds by Michel Tremblay

Michel Tremblay is a French Canadian playwright who was an Angry Young Man in the 60s and shook the stuffy Anglophone artistic establishment by introducing Quebequois working class… 

L'Elisir d'Amore

L'Elisir d'Amore

PopUp Opera – not Pop Opera, they insist – has a mission to take ‘real’ opera into new places and reach new audiences. 

Annie's Room

Annie's Room

Annie’s Room purports to be a biographical show about jazz singer Annie Ross, but there is very little biography in this apart from a bald statement of a few facts which could ha… 

The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes

The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes

Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name. 

School of Comedy

School of Comedy

I caught this troop of budding young comedians last year and was mightily impressed by their ingenuity, their sense of comic timing, and the wonderfully risqué formula of getting … 

Gibraltar

Gibraltar

On 6th March 1988 a group of SAS men ambushed three IRA members (Mairéad Farrell, Sean Savage, Daniel McCann) on a petrol station forecourt in Gibraltar and killed them. 

The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet. 

FxP2 in Trouble!

FxP2 in Trouble!

I stumbled into ‘FxP2 in Trouble’ out of an Edinburgh drizzle and initially thought to myself, oh well, another shower of rain, another comedy sketch show. 

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

I have been to Walberswick and I never caught crabs, but I’m glad I caught this new play by Fringe First Winner Joel Horwood. 

Quasimodo

Quasimodo

There was a time when I was a lad when Lionel Bart was everywhere. 

Darling of the Day

Darling of the Day

On paper, it looks like a dream team. 

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. 

Mydidae

Mydidae

‘Mydidae’, according to Wikipedia, are a group of large flies with a short lifespan and a large sting. 

Ali McGregor's Something Old, Something New

Ali McGregor's Something Old, Something New

With her phenomenal voice and subtle and sexy ambiance, Ali McGregor knows how to make an entrance. 

Making Dickie Happy

Making Dickie Happy

‘Making Dickie Happy’ is set in March 1922. 

Oedipus

Oedipus

Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus’ is probably the oldest text in the world which still retains the power to shock, excite and move us in a thoroughly modern way. 

The Late Jake Thackray

The Late Jake Thackray

The French have a word for it, and that word is ‘chanson’. 

Scott Capurro Goes Deeper

Scott Capurro Goes Deeper

First and foremost, this show will certainly not suit all tastes. 

Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight

Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight

Port Dover, a Canadian High School, brings a simple and charming cod Arthurian fable to Church Hill. 

Morceaux de Choix

Morceaux de Choix

As we walk into a rather austere hall at the French Institute, two girls are giggling and practicing a song. 

One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus

‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough… 

Dear World

Dear World

‘Dear World’ is one of those problem musicals, beloved by its creator Jerry Herman but, like his other sickly child ‘Mack and Mabel’, never quite taking off. 

Dave Gibson and Charlie Talbot - Battle of Britain: North vs South

Dave Gibson and Charlie Talbot - Battle of Britain: North vs South

The premise of Battle of Britain is very simple and one that has been done to death: which is the better half of Britain, the North or the South? For the purpose of this exercise w… 

Funny Women

Funny Women

Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK. 

Gay's The Word

Gay's The Word

Ivor Novello was the Andrew Lloyd-Webber of his day. 

A Respectable Wedding

A Respectable Wedding

Berthold Brecht was never averse to biting the hand that fed him, as long as it didn’t harm his career prospects. 

Our Soldier

Our Soldier

Fools Play is a young physical theatre collective reworking the Macbeth plot with a mixture of movement and script. 

London Wall

London Wall

Gay playwright John van Druten is now almost completely forgotten except for ‘I am a Camera’, his adaptation of Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’, which was also the basis … 

Funny Business starring Fraser Hooper

Funny Business starring Fraser Hooper

Hearty laughs and broad grins are the order of the day from this Chaplinesque performer. 

Control Alt Delete - The Funny Side of Computers

Control Alt Delete - The Funny Side of Computers

I am about as right-brained and artsy as they come, but my favourite Free Fringe show of last year was Robin Ince’s Carl Sagan is my God, a show about science. 

Daniel Sloss - 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… 

The Act

The Act

To some, history is a search for reinforcement, basically about people like ourselves: theatre as a lifestyle accessory. 

You Are Being Lied To 2012

You Are Being Lied To 2012

David Mulholland is a former Wall Street Journal hack and this is a show driven by the passion of a good journalist for getting the story right and a hatred of bad journalism and t… 

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

When one of the acts announced that this shouldn’t be called The Best of So You Think You’re Funny, but instead, Which Comedian is Free on a Week Night at 11. 

My Name is Richard

My Name is Richard

Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers. 

Sequence Of Events

Sequence Of Events

Where in Edinburgh can you get a three-tier stand of scones and cakes and sandwiches that would do justice to Jenners, a glass of bubbly, and a Victorian thriller all for the price… 

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

When I was a small boy, they filmed some of the outdoor scenes of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in my grandmother’s street in Edinburgh. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn

The last twenty minutes of Eric’s Tales of the Sea are heart-wrenchingly powerful. 

Bellydance Diaries '07: More true tales from Cairo

Bellydance Diaries '07: More true tales from Cairo

Daphne Pena returns to Edinburgh with a new show for 2007, adding more tales and dances from Cairo, following up her 2006 ‘Bellydance Diaries’. 

Scott Mills The Musical

Scott Mills The Musical

With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T… 

Tales from Edgar Allan Poe

Tales from Edgar Allan Poe

Before watching this performance, I was eagerly expecting to be impressed by the promise of circus skills, puppetry, and a beloved writer. 

Puppet. Book of Splendor

Puppet. Book of Splendor

neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’. 

So He Made Me Some Soup ... And Other Tales

So He Made Me Some Soup ... And Other Tales

This show really intrigued me. 

David O'Doherty Presents: Rory Sheridan's Tales of The Antarctica

David O'Doherty Presents: Rory Sheridan's Tales of The Antarctica

David ‘Perrier Award winning’ O’Doherty has grown a beard especially for his role as the intrepid – read: inept - explorer Rory Sheridan. 

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

The BBC has a lot to answer for, not least the wiping out of great swathes of our cultural heritage from the 50s, 60s and 70s. 

Crazy for You

Crazy for You

It is a brave company which puts on the first Fringe production of the Gershwins’ ‘Crazy for You’ so soon after the Regents Park Open Air production, which transferred succes… 

Once Upon A Time: Naughty Fairy Tales Your Mother Never Told You

Once Upon A Time: Naughty Fairy Tales Your Mother Never Told You

What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be. 

Guys And Dolls

Guys And Dolls

Frank Loesser’s 1950 musical, ‘Guys and Dolls’, dates not a day in this charming production by SEDOS, the thespian arm of the Stock Exchange (I kid you not). 

Something About Jumpers

Something About Jumpers

A boy tossed through the revolving door of foster homes and department of family services. 

Much Ado About Something

Much Ado About Something

This play, which is an updated version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, is set amongst the staff in a modern secondary school, Hazel Valley. 

Acting Funny

Acting Funny

Remember ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ and ‘Give Us a Clue’? Well this improvisational theatre workshop adopts that fun and spontaneous attitude to try and create different pie… 

Boy Meets Boy

Boy Meets Boy

Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs. 

Lisa Scott Sings Blues and Jazz

Lisa Scott Sings Blues and Jazz

Lisa Scott was introduced by her venue manager as having ‘been here for many, many a Fringe’, and Scott is indeed showing her age as a performer. 

Six Ways

Six Ways

Six Ways is one of those small musicals that sends you out into the Edinburgh rain with a big heart. 

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

Sue Casson’s musical adaptation if Oscar Wilde’s short story, “The Happy Prince” is billed as a family show, but it’s difficult to see children appreciating it. 

Endgame

Endgame

Just sometimes, the best of amateur companies come up with a production which puts in the shade all those numerous Fringe productions with pretentions to ‘professionalism’ put … 

Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band

‘An oasis in the Fringe… with bagpipes’ is how piper and most talkative Battlefield Band member Alasdair White described their show. 

Unlucky for Some

Unlucky for Some

Tina Macfarlane has a first in Actuarial Maths from Glasgow University - ‘A real university, not a polytechnic like Strathclyde’ - but there’s a recession on, so it’s not m… 

Candide

Candide

American High School Theatre Festival is a regular in Edinburgh, and there are several reasons to check them out. 

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… 

Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free

Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free

The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be. 

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Wireless - Free

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Wireless - Free

With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see. 

Wolfboy

Wolfboy

There’s always a plethora of musicals on the most unlikely subjects at the Fringe. 

Andrew Lawrence – Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

Andrew Lawrence – Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

Andrew Lawrence is a young, talented stand-up comedian who has already had two successive if. 

Flhip Flhop: Everything Happens On The Break

Flhip Flhop: Everything Happens On The Break

You know when you come out of a show that it’s going to sell out fast. 

Wil Hodgson: Punk Folk Tales

Wil Hodgson: Punk Folk Tales

Hodgson begins his act by describing himself as “a man of contrast” and this is certainly true. 

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

A strong old Broadyway warhorse,“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” originally opened with Zero Mostel in the lead followed by Frankie Howerd in the UK. 

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o… 

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel. 

No Turn Unstoned

No Turn Unstoned

No Turn Unstoned gives you no idea what to expect from Beth Vyse’s show. 

Grant's True Tales Presents Spark London Storytelling

Grant's True Tales Presents Spark London Storytelling

If everyone has a story to tell, one that’s worth listening to, then why is it that the only stories that shift copies off shelves and set Twitter alight are the births, marriage… 

The Property Known As Garland

The Property Known As Garland

When Judy Garland gave her last concerts in Copenhagen in March 1969 she was 48 and a wreck. 

Asbo Fairy Tales

Asbo Fairy Tales

A heavily pregnant fairy, a yuppie Goldilocks, a Jeremy Kyle-style King chatting to a jilted Snow White, Burbery-wearing rats. 

Cautionary Tales

Cautionary Tales

Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales were written in the late-19th century and have been in print ever since. 

By Order Of Ignorance

By Order Of Ignorance

We are in a strange building in an unidentified city, and not even the country is clear. 

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. 

Tony Jameson and Katie Mulgrew Tell Tales

Tony Jameson and Katie Mulgrew Tell Tales

In the cold hard light of day we all know stand-up is a tough gig - the Fringe is a buyers’ market and we’re all on the look out for the next best thing. 

An Audience With the Duke of Windsor - Bob Kingdom

An Audience With the Duke of Windsor - Bob Kingdom

Bob Kingdom is an Edinburgh institution. 

A Tapestry of Many Threads

A Tapestry of Many Threads

A Tapestry of Many Threads is a 19-song cycle commissioned by the Dovecote Studios for its centenary from Alexander McCall Smith (words) and Tom Cunningham (music). 

Paul McCaffrey: Saying Something Stupid

Paul McCaffrey: Saying Something Stupid

Paul McCaffrey can very much be categorised as an observational comedian. 

Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore

Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore

First, a declaration of interest. 

The Bravery of Miss Anne and Other Tales of Splendorous Adventure

The Bravery of Miss Anne and Other Tales of Splendorous Adventure

It’s only when you look back at your childhood books and films that you realise how many of them are ripe for satire. 

Jonny Sweet - Let's Just Have Some Fun (and Learn Something, For Once)

Jonny Sweet - Let's Just Have Some Fun (and Learn Something, For Once)

What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is. 

Shelf-Life

Shelf-Life

‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone. 

Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free

Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free

It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t… 

Eric Davidson's Second Day Soup!

Eric Davidson's Second Day Soup!

I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute. 

Kit and McConnel

Kit and McConnel

The split of a long-established duo is like a marital divorce. 

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised - Free

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised - Free

The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story. 

The Divine Tales

The Divine Tales

Best friends Jess and Gem, two struggling actresses, decide to go their separate ways after yet another unsuccessful audition and a bed fiasco. 

The Exonerated

The Exonerated

St Paul’s School Theatre take a series of testimonies from former Death Row prisoners in the States and, through interweaving monologues, create a powerful story of police brutal… 

My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

If you saw Stephen Frear’s movie My Beautiful Launderette, made way back in the mercifully distant days of Thatcherite Britain, or even if you’re too young to remember it (like m… 

Godspell

Godspell

Stephen Schwartz, long before he became famous for Wicked, collaborated with fellow student John-Michael Tebelak to create a highly experimental show that combined the parables of … 

Back to School

Back to School

We file in crocodile formation from the Pleasance, clutching a collective length of rope to keep together. 

Troy Boy

Troy Boy

The show begins in a Greek restaurant. 

Jack Foster and Carolyn Anona Scott

Jack Foster and Carolyn Anona Scott

Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience. 

Funny Women Brighton Nights

Funny Women Brighton Nights

One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to. 

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. 

Seduction

Seduction

It’s a perennial problem in plays where the actors are continually taking their clothes off: how do they get them back on, or off the stage cleanly between scenes? There’s a lot … 

Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly

Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly

You shouldn’t always believe the flyers. 

Not So Grimm Fairy Tales

Not So Grimm Fairy Tales

Some might consider it cruel, but I’m of the opinion that children’s stories benefit from that added sprinkle of fear. 

Robin Hood Queen Of Thieves

Robin Hood Queen Of Thieves

They’re sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so it’s pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre… 

Simon Munnery: Fylm-Makker

Simon Munnery: Fylm-Makker

‘Makar’ is a medieval Scots word for poet. 

Treasure in Clay Jars

Treasure in Clay Jars

Treasure in Clay Jars is listed in the Theatre Section of the Fringe Programme. 

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 … 

Ed: The Musical

Ed: The Musical

I was just about getting weary of anything with ‘The Musical’ after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock. 

All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas

Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde… 

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues

If reindeer could really speak, what awful tales would we hear? My hackles rose in the lobby when I was confronted with early November shiny baubles and other such Christmas frippe… 

The Complete History of the BBC in 60 Minutes

The Complete History of the BBC in 60 Minutes

The BBC is the Church of England of the media. 

Scott Capurro: Yankee Dog-Pig

Scott Capurro: Yankee Dog-Pig

OK, let’s get this out of the way; Scott Capurro is a gay man who stands on stage with the mike and goes for the jugular – no target is spared and he will be offensive ab… 

The Irish Curse

The Irish Curse

I used to know a guy with a small penis. 

Scott Agnew: Pride (In The Name of Love)

Scott Agnew: Pride (In The Name of Love)

Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines. 

Maurice

Maurice

Maurice, the play based on E. 

Say Something

Say Something

A performance where the embodiment of the communication between audience and performer is at the core of its success, Say Something is the epitome of a live event. 

Secret Weapons

Secret Weapons

Dickson Telfer’s solo play, in which he also appears, charts the struggle of a teacher to impose control on a rogue class in so-called Higher Education. 

Scott Mills: The Bjorn Identity

Scott Mills: The Bjorn Identity

Emerging from the ‘fear cupboard’ for the climax of Radio 1’s one-man shows, Scott Mills chose to re-tell the Bourne Identity with an Abba twist in front of a packed-house last … 

Blink Twice!

Blink Twice!

It takes a lot of courage to put on a tribute composed entirely of musical numbers from shows which flopped. 

Dangerous

Dangerous

You can almost smell the testosterone coming off the stage in this raunchy and sexy play, an all-male take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 

Foreign Affair

Foreign Affair

It takes some pluck to produce, write, direct and star in your own play. 

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… 

Terrible Tales of the Midnight Chorus

Terrible Tales of the Midnight Chorus

Edward Wren cuts a fine macabre master of ceremonies in The River People’s Terrible Tales of the Midnight Chorus. 

Polar Bears

Polar Bears

Polar Bears are dangerous. 

Drunk

Drunk

Drew McOnie, the inventive deviser and choreographer of ‘Drunk’, straddles worlds. 

The Way of the World

The Way of the World

Updating Shakespeare into modern dress may be de rigeur, but it takes a lot of nerve to do the same with restoration comedy, much of the appeal of which for modern audiences - and … 

Booking Dance Festival - Festival Showcase

Booking Dance Festival - Festival Showcase

Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items. 

Luminous Tales

Luminous Tales

Shadow puppetry has delighted people for about 1,000 years and little has changed. 

Punishment Without Revenge

Punishment Without Revenge

There is a film of the life of Lope de Vega, in English The Outlaw¸ but no film could do justice to his extraordinary life. 

Flight

Flight

The set is made up of suitcases. 

A Romance of Asian and Western Classical Voice

A Romance of Asian and Western Classical Voice

Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh. 

Fuerzabruta

Fuerzabruta

Fuerzabruta (Brute Force) has been touring its acrobatic, surreal spectacular for nearly ten years now, which is proof of its enormous popularity. 

Maurice

Maurice

E. 

The Showstoppers' Family Matinees

The Showstoppers' Family Matinees

Showstoppers have been improvising musicals for several years now and an edited version has had a series on BBC Radio 4. 

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

Ovation has a distinguished track record for musicals at the Gatehouse. 

Handmade Tales

Handmade Tales

‘A story is a very peculiar thing. 

You Have Nothing to Fear...

You Have Nothing to Fear...

Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’. 

The Pride

The Pride

I’ve never bought into the distinction between ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’, at least on the London Fringe. 

The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

It occurred to me watching Neil LaBute’s 90-minute four-hander, that he is the nearest thing America has to George Bernard Shaw. 

Halbwelt Kultur

Halbwelt Kultur

This cabaret of 1920s and 1930s Berlin songs is billed as an homage, a reclamation, of the female cabaret performers of the Weimar Republic. 

Always Be Comedy

Always Be Comedy

The Jekyll and Hyde is a lousy venue to play: poor acoustics, bar noise and seating split so the audience is in two sections which can’t see or hear each other. 

Mad Kings and Englishmen: History Hung Drawn and Quartered

Mad Kings and Englishmen: History Hung Drawn and Quartered

I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant. 

Passing By

Passing By

Martin Sherman’s ‘Passing By’ has an assured niche in gay history, being one of the first plays mounted by the pioneering Gay Sweatshop, and the first that seemed to have no … 

Winston on the Run

Winston on the Run

Churchill is about the only politician in British history who can be referred to only by his first name. 

Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde

‘Jekyll and Hyde’ is such an archetypal folk myth by now that it’s hard to believe in an imaginative world without it, or that someone actually sat down and wrote it. 

Grant's True Tales Presents The Liar Show

Grant's True Tales Presents The Liar Show

Fans of Would I Lie To You? will need no prompting to visit this ingenious variation on the theme of Spot the Porker, in which four storytellers by turns deliver 10-15 minute solo … 

A Scent of Flowers

A Scent of Flowers

James Saunders is one of the forgotten playwrights of the 60s, sandwiched between, and elbowed aside by Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard etc. 

Scott Agnew: Tales of the Sauna

Scott Agnew: Tales of the Sauna

Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths. 

Fleabag

Fleabag

Reviews of ‘Fleabag’, which won a Fringe First Award at Edinburgh this summer, tended to treat it as a kind of scabrous stand-up routine on the subject of Sex and the Single Gi… 

21A - Free

21A - Free

Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota. 

Little Me

Little Me

‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis. 

Titanic

Titanic

On paper, any musicalisation of the story of the Titanic looks like sailing to disaster. 

Skin Tight

Skin Tight

There is a moment in Sheridan’s ‘The Critic’ when Mr Puff and Mr Dangle are watching a play-within-a-play about the Spanish Armada. 

DESERT FRINGE – MARTIN MOR: MORE FUNNY STUFF

DESERT FRINGE – MARTIN MOR: MORE FUNNY STUFF

Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science. 

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. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe 2019 Final Weekend

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe 2019 Final Weekend

There’s been disco-dancing to Madonna in an old church, vegan based stand up in a room above a pub, incredible acrobatics, hilarious cabaret songs about near-death experiences an... 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

There have been some stellar hits and some definite misses, but with some five star performances just starting their runs it could be that your favourite show of Brighton Fringe 2... 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 3

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 3

That’s right, we’re already coming towards the halfway point of Brighton Fringe. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 2

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 2

From dark comedies, to sci-fi authors, to an uncooked lump of dough, Brighton Fringe certainly offers surprises for everyone as we head into this second weekend. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 1

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 1

Welcome to Brighton Fringe 2019! We’re ready to welcome back old favourites, discover new talent and generally have a jolly good time. 

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.  

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Final Weekend

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Final Weekend

Just like that, we approach the final weekend of Brighton Fringe. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week 4

​​May is marvellous. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Three

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Three

We're almost mid-way through the Fringe and it seems like there are more shows than ever to pick from. 

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Two

Something For The Weekend: Brighton Fringe Week Two

After the glorious sunshine of the opening weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the fun might be over. 

Brighton Fringe: Something For The Opening Weekend

Brighton Fringe: Something For The Opening Weekend

It’s the bank holiday and you’re ready for the long weekend – but what to do? Read on to discover how to kick-start your weekend with comedy, beer, parties and Julie Andrews. 

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. 

Brighton Fringe: Something For The Opening Weekend

Brighton Fringe: Something For The Opening Weekend

May Bank Holiday weekend can only mean one thing; Brighton Fringe is almost upon us. 

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. 

Yokes Night’s Scott Lyons & Zoe Forrester on Anger at the Status Quo in Ireland

Yokes Night’s Scott Lyons & Zoe Forrester on Anger at the Status Quo in Ireland

If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015. 

Shakespeare Syndrome's Catriona Scott on Macbeth's Rorschach Test

Shakespeare Syndrome's Catriona Scott on Macbeth's Rorschach Test

How do you tell a story using Shakespeare’s characters and make it original? How do you tell a story about Shakespeare himself for that matter? For Catriona Scott, playwright of ... 

Something for the Weekend: Brighton Fringe 21-22 May

Something for the Weekend: Brighton Fringe 21-22 May

It’s the halfway point for Brighton Fringe and there are still hundreds of shows left to see. 

​Something for the Weekend

​Something for the Weekend

Weekends are when Brighton Fringe truly comes alive. 

SpaceDating: The Grimmest of Grim Tales

SpaceDating: The Grimmest of Grim Tales

We spend a few minutes with The Grimmest of Grim Tales, but our chat was anything but.  

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

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. 

Fourth Monkey’s Grimm Tales (Four productions: Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Cap & The Bloody Countess)

Fourth Monkey’s Grimm Tales (Four productions: Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Cap & The Bloody Countess)

Broadway Baby talks to Fourth Monkey, the biggest company at the fringe with a huge team of 80 actors and 10 crew! This year they are bringing a plethora of Grimm tales. 

Going To Space: Cautionary Tales for Daughters - Songs your mother never taught you

Going To Space: Cautionary Tales for Daughters - Songs your mother never taught you

Tanya Holt, producer, performer and writer is to grace the stage this year with Cautionary Tales For Daughters. Broadway Baby finds out more. 

The Scott Wings Three Minute Interview

The Scott Wings Three Minute Interview

2013 Performance Poetry World Cup Champion Scott Wings, part of the Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company in Brisbane, is performing his one-man spoken word/physical theatre Icarus F...