Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Enter the hypnotic world of Scott Silven, the Scottish illusionist inspired by the landscape of his childhood.
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 …
16 year-old Sean Parker has never known his Dad and wants to change that.
June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world.
We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
In these two explosive, intimate physical poems by Charles Pas and Courtney May Robertson, desires and fears collide in an attempt to embrace the contradictions that make up a mult…
Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona.
Stuart’s terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine.
‘Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one’s garden’ (Voltaire).
Prepare for an adventure into the mystical depths of Scotland’s ancient past with Stuart McHardy.
One of Scotland’s best-known writers, broadcasters and cultural commentators, whose career has taken him everywhere from documentary-making for Channel 4 via St Johnstone FC, to …
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
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…
Winner of performance and magic awards at FRINGE WORLD 2023 and Adelaide Fringe 2024! More than a mere magic show: inspired by the mentalists, mystics and madmen of history, this i…
This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family.
The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 20 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh.
It’s like confession without the guilt.
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
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 very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this wildly entertaining solo show.
Following his critically acclaimed Radio 4 series Cost of Living, join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and star of the Glesga Da Podcast as he r…
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.
A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town facade.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
A twisted exploration of the fragile underpinnings of love, friendship, and ambition.
Thor Stenhaug is a Norwegian comedian based in the UK.
‘Filthy Funny Females deserves an award.
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…
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
In Funny Bones, a clown contemplates life, death, and other laughing matters.
Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk.
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.
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 …
As seen on Stamptown (Australia).
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).
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
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…
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…
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
After a five-star sell-out run in 2023, Burning Down the Horse is back! This immersive comedy epic drops you into the heart of the most iconic wooden animal in history – the Troj…
Last year Stuart started telling the truth on stage and was diagnosed autistic: he got the best reviews he’s ever got and his show was a must-see.
An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising Fringe stars.
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 …
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 is a queer celebration of clowny nonsense, a love letter to the absurd and only the most silly of sausages.
In this show we will share the history of AI, explain AI and debunk AI.
The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 16 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes.
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical…
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun.
You might have thought that Arabs couldn’t get any funnier.
The Edinburgh Fringe sensation transfers to the Bush for its first London run.
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…
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.
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 …
Join Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn for a very special Edinburgh Fringe edition of You Dress Funny, the event where comedy meets fashion.
Aki Remally (vocals, guitar) and Fraser Urquhart (piano, keyboards) make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year.
Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist.
Scott McPherson: Life is an intimate window into the inner-workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
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…
We begin, as most trauma does, in the distant past.
Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Phil Kay’s Funny Walks – the droll stroll.
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…
On a sunny afternoon in the mid-90s, a young ginger-haired boy is making his way across town to reach his psychologist appointment.
World’s Best Fringe Theatre Winner 2022/3 (International Fringe Encore Series, New York) returns for eight performances only.
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.
‘The real deal.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
‘The real deal.
Join Alex, the astounding magician on his quest for magic and the existential meaning, again.
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
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.
Erik Scott grew up in a fireworks warehouse deep in the cornfields of the American Midwest and now resides in New York City.
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…
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
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…
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…
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.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Whisky and Witches sees the combination of Danish-born Christine Kammerer’s musical forte with the whimsical storytelling of Jane Ross.
Join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News as he runs through brand-new material following the incredible announcement that BBC Radio 4 have commissio…
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 19 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh.
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…
Childhood tales of flying boats inspired Brian to travel the world.
Comedian.
Night Owl Shows delivers a worthy and memorable spectacle with The Billy Joel Story that sees the talented troupe of Angus Munro on piano and vocals, Daniel Watts on drums, Alex Be…
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.
A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town façade.
ERA Productions returns to the Fringe this year with a familiar act that sees the lively quartet of Megan (Mia Taylor), Nicole (Catherine Hutchinson), Amy (Abi Price) and Olivia (M…
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
McClaine Beirne in his first 45-minute Edinburgh show.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
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.
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 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 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Filthy.
Stuart is terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine.
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…
From humble beginnings in a downstairs bar in London, originally styling themselves as Friday I’m In Love, Massaoke have certainly ventured a substantial journey in their more th…
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…
One hundred brave (or not so brave) Trojan Soldiers are trapped inside the infamous giant wooden horse, plotting their escape….
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.
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…
Stand-up comedy about getting married, being middle of the road and trying to be more honest.
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…
A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year.
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…
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork.
In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork.
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…
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…
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 …
“Mummy, I love your boobies.
“Mummy, I love your boobies.
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 is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of 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, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical…
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 …
What’s the only thing proven to change the world? That’s right: issue-led fringe theatre.
An hour of new material from Host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast, Stuart Goldsmith.
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…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre.
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, …
Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions.
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…
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.
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
A Kung Fu contemporary circus made in Hong Kong.
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…
Felipe Schrieberg and Paul Archibald return to the Fringe this year in an act that delivers a whisky-soaked night of tremolo and bass that walks through the annals of blues classic…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
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.
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 Kung Fu contemporary circus made in Hong Kong.
New show about getting married, being middle of the road and accidentally going viral for the most embarrassing moment in your life.
Welcome to The Horse’s Mouth! We’ve got comedy on tap! Watch our hero work his first shift at the pub, and meet the rather strange bunch of regulars he encounters along the way, ea…
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…
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.
Anarchic and surreal, Horse Country is a satirical spin on early 21st Century American culture which aims to surprise and provoke in equal measure.
Ali Brice is embracing life after almost losing it.
See the UK’s longest running and best comedy newcomer competition back for its 35th year.
It took little time for Assembly’s Spielgeltent Palais Du Variété to evolve into a glittering exhibition of luminous flair and seduction, teased out by one of Drag Race’s mos…
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 is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
‘Hilarious’, ‘mesmerising’ and ‘outstanding’ **** (LondonPubTheatres.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences.
Comedian Fab La Roche-Francoeur loves the feeling of being surrounded by an audience laughing at his jokes.
We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
In March 1952, hunched over a typewriter on a semi-circular table in the corner of a Jamaican villa, a man has finally completed his first draft of an espionage novel that would re…
Join Art27 Scotland Artist in Residence Elaine Cheng as she explores the binaries of Hong Kong and China through her new sonic composition, discussion and tales of the life of thos…
Fast-paced, bold and hilarious.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable.
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…
Join the longest-running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News for his new show! Endorsed by Hollywood superstar Will Ferrell.
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…
The morning after.
The morning after.
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…
All Things Must Pass, they say.
Paul Simon is a name that has cemented itself into the ‘hearts and bones’ of audiences all over the world.
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.
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.
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.
A new work in progress from the host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast.
Leith Social offers a rotation of different comedic, musical and cabaret acts under the roof of The Pitt Street Market, hosted by Cornish comedian Sam Lake.
Sid Singh: comedian, human rights lawyer and idiot.
An outrageous hour of comedy served to you by a selection of female comedians from across the globe.
Like Edinburgh, London is not an easy city to live in.
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…
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.
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…
From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs.
‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily.
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.
Six Players.
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.
This year Stuart got alopecia.
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…
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 return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Now in its 20th year, Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
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…
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…
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner.
Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner.
BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar…
An Audience with Stuart Bagcliffe was a great mixture of gentle comedy and intense drama that was written from scratch by Benny Ainsworth, who endeavoured to create something that …
“Laugh out loud”, “Slick and powerful writing that keeps the audience mesmerised throughout” ★★★★ (London Pub Theatres) This comedic one-man show introduces Stuar…
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
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.
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.
Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u…
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…
This comedic one man show introduces Stuart Bagcliffe, who is about to perform his biographical play to an audience for the first time.
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.
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’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Queer East is proud to team up with Londons longest-running independent arts space, The Horse Hospital, this year to present a bold and imaginative programme, featuring artists and…
Stuart is an observational comedian who doesn’t fully understand what he’s observed.
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.
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
An interactive comedic look at why comedian Scott Adams is still as penniless as the day he was born.
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…
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
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 …
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.
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 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…
Super Scott returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his own style of comedy juggling and escapology. Maybe a bit of magic. Expect the unexpected!
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
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,…
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year.
‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily.
Grumms doesn’t see themselves in the Barbies or GI Joes they play with.
What is Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart without men? Two actresses meet to rehearse a two-woman version of Schiller’s play.
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.
Comedian Ryan Wingfield takes a funny look into the science of what makes us happy.
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 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 tells the incredible story of Elton John’s rise and fall (and rise again) as one of the most successful singer/songwriters ever.
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 return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
A personal performance of a woman’s struggle growing up in a man-made world.
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.
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.
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…
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…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
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…
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…
Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u…
Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS.
Tickets: £21.
Chris, Lucy, Hervey and Mandy are stuck in a waiting room.
Chris, Lucy, Hervey and Mandy are stuck in a waiting room.
Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS.
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 masterpiece song cycle Winterreise (A Winter Journey) performed by Scotland’s foremost operatic bass accompanied by legendary Scottish pianist, Walter Blair.
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’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
The National Theatre’s internationally-acclaimed smash-hit War Horse returns to London this autumn for a limited season at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, an exciting ne…
The Tower Theatre Company seek to outrage and (somewhat) inspire with their recreation of Dead Funny.
The semi-final of the 2019 Funny Women Awards.
Marion Lees McPherson, organist of Stockbridge Parish, presents a programme of German and French music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Celebrating 32 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
In an interview with Art Blakey in 1987, the renowned drummer took a moment to ponder his brief yet momentous time on Earth: “Truth is stranger than fiction, and people are afrai…
Scott Walker was one of popular music’s most fascinating and elusive characters.
Chic Murray was the comedian’s comedian.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Six strong Norwegian voices offering a cappella arrangements ranging from jazz, pop, Scandinavian folk music to classical pieces.
Tommy mixes a love of comic rebellion, the poetry of everyday speech and a deep grá for talking, with a refusal to be conscripted into a rational view of the world.
In the bowels of The Stand’s New Town Theatre, an audience sweats in the clamminess of an overheated, cramped studio.
For Gil Scott-Heron fans this evening at The Jazz Bar would need no extra hype.
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.
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…
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 …
A mixture of mythology, memory and music.
This is a show for the fans.
Comedy actress Tami Stone presents her debut one-woman Edinburgh show.
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…
What do you expect when you go to a holiday resort? Seaside memories, hearty dinners, relaxation and.
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.
If Dr.
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…
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,…
This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou…
There’s Something Missing, is a two-person physical (and sometimes funny) contemporary piece of confessional theatre that discusses identity.
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
Not a show, but the undercoat, base coat or petticoat of what may one day be a show.
See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind…
In our modern world, convenience is king and Amazon wears the crown.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show.
Comedy.
A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage.
Acclaimed stand-up (and the UK’s foremost gilet apologist) Stuart Laws reflects on the day his life changed forever when he risked everything in a Vegas poker tournament.
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…
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.
One of London’s most popular comedy nights Funny Feckers is coming to the Fringe to showcase the best acts from Ireland and beyond.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Join the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News as he runs through new material for his next tour.
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 (as seen on BBC1) brings his hotly anticipated debut hour to the Fringe.
John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012.
This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.
Sleeping Trees are silly, funny boys.
Scott Gibson, Glasgow’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning son, returns to the Fringe with a brand new hour of darkly comedic storytelling.
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.
One day the earth might be so devastated that we might need to leave for a distant planet.
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…
It is common to see stand-up comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe be either unnecessarily controversial or unimaginatively bland.
Part-biographical, part-political, part-musical, part-magical.
In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture.
Known better for his kink-based comedy, John Pendal returns this year to the Fringe with a different angle to a similar style he employs, one that combines his witty sexual quips w…
Paul Simon is a name that has cemented itself into the Hearts and Bones of audiences all over the world.
Yorkshire’s finest Myra DuBois has tragically ‘died’ but on the upside, she’s invited you to the greatest funeral you will ever attend.
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…
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…
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…
Scott Walker was one of popular music's most fascinating and elusive artists.
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…
Being dumped is hard.
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…
Dr Jones Funny Bones is coming to Brighton with a show for the whole family.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC.
We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
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.
The Multi Award-winning Naughty Corner Productions are reviving the sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and UK show 'Not The Horse' Not The Horse is an outrageous crime-…
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 - …
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…
Friday 1st February, 7.
A new comedy by David Hampshire.
A new comedy by David Hampshire.
It is 1936 in a town in Scotland.
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…
Celebrating 31 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
Alan Bennett is a national treasure, and his writings are justly well respected.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy including performances by special guests and the brightest new talent at the Fringe.
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…
Marion Lees McPherson will spend an afternoon in Stockbridge Church with her annual organ recital of music by Bach, Schumann and Brahms.
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…
Hearing a couple of priests swearing will always be amusing.
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…
It is frightening how Orwell’s nightmarish dystopia continues to ring true, year after year.
The American comedian and creator of The Jeselnik Offensive comes to London two nights only with his brand new hour, Funny Games.
An Alan Bennett one act play-originally written for TV in 1982.
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.
Scott Mitchell lives in Singapore.
Performing stripped back versions of popular songs will be Nigerian-born Ibiyemi with the soulful voice some have described as ‘smooth chocolate’.
In the beginning was the Word, but I honestly don’t know which word to begin with when trying to describe this production.
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.
In a bar in Cambodia, a young Scottish tour guide is telling stories to travellers.
Since the beginning of time, comedians have plied their trade on the comedy battlefield.
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 – two great masters of German song in a luscious recital by internationally renowned bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott, rising star soprano Catherine Hooper and legenda…
When The Jazz Bar springs to mind, it is impossible not to think of the late legend Bill Kyle.
Parker has only ever dreamt of being a stand-up comedian.
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…
Stu’s back with some thoughts on how it all works out in the end and whether anyone cares.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
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.
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…
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.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
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, appropriately enough, starts with a bang.
You first descend into a low-ceilinged basement.
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit.
Funnybones is Steve McCann’s Edinburgh solo debut.
After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free.
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 …
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 �…
Roast Battle features a rotating lineup that changes daily, with a general showcase of at least four or five pairs of comedians taking to the stage to rip sizeable chunks out of th…
There is something very reminiscent of Bill Murray in Matt Duwell: the optimistic sarcasm is the overlying note in his voice; he produces easy crowd-pleasing material, imbued with …
Stuart Bowden has been doing this for a long time.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day.
Technical issues hampered the comic on more than one occasion, and one occasion too long to forget.
People say it’s brave to do stand-up comedy, it’s braver to let someone you love do it.
Three new up-and-coming stand-up comedians perform their diverse sets.
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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…
Humans are storytellers.
With success in the likes of Shitfaced Shakespeare and Shitfaced Showtime, Magnificent Bastard Productions return to the Fringe with their take on Lionel Bart’s 1960 musical.
I’ll begin by noting that this particular viewing was unfortunately tarnished by a very inconsiderate audience, where both latecomers and six mid-show phone calls bombarded the f…
Area 51, Brexit, holding midfielders and bouncy castles.
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.
Celebrating poor life choices and an unconditional love of vodka, direct from New York City.
To say that Paul Mayhew-Archer is not afraid to poke fun at himself would be the understatement of the last decade.
A truly astonishing and hilarious confessional story where the worlds of haute cuisine and high finance collide, bringing about a lucid moment in the life of someone who was lost a…
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
Gilded Balloon Futures presents an hour of stand-up from two of Scotland’s fastest rising talents.
Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues.
‘Why should I continue to be tolerant, when the world has been so intolerant of me?’ Trojan Horse was a local story that hit the national press, accusing ‘hardline’ Muslim te…
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…
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…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to the legendary Miles Davis.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour.
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…
Born in Essex, Scott Lavene was raised on power ballads, punk and swearing.
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…
Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Stuart made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, with his show ‘Dealt a Bad Hand’ at The Pleasance Courtyard.
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.
Multi-awarding-winning Comedian Dave Bailey has something to say.
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…
Sweet Werks' studio is a well-suited venue for The Start of Something.
Rising star Sarah Keyworth, tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, brings an hour of brand new stand-up that shines a light on the relationship between a little girl …
Scott Capurro is one of nature’s great raconteurs.
A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
Award-winning comedian Scott Gibson returns with his sold-out, smash-hit Fringe show ‘Like Father, Like Son’.
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…
Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
“Who’s Your Daddy? returns to Adelaide with an amazing line-up of both local and International comedians, both Mums & Dads, all talking Parenthood.
Join the artist who isn’t afraid to explore and change up familiar territory.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK.
9 days & 42 shows of the finest live comedians in Britain.
Described by the Guardian as ‘a brick through the window of Britpop in its death throes’, 21 years of Mogwai’s post-rock power and minimalism have shaped one of the most importan…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gilded Balloon’s annual comedy competition, So You Think You’re Funny.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The multi award-winning Fringe sell-out comedy is returning for it’s final run at Edinburgh Fringe.
In October 2016, writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie walked 300 miles from Jarrow to London, retracing the famous Jarrow Crusade 80 years on, through a divided, complex country t…
Back due to popular demand! Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian, short and punchy.
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…
Peek through the comedy retro-spectoscope at medicine and dentistry in the 1970s and 80s.
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…
Produced by Connie Stride and co-directed by Emily Ashbrook and Elizabeth Bailey, The Tinder Tales excels in making genuine experiences appear visceral.
Two men meet in a club.
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.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The superfluous orations of Joe Sellman-Leava see his one-man act deliver strong discourse aimed at unboxing the confines that social tags put upon our species.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Winner: Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show 2017.
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.
Halfway through David Tsonos’ tedious and rambling show, a former boyfriend, one of the many trotted out as a manifested recollection from the trio of bridesmaids, appears before…
Super Scott returns to the Fringe with his own unique blend of comedy, juggling, magic and more. Expect the unexpected! (Recommended by his mother).
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…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
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…
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
I’ll start off by saying that the lack of an audience on this particular viewing did not afford much opportunity to the performers.
The incredible, true story of the Wild West’s greatest Lakota warrior, this original one-man drama depicts the quiet, brilliant figure who defied the mighty US military, attempting…
John Scott Delusions.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Following their sold out Glasgow Comedy Festival show, Donald and Stuart make their Edinburgh Fringe debut.
Quite possibly the best/only show about blobfish you’ll ever see.
Death invited you to decide the fate of The Poet.
It did not take long for Sunil Patel to win me over.
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.
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.
Martin “Bigpig” Mor.
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
The worse the world gets the funnier Stuart Black gets.
To fully appreciate Curse of the Mummy, one cannot take it seriously as a musical or a drama, which may have been a source of contention amongst some audience members on the night …
Henry Ginsberg spent most of his adult life envious of his male friends scoring on the weekend.
Three fabulous comediennes on an amazing bill for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never forget, all hosted by the fantastic Mary Bourke.
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 …
Stuart has got fast-paced, hilarious observations and he ain’t afraid to say them over the course of an hour.
Funny Women takes over your lunch hour with a feast of comedy, interviews and highlights from the very best of the Fringe.
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.
Kai Humphries delivers in style a Fringe spectacle with amusing stories of his hometown Blyth and of his life which led him into the world of comedy, aided a poignant slideshow.
Belfast comic Micky Bartlett is here to deliver a message.
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 Horse Show comes galloping down to the Camden Fringe festival, fresh from the lush green pastures of Manchester.
In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.
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 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…
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…
A stand-up show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
‘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 …
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Three scousers, two angry mobs and a horse.
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 …
A courtroom in hell.
Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever.
Shakespeare said the world is a stage and we are all players.
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
A selection of the very best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
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…
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…
Based on the 1920’s Alberto Cassella play La Morte in Vacanza, Death Takes A Holiday is a chamber musical with a book by Thomas Meehan and Peter Stone, music and lyrics by Maur…
Eleanor wants a child.
Something’s Gonna Happen returns for autumn presenting the best in fantastic live, local music.
From BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking the News, ‘Scotland’s brightest comedy talent’ **** (Sun), this is a must-see for 2016.
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.
An endearing display that demonstrates both exceptional vocal and instrumental talents.
Welcome to the final of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers’ competition.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
The competition to find the best new situation comedy writers and performers the country has to offer.
A grandad may have passed on, but he wasn’t the only thing that died on stage.
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.
Igor Stravinsky once said ‘what gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
A concert full of well known pieces from the worlds of opera, operetta, musicals and popular music.
This one-of-a-kind show features the mind-blowing dances and acrobatics of Fanti Acrobat International, as well as the freestyle basketball skills of New York’s Rashall Thing.
Quirky, vibrant and oozing with dark imagination, Dreaming of Leaves is a daring and thought-provoking piece of theatre.
St Magnus Players return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a gripping tale of witchcraft, faith and fear.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Bob Slayer invites his audience to come play board games aboard the top floor of the fun-spurring remodelled double-decker Blundabus, affectionately named Brenda.
A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden.
Playwright Anthony Maskell’s Fringe debut is as student as they come.
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.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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…
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
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…
An acoustic programme of traditional and contemporary songs in French and English presented by singer Coreen Scott and friends.
Paul Merton returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with an improvised comedy show.
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…
Gary Delaney has been touring all over the UK for months.
Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian: short and punchy.
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…
Lady Shona and Natalie Sweeney tend to criminally overshare.
Stuart Goldsmith is a polished comic.
Meet Reginald, the bravest piece of rope in show business.
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.
Almost twenty years ago, Guy Ritchie changed the landscape of British cinema with his love letter to the charismatic psychopaths of the East End underbelly Lock, Stock and Two Smok…
This educational, charming piece on an American folk-rock visionary is fittingly presented by an up-and-coming sensation of the same genre, Dan Clews.
This well-received hour-long concert showcases the impressive skills of the four-person performance group Samurai Drum IKKI.
A short and sweet performance that makes use of popular romantic tracks to tackle the trials and troubles of online dating and the accompanying creeps who come with the app, Love M…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day.
Bubble-lovers will rejoice in this fun, immersive spectacle lead by the energetic assistant Ms Squeaky Bottom and the Nutty Professor himself.
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 is one of the most high-energy monologues you will see this Fringe.
Start your Fringe day with a laugh-and-learn walk through some of Edinburgh’s weirder backstory.
There is no doubt that Nick Revell is an amusing and witty comic whose capabilities are evident from both long line of positive past reviews and his catalogue on YouTube.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
The show’s title is accurate in that the two comedians who perform in it are indeed Irish, but the idea that this has anything to do with “championship comedy” is a misleadin…
The varied and chancing comedy of Jason Byrne sees his fringe expose arrive as largely hit and miss.
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…
A horse tried for murder? A nonsensical idea, surely? Well not after the great Animal Rights and Responsibilities Act 2031 is passed into law.
If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�…
If you think you have seen and done it all, try John Pendal on for size.
Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence.
Witty, fresh and clever, Funny for a Grrrl serves a refreshing line-up of stand-up in this year’s Fringe.
Self-proclaimed “Champion of Comedy” Rob Mulholland tells all in this hilarious stand-up show.
What you see is what you get with Ashley Haden’s notoriously dark humour in this aptly-named free show.
David Ephgrave enters the room in an endearing manner, commanding the audience’s attention with music and his upbeat persona.
Ed Patrick arrives with fresh comedy that, though tepid in parts, is generally pleasing as the Oxford comic delves into his past to reveal some highly amusing anecdotes relating to…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A stand-up comedy show in which John promises to rip up the room for the full hour, or you can leave throughout.
Rondo comedy show Head Sets features a rotating line up daily, so you cannot be certain of what to expect.
Filled with humour and sorrow, Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful is a play about a man who is considering throwing in the towel.
Kate Bush may well have adopted a new receptacle in the form of a skimpy harlequin from down under.
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…
Featuring the very best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomers’ competition.
As soon as Stuart Mitchell entered the room, I knew I was in a safe pair of hands.
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…
Swapping her musical trappings for the theatre, Horse McDonald takes to the stage to present an undeniably intriguing and raw, if occasionally sensational, biopic of her own life.
Darren Connell’s hilarious personal stories and jokes seem undoubtedly real and completely laughable.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
This reference-heavy show fills a key niche for fan fiction comedy at the Fringe.
This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic.
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…
Devised from the diaries of Fredrick Treves, Fringe Management and Canny Creatures Scotland present The Elephant Man.
Stuart Laws is the guy who does all the comedy at Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour.
Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child.
At nineteen years old, Croydon’s Elliot Steel is on a fast track to success.
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…
This hilarious comedy sketch follows comic-actor duo Curly (Paul F Taylor) and Short (Rebecca Shorrocks) through a night of trying to prove they can act– Curly’s laminated CV i…
Comedy Reserve presents a great opportunity to see four of the Fringe’s ‘up-and-coming’ acts in an hour-long compilation show.
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…
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, 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…
A one-man drama about Indian chief, Crazy Horse that captures the high adventure of the Sioux Wars of the Wild West.
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…
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
Hear Ye, Broadway! From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original… something fresh.
Hilarious new surreal sketch show about how humans are.
“Scotland’s brightest comedy talent” **** (The Sun) presents his hilarious and hugely anticipated debut.
A one day hands-on workshop covering early wet-process photographic printing.
A selection of the best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
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 …
A Brooklyn Art Song Society portrait concert for Mr.
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 has been a groundbreaker and a muse for more than half a century, notably as an early member of Merce Cunningham’s company.
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.
Once in a lifetime, in the world of theatre, you’d hope you could say you bore witness to a theatrical event that would be engraved into the history books for eternity.
Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, the National Theatre's internationally-acclaimed production of War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical experience.
Nick Gandiello’s affecting if overwrought drama centers on three Long Island teenagers unsure how to honor the memory of a dead brother and friend.
Mr. Zweibel and Mr. Short, both prolific comedians and writers, will discuss their new books and reflect on their decadeslong careers.
Welcome to the final of the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
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…
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.
The story of a young man falling in ‘deep shit’ with a notorious gangster is something we see in movies all the time, and the influence of this is clear in Not the Horse.
There is no doubt that Mary McCarthy is a talented pianist whose style of play reflects years of expertise.
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.
Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell.
Is this poetry? Yes.
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.
Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity.
Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity.
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.
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…
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.
The overriding resonance of Ponción de Fe can only be described as dynamic.
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.
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…
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…
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…
A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend.
There is only one bar in Edinburgh that is fit for a man possessing such talent like James Lambeth: the Jazz Bar.
Flagstaff returns to the Fringe this year with a rusty, broken bottle blues feel that takes you down south and out west.
Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
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.
Paul works as the Scottish agent for Keddie Scott Associates Ltd, a London based agency.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
If the name isn’t familiar, the tunes will be.
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…
A comedy that ironically centres around two failing comedians should find humour in the ineptness of these characters.
Third show from the guy who makes all the comedy with Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour.
Stuart Cosgrove is one of Scotland’s sharpest and wittiest contemporary observers.
Welcome to the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Jazz Bar Music is an event which shows off the musical skills of several different performers, making each night different.
Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special.
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’…
This comedy showcase features a rotating lineup that changes daily, and is available both during the day and at midnight.
All spit no polish, all show no pony, Goldsmith goes back to the source.
A stage and film mixed media adaptation of D.
Four students, a full house and a series of clever sketches make for a very enjoyable hour in The Exeter Revue: Sketchup.
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…
Offering “a modern, alternative view to the story of Lady Macbeth”, Hell Hath No Fury certainly has an intriguing premise.
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 …
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
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…
See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
This is Glasgow-based comedian Harry Garrison’s debut festival show, but with his confident, flawless delivery and natural charm, one would never know.
Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour.
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 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 plays the outsider in England, reflecting on what makes people British from her own standpoint as an Israeli woman.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come…
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.
A fantastically funny show for all the family.
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…
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’.
Vyse is back and this time it’s personal! A bodacious and ballsy look at her battle with breast cancer.
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…
Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience.
Three performers and twenty five sketches, presented in a random order each night.
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…
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.
Dissent: noun, def.
Wojtek was an extraordinary bear, and this play that tells his story is an equally extraordinary piece of theatre.
Described as a comic-philosopher (LondonIsFunny.
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.
From Fine Mess Theatre comes Kyle Ross’ play Islands, an insight into upper-middle class marriage which typifies the lifestyle of the ‘rah’.
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…
A blend of music and comedy, Cabaret Nova exhibits some of the Fringe’s up and coming stars.
Stuart Bowden’s voice emerges behind a curtain.
Hips, tits and glamour galore.
Abnormally Funny People showcases some of the best and brightest comedians living with disabilities on the circuit, oh and a token “normal”.
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…
If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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,…
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…
In Macbeth, Act II, Scene 3, the Porter states “Drink [.
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…
Alex Williamson possesses the confidence and charisma necessary for performing for large crowds, a man who grasps the essence of comedy with a promising career ahead of him.
Wonders at Dusk is not just a magic show; it is a magical experience.
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.
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…
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’.
Of course there would have to be a torrential downpour on the day I viewed Sunshine on Leith, sadly only adhering to the typical fickleness of Scottish weather that betrayed the na…
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…
When hurdles try to stop us, when problems appear to be unsolvable, we seek something to help us carry on.
The title of Pierre Novellie’s show is somewhat misleading.
Embracing all the great theatrical traditions of silent comedy and vaudeville, Funny Bones Trash is the best kind of children’s show.
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…
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, 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 …
C’s Fringe Film Festival is a smorgasbord of productions shuffled neatly into one come-and-go styled theatre.
The Potter Trail, beginning opposite the Greyfriars Bobby statue, is proud to say that it is perfectly magical, thank you very much.
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’.
With a flourish, a whirl and the ring of the reception bell, the Grand Hotel has duly opened for business at the Southwark Playhouse, taking a well earned place in the Tarento /…
This all-female stand-up show benefits ChickTech NYC, a nonprofit organization that works to increase the number of women in technology-based fields.
Bach lovers owe much to Mendelssohn, who was instrumental in reviving interest in the baroque master’s music.
(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…
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.
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…
Hanuman is half human, half monkey.
Back in Brighton for their fourth year.
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…
Performed by multi-award-winning magician Stuart Lightbody, this devilish show is a diabolical mix of sleight-of-hand artistry and psychological illusion that promises an unusual e…
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…
“Wonderful and hilarious… quick wit and fearless storytelling” (Broadway Baby).
VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner.
If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
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…
Gods and Monsters by Russell Labey at the Southwark Playhouse is the latest nugget in credible maestro Danielle Tarento’s forever blooming theatrical scrapbook.
The Broadway and film actor Benjamin Walker continues his long-running monthly variety show, which features a mix of comedians and musicians.
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…
If gore and gratuitous, giggle-laced meanness is your thing, Jenny Rachel Weiner’s mad, dark comedy about girls gone wild (for horses) isn’t a bad way to spend an hour.
John Lutz and Scott Adsit, “30 Rock” alumni, reunite for an evening of long-form improv.
Alex Borstein (“Family Guy,” HBO’s “Getting On”) hosts this variety show in support of the National Hemophilia Foundation.
Any list of famous Belgians must include the trio Georges Simenon, Audrey Hepburn and Jacques Brel.
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…
For traditionalists, this is a heartening time for new writing in the theatre.
Rebecca West was one of the supreme journalists and travel writers of the 20th century, caustic and sharp-eyed.
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.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
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…
Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970).
James Lambeth returns to the Fringe for the third year running with companions Steve Hamilton on piano and Mario Caribe on the double bass.
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’s Funny Business will be: a) packed with jokes, b) rude and offensive*, c) a great night out, d) £18.
Showcasing a medley of bright young things from the Invisible Dot’s impressive roster of talent, The New Wave, hosted by Fringe stalwart David O’Doherty, gave us an exciting …
Tiernan Douieb’s enthusiastic energy and affable disposition immediately engages the audience as soon as he takes the stage.
Nevin of Edinburgh and MacKay Decorators Perth Ltd.
Sid Wick sports a variety of wigs and props to aid his free fringe comedy show.
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 is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One.
The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast is a chat show that revels in the niche.
Dressed for the part, Melissa Western welcomes you in a friendly and feisty manner as she takes you through a journey into the realms of jazz and the great female vocalists of a no…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Danielle Tarento has done it again – this time in the guise of a European première of the 2012 award winning American musical Dogfight.
The Horne Section have been a staple of the Fringe for several years now, yet their popularity has not necessarily provided them with a renewed sense of creative purpose or origina…
Clive Anderson hosts one of the best improv shows on the Fringe with a troupe of seasoned professionals at his side.
Frankenstein celebrates its 13th year of The Rocky Horror Picture Show party.
A darkly humorous one-woman physical theatre piece with an elaborate costume made of black bin bags.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
Once in a while at the Edinburgh Fringe you stumble across an interesting and adventurous piece of theatre, a so-called diamond in the rough, proving the point of the festival and …
Julia looks like she’s got it together: well groomed, with powerful eyebrows.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
And The Horse You Rode In On begins with the easy unfolding of soldiers’ badinage.
“Would you rather die by drowning or die of cancer?”Scott would rather drown.
The poptacular London band started thirty minutes late for their three and half hour set, most likely due to technical difficulties or the arrangement of the room.
Michael Fabbri delivers an evening of too much information that lives up to his title.
‘I do say, give us another!’ is the tragic cry of mediocrity from an improv show that is several decades too late for salvation.
In the bowels of Banshee Labyrinth lurk the most unlikely of creatures, and none more terrifying nor outlandish as Richard Tyrone.
John-Luke Roberts delivered his usual off-the-wall comic offerings in this enjoyable hour at the Voodoo Rooms.
The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh.
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication.
Free fringe festival comedy Men With Nectar Points starts off the night with Phil Mitchell’s look-alike Jethro Bradley with a pair of tights over his head warming up t…
James Loveridge’s Funny Because It’s True is indeed funny and is presumably also true.
‘These are my tits,’ says the woman on stage wearing nothing but a pair of black high heels and a red pillbox hat, ‘Feel free to look at them.
With so much improvised comedy coming to Edinburgh every year, it’s important to create a formula for a show that allows it to stand out from the crowd.
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,…
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…
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.
Gus Lymburn hosts Scotland’s Pick of The Fringe in this hour long comedy romp that is funny, witty and refreshingly original.
The path of life is full of crossroads.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
If you’ve ever watched anything by John Robertson before you’ll know just how zany and energetic he can be, which is the perfect reason why he makes a great host for The Stand …
Luke Benson hosts 99 Club’s pick of the Fringe with a free hour of comedy that shows off the talents (and faults) at this year’s festival.
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.
William Luce’s 1984 play comes to life in this rendition by the Thespis Studio that is made vivid by the solo acting of Loana Pavelescu.
Seamlessly shifting between a medley of characters at an alarmingly fast rate, Will Franken’s caustic satire at times verged on the unbalanced, crazed side of affairs, but beneat…
The first impression I got of Itai Erdal was of a man far too self-absorbed, verging upon vanity instead of showmanship; a man who proclaims he has travelled far and wide to some o…
A pregnant 16-year-old who drinks too much; a gullible, ditsy hand model; a rambling geek with poor social skills; a meathead with too many STDs.
If Dr.
Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
For the second year running, Sex With Animals hits the Fringe in an outrageously hilarious fashion with solo star Ryan Good taking to the stage in a lion onesie.
Ned Kelly look-alike Ryan Coffey arrives in the burgh with vocal looping and a Fender Stratocaster to deliver some songs about relationships.
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.
Stuart Mitchell was a finalist in the NATYS competition in 2012 and is one of the most exciting new stand-up comedians performing across the UK.
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).
Spencer Brown covers the familiar territory of ‘kids do and say the funniest things’ in his offering at the Free Sisters, and this provides unspectacular, if gently amusing vie…
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Alfie Brown’s persona is defined by a mix of nihilism and desperation, yet this time round he promised the audience that his misanthropic take on the world had cooled.
A video highlighting Tommy Rowson’s previous misdemeanours introduced the audience to this apologetic reprobate, and what follows is a self-examination into how he can refine his…
Frank Wurzinger’s Goodbye Günther takes the audience on a curious little journey through facing the inevitabilities of life and death, which provides ample amounts of gentle hum…
Al Lubel’s latest outing predominantely revolves around an obsession with his own name.
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 is a solid hour of good fun.
Despite his onstage charm, Marlon Davis could have done more to cover up for a set that contained predominantly weak material.
Canadian standup John Hastings peddles an incredibly original show that could easily be a contender for Fringe Festival Awards.
Eddie Pepitone is convinced that we’ve been consumed by the ‘gelato syndrome’, where coziness and contentment have shrouded the harsh reality of our petty existences.
One of the most enjoyable things about the festival is watching a good staple comic; someone who has honed their craft, knows how to play it and gives what everyone is looking for,…
During this peculiar hour, David Elms takes a different approach to the usual bravado of musical comedy in a consciously quiet, ungainly performance.
Steen Raskopoulos turns up to the Fringe in style.
In Mr.
Byron Vincent enters the venue in pinstriped pyjamas and a pair of tatty trainers, wiping his long fringe out of his eyes.
Many consider Stuart Goldsmith’s career as a comic to be “living the dream.
Lucie Pohl is an enigma and a clever one to boot.
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
Age hasn’t softened Scott Capurro; nor, it has to be said, has marriage.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
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…
See how far one woman’s passion for all things equine can go, in a show where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed.
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 is a funny, moving and truthful show about student life, university culture and the deeper issues affecting today’s young people.
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 …
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
‘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…
The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly.
Hosted by Brighton’s own Doctor Bongo, ‘Something Wholly Inappropriate’ is an eclectic mix of local comedy, music, poetry, lectures, storytelling and debate.
The Heights of the title are Washington Heights, a Dominican-American neighbourhood of New York at the top end of New York.
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’ is the third of Frank Loesser’s trio of Broadway masterpieces, following ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘The Most Happy Fella…
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival.
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.
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” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s.
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 …
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Archimedes’ Principle is a recent (2012) play from the young(ish) Catalan playwright and director Joseph Maria Miro i Coromina.
I was worrying about the cat.
There are no three words more calculated to make a critic’s heart sink than Amateur Operatic Society.
Des Clarke is one of the most popular comedians working in Scotland today.
Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ ‘It’s a Bird etc’ is something of an oddity.
“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.
Jake and Ollie have gone underground.
Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical.
Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing.
From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication.
From the Crafty Moon Theatre company comes the tale of two sisters named Alizon and Jennet, caught in a relationship culminating in hedonism, jealousy and betrayal.
Cash prizes! Top Acts! Bingo! Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present the best of the Fringe and the chance to win a bucket of money in a game of visual bingo!
The Rothko Quartet meets the critically acclaimed Yelian He in a professional performance of some of Schubert’s best known works.
‘Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Will’s parents are getting divorced, but Will thinks he can save their marriage.
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.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Songs from Evenin’s Fa’ with Sangsters, Amy Geddes, Sarah McFadyen.
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.
Equipped with his electro-acoustic guitar, Paul Gilbody promises for a magical evening of hearty tunes and ripping beats to drive home a funky Fringe show full of imagination.
Paul Chamberlain, professional accordionist and accomplished musician in the field of classical music, brings a fresh performance to the Fringe Festival with his accordion music, a…
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
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.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
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).
One of the UK’s most renowned songwriters presents a rare acoustic evening.
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.
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…
Alone in a stable, she gallops through a life of horsey thoughts and behaviour.
Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London.
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…
Paul McDaniel and David Callaghan’s free show hits the Fringe in a less than impressive style with a low quality humour that does little in the way of entertainment.
It’s raining outside and our host – Stuart Laws – is on a mission to entertain us.
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.
For the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of the Fringe’s epicentre, Iain Donald provides a truly remarkable performance with The Voices of Lions, a choir group of studen…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Comedy’s most reasonable man tells entertaining lies about the novelty teacup industry and other issues (time permitting).
Those who rushed in to Ian Saville’s magic show just before starting were in danger of thinking that the performance had already begun.
What would you risk to make your mark? A girl moves across the world to write a fantastical coming of age story.
The title of the show, Flyerman 2: This Time it’s Funny is perhaps a little misleading.
Another outing for put-upon mother-of-three Ruth Rich, Something Fishy charts an ill-fated school trip to Marrakech.
After the hit Control-Alt-Delete, Willis returns with a brand new computer comedy show.
I probably should have guessed from the name, but there was nothing that could have prepared me for what Frank Sanazi’s musical comedy had in store.
You’ve just received the news that the capital has been struck by a horde of flesh-eating limb draggers, with the power to infect and eradicate the human race from existence.
Daisy and Petunia are stranded in a mysterious fishing village with a dark, dark secret.
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.
Ever wanted to get inside the mind of a comedian? Stuart Goldsmith puts on his interviewer hat in this live version of the critically acclaimed comedy podcast which, as he explains…
A selection of the best in new comedy at the Fringe, alongside some top headliners picked from Fringe shows, national competitions and around the world.
From the moment he gets up on stage, Rod Woodward is at ease with the crowd.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
A small show in a small space for a small group.
This show is billed as a comedian’s comedy show for comedians.
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.
The Mockingbirds Theatre Company serves up a delicious performance in the form of Meal Ticket, a play which examines the problems with perfectionism and informality within high soc…
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
The St Andrews Revue is a sparky and clever collection of original great British comedy that restores your faith in the wonderful talent this country has to offer in both writing a…
Ian Saville, a self-professed ‘socialist magician’, takes you through the history of money and communism by the medium of magic in a free show that pulls off some rather exquis…
When an uncertain young American was experiencing the fallout of the sixties in the form of psilocybin, he learned one very valuable lesson he would not forget in a hurry: buckle y…
As the name would suggest, this is great Scottish comedy at its best.
If you are over 35 or simply want to hear how middle-aged life is a going to be a blood-stained nightmare, then this is the show for you; for anyone else, sit tight for an uncomfor…
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…
The three hander that is The Pin is a pristine, progressive pulsation of comedy heaven that I urge everyone to experience.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
In the midst of a New York snow storm, a working girl named Julia is drinking an icy margarita on a makeshift beach in her two-piece, whilst shy Jeffrey, an inventor of some bizarr…
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.
Jack Thorne’s stage adaptation of Alexander Masters’ biography of Stuart Shorter is simultaneously sweet and violently hard-hitting.
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…
Born Australian, with Ghanaian heritage, Matt Okine does a great job at poking fun of racial stereotypes and racial epithets within society, drawing upon a wide range of topics for…
The scene a producer’s office in that place where men sit waiting to throw money at the moon.
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.
Fringe venue behemoth Laughing Horse present a mixed bag of comedy upstairs at the Quadrant hosted by mentalist magician Mr.
There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead.
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.
I didnt know what to expect from a show with the title Naked Boys Singing.
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
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.
It’s an old cliché that there is nothing more boring than listening to someone talking about their dreams.
Stuart Goldsmith is becoming a consistent Fringe must-see; he is understated and refreshing compared with the barrage of male Fringe comics whining on about their girlfriends and m…
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…
In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome.
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 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
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.
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 …
Everyone loves a good scandal and this is probably why Sheridans most famous play has stood the test of the time for the last two hundred and thirty years.
The 1960s hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced, rollicking farce.
Bears, in dream interpretation theory, are a symbol of renewal and rebirth.
There is a moment a third a way into Fergus Fords play when the lights dim, the comedy darkens and the plot takes a sharp and unsettling swerve into territory already occupied by…
We live in something of a golden age as far as Fringe productions of music theatre are concerned.
Tom is a modern boy living an openly gay life but unable to get it together.
‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show.
Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties.
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…
The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage.
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…
Michaelangelo Drawing Blood is a 75-minute dance piece with an arresting score by Charlie Barber.
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…
Hailing from radio one and an award winning stand-up, I had high hopes for the Deaconator.
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…
PopUp Opera – not Pop Opera, they insist – has a mission to take ‘real’ opera into new places and reach new audiences.
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…
Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name.
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 …
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.
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
A terrible crime sends Leila and Lee running into the Scottish highlands.
In 1999, Anna Bagenholm became trapped under ice after a skiing accident.
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 have been to Walberswick and I never caught crabs, but Im glad I caught this new play by Fringe First Winner Joel Horwood.
There was a time when I was a lad when Lionel Bart was everywhere.
On paper, it looks like a dream team.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
‘Mydidae’, according to Wikipedia, are a group of large flies with a short lifespan and a large sting.
With her phenomenal voice and subtle and sexy ambiance, Ali McGregor knows how to make an entrance.
‘Making Dickie Happy’ is set in March 1922.
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.
For their debut, Libertine Productions presents Diana Son’s simple yet touching story of friendship, unexpected love and a memorable first kiss, with vitality and fresh, minty br…
The French have a word for it, and that word is ‘chanson’.
First and foremost, this show will certainly not suit all tastes.
Port Dover, a Canadian High School, brings a simple and charming cod Arthurian fable to Church Hill.
Ford and Akram are versatile and genuinely likable performers with an excellent character dynamic; Akram is confident and arrogant, walking all over the intelligent but overwhelmin…
Parents Evening promises an hour of character-based sketch comedy in a school setting, which is already an idea devoid of originality, but is handled particularly poorly.
As we walk into a rather austere hall at the French Institute, two girls are giggling and practicing a song.
‘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’ 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.
Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK.
Ivor Novello was the Andrew Lloyd-Webber of his day.
Berthold Brecht was never averse to biting the hand that fed him, as long as it didn’t harm his career prospects.
Fools Play is a young physical theatre collective reworking the Macbeth plot with a mixture of movement and script.
If your knowledge of Mongolian history is limited to Genghis Khan, or if you think that folk music is merely background music for washed-out hippies, then Anda Union are the perfec…
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 …
Hearty laughs and broad grins are the order of the day from this Chaplinesque performer.
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.
Thea Skot is an outright clever and funny young lady.
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…
To some, history is a search for reinforcement, basically about people like ourselves: theatre as a lifestyle accessory.
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…
Written, directed and performed by Gari Jones, Wretch is clearly a deeply personal project.
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.
Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers.
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…
When I was a small boy, they filmed some of the outdoor scenes of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in my grandmothers street in Edinburgh.
The cozy upstairs room of The Quadrant was all-abuzz with the sound of glasses clinking and chitter-chatter, preceding what I hoped would be a night of raucous laughter and merrime…
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…
neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’.
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.
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…
Dream Pill is a tale of modern slavery.
Stuart Goldsmith can win an audience over in seconds.
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).
A boy tossed through the revolving door of foster homes and department of family services.
This play, which is an updated version of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing, is set amongst the staff in a modern secondary school, Hazel Valley.
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…
Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs.
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 is one of those small musicals that sends you out into the Edinburgh rain with a big heart.
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.
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 …
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…
American High School Theatre Festival is a regular in Edinburgh, and there are several reasons to check them out.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see.
Theres always a plethora of musicals on the most unlikely subjects at the Fringe.
Andrew Lawrence is a young, talented stand-up comedian who has already had two successive if.
You know when you come out of a show that its going to sell out fast.
Terry Alderton is a surrealist stand-up.
William (Josef Salvat) is about to perform for the first time in his one-man show and finds himself looking back at his life.
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.
Embracing the wonderful world of Wilfredo feels like it’s going to be quite an arduous task once this misfortunate creature greets you, but how wrong you can be.
Michael Twist is an 87 year old charmer living all alone at Anne Diamond House.
No Turn Unstoned gives you no idea what to expect from Beth Vyse’s show.
Becoming an established part of the Edinburgh fringe festival is no easy feat, but Tim FitzHigham secures himself immensely with his latest offering, Stop The Pigeon.
When Judy Garland gave her last concerts in Copenhagen in March 1969 she was 48 and a wreck.
Like so many fringe productions this year, the Super Serious Show looks to be one of those stand-up variety, mash-up shows that is used as a platform for many of the acts out there…
We are in a strange building in an unidentified city, and not even the country is clear.
Musical comedy duo Horse and Louis attempt to take their brand of zany, self-aware songs to the next level, indulging in madcap special effects and a paranormal storyline for their…
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.
Three of the happiest, and I have to say, most talented musicians at the fringe, jam a cool funky jazz in the Wine bar at the Gilded Balloon as the audience take their seats.
Once in awhile the gods in comedy heaven will align the stars and deliver us a sublime female duo to embrace.
Bluebird is the story of Jimmy, a London taxi driver the various people – ‘fares’ – he meets.
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.
Bob Kingdom is an Edinburgh institution.
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).
A magic show is fundamentally different from most other shows – because the success of the show is based on how much trickery can be covered up from the audience, rather than how…
Paul McCaffrey can very much be categorised as an observational comedian.
First, a declaration of interest.
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone.
Nearly ten years on since its fabulous and successful debut in London’s West End, Boy George’s musical Taboo returns in spectacular form, re-imagined and reworked for the Brixt…
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
The split of a long-established duo is like a marital divorce.
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
The set is nothing more than a small section of floor and two chairs.
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…
If you saw Stephen Frears movie My Beautiful Launderette, made way back in the mercifully distant days of Thatcherite Britain, or even if youre too young to remember it (like m…
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 …
We file in crocodile formation from the Pleasance, clutching a collective length of rope to keep together.
The show begins in a Greek restaurant.
Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience.
Tom Stade is a formidable comic.
One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Its 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? Theres a lot …
You shouldn’t always believe the flyers.
Theyre sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so its pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre…
‘Makar’ is a medieval Scots word for poet.
Treasure in Clay Jars is listed in the Theatre Section of the Fringe Programme.
‘I’ll keep you alive.
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
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…
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 BBC is the Church of England of the media.
OK, lets 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…
I used to know a guy with a small penis.
Hailing from Switzerland, Tom Lauri (and his fingers) is attending to all our magic needs at the Sweet Grassmarket with his deadpan offering of comedy/cabaret magic.
Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines.
Opening the show with some very impressive and fast-paced wordplay, Matt Rudge sets the bar high and despite occasional lulls in energy, manages to be consistently funny throughout…
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.
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.
Matt Forde is a chatty, friendly man who quickly gets an audience on board.
Emerging from the fear cupboard for the climax of Radio 1s one-man shows, Scott Mills chose to re-tell the Bourne Identity with an Abba twist in front of a packed-house last …
It takes a lot of courage to put on a tribute composed entirely of musical numbers from shows which flopped.
You can almost smell the testosterone coming off the stage in this raunchy and sexy play, an all-male take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
It takes some pluck to produce, write, direct and star in your own play.
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…
Drew McOnie, the inventive deviser and choreographer of ‘Drunk’, straddles worlds.
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 …
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
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.
The shows title gives little away, so when an electronic voice counts up the percentage complete, this looks likely to go geeky.
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo is the story of a sexually repressed man accidentally stumbling onto the world of swinging and no-frills sex after a text goes awry.
The set is made up of suitcases.
Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh.
Fuerzabruta (Brute Force) has been touring its acrobatic, surreal spectacular for nearly ten years now, which is proof of its enormous popularity.
Showstoppers have been improvising musicals for several years now and an edited version has had a series on BBC Radio 4.
Ovation has a distinguished track record for musicals at the Gatehouse.
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
I’ve never bought into the distinction between ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’, at least on the London Fringe.
It occurred to me watching Neil LaBute’s 90-minute four-hander, that he is the nearest thing America has to George Bernard Shaw.
This cabaret of 1920s and 1930s Berlin songs is billed as an homage, a reclamation, of the female cabaret performers of the Weimar Republic.
The classic tale of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which this production is based on, is a wonderful children’s adventure that has stood the test of time and had m…
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.
Packed to the rafters without a single seat left The Three Englishman, of which there are four, are off to a blazing start.
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
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 …
Churchill is about the only politician in British history who can be referred to only by his first name.
‘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.
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 …
James Saunders is one of the forgotten playwrights of the 60s, sandwiched between, and elbowed aside by Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard etc.
Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths.
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…
Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota.
‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis.
On paper, any musicalisation of the story of the Titanic looks like sailing to disaster.
It’s 2012, we are in a field, I’ve forgotten my tent, Hunters and pac-a-mac, but who cares; it’s Music In a Field with Jonni Music, the Great(ish) and most bizarre music fest…
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.
This new musical, by award winning composer Laurence Mark Wythe and writer Roberto Trippini, is about an illegal immigrant who fled his country of political turmoil.
Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
The sixth pub crawl in our series takes place in Leith.
The fifth in our festival pub crawls traverses the New Town.
Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues.
The third of our pub crawls, the Old Town North trail has an extensive list of both core and optional bars to choose from.
The first in our series of Fringe Festival pub crawls 2019 takes us from Morningside to the Meadows.
The second crawl in our festival pub crawls 2019 takes you through Newington.
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...
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...
That’s right, we’re already coming towards the halfway point of Brighton Fringe.
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.
Welcome to Brighton Fringe 2019! We’re ready to welcome back old favourites, discover new talent and generally have a jolly good time.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Just like that, we approach the final weekend of Brighton Fringe.
May is marvellous.
We're almost mid-way through the Fringe and it seems like there are more shows than ever to pick from.
After the glorious sunshine of the opening weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the fun might be over.
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.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
May Bank Holiday weekend can only mean one thing; Brighton Fringe is almost upon us.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015.
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 ...
It’s the halfway point for Brighton Fringe and there are still hundreds of shows left to see.
Weekends are when Brighton Fringe truly comes alive.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
With over 70 craft brewing companies across Scotland, craft beer now contributes close to £63 million to the British economy.
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...