Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians.
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.
Against all odds and filled with heaps of chemo Janey Godley returns this autumn.
Against all odds and filled with heaps of chemo Janey Godley returns this autumn.
CALLING ALL THE LADIES, GAYDIES and THEYDIES.
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
Why do we as humans lie? It’s in our nature, is it not? There’s a whole host of justifications, like not hurting someone’s feelings, protecting others, giving the illusion of…
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
Set in the 1980s when Duran Duran were in their prime, personal computers the latest fad and Pacman and Space Invaders the games of choice.
Rosie Holt, the desperate and loyal Tory MP, famous for her viral twitter “interviews”, celebrates the launch of her new book as she explains to you, the British public, why the so…
Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the…
Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life.
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…
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
This London/LA hybrid’s wickedly funny, naughty, yet deeply disturbing story, penetrates to the heart of survival.
Park yourself behind the counter and take stock during this heartfelt devised comedy.
Dino Wiand is a Chaos Comedian who grew up in Glasgow and New York, often mistaken for looking like Javier Bardem.
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…
Return of the 2022 and 2023 hit show.
Sir Dickie is the last Hollywood hellraiser.
Shady wellness gurus, audacious business bros and one desperate graduate collide in this hilarious hour of brand new comedy.
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.
Dolly’s forlorn.
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…
1572.
Sarah Borges returns to Le Monde for a third year after two sell-out runs.
At 30, Nicole finally found out why she was like this (spoiler: it’s ADHD), but four years and one diagnosis later.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
We’re back! Jolly performers from Japan will take you on a journey through a dazzling world of rhythm, tap dance and comedy! Sushi Tap Show is a non-stop ride of entertainment as c…
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
Be the first to see two new radio sitcoms performed by a cast of top comedians and recorded live for podcast.
Laughing at conspiracy theories.
I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
An hour too long a commitment for you? Come see the best international comics at the Fringe strutting their stuff for 20 minutes, and decide if you want more.
It’s the EURO 2020 Final at Wembley and Billy’s gone viral for sticking a flare up his arse! Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England is a blisteringly funny new play that return…
It’s gonna be a bloody night! This dude has taken his crazy kink to a whole new level.
Will Owen loves watching shows.
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Charlie played by the rules, married the right woman, took the right job.
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
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…
An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising Fringe stars.
In the spirit of airing her dirty laundry in public, Bonnie Oddie tells her story of becoming “A bad mother and a bad daughter at the very same time”.
Amy wanders around her old dollhouse.
Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominee Jon Hipkiss returns to the Brighton Fringe for the first time in five years with the show that was among one of the best audience reviewed s…
A show about getting older but not wiser.
My BF Wouldn’t Buy A Stupid Window (Why I Did and Don’t Regret It) is a brand new, gay rom-com about a neurodivergent queer man and his obsession over a window found in a thrift sa…
My BF Wouldn’t Buy A Stupid Window (Why I Did and Don’t Regret It) is a brand new, gay rom-com about a neurodivergent queer man and his obsession over a window found in a thrift sa…
Dance when it has a clear usage of passion, dedication and experimentation can be a fascinating exploration of how various rhythms and technique can conjure up colour, feelings not…
After sell out sessions in March and April, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatr…
A Summer of Love-style Dada Happening blurring the boundary between audience and performers featuring live music, art, dance, performance poetry and an improvised album driven by c…
Tides.
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
A blistering new hour from Jacob Hatton about home and the people in it.
Saul Henry’s second solo stand-up show ‘Stuff Like That There’ follows the success of his 2023 show ‘Saullelujah!’ - described by David Firth (Salad Fingers creator) as “Lo…
The Stoke-on-Trent urchin has cooked up a new comedy hour of fast-paced, daft existential dread with the odd song and sound effect to try and keep you from checking your phone.
London stabbings 2017.
This debut show weaves together the insightful storytelling of David Sedaris and the clever stand-up of John Mulaney, welcoming you to the world of Renata, a non-native speaker bol…
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
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.
Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public.
*not in a romantic way - you’re all mingers and perves.
‘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…
After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an…
Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning.
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the …
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Now in its 14th year.
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G…
To celebrate the launch of The Charlie Kristensen Foundation, join Charlie and his West End friends for a sensational evening of gravity defying performances at the Lyric Theatre.
Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit.
New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love.
In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus.
It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy.
“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey.
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
Dave’s relationship with art is not going well, in more ways than one.
Doc Brown and Bust-A-Gut Productions present a unique improvisational panel show based around rhyme and rap.
Popular South African production, Baked Shakespeare, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! Baked Shakespeare – a group of professionally trained actors – performing Shakespeare ho…
The show was originally going to be about being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, unfortunately he made a full recovery.
Amy spins a sparkling web of comedy magic between the two states she finds herself caught between – stability and restlessness.
Every show starts by asking the audience: Why can’t we have nice things? What are the little everyday niggles that irritate you? Does your flatmate squeeze the toothpaste from th…
Celebrate love, transformation, and community this summer in Shakespeare’s joyous comedy, As You Like It, in the Globe Theatre this summer.
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
Molly Martian has always been different.
As seen on HBO & BBC, Dian Cathal brings you a new comedy hour about the best and worst of the Millennial Generation & how Pokemon ruined us.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
As seen on HBO & BBC, Dian Cathal brings you a new comedy hour about the best and worst of the Millennial Generation & how Pokemon ruined us.
Dances Like a Bomb is a dance and physical theatre piece by Irish Dance Company Junk Ensemble.
Occasionally emotional, mostly ridiculous, How to Drink Wine Like a Wanker is a delightful story involving a fabulous flight of South Australian wines and 12 months of sobering sel…
Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro…
Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns or Can They Not See Them Like How We Can't See Our Noses may be in the running for the Fringe’s wackiest title and the show itself is an equally pl…
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
It’s hard to imagine that any show called, in full, A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me could be weirder or more fun than it sounds.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name.
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.
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.
‘Why do I speak English??’ I have been asked this in an accusatory manner.
When Ruva experiences street harassment, her entire world is thrown into chaos and turmoil.
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 play follows Billy, a young man whose love of football is the dominant feature in his life, religiously attending every match day without fail.
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.
Do you misplace your glasses so often that you now have six pairs so you aren’t trapped inside and half-blind? How often do you have the brilliant idea to paint your nails five min…
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
A two-part show exploring Natasha and Shaharah’s under-represented Indian identities, navigating diaspora, discrimination, and coming of age to find what Indian can mean and look l…
It’s time.
If you’re the kind of person that likes irreverent smart comedy and doesn’t mind peeing a little from laughter then bring your incontinent self over here.
‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ **** (Guardian).
Sarah Borges returns after her sell-out 2022 Fringe with Adele Still Someone Like Me.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Laughing Stock is a stand-up compilation show of the best stand-up comedians Edinburgh has to offer, hosted by the award-winning Sachin Kumarendran.
Jack is an unashamedly stereotypical left-wing, working-class, socialist comedian.
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, returns to Edinburgh.
Tired of explaining his nationality to a crowd, Pierre Novellie has filled his new hour Why Are You Laughing? with a discussion on topics as distinct and unconnected as British dri…
One hundred brave (or not so brave) Trojan Soldiers are trapped inside the infamous giant wooden horse, plotting their escape….
TikTok sensation Dahn Rozario brings his very first full hour of stand-up to Edinburgh.
Amy Matthews’ I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders is a stand-up comedy with an edge.
You know them from Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO and from historic stages like The Hollywood Improv and The Comedy Store.
Comedian Mamoun Elagab will not kiss your ass.
The celtic harp and tap dance join forces in this sparkling and high-impact performance, drawing inspiration from the world of concerts, theater and musical experimentation.
The celtic harp and tap dance join forces in this sparkling and high-impact performance, drawing inspiration from the world of concerts, theater and musical experimentation.
“My name is Harun Musho’d.
“My name is Harun Musho’d.
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show.
“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers…
Before the plague and WW3 I was a chortling, apple-cheeked blacksmith and now I am a scowling wretch in a tattered cloak.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
As You Like It by The Three Inch Fools, presented at The Actors' Church as part of their Theatre in the Garden Summer Season.
Join the hosts of hit podcast, Sounds Like A Cult, for their first-ever live and in-person London show!
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
Egyptian/Irish Comedian, raised in Saudi.
‘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.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
Egyptian/Irish Comedian, raised in Saudi.
London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee.
‘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…
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
OUR TWO CURIOUS PODCAST HOSTS TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST INTRIGUING FACTS THEY CAN FIND, AND IN PART 2 OF EACH SHOW MEET A GENUINE EXPERT WHO CAN TELL US MORE.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner.
Glenn Moore presents one of the best reviewed shows of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, firmly establishing himself as one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation.
Glenn Moore presents one of the best reviewed shows of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, firmly establishing himself as one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation.
In a remarkable follow-up to the Canterbury Tales, ancient vampire Geoff Chaucer presents his new collection, accompanied by live music from his lobster-themed band, ‘the Crusty As…
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Finding love post pandemic isn’t easy.
Sell-out mixed bill comedy night hosted by Alice Frick, “exuberant.
“Black dots ebb and flow; through arteries they pump and squeeze and twist in a way that resembles a machine, or system.
To put it in perspective, the formative years of millennials have had: The US and UK in the longest war since WW2 The worst recession since the Great Depression Nazis are back Russ…
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
Writing a positive review is quite difficult without using hyperbole, and in the spirit of Pierre Novellie’s Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things, it is prudent to at least attempt to…
A Jazz Cabaret exploring the journey of a break-up through an honest, raw and unappetising lens, sharing the most vulnerable moments with a sprinkle of humour and Mancunian charm.
Nominated for Best Theatre at the 2022 Greater Manchester Fringe, Mancunian, Queer and Working-Class writer and performer Jas Nisic makes their VAULT Festival Debut with their crit…
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com…
This winter journey into the Forest of Arden in William Shakespeare’s glorious romantic comedy, As You Like It.
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t fly a plane. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other.
Mirror, semen, manoeuvre… HAM THEATRE bring their award winning play to The Bridge House Theatre - a fast paced comedy with bits of physical theatre, music and singing, set …
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…
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
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…
Because Grindr hookups never quite go to plan.
Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket.
It’s the year 2030 – you now have high bandwidth secure laser communications straight to your VR headset without an Ethernet cable.
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…
What drives a young person who appears outwardly quite happy with his life to one day bring a gun into school? It’s a vital question because it’s a phenomenon that is unhappily bei…
Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are.
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…
Our biggest problem is one we don’t know we have.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Anarchic and surreal, Horse Country is a satirical spin on early 21st Century American culture which aims to surprise and provoke in equal measure.
Watch 13-year-old Ahan Dasgupta make his debut with Feynman on Why Do Magnets Attract? Immerse yourself in an afternoon of monologue and drums, as we try to answer this probing que…
There’s nothing quite like Spaghetti Bolognese, the most dazzling bowl of pasta in all your days! Join Penny for an unforgettable dinner in this show that is fun for all the fami…
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name.
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot…
A hillbilly gothic tale of an Appalachian tobacco farmer’s love for his family and the extremes he will go to protect them.
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…
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Madeira’s own Sarah Borges expresses her own exceptional talent through the great songs of world superstar Adele.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
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…
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
An intimate two-hander about the messy complexities of the contemporary gay dating experience.
Screen royal, Nicole Kidman, holds an AMC audience captive while sharing some of cinema’s greatest moments.
It’s time for us to play.
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
There is a robot in trouble and it needs your help! The stunning visual effects and immersive interactive technology mean kids aged 5 to 95 will be enthralled in this thrilling, ed…
Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2022, makes his solo Edinburgh debut.
Boy, you’re an alien.
‘The need for speed!’ This thrilling cross between Fleabag and Top Gun is written and performed by Loree “Rowdy” Draude, one of the first women to fly combat jets for the U.
Stanley Norman is an ideas man with big dreams trying to piece his life together and cut his teeth in the vicious world of business.
Sick and tired of everyone laughing at them, the Revue decides to get serious.
Oh wow, the last two years have been awful haven’t they? So what do we do now? Laugh and pretend it’s definitely fine? Or deal with the trauma of multiple lockdowns, emotional shut…
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket.
Watching No Place Like Home was an experience unlike any other I’ve had so far at the Fringe.
Fusing spoken word, original music, dance and video art, No Place Like Home by Alex Roberts & Co.
A robot, an alien and a human.
There’s not really any way to describe how much I enjoyed Glenn Moore’s show other than to say that by the halfway point, I had put my notepad away and was just enjoying the ri…
Alexander S.
Three performers.
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
Three Performers.
Before the plague and WW3 I was a chortling, apple-cheeked blacksmith and now I am a scowling wretch in a tattered cloak.
There’s a world just like our own, but there isn’t a word for sand.
Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest…
We Need To Talk: A Jazz Cabaret is a show produced, directed and performed by Jas Nisic and accompanied by Dave Cavendish.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.
“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.
Everything begins with movement.
Everything begins with movement.
Mamma Mia!! The Dancing Queen ae Glasgow Southside is back at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a night dedicated to ABBA! Join RIPLEY as First Minister NICOLA STURGEON for a poli…
Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m…
When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder.
Premiering at Brighton Fringe 2021, ‘Tell Me Why’, a performance by the gender-neutral, avant garde collective NoAgEnDeR.
“Tell me why” A musical stage show that celebrates our cast’s right to live as their authentic selves without apology or judgement.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
* * * * * SUPPORTED BY THE 2022 ENCORE INSURE BRIGHTON FRINGE BURSARY! * * * * * Mirror, semen, manoeuvre.
* * * * * SUPPORTED BY THE 2022 ENCORE INSURE BRIGHTON FRINGE BURSARY! * * * * * Mirror, semen, manoeuvre.
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…
The generation of entitlement, participation trophies and snowflakes.
The generation of entitlement, participation trophies and snowflakes.
The generation of entitlement, participation trophies and snowflakes.
‘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.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
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…
A night of conversation and song with Joshua Morgan (Ain’t Too Proud, Les Misérables), hosted by Off-Broadway actor Patrick Oliver Jones and his top 25 theater podcast Why I’ll …
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce.
The critically acclaimed LIKE A STURGEON show is back at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a Burns Night like no other!Join RIPLEY as the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola S…
Now in it’s 12th year.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Known from Soho before Corona and on Zoom during Corona.
All Katie Tracey wanted was to be liked.
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
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…
A bridge between reality and fiction, Edith Alibec’s award-winning adaptation of Aglaja Veteranyi’s autobiographical book, Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta, will be head…
Biting political satire The Guardian Observer”The perfect mash-up of drag, political satire, catchy music and entertainment” - Broadway Baby The critically acclaimed LIKE A S…
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Fragments of queer narratives, characters and confessions tie together with the question we all ask: what makes me an avocado? Am I ripe? Do I come in a pair with unnecessary plast…
Fragments of queer narratives, characters and confessions tie together with the question we all ask: what makes me an avocado? Am I ripe? Do I come in a pair with unnecessary plast…
Fragments of queer narratives, characters and confessions tie together with the question we all ask: what makes me an avocado? Am I ripe? Do I come in a pair with unnecessary plast…
Fragments of queer narratives, characters and confessions tie together with the question we all ask: what makes me an avocado? Am I ripe? Do I come in a pair with unnecessary plast…
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
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.
A live gig! Wow! I have great memories of audiences singing along.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
“What am I like?” is the hilarious and raucous solo debut from dating columnist/podcaster Anthony Gilét.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
“What am I like?” is the hilarious and raucous solo debut from dating columnist/podcaster Anthony Gilét.
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
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.
Smile.
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
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.
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
Two girls; one kind of a lesbian, one kind of a liability, are friends.
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
A couple whose relationship just isn’t working.
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.
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
A couple whose relationship just isn’t working.
A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.
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Pierre Novellie: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie looks into why he can’t just enjoy things.
Pierre Novellie: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie looks into why he can’t just enjoy things.
Join The Greenhouse Theatre - the UK’s first 100% zero-waste theatre - this summer for an all-singing, all-dancing, full-of-life reimagining of Shakespeare’s pastoral classic.
Shakespeare’s As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of romance and poetry, satire and slapstick.
Physical theatre, puppetry and clowning combine in this magical under the sea eco-adventure for ages 3+ and their families.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Physical theatre, puppetry and clowning combine in this magical under the sea eco-adventure for ages 3+ and their families.
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.
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
The title of the show and the name of the company drew me to this production.
Lee Miller and Fashion: Hand Grenades like Cartier Clips.
Fragments of queer narratives, characters and confessions tie together with the question we all ask: what makes me an avocado? Am I ripe? Do I come in a pair with unnecessary plast…
Lee Miller and Fashion: Hand Grenades like Cartier Clips.
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
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…
Premiering at Brighton Fringe 2021, ‘Tell Me Why’, a performance by the gender-neutral, avant garde collective NoAgEnDeR.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Now in it’s 12th year.
He’s back! It’s been a busy few years for Jason since his last smash-hit stand-up show, but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t chan…
Join Robin Perko for an hour workshop and learn how to re-programme your mind to see the world like an artist.
A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre.
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
Sugar and spice / partners in crime / he-said-she-said / not talking / can’t believe / only joking / why did I / hate you / forgive you / miss you.
PTC Productions are proud to present Girls Like That by Evan Placey; a hard-hitting, explosive play targeting gender inequality and the challenges that people now face growing up i…
Lockdown is lifting and while most are delighted, an agoraphobic woman braces herself to return to the struggle of getting out.
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai…
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
A ridiculous four-octave vocal range, tear-jerking songs, stage acrobatics and trademark wit; all of these helped propel Angus Munro into one of Scotland’s most exciting singer/s…
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
3 performers.
What’s it like to play the flute while hanging upside down? How loud is the trombone? Jazz accordion?!? Music, theatre, and dance collide in this madcap variety show, and YOU cho…
Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200…
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Siân Docksey used to be a stripper talking rubbish to strangers in dimly-lit rooms and laying everything bare in public.
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Now in it’s 11th year.
Connor is on a night out and ready to be open about his sexuality.
This show was cancelled.
ZooNation’s smash-hit sensation Some Like It Hip Hop thrilled audiences and critics when it opened in 2011, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations with its infecti…
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 British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Author of online sensation Peter and Jane, Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind Why Mummy Drinks, its follow up Why Mummy Swears and the recently annou…
Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind "WHY MUMMY DRINKS", its follow up "WHY MUMMY SWEARS" and the recently announced "WHY MUMM…
Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind "WHY MUMMY DRINKS", its follow up "WHY MUMMY SWEARS" and the recently announced "WHY MUMM…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with the National Theatre present A musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Wo…
Double bill.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
Author of online sensation Peter and Jane, Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind Why Mummy Drinks, its follow up “Why Mummy Swears and the recently announced Why M…
How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Maggie Taylor has the ideal life as an ageing dominatrix.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Artificial Intelligence is not just coming, it is already here.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Freyja Westdal and Beth Heyward join the ranks of such excellent Fringe female musical comedy acts as Fascinating Aida, Flo & Joan, and EastEnd Cabaret with a smart, funny, che…
It’s Friday night.
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.
If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ…
Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Selling Like Hot Takes is the debut sketch show from newly-formed comedy duo, Finlay and Joe.
Have a laugh and help raise money for ICAHD UK: Resisting Apartheid, Building a Shared Democracy.
What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Samson and Mabel are the UKs youngest double act.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Yes, it’s true! Those tap-dancing, juggling, pink-suited comedians from Tokyo are back at the Fringe for the sixth time! Don’t miss this hilarious, amazingly entertaining show!…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Who hasn’t had a problem they’ve struggled to solve? You struggle, I struggle, and the world struggles.
On Sunday 4th August, a cast who have just met an hour beforehand will give a completely unrehearsed performance of As You Like It at a secret pop up location in south London!
Hell to Play is a bad-taste absurd comedy game show set in Hell.
Winner, Morecambe Fringe: Best Spoken Word Show.
Ellie, Liz and Tig have worked in the factory for a very long time.
A female superhero-noir comedy about the dangers of love.
Nicola Osborne (#CreativeInformatics, University of Edinburgh) reckons that data-driven technologies are inspiring new and unexpected opportunities for creative people and organisa…
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn…
Five storytellers open a treasure chest.
What does it feel like to have been raised online? Are there any benefits to this constant connection? This gender neutral script, a debut piece from a new writer, will be performe…
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play.
As seen on Comedy Central’s Stand Up Central and The Chris Ramsey Show.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life.
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…
This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends …
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
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…
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
Multi award-winning comedian/activist, putting up her dukes and picking her battles! Trump, terrorists and everything in between.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
A fully improvised show created using your favourite TV programmes.
Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they…
‘Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel and from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new.
Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta.
Everyone is at the Gilded Balloon to catch a glimpse of Alistair Campbell’s daughter, and Grace by name - but not by nature - gives us everything we want and so much more.
Twice-nominated Scottish Comedy Awards Best Newcomer, Christopher KC, brings his riotous debut show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Good comedy doesn’t come out of a comedian being happy, right? Wrong! Suzi Ruffell proves her own point wrong when she begins her show, Dance Like Everyone’s Watching, by sayin…
With sold-out shows on London’s West End and the Sydney Opera House, Australia’s newest and hottest sensation; The Tap Pack are high energy entertainment inspired by Frank, Dean an…
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Through a series of slightly disjointed comic scenes, two actors, Pete and Kim, tell the story of three different relationships.
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
It’s 2016.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 10mins Sounds Like The Seekers is an incredible new show that faithfully recreates the magic of 1960s super-group, The Seekers.
‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day.
Thursday 13th June, 7.45pmTickets: £16Duration:Suitable for: ages 18+
Being dumped is hard.
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
When you’re used to holding the whip hand, Death can be an unwelcome distraction.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC.
‘Porcelain Doll with a Chainsaw’ was an audience reaction to an early Rebekka performance and explains her rather well.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
Six improvisers take to the Brighton seaside for an hour of improvised scenes, sketches and songs, where everything is made up on the spot based on suggestions provided by you.
In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack.
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.
Smoke and Mirrors Theatre explores the idea of life and loss, light and dark and the people that pop up to save you when you feel like you’re drowning.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
Following a mysterious storm, a turtle finds herself trapped on a strange island made of plastic that’s forever growing.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
12-year-old Annie has hit the big time – but she’s no idea how hard it is going to be.
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-…
Addressing the loss, development, and discovery of one’s identity through an ongoing and ever changing life-long relationship, ‘Like You Hate Me’ is a deeply honest reflectio…
Duration: Approx 2hrs 40mins Hand-picked by Adele herself on Graham Norton’s BBC ADELE Special, the outstanding Katie Markham has the show-stopping voice and capti…
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Back for it’s fourth year.
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Critically acclaimed companies Feral Foxy Ladies & Kaleido Film Collective (★★★★ ‘totally engaging’ - A Younger Theatre) return to VAULT after a sell-out run of Balancing A…
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
International superstar Hans, the boy wonder of Berlin, serves up an all-singing, all-tap dancing, accordion-pumping, glittering blitzkrieg of cabaret backed by his three-piece ban…
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
A band like no other on the pop landscape, Why Don’t We brings together five supremely talented singer/songwriters who have each built up a passionate following all on their …
Dein Perry's Tap Dogs returns to the London stage with its trademark blend of live music and tap dance.
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Like a lot of people their age, twins Jacob and Sam went to Uni.
Based on the experiences of young carers, Need a Little Help explores what it means to look after someone else when you are young.
With Ripley Also featuring: Elle and Rose Garden “The funniest political show we’ve seen since Spitting Image” – Boyz Magazine London’s que…
Celebrating 100 years of women in Musical Theatre, four of the most iconic West End’s leading ladies of our time come together for one night only as they journey through the …
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
16m subscribers.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Following a sell-out residency at London’s St James’ Theatre, Helen brings her chat format to the Fringe for the first time.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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…
E and V are women, or so they think.
Edinburgh-raised drag queen Ripley makes his Fringe debut this year with Like A Sturgeon.
Award-winning Jolyon Rubinstein’s hit satirical podcast is leaving the comfort of the Spotify studio and traveling to Edinburgh for three exclusive recordings.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Why are we fascinated by serial killers? They’re everywhere; on the news, in crime fiction, on television and in our daily lives.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Why Performance? is a series of panel discussions exploring the contributions that performance makes to human life and development.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Side by Side Theatre Company, serving learning disabled performers from the West Midlands, returns to Paradise in Augustines this year with their adaptation of As You Like It, the …
Who hasn’t had a problem they’ve struggled to solve? We struggle, and the world struggles.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Frankie Boyle, Jen Brister and Craig Campbell hosted by Daphna Baram, join in with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition UK for a buy-a-brick fundraiser for a community c…
The UK’s number one Tommy Cooper tribute returns to the Fringe! Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius.
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
We’ve all encountered the wine wankers’ insufferable diatribe.
Psychiatrist Stephen Lawrie (The University of Edinburgh) thinks mental illness is needlessly controversial – and the controversy is destroying our mental health services.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A brand-new and free stand-up show from one of the biggest faces in comedy.
How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
It’s not the Fringe without Jollyboat! The cult hit, back for their ninth year.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
The sell-out comedy tap-dance hit is back at the Fringe! Awfully addictive eccentric performances combine tap, circus and comedy for an unforgettable toe-tapping experience you hav…
Award-winning Edinburgh homeless and mental health charity bring you an original play – new for 2018.
A naked photo goes viral.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten shows you don’t have to use a chalkboard to teach what we’ve known all along.
Enjoy al fresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
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.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily.
Glenn Moore from Mock the Week and Absolute Radio presents a new show full of the distinctive jokes and offbeat gags we’ve come to accept.
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.
After last year’s totally sold out Edinburgh run, Jon & Nath return with their unique style of hardcore sketch comedy mischief.
A rump-shaking stand-up comedy hour of phat beats, funky rhythms, ukulele and fun.
From BBC Three, Dave and elsewhere, award-winning comedian Chris (BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017, Milton Jones tour support) returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show about time, spa…
International superstar Hans, the boy wonder of Berlin, serves up an all-singing, all-tap dancing, accordion-pumping, glittering blitzkrieg of cabaret backed by his three…
Rosie Holt is not for everyone.
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
An artist draws the same image repeatedly with indomitable zeal.
In this dark one-man comedy we get a glimpse into the world of Main Character and the everyday struggle of his normal life.
Low self-esteem doesn’t grow on trees, but it can grow funny fruit.
What do I need to do to make you like me? Just tell me so we can all just relax.
Last year, John Hastings was hit by a car and broke his arm.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
Following his sell-out run in 2017, Akbar returns armed with a copy of the Qur’An in hand.
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…
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
Elliot & Eliott, outcasts to both society and themselves, are in need of friends to save them from the verge of social redundancy.
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.
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
In the mythical Forest of Arden, a world of transformation where anything is possible and anything permissible, two young people discover what it really means to be in love.
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
Fresh from performing to a sold-out audience at VAULT festival and the Brighton Fringe, up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award (…
With Ripley also featuring: Elle and Alexis StClair Can Trump take down the mainstream media? How will Theresa get herself out of the next inevitable PR disaster? And how can Nico…
A girl who runs like the wind and a boy who dreams of fighting dragons.
At the crossroads between Chopin, Pink Floyd and Explosions In The Sky, We Stood Like Kings plays instrumental progressive rock tinted with neoclassical influences thanks to the ce…
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
What's your tipple? Pint of lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps? How about an evening being transported to the White Oak pub where you will meet an eclectic mix of ch…
With successes in Edinburgh, Beijing, Berlin and London, this high-energy, tap comedy show gives a modern twist to the classic Rat Pack.
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Back on the road by popular demand, Someone Like You (The Adele Songbook) is an immaculate celebration of one of our generation’s finest singer-songwriters, and is…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Jon & Nath return with last year’s sell-out show, now with more slaps, more sketches and a more high-tech Groovematic 3000.
One-day sitcom writing workshop taught by two hugely experienced industry insiders who offer insight and instruction from two perspectives; writing and production.
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.
Dean’s life is like Bake Off, but all the ovens are broken.
Join Zelem Saydullaev (Squawker Finalist 2015 , South Coast Comedian of the Year Semi Finalist 2016 ) and Johnny Wardlow (as heard on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio 2) for an hour of sens…
Elliot & Eliott, outcasts to both society and themselves, are in need of friends to save them from the verge of social redundancy.
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…
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 …
The story of me; a misfit, growing up in the north west of England in the 1980s.
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
Inspired by the kings of swing: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr, The Tap Pack are bringing a new, exhilarating energy to a timeless style.
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Back for its third year.
Award-winning comedian Scott Gibson returns with his sold-out, smash-hit Fringe show ‘Like Father, Like Son’.
The wine wanker.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is celebrating its 21st Anniversary on Sunday 18th March 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, raising funds to give inspiring theatre experiences to ch…
At the start of the show there’s a lot of emphasis on switching off and putting away our mobile phones.
Smells Like Teen Spirit shares the stories of 19 teenagers who are considered at risk by school counselors and the youth justice system.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
“When I was young, AM was Dumplings.
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
This is a mating ground.
East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
This piece asks questions of belief and seeks answers within personal encounters.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
EastEnders fans will remember experiencing shock and upheaval at the revelation that the culprit of a long-running murder whodunnit was 10 year old Bobby Beale.
Home from university for the holidays, Sam and Alice have met to fulfil the promise they made, aged 10, to spend one whole, glorious day as their superhero alter egos.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Five hours is a long time for everyone – it’s a long time for a viewer, it’s a long time for an actor, and it’s a long time to have an excruciating conversation about your …
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.
These are the droids you’re looking for.
Rising comedy star Sarah Keyworth, a Funny Women finalist 2015 and tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, examines what it means to be a child raised believing you co…
Winner: Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show 2017.
It’s just like the famous ‘bad guy’ scene in Scarface, when Tony Montana rants that iconic phrase, ‘You need people like me.
Colour coordinated galpals Emma Moran and Sarah King, explore the meaning of friendship through the mediums of poorly made hats and sketch comedy.
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
Just Like the Movies is a cheery musical exploring the world of show business as the characters battle to make a statement in a world where success is often decided by major realit…
‘Smile Like You Mean It’ looks at the life of someone with bipolar disorder.
Bill Beteet, a Laugh Factory comedian from Chicago, will lead you through an existential comedic journey that will have you laugh about life, love, and your inevitable death.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
A tight-knit group of school friends are learning about the struggles of the Suffragette movement, but none of them are really listening.
Rebellious, experienced, lyrical and courageous – this amazing multi-generational programme celebrates dancers from 12-85 years of life, dreams, hopes and fears featuring new wor…
With over a decade’s experience in the casino industry, Matthew Harrison reveals his hand on what really goes on inside a gambler’s paradise.
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.
Like Blood From a Cheap Cigar is a personal glimpse inside the intense, damaged relationship between George, a past-his-prime bad boy and Margo, his pretty, significantly younger g…
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…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
‘My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style’ (Maya Angelou).
Inbetweeners star Lily Lovett brings you celebrity impressions and sketches with music and audience interaction to create her fast-paced, high-energy, hilarious debut show! Come an…
Canadian comedian Evan Desmarais examines what it is to be happy and to love yourself.
Fresh from a sell-out Brighton Fringe run, a mischievous new sketch comedy show from best friends who can’t stand each other – Jon Levene and Nathan Lang.
Offbeat sketchlings Fish Pie! permit you to disregard political satire, a cappella groups and men noticing things then pausing for laughter in favour of compulsory mirth.
Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird.
Laughing Stock are a sketch comedy foursome who incorporate live music, dance and mime to create a narrative-driven show with hysterical characters and a quick, witty script.
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…
A show for anyone who ever worried they weren’t normal.
‘Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days’ (Scotsman).
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.
Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.
The Horse Show comes galloping down to the Camden Fringe festival, fresh from the lush green pastures of Manchester.
Squeeze some culture into your lunchbreak! Grab a sandwich and join Lightbox Theatre this July for a lunchtime serving of darkly comic gems by some of theatre’s most prominent p…
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
Blue Masque Theatre’s staged playreading of new comic drama by Rhonwen McCormack.
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
Written by Williams in the period before his death, Fox and Hound take on two of his most difficult one act plays.
Laughing Stock is a character-based sketch comedy foursome “yin-yanged to perfection”(The Mumble).
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Three scousers, two angry mobs and a horse.
Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird.
The Moon has got a story to tell about a tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
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 …
Three performers from the UK, Italy and Spain that belong to the so called Generation Y, are confronted onstage with a simple but controversial question: what do you want for your …
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
Brand new sketch comedy show from Sketchfest 2016 Finalists and best friends who can’t stand each other, Jon & Nath.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Brighton’s Favourite, as faded yet not jaded as a seaside pier, Ida Barr returns! This former music hall singer used to be quite the shining star, known for her two big hits, ‘Oh …
A selection of the very best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
Tap is visual jazz.
Evan Placey’s Girls Like That (first performed at London’s Unicorn Theatre three years ago) came to Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre—courtesy of the neighbouring Lyceum Thea…
South London’s BEST new comedy night is the first Sunday of every month at the beautiful Stanley Halls (nearest station Norwood Junction).
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…
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si…
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
Brand new sketch comedy show from Sketchfest 2016 finalists and best friends who can’t stand each other, Jon Levene & Nathan Lang.
New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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…
This event is an opportunity for you to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA in Theatre Directing led by Mathew Lloyd – one of the UK’s foremost authorities on director tra…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s late plays, which celebrates love in the real world and views freedom in a vulnerable place, exposing the naked nature of desire and love a…
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Considering the Harry Potter phenomenon and other fantasy works, we will be mounting a defence of fantasy! It’s time to acknowledge the explosion of fantastical works in the 20th…
The whole of the 20th century viewed through profound counterculture events and the whisky industry! An abridged history lesson and tutored whisky tasting, the Whisky Anorak way.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Grace has a fairy tale life; she has the perfect job and the perfect house in a perfect city.
The Confederate States of America lost its quest for political independence in 1865, but its symbol, the Confederate flag, lived on, long after the nation it represented cease to e…
Bradford on Avon’s popular poetry series Words & Ears moors up at the Fringe for one night only, with JL Williams (jlwilliamspoetry.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training.
Imagine you’re fifteen.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The show’s stated theme is a philosophical discussion of how we end up where we end up, In actual fact this thread isn’t really followed up.
Why Grimsby? by Reuben Ruiz-Daum is a story of secrets, lies and the extremes to which a mother will go in order to secure the hopes and dreams of her daughter.
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…
Cinema screening of live performance.
As it turns out there are lots of reasons for Marcus to have a long face at the moment, not least because he was born with one.
Welcome to Dreamform.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day.
Exeter’s first, all female a cappella group are getting vocal about breakups.
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Welcome to Matchbox Theatre! Would you please take a moment to check that all mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched on? Your calls are important to us! Photograph…
Cinema screening of live performance.
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 varied sketch comedy, Laughing Stock lives up to its name, parading numerous situations of self-deprecation before us providing much hilarity.
Nina Simone is one of the greatest music icons of the last century, producing songs as soulful as her voice.
Tiny Horse Comedy.
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.
Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group return with sketches, jokes, songs and a big bag of hammers.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group return with sketches, jokes, songs and a big bag of hammers.
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
Despite coming across as likeable and charming, Romina Puma’s stand-up set doesn’t provoke too many laughs.
Good Kids are back, and this time they’ve had a few.
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.
The true account of Helie Lee’s remarkable six-month journey living as a man.
If you only see two shows this festival, see this one.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
A dark satire on workplace wellness showing that often the people telling you how to live your best life are the ones who don’t know how to do it themselves.
After a sell out, 5 star run at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, Alison Thea-Skot brings her surreal, joyous and unhinged character comedy show to Brighton.
Here’s your opportunity to dance with the Star! Legendary Movin’ Melvin is bringing health and happiness to the UK with his world-touring Tap Into Health, all ages and any level! …
We establish the core of the character, build the physicality, find the voice and explore interaction with the other characters.
An insight into the weird worlds of three up-and-coming local comics, with three very distinct voices: Joe Foster, Graeme Collard and Dave Fensome.
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…
A one-man drama about Indian chief, Crazy Horse that captures the high adventure of the Sioux Wars of the Wild West.
Tommy Cooper, with his impeccable timing, love of slapstick and one-liners was a true comic genius.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Would Like to Meet presents an hour of real life dating stories brought into being by the melodramatic Ally, who is desperate to find love and get married; Liz who has grown bore…
Alan Felton presents part three in his World War 1 series, ‘Lions Led By Asses’, with words, poetry and popular songs of the year 1916.
There are some incredible strengths in this latest production from Edinburgh’s most inspiring new theatre company.
Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird.
Tap Addiction will bring you a dynamic fusion between American-style tap dance and live jazz music.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
“Cook it how you like, it’s still a potato” is an Italian expression for the many words and ways we keep coming up with to describe something, without in fact changing its meaning.
Learn all about the life and work of a theatre producer! What is a producer? Who are they? What do they do? Could you be a producer? Come along and find out.
A selection of the best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
The annual “Rhythm in Motion” festival is a one-stop shop for today’s top tap.
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
The playwrights, directors, and actors who constitute the loose confederation that is the Village Pub Theatre once again moved in to the more upmarket, city central Traverse Thea…
The Village Pub Theatre’s second evening of short new dramas at the Traverse, in celebration of LGBT History Month, came with a wonderfully louche vibe, thanks to the easy MC-i…
A show aimed squarely at the date-night crowd that’s silly and fun, providing its mainly female audience with plenty of laughs in this charming production.
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…
Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, the National Theatre's internationally-acclaimed production of War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical experience.
Bend It Like Beckham is the fantastically feel-good new modern British musical.
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.
After a one-night performance in 2014, Tap Soul Productions brings back this musical revue for four performances.
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
Fresh from a successful first show at the mac in Birmingham Spit ‘n’ Polish bring you six short plays ranging from the comic to the absurd, the tender to the oddball, and the m…
There’s No Place Like is a bittersweet and timely play about longing, belonging and immigration.
Whenever your organisation enters into a business arrangement there is likely to be a contract in existence, whether it is written or just implied by conversation and actions.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
A mash-up of dance, music, mobile phones and you! FlashMob begins as a game of words and ends as a dance party for all participants – with audience members interacting with movem…
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.
Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them.
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences.
It’s 2015.
Movin’ Melvin Brown’s hit show, filled with gospel and inspirational songs, tap and comedy will make this an unforgettable experience! Song, dance, tap and story you’ll sing, dance…
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Edinburgh all year round, Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a regular “let’s put the show on here” brand of new theatre based in the f…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge…
The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre.
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
Some cabaret performers attempt to lull you into a false sense of security about what they do, but thankfully any audience finds out quickly enough what they’re going to get from…
Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special.
A stage and film mixed media adaptation of D.
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The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
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…
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Tiny Horse Comedy.
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…
Micheal Legge - Prince of Bitterness, Lord of Fury - has his sights on an award.
Though billed as theatre, 101 Reasons Why I #@%$ Katie Hopkins is essentially a lecture on odious media figure Katie Hopkins, complete with biography and PowerPoint presentation, b…
Now he’s 27, Hari’s thinking a lot about death.
According to Baudelaire, the greatest trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist.
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
Benji Waterstones (Frog and Bucket World Series winner 2014), Sean Cannon (Amused Moose finalist 2013) and Saskia Preston (Funny Women finalist 2013), will explore issues such as n…
Have you ever been surprised to receive a phonecall from a friend that you were just thinking about? How many times have you felt so in tune with a person that you knew what they w…
I was born with a long face and now there’s UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporatio…
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.
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
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…
Gather round, gather round for the moon’s magical, mystical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer called Marina Skippett, who he has been watching at night.
Tokyo Tapdoare a company of Japanese tap dancers, percussionists, circus artists.
This year, Yianni explores “the line”: how do we cross the line in telling jokes, and who decides where it is? He conducts his investigation through a series of anecdotes and d…
With the blessing of the Cooper Estate, John Hewer takes to the stage in the guise of one of Britain’s most loved comedians.
Goronwhy Thom bursts through a film screen on stage after some very clever filmography and you just know that this group is taking it back to basics.
This weeklong celebration by the American Tap Dance Association returns for its 15th year to celebrate the form’s pioneers and innovators with award shows, master classes and…
‘This brilliantly written and eloquently performed play is one of the highlights of this year’s Brighton festival’ (remotegoat) Althea Theatre brings their 5* reviewed show …
(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…
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Three amazing innovative female tap dancers will join together to create a dynamic explosion of sound and movement.
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
Discover the many facets of the cello with British/French Cellist Corinne Morris accompanied by Johan De Cock.
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
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…
A unique and memorable musical experience, bringing a seamless link between classical, pop, folk and film music.
Hannah has been working at the same pub for three years.
This carnivalesque exploration of the tale of Snow White was admirably committed in its aesthetic, with costumes, face paint inventive use of props and live music all pa…
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…
This stark portrayal of commedia dell’arte figure Punch (of Punch and Judy fame) as he regales in his decrepit elder years in a retirement home was reminiscent of classic moralit…
This searing and heady tale of the inhabitants of a 19th century sugar plantation in Barbados should have provoked a wealth of emotion from its majorly white audience, however it f…
Enjoy Banyan Tree’s vibrant retelling of this African folktale told through spoken word fused with Latin and Caribbean sounds and featuring captivating puppets, original songs, d…
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.
Richard Wright is a Christian.
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
The team behind the critically acclaimed Faulty Towers Dining Experience are back with a new immersive theatre piece – this time centring on the low-key wedding reception of Will…
How do you write a Doctor Who musical without getting shut down by the BBC? Join Jamie & Jess in this unauthorised Whosical show.
Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance.
Some of New York’s funniest performers gather to reinterpret classic award show speeches, including Eliot Glazer, Ilana Glazer, Julie Klausner, Erin Markey, Michael Musto, Be…
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
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.
In a departure from its usual format, A Play, a Pie and a Pint this week plays host to (and co-commissioned) Theatre Uncut 2014, a political theatre company producing short plays…
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
For two decades this troupe has been entertaining audiences with its spirited interpretations of classical tap.
(previews start on Sept.
Whenever your organisation enters into a business arrangement, there is likely to be a contract in existence, whether it is written or just implied by conversation and actions.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Legendary LA rapper from Scotland who conned the music industry as half of Silibil N’ Brains.
As you hire a cast for your latest production, send out mass promotional e-mails from a database or blog into the wee small hours, do you stop to consider whose personal data you a…
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
This special tribute to Tommy Cooper is a compilation of rarely seen material from his cabaret days and the very best of Cooper’s classic gags and tricks.
Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes.
Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition.
Laughing Matters! Come see our fundraiser and show support for this great enterprise! Previous shows have featured Harry Hill, Phill Jupitus, Tony Law and Paul Foot! Don’t miss out…
This talk is ideal for theatre-makers of all kinds who create work from scratch and want to find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses.
The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art.
Movin’ Melvin Brown is in town doing two different high-energy shows on alternating nights.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
Laughing Matters provides free comedy-based courses to those in recovery from addiction and individuals with mental health issues with the aim of helping develop confidence, self-e…
Like a Virgin has an intriguing concept, promising bubble-gum pop and teen rites of passage.
And The Horse You Rode In On begins with the easy unfolding of soldiers’ badinage.
PDS Theater returns to the Fringe with a raucous take on Shakespeare’s comedy.
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains.
Tracing the life of Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee, this solo show is surprising and delightful.
Thirty-one years ago, a girl was born somewhere in suburban America.
Hang on.
So, the title of this show doesn’t lie.
Good sketch comedy is extremely uplifting, and it’s even better when you find it at the Free Fringe in one of the innumerable odd little rooms above bars.
In this outrageous, award-winning solo show, **** (Marin Independent), NEA-honoured journalist David Templeton describes his years as a teenage fundamentalist puppeteer in the 1970…
There are no actors in this show.
What if Caroline Aherne, Peggy Mitchell and Frida Kahlo teamed up and reared the orphans of Milton Keynes? The children have grown up and arrived! Welcome to Katie O’Brien’s fi…
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
2013 marks the point of no return for Matthew Finlayson.
Melvin Brown has got the moves, and this suave dude who appears in a suit and gold satin shirt also has a killer voice.
A taut piece of modern drama about broken homes and broken lives, Red Tap/Blue Tiger marks Richard Vincent’s successful return to theatre and sees the emergence of exciting young…
Eight years since her Fringe debut, Susan Calman reflects on her Fringe journey, noting the packed 300+ room that she’s playing to during this performance is a far cry from how…
It’s William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and everyone’s invited! But will the celebrations go to plan.
Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
Internationally infamous comedy concert for fun and freedom flying to the future fantastic.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
The opening theme to I Need a Doctor: The Whosical not only starts the narrative but also identifies the witty, farcical nature of the piece.
Loser at life and winner at losing Hayley Ellis presents her debut hour of stand-up about love, loss and a little Lhasa Apso dog called Kevin.
This is character comedy at its best.
Oddball alert! A guy wearing headphones sits strangely close to me and asks whether I like “communist romcoms.
This exuberant, toe-tapping spectacular is a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Byron Vincent enters the venue in pinstriped pyjamas and a pair of tatty trainers, wiping his long fringe out of his eyes.
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
Tap dancing is experiencing an exciting resurgence and creative expansion; this year’s weeklong tap festival, presented by the American Tap Dance Foundation, is sure to feed …
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Following sold-out shows of ‘The Honey Hunters’ in Brighton Fringe 2012, we return with new puppets, live music and dance.
See how far one woman’s passion for all things equine can go, in a show where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed.
I have had the good fortune to witness many amazing shows at the Fringe; however this display of intense physical strength, hypnotising aerial acrobatics and aesthetically gorgeous…
As a performer myself, I eagerly awaited this workshop, convinced that I would leave The Warren on that damp, soggy day a better actress – or at least with a few hot tips on char…
Doctor-loving superfans Jamie and Jess wrote a musical all about their time-travelling hero.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
I was the first to ascend the steps of the Three and Ten, greeted by the sight of a flame-haired woman clad in a sky blue, draped gown - slightly reminiscent of a druid priestess c…
A startling and original portrayal of the fallibility of relationships in a technological age, Brewers Fayre demonstrates how theatre can be used to critique contemporary societal …
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
When I was a young little lady, I had dreams of becoming many exciting things – most of which were fairly unattainable career paths, for example ‘the Yellow Power Ranger’ or …
Scan Artists is a multi-faceted performance by The Bridge Theatre Company – comprised of 13 Brit School students – that manages to effortlessly blend song, movement and strong …
Unfortunately, the likeability of these two ladies wasn’t enough to reject the notion that they should have, to quote an age old cliché, ‘stuck to the day job.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
‘As You Like It’ is Shakespeare’s brilliant comedy of banishment, disguise, mischief and romance set in the depths of the forest of Arden.
The provocative, punny title, combined with my interest in hearing women speak frankly about their sexuality in contemporary society led me to believe that this would be a performa…
‘As You Like It’ is one of those Shakespeare plays that has eluded me and Sedos Theatre’s production was perhaps the best way to be introduced to this play.
As I left the Warren after viewing The Girl and the Goat, all that was running through my head was ‘who on Earth thought that was a good idea?’ The awkward hitting together of …
We all have ‘daddy issues’ and I’ll share mine.
This year marks the point of no return for Matthew Finlayson.
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.
How much can you expect from a free comedy show at the Brighton Fringe? A lot, as it turns out, as comedienne Luisa Omielan, fresh from her critically applauded touring show What W…
This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival.
I was apprehensive about The McMagicSandwich (with fries), described as ‘exploding lightbulbs, slapstick danger and crayzeeeness’, reminiscent of hot air-inflated slapstick sht…
A sci-fi musical isn’t something often seen gracing theatre stages, but this whirlwind production proves that it can be done, and done well.
(previews start on May 28; opens on June 5) Climate change is already having substantial effects on crops and wildlife.
In honor of National Tap Dance Day, more than 100 dancers of all ages and levels will gather by the Hudson River for a mass rendition of the Shim Sham Shimmy, a kind of universal a…
Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius.
Edinburgh’s revered Traverse Theatre has, for many years, defined itself as “Scotland’s new writing theatre”, regularly giving over its stages to a variety of new voices …
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
Given that Edinburgh is something of a Glastonbury equivalent for guardianistas, Steve Bell’s show seethes with lively, middle-aged enthusiasm.
Christopher Durang’s play Laughing Wild has been wonderfully adapted to fill Funny You Should Ask’s 50 minute time slot to create a play so uproarious and so terrific you’ll …
WGGB is the union negotiating writers’ terms with broadcasters, theatres, etc; lobbying in Westminster, Edinburgh and Brussels; advising members over work issues.
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing.
Smart new parodies plus sweary classics from the Fringe’s favourite musical anaesthetist.
The mischievous musical medic showcases some of the most popular parody songs from the former duo’s fourteen years together (made suitable for a lunchtime audience).
Author Robert Fulghum lists lessons learned in kindergarten and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same rules as children.
Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human.
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!
Charlie hopes to lift his miserable and lonely life by buying a furry companion.
Society has crumbled, zombies are on the loose - what do you do next? A) Search for food, B) try to find other people or C) go see some bad comedians late at night with an underwri…
Madonna told her she could have it all.
To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien…
Aimed at those considering Conservatoire Drama School training.
In the style of Noises Off, the fictional Black Rubix Theatre (actually some of the students in the Queen Mary Theatre Company) attempts to put on what they think is a biting satir…
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
As one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, As You Like It is a typical example of a pastoral story, concerning three parties of exile who individually flee to the sanctuary o…
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…
Richard Wiseman hosts an evening of ectoplasm and uncanny spectacle as we cross to the other side and communicate with the deceased. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
If you are yet to travel down to the Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge, I encourage you to.
Come on a whimsical, musical journey with Clara Bell as she battles her way through the baffling modern world.
A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl…
Creased Productions’ Rough Theatre brings to the stage two of Beckett’s lesser known plays, Rough for Theatre I and II, in simple but effective style.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on …
One of the UK’s most renowned songwriters presents a rare acoustic evening.
Suicide or homicide.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Alone in a stable, she gallops through a life of horsey thoughts and behaviour.
Worried you’ve over indulged a little during the Edinburgh Fringe? Or simply want to learn a new skill? Then this is the show for you.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
Hush Theatre is on a mission ‘to deliver a comparable experience to both deaf and able hearing audiences.
Sign on to Sh!t Theatre’s JSA: ‘a curious though immensely likeable duo who merge stand-up with physical theatre and biting socio-political satire .
Forbidden cake, a sunset remembered in gouache, and a pigeon that was really an owl.
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.
Everyday society accepts woman who wear jeans, trainers and a t shirt as normal, yet if a man walked down the street in stockings, skirt and high heels that is seen as abnormal.
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.
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 very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl…
Awkward and slight in stature, from the outset Chris Stokes doesn’t inspire confidence.
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
A Doctor Who musical can so easily be terrible: too cliche-ridden or too bogged down in obscure Doctor Who references.
Fringe venue behemoth Laughing Horse present a mixed bag of comedy upstairs at the Quadrant hosted by mentalist magician Mr.
(previews start on Thursday; opens on July 11) The Forest of Arden has a new look.
The Caves on the Cowgate certainly can’t be accused of over-selling itself as a venue - you get exactly what it says on the ticket as you’re ushered into their dingy cellar, alread…
The basement of this old house contains the servants quarters, which are in the process of restoration as a heritage centre.
During the Great Depression thousands of American World War I veterans gathered in Washington DC to demand payment of promised bonuses.
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…
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
After introducing himself four times Arnie Pie gave a bit about his stage name before launching into the set that can define the rest of his show in two words: racial comedy.
Not all of life’s surprises can be nice, but Adam Kay transpires to be a very pleasant one indeed.
There are about ten people in a dank attic room for what Grainne Maguire repeatedly describes as a ‘late night bonnet show’, meaning that for the majority of her set she doesn’t ev…
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Luke Milford is a likeable chap who seems to like people, so much so they form a major part of his show.
This show was difficult to review.
Thankfully, the title of this show is misleading.
This was an intriguing and innovative portrayal of one of the bard’s best known comedies performed by an all male cast of eleven.
This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder.
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…
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…
With 20 million YouTube hits and three number one albums in the iTunes comedy charts, Adam Kay is going from strength to strength.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
Out with the old and in with the new.
What is it like to sustain a relationship if one of you is dead? Bath Street Productions hurl themselves into this ambitious topic, with a quirky and playful approach.
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…
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
In the days and weeks after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant last spring, local poet Ryoichi Wago published his thoughts and fears through twitter, reflecting the …
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
Made in China’s We Hope You’re Happy (Why Would We Lie?) is a 50 minute snapshot of two lifelong friends, Jess and Chris, sharing a night in, while everyone else is out getting…
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion.
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
Having lived in Brighton for less than a year, Hanover the musical seemed like a wildly foreign affair for an outsider to the small community above Kemp town, let alone for a relat…
Socks playing guitar.
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
An honest, telling, but ultimately flawed piece of one-man theatre, Walk Like a Black Man is an autobiographical work by writer and performer Rafiq Richard, exploring the challenge…
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
Deja Vu, according to a very quick Google search I just did, means ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
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.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
Riding on the success of last year’s excellent production of A Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Napa Valley launched themselves into the deep end with an incredibly daring adaptatio…
There can surely be no more fitting venue for the Hanover the Musical! than the Hanover Community Centre, with community and the surrounding area the ideas at the heart of this wil…
Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day.
Sporting Leo Sayer hair, tinted round-lens specs and a Cheshire Cat smile, Carl Donnelly is an eminently likeable 28-year-old blessed with the natural off-beat London wit of Noel F…
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
For many thousands of even seasoned Fringe-goers, the mystique and delights of the Famous Speigel Garden can frequently be passed by, with the comparatively few shows that it offer…
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
Chris Henry would be the first person to admit that the words “we need to talk” do not inspire confidence.
Miles Jupp is wound up, angry and wants to tell us what’s irking him.
While Green’s professionalism for going ahead with his solo performance with a tiny audience is worth a mention, this shouldn’t distract from the most important point: that his…
DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award.
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…
Croft and Pearce’s sketch show was, I have to say, average.
The highly acclaimed Rhod Gilbert returns to Edinburgh with an act that deserves the packed-out venues that he will be playing to for every night this month.
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival.
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
Imagine you have a five-year-old child.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
Leaving a theatre and having to critique a performance for potential visitors, despite knowing that it will never be recreated in that way again, is an undoubtedly difficult task.
The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth promises an hour of solid stand-up.
Despite being named after an album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a band famed for its extravagant tendencies, John Robins’ show of the same name is comforting and familiar.
When a group bills themselves as the self-proclaimed greatest improv comedy team in America, you have to question why they can find nobody to quote but themselves.
Phill Jupitus asked us here to ask him questions.
Hard to be Soft: A Belfast Prayer choreographed and directed by Oona Doherty is at times an explosive, visceral and overwhelming experience.
Theatre-making manifestos always make me wary, in part because I'm inherently suspicious of portentous artists in any field: "The aim is not to depict the real, but to mak…
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
James Macfarlane chats with comedian Robin Tran about her Fringe debut, how she deals with praise from big comedy names and her favourite way to control her audiences.
James Macfarlane chats with Tania Lacy about returning to the Fringe after 29 years with her show Everything's Coming Up Roses, her love of home crowds and her illustrious showbiz ...
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology.
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.
Caitlin is a one-woman play by Mike Kenny about Dylan Thomas and his wife's tempestuous life together, written entirely from her point of view.
The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei...
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Meow Meow is an international actress, singer, and dancer.
Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow.
Underbelly Untapped Award-winner Prom Kween is a high-energy comedy musical about Matthew Crisson, the first non-binary person to win a prom queen title in a US high school.
Like A Prayer is a theatrical essay about personal faith in which six nuns deliberate attitudes towards the big questions of life. We spoke to Corinne via an email Q&A.
Sarah Callaghan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, with the show, 'The Pigeon Dying Under The Bush'.
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...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
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.
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
After the short run at the Royal Court Theatre sold out in just one day, Jez Butterworth’s epic, new play The Ferryman will transfer to the West End.
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...
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Award-winning theatre company Bucket Club are melding together playful theatre with a live techno score for Fossils, a sceptical quest for the Loch Ness Monster at the Pleasance Do...
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Attila the Stockbroker began performing poetry in the 1980s, and since then has toured the world.
I Got Superpowers for my Birthday by Katie Douglas is an action-packed fantasy adventure about the pains of growing up and learning you can shoot fire from your fingertips.
If you were to list Every Brilliant Thing about life, what would you include? This is the idea behind Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play, broaching the subject of menta...
Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter film series, The Syndicate) and Niamh Cusack (Heartbeat, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) will appear in Unfaithful by Owen McCafferty...
Theatre Ad Infinitum have become a fixture of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having won two Stage Awards, two Argus Angels, and a Guardian Best of EdFringe.
In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city.
It’s the second year for the Rialto Theatre at the Brighton Fringe but it’s already gaining a reputation as a home for local talent.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Universal Arts announced this week that they are thrilled to be bringing BBC Radio 4 star Lach on board to produce and programme shows at the New Town Theatre (96 George St) for Th...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
London Theatre Workshop has announced that after two successful years located above the Eel Brook Pub in Fulham, the company is relocating to an exciting new venue in Central Londo...
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell’s rock opera, has passionate, protective fans.
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...