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Shaggers: Valentine’s Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2025
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Russell Hicks: Happy To Be Here
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 31st Jan 2025
Russell Hicks heads out on his first tour, but not his first rodeo.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
An Afternoon with Clinton Baptiste
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 25th Aug 2024
Britain’s foremost clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights brings you a “best of” from his UK tours.
ITVX Presents: Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 21st - 24th Aug 2024
Don’t miss the ultimate late-night comedy extravaganza! Join us for different line-ups every night, with known faces and new acts – all broadcast LIVE on ITVX.
Sue Perkins: A Piece of Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th - 26th Aug 2024
Sue is a mess; but manages to hide it with long words and a disorientating quiff.
Joanne McNally: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
Variety Magazine’s Comic To Watch for 2024.
A Day in the Life
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 19th - 24th Aug 2024
A solo narrative navigating life with neurodiversity.
Galentine's Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
In Deptford, South London, a routine hair appointment becomes a *slightly* less intense version of John Tucker Must Die.
Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
Everyone’s favourite climate academic and comedian Dr Matt Winning tests new ideas about climate change.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 18th Aug 2024
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band return for 2024 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music and dance from the Middle Ages to …
David McIver: Wild Horses (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 18th - 25th Aug 2024
When I am on stage performing stand-up comedy I feel like a wild horse galloping through the plains of Ohio, the wind running through my mane, the hot sun shining down on my sturdy…
Sophie McCartney: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 15th - 18th Aug 2024
Following on from the phenomenal success of her debut stand up tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back.
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 15th Aug 2024
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Find a beanbag and lose yourself in the hypnotic sound of Alexander Grechaninov’s Passion Week.
Leith Comedy Festival Presents... The Edinburgh Fringe Edition
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Biscuit Factory
- 15th - 17th Aug 2024
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Uno Mas
- 14th - 25th Aug 2024
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
Baby Belle: DTF (Work in Progress)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 14th - 21st Aug 2024
In this work-in-progress show, Baby Belle’s slightly less glamorous sibling Jax Braithwaite will unwrap the experience of Dealing with Tricky Feelings.
Sounds of St Cecilia's III: An Italian in Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 14th Aug 2024
In 1735, having left Handel’s opera orchestra, Francesco Barsanti settled in Edinburgh, becoming active with the Edinburgh Musical Society.
Seán Burke: Burke in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 13th - 24th Aug 2024
One of Ireland’s favourite internet comedians, Seán Burke, makes his Edinburgh debut with Burke In Progress.
Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 13th - 17th Aug 2024
Stand-Up comedian Daniel Powell tells the story of how a cat tried to kill him with its arse, destroying his health (and life) in the process.
ScotlandsFest: Edinburgh, Our Storied Town – Donald Smith
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gladstone’s Land
- 12th - 16th Aug 2024
From David Hume to Robert Burns, Blind Harry to Muriel Spark, James Boswell to Margaret Oliphant, meet the congenial ghosts of famous Edinburgh writers at their fireside, and hear …
Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 12th - 25th Aug 2024
You know the guy.
Is There Work on Mars?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk’s Mars immigration test? Set in a dystopian future of space colonisation, Is There Work on Mars? rants about many things: bein…
The Edinburgh Seven
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 12th - 24th Aug 2024
The Edinburgh Seven is a riveting exploration of the first seven women to go to medical school in Edinburgh and the United Kingdom.
Love Your Work
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Love Your Work is a bi-annual work-in-progress showcase dedicated to facilitating dance and mental health.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Going further afield, we have added some real treasures from Eastern Europe and Central America.
Ian Smith: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run.
Edinburgh Tales
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Theatre on the Edge returns to the Fringe after last year’s production of Kerouac: And All That Jazz (***** (EdinburghGuide.
Helen Bauer: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Helen Bauer has some very messy ideas of her thoughts and feelings on pretty much everything! And boy does she have feelings! Most feelings are surrounding the rules of adult femal…
Stephen Buchanan: Cold Meat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Award winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award & Scottish Comedian of the Year) works out his new show about advertising, mental health and potentially cold meat…
Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Comedians’ Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life’s work, and he’s finally ready to unveil it to the world.
Edinburgh's Quickest Pub Quiz
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 12th - 26th Aug 2024
Fan of a pub quiz? Test your knowledge under time pressure with this exciting, entertaining and at times farcical format, that’s already a hit at the prestigious Gleneagles Townhou…
Maeve and Howard
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
The New Yorker offices, 1950.
Arias in the Afternoon
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh New Town Church
- 10th Aug 2024
A fabulous afternoon of opera highlights, in a wonderful New Town venue.
An Afternoon with the Classical Guitar
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 10th Aug 2024
Join Stewart Kelly for a journey around the world as you listen to the classical guitar repertoire. Featuring music from Spain, Poland, Scotland, America, Brazil and more.
Edinburgh Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Caledonian Edinburgh
- 8th - 18th Aug 2024
An intimate and astonishing performance of magic in luxurious and enchanting surrounds from magician Kevin Quantum.
ScotlandsFest: Dog Turd or Walnut Whip? Making Sense of Edinburgh’s Architecture – Roger Emmerson
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gladstone’s Land
- 7th - 14th Aug 2024
From the grandeur of the New Town to the photogenic allure of the Royal Mile to the delights of Leith, what makes Edinburgh so special? Join Roger Emmerson, author of Land of Stone…
ScotlandsFest: Edinburgh Witch or Just a B*tch? – Mary Craig
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gladstone’s Land
- 6th - 9th Aug 2024
Unravel the curious case of Agnes Finnie, a mid-17th century shopkeeper in Edinburgh’s Potterrow accused of witchcraft.
Tales of Haunted Edinburgh – Echoes From Beyond the Grave
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 6th - 15th Aug 2024
Edinburgh is known as one of the most haunted cities in the world.
Russell Howard – Live Warm Up
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th - 20th Aug 2024
Russell Howard, “one of the world’s top comedians” (Sunday Times) is warming up and trying new material.
Acoustic Blues in the Afternoon
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 6th - 21st Aug 2024
Returning to the Jazz Bar for the sixth year, Scottish acoustic guitar and double-bass duo Malt and Rye will be playing classic blues and roots songs from the last 100 years.
Max Fosh: Loophole (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Come join Max as he works on a brand-new show that he’ll be touring around (some of the) world at the end of this year!
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
The Best Stand Ups of Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 4th - 25th Aug 2024
Produced by NYC comedian Sean Conrad, this mixed-bill stand-up comedy show features Edinburgh’s best stand-up comedians every night.
160th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography 2024
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Photographic Society
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Edinburgh Photographic Society’s first international photography exhibition was shown in 1861.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
Edinburgh Book Lovers' Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Book Lovers’ Tour Departure
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends – Walter Scott, Stevenson, Conan Doyle, JK Rowling and others – with Allan Foster, author …
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show – ‘an innovative way to experience a quarter-life crisis’ (TheWeeReview.
Will Rowland: Masterpiece in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2024
The New Comedian of the Year finalist and co-creator of Crizards (**** (Guardian)) uncurls from his sleeping spot in the airing cupboard to ponder life’s most pressing issues: the …
Samantha Day: The Generations Game
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Generation eXpert Samantha Day finds out which generation is the best.
12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2024
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
Edinburgh's Pandas Were Just Weegies in Disguise!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Columba’s by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2024
When Edinburgh’s pandas go missing on their journey back to China, suspicion falls on the ferocious Glasgow gangster Big Urqy.
Becky Goodman: The Day My Sugar Daddy Dumped Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
A thick wad of cash in a brown paper bag, May-December relationships, a sugar daddy straight out of a Martin Scorsese film.
Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ Potterrow
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2024
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show 2023, Leicester Comedy Festival; sell-out five-star show, Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work-in-progress clown an…
Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Work-in-progress show for a new tour.
Anna Clifford: Got Jokes? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootanannies @ Home Street
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2024
After the successful debut of her comedy hour, I See Deadly People (available on YouTube), Anna is back with new jokes, a nearly there show, and you decide what stays and what goes…
Any Day Now
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2024
Following the loss of a childhood friend, Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns 23.
Stuart Mitchell – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Following his critically acclaimed Radio 4 series Cost of Living, join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and star of the Glesga Da Podcast as he r…
Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical and completely original comedy walking tour.
Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday).
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2024
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2024
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music conducted by Musical Director, Sian Edwards, to celebrate its summer season.
The 30th Anniversary Edinburgh London Literary Pub Crawl
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
After many acclaimed Edinburgh productions from the Maverick Theatre Company, its writer and director, Nick Hennegan, celebrates his 30 years of the Fringe with this new, unique Ed…
Edinburgh's Greatest Hits Music Walking Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (Next to the Festival Theatre Café side door)
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
Walk on the wild side and go off the beaten track with a witty guided tour packed full of stories from Edinburgh’s past and present music scenes.
Kieran Hodgson: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 8th Aug 2024
After running out of life story, the four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee is after a new comedic muse.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Darwin in Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point @ Potterrow Underpass (Lothian Street Side)
- 2nd - 6th Aug 2024
In 1825 Darwin arrived to study Medicine.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Fantastic Creatures of Edinburgh – A Creature Hunting Game
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hot Toddy
- 1st - 26th Aug 2024
Embark on a riddle solving field trip, hunting down the magical creatures that inhabit the Old Town.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar and Lies (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 13th Aug 2024
Work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Adam Riley: Late-night Comedy in the Afternoon
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca…
After the Bell on the Last Day of School
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Home Bar
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Teachers know the feeling all too well.
Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
The perfect way to start and end your Fringe day with late and afternoon shows consisting of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians from a…
Dragonory: Magic and Music at Edinburgh Fringe!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Dive into Dragonory, the captivating family show at the Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by the charismatic George.
Best of Edinburgh Fringe for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 14th Aug 2024
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe, for all the family to enjoy together.
Family-Fun Edinburgh Cycle Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Bridgend Farmhouse
- 1st - 24th Aug 2024
Exclusive to Fringe 2024! See Edinburgh on two wheels.
Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Showcases
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
Mark Watson: Work-In-Progress Is Not a Cop-Out, It Demonstrates Respect For The Paying Audience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 1st - 22nd Aug 2024
Two years is how long it takes me to write a proper show.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2024
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Nick Kirk (West End New Act Finalist 2023) presents his first solo show featuring one man, no hair and a cast of supporting characters unpicking what life is like when you’re hitti…
Luke Nixon and Jim Midge: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 1st - 12th Aug 2024
Luke Nixon and his character Jim Midge present a work in progress.
Edinburgh's Old Town – History and Tales
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hot Toddy
- 1st - 26th Aug 2024
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
Hutton in Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting point on Dalkeith Road outside Commonwealth Pool
- 1st - 11th Aug 2024
Step back to the 1700s and walk through Edinburgh’s landscape with philosopher James Hutton and his famous Scottish enlightenment companions, exploring Hutton’s theory of a dynam…
Benji Waterstones: Maddening (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Rising-star comedian (Evening Standard), NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones returns from a sold-out Edinburgh run with more tales from the psych ward.
Spring Day: Exvangelical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
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 …
Glenn Moore: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 30th Jul - 13th Aug 2024
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee and one of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn Moore (Live At The Apollo, Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week, Glenn Moore’s …
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Pump House Theatre Colne River Room
- 20th Jul 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Star Inn
- 18th Jul 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Star Inn
- 18th Jul 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- SQUEAK @ The Rotunda Theatre
- 7th Jul 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
The Wild Woman (in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Arches St Mary’s Church
- 18th - 19th Jun 2024
This show is a love letter to her own struggles of coming to terms with being autistic, trying to make sense and cope with the world around her.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- THE ARCHES AT ST MARY’S CHURCH High Street, Putney, London, SW15 1SN
- 11th - 12th Jun 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Burdall’s Yard
- 7th Jun 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- New Park Studio & Kitchen
- 2nd Jun 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Juliette Burton: Hopepunk (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 1st Jun 2024
Juliette has performed six solo shows, When I Grow Up, Look At Me, Decision Time, Butterfly Effect and Defined, at the Edinburgh Fringe, selling out 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2023.
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 1st Jun 2024
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 1st Jun 2024
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Vladimir McTavish: 30 Years Still Standing Up (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2024
In 1994, Vladimir McTavish won the Strathmore Water Comedy Award on his first appearance at the Edinburgh Edinburgh.
Josh Baulf: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Katie Norris: Farm Fatale (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 31st May 2024
Katie Norris (Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2023) is returning to Brighton with her hotly anticipated debut hour.
Ashley Haden Political and Correct (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2024
Ashley is back with his satirical eye, angry words and with caustic wit.
Edinburgh Comedy Social
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Edinburgh Street Food
- 30th May - 22nd Aug 2024
A stellar night of live comedy set in the city’s favourite local hang-out, Edinburgh Street Food.
Grace Mulvey: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 30th May 2024
Grace Mulvey (BBC Galton & Simpson Comedy Winner) fresh from a sold out run at the Dublin Fringe is bringing her hotly anticipated new WIP show to Brighton.
Louise Atkinson: She's Got The Look (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May 2024
Winner of the Amused Moose Best Debut Show, nominee for NextUp! biggest Award in Comedy and nominee for Comedians Choice Award, Louise Atkinson brings you a show about how we false…
PACE+ Lab ‘Networking & Pitching Your Work’
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th May 2024
BUILDING YOUR NETWORK & PRESENTING YOURSELF BEYOND A LOCAL CONTEXT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE)…
Cameron Sinclair Harris: Planets! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 28th - 30th May 2024
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
VICTIM (PACE+ Lab: Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios (Studio C)
- 27th May 2024
A Work-In-Progress theatre production, ‘VICTIM’ is a compelling and emotionally charged one-man show that invites the audience into the world of Jason, a young man whose life takes…
Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2024
Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show.
Joe Sutherland: Miss World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 26th May - 2nd Jun 2024
As seen on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Hypothetical and a number of apps on your phone.
Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 26th May 2024
Star of sell-out Brighton and EdFringe shows ‘Drag Queens vs Zombies’ and Drag Queens vs Vampires Crudi Dench presents a brand-new, work-in-progress, comedy stand-up/solo show expl…
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Cambridge Brew House
- 26th May 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Nerine Skinner: In Two Minds (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2024
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
Alex Franklin: Girl Code (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 25th - 26th May 2024
In 2024, trans-girl Alex feels the most alive she’s ever felt; now she wants to make you feel alive, or die trying.
Selena Mersey: Bisexuelle (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 25th - 27th May 2024
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Johnny is a hard-boiled detective from New York City, California, and he’s got just one more case to crack before he retires from th…
Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 25th - 26th May 2024
Exploring what it’s like to be a constantly aggrieved hypochondriac with more medical conditions than the BMJ, comedian Daniel Powell recounts the events that saw him run away from…
Dirty Work (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 25th - 26th May 2024
She’s loveable.
Platonic Sex (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 24th May - 1st Jun 2024
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny, and…
Dawn Williams: Whole Package (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 23rd - 25th May 2024
Dawn is known for her hilariously imaginative and whimsical musings on modern dating, but this show is definitely not a show about dating.
Alex Kealy: The Fear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 23rd - 26th May 2024
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (★★★★ - Daily Telegraph) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear, after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Christian Jegard: Mr Showbusiness (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 26th May 2024
All round entertainer Christian ‘Mr Showbusiness’ Jegard is working on his debut show.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Cheltenham Playhouse
- 22nd May 2024
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Wattis Love (Baby Don’t Hurt Me) (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 20th - 23rd May 2024
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Afternoon in Paris featuring Mike Hatchard
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 19th May 2024
Afternoon in Paris featuring Susanna Warren (clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals and melodica), Mike Hatchard (piano, vocals and violin), Jeremy Young (guitar) and Oz Dechaine (bass).
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 19th May 2024
Robin Morgan (as seen/heard on Mock The Week and The News Quiz) works up a brand new hour ahead of a nationwide tour.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 18th May 2024
Following an Edinburgh fringe sell-out season, award-winning stand-up and viral sensation Ali Woods returns with loads of new material! Nominated for Best Show at Leicester Fringe …
Dan Fardell: Don't Look Back (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 26th May 2024
Join Brighton comedy stalwart and regular host of On The Edge comedy, Dan Fardell, in his new hour of stand-up, in which he tries a new direction and brings a more personal story t…
Brighton Buddhist Centre & Evolution Arts Open Day
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 18th May 2024
The Brighton Buddhist centre has been offering Meditation, Buddhism and Yoga classes for the last 50 years.
Lou Taylor: Jeans and a Nice Top (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway)
- 17th May 2024
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Philipp Kostelecky: A Work-in-Progress (Aren't We All?)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 16th - 19th May 2024
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Kevin Bridges: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th - 15th May 2024
Catch Kevin Bridges as he tries out new material! Plus support
Alice-India: See You In Hell (A Work in Progress Show)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 20th May 2024
See You In Hell poses the question, “What happens to the manic pixie dream teen when they grow up?”.
The Nine-Day Queen
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 14th - 19th May 2024
In the aftermath of an attack which puts her best friend in a coma, a teenage girl learns to cope with the help of the ghost of Lady Jane Grey.
Fringe Academy: Engaging with UK Fringe Festivals, featuring Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Ledward Centre
- 13th May 2024
Meet the Edinburgh Fringe team for coffee, biscuits and chat! Get an insight into how open-access arts festivals work in the UK and how to get involved.
Lily Phillips: Stitches (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 13th May 2024
Fresh from hatching a baby girl and a sold out Edinburgh run, Lily is back with a new hour of comedy and she’s FINE.
Benny Shakes: Respect (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 12th May 2024
A highly anticipated debut from the creator of Blue Badge Bunch and joint winner of the Disabled Champion Award 2023.
Tej Dhutia: TMI (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th May 2024
Funny Women Semi-Finalist 2023, BBC3 veteran and former Commonwealth Games guest host Tej Dhutia brings her riotous debut solo show to Brighton.
Richard Cobb: Running Joke (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 11th - 19th May 2024
Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote…
Glass of Sketch - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 11th - 12th May 2024
Join Daniel for a Glass Of Sketch, where he will be delivering an informative talk on the ‘serious’ art form that is sketch comedy.
Big Zeus Energy Present: Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 11th - 12th May 2024
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sellout Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work in progress show that may or may not b…
Sam Dodgshon's Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 11th - 28th May 2024
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Darran Griffiths: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 11th May 2024
Following his 2023 Edinburgh debut show, the three times shortlisted British Comedian of the Year is back with his work in progress show about.
Low Effort Sketches: The First Effort (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 11th - 12th May 2024
Join multi award-winning double act Low Effort Sketches for an hour of silly sketch comedy! Andy and Alice desperately want to be respected, adored (and ideally paid) for their wit…
Jaz Mattu Returns (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 10th - 17th May 2024
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with more absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up.
Shinpads (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 10th - 31st May 2024
Shinpads is the debut work-in-progress split bill from Abbi Cole and Ancika Mester.
Brad Jon Kane: Please Slow Down (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 10th May - 1st Jun 2024
Local Brighton alternative comedian Brad Jon Kane presents a character comedy show, where all the characters have been politely asked to ‘Please Slow Down’.
Helen Prior: The Pussy from the USSR (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 10th - 11th May 2024
Watch out Brighton! The Pussy from the USSR is coming to make you laugh hysterically, bask in hysteria, and make you question everything you thought you knew to be true and real, b…
SAMANTHA DAY: THE BOOBY TRAP
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 10th May 2024
“Breasts loom large in our culture - but why?” Following a sold out run in Edinburgh and nomination for the coveted Amused Moose Award, Samantha Day (‘Titologist’ and Come…
Bee Babylon: Once Upon a Time in Iceland (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 12th May 2024
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
Sex Academy: Open Day
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Arcobaleno
- 9th - 30th May 2024
Welcome to Sex Academy Open Day.
Mustafa Algiyadi: Almost Legal Alien (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 9th - 18th May 2024
Libyan Arab stand-up Mustafa Algiyadi longs to be part of the European way of life but is confronted with some cultural differences that make it confusing, chaotic and sometimes hi…
David Anthony: Utopia (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 8th May 2024
David has undergone changes and is happier than he looks, promise.
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 8th - 10th May 2024
Do you ever get Déjà vu? Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds started writing a blog comparing his life to the sitcom Friends.
A Year and a Day
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 8th - 12th May 2024
A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep.
Chloe Petts: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th - 12th May 2024
Following another smash-hit, sellout run at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, join “rising star” (Evening Standard) Chloe Petts as she starts working up new material in antici…
Leanne Shorley: Queef Encounter (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 8th - 9th May 2024
Leanne’s on an all-inclusive and she’s having a lovely time.
You Belong Here With Me, My Darling (Work in Progress)
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 8th - 9th May 2024
You Belong Here With Me, My Darling is a show about belonging.
Benji Waterstones: Maddening (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 28th May 2024
“Rising star comedian” (Evening Standard), Penguin-published author and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones unlocks the doors to the psych ward for more “humorous and colourful stor…
Work-in-Progress: Vladislav (Baby Don't Hurt Me)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th - 30th May 2024
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Suse Steed: Parallelodox (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 1st Jun 2024
Join Suse Steed (NATYS Finalist, CAN comedy finalist, Max Turner Finalist, Funny Women Regional Finalist) for her debut show about economics, magic, and pies.
Fierce potato (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 5th - 28th May 2024
Dan Harding present Fierce Potato: Being Irish, spending his childhood in Spain, and now living on the south coast of England, Harding offers a unique perspective – one which he…
Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2024
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
Ben Pope: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 26th May 2024
Ben Pope (“a total delight” - Fest) performs the ancient, hallowed, mystic art of stand-up comedy with a notebook full of stories and a brain full of junk.
Farah Sharp: Who am I, and Who Is To Blame? Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2024
Stand-up comedian Farah Sharp is a mixed-race, middle child of divorce on the brink of turning thirty.
Steph Aritone: Weather Girl (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th May 2024
Rainy? Cloudy? Sunny? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind).
Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 4th - 5th May 2024
One man, no hair and some supporting characters unpick what life is like when you’re hitting those awkward middle (age) years. West End New Act Finalist 2023
Sasha Ellen: Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 11th May 2024
Comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Jason Happy Random Comedy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bar Broadway (Off Broadway) / Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Presuming Ed’s
- 4th - 23rd May 2024
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
Alexandra Haddow: Third Party (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 4th - 12th May 2024
The news has been on fire for so long now we’re probably out of petrol.
Too Late, Baby (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room) / Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 4th - 20th May 2024
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
Too Late, Baby (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 4th - 20th May 2024
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
Son of a Bitch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 4th - 5th May 2024
The debut play from award winning comedian Anna Morris.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar & Lies (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 22nd May 2023 - 5th May 2024
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 6th May 2024
Funny Women award-winner of 2023 Kate Cheka brings her first hour work in progress to Brighton Fringe.
Dave Fensome: ADHDad (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 25th May 2024
Acclaimed Brightonian comedian Dave Fensome has ADHD (as documented in his previous sell out show ADHDave), he’s now also a dad.
Alex Mason: Delicate Flower (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 3rd May - 1st Jun 2024
Alex Mason brings a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe 2024.
Mark Nicholas: This is Not The Autistic You Are Looking For (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 3rd May 2024
Winner of the ND Review Disability Champions Award and the Amateo Award 2022 brings his debut show to LCF.
Scott McPherson: A Fine Line (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 3rd - 5th May 2024
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
A Year And A Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- New Wimbledon Theatre
- 6th May, 2024
Christopher Sainton-Clark, the sole actor in A Year and a Day, founded Raising Cain Productions in 2021 ‘with the aim of producing bold, innovative and cinematic small-scale thea…
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Etcetera Theatre
- 1st May 2024
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
- Listing
- West End
- Wyndham’s Theatre
- 19th Mar - 8th Jun 2024
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, makes his return to the London stage in Spring 2024 starring in Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
Micky Flanagan’s Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd - 23rd Mar 2024
Micky Flanagan is back at Leicester Square Theatre doing work in progress, you get the chance to see him riff in an intimate venue, try out new material and possibly thr…
Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- East Street Lanes
- 22nd Feb 2024
Do you ever get Deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2024
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its beloved Leicester…
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2024
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2024
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Any Day Now
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 27th - 28th Jan 2024
Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns twenty-three.
Just For One Day
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Old Vic Theatre
- 2nd Feb - 30th Mar 2024
‘We can be us, just for one day’ Relive the day music brought the world together.
Peppa Pig’s Fun Day Out
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 30th Nov 2023 - 5th Jan 2025
Peppa Pig is back in her oinktastic brand new live show, Fun Day Out! Join Peppa, along with her family and friends as they go to the zoo and also the beach for a special party- it…
Frenchy – Judgement Day
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 29th Oct 2023
Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits.
Frenchy: Judgement Day
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 29th Oct 2023
Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits.
16 Postcodes - work in progress
- Listing Spoken Word
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 28th - 29th Oct 2023
Previewing extracts from her one-woman show coming in 2024, Jessica Regan will share some of her real-life London horror stories and lessons learned in trying to tame and finally s…
Josh Wolf: Bring Your Kid To Work Tour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th Oct 2023
Josh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and &…
Boxing Day
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 17th Sep 2023
William Keohane reads from Boxing Day, a 52-poem sequence detailing the poet’s experience of gender transition, one poem written per week over the course of a year…
3300 Miles: New Jersey to Edinburgh – A Transatlantic Songwriters' Circle
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 27th Aug 2023
Songwriting performers Dan Sheehan (USA), Seán McLaughlin and Fifidiny (Scotland) perform and tell the stories behind their songs in a song-circle setup, taking turns while onstag…
Tarot: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 26th Aug 2023
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Susan Harrison (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / The Bill Murray
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
Susan Harrison (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / The Bill Murray
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
A Lack of Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 25th - 26th Aug 2023
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
Memories of Summer in Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 25th Aug 2023
Jennifer Witton, soprano, Bethan Langford, mezzo-soprano, and Dylan Perez, piano, present Souvenirs D’été Édimbourgeois, a recital of music by French composers – Berlioz, Bize…
A Lack of Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 25th - 26th Aug 2023
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
Liam Tulley: APPY - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Aug 2023
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Katie Norris - Farm Fatale -Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th - 25th Aug 2023
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
I Fed My Dad to a Pelican (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 24th Aug 2023
BBC New Comedy Award-nominated Kayleigh Jones wants to tell you why she fed her dad to a pelican.
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 24th Aug 2023
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
Liam Tulley: APPY - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Aug 2023
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Katie Norris: Farm Fatale (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th - 25th Aug 2023
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Katie Norris: Farm Fatale (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th - 25th Aug 2023
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Endea Owens: New Work at The Hub
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Hub
- 23rd Aug 2023
Don’t miss the world premiere of a new work from composer and bassist Endea Owens, performing with her acclaimed sextet.
Iraqnophobia (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 23rd Aug 2023
It’s 20 years since the Iraq War and Jenan wants to talk about it.
An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica Leanne
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 25th Aug, 2023
An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends, and what an afternoon; Du Beke gives a hilarious and dazzling show filled with humour, dance and song.
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
He has been away having cancer; now he’s back with a work-in-progress show.
Alex and Roger Work It Out
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
Roger O’Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards Regional finalist) has had work featured on BBC One, BBC Three, RTÉ and BBC Radio 4.
BriTANicK: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2022).
Ali Affleck Celebrates the Queens of Swing – Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington and Anita O'Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC / The Jazz Bar
- 21st - 27th Aug 2023
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
Las Vegas in Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
Siegfried and Joy are the new masters of magic.
Hannah Platt – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 21st - 28th Aug 2023
A work in progress from BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Hannah Platt.
Lee Hudson - Smiley Faces (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 20th Aug 2023
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
Steve McNeil: Side Hustler (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 20th Aug 2023
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 20th Aug 2023
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band is back for 2023 with a fresh programme of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, the much-loved programme of instrumental music, from the Middle Ages…
Troy Hawke: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 20th - 27th Aug 2023
WIP show from multi award-winning comedian and CEO of the Greeters Guild, Troy Hawke.
Lee Hudson - Smiley Faces (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 20th Aug 2023
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
Steve McNeil: Side Hustler (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 20th Aug 2023
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
A Perfectly Average Glimpse into a Perfectly Average Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 20th - 27th Aug 2023
5 monologues.
Sarah Roberts: Worm in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 20th - 27th Aug 2023
An adorable work-in-progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Edinburgh Telephone Choir: Around the World in 80 Minutes
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 20th Aug 2023
Founded in 1947 at the Rose Street Telephone Exchange, the well-known Edinburgh Telephone Choir is still in fine voice and continues to perform in several concerts each year, raisi…
Aspects of Edinburgh (The Dene)
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dundas Street Gallery
- 19th - 28th Aug 2023
In a new series of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings, contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of work inspired by the Dene.
Tarantara – An Afternoon of Gilbert and Sullivan
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stables at Prestonfield
- 19th Aug 2023
An afternoon of Gilbert and Sullivan will be performed by singers from English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Carl Rosa and D’Oyly Carte.
Ashley Manning – Candyfloss (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 19th - 21st Aug 2023
Ashley Manning – ‘Playfully bleak’ (Scotsman) – is an independent, sexually empowered, modern woman.
Trick Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Highland Centre
- 18th Aug 2023
Trick Edinburgh is happening this summer, as Patrick Topping and this huge line-up come to The Royal Highland Centre this Friday August 18th for a very special summer night show.
Edinburgh Dungeon – There's Been a Murder!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Dungeon
- 18th - 19th Aug 2023
The cast of the Edinburgh Dungeon bring back their sell-out thrilling Fringe show but who is the culprit this time! Come and join the Secret Society of Scottish Scoundrels and inve…
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 17th - 27th Aug 2023
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
An Afternoon with Matthew Herbert at The Hub
- Listing Talks
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Hub
- 17th Aug 2023
Join composer, DJ and producer Matthew Herbert for a discussion on his approach to musical innovation.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 17th Aug 2023
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
I'm Doing the Edinburgh Fringe With My Grandad
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2023
Offbeat intergenerational stand-up from two of Bristol’s most inventive new comedians, Greg Curzon (‘hilarious.
Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
Tim Kraft Live at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 17th - 20th Aug 2023
All the way from Canada, Tim Kraft joins Hootenannies (Hoot 4) at The Apex for an hour of stand-up comedy live at the Edinburgh Fringe, from 17th to 20th August at 18:20.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 16th - 20th Aug 2023
New show from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics, featuring jokes about politics and jokes not about politics.
Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th Aug 2023
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Gig Pigs Live in Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug 2023
Gig Pigs, Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy’s podcast comes to the Pleasance for one night only! Seated or standing? Support band or drinks? Sing along as loudly as possible or watch in re…
Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th - 27th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
Laurie Stevens: Sticky Floors (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
It’s 2006, and David is preparing for the gig of a lifetime: headlining Sticky Floors, the coolest under-16s band night in the Bay Area.
Comedy for corporates: work-life balance is for losers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 20th Aug 2023
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
Abishek & Nirmal: The Reel to Real – Crowd Work Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
Abishek Kumar and Nirmal Pillai are back on the road with their hugely fun and interactive show that’s guaranteed to leave you cackling.
Al Porter: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
2016 Edinburgh Best Show nominee.
Kate-Lois Elliott: Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 16th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 14th - 16th Aug 2023
Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Hypothetical and the surveillance camera when she forgot to pay for petrol, Harriet’s at the Fringe for…
Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 14th - 16th Aug 2023
Stand-up Eleanor Morton presents new ideas as she works towards her next show.
The Grand Return of the Edinburgh Revue
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 14th - 27th Aug 2023
Edinburgh’s best homegrown student comedy show is back! Featuring talent from the city’s finest up and coming student comics, witness the Edinburgh Revue’s triumphant return …
Basil Bottler: Wank In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 14th Aug 2023
Intergalactic Man of Mystery, Basil Bottler makes his Edinburgh debut in this one-off hour of jokes, songs, poems and dicking about.
Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2023
BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 16th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers.
Acoustic Blues in the Afternoon
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2023
Returning to the Jazz Bar for the fifth year, Scottish acoustic guitar and double bass duo Malt and Rye will be playing classic blues and roots songs from the last 100 years.
Tales of Edinburgh Horror
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 14th - 24th Aug 2023
Every city has a history, but when it comes to grisly secrets, it’s hard to rival the gruesome history of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Fringe Fling
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Old Dr Bells Baths
- 13th Aug 2023
The Edinburgh Fringe Fling will debut at the Old Dr Bells Baths at this year’s Festival Fringe.
The Edinburgh Fridge Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle
- 12th - 27th Aug 2023
Come and hear from SMEG, the most poetic fridge on the fringe! 45 minutes of character comedy, silly poems and the best props you’ll ever see in your life! What’s in the fridge? Ev…
Samantha Day: The Booby Trap
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 12th - 27th Aug 2023
Following the success of her hit show Careering, Samantha Day is back at the Fringe with The Booby Trap! Breasts loom large in our culture – but why? Samantha gets her tit jokes …
Another Afternoon at the Opera with Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Friends
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 12th - 12th Aug 2023
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
Nick Elleray: Sassy Unit (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 20th Aug 2023
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 12th Aug 2023
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Nick Elleray: Sassy Unit (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 20th Aug 2023
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Reginald D. Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit – A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 11th - 20th Aug 2023
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
Lou Taylor - Jeans and a Nice Top (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 11th - 26th Aug 2023
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 11th - 14th Aug 2023
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Simon Amstell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th - 12th Aug 2023
In a thrilling, last-minute addition, Simon Amstell will return to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in six years to perform a late-night show of new stand-up material for a …
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2023
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 11th - 12th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music to celebrate its summer season.
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 11th - 14th Aug 2023
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Lou Taylor: Jeans and a Nice Top (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 11th - 26th Aug 2023
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
An Afternoon with Geoff Sobelle at The Hub
- Listing Talks
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Hub
- 10th Aug 2023
Join award-winning absurdist performer Geoff Sobelle for an afternoon at The Hub.
Edinburgh Gin: Seaside Gin and Oyster Pairing
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Gin Shop
- 10th - 24th Aug 2023
Join us for an evening of wonder, told through taste, as we bring the shoreline of our beautiful namesake city to you and showcase our award-winning Seaside Gin.
Nish Kumar: Them Changes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 10th - 14th Aug 2023
‘I catch a paper boy, but things don’t really change’ (David Bowie).
Rachel Parris: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th - 13th Aug 2023
The BAFTA-nominated comedian, The Mash Report (BBC2) star, Live at the Apollo (BBC1) star and viral sensation, presents a work-in-progress hour of her signature blend of stand-up a…
The Rise and Fall of Nerine Skinner (A Liz Truss Parody) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2023
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Nerine Skinner: In Two Minds (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
The Rise and Fall of Nerine Skinner (A Liz Truss Parody) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2023
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Camden Comedy Club
- 8th - 26th Aug 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and too concretey) For TV (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 8th - 9th Aug 2023
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and too concretey) For TV (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 8th - 9th Aug 2023
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Camden Comedy Club
- 8th - 26th Aug 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Ibrahem Al Hajjaj: From Riyadh to Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 8th - 12th Aug 2023
Saudi stand-up Ibrahem Al Hajjaj brings his act to the UK for the first time.
Edinburgh's Quickest Pub Quiz
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia
- 7th - 28th Aug 2023
Fan of a pub quiz? Test your knowledge under time pressure with this exciting, entertaining and at times farcical format, that’s already a hit at the prestigious Gleneagles Townhou…
Afternoon Classics by ROSL Recitals
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 7th - 11th Aug 2023
Escape the afternoon crowds and enjoy amazing classical music with a ROSL Recital.
Tipples, Tales and Traditions with Edinburgh Gin
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Gin Distillery
- 7th - 28th Aug 2023
Immerse yourself in the enchanting wonder of Edinburgh at our exclusive tasting experience.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 7th - 17th Aug 2023
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 7th Aug 2023
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
Excelf-esteem (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 6th - 7th Aug 2023
Steph is a really chill girl.
Alex Kealy: 2023 Work-in-progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 6th - 27th Aug 2023
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Toby Williams: Gubbins (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
The Spirit of Edinburgh
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Yotel Edinburgh
- 6th - 20th Aug 2023
Join us on a multi-sensorial experience as you discover the stories that link Scotland’s capital with the G&T.
Joseph Parsons: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th Aug 2023
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th - 15th Aug 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Excelf-esteem (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 6th - 7th Aug 2023
Steph is a really chill girl.
Alistair Barrie: Woke in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 6th - 19th Aug 2023
‘The brilliantly topical Alistair Barrie, one of the UK’s sharpest comedians’ (Herald) returns to the Fringe with ‘an absolutely stunning hour of political comedy’ (Entertainment-N…
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th - 15th Aug 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Alex Kealy: The Fear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 6th - 27th Aug 2023
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Toby Williams: Gubbins (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Joseph Parsons: Overhaul (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 6th Aug 2023
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Stand-up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
Body: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 5th - 9th Aug 2023
She’s had it all her life and finally comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to celebrate her body.
Ted Milligan: The Finished Product (A Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Irreverent stand-up and sketch from an award-winning character comedian whose writing has been praised as ‘hilarious.
Supporter Event: Supporters’ Afternoon Tea
- Listing Supporter events
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh
- 5th Aug 2023
An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival.
11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 5th - 26th Aug 2023
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
159th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Photographic Society
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Photographic Society held its first international exhibition in 1861.
Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy: Late Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2023
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from around the Fringe in a late show full of fun and laughter.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 4th - 28th Aug 2023
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both Old and New Town, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh and revealing some of the secrets …
Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 4th - 13th Aug 2023
Jamali Maddix is working up a brand-new hour.
Mike Rice: An Irish Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Eastside
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Sultry Irish comedian Mike Rice is working through some brand-new stories and jokes about cows, the Dali Lama, insomnia and the power of the human mind.
Darwin in Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point @ Potterrow Underpass (Lothian Street Side)
- 4th - 13th Aug 2023
In 1825 Darwin arrived to study Medicine.
Silent Disco Walking Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
With over 1,000 five-star sell-out Fringe shows in Edinburgh and around the globe under our kilts, come join Roo and her Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party as she returns for …
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy / Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 4th - 22nd Aug 2023
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Ray Bradshaw – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
Multi international award-winning comedian Ray Bradshaw is back at the Fringe with a brand-new show after his hit UK 2023 tour, Deaf Com 1.
A Year and a Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
A curse causes Nathan to skip into the future whenever he falls asleep.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 4th - 16th Aug 2023
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Northern Lights A Cappella's 10th B'day Bash: Top of the Bops
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group is back at the Edinburgh Fringe to celebr…
Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St / theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
Edinburgh's Greatest Hits Music Walking Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (Next to the Festival Theatre Café side door)
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
Get off the tourist trail and explore Edinburgh’s music scene with irreverent stories of the performers who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city.
Islam Festival Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 4th - 20th Aug 2023
Have you ever wanted to visit a mosque? Do you have any burning questions about Islam? Would you like to discover more about a faith which is often misunderstood? Every year at Fri…
Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is the hysterical, historical and completely original walking tour of Edinburgh led by professional local award-winning comedian Daniel Downie.
Best Comedy Show Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 3rd - 15th Aug 2023
Woah.
An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Step back in time to 1995 and come join a hilarious taster session of the Cliff Richard Fan Club! Our group of ladies will welcome you, make you laugh (and maybe cry too) and even …
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 3rd - 6th Aug 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Glenn Moore: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 3rd - 15th Aug 2023
‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ (Guardian).
Jessie Cave: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
Jessie Cave works up a new show about the complexities of motherhood, social anxiety and heartbreak.
Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2023
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Adam Riley: Late-Night Comedy in the Afternoon
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca…
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
The Gong of Edinburgh: Comedy Gong Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Gong Shows have launched the careers of several famous comedians.
Wham Bam Thank You Mam (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
This absurdist trio brings you an hour of off-the-walls stand-up and sketch comedy through the Welsh, Irish, Malaysian and 30-something perspective.
Tom Houghton – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
The Honourable Tom Houghton is back at the fringe hot off his starring role in The Circle (Netflix) to work through a bunch of new ideas for his upcoming tour of the UK, Europe and…
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Jamie Primrose: Visions of Edinburgh – 20th Anniversary Showcase
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dundas Street Gallery
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2023
The best-selling contemporary Scottish artist’s eagerly anticipated retrospective of over 50 stunning oil paintings, inks and prints.
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 3rd - 6th Aug 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Kate-Lois Elliott: Gentrif*cked (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Museum of Comedy / The Bill Murray
- 5th Aug 2022 - 13th Aug 2023
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
A Lovely Day to Be Online
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Singer-songwriter and self-obsessed internet addict Connor Morel fronts a live three-piece band in this original gig-theatre show that asks: are we doing the internet right? Is the…
Amelia Bayler: I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 15th Aug, 2023
The Blundabus is absolutely packed for Amelia Bayler’s I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star.
Viggo Venn: Clown (Clown in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2023
Hello.
Alvin Liu: First World Eyebrows (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Home Bar
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2023
London-based Chinese comedian Alvin Liu’s debut show delivers distinctive cultural humour with his playful views on China and the UK.
Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Stand-up comedian, social media star and ultimate try-hard Abi Clarke performs new material in an intimate venue, developing her highly anticipated debut show.
Best of Edinburgh Fringe for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
A fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
John Robins: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Notes on stage? Tick! Breath-taking riff-scenarios? Tick! Bits that don’t work? Tick! Progress not perfection, people! Witness some progress from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner / fa…
James Rowland: Piece of Work
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life.
Seann Walsh: I'm Just Trying To Get Through The Day (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 2nd Aug 2023
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Ed Gamble: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
- 2nd - 13th Aug 2023
Co-host of Off Menu, Taskmaster champion and as seen on his stand-up special Blood Sugar (Amazon Prime), join the ‘consistently eye-wateringly hilarious’ (i Newspaper) Ed Gamble fo…
First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall.
Tarot: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2023
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Tom Mayhew: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 2nd Aug 2023
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Jordan Brookes: Snakes for Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
A while back, I found a video online of an animated snake crawling, made for entertaining cats.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 2nd Aug 2023
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 9th Aug 2023
The giddy inner workings of a comedy show in its beginnings.
Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 1st - 8th Aug 2023
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
Northern Lights A Cappella's 10th B'day Bash: Top of the Bops
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 29th - 30th Jul 2023
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group debuts at the Durham Fringe Festival to c…
Northern Lights A Cappella's 10th B'day Bash: Top of the Bops
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 29th - 30th Jul 2023
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group debuts at the Durham Fringe Festival to c…
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 30th Jul 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Lynn T. Walsh: Before The Drugs Kick In (Edinburgh Fringe Preview)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 28th - 29th Jul 2023
One of America’s top comedians, Lynn T.
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 30th Jul 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Xennial: Warrior Princess (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 27th Jul 2023
Xennial: Warrior Princess (Work in progress) So I’m 40 now; when does life begin? Old enough to know the link between pencils and cassette tapes, and remember having to roll do…
Mister Shakespeare - An Incomplete Work
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 26th - 27th Jul 2023
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Mister Shakespeare - An Incomplete Work
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 26th - 27th Jul 2023
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Jul 2023
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
A Grand Day Out
- Listing Theatre
- FUSE International
- FUSEBOX
- 5th Jul 2023
About the show Ever wondered what would happen if you got your divorced parents back together again for a day? BóNJ is a “bitofalaugh,” “intri…
Edinburgh Preview: Coffee Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 27th Jun 2023
Meet Beanie: the love child of George Clooney and a Nespresso machine.
A Year and A Day
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 11th - 12th Jun 2023
An inexplicable curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep, only existing for twenty-four hours, once a year before being thrown forwa…
A Year and a Day
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 11th - 12th Jun 2023
A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep.
Brighton Buddhist Centre: Open Day 2023
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 3rd Jun 2023
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
Brighton Buddhist Centre: Open Day 2023
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 28th May 2022 - 3rd Jun 2023
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
Notes from the Noughties: A Work-In-Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 1st Jun 2023
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Notes from the Noughties: A Work-In-Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 1st Jun 2023
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Charlotte Fox: Flamebird (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 1st Jun 2023
Expect a genre blending and dazzling performance by Comedian, Actor, Clown, Charlotte Fox who brings sassy, psychedelic and surreal comedy antics to the stage.
Eric Rushton: Not That Deep (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May 2023
Best New Show Nominee 2023 (Leicester Comedy Festival).
Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 30th - 31st May 2023
NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL Masculinity is in crisis.
Rahul Somia: Tuesday Date (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May 2023
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Rahul Somia: Tuesday Date (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May 2023
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 29th May - 4th Jun 2023
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
One Day When We Were Young
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 29th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 29th - 29th May 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Kevin Precious: The Reluctant Teacher (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2023
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 29th May - 4th Jun 2023
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
Glass of Sketch (On The Rocks) Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2023
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Matt Green: That Guy (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 29th - 29th May 2023
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
PACE Masterclass: Networking & Pitching Your Work
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th May 2023
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
PACE Masterclass: Networking & Pitching Your Work
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 29th May 2023
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
Kevin Precious: The Reluctant Teacher (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2023
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Ella The Great: An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Ella The Great: An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2023
An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work In Progress) For the first time, internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great (‘lights up the stage’ -The Scotsman) br…
Studio Exhibition: Work Produced by our Students
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sew Fabulous
- 27th May 2023
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
Maddie Campion of the World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2023
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
Rhiannon Shaw (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 27th - 29th May 2023
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Tim Reeves: Ear Trumpet (Progress-In-Work)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 27th May - 4th Jun 2023
★★★★★ “eccentric.
Chin Wang & Alvin Liu: Bring Out the Fine China (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 27th - 29th May 2023
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Studio Exhibition: Work Produced by our Students
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sew Fabulous
- 27th May 2023
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
Maddie Campion of the World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2023
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (plus support) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 27th May - 3rd Jun 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Chin Wang & Alvin Liu: Bring Out the Fine China (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 27th - 29th May 2023
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Kuan-wen: Ilha Formosa (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 29th May 2023
Kuan-wen is one of the few Taiwanese comedians who performs English stand-up comedy in the UK (if not the only one as of 2023).
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus Stop (work-in-progress) (45 minutes) (funny ha, ha)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 27th May - 3rd Jun 2023
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Rhiannon Shaw (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 27th - 29th May 2023
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Skeletons: Work-In-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 26th - 28th May 2023
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 28th May 2023
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O'Connell: Money Princess (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2023
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Liam Withnail: (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May 2023
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
Liam Withnail: (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May 2023
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 28th May 2023
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O'Connell: Money Princess (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2023
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 26th May 2023
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 26th May 2023
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 24th - 26th May 2023
The Genocial Liberal is back.
Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 31st May 2022 - 26th May 2023
Kate-Lois Elliott has been rising fast on the UK comedy scene with her self-deprecating millennial meltdowns.
Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 24th - 26th May 2023
The Genocial Liberal is back.
Kate-Lois Elliott: Gentrif*cked (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 26th May 2023
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee and Brighton-bred comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly …
Mediocre Gay (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd May 2023
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Mediocre Gay (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd May 2023
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Kate Dale: Up to Scratch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 23rd May 2023
Bisexual comedian Kate Dale fingers her way through middle life as she navigates the challenges and finds the joy in being a beginner once more, while discovering, after a lifetime…
Groundhog Day
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Old Vic
- 22nd May - 12th Aug 2023
Phil Connors is a pretty awful guy.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar & Lies (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 23rd May 2023
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Elaine Fellows: Sugar & Lies (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 23rd May 2023
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Dynamite Boogaloo: Afternoon Delight
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 21st May 2023
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Dynamite Boogaloo: Afternoon Delight
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 28th May 2022 - 21st May 2023
Brighton’s legendary pop’n’cabaret knees-up returns once again to Brighton Fringe.
Educated Idiot (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 23rd May 2023
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
Educated Idiot (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 23rd May 2023
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
Groundhog Day
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Old Vic Theatre
- 14th Jun, 2023
From the outset, Danny Rubin and Tim Minchin’s Groundhog Day appears to be part of the trend to turn classic films into musicals.
Abbie Murphy: Empath (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 20th May - 3rd Jun 2023
My name is Abbie and I’m an Empath.
Jaz Mattu (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 19th - 26th May 2023
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Jaz Mattu (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 19th - 26th May 2023
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 18th May 2023
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.
Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 18th May 2023
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.
The Final Girl (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 15th - 20th May 2023
Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo…
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 16th May 2023
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Last Man Standing (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 15th - 16th May 2023
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Last Man Standing (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 15th - 16th May 2023
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 16th May 2023
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 14th May 2023
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton fuse together to bring you an hour of turbocharged off the wall standup a…
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Annabel Edmonds: Gremlin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 14th - 17th May 2023
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Annabel Edmonds: Gremlin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 14th - 17th May 2023
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
Ali Brice: I'm More Interested In What You Have to Say (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May - 3rd Jun 2023
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Spin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 13th - 27th May 2023
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 13th - 14th May 2023
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May 2023
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Ali Brice: I'm More Interested In What You Have to Say (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May - 3rd Jun 2023
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Spin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 13th - 27th May 2023
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 13th - 14th May 2023
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 13th May 2023
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th - 14th May 2023
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
Luca Cupani (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2023
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 12th - 13th May 2023
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
Joe Jacobs: Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 20th May 2023
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Joe Jacobs: Work-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 20th May 2023
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 12th - 13th May 2023
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th - 14th May 2023
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
Luca Cupani (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2023
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 12th May 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Viggo Venn: CLOWN (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 11th - 19th May 2023
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Viggo Venn: CLOWN (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 11th - 19th May 2023
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 12th May 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 11th May 2023
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
James Danielewski: Rainbow Trout (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 10th - 27th May 2023
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
James Danielewski: Rainbow Trout (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 10th - 27th May 2023
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 11th May 2023
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
Tom Mayhew: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 11th May 2023
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 9th - 23rd May 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 11th May 2023
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 9th - 23rd May 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Mudfish (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 8th May - 4th Jun 2023
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Flirt (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 8th - 9th May 2023
Tragedy.
Mark Bittlestone (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May 2022 - 27th May 2023
Mark is convinced that he’s the only gay man doing comedy in the world so please be respectful and don’t tell him otherwise! Rapidly making a name for himself both online and o…
Flirt (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 8th - 9th May 2023
Tragedy.
Mudfish (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 8th May - 4th Jun 2023
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Mark Bittlestone (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th - 27th May 2023
Stand-up comedian and social media sensation (in his own words, not in any objective description of the term) Mark Bittlestone brings a load of new and a few (or, hopefully for you…
Farah Sharp & Sharon Wanjohi: Can (And Will) Complain (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 12th May 2023
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2023
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 14th May 2023
A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Farah Sharp & Sharon Wanjohi: Can (And Will) Complain (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 12th May 2023
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Spend The Day In My Shrews!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 7th - 14th May 2023
Would you like to spend a day in our shrews? We only have one shrew, so you’ll have to share with us.
Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2023
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 14th May 2023
A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Spend The Day In My Shrews!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 7th - 14th May 2023
Would you like to spend a day in our shrews? We only have one shrew, so you’ll have to share with us.
EBae: Ruby Carr (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 7th May 2023
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Michael Welch - Ethnic Reveal Party (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 6th - 11th May 2023
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
EBae: Ruby Carr (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 7th May 2023
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th - 8th May 2023
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
MOJO (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2023
MOJO is a split bill of stand-up comedy featuring Mohaimen and Jomi Cruz.
Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th - 8th May 2023
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th - 8th May 2023
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 7th May 2023
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
CHEAT: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 12th May 2023
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
Anthony Gilét - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 11th May 2023
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th - 8th May 2023
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 7th May 2023
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Anthony Gilét - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 11th May 2023
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Jake Baker: Caring Is Creepy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
CHEAT: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 12th May 2023
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 7th - 8th Apr 2023
Capitol Theatre Company is back with the extended version of ”Work in Progress”, adding a second act to the 20 minute one-act-play performed at Scene and Hea…
Where have all our women gone? (International Women's Day Festival)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 24th - 25th Mar 2023
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Going Straight to Gay (International Women's Day Festival)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 23rd - 25th Mar 2023
Imagine being in a new relationship.
By The Light Of The Moon (International Women's Day Festival)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 23rd - 25th Mar 2023
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
Cheers to you, Jenny! (International Women's Day Festival)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 22nd - 24th Mar 2023
What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all.
Shane Todd: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Mar 2023
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
Shane Todd: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Mar 2023
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
Polly Peculiar (International Women's Day Festival)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 21st - 22nd Mar 2023
There is something peculiar about Polly Tips.
VIRGIN-ia (International Women's Day Festival)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 19th - 21st Mar 2023
VIRGIN-ia is a one-woman play about a sexually motivated virgin.
EGG (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 15th - 16th Mar 2023
Funny, funny, funny sketches we haven’t written yet.
Sara Barron (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 15th - 16th Mar 2023
“Star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns to throw some new ideas at the wall.
Jordan Brookes: Snakes For Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 14th - 18th Mar 2023
A while back I found a video online of a snake crawling, made for the purpose of entertaining cats.
Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 14th Mar 2023
“Recently handpicked by Fred Armisen to be his opener, Josh Weller is a failed musician turned comedian.
Adam Riches (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 12th Mar 2023
Hi.
Stevie Martin: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 12th Mar 2023
Award-winning comedian Stevie Martin (8 out of 10 Cats, Late Night Mash, a Thorntons advert) is making a comedy show.
Nitwit At Hanging Rock (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 11th - 12th Mar 2023
One mysterious day in 1900, a group of innocent school girls went missing in the Australian Bush.
Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th - 12th Mar 2023
Dan has been a data collector for 10 years.
Ed Gaughan: Words and Music (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 9th - 10th Mar 2023
Come and discover UK comedy’s best kept secret! Over many years Ed has written, directed and performed work for and with many of the UK’s most loved acts- including Milton Jones…
Ira Sylvester: Someone Save the King (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 9th Mar 2023
Ira Sylvester in his first one-man show takes to the stage to deliver an auto-biographically generated story of his journey where he tries to delve into where one of mixed-heritage…
Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 8th Mar 2023
An hour of new material from Host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast, Stuart Goldsmith.
Jack Barry: (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 8th Mar 2023
Hey you, reading this.
Good Day
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 7th - 12th Mar 2023
Zara lives in a perfect world.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th - 16th Mar 2023
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Charlie George: Grace (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th Mar 2023
Charlie George Swindon’s finest queer, mixed-race, neurodiverse, working class, ex-Jehovah’s Witness comedian longs for Grace.
Daniel Foxx (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 7th Mar 2023
Heroes are boring.
James Alexander: Quantum (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 4th Mar 2023
A character comedy show in this world.
Hannah Platt (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 4th - 5th Mar 2023
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
JOBSWORTH (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 4th - 5th Mar 2023
“I’m a full time employee three times over.
Alice Frick: The Anti Self-Help Show (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 2nd Mar 2023
Good things will happen.
Reply Guys, The Musical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 2nd Mar 2023
In 2022, Olga Koch wrote a master’s thesis about reply guys. This is a work-in-progress of a musical based on that thesis. ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph
Martha Pailing: Chat Shit, Get Hit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 1st - 2nd Mar 2023
Ever been so angry you couldn’t breathe? Poignant, funny and uncompromising, Chat Shit, Get Hit, is a brand-new show about female rage, the pain of betrayal, and getting better …
Sikisa: Words (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 1st - 2nd Mar 2023
Just back from doing her acclaimed debut hour, Sikisa is here with a new show and she is worried about words! She always thinks she’s gonna say the wrong thing at the wrong time …
Lucy Farrett: Saint Cowpat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 28th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
Stand-up from a holy cowpat masquerading as a woman.
How to Catch a Bear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Studio
- 28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2023
Five years ago, Carys nearly disappeared.
Tamar Broadbent: Objectified, Electrified (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 28th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
Tamar first met feminism in high school but was scared to be its friend because it wasn’t very popular.
Jaz Mattu (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 26th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Priya Hall: Sertraline Dreams (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 25th Feb 2023
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
Garbo! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 25th - 26th Feb 2023
An absurd character comedy featuring the life story of the most famous woman in the world, the man who has the house we all want and GARBO! Inspired (very loosely) by Vitto Russo�…
The Really Useless Cabaret (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 25th - 26th Feb 2023
Come sing along, for the first time ever The Really Useless Group is introducing their brand spanking new set of bangers such as The Pink Tax Tango, White Van Driven By A White Man…
Instructions on How to Cry (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 24th - 25th Feb 2023
Instructions on How to Cry is a new devised play exploring the science and mystery of emotional tears which appear to be solely present in Homo Sapiens.
SLOW NEWS DAY
- Listing Comedy
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 24th Feb 2023
A COMEDY SHOW ABOUT THE NEWSCan a small writers' room with limited resources put out a quality product in less than 24 hours? Of course they can.
Posey Mehta: Babycakes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 22nd Feb 2023
Lifetime Achievement Awards come but once in a lifetime, which means Mitzi has just one shot to deliver an acceptance speech that will land her in Hollywood’s Halls of Fame.
Kit Sullivan: Overcommmmmits (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 21st Feb 2023
The happiest day of your life includes robots, time travel and a decent spread on the buffet table.
Suchandrika Chakrabarti: Reunion/Afterparty (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 21st - 22nd Feb 2023
After taking her debut comedy hour I Miss Amy Winehouse (“vulnerable, poignant and hilarious” - Boom Chicago Comedy Festival) to Edinburgh Fringe for a full run, Suchandrika (“warm…
Charlie Vero-Martin: Picnic (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 21st Feb 2023
The planet is melting and life is spinning out of control but maybe Charlie can save it all with a nice picnic.
Owen Roberts: The Boy With The Backwards Heart (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 19th Feb 2023
What is love? It’s a mystery.
Joey Page: Thank You For Coming (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 17th Feb - 15th Mar 2023
Come watch a working class motormouth, trapped in a hipster’s body.
Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 17th - 18th Feb 2023
WGGB-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at Brighton Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Five Dresses I Never Wear (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 17th - 19th Feb 2023
This is a solo show about femininity and trauma.
Isabelle Farah: irreplaceabelle (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 16th Feb 2023
A WIP hour of stand up from Isabelle Farah Isabelle’s first show, Ellipsis, and second show, irresponsabelle, both had excellent runs at Edinburgh fringe and she returns with ano…
Alex MacKeith Progresses His Work
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 15th Feb 2023
Alex MacKeith goes electric for his second musical comedy show.
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 15th Feb 2023
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny exploration of culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Alfie Brown: Red Flags Galore! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers / The Spacement at The Glitch
- 15th Feb - 19th Mar 2023
In his new show, award winning comedian Alfie Brown is showing signs that he probably can’t have a healthy relationship and proceeding down the road with him would be emotionally d…
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2023 - 14th Feb 2024
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its beloved Leicester…
Shaggers: Valentine’s Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2023
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to …
Pauline Daniels - Get Me Before The Crematorium Does: The Valentines Day Version
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Feb 2023
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song.
Restless Bitch Face (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
They’re here, one’s queer, and they never get over anything.
Shaggers: Valentine’s Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2023
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to …
Crizards (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 14th - 23rd Feb 2023
The UK’s lowest energy double act (Crizards) present a new work in progress show.
Orlando Gibbs: Finch Boy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
Musical comedian Orlando Gibbs (MCA Finals 2021, 2022, 2Northdown Semi-Finalist 2021) sings and chats about the little things in life.
Pauline Daniels - Get Me Before The Crematorium Does: The Valentines Day Version
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Feb 2023
Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of comedy and music in the Royal Court Studio.
Isobel Rogers (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
Witty and inventive, with a sharp eye for satire and poetic lyrics to match, Isobel Rogers unmasks our shadier selves as we all navigate, or fail to navigate, relationships and our…
Micky Flanagan Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Feb 2023
Micky Flanagan’s Warm Up Show at Leicester Square Theatre.
Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 11th Feb 2023
Alexandra Haddow isn’t quite sure what she wants yet, but that’s ok, because she’s only 18.
Sarah Roberts: Do You Know Who I Am? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th - 11th Feb 2023
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (do not look that up).
Yuriko Kotani: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th Feb 2023
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second language”…
Raj Poojara (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 10th Feb - 10th Mar 2023
As seen on BBC’s New Comedy Awards, Raj’s work in progress explores what it’s like being a fair skinned Indian boy growing up in Britain.
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa: French Kiss Tunnel (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 9th Feb 2023
As seen on ITV2 and BBC, French Kiss Tunnel (WIP) will be the first outing of the beginnings of Vidura B.R.’s new hour. It’s about love. He does songs now.
Jessie Nixon: Damsel (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
Jessie Nixon seeks to make her mark with her debut hour of stand-up in new show ‘Damsel’.
Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 9th Feb 2023
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
Kat Bond: Pleaser (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
‘Do you like me? Suppose it is too early to say’.
Angie's Easy | Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
Angie's Easy Pals, gals, pints, cans, Hozier Work in Progress Reality is overrated Angie's Easy - Biaina Ryan "Pub, gaff, good…
Ahir Shah (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 9th Feb 2023
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award ‘Best Show’ nominee Ahir Shah is one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation and is known for his sharp, intellectual brand of stand-up …
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 8th - 9th Feb 2023
Brand-new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down-right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Ben Target (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 8th Feb - 14th Mar 2023
A bedazzling show from “a true original and a legend in the making” (The Guardian).
Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 8th Feb - 7th Mar 2023
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4 Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty …
Lou Taylor (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 8th - 9th Feb 2023
With a mixture of standup & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Louise Atkinson: Mates (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th Feb 2023
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist & Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Rose Johnson (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th Feb 2023
Rose Johnson is 37 and all she’s got to show for it is nine chin hairs, a Love Island addiction, and a world-class talent for over-thinking (plus jokes re: all the above).
Micky Overman: The Stuff (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 7th - 21st Feb 2023
Comedian Micky Overman is back and she’s got some opinions! After spending most of her life thinking of her opinions as ‘inside thoughts’ she is now getting ready to share them w…
Rhiannon Shaw (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 7th Feb 2023
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
CRACKED (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 7th - 10th Feb 2023
Welcome to Topps Tiles! Your budget friendly solution to all your tiling needs! Can’t decide between Vinyl or laminate? Confused about grouting? Or perhaps you’re stuck in a re…
Lulu Popplewell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 5th Feb - 11th Mar 2023
Brilliant confessional comedy from ‘such a funny and warm performer’ with ‘quick lines and sharp gags’ (Plays To See).
Sarah Keyworth (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 4th Feb 2023
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt / The Flair Ground
- 3rd Feb - 18th Mar 2023
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton have fused together to bring you an hour of turbo charged off the wall st…
LILIT (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Cavern
- 3rd - 4th Feb 2023
‘LILIT’ is a wickedly funny, razor-sharp, joyous queer cabaret in the voice of Lilith, an ancient Jewish demon.
Thick n Fast (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 3rd Feb 2023
Award-nominated duo Thick ‘n’ Fast embark on a pioneering journey to conquer the Final (we mean it this time) Frontier: the Metaverse.
Nabil Abdulrashid (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 3rd Feb 2023
An hour of developing new material from Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid.
Smalltown Boy: The Remix (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 2nd - 24th Feb 2023
Comedian Harry Wright develops their hour Smalltown Boy, which was due to appear at VAULT Festival last year.
Eddy Hare (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 2nd Feb - 2nd Mar 2023
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work-in-progress show.
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 1st Feb 2023
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award, writer for Horrible Histories & The Emily Atack Show) takes an analytic look at his…
Patrick Spicer (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 1st - 2nd Feb 2023
Patrick Spicer is the undisputed world champion of telling jokes that he has written, and this time he has exactly one hour of them.
Leila Navabi: Composition (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 31st Jan - 1st Feb 2023
Welsh, Brown, Gay, Gen-Z comedian Leila Navabi, (BBC New Comedy Awards) is bringing you a show about how unethical it is to artistically exploit marginalised identities for social …
Ania Magliano (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 31st Jan - 2nd Feb 2023
Ania’s sharp, wry writing combined with her affable performance style make her a ‘glittering new talent’ (The i Paper) of the UK comedy scene.
Darran Griffiths: Inconceivable (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 29th Jan 2023
Darran Griffiths is a comedian, host and podcaster who has a blend of Caribbean confidence and Essex irreverence.
Piece of Work
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 29th Jan - 19th Mar 2023
A story about the unfolding of the infinite, about the tangled mess of the UK, about two brothers and one remarkable chicken burger.
Luisa Omielan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 28th - 29th Jan 2023
Join ‘genre defining’ comedian Luisa on her latest masterpiece in action, by the time we finish together, it will be.
Janine Harouni (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 27th Jan - 7th Mar 2023
Janine thought she knew her family.
Tadiwa Mahlunge: 25 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 27th Jan - 1st Mar 2023
Billed as “one of the country’s top new comedy acts” by The York Press, Tadiwa Mahlunge has performed at, among others, the Latitude, Greenman, and Greenwich Comedy Festivals -…
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan 2023
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith presents a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Ali Woods (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers / The Spacement at The Glitch
- 26th Jan - 21st Feb 2023
Award-winning comedian Ali Woods returns with his latest jokes! Half-English, half-Scottish Londoner, Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hac…
Georgina Thomas (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan 2023
This is an experimental work-in-progress by Georgina Thomas, a polite young lady from Hertfordshire.
Freya Parker: It Ain't Easy Being Cheeky (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan - 28th Feb 2023
An hour of critical thinking on what it means to be a little cheeky guy in a world on fire.
Jessica Aszkenasy: Bus stop (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 25th Jan - 16th Mar 2023
Why does one become obsessed with Taylor Swift at 30 when one loved Sting at 8? (years old, not AM) Can one shit on a bus and also maintain a healthy romantic relationship? WHY ARE…
Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 25th Jan - 9th Mar 2023
Chloe Petts presents her follow up show to hit debut, Transience.
Mark Bittlestone (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 25th - 26th Jan 2023
Join Mark for 50 minutes of stuff, some new, most old, hopefully mostly funny.
Tamsyn Kelly: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 24th - 25th Jan 2023
Tamsyn Kelly looks at how the men in her life have shaped who she is.
Degenerate (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 24th Jan - 19th Feb 2023
Maria isn’t dead yet; she’s just forty.
Ashish Suri: Hipster on the Loose (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 24th Jan - 9th Mar 2023
The show comprises of Ashish Suri sharing his weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
Six Plays One Day
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 21st Jan 2023
Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time.
John Bishop: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th - 26th Jan 2023
Star of Saturday night's The John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi-award winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for …
John Bishop: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th - 26th Jan 2023
Star of Saturday nights the John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi award-winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for 4 nigh…
Benjamin Russell | Niall Kinsella
- Listing Music
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 6th Nov 2022
Irish baritone Benjamin Russell is currently a member of the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany.
Woolwich Works in Progress: Ed Night + Tadiwa Mahlunge
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Woolwich Works
- 26th Oct 2022
Ed Night - who you might have seen seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and Comedy Central - will be bringing an hour of brand-new jokes along with ‘one of the country’s top new comedy acts’, T…
Woolwich Works in Progress: Esther Manito + David Mills
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Woolwich Works
- 20th Oct 2022
If you missed Esther Manito on Live at the Apollo, this is fantastic chance to see the Lebanese-British stand up in person.
Ricky Gervais: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th Sep 2022
Ricky Gervais returns to Leicester Square with a night of new material.
Eureka Day
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Old Vic Theatre
- 14th Sep - 31st Oct 2022
'The perfect play for our age of disagreement.
Discovery (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 28th Aug 2022
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
Discovery (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 28th Aug 2022
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
Thank You, Edinburgh: Princes Street Gardens
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Princes Street Gardens
- 27th Aug 2022
Enjoy a livestreamed concert from The Philadelphia Orchestra in the picturesque Princes Street Gardens, as we celebrate our 75th anniversary and thank all those who’ve supported us…
Thank You, Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 27th Aug 2022
Join The Philadelphia Orchestra for a special free concert to celebrate our 75th anniversary and thank all those who’ve supported us and our community.
Thistle Be a Reigny Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 27th Aug 2022
Aberdeen Chorus proudly presents this re-imagined tale for all to enjoy! Having pulled the sword from the stone, King Arthur must assemble his knights and find the legendary Camelo…
Optimistic (Work in Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 26th Aug 2022
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionize medicine – and people believe her.
Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Brian Cox In Conversation
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 26th Aug 2022
Emmy and two-time Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox arrives in Edinburgh to discuss his life and work, from Dundee Rep and Hannibal Lecktor, via cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant…
Omar&Lee are EVERYMAN (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2022
Countercultural goons Omar&Lee workshop their way to mature masculinity.
A Perfect Day
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
Set to excerpts of Glenn Gould’s rendition of Bach’s Two and Three Part Inventions, and accompanied by a luminous sound design by John Gzowski, A Perfect Day speaks to Laurence L…
1:2:2192 (Retribution Day)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
A lawyer sits in a strong room.
Pat Cahill: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
My WIP will likely include songs about buying a Pritt Stick, sleepy eyes and absolutely loads of double entendres if I have my way.
An Evening With Mr Noel Howard
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
William Roby stars as centenarian cabaret artist Mr Noel Howard in this solo show about a veteran performer who at a hundred-and-something (his actual age is revealed in the show i…
Degenerate (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2022
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
Born To Be Wide Presents: Edinburgh's Greatest Hits (Book Launch and DJs)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fruitmarket
- 22nd Aug 2022
Scotland’s music industry social night, Born To Be Wide, presents a celebration of Edinburgh’s scene, past and present.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 21st Aug 2022
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns in 2022 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of instrumental music from the Middle Ages …
Katie Norris and Lou Taylor: Edinburgh's Next Top Models
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 21st - 28th Aug 2022
Smoking hot split bill of stand-up from two fully developed women.
Edinburgh Telephone Choir Presents Rainbow Connections
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 20th Aug 2022
Founded in 1947 at the Rose Street Telephone Exchange, the well-known Edinburgh Telephone Choir is still in fine voice and continues to perform in several concerts each year, raisi…
Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th - 19th Aug 2022
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th - 19th Aug 2022
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 28th Aug 2022
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
Nathan D'Arcy Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 28th Aug 2022
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
Sindhu Vee: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th - 17th Aug 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Sindhu Vee returns with a new hour.
Mediocre Gay (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 16th - 27th Aug 2022
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 16th - 28th Aug 2022
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Mark Watson: More Banging on About Time and Similar Issues (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 15th - 19th Aug 2022
The rapidly ageing minor national treasure from Taskmaster and so on, begins building on the success of current show, This Can’t Be It by taking the first steps towards a new one.
Adelaide vs Edinburgh: The Clash of the Fringes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 15th - 18th Aug 2022
Adelaide comics take on Edinburgh’s finest as the world’s two biggest Fringes go head to head! They will perform stand-up spots, team games and team challenges, with MC Eric Ti…
Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 15th - 17th Aug 2022
Join us on a tour through medieval and renaissance Europe, playing period instruments of every kind: cornetts, sackbuts, serpents, viols, rebecs, fiddle, violins, shawms, curtals, …
Edinburgh Deaf Festival Presents Perspectives with Gavin Lilley
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 14th Aug 2022
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
Kevin Shepherd: Exploding Biscuits (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 13th - 28th Aug 2022
Circuit stand-up Kevin is creating a new show and he’s bringing it to the Fringe so you can watch it for free! ‘Shepherd is an open and honest performer.
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 12th - 19th Aug 2022
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes.
Edinburgh Deaf Festival Presents Perspectives with Gavin Lilley
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Deaf Action
- 12th - 13th Aug 2022
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 11th - 13th Aug 2022
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Mr.B: Twerp in Progress
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 9th - 11th Aug 2022
The Chap Himself returns to the Fringe armed with his beats, rhymes, manners and some small instruments for a strictly limited run of Chap-Hop recitals.
Cocktails and Concert with Edinburgh Gin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Yotel Edinburgh
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2022
Enjoy an hour of classical music performed live by the talented ensemble Classical.
Afternoon Acoustic Blues
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th - 25th Aug 2022
Following their sell-out Fringe shows from 2018 / 2019, Whisky Road are back to perform their latest acoustic blues show at The Jazz Bar.
The Edinburgh Zombie Experience
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- RSE Theatre
- 8th - 28th Aug 2022
Dare you take the tour of the ZeoBioTech research establishment? How and why do we process zombies and what could possibly go wrong? Come and take the tour of this immersive escape…
Catherine Cohen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th - 21st Aug 2022
Following her Netflix special The Twist.
158th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Photographic Society
- 8th - 28th Aug 2022
First run in 1861, this exhibition is one of the oldest and longest running photographic salons in the world.
A Bit Fat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 7th - 10th Aug 2022
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
A Bit Fat (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 7th - 10th Aug 2022
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 7th Aug 2022
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Ladies Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre
- 6th - 20th Aug 2022
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda.
Geriatric Millennial (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Liz Guterbock (2022 Union Jack Radio Ones to Watch, 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee, 2020 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Award nominee, 2019 Funny Women A…
Yasmine Day: Songs in the Key of Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a screeching halt, pop diva Yasmine Day has returned to launch her fifth debut album.
Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 6th - 14th Aug 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Mamoun Elagab: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
Rising star Mamoun wants to share with you his unfiltered, idiosyncratic and unorthodox world view – the things you think about and never say out loud.
10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland).
David Alnwick: Good Afternoon, Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Fringe legend David Alnwick performs his favourite tricks.
Marriage in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 6th - 13th Aug 2022
Marriage in Progress playfully sends up lifelong commitment while celebrating it, and critiques the vanity of performance while revelling in it.
Samantha Day: Careering
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single drink.
Neil O'Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
As I’m writing this, I think the show will be about my best friend.
Islam Festival Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 6th - 21st Aug 2022
Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Arthur Smith: My 75 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2022
There are some things as regular at the Fringe as Biblical downpours and overpriced street food.
Acoustic Blues in the Afternoon
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 5th - 26th Aug 2022
Returning to the Jazz Bar for the fourth year, Scottish acoustic guitar and double bass duo Malt & Rye will be playing classic blues and roots songs from the last one hundred years…
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Edinburgh Drag Challenge
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Welcome to Edinburgh’s newest drag show.
Gentrif*cked (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 5th Aug 2022
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
A Perfect Day
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 5th Aug 2022
Set to excerpts of Glenn Gould’s rendition of Bach’s Two and Three Part Inventions, and accompanied by a luminous sound design by John Gzowski, A Perfect Day speaks to Laurence L…
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 5th - 29th Aug 2022
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
BANANA BEARD (Work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 5th - 6th Aug 2022
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 5th - 6th Aug 2022
Join the young musicians of Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, directed by international conductor Sian Edwards, as they perform a varied and exuberant programme of large orchestral works.
Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical, and completely original comedy walking tour will take you through the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town with comic inspiration coming from…
Raymond Mearns' Big Red Bus Tour Around Edinburgh!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Red Bus Bistro at Bristo Square Bus Stop
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Award-winning Red Bus Bistro and acclaimed comedian Raymond Mearns have teamed up for the duration of the Fringe to offer a unique comedy tour experience travelling round the wonde…
Gareth Mutch: Mutch in Progress (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 25th Aug 2022
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
Su Mi: Banana Beard (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 5th - 6th Aug 2022
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
The Edinburgh Fridge Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Yes, I know it’s the Edinburgh Fringe but this is the Edinburgh Fridge! Come along to hear poems and monologues from a fridge called Smeg, robots, spiders, goats and so much more!
Matt Hutchinson: Hostile (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 4th - 26th Aug 2022
Matt is the son of Jamaican and English parents and is an NHS doctor.
Roast Battle Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The show that turns smack talk into an art form! Back again after sold-out runs in 2018 and 2019.
Best of Edinburgh Fringe for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 16th Aug 2022
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
‘Russell’s mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the…
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
Runi Talwar/Toussaint Douglass: Jokes In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
Highly rated newcomers, Runi (Hypothetical, HIGNFY) and Toussaint (Dave’s Outsiders, John Bishop tour support), have written for TV and supported some of the biggest names in comed…
Daniel Sloss: New Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic Nucleus
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Scotland’s international comedy star is doing a run of shows to work up some new material for his next tour.
Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
John Robins: Work In Progress/Progress In Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
A heady mixture of ropey material and competent crowd work from one of the greats. Extra show added: as part of Just the Tonic’s Hot Ticket Lucky Dip. Tuesday 23rd at 5.45pm.
Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
NHS junior doctor, comedian and now author (oooooh, check him) Ed Patrick returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the makings of a new show.
Charlie Hopkinson: Deep (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Ever wondered if what you are seeing and hearing is real? Feel like your trust in the audio-visual spectrum has been shaken? Charlie explores the increasing dangers – and benefit…
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Last Wednesday's Work Shirt
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
Last Wednesday's Work Shirt
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Just the Tonic's Afternoon Delight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
A sample show of different acts from within Just the Tonic venues, and maybe some guests.
Aidan Jones – Looking for Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
I’ve been fired from 14 jobs in my life – I’m starting to think that I might be the problem? I’ll tell you some of the stories and you can tell me what you think.
An Afternoon With the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield 1995
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
Sutton Coldfield, 1995.
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2022
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2022
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Charlie Russell Aims to Please
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2022
As the title Charlie Russell Aims to Please suggests, the entire show is an amalgamation of various theatre techniques from musical to slapstick to the dramatic in Russell’s atte…
Work.txt
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Hate your job? Come work for us.
Stewart Lee: Basic Lee (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
In this work-in-progress show, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined stand-up mode.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2022
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2022
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Fantastic Creatures of Edinburgh (and Where to Find Them!)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Adam Smith Statue
- 1st - 28th Aug 2022
An immersive field trip; a quest to find the true unicorn! You will be spotting what’s often overlooked, reading maps, solving little riddles and hopefully getting access to the pr…
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 31st Jul 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Cafédral
- 31st Jul 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 30th - 31st Jul 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 30th - 31st Jul 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
Sun Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 26th - 28th Jul 2022
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
Sun Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 26th - 28th Jul 2022
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
Double Bill: Sarah Keyworth & Dan Cook (Edinburgh Previews)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 26th Jul 2022
Acclaimed stand ups Sarah Keyworth (as seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and 8 Out of Ten Cats) and Dan Cook (as seen on Absolutely Fabulous, Toast of London and Man v Bee)…
Edinburgh Previews: Eleanor Tiernan and Nick Elleray
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st Jul 2022
Two Edinburgh previews from two award-winning comics: ELEANOR TIERNAN: AWAY WITH THE FAIRIESGlorious mistakes.
Kate Barron: Work In Progress
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 7th Jul 2022
In her Fringe debut, one of the rising stars of the UK stand-up scene shares a raw, honest and hilarious hour of tales… with just the right amount of filth.
Heidi Regan: Work In Progress
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 5th Jul 2022
This brand-new hour is Heidi’s most personal yet.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd - 7th Jul 2022
Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes ahead of this year Edinburgh Festival With support the Running Time will be approximately 60-70 minutes.
Rosie Holt: The Woman's Hour Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 1st Jul 2022
Social media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt debuts an hour of character comedy based on her hit satirical videos.
Richard Stott: Afterparty (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 23rd Jun 2022
Richard Stott as seen on ITV2 Stand Up Sketch Show and runner up in Dave TV’s Jokes of 2019 is back with a new show about your mid 30s.
Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2022
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2022
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
Eco Maniac (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2022
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
Eco Maniac (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2022
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
Liam Withnail: Hot Sauce! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
Liam Withnail: Hot Sauce! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
Heidi Regan: No Worries (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
Heidi Regan: No Worries (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2022
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 26th Jun 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st Jun 2022
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st Jun 2022
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Gentrif*cked (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2022
Kate-Lois Elliott is a comedian, performer and writer, whose sketches were recently nominated for the Writers’ Guild Awards 2022 for best online comedy and the Funny Women Content …
Jenny Collier: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2022
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
Kevin Precious: Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2022
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Kevin Precious: Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2022
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Jenny Collier: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2022
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
Jim Daly: Football And Fatherhood (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2022
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Jim Daly: Football And Fatherhood (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 29th May 2022
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Brighton Buddhist Centre: Open Day 2022
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 28th May 2022
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Brighton Buddhist Centre: Open Day 2022
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 28th May 2022
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 30th May 2021 - 3rd Jun 2022
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Neil O'Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Neil O'Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 29th May 2022
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 26th May - 3rd Jun 2022
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Sugarcoated Sisters: Work in Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd Jun 2021 - 25th May 2022
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
‘Smut’ is the LONGGGGG anticipated show from rising star Lily Phillips, the show that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Sugarcoated Sisters: Work in Progress
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th May 2022
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
Posey Mehta: Babycakes (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 24th - 25th May 2022
Gloria is not a gorilla, but she is stuck in the zoo’s gorilla enclosure.
Russell Hicks: The Age of Hicks
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 23rd - 26th May 2022
Russell Hicks has gained legendary status in British comedy for his masterful improv and crowd-work skills, hosting and headlining at iconic venues across the UK and abroad.
Russell Hicks: The Age of Hicks
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 23rd - 26th May 2022
Russell Hicks has gained legendary status in British comedy for his masterful improv and crowd-work skills, hosting and headlining at iconic venues across the UK and abroad.
Broken Record (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 22nd May 2022
Daniel, a failing writer, attends his final session with his “digital therapist”, which are now all the range in a cash-strapped, tech-focused NHS.
Broken Record (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 22nd May 2022
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with a solo hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 21st May - 5th Jun 2022
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 21st May - 5th Jun 2022
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Lee Campbell: SEE ME (work in progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st May 2022
Combining humour, performance poetry and visual moving imagery made up of my personal archive as an artist of nearly 25 years, SEE ME is a multi-media, immersive, (almost) autobiog…
Shelf: HAIR (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd Jul 2021 - 21st May 2022
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Fear (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2022
Growing up, Faye was an anxious bedwetter but a fighter at heart.
Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 25th May 2022
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 25th May 2022
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2022
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Shelf: HAIR (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 21st May 2022
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2022
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Ollie Horn: GOOOOOD MOURNING! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 28th May 2022
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
Ollie Horn: GOOOOOD MOURNING! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 28th May 2022
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
Michael Odewale: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 19th May - 1st Jun 2022
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Michael Odewale: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 19th May - 1st Jun 2022
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Lulu Popplewell: Goblin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 21st May 2022
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2022
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Lulu Popplewell: Goblin (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 21st May 2022
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2022
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Rich Spalding: LWLM (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 17th - 18th May 2022
Sometimes, it’s hard to be loved.
Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 31st May 2021 - 16th May 2022
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh…
Kuan-Wen: Ilha Formosa (Work In Progress) INCOMPLETE
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 18th May 2022
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Hysteria (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 16th - 19th May 2022
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
Hysteria (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 16th - 19th May 2022
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
Kuan-Wen: Ilha Formosa (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 18th May 2022
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Kuan-Wen: Ilha Formosa (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 18th May 2022
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 16th May 2022
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year or in the future? Maybe it’s on your bucket list, or a new year’s resolution; perhaps you’ve been bef…
David Ephgrave's a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
New material from the blogging comic.
Leanne Shorley: Nice Things (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 15th - 16th May 2022
Leanne likes nice things like instant noodles, personal massagers and Adam Rickitt from Coronation Street.
Tom Houghton (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 15th - 29th May 2022
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
Tom Houghton (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 15th - 29th May 2022
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
HOT TICKET (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 15th - 20th May 2022
Outrageous American comedian and Gaulier-graduate Darius Emadi debuts his solo clown work-in-progress HOT TICKET! An energetic 50 minutes of clown aimed to make you die laughing wi…
Riggs (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
Riggs (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
David Ephgrave's a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 22nd May 2022
New material from the blogging comic.
Jane Postlethwaite & Joe McCarthy: Terrible People (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 22nd May 2022
Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 15th May 2022
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Andrea Hubert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 29th May 2022
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Andrea Hubert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 29th May 2022
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress 2022
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 28th May 2022
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
Darren Walsh: Work in Progress 2022
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 28th May 2022
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 15th May 2022
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Ricky Balshaw: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th May 2022
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…
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 26th May 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Gutter Dandy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 10th - 26th May 2022
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Gutter Dandy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 10th - 26th May 2022
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Maisie Adam: Buzzed (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th May - 5th Jun 2022
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th May - 5th Jun 2022
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th May - 1st Jun 2022
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Maisie Adam: Buzzed (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th May - 5th Jun 2022
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 9th May 2022
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 9th May 2022
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 8th - 29th May 2022
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 8th - 29th May 2022
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Sara Barron (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 8th - 18th May 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
Sara Barron (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 8th - 18th May 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
Troy Hawke! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
Troy Hawke! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
Sarah Southern: Scandalous! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
Not Done Yet ! - A Life In Progress Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 8th May 2022
A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him.
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore (Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 15th May, 2022
If Victoria Wood was alive today, she would have been charmed by Selina Mersey: Madonna/Whore, a work in progress show that explored, via the form of comedy and burlesque, the idea…
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble / The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
Madonna or whore.
Jamie DSouza: Stop Drawing Willies On My Poster (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 29th May 2022
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Jamie DSouza: Stop Drawing Willies On My Poster (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 29th May 2022
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Ali Woods: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 7th - 26th May 2022
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Eddy Hare (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work in progress show.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2022
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2022
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Yasmine Day: Songs in the Key of Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 6th - 20th May 2022
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a blinding halt, power ballad diva Yasmine Day is back with her fifth debut album.
Dan Wakeling: Social Chameleon (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Paradox Place
- 6th - 7th May 2022
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
Yasmine Day: Songs in the Key of Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 6th - 20th May 2022
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a blinding halt, power ballad diva Yasmine Day is back with her fifth debut album.
Dan Wakeling: Social Chameleon (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Paradox Place
- 6th - 7th May 2022
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2022
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2022
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
Kate Expectations (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 6th - 8th May 2022
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Kate Expectations (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 6th - 8th May 2022
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
Jake Baker: Unity (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
One Day in Wonderland
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
One Day in Wonderland
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Aidan Sadler: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2022
If your life were a song, what would the Melody be? Join award-winning cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they figure out the answers to questions like this along with “who polices the…
Vault Unlocked: Arthur Smith - My 75 years at The Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 16th Apr 2022
My 75 years at the Edinburgh FringeFor the 75th birthday of the Edinburgh Fringe Arthur Smith writes a love letter to this playground of his imagination and recalls some of the tri…
Kevin Bridges Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th Apr - 11th May 2022
Catch Kevin Bridges as he warms up ahead of his future UK and World Tour.
Peak Trans (Work In Progress)
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Karaoke Hole
- 17th Mar 2022
As the discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK comedian, trans-woman & nuisance Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun.
Shane Clifford: Aw Class (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 24th Feb 2022
Work In Progress Stand Up ComedyShane Clifford performs a Work In Progress show that asks the important questions: what is class in Ireland? Why do modern dogs wear jump…
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME | Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 20th Feb 2022
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME Let us not remain strangers Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)A Stuttering Comedy Show in Development PLEASE COME TALK TO ME -&nbs…
Connemarvellous | Stephen Mullan: Love is...? (Work in Progress)
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 19th - 20th Feb 2022
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2022
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2022
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
Forward Trans+ Social - Human Rights Day
- Listing Workshop
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 10th Dec 2021
Event Details TBCTicket link
Forward LGBT+ Social - AIDS Day
- Listing Workshop
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 2nd Dec 2021
Event Details TBCTicket link
Forward LGBT+ Social - Trans Day of Remembrance Open Mic Night
- Listing Workshop
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 18th Nov 2021
Event Details TBCTicket link
SILVERTOWN - A WORK IN PROGRESS READING
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- The Factory Project
- 28th - 29th Oct 2021
SILVERTOWN - A new play by Jonny Wooster.
Mike Bubbins: Throwback (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 14th Oct 2021
Mike Bubbins, star of hit podcast The Socially Distant Sports Bar, and of BBC television comedies Mammoth, Tourist Trap and The Unexplainers, unleashes THROWBACK, his fi…
Disabled Queer and Hear - Spooky Saturday Afternoon
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 9th Oct 2021
Disabled Queer and Hear presents a Spooky Saturday Afternoon at The RVTDisabled Queer and Hear are bringing us a Halloween themed show with a host of amazing LGBTQ+ disabled p…
Robyn & Margaret Present: LAUNDRY DAY
- Listing
- London Fringe
- Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
- 30th Sep 2021
The day has finally arrived for us to produce our dirty undies and have a ruddy good scrub! The sixth part of Robyn & Margarets spin-cycle pulls on the rubber gloves and contem…
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
JOHN AGGASILD: WELCOME BACK (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- Kings Arms R Quigley Room
- 30th Sep 2021
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Sex Work, Censorship and Social Media: Panel
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- VFD
- 23rd Sep 2021
In May this year, under the guise of making the UK the safest place in the world to go online the government passed the Online Safety Bill which removes any content deemed as havin…
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Peer Hat
- 22nd - 30th Sep 2021
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Peer Hat
- 22nd - 30th Sep 2021
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Peer Hat
- 22nd - 30th Sep 2021
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
Nelly - an afternoon with Nell Gwynne
- Listing Theatre
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Kings Arms Theatre
- 19th Sep 2021
Nelly - An afternoon with Nell Gwynne - Sunday 19th Sept 3pm the Kings Arms Salford £5 Hers is the classic rags-to-riches, tart-with-a-heart story.
Nelly - an afternoon with Nell Gwynne
- Listing Theatre
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Kings Arms Theatre
- 19th Sep 2021
Nelly - An afternoon with Nell Gwynne - Sunday 19th Sept 3pm the Kings Arms Salford £5 Hers is the classic rags-to-riches, tart-with-a-heart story.
Nelly - an afternoon with Nell Gwynne
- Listing Theatre
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Kings Arms Theatre
- 19th Sep 2021
Nelly - An afternoon with Nell Gwynne - Sunday 19th Sept 3pm the Kings Arms Salford £5 Hers is the classic rags-to-riches, tart-with-a-heart story.
Nelly - an afternoon with Nell Gwynne
- Listing Theatre
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- The Kings Arms Theatre
- 19th Sep 2021
Nelly - An afternoon with Nell Gwynne - Sunday 19th Sept 3pm the Kings Arms Salford £5 Hers is the classic rags-to-riches, tart-with-a-heart story.
Josh Widdicombe: Watching Neighbours Twice a Day (Book Tour)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th Sep 2021
Josh Widdicombe has become one of the most in demand and highly regarded comedians in the UK for both his live stand-up and TV work since his debut gig in 2008.
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 15th Sep 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoug…
Simon Evans: Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th - 19th Sep 2021
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
5-a-Day Cabaret with Carrot!
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 2nd Sep 2021
Are you ready to get your 5-a-day!? Carrot (“everyone’s favourite drag vegetable” - TimeOut London) is here to bring you a lineup of organic produce that will give you all the…
Josie Long: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 29th Aug 2021
Oh, you like Josie Long? Political and personal in one sentence, angry but tender, did a brilliant and much-lauded Fringe show when we last had civilization.
Members of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Academy Junior School
- 29th - 29th Aug 2021
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus return in smaller form, with a concert as wide-ranging as in previous years.
Fred MacAulay: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
One of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, Fred MacAulay tries out some new jokes. ‘One of the best comedians Britain has produced’ (Richard Osman).
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progr…
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
Jenanistan (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
Alexander Bennett: Lithe in Edinburgh (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
People of Edinburgh, I have dearly missed you.
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
Jack Dee: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
Join Jack Dee as he takes to the road to warm up ahead of continuing his UK tour.
Alex Kealy: Monopoly (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 27th Aug 2021
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
I Feel Petty / As Yet Unlisted – A Work-in-Progress Double Bill
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 26th Aug 2021
Vix Leyton, Welsh stand up and host of the Comedy Arcade podcast lives her life as a self-styled princess of petty.
Tom Lucy: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th - 27th Aug 2021
Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand-new material for an upcoming show.
Alex Kealy: Monopoly (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 13th - 26th Aug 2021
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Alex Kealy: Monopoly (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 24th - 27th Aug 2021
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 23rd - 26th Aug 2021
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Hannah Platt and Erika Ehler: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Hannah and Erika are two of the most exciting rising stars on the comedy scene.
White Chicks 2 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 23rd - 29th Aug 2021
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes (So You Think You’re Funny? and 2Northdown New Act semi-finalist) and Sharlin Jahan (Bath New Act runner-up and Rising Star finalist) present White Chicks 2…
Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 23rd - 26th Aug 2021
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Mark Simmons – One-Linerer: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 23rd - 25th Aug 2021
Mark Simmons (Mock The Week, Dave’s Top Jokes of the Fringe 2017, 2019) has been busy with his podcast Jokes With Mark over the last 18 months, interviewing the likes of Milton Jon…
Lou Sanders New Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.
Lou Sanders New Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
Sara Barron: Suffer, fools! (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 21st - 29th Aug 2021
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Don't Quit Your Day Job
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2021
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
Sara Barron: Suffer, fools! (work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 4th - 29th Aug 2021
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Afternoon High Teas(e)
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- CellarDoor
- 21st Aug - 20th Nov 2021
Drag Queen & Burlesque Show at London’s cult cabaret club CellarDoor with Black Magic & Bubbles, Cup Cakes, Comedy & Camp, Finger Sandwiches & FabulousnessTicket li…
Don't Quit Your Day Job
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2021
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
Forward Trans+ Social - Photo Day!
- Listing Workshop
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 20th Aug 2021
Come and join us as we discuss photography!Bring your favourite photo to talk about or talk about any photographers you enjoyOr even bring personal photography!Ticket link
Galentines Day
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2021
Abbey the bridesmaid never the bride.
Jake Lambert: Shimmy Shake (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2021
Jake Lambert (tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) returns with another ‘highly entertaining hour’ (One4Review.
George Fox and Chris Thorburn: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 20th - 26th Aug 2021
For one week only, George Fox and Chris Thorburn are bringing their award-winning comedy off the internet and back to the Monkey Barrel stage for their work-in-progress stand-up sh…
Galentines Day
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2021
Abbey the bridesmaid never the bride.
Tamsyn Kelly: Cornwall's No1 Tourist Attraction (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 20th Aug - 11th Sep 2021
Brand new work in progress show from working class Cornish actor and comedian Tamsyn Kelly.
Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 19th Aug 2021
Lunchtime lecture: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture.
You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Tom Ward: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th - 21st Aug 2021
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 19th - 22nd Aug 2021
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Rich Hardisty SILLY BOY (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th Aug 2021
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Tom Ward: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th - 21st Aug 2021
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 19th - 22nd Aug 2021
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Lily Phillips and Anna Clifford: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 19th - 21st Aug 2021
Lily Phillips has been seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and All4, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year runner-up, Funny Women finalist and Pleasance Reserve comedian Lily Phillips …
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Rich Hardisty SILLY BOY (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th Aug 2021
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Ben Pope (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 18th Aug 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Ben Pope (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 18th Aug 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th - 19th Aug 2021
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) presents some new ideas (and some old ones) through a mixture of theatrical techniques, such…
Late Stage Edinburgh Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Insanity Point
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
Join Late Stage Comedy as we put on five evenings featuring some of the best up-and-coming comics from across the East Midlands and beyond! Each night will be full of laughs and fe…
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Helen Bauer: Good Tit (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Simon Evans: The Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 14th - 22nd Aug 2021
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Hatty Ashdown: Dig Deep (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 14th - 15th Aug 2021
“Wonderfully inventive, consistently funny”- Time out.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 13th Aug 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 13th Aug 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Not Ready For This: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 13th Aug 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Michael Akadiri: Not Ready For This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 13th Aug 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Oh No (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 13th - 29th Aug 2021
A new hour of stand-up from the biggest wee fanny in Scottish comedy.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 12th - 24th Aug 2021
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Luke McQueen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 12th - 13th Aug 2021
Work in progress.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 14th Aug 2021
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 12th - 24th Aug 2021
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 12th - 14th Aug 2021
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
Luke McQueen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 12th - 13th Aug 2021
Work in progress.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 12th - 16th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 11th - 14th Aug 2021
Ania is trying out some new material.
Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 11th - 14th Aug 2021
Ania is trying out some new material.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 10th Aug 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 10th Aug 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Bethan Langford Sings in Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 10th Aug 2021
A previous Emerging Artist with Scottish Opera, Bethan, accompanied by Keval on the piano, sings a selection of songs by Chaminade, Crumb, Dove, Haydn and Mozart.
Elf Lyons: Raven (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2021
Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats to Camden Fringe with a horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King.
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- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 9th - 11th Aug 2021
You’ll clock in at the beginning.
Chaps - Work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 8th - 29th Aug 2021
CHAPS are comedy power houses Naz Osmanoglu (Horrible Histories, formerly of Wittank) and Tom Houghton (Comedy Central Roast Battle, formally of The Noise Next Door).
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Aug 2021
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy,…
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Martin Willis: Jazz (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin / Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2021
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
University of Edinburgh: A Folk Song Sharing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Old College Quad
- 8th Aug 2021
A small gathering of cross-generational artists exchange songs, stories and histories.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Aug 2021
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her de…
Martin Willis: Jazz (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin / Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2021
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
University of Edinburgh: The Living Archive
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Old College Quad
- 8th Aug 2021
A range of song, music and dance inspired by material from the School of Scottish Studies Archive.
Raul Kohli: Works It Out As He Goes Along (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2021
Raul Kohli was going to do a show about how blind faith is rational in 2020.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 16th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Glenn Moore: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 7th - 15th Aug 2021
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 20th Aug 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Glenn Moore: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 7th - 15th Aug 2021
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 7th - 28th Aug 2021
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show.
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Funny Women Award winner Thanyia Moore has been a bully, and she’s been bullied.
DICKPRESSION (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
Fantastic Creatures of Edinburgh and Where to Find Them! – Immersive Treasure Hunt
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Adam Smith Statue
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
You will need a team of two to four, internet access on your phone, your eyes and legs! We’ll provide the kit and instructions.
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Comedy Cabin
- 6th - 8th Aug 2021
An alternative stand up comedy show which earnestly takes an entirely literal approach to the common comedian advice of ‘find your audience’.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 18th Aug 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Through Bush, Through Briar
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th Aug 2021
Through Bush, Through Briar: An adaptation of a Midsummer Night’s Dream in which a Scrooge-like town councilman is planning to tear down a fairy forest to build a theatre.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
DICKPRESSION (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
Edinburgh Renaissance Band – On Demand
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
A unique opportunity to enjoy this award winning, ever popular Early Music group, who have performed at every Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 1973.
A Day at the Beach
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Winner of Best Ensemble at a Tucson Fringe Festival 2021.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 18th Aug 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
The Day the Devil Came for Tea
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Three flatmates are in their final year of university, working through the aftermath of the death of one of their best friends.
Jim Daly - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 5th Aug 2021
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
Jacobite Edinburgh – A Healthy Walk Through History
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point @ Outside the World’s End
- 5th - 7th Aug 2021
The tour will start at the Netherbow Port, broached by the Jacobites before dawn on Tuesday, September 17th 1745 (just outside the World’s End public house), proceed through the Gr…
Patrick Spicer: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 5th - 25th Aug 2021
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Jim Daly - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 5th Aug 2021
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 5th - 25th Aug 2021
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Hidden Secrets of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
Take an intriguing and entertaining stroll with our guide as you investigate some of the old wynds and closes on the Royal Mile, which are steeped in a sometimes violent and bloody…
Russell Brand - Our Little Lives: Shakespeare & Me Live Stream
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Streaming Events
- 14th Jul 2021
Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare.
The Thinking Drinkers – Pub Quiz (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 14th Jul 2021
The Thinking Drinkers hilarious, brand new show gets the drinks in, in more ways than one, with every audience member getting 5 free drinks while competing for amazing p…
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th - 14th Jul 2021
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Anna Marie Simonsen: Naughty (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 5th - 6th Jul 2021
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things NAUGHTY.
Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd - 4th Jul 2021
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Gerard Harris: Wank In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 5th Jul 2021
All the best jokes I’ve ever written and also some others.
Gerard Harris: Wank In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 5th Jul 2021
All the best jokes I’ve ever written and also some others.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Will Hall and Sharlin Jahan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (BBC Asian Network) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Will Hall and Sharlin Jahan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (as heard on Union Jack Radio) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Sikisa: Bad Guy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Frankie Thompson (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th Jun 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
The Sex Party (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Tom Lucy: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
Catch Tom as he tries out new material.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th Jun 2021
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress at The Museum of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Jun - 4th Jul 2021
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 23rd Jun 2021
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Summer in the Garden: Make Music Day 2021 with Comfortable Classical
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 21st Jun 2021
Come and enjoy live, classical music in a relaxed, lunchtime performance with City of London Sinfonia.
Summer in the Garden: Make Music Day with South London Choirs
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 21st Jun 2021
Four local ‘Sing Out’ community choirs are singing together to celebrate Make Music Day 2021. As part of the Albany’s Summer in the Garden.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Matty Hutson: Relax (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
Sleeping tigers, Matty Hutson and Heidi Regan tread the boards once more after a year of laying dormant due to the ‘big pandemic’.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Omar Ibrahim: Decolonise This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade
- 17th - 19th Jun 2021
A dismantling of hilarious topics, including race, identity and of course, Asian dads.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 16th Jun 2021
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 16th Jun 2021
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
A Mutineer’s Guide to Modern-Day Piracy
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 15th - 27th Jun 2021
Inspired by the world’s most fearsome female pirates, two modern-day political mutineers join forces to take down an all-powerful tech billionaire and inspire a lost generation.
A Mutineer’s Guide to Modern-Day Piracy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 20th Jun, 2021
Whether we care to admit it or not, in some way, shape or form, we are all intrigued by pirates.
Sara Barron: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 16th Jun 2021
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Sara Barron: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 16th Jun 2021
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Luca Cupani: Words in Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 26th Jun 2021
Storytelling meets observational humour.
Not Ready For This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 12th Jun 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Not Ready For This (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 12th Jun 2021
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Luca Cupani: Words in Progress (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 12th - 26th Jun 2021
Storytelling meets observational humour.
The Psychedelic Fox (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade
- 11th - 13th Jun 2021
Mercury is in retrograde, a full moon in Scorpio and enough wonk to see you through the night! Journey down the rabbit hole of delicious chaos with viciously funny comic Charlotte …
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 27th Jun 2021
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Nebula (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 27th Jun 2021
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Ben Pope: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 7th - 21st Jun 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Ben Pope: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 7th - 21st Jun 2021
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Stoph Demetriou: Bad Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 12th Jun 2021
We all lie to ourselves.
Stoph Demetriou: Bad Faith (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 12th Jun 2021
We all lie to ourselves.
Happified (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th - 27th Jun 2021
The show the world needs right now.
Sasha Ellen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 18th Jun 2021
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Happified (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th - 27th Jun 2021
The show the world needs right now.
Sasha Ellen (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 18th Jun 2021
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Vix Leyton: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 3rd Jun 2021
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
David Ephgrave: COVID-19, DAVID-40 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
Nick Elleray: Passionate About Compromise (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Vix Leyton / Rich Wilson: An hour of work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 3rd Jun 2021
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
David Ephgrave: COVID-19, DAVID-40 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
Nick Elleray: Passionate About Compromise (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1-2-1 Sessions
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2021
Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee…
Tom Houghton: Red Flag (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 9th Jun 2021
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1-2-1 Sessions
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2021
Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee…
Tom Houghton: Red Flag (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 9th Jun 2021
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2021
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2021
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 1st - 18th Jun 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Yuriko Kotani: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 1st - 18th Jun 2021
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 31st May 2021
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh…
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May - 22nd Jun 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May - 22nd Jun 2021
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Rajiv Karia: Paint (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 30th May - 20th Jun 2021
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
Troy Hawke: ''Sigmund Troy'd!' (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 27th Jun 2021
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival best show nominee.
Rajiv Karia: Paint (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 30th May - 20th Jun 2021
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 30th May - 27th Jun 2021
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Drag Queen Bingo & Cabaret every Saturday afternoon
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- CellarDoor
- 29th May - 20th Nov 2021
Bingo to dream about & prizes from your worst nightmare with Wilma Ballsdrop, Topsie Redfern, Ruby Violet & Paul CosmicTicket link
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Jake Lambert: Shimmy Shake (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 28th May - 25th Jun 2021
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Tom Mayhew: Get Rich or Die (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Jake Lambert: Shimmy Shake (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: The Comedy Basement
- 28th May - 25th Jun 2021
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Tom Mayhew: Get Rich or Die (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 28th May - 12th Jun 2021
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Maddie Campion: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Apr 2021
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Maddie Campion: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Apr 2021
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Make a willow basket - 2 day course
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 22nd Jan 2021
£130 for 2 days10am - 4pmSuitable for ages 14+A two-day course to give plenty of time to make a decent sized basket whether that be a wastepaper basket, shopper, f…
Kipper's Snowy Day - Online On Demand
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 10th Jan 2021
A Christmas school holiday special to watch on demand, when you like, as many times as you like.
Russell Howard: Respite (London)
- Listing Events
- West End
- Apollo Hammersmith
- 18th Sep 2020 - 29th Apr 2021
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Russell Howard: Respite (Aberystwyth)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Aberystwyth Arts Centre
- 5th - 6th Sep 2020
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Jason Manford: Like Me (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 26th - 29th Aug 2020
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…
Judgement Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Ever thought about what you’d do if the world was going to end? Six friends living on the outskirts of London are caught up in the shenanigans that ensue when a solar flare is anno…
Russell Howard: Respite (Peterborough)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Cresset, Peterborough
- 21st - 23rd Aug 2020
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Lest We Forget – The Process Of Creating Your Own Work
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 19th - 30th Aug 2020
Charlotte will take you through the timeline of creating your own work, along with a practical element to get you started on your own play.
Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 19th - 30th Aug 2020
Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa…
Big Ideas vs Limitations – Achieving Ambitious Designs at Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 19th - 30th Aug 2020
Learn the ins and outs of the logistics behind achieving ambitious designs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Anna Driftmier, designer of Army @ The Fringe 2019 show Dead E…
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th - 31st Aug 2020
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Simon Amstell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th - 25th Aug 2020
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous’ (New York Times).
Rebustours – Hidden Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 8th - 29th Aug 2020
Led by local historian and actor Colin Brown, Rebustours run throughout the Fringe, starting and finishing at The Royal Oak pub on Infirmary Street.
10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th - 29th Aug 2020
‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland).
Ivy Paige: Bitch, I’m a Work of Art
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
Edinburgh’s favourite showgirl invites you to a private viewing of her personal collection.
Clowntown: Patty and Giggles Go to the Zoo, a Funtastic Day Out with Sphere Clown Band
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2020
‘Infectious fun’ ***** (FringeReview.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 7th - 31st Aug 2020
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Edinburgh's Greatest Hits – The Story of the Capital's Music
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (Next to the Festival Theatre Café side door)
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Discover the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city with these entertaining, guided walking tours.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2020
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th - 30th Aug 2020
Great value lunchtime comedy compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Reginald D Hunter: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
Reginald returns to the Fringe with his off-year, set-building, work-in-progress show with working titles: The Things That I Was Wrong About, The Death of Uncle Fluffy, and The Man…
Simon Evans: The Work of The Devil
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Last year’s show, Dressing for Dinner, earned Evans some of the most ecstatic reviews of his career including an unbeaten 4.
Edinburgh Vaults Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Tourist information Ticket Booth
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2020
Hear tales of how the poor and unfortunate lived in terrible slum conditions where disease and death were commonplace.
Rhys Nicholson - Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Jul 2020
Rhys Nicholson has a brand-new show and it’s BASICALLY finished.
Rhys Nicholson: Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Jul 2020
Rhys Nicholson has a brand-new show and it’s BASICALLY finished.
Elliot Wengler: Special Features
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Jul 2020
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…
Russell Howard: Respite (Cheltenham)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
- 18th - 20th Jun 2020
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Russell Howard: Respite (Brighton)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Brighton Dome
- 12th - 13th Jun 2020
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Russell Howard: Respite (Northampton)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal and Derngate Northampton
- 5th - 21st Jun 2020
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Russell Howard: Respite (Plymouth)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Plymouth Pavilions
- 30th May 2020 - 5th Sep 2021
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Luke Rollason: Bowerbird (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed / The Warren: Theatre Box
- 26th May 2020 - 26th Jun 2021
A big-eyed, big-haired thing in a turtleneck exposes the infidelities of your cutlery drawer.
Simon Evans: Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th May 2020
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Simon Evans: Work of the Devil
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th May 2020
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Russell Howard: Respite (Leicester)
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- De Montfort Hall
- 10th - 11th Apr 2020
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th Mar 2020
Colin Hoult’s critically acclaimed alter-ego Anna Mann, Actress, Singer, Welder (got to have a back up) returns in the workings of a brand new show,…
Women's Writes International Women's Day
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 8th - 8th Mar 2020
Prepare to see 6 short plays by female identifying playwrights with none of those boring archetypal forms.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Mar 2020
As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her debut hour of stand-up, Alpha.
Lily Phillips: Smut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Mar 2020
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
Gad Elmaleh: Work In Progress (French Language Show)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd - 7th Mar 2020
Metropolis Music Presents: Gad Elmaleh J’ai choisi le Leicester Square Theatre pour improviser autour des thèmes de mon prochain spectacle#workinprogress Pl…
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2020
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers retu…
Six Plays One Day
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 8th Feb 2020
Threedumb Theatre returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre for another whole day of one-act plays, showcasing a wide variety of new writing.
Maddy Anholt: How to Train Your Psychopath (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Feb 2020
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
Arron Crascall: The Socially Awkward Tour (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Feb 2020
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
Arron Crascall: The Socially Awkward Tour (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Feb 2020
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
The Girls From Oz Australia Day Show!
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- PizzaExpress
- 26th Jan 2020
Get yourselves down to The Girls From Oz - the most dinky-di singing Sheila’s this side of the black stump - for a bonza night of entertainment that’ll take you on a journey 16…
Alexei Sayle: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd - 30th Jan 2020
A WIP stand-up performance.
Alexei Sayle: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd - 30th Jan 2020
A WIP stand-up performance.
Kerry Godliman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd - 31st Jan 2020
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
Andy Zaltzman – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd - 10th Dec 2019
Andy Zaltzman, host of the long-running worldwide hit satirical podcast The Bugle, comes to the Museum of Comedy.
Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Duke of Yorks Theatre / Theatre Royal Haymarket / Theatre Royal Haymarket.
- 29th Nov 2019 - 1st Jan 2023
Peppa Pig is excited to be going on a special day out with George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig - it’s going to be her best day ever! Get ready for a road-trip full of fun adventu…
Maddy Anholt: How to Train Your Psychopath (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Nov 2019
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
An Edinburgh Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh
- Royal Lyceum Theatre
- 30th Nov, 2019
Full of good cheer, fun and jokes, carols under falling snow, spooky ghosts and glitter, what better way to get into the Christmas spirit than go to An Edinburgh Christmas Carol, D…
Kerry Godliman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th - 22nd Nov 2019
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Duchess Theatre
- 28th Oct 2019
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are in the heart of the West End for three shows only.
All Work No Play
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Stockwell Playhouse
- 14th - 17th Oct 2019
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
Stewart Lee: SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work in Progress & DVD Launch
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 24th Sep - 5th Oct 2019
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work-in-Progress and DVD LAUNCH A run of work-in-progress gigs to …
Old Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre
- 22nd Sep 2019
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Trafalgar Studio 1
- 10th Oct, 2019
Playwright Peter Nichols died only last month at the age of 92.
That'll Be The Day 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 17th Sep 2019
Back by ever-growing popular demand, get ready to party as the UK’s favourite Rock & Roll variety production returns with another BRAND NEW SHOW! Featu…
The Home: Open Afternoon and Cupcake Day
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Surrey House - Goldsmiths, Campus Living Villages
- 15th Sep 2019
You are warmly invited to integrate with our residents and have the most fun you’ll have had for a long time at our Open Afternoon.
AUDITION (a work in progress)
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 15th Sep 2019
AUDITION combines contemporary circus, dance-theatre, fierce acrobatics and stunning visuals.
Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th Aug 2019
The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbour and Channel 4’s Adventures in Futureland, Jamali Maddix has just come back from his first world tour.
Network Day with the Scottish Drama Training Network
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 24th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
'Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Donovan in conversation with Eddi Reader
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 23rd Aug 2019
Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India.
Afternoon Organ Recital with Marion Lees McPherson
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 23rd Aug 2019
Marion Lees McPherson, organist of Stockbridge Parish, presents a programme of German and French music.
Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Paul Feig
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 23rd Aug 2019
The creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids brings his perspective on the global television and film landscape in this special one-off event.
ETBF – Dublin and Edinburgh’s Divergent Building Traditions Seminar
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Architecture & Design Scotland
- 22nd Aug 2019
Do you love Georgian architecture? Come and join Graham Hickey, Conservation Director of the Dublin Civic Trust, for a fascinating lecture exploring the architectural development o…
Aspects of Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dundas Street Gallery
- 22nd - 31st Aug 2019
Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Surgeons
- 21st Aug 2019
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 21st Aug 2019
From the management of Micky Flanagan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney and Hal Cruttenden, don’t miss the chance to see some of the hottest up-and-coming comedy acts of the mo…
Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios / Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th - 21st Aug 2019
Ahead of his nationwide tour, Josh returns to Edinburgh for a strictly limited run of work-in-progress shows.
Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Russell T Davies
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 20th Aug 2019
Russell T Davies is the man behind classic and acclaimed TV series Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Cucumber, among many others.
Luisa Omielan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 20th - 25th Aug 2019
Join Luisa Omielan (What Would Beyonce Do?!, Am I Right Ladies?! and Politics For Bitches) as she tries out some stuff for an upcoming project.
How Can Venues and Producers Work Better Together
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon with Charles Quarterman for One Hour
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2019
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
Edinburgh’s Slavery Legacy
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 19th Aug 2019
In the second EduMod session on slavery, a specific focus on the city of Edinburgh will shine a light on what Scotland’s capital city gained from the transatlantic trade.
Joel Dommett: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
- 18th - 24th Aug 2019
Joel (credits, credits, credits) is returning to Edinburgh with some new sweet ideas for you to potentially enjoy. ‘Hilarious…delightful tales’ (Scotsman).
Islam Festival Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 17th - 25th Aug 2019
Islam Festival Edinburgh is open to everyone, old or young, with any faith or none.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
AMDA Scholarship Auditions at Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th Aug 2019
AMDA will be conducting placement and scholarship auditions for its BFA and Conservatory programs in Acting, Music Theatre, Dance Theatre and Performing Arts.
Westdal and Hayward Need Work
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 20th Aug, 2019
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…
3,300 Miles – New Jersey to Edinburgh: A Transatlantic Songwriters' Circle
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 17th Aug 2019
UK meets USA in this song circle featuring acclaimed songwriters from New Jersey (Dan Sheehan, Andy Krikun) and Scotland (Seán McLaughlin, Annie Booth) exchanging stripped-down re…
Nathan Cassidy: Observational (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 17th - 25th Aug 2019
Award-winning comedian Cassidy has had a crazy year.
Cave Women: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 15th - 25th Aug 2019
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let's Hope for the Best (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 13th - 25th Aug 2019
Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through.
Working-Class Artists’ Gathering at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 13th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Bomb Happy D-Day 75
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 13th - 25th Aug 2019
A verbatim play about ordinary young men in extraordinary times.
Dan Clark: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 13th - 14th Aug 2019
Dan Clark, star of BBC Three’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and host of the popular podcast Screen Talk, is dusting off his comedy cape* to perform stand-up for the fi…
Ed Gamble: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 12th - 16th Aug 2019
Hi guys, Ed here.
Geoff Norcott: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 12th - 25th Aug 2019
The star of BBC2’s The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and his own BBC Radio 4 special returns to the Fringe.
Shane Todd: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 12th - 13th Aug 2019
When you lose a bet with a mate and have to get ‘The Toddfather’ tattooed on your leg you can either have it removed with a laser, or become.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Minstrels and Monarchs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 14th Aug 2019
Music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
Oh Happy Day!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Crichton Collegiate Church
- 11th Aug 2019
The special group from this Rhineland choir brings an exuberant repertoire of Gospel, contemporary, folk and pop classics to the lovely Crichton Valley with its medieval church and…
Don't Give Up the Day Job
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 10th Aug 2019
A songwriter’s journey through life and art, its hits and misses.
Afternoon Jazz at the Depot
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Depot
- 9th - 25th Aug 2019
The Transatlantic Happiness Project presents top-notch jazz Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Leith Depot.
Stewart Lee: Wok In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 9th - 15th Aug 2019
Notes towards a new show from ‘the world’s greatest living stand-up’ (Times).
Edinburgh's Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 5th - 24th Aug 2019
When Edinburgh’s pandas disappear suspicion falls on gangsters from Glasgow.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 9th - 10th Aug 2019
After multiple sell-out performances in the last two years’ Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra returns once again with an exciting and varied programme under th…
ROSL Recitals: 20 Years of Music at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 8th Aug 2019
Since 1999, ROSL has brought together young classical musicians from across the Commonwealth to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Mawaan Rizwan: Werk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 8th - 12th Aug 2019
After a sell-out Fringe, Mawaan (BBC Three, Netflix) is back to shape a new bonkers show.
The Edinburgh Fringe as a Classroom
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C viva
- 7th - 21st Aug 2019
Fringe University invites you to meet with students, graduates, and professors to find out how you can get the most out of the Fringe.
Iain Stirling: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
- 5th - 17th Aug 2019
BAFTA Award-winning comedian Iain Stirling returns to the Fringe following a sell-out tour, with a load of new jokes, read off notes.
BHF Scotland Presents Work of Heart
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- British Heart Foundation Scotland
- 5th - 9th Aug 2019
Discover how we are beating heart and circulatory diseases with a different interactive workshop every day where science meets art.
BBC: The Afternoon Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC
- 5th - 21st Aug 2019
Janice Forsyth and Grant Stott present The Afternoon Show from the heart of the festivals, showcasing the best acts and talking to the biggest names in town.
An Afternoon with The Rat Pack
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- McSorley’s Irish Bar
- 5th - 23rd Aug 2019
A mix of hits from the Great American Songbook that will have your fingers clicking and toes tapping all afternoon. See website for further details: www.mcsorleysbar.com/events/
Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself.
A Taste of Scotland (Whisky Tasting and Three-Course Meal) at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Giuliano’s Al Fresco’s Bistro
- 4th - 21st Aug 2019
A sensory experience, teaching you how to nose and taste whisky, helping to discover the perfect dram for your palate.
Russell Howard: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios / Assembly Hall
- 1st - 13th Aug 2019
Russell performs his work-in-progress show testing new material.
The Gin Fayre Presents: International Scottish Gin Day
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Mansfield Traquair Centre
- 3rd - 3rd Aug 2019
As part of celebrations all around the world in honour of International Scottish Gin Day, we’ll be having our own celebrations in the heart of Edinburgh.
Rebustours – Hidden Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2019
Experience the dark and hidden atmosphere of the Detective Inspector John Rebus books which are written by best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin.
Working-Class Progress with Backenders
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 3rd - 9th Aug 2019
Backenders is a live comedy sketch parody of the BBC soap opera Eastenders.
Afternoon Concerts at St Michael and All Saints
- Listing Musicals and Opera / Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Michael and All Saints
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
In Bread with Joseph Emslie (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
In this 45-minute work-in-progress show Joseph attempts to separate the wheat from the chaff.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman).
Freeing the Edinburgh Fringe: Book Reading
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
PBH reads from his book, the story of the Free Fringe from 1996 to now: how we became the Fringe’s biggest show provider and the many catastrophes and odd triumphs along the way.
Omid Djalili: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
Legendary festival favourite, stand-up comedian, film and television star Omid Djalili returns for eight shows only.
Afternoon Concert Series
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Giles’ Cathedral
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2019
Afternoon concerts have long been a feature of our day-to-day activities at St Giles’ Cathedral, and each year we continue to welcome artists from all over the world to perform in …
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
Fresh from touring the UK and Australia, the feel-good comedy maestro.
Susan Riddell: Duvet Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
‘A Scottish talent on the rise’ (Scotsman).
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Edinburgh's Greatest Hits – The Story of the Capital's Music
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (Next to the Festival Theatre Café side door)
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
Entertaining and informative guided walking tours that tell the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Edinburgh Gin Safari
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- O’Connors
- 2nd - 31st Aug 2019
Get off the tourist drag and onto the gin trail: see the New Town through gin-tinted spectacles with gin liqueur cocktails, G&T toasted marshmallows, gin-cured salmon and a Highlan…
Teapot Dram Afternoon Tea
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cannonball Restaurant & Bar
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2019
For the first time ever, we welcome Glengoyne Distillery’s Teapot Dram Batch No 006.
Progress
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Bailey Dillon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 23rd Aug, 2019
There is something deeply human and inherently charming about imperfect dance.
Tête-à-Tête: Paris-Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Téte-a-Téte Foto Studio
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
Tête-à-Tête: Paris-Edinburgh is a collection of original contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
Stand-Up Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys / Laughing Horse @ Espionage / Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
You’re at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the biggest arts festival in the world – come see a showcase of the comedians that perform in Edinburgh year round.
Heavenly Comedy Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire / Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2019
This is a quick-fire compilation show featuring the rising stars of comedy each doing five minutes.
Unspoken (One Day in the Life of a Park Bench)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
The Official Edinburgh Fringe Christmas Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Richard Duffy’s been celebrating Christmas every day since the day he was born.
Edinburgh Gin Afternoon Tea
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Crofts
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant
- 15th Aug, 2019
Nestled in New Town and overlooking Princes Street Gardens and the Scott Monument, The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant makes for a very pleasant spot for enjoying Afternoon Tea whil…
The Best Show We've Ever Done at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
A year ago, the world ended.
The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
The Edinburgh Revue returns for its 10th Fringe, bringing you 50 minutes of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby.
Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
A completely unique, side-splittingly hilarious walk of Edinburgh’s Old Town with local comedian Daniel Downie that promises to be more hysterical than historical.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Great value, great venue and great fun! Lunchtime compilation showcasing comedians you must not miss with new line-ups every day hand-picked from across the Fringe.
Pottervision 2 (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
The Harry Potter parody show returns with a brand-new work-in-progress hour! Join us, four full-grown men, as we celebrate and recreate the absurd scenes of those magical movies.
Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Beehive Inn
- 1st - 31st Aug 2019
The tour is regarded by many as a pioneer in its field and a must-see cultural attraction in guide books throughout the world.
Roast Battle Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
We put comedians head-to-head in a battle of wit and put-downs.
Tastings and Tour at Edinburgh's Only Malt Whisky Distillery
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Holyrood Distillery
- 1st - 31st Aug 2019
Discover a world of flavour on an expert-led guided tour at Edinburgh’s only single malt whisky distillery, the first in the capital for nearly 100 years.
Lew Fitz: Chucky Egg (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 11th Aug 2019
With his first solo show, stand-up comedian Lew Fitz (BBC New Comedy Award nominee 2018) covers a hilarious and often uncommon journey from his northern, working-class background a…
Adventures in Dementia – Steve Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage / Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up
- 1st - 10th Aug 2019
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
Spring Day: When Push Comes to Shove – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Expect a fun night of sharp, well-crafted and mischievous stand-up that will tickle your fancy and your heart if you have one.
Bob Slayer: Wrote the Copy for This Show in March When He Didn't Have the Foggiest Notion of What Might Happen on Any Given Day in August, He Still Doesn't Really, but At Least He's Found This Snappy Title
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
Sam Russell: Privileged to be Here
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
2019 eh? Why is politics? When is religion? Who is gender? Where is race? Confused? So is Sam.
All Work, No Play
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Novotel
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
We all have to work.
Spa Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Escape from stress, forget about your failures and let Sam and Horatio indulge you in a world of well-being, rejuvenation and harrowing anecdotes about stress and failures.
Fiona Ridgewell: Even Dizney Needs a Day Off!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Fiona Ridgewell is the epitome of positivity.
Stuart Mitchell – Is It Just Me? (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Join the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News as he runs through new material for his next tour.
Love is a Work in Progress with Tara Rankine
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
**** (Advertiser).
Jake Donaldson Fights the Sea (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 10th Aug 2019
Join Jake for a work in progress of his new stand-up show.
Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
A Wake in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘I’m sorry.
Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove in: Edinburgh's Only Bilge Pump Sales Seminar
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Boteco
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Please note: this is not a comedy show.
Russell Howard: Work in Progress (Afternoon)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 1st - 13th Aug 2019
Come join Russell for his early afternoon bonus hour.
Aaaaaaaaand Now! The Ed Factor: An Edinburgh Gong Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Place
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Seven comedians: you, the audience, decide their fate.
Good Evening Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Sam (Australia), nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Zahra Barri's Special (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire / Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘Edgy and very funny’ (Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club).
Jonny & the Baptists Love Edinburgh and Hate Bastards
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
We live in a divided world and we want to cross that divide.
Dilruk Jayasinha: Cheat Day(s)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Dilruk Jayasinha has quickly become one of Australia’s favourite comedians.
The Noise Next Door's Really Really Good Afternoon Show Through Time!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
An Audience with Yasmine Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Louise
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2019
If character comedy tickles your funny bone then look no further than An Audience With Yasmine Day at Pleasance Courtyard.
Nina Conti: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 18th Aug 2019
British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti is boldly experimenting and discovering fresh ideas as she develops her next new show.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Kiri Pritchard-Mclean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 31st Jul - 22nd Aug 2019
Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You, The Russell Howard Hour) is working up a new show.
Andy Smart: 40 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Andy has performed at 40 Edinburgh Festivals.
Edinburgh Festival Tales Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Scotsman Hotel (Meeting Point)
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Join this lively and entertaining guided walking tour and enjoy decades of thrilling Fringe stories from today to Edinburgh’s first festivals in 1947.
Jonny Donahoe: Forgiveness (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Forgiveness is a work-in-progress about the cycles of abuse that form and affect who we are; if and how we can escape them and move on.
Carl Donnelly: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 28th Jul 2019
Join this 'observational genius' (Guardian) for his 10th solo show! In 10 years he’s been married, divorced, happy, depressed and twice nominated for the…
The Noise Next Door’s Really Really Good Afternoon Show: Through Time!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 27th Jul 2019
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Alan Shed's “Music, Comedy and Everything Else” Interactive Quiz Show (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 26th Jul 2019
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
Garrett Millerick: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 26th Jul 2019
Garrett Millerick is an acclaimed stand up comedian, writer and director.
Cally Beaton: Invisible (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th Jul 2019
Invisible is an unflinching, hilarious and unexpected insight into life at an age when the world ghosts you.
Huge Davies: The Carpark (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 25th Jul 2019
Fresh from his appearance on 'Comedy Central at the Comedy Store', Huge Davies is preparing for his first hour.
Ken Cheng: To All The Racists I’ve Blocked Before (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 25th Jul 2019
Star of Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian, E4’s The Hangover Games and winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Ken returns with a love-letter to all the Twitter …
Harry and Chris: Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 24th Jul 2019
Joyride is back!! Harry and Chris are the nation’s favourite comedy rap jazz duo, and after selling out three Edinburgh Fringe shows in a row, they’re bringi…
Anna Nicholson: Get Happy (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd Jul 2019
Following her critically acclaimed debut show 'Woman of the Year', meet Anna's brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all tryin…
Eshaan Akbar: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 22nd Jul 2019
What does it take to be a man these days? After #MeToo, incel attacks and man buns, Eshaan Akbar explores masculinity and his relationship with men, women, and himself.
Eleanor Tiernan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 21st Jul 2019
Eleanor Tiernan is a stand up comedian, writer and actress known for her uniquely oblique world view.
Susan Riddell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 20th Jul 2019
After winning a place in BBC Writer’s Room Fast and Funny, Susan Riddell went on to write, create and star in several online comedy sketches for BBC Short Stuff wh…
Pierre Novellie: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 20th Jul 2019
Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie comes to Great Yorkshire Fringe to try some new stuff out.
Darren Harriott: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 19th Jul 2019
Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person.
Lucy Beaumont: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 19th Jul 2019
Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer.
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 19th Jul 2019
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
Stephen Buchanan: Baby Dove (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 18th Jul 2019
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
Simon Munnery: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th Jul 2019
Once the most radical, now the only radical.
Alice Fraser: Mythos (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 10th Jul 2019
Alice Fraser has been lying to herself.
Grace Campbell & Tamsyn Kelly - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 9th Jul 2019
Grace Campbell is a comedian rapidly making a name for herself in the UK stand up scene.
Tamsyn Kelly and Isa Bonachera - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 8th Jul 2019
Tamsyn Kelly grew up on an estate near Lands End, with a dangerous father, a disabled mother and a dream of one day moving to London to become a total bad-ass with enough money to …
Giants: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 20th Jul 2019
Fjord- The Greatest Hit Fjord, the multi-platinum Norwegian pop duo, are back after a two year sabbatical.
Andy Parsons: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Jul 2019
Join Andy Parsons (Mock The Week) one of Britain’s finest political comedians as he tries out material ahead of his new tour ‘Healing Th…
Raphael Wakefield: Wengerball (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 29th Jun 2019
Glory.
Harriet Braine: Les Admirables (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 23rd Jun 2019
In this historical feminist coming-of-age musical comedy show, Harriet brings forth a team of rebellious women from the history of science to help her wage battle agains…
Bridget Christie: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Jun - 11th Jul 2019
New material shows from the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose D'Or and South Bank Arts award winner Bridget Christie.
Josh Widdicombe & Romesh Ranganathan – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th - 19th Jun 2019
Join Josh Widdicombe and Romesh Ranganathan as they road test their new material ahead of their tours.
Steve Bugeja – Single Mum – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Jun 2019
Steve helped his single mum find her Prince Charming all while learning his times tables.
Dylan Dodds and Friends (Friends Not Included) - Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 7th Jun - 31st Jul 2019
Four years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
James McNicholas: The Boxer (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th Jun - 19th Jul 2019
James’ grandad was world middleweight champion.
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, Dave’s ‘The Magic Sponge’) returns to Brighton with a work in progress of his sixth solo show.
Sophie Duker: Venus (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Sophie Duker is not a goddess.
Becky Brunning: Action Antihero (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Becky Brunning: Funny Women Finalist, daredevil, Broadchurch actor, helmet owner, brings her new nigh-octane show to Brighton after her debut hour ‘Beaming’ stormed* Edinburgh Frin…
Steve McNeil: Video Games (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2019
The creator of (and team captain on) ‘Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit’ bangs on about video games for an hour.
The Beautiful Mary Day
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Purple Playhouse Theatre
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2019
Rachel will never forget Mary Day, the damaged local legend.
100% Simon Brodkin (Edinburgh Preview/WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th May - 9th Jul 2019
You may know him as “comedy legend Lee Nelson” (The Sun) or “some unfunny pillock” (The Deputy Prime Minister) who gave Theresa May a P45, but yo…
How Does This Politics Thing Work?
- Listing Events
- West End
- Udderbelly
- 30th - 31st May 2019
Politics is boring.
Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
Join Lulu in a (short) hour of stand up as she tries out ideas about spooning, Christmas films and how all human beings are fundamentally repulsive (yes, even you, sorry).
William Stone: Gathering Moss (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
William Stone (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2018) is gathering moss, stuck somewhere between reality and dreams in the nineties.
Bananas (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 28th - 30th May 2019
Anna Banana can put words together that, if sung, would be so elegant, and, if rapped, would be lit! School has ruined poetry, so can she call herself a word-worker or a rhyming ri…
Teachers and Schools (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 28th - 30th May 2019
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Sara Barron: The Coconut (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 26th May - 2nd Jun 2019
The “reigning queen of New York’s live storytelling scene” (Jon Ronson) and host of US live show The Moth, Sara’s debut stand up hour garnered 5* reviews and earned her a nomin…
The Desk by Frank Foucault (Work In Progress)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 25th - 27th May 2019
Thump.
Robin Morgan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 25th May 2019
The third hour show from Robin Morgan (writer for BBC Two’s ‘The Mash Report’, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, television warm-up for the Graham Norton Show and tour support for Ell…
Fiona Ridgewell: Even Disney Needs a Day Off!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Black Dove
- 24th May - 1st Jun 2019
Fiona Ridgewell is the epitome of positivity.
Patrick Spicer: Now I've Seen Anything (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 22nd - 25th May 2019
Patrick Spicer delivers a work in progress of his first solo show to Brighton fringe.
Jake Baker: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 22nd - 25th May 2019
After the success of his debut last year at the Brighton Fringe, Jake presents his highly-anticipated second show.
Neil Delamere: End of Watch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd May 2019
Star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and The News Quiz, Neil Delamere presents this work-in-progress show.
Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 21st - 24th May 2019
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 23rd May 2019
TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
All Work, No Play
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 20th - 26th May 2019
We all have to work.
One Flew Over the Kyriacou's Nest (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 19th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou.
Fiona Sagar and Vanessa Hammick Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2019
Join Fiona Sagar and Vanessa Hammick for this double bill of new comedy: Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show nominee 2016 and 2017, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to …
Daniel Audritt: Trying to be Good (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 18th - 19th May 2019
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings a work in progress of his debut hour, to the Brighton Fringe.
Motherhood (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 18th - 19th May 2019
Brand new comedy ‘Motherhood’ is a hilarious exploration of life as a new parent.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse Exists! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 25th May 2019
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse did a show last year about being imaginary, and realised along the way that it was a massive manifestation of all her insecurities!! Hooray!! Now she’s trying…
Neil O'Rourke: Thump (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 17th May - 1st Jun 2019
A work in progress show from Neil O’Rourke, Finalist of Irish Comedian of the Year, New Comedian of the Year, and So You Think You’re Funny.
Huge Davies: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 15th - 18th May 2019
Fresh from his appearance on ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’, Huge Davies is preparing for his first hour.
Helen Bauer: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 15th - 18th May 2019
Ultimate babe and hotly-tipped new stand-up comedian, Helen Bauer, presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts, feelings and emotions on pretty much everything.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 15th - 19th May 2019
Born and raised in Japan, Yuriko Kotani now lives in the UK.
Romesh Ranganathan – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th - 28th May 2019
Join Romesh Ranganathan as he road tests his new material ahead of his tour.
Day of Dance @ Brighton Spiegeltent
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 13th - 13th May 2019
Ensemble Dance Co, topped off by Sarah Blanc.
I, Tom Mayhew (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 13th - 17th May 2019
Tom was unemployed for three years from the age of 18.
Sezar Alkassab: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Richmond
- 13th - 17th May 2019
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his new work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Nick Elleray, “quality downbeat comedy” (Chortle), is known for his dry, bleak musings on the dark and squalid aspects of life.
Cressida Wetton: Crewless, a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th - 29th May 2019
Cress wouldn’t wish her rented bedsit on anyone, narrowboats always looked so romantic and she’s ready for an off-grid adventure! Join her as she develops a stand-up comedy s…
Brighton Buddhist Centre: Open Day 2019
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 11th May 2019
The Brighton Buddhist Centre Open Day is a great opportunity to explore Buddhism and meditation in the heart of Brighton.
Jessica Fostekew: Power Bungalow (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 11th - 14th May 2019
Power Bungalow is a new show all about strength.
Robyn Perkins: Just In Case (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 11th - 19th May 2019
On 14 August 2018, Robyn Perkins ★★★★ (Voice Magazine) participated in a dating show in front of a live audience.
Maria Shehata: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 10th - 12th May 2019
The follow-up to her debut Edinburgh show ‘Wisdomless’, multi award-winning comedian Maria Shehata expands on her transatlantic move for love and life after it fell apart.
Jazz in the Afternoon: Julie Roberts and Michael Hinton
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 10th May 2019
Unique and personal interpretations of songs from the jazz/blues years - plus a touch of Latin! Julie’s expressive voice is complemented by Michael’s superb piano playing in an exc…
Liam Withnail: Homecoming (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 25th May 2019
Brand new hour of thoughtful and hilarious stand up from the celebrated comic.
Graham Day & The Forefathers
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- 100 Club
- 10th May 2019
Graham Day – legendary vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for garage/psychedelic icons, The Prisoners.
Bad Clowns: Cult Classic (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th - 11th May 2019
An interactive (work in progress) experience in which the audience find themselves in the hands of three friendly faces of a horrific, demonic cult.
Heidi Regan: On Time (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 9th - 13th May 2019
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny 2016, presents a work in progress of her new show.
Andrew Nolan: Homewrecker (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 9th - 10th May 2019
At 15, Andrew and some friends had a race to see who could down their pint fastest.
Brodi Snook: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 30th May 2019
Fast-rising Australian comedian and general smart-arse Brodi Snook takes a break from her career as a foot model (selling photos of her toes to foot perverts for cash) and having p…
I'm A 7: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 9th - 25th May 2019
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Louise Atkinson: Sounds Good, Looks a Mess (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 8th - 22nd May 2019
Amused Moose National New Comic finalist and So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist 2018 comes to Brighton.
a Bit Weird (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 8th - 11th May 2019
‘a Bit Weird’ is the brand new show by Sallyann Fellowes.
George Egg: Movable Feast (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 8th - 25th May 2019
More invention.
Maisie Adam: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 8th - 11th May 2019
Winner of So You Think You’re Funny? 2017 and Amused Moose National New Comic 2018, Maisie Adam presents a work in progress of her second Edinburgh show.
Adele Cliff: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 27th May 2019
A brand new hour of comedy from hilarious stand-up Adele Cliff.
Oleg Denisov: Russian Troll (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th - 9th May 2019
Days of myths and fairy tales are gone.
Work Makes You Free by Michael Ross
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 6th - 10th May 2019
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Pete Strong: Greenfinch (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Pete Strong just wants to be happy.
Cool Story Bro (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 5th May - 1st Jun 2019
Have you ever witnessed a couple’s divorce? When these people are your parents, your life turns upside down, especially if you’re 8-years-old.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 4th May - 1st Jun 2019
Chloe Petts brings her “inexhaustibly funny mind” (Diva Magazine) and “compelling presence” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) to her work in progress show ‘Alpha’.
Faye Treacy is a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 19th May 2019
As seen on BBC Three and heard on Radio Four, Faye Treacy is back with a new work in progress show.
Awokening: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 4th - 8th May 2019
A presentation of visionary (ridiculous) ideas from an apocalyptic clown man.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Lucy Pearman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 25th May 2019
Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas.
Olga Koch: If/Then, A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 3rd May 2019
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-proclaimed Taylor Swift of the London comedy scene, Olga Koch is back! This time she’s getting more intimate, more experimental and more…
Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
The acclaimed and award-winning comedy duo returns to Brighton with new material for their highly anticipated second show.
Jim Campbell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Nest
- 3rd - 10th May 2019
Award-nominated stand-up Jim Campbell descends from a murderous Scottish clan and has inherited their rage.
Crusade (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Kennel
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
This Anglo-Arab mum (‘So You Think You’re Funny’ finalist and published author; ‘Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic’) is raging at the endless feedback on what her identity should really…
Micky Overman: Presenting Miss Micky Overman (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs: The Howler
- 3rd - 30th May 2019
A brand spanking new hour from 2018 Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, Micky Overman.
Luke Rollason's Infinite Content (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 3rd - 6th May 2019
Switch on your phones and switch off your brains as Luke Rollason puts his mind on a spin cycle for your instant gratification.
Gethin Alderman is: SUBLIME (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Bunker
- 3rd - 6th May 2019
Gethin Alderman loves Limes.
Thanyia Moore: Bully (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Pipeline
- 3rd - 15th May 2019
Was Thanyia Moore bullied? Or was she the bully? Join the Funny Women Award Winner 2018 as she seeks to find the answer in this hilarious account of her childhood.
Jamesy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
A work in progress show from one of the UK comedy circuits most promising up-and-coming comedians.
Flo and Joan: Work in Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Apr 2019
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
Flo & Joan Work in Progress plus Rosie Jones
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Apr 2019
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
A Day In May
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Dublin
- Civic Theatre
- 12th Apr 2019
On 23rd May 2015, Ireland made history by becoming the first nation in the world to introduce marriage equality by popular vote.
Paul Chowdhry – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Apr 2019
Come and see the comedy powerhouse Paul Chowdhry - star of Taskmaster, Live at The Apollo and Wembley Arena Sell Out.
Paul Chowdhry: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th - 20th Apr 2019
Come and see the stand-up comedy powerhouse & star of Taskmaster and Live at The Apollo.
CC4K Mother's Day Special (6+yrs)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 31st Mar 2019
Watermans welcomes back the ever popular Comedy Club 4 Kids, featuring the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the comedy circuit.
Flo & Joan - Work in Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Mar 2019
Flo & Joan Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
Russell Maliphant & Vangelis - The Thread
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 15th Mar - 19th Oct 2019
Celebrated choreographer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant collaborates with Oscar-winning composer Vangelis for this stunning new work.
Seann Walsh: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th Mar 2019
Join Seann Walsh at the Museum of Comedy as he runs through material.
Kerry Godliman & Jen Brister: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th - 13th Mar 2019
Kerry Godliman & Jen Brister: Work In Progress Join Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister as they try out new material
How Does This Politics Thing Work Then? (6+yrs)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 10th Mar 2019
Politics is boring.
MORGAN & WEST : Non-Séance : A work in progress*
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 7th - 8th Mar 2019
Thursday 7th March, 8pmFriday 8th March, 8pmTickets: £10Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: ages 11+Other: This show takes place …
Flo & Joan / Rob Auton - Work in Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Mar 2019
Rob Auton Award winning stand-up comedian and poet Rob Auton (Dave’s Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award winner, Glastonbury’s ‘Poet In Residence’)…
Flo & Joan: Work In Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Mar 2019
Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
The D-Day Darlings
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Union Chapel
- 1st Mar 2019
Bringing the true spirit of the wartime era alive, The D-Day Darlings sing the heartfelt harmonies that kept Britain smiling through its darkest times with popular WW2 songs such a…
Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar (Studio)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 28th Feb 2019
Two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar met in 2011.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress With Support
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Feb - 31st Mar 2019
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 21st Feb 2019
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress With Support
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th - 28th Feb 2019
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th Feb 2019
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
Grand Stretch in the Afternoon
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 17th Feb 2019
A SLICE OF LIFE.
Jo Burke: Peculiar - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Feb 2019
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2019
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the worldwide hit returns to its beloved Leicester Square Theatre fo…
Shaggers: Valentine's Day Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Feb 2019
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the worldwide hit returns to its beloved Leicester Square Theatre fo…
Revan and Fennell: The Do (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Etcetera Theatre
- 12th Feb 2019
The award-winning comedy duo return to Etcetera Theatre with some brand spanking new material.
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Feb 2019
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Feb 2019
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Jekyll & Hyde: Work In Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th Jan 2019
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
Jekyll & Hyde: Work In Progress
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th Jan 2019
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
Revan and Fennell: The Do (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Jan 2019
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
Simon Brodkin – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Jan - 16th Apr 2019
From the man who pranked Theresa May, Donald Trump, Sepp Blatter, Kanye West and many more of the world’s biggest knobs; acclaimed character comedian Simon Brodkin…
Peculiar: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Dec 2018
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Jo Burke: Peculiar - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Dec 2018
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Glenn Moore and Pierre Novellie: Work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Dec 2018
Glenn Moore is a critically-acclaimed and prolific stand-up, writer, and sketch comedian.
Alan Carr: Work In Progress (plus support)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Nov - 1st Dec 2018
Alan Carr: Work In Progress (plus support)
Revan and Fennell: The Do (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Nov 2018 - 24th Jan 2019
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
COMEDY P.M PRESENTS: A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doc Away: Celebrating The NHS at 70 Years of Age
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st Nov 2018
Join us to celebrate the NHS turning 70 years of age all in aid of Young Minds charity.
Rob Beckett: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th Nov - 13th Dec 2018
Rob Beckett: Work In Progress
The Devil’s in the Detail: A Dublin & Edinburgh UNESCO Cities of Literature Event : Val McDermid & Professor Sue Black
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 3rd Nov 2018
Forensic anthropologists and crime writers share a common preoccupation with violent death, except that one is concerned with the how and the when while the other is con…
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 27th Oct - 20th Nov 2018
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
Frank Skinner: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 13th Oct 2018
Frank Skinner presents an hour of work in progress material for one week only!
Michael McIntyre Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Oct 2018
Michael McIntyre WIP
Ricky Gervais & Guests: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th - 16th Sep 2018
Ricky Gervais WIP
Ricky Gervais: Ricky Gervais & Guests Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd - 10th Sep 2018
Ricky Gervais WIP Please be aware, the show starts at 6.30pm and latecomers will not be admitted.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 26th Aug 2018
The 38th Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
SBN & NBN BANK HOLIDAY 2 DAY TICKET
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- 29 Endell St
- 26th Aug 2018 - 29th Aug 2021
Doors 2 pm, Show live at 5 pm.
In Conversation With... Mike Russell
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 26th Aug 2018
Minister for UK negotiations on Scotland’s place in Europe and MSP for Argyll and Bute.
Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas (Work-in-Progress / Open Rehearsal)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 25th - 26th Aug 2018
Following the success of the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra and Eurohouse, Bert and Nasi present an exclusive work-in-progress showing of their latest piece.
How to Work with BSL Interpreters
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 24th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Ceramic Art Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dundas Street Gallery
- 24th - 29th Aug 2018
This exhibition showcases two Edinburgh-based contemporary ceramic artists.
Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bonhams Auction House
- 24th - 26th Aug 2018
Returning for the 16th year is the show that makes a difference – come along and help to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Creative Project: An Afternoon With Wendy and Friends – Road to Meikle Seggie
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 24th Aug 2018
Creative Projects: An afternoon with Wendy and friends at Greyfriars Kirk.
Access All Areas: Creative Work Backstage
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Creative Edinburgh Careers Cafe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 22nd Aug 2018
CKP and InterTalent present: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special.
Working Together: How Can Freelancers and Venues Work Effectively Together?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Surgeons
- 21st Aug 2018
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected.
COMMON: Networking Event for Working-Class Artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 21st Aug 2018
COMMON is an arts organisation which exists to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, and help working-class artists build sustainable caree…
Pushing Boundaries in Work for Young Audiences
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 21st Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
Afternoon Organ Recital in Stockbridge With Marion Lees McPherson
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 20th Aug 2018
Marion Lees McPherson will spend an afternoon in Stockbridge Church with her annual organ recital of music by Bach, Schumann and Brahms.
Billie Holiday – Tribute to the Iconic Lady Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse / The Jazz Bar
- 7th - 19th Aug 2018
Two shows only! Award-winning Ali, Scotland’s ‘queen of vintage jazz’ (OCWeekly.
An Afternoon of Delights
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 18th Aug 2018
Sell-out shows at the Fringe in 2016 and 2017! Voci Voices are four classically trained singers who offer an afternoon of songs from opera, operetta, musicals, jazz, swing and ever…
Becky Brunning - Action AntiHero (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 18th - 20th Aug 2018
Becky Brunning: Actor, comedian, daredevil, helmet owner, stunt-doer, brings her new nigh-octane show to boldly tackle the big issues: should she have children? Is equality the re…
Edinburgh International Marketing Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Santosa
- 17th - 24th Aug 2018
Edinburgh International Marketing Festival.
Edinburgh's Traditional Music: Allan Ramsay's Songs. John Morran (Vocals, Cittern), Frank McLaughlin (Pipes, Guitar), Fred Freeman (Commentary)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 17th - 19th Aug 2018
Featuring musicians from the internationally acclaimed Complete Songs of Robert Burns (Linn Records). ‘Great voices, great songs… Who could ask for more?’ (fRoots).
COMMON: GROUND – Barriers to Staging Work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a Working-Class Artist
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2018
COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with…
Exhibition: Floral Art for the Feast Day of St Mary
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 15th Aug 2018
Flower arranging is a superb, but neglected art.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Castle and Kirk
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 18th Aug 2018
The music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2018
Last year, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Gryll…
Russell Howard Thinks I'm an Idiot
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 14th - 15th Aug 2018
Audience pick anecdotes from Bentley’s Bag of Showbiz Despair: Namedropping frenzy of failure, covers being a famous hate figure, trash TV and the dark side of comedy.
Diva Regina: Work Permit in Progress
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Camden Fringe
- The Albany
- 13th - 14th Aug 2018
Phoenix Arts Club Cabaret Award Finalist Diva Regina presents her first solo cabaret show at Camden Fringe.
The Edinburgh Festival on Film
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
We’re hosting drop-in screenings of Festival in Edinburgh (1955) and Edinburgh on Parade (1970).
Edinburgh in the Shadows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Woodland Creatures
- 13th - 14th Aug 2018
‘A collection of.
World in Progress
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
World in Progress is a brand-new musical song-cycle that explores our ever-changing relationship with the earth.
National Killing Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
When the government declares slaying legal to reignite a sense of self responsibility and respect, James has the urge to pay his ex-wife a visit.
Afternoon Organ Recital in Stockbridge With Nancy Crook
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 12th Aug 2018
Nancy Crook will be returning to the Fringe with her annual afternoon organ recital of music by Bach, de Grigny and Jackson at Stockbridge Church.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 12th Aug 2018
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band are joined by Polyhymnia Dancers in the ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the…
Dream Weaving and Art Forwarding – Shanghai Baoshan Little Ginkgo Students’ Art Troupe’s Performance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 10th Aug 2018
This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Handmade Edinburgh – The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Inverleith House Lawn
- 10th - 12th Aug 2018
Over three days, Handmade Edinburgh will celebrate the best in high-end design and craftsmanship from over 80 highly-skilled, British and international designer-makers.
Seven-Day NHS: Naughty Health Stories
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 10th - 12th Aug 2018
The Oxford Medical Students’ Tingewick Society come fresh from a sell-out slapstick pantomime to bring an insider’s view of medical life to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Kerry Godliman: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th - 11th Aug 2018
Kerry Godliman is back in Edinburgh to try out material she’s never said out loud before.
Edinburgh Gin Safari
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Other Place
- 7th - 25th Aug 2018
Get off the tourist drag and on the gin trail! See the New Town through gin-tinted spectacles with gin cocktails, G and T marshmallows, chocolates and gin-cured salmon on this fab …
Edinburgh Quartet: The World's Greatest Chamber Music
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 6th - 10th Aug 2018
A journey through chamber music gems with the Edinburgh Quartet – featuring works by Mozart, Bruckner, Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Gesualdo over three performances.
Black Ivy Sunday Afternoon Jazz
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Black Ivy
- 5th - 26th Aug 2018
A weekly celebration that will have your toes tapping as you enjoy live jazz music at Black Ivy every Sunday afternoon. See www.weareblackivy.com for more information.
Edinburgh's Greatest Hits – The Story of the Capital's Music
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Main Entrance to National Museum of Scotland
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
The Oxford Revue: Group Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Three Broomsticks
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Three of the Oxford Revue’s best and brightest present a free hour of stand-up and musical comedy.
Is This the Worst Quiz / Game Show Ever? (Edinburgh Regional Championships) Hosted by Yianni Agisilaou
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sneaky Pete’s
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
A cross between Mastermind, Ultimate Cage Fighting, and the Royal Variety Hour in a bar off Cowgate.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman).
Islam Festival Edinburgh 2018
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 4th - 20th Aug 2018
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh Revue Is All at Sea
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Canons’ Gait
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
Rebustours – Hidden Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Experience the dark and hidden atmosphere of the Detective Inspector John Rebus books, which are written by bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin.
Princes Street Gardens Piano Afternoon Tea
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Experience authentic light jazz by our in-house pianist, while also enjoying the Scottish Cafe’s award-winning afternoon tea.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 4th - 5th Aug 2018
After two sell-out performances in last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra return once again to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting and varied…
Afternoon Concerts at 3.30
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Michael and All Saints
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Performers: Theresa Burton (recorder), Aisling Kenny (soprano), Ursula Schlapp (viola da gamba), Katie Johnston (cello), Ailsa Aitkenhead (piano), Annemarie Klein (recorder), Dorie…
Tygers Of Pan Tang – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 3rd Aug 2018
In the May 1979 issue of Sounds magazine the term ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ was used to describe a second wave of heavy metal bands that emerged in the late 1970’s.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Fresh from touring UK and Australia, the maestro of feel-good comedy.
The Edinburgh Revue's Stand-Up Show 2018
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
The Edinburgh Revue returns to the Fringe with a collection of its best and brightest local talents from throughout the year in this stand-up showcase.
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Afternoon Acoustic Blues
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
A return visit by Scottish duo Malt & Rye to the award-winning Edinburgh Jazz Bar with their own brand of acoustic blues and roots music played on acoustic guitar and double bass w…
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history, and blessed with beauty.
Tetchy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
The whole world is on edge.
Good Evening Edinburgh, It's Sam Kissajukian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Beach Hunks: Leg Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Toned.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Adventures in Dementia: Steve Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Steve’s dad has Alzheimers.
Sam Russell: Lucky Bastard
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white, male privilege.
Nish Kumar: It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of The Mash Report trials new material for a national tour.
James Veitch's Work in Progress Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability.
Roast Battle Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 17th Aug, 2018
Roast Battle features a rotating lineup that changes daily, with a general showcase of at least four or five pairs of comedians taking to the stage to rip sizeable chunks out of th…
Two Hearts: Edinburgh World Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Experience catchy AF original bangers*, too much confetti and distractingly sexy dance moves as NZ’s hottest new comedy duo take on all the most ridiculous trends in the world of p…
Daniel Simonsen: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Currently residing in New York City, the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer returns to the Fringe to build material.
Afternoon Delight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2018
Sample show of different shows from within our 15 spaces, and maybe some guests.
Day Drinking With Yanks and Hosers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest
- 2nd - 19th Aug 2018
A large pond separates us but drinking in the afternoon brings us together. A grab bag of up-and-coming stand-up comics from the US and Canada.
Afternoon Tea With Ray Fordyce and Other Spiffing Personnages
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2018
Ray Fordyce is back again to host a delightful afternoon of comedy and entertainment to brighten any Fringe day.
Jack Evans: Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Workers of the world: please stop! Jack Evans, lizard prince of Manchester’s alternative circuit, presents a punchy, out-there hour about work: its history, its present and a futur…
Spring Day: Strong Codependent Woman – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Who runs the world? Not this bitch.
Nigel Ng: Malaysian Sensation (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
Locked In Edinburgh, Escape the Distillery
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2018
Locked In Edinburgh escape game challenge to solve the mystery of who’s plotting against the distillery.
Russell Hicks: Love Song for the Viciously Ambitious
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Russell Hicks returns with another free-form explosion that he deems ‘necessary medicine’ for any artist who is trying too hard to make it.
Catch of the Day (A Sturgeon Story)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
In 1966, Joe Welch, a skipper, sails into dingle harbour with a very unusual catch.
Russell Hicks: A Fist Full of Ideas
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Russell Hicks attempts to hone a work that is forever in progress by walking on stage with – literally – a fist full of ideas.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Great value lunchtime compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Doom’s Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carla van der Sluijs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 18th Aug, 2018
Doomsday preppers: people who ready themselves and their homes for survival in the event of an apocalypse.
Peatbog Faeries – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 2nd Aug 2018
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide.
Neal Portenza's Final Edinburgh Show Will Be a Bad Magic Show on a Bus. BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix and Amazon Prime Are All Welcome
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Beehive Inn
- 1st - 31st Aug 2018
Have you met Clart and McBrain? Performed in and out of Edinburgh’s famous – and infamous – taverns and howfs, the tour takes the form of an impassioned debate between two fict…
The Noise Next Door's Really, Really, Good Afternoon Show (At Sea!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone.
Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Statue of William Playfair
- 1st - 31st Aug 2018
Join a local guide for a fun and informative introduction to Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Afternoon Family Underground Ghost Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- City of Edinburgh Tours
- 1st - 31st Aug 2018
Be led by a gruesome character from Edinburgh’s dark past around historic closes and wynds, then take a visit down into our underground vaults.
May Day
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Cecil Sharp House
- 1st - 3rd Aug 2018
In fair Venice where we lay our scene, but unlike Verona it’s not blood that’s making civil hands unclean.
Dad's Army Afternoon Tea Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 1st - 18th Aug 2018
Two actors play 25 characters in this Edinburgh and London hit transplanted to a specially created 1940s-style venue unique to this show, celebrating the 50th birthday of Croft and…
A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
A Work in Progress is just that, a work in progress.
The Edinburgh Fringe Magic Gala
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Sell-out 2017.
Russell Howard – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 12th Aug 2018
Russell Howard returns to Edinburgh for two weeks only. New ideas, New routines, Anything could happen! It’s gonna be great, and it’s only a fiver. Who’s in?
ISMO: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Jul 2018
Fresh from his appearance on Conan, Ismo returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to try out material ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe Show.
Edinburgh Shoreline – Free
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – John Hope Gateway
- 30th Jul - 2nd Sep 2018
During the Shoreline project, locals have been exploring the heritage of Edinburgh’s coast.
Croft & Pearce – Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Jul 2018
The stars of BBC Radio 4’s The Croft & Pearce Show and Sketchorama, recipients of the official Total Sell Out Show laurel in Edinburgh 2016 and WhatsOnLondon C…
Myra DuBois/Frank Lavender (Edinburgh Preview Double Bill)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 27th Jul 2018
Edinburgh Festival Preview Double Bill Featuring: MYRA DUBOIS The self-declared siren of South Yorkshire presents a festive spectacular! In July.
Ian Smith: Craft (Edinburgh Fringe Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 27th Jul 2018
Ian Smith is multi-award winning comedian.
A Beautiful Day Forever
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 27th Jul 2018
Fame is everything nowadays.
Harpy (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th - 29th Jul 2018
Birdie’s a hoarder.
Rob Deering: Earworm (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 26th Jul 2018
Rob Deering is back with his most tenacious tunes yet.
Edinburgh Preview: Suzi Ruffell & Jen Brister
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jonna Brett
- Brighton
- Komedia Brighton
- 31st Jul, 2018
Suzi Ruffell loves doing stand-up - and it shows.
Ciarán Dowd: Don Rodolfo (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd - 29th Jul 2018
Don Rodolfo is a total butthead, a shameless libertine and the greatest swordsman the world has ever seen.
Sindhu Vee: Sandhog (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th Jul 2018
Award winning comedian and host of the BBC’s Comedy of the Week podcast Sindhu Vee, presents a work in progress about how difficult it is to STAY married, how you&…
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 20th Jul 2018
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic Deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Laura Lexx: Trying (Edinburgh Fringe Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 20th Jul 2018
“One can only hope there’s some life altering catastrophe around the corner for Lexx” (Broadway Baby 2015).
Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 19th Jul 2018
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.
Ian Smith – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th Jul 2018
Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) is a multi-award winning comedian, fuelled by 35p energy drinks.
Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Callaghan
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- Komedia Brighton
- 17th Jul 2018
Award-winning UK comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to the Fringe with a powerhouse mash-up of comedy and poetry abo…
Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Callaghan
- Review
- ★★★
- Jonna Brett
- Brighton
- Komedia Brighton
- 30th Jul, 2018
Who says stand-up and poetry don’t go together? Sarah Callaghan was told it wouldn’t work, that it just wasn’t, well, fun enough.
Il Divo: Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Castle
- 13th Jul 2018
Founded in 2004 via the evil genius that is Simon Cowell, Il Divo is a supremely talented British-based international pop opera foursome comprised of French pop singer Sébas…
Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th - 13th Jul 2018
Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year.
Robin Morgan: Honeymoon (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Jul 2018
July: Robin gets married.
Edinburgh Preview: Laura Lexx & Sara Barron
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jonna Brett
- Brighton
- Komedia Brighton
- 12th Jul, 2018
A double bill of excellent comedians: both tackled arguably taboo subjects, both were extremely funny.
John and Claire Lenahan: Loud & Louder (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Jun 2018
Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure.
The Pin & Moon: Edinburgh Fringe Previews
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Jun 2018
The Pin: Backstage (Edinburgh Fringe Preview) After 3 multi-award winning series on BBC Radio 4, “the next Mitchell and Webb” (Times) are going back to the F…
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd Jun - 14th Jul 2018
Born and raised in Japan, Yuriko Kotani now lives in the UK.
Anna Morris: Bombastic (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st Jun 2018
The award-winning character comedian and star of Channel 4’s 'Lee and Dean' celebrates four sell-out shows with a mash-up of her favourite creations.
Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th Jun 2018
Energetic, playful stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian Russell Arathoon.
Bread & Geller: Prime Time (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Jun 2018
Sketch Off 2018 runners up Bread & Geller bring you their sell-out debut hour, a hot mix of character comedy, observational sketch and musical parody.
Nick Dixon: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Jun 2018
Nick Dixon arrives fresh from working with Will Smith on his new movie, performing his standup on Comedy Central, and supporting Europe’s biggest comedian at the S…
Athena Kugblenu: Follow The Leader (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 10th Jun - 8th Jul 2018
The world's never had more knowledge, yet never more stupidity.
Simon Munnery: The Wreath (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 9th Jun - 14th Jul 2018
“I went to a funeral the other day.
Women: Work And Power Improv Night!
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 8th Jun 2018
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
The Crooners (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Jun 2018
An hour of non-stop, razor-sharp, unadulterated show business.
Henry Paker: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd Jun - 4th Jul 2018
The Leicester Mercury award-winning comedian is building a brand new hour of stand up.
Tom Ward: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2018
Chortle Best Newcomer Winner 2017, Tom Ward, returns with his difficult third album.
Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2018
Kevin Precious is a former Religious Studies teacher.
Spring Day: Help! I've Fallen in Love and I Can't Get Up!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 29th - 30th May 2018
Two little cripples sitting in a tree k-i-s-s—Wait! How did two cripples get up a tree? Come see Spring Day, voted Brooklyn’s Best Comedian, tell true tales of a spastic Sid and …
Josh Widdicombe and Henry Paker: Work in progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 29th May - 9th Jul 2018
Josh Widdicombe and Henry Paker try out new material for their upcoming stand up shows.
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 28th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Ian Smith is a multi-award-winning comedian; this is a work in progress of his fifth solo show.
Paul Wade: Mortal (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 26th - 28th May 2018
Do you struggle to fit in in an ever-changing world? Does the speed of change make you feel old before your time? Then you know how Paul feels.
Max & Ivan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 26th - 27th May 2018
Black-belt grandmasters of narrative-sketch comedy take to the live stage in a whirlwind hour of new ideas and never-before-seen characters.
Ruby Wax: How To be Human. (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th May - 3rd Jul 2018
We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on.
Nigel Ng: Malaysian Sensation (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 24th - 26th May 2018
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
Katharine Ferns: Between One Ferns (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 24th May 2018
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 28th May 2018
An hour of new material by award-winning comedian and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star, Larry Dean.
Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn
- Review
- ★★★
- Elly May
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 23rd May, 2018
Walking into the Rialto Theatre felt like being transported back to a more gothic age.
Fiona Sagar: Working Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 20th - 27th May 2018
Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show Nominee 2016, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to Brighton Fringe with her new character comedy show.
It's All My Mother's Fault! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 20th - 27th May 2018
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Free Yoga All Day at Space Yoga Studio
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Space Yoga Studio
- 19th May 2018
Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio.
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th May 2018
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Mawaan Rizwan: Twerk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 19th - 20th May 2018
Fresh off a UK tour supporting Simon Amstell, Mawaan Rizwan is back with a work-in-progress show.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
Let Them Eat Jake: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 16th - 19th May 2018
Creating your own kingdom is what life’s all about – one where you can live by your own rules, make your own choices, and be the person you truly are.
Dan Evans: In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 16th - 30th May 2018
Come and watch as award-winning, stand-up comedian, and much credited writer Dan Evans releases 53 minutes of his latest entertainment into the wild.
Yuriko Kotani: Overwork in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 14th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award 2015 and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani brings you wonderfully offbeat stories with her rug-pulling punchlines…
Maria Shehata - Pretty Little (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 14th - 18th May 2018
Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata follows up her debut show ‘Wisdomless’ with stand up and storytelling about her life in London and what happened after she whimsically move…
All Work, No Play
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 14th - 20th May 2018
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Evelyn Mok: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 13th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Featured on Channel 4, Comedy Central and BBC’s New Talent Hotlist, the award-winning Swedish comedian presents a work in progress that promises to be “uncensored, unapologetic and…
Life In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 13th - 15th May 2018
When life fell apart, Rob moved into a caravan.
Making the Most of the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 13th - 13th May 2018
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe attracts media and arts professionals from all over the globe.
Lolly Jones: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th - 19th May 2018
Join Lolly and special guest(s) in an hour of stand up & character comedy.
Kelsey de Almeida: I'm Very Different People (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 12th - 27th May 2018
Winner of South End Comedy Festival’s ‘Best Newcomer’ competition 2017, Kelsey is one of the youngest working comedians in the UK.
Family Day - Boo Hoo Baby
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th May 2018
‘The Boo Hoo Baby’ Inspired by the board book by Cressida Cowell Boo is a baby who needs something but what it is nobody knows.
Family Day - Excuse Me Mrs Pardon
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Family Day - Space Girl
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th May 2018
‘Space Girl’ written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old.
Family Day - PAW PATROL (Meet Chase)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Plus come and see Chase from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.
Family Day - PAW PATROL (Meet Marshall)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Plus come and see Marshall from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11.
Family Day - Rap and Beatbox Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
This is a terrific workshop for children and young people of all ages.
Family Day - D.J Skills Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
DJ skills workshops are great for children who want to learn to DJing.
Family Day - Street Dance Workshop
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 12th - 12th May 2018
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
Olga Koch: Fight, a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 12th - 13th May 2018
In 2014, Olga Koch’s father was stopped by authorities on the Russian border, which resulted in the most surreal year in her family’s life.
Esther Manito: But I've Got One (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 11th - 13th May 2018
Esther Manito, a finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny? 2017’ and heard on BBC radio 4 Extra, is working on her first solo show.
Rosco McClelland: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 11th - 12th May 2018
It’s been a hell of a year for Rosco McClelland, travelling the world, getting engaged and making new friends in interesting places.
Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 10th - 13th May 2018
Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon.
Nik Coppin: Shark (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 9th May - 3rd Jun 2018
He told a silly joke one night at a show in Australia and the events thereafter were rather confusing.
Adele Cliff: Sheep (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 30th May 2018
Adele Cliff, Dave’s Top 15 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 and 2016, brings her brand-new show ‘Sheep’ to Brighton! Packed with gags, anecdotes and fun, this work-in-progress sho…
Anna Morris: Under the Sea (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 14th May 2018
A brand new show from the creator of award-winning wedding comedy ‘It’s Got to be Perfect’.
Adam Vincent: Semi-detached (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 8th - 29th May 2018
See this award-nominated (Best Comedy, Buxton Fringe 2017) Australian stand-up, now living in Bedford, who played to full houses throughout his Edinburgh Fringe run (2017).
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
Jake Baker: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 8th - 23rd May 2018
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Brighton.
Bisha K Ali's Life is A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 8th - 21st May 2018
Bisha K Ali brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Steve Bugeja: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 8th May 2018
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Love Island Aftersun’, Russell Howard’s ‘Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, presents a work-in-progress show.
What's it all about, eh? The Musical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th May 2018
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th - 8th May 2018
Award-winning double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to Brighton Fringe with their brand of observational and character-driven sketch comedy.
Heidi vs Sharks: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2018
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny? 2016, explores our increasingly confusing world via the medium of shark films.
Jay Cowle: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Jay Cowle is a stand-up comedian and day dreamer which is all very nice until he wants to get something done, but things are changing.
Brighton Buddhist Centre Open Day 2018
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 6th May 2018
We’re opening the doors of the Brighton Buddhist Centre! If you’ve ever wondered what goes on here, come along to one of our taster sessions which will give you a flavour of some…
Luke Kempner: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner brings his 2018 work in progress show to Brighton Fringe for the first time.
VAGUE (Work-In-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 6th May 2018
18 months ago, Maisie Adam decided to try stand-up comedy.
Dave: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2018
Despite his best intentions, Dave Fensome is getting older.
Nick Elleray: It's Been Emotional (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 4th - 19th May 2018
The ‘Mellow Thunder From Down Under’ returns to Brighton with a stand-up comedy show that’ll be thoughtful, silly, and thoughtfully silly.
Luke Rollason's Planet Earth (Is a Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 7th May 2018
A low-budget, one-man nature documentary set in a future where our worst predictions came true.
Eddie Izzard: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Apr 2018
Eddie Izzard: Work In Progress.
Nina Conti - Work In Progress
- Review
- ★
- Millie Bayswater
- London Fringe
- Udderbelly
- 1st May, 2018
Nina Conti, now a household name from multiple television appearances, has done great trade tonight packing out London’s premier temporary fringe venue – The Underbelly at Sout…
Ivy Paige, A Work In Progress
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 24th Apr 2018
International Showgirl, Ivy Paige, star of ‘London Cabaret’, hostess of An Evening of a Burlesque, real life Jessica Rabbit and now the infamous singing sire…
Frank Lavender: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Apr 2018
Northern club comic Frank Lavender returns to London’s Leicester Square Theatre for a run of Work In Progress Shows.
Bridget Christie: What Now? (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th - 18th Apr 2018
Brexit.
Frankie Boyle - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Apr - 29th May 2018
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre to try out some brand new jokes.
Best of Edinburgh Kids Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Austral Hotel
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you award winning family friendly comedy acts from Edinburgh.
Best of Edinburgh Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Austral Hotel
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning comedy & cabaret acts from Edinburgh.
DANNY BHOY – A WORK IN PROGRESS
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Howling Owl
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
St. Patrick's Day at 55ml
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- 55ml Bar
- 17th Mar 2018
Come down to 55ml to celebrate the fun and frivolity of St.
Evolution Festival: Lyric Ensemble: Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 16th Mar 2018
The Lyric Ensemble is a group of 15 actors led by international director Anne Louise Sarks.
Best of the Edinburgh Fest
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Handpicked from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Best of the Edinburgh Fest is the original and BEST line up show at the Adelaide Fringe.
Russell Morris
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 13th Mar 2018
Aria Hall of Fame inductee, #1 selling Platinum artist, King of Pop, Australian Icon!! These are a few phrases commonly used to describe Aussie legend Russell Morris.
AN AFTERNOON OF WINE, WOMAN AND SONG
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Sinclair’s Gully Winery
- 12th - 18th Mar 2018
A magical place, fabulous Adelaide Hills wine, and a very special performance under the candlebark gums.
POWER LINES: WORDS AT WORK
- Listing Spoken Word
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 11th Mar 2018
Join OLD JACK, the Aussie Gleeman, for your renewable energy – high voltage, low emissions, clean and efficient, ample storage, no blackouts (we all hope).
Best of Edinburgh Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Austral Hotel
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Ha Ha Comedy, Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you their pick of the best multi award winning acts from Edinburgh.
International Women's Day Festival
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Woodville Town Hall
- 8th Mar 2018
A day to celebrate and share stories of women and how we contribute to the world we live in.
Salisbury Secret Garden - Family Fun Day
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Salisbury Secret Garden - Civic Square
- 4th Mar 2018
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
Years to the Day
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Adelaide Botanic Garden
- 4th Mar 2018
Following tours through the United States and Europe, come see the Australian premiere of “Years to the Day.
Day Dance 2018
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Adelaide Fringe
- Simon Hackett Wines
- 3rd Mar 2018
If you like wine, food, and dancing then this is the event for you! Day Dance is an annual winery party in the beautiful McLaren Vale - only 30 minutes from the CBD.
Edinburgh Fringe Info Session
- Listing Workshop
- Adelaide Fringe
- Fringe Club
- 27th Feb 2018
Hear Fringe Society staff and participants discuss how you can be part of the largest open access arts festival in the world.
Fringe Fun Day
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- Mount Lofty House
- 25th Feb 2018
A family friendly event including Cool 4 Kids entertainment and shows, face painting, balloon sculpting, outdoor games plus lunch and a drink provided for every guest.
Grand Final Day
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Live From Tandanya
- 25th Feb 2018
The Dingbats are flag favourites, unbeaten and today is Grand Final Day.
Kilkenny Scout Group Family Fun Day
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Adelaide Fringe
- Challa Gardens Primary School
- 24th Feb 2018
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
Work Makes You Free
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Network Theatre
- 21st - 25th Feb 2018
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
Katie Pritchard: Tsunamiramirami (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Caxton Arms / The Soundhouse Leicester / VAULT Festival
- 3rd Feb - 31st May 2018
West End Actress, Musician and snazzy idiot, Katie Pritchard, is off on an adventure in this tidal wave of Sketchy, Charactery, Musical Comedy fun.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Wyndham’s Theatre
- 27th Jan 2018 - 8th Jun 2024
Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed produ…
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 20th Nov 2017
Award-winning double act, Revan and Fennell, bring their unique brand of silly and observational sketch comedy to the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for one night only.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Duchess Theatre
- 16th - 30th Oct 2017
An evening of comedy featuring some of the top comedians from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe including some of the winners and nominees of the lastminute.
8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / Dong Yi's Special Programme on the Zheng for Chinese Lovers' Day
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Canongate Kirk
- 28th Aug 2017
Playing an instrument with over 2,500 years of recorded history, after some 100 public recitals in the UK, international classical Zheng performer Yi Dong, a soloist with five albu…
Dear Edinburgh
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- On Top of Arthurs Seat
- 27th Aug 2017
Join Lyra’s Artist-in-residence, Lou Brodie, at the top of Arthur’s Seat from dawn till dusk as she offers a letter to the city from the other side of the hill.
lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 27th Aug 2017
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Dylan Moran – Work in Progress (Grumbling)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 25th - 27th Aug 2017
A brand new Work in Progress show from Dylan Moran.
Celebrating 60 Years of Edinburgh Grand Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 24th Aug 2017
Celebrate 60 years of EGO with highlights from much-loved operas by Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Bizet.
Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bonhams
- 24th - 27th Aug 2017
Returning for the 15th year is the art show where you can make a difference – come along and you’ll be raising vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
I Got Rhythm – Night and Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 24th - 26th Aug 2017
One of Scotland’s most respected musicians and a versatile keyboard improviser in all styles, Richard Michael BEM brings his dazzling fingers and presentation skills to the fore in…
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Surgeons
- 22nd Aug 2017
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Process Day
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2017
A sensory experience transforming dancers into sleek, androgynous, nocturnal beings guided through shadows by a futuristic techno soundtrack.
The Lucky Durhams: The First Day of the Somme
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 21st - 27th Aug 2017
This play, set against the historically accurate backdrop of the first day of the Somme, features fictitious soldiers from the Durham Pals regiment, preparing for the big push.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Passion and Manners – 16th Century Dance workshop
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 20th Aug 2017
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers.
David Earl Is Brian Gittins: Don't Feed the Monkey Man (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 20th - 29th Aug 2017
David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins is an utter prat and according to the Sussex Argus, ‘The World’s Worst Comedian’.
Simon Amstell: Tour Previews (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th - 19th Aug 2017
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous.
Writing and Producing Your Own Work: Top Tips and Study Options
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Musical Migrants
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 16th - 18th Aug 2017
The contribution of travelling composers and performers to the music of Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group in the vibrant …
Iain Connell: Some Buzz (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 15th - 27th Aug 2017
After years in the sketch show game, Iain Connell, star and co-creator of BBC hit show Burnistoun (a sell-out at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe) is throwing caution to the wind…
The D-Day Dodgers. An Attempt to Right a Wrong.
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 15th - 16th Aug 2017
One million people on all sides were killed in Italy in WW2.
Philomusica of Edinburgh With John Sampson
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 15th Aug 2017
John Sampson (trumpet and recorder) joins the orchestra for performances of Vivaldi’s recorder concerto in C minor and Handel’s trumpet suite in D.
Jordan Brookes: Body of Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th - 28th Aug 2017
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
Afternoon T With Georgia Tasda
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CC Blooms
- 15th - 25th Aug 2017
Here she comes! London’s breakthrough comedy drag act arrives in Edinburgh with a brand-new show! Join Georgia Tasda for a brew as she spills the T.
Jason Manford: Muddle Class Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 14th - 20th Aug 2017
Jason Manford is back and better than ever! With this work in progress show you’ll be one of the first to get a sneak peak of his brand new tour, Muddle Class.
Turntable / Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 17th Aug, 2017
Michael John McCarthy’s Turntable is a project that has been touring Scotland for four years now, with the simple premise that music can help total strangers open up to one anoth…
Nick Helm: Masterworks in Progress '17
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th - 27th Aug 2017
After spending two years in the wilderness, international treasure Nick Helm (Dave’s Best Joke 2011) crawls his way back from the depths of hell to find the world he once loved has…
Tim Key: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th - 27th Aug 2017
Late at night.
Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day Two
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 13th Aug 2017
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day One
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th Aug 2017
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
Divine Melody from Chinese Fiddlers: Shanghai Yangpu Children’s Palace Students’ Art Troupe’s Concert at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 11th Aug 2017
With the combination of classic melody and innovative performing methodology, the concert will demonstrate the charms of traditional Chinese music and dance with the spirits of the…
Afternoon Organ Recitals in Stockbridge
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 11th - 25th Aug 2017
Two afternoon organ recitals in Stockbridge, one featuring Nancy Crook and one featuring Marion Lees McPherson.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Future of the Fringe in Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th Aug 2017
As we mark 70 years of this phenomenal festival we want to take stock and explore what the Fringe should look like in the future.
Edinburgh International Youth Orchestra at Greyfriars Kirk
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 10th - 11th Aug 2017
Edinburgh International Youth Orchestra performs two concerts at Greyfriars Kirk with players from the Palestine Youth Orchestra.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Edinburgh Fringe as a Classroom
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 9th Aug 2017
International workshop, professional development and networking event.
How to Win the Edinburgh Fringe Sustainable Practice Award
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 8th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Edinburgh Musical Society
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 8th Aug 2017
Vibrant Scottish early music group Ensemble Marsyas under dynamic director Peter Whelan has fast made its name with thrilling, captivating music making since its founding in 2011.
Afternoon Acoustic Blues
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 7th - 28th Aug 2017
New show for this year at the award winning Jazz Bar from Scottish duo Colorblind Slim.
Rebustours – Hidden Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 7th - 26th Aug 2017
Experience the dark, hidden world of the best-selling Detective Rebus books.
Ewan Spence's Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show and Podcast
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 7th - 25th Aug 2017
Join Ewan Spence and the team behind the BAFTA nominated ‘Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show And Podcast’ at this year’s daily recordings of the live show in the Rose Theatre .
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 6th - 25th Aug 2017
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
‘Boogie-woogie.
Barry Loves You (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Barry Loves You: an ambitious claim to make, even if he already knew you.
Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Abi Roberts: Fat Girl Dancing (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus.
Galpals: Because at the End of the Day, That's What We'd Like to be Known as
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southsider
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
Colour coordinated galpals Emma Moran and Sarah King, explore the meaning of friendship through the mediums of poorly made hats and sketch comedy.
The Edinburgh Revue: Jamboreavement
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Kilderkin
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
The Edinburgh Revue is back in black, bringing you sketch comedy straight from the horse’s mouth.
Islam Festival Edinburgh 2017
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 5th - 24th Aug 2017
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
A Brush With Colour in Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Blue Easel Gallery
- 5th - 25th Aug 2017
Jennifer Thomson launches her exciting new collection of Edinburgh paintings.
Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 4th - 25th Aug 2017
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and multi award-winning ‘Podfather’ (Elle) returns with the internet chat show, that all the cool kids who hang around the Omni Centre call RHEFP (RH…
The Free Fringe Festival Music Stages Launch Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Wee Pub
- 4th Aug 2017
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
The Free Fringe Festival Music Stages Launch Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Biddy Mulligans
- 4th Aug 2017
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
BBC: Steve Wright in the Afternoon
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC
- 4th Aug 2017
Steve Wright broadcasts live on Radio 2 from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue on the opening day of the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
The Edinburgh Revue's 2017 Stand-Up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
The Edinburgh Revue returns for its eighth Fringe, bringing you an hour of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby.
Afternoon Delight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Family-friendly sample show of different shows within the venue’s 14 performance spaces.
Daniel Piper's Day Off
- Review
- ★★
- Lynn Rusk
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 16th Aug, 2017
Daniel Piper’s Day Off is a one man comedy show that goes through the different anxieties one feels when calling in sick to work.
Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Pujos
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2017
Have a bite to eat and take a seat – you’re in for a treat.
A Struggle: Work in Progress / Free Festival
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Just twelve short months ago, Mark Row had never stepped on stage to perform stand-up comedy.
Russell Hicks: The Brain is in the Heart
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
70% improvisation, 30% stories about illicit drug use and Christian scientists.
Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Vic St Coffee Co
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Dan & Jamie Work On Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
Daniel Audritt (BBC Radio 4 and Channel 5) and Jamie Oliphant (ITV2’s TVOD and BBC New Comedian) bring an hour of stand-up to the Free Fringe’s most popular venue – the Free Sist…
Toasty’s Day-Dreaming
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 3rd - 15th Aug 2017
Family physical theatre.
Day Dream
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
From two former students of Philippe Gaulier.
Keith Farnan: Work and Words in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2017
Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow) has tried to answer some of the big questions in life in previous shows, but now seems like a good time to just be funny.
Afternoon Concerts at 3.30
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Michael and All Saints
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Performers: Roxburgh Quartet, Hans Gál Trio (Emma Donald, Katie Johnston, Ailsa Aitkenhead), Squair Mile Consort of Viols, Duo da Chiesa (Andrea Kuypers, Philip Sawyer), Turadh (E…
Michael Clarke: A Felt in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Michael Clarke has felt something.
Funny Cluckers – Afternoon Show – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests.
Afternoon T With Georgia Tasda
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise Palms
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2017
Here she comes! London’s breakthrough comedy drag act arrives in Edinburgh with a brand-new show! Join Georgia Tasda for a brew as she spills the T.
Jordan Brookes: Body of Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Afternoon Tea With Ray Fordyce and Other Thoroughly Pleasant People
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Ray Fordyce is back to host another afternoon feast of comedy and entertainment. Featuring three or more acts each day, this is a must for every Fringe visitor.
The Noise Next Door's Really, Really Good Afternoon Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lily Lindon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 20th Aug, 2017
The Noise Next Door’s Really, Really Good Afternoon Show is what it says on the ticket.
Edinburgh Tour and Whisky Tasting
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Jeffrey St. Whisky & Tobacco
- 2nd - 30th Aug 2017
Join a small group tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, followed by a tutored tasting of four Scotch whiskies.
Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bottom of Granny’s Green Steps
- 1st - 31st Aug 2017
Join a local guide for this fun and informative walk through 900 years of Edinburgh’s history.
Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Beehive Inn
- 1st - 31st Aug 2017
Join the infamous Clart and McBrain in a brilliant and witty dramatic romp through the wynds, courtyards and pubs of Edinburgh.
Afternoon Family Underground Ghost Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- City of Edinburgh Tours
- 1st - 31st Aug 2017
Be led by a gruesome character from Edinburgh’s dark past around some old streets and wynds, then take a visit down into our Underground Vaults.
Highlands to Hindustan: Indian Art in University of Edinburgh Collections
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Main Library
- 1st - 31st Aug 2017
Marking the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, this exhibition celebrates the richness and visual splendour of two millennia of India’s art.
155th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography 2017
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Photographic Exhibition Centre
- 31st Jul - 27th Aug 2017
An exhibition of the best in modern art photography from photographers, both amateur and professional, worldwide.
Drawn to Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 31st Jul - 28th Aug 2017
An exhibition of illustrated works by students and graduates of Edinburgh College of Art.
Edinburgh Preview: Pippa Evans' Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and The Committee
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 28th Jul 2017
Prepare to have your joy levels optimised by “the finest female character comic around” (Time Out) as Pippa Evans presents Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and improvisers seen on B…
Edinburgh Preview: Schutte The Unromantic
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 30th Jun 2017
A storytelling and stand-up show written and performed by Katy Schutte (The Maydays/Knightmare Live), this is the hilarious tale of trying to find love despite freezing up at choco…
Edinburgh Preview: The Science Of Cringe
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 23rd Jun 2017
Picture a Venn diagram where behavioural science, character comedy & storytelling are intersecting the hell out of each other – it’s BBC comedy writer Maria Peters’ new show The …
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Wyndham’s Theatre
- 17th Jun - 9th Sep 2017
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald makes her West End debut as legendary jazz icon, Billie Holiday.
Darren Harriott: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 1st Jun 2017
Darren Harriott is one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
Eshaan Akbar: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 1st Jun 2017
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year, Eshaan Akbar, brings his work-in-progress show ‘Eshaan Who? Akbar!’ to Brighton Fringe.
Amy Howerska. Progress (Work Inn)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2017
A work-in-progress show from your very own Welsh-wonder, Amy Howerska.
Eleanor Conway: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Follow up to Eleanor’s critically acclaimed debut show.
Carly Smallman: A Work in Progress and Other Terrible Stories About Why I Keep Ruining it for Myself
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 29th - 30th May 2017
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
Kevin Precious: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 29th - 31st May 2017
Work-in-progress. Former RE teacher; teaching RE; philosophy of religion; God-shaped hole; being a humanist… that sort of thing.
David Sheeran - I Am Donut: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 29th May - 2nd Jun 2017
Skyfall, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Ghost, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast, Notting Hill, 50 Shades Darker and Beetleju…
Sexual Fears of a Modern Day Virgin
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 29th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Kids these days! No one knows what they’re up to.
Sussex Birth Day
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 27th May 2017
Talking about Birth Matters.
Daddy Day: Bert Hana
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 26th May - 4th Jun 2017
‘Daddy Day’ is a perfectly pitched, meticulously performed work that stretches the limits of theatre and leaves one reeling.
Samantha Pressdee: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 25th May 2017
A bitter-sweet tale of political awakening.
Snakes and Ladders: A Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 22nd - 24th May 2017
Phil Jerrod’s third debut show isn’t written yet, but so far seems to be about how it’s still worth trying to be happy, even though everything’s blatantly terrible.
Helen and Micky's Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 21st - 28th May 2017
An hour of comedy from two up-and-comers, Micky Overman, “a keen comic mind” (Chortle), and Helen Bauer, “Bauer is so funny” (NPR Berlin), about life and all their feelings, which …
Sophie Willan: Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 20th - 21st May 2017
In this highly anticipated follow up to her 2016 smash hit debut ‘On Record’, this exciting new voice and force to be reckoned with is back with another bold and original show.
James Loveridge: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 23rd May 2017
Voted ‘One To Watch’ at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 and nominated for Amused Moose Best Show 2016 at the Edinburgh Fringe, James is back with another hour of hilarious st…
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
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 …
Ellie Taylor: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 18th - 19th May 2017
Star of ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Mock the Week’ and Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’, tries out some new jokes for an hour or so.
Afternoon Recital with Helen Burford
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 14th May 2017
Pianist/composer/musical-explorer Helen Burford performs a programme of global exotica and new commissions for solo piano, toy piano and Indian santoor.
Russell Watson
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- London Palladium
- 13th May 2017
Four time Brit Classical Awards winner Russell Watson has announced details of his 2017 tour, his first since the release of his new FOD album True Stories.
Perfection In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 13th - 14th May 2017
You don’t have to be perfect.
Making the Most of the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 13th May 2017
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe attracts media and arts professionals from all over the globe.
David Ephgrave: All Work, No Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 11th - 18th May 2017
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
For all the fires not yet lit: Work in Progress
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Circle Bar
- 10th - 22nd May 2017
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
Adam Scott Vincent: The Scared and Lonely Tour (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 17th May 2017
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Steve Bugeja: Summer Camp - Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th May - 1st Jun 2017
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, is working on a new show and you can come watch him create it.
Charity & Community Fun Day
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- New Road
- 8th May 2017
Celebrate the arrival of the Brighton & Hove Property Consortium’s Charity Cycle Ride with the Mayor of Brighton & Hove as they cross the finish line in New Road to mark the end of…
Good People, Bad Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 17th May, 2017
Everyone has experienced the dreaded ‘bad day’ where nothing seems to work out.
Yuriko Kotani: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 7th - 14th May 2017
Winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 and Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award 2015, Yuriko Kotani (Time Out’s One to Watch) brings you a work-in-progress show.
Andrea Hubert: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 7th - 31st May 2017
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 6th - 7th May 2017
Ian Smith (BBC3’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, BBC1’s ‘The Ark’) is an award-winning comedian.
I Hope I Die Before I Start Voting Conservative (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May 2017
Apparently we all get more right-wing as we grow older.
The 306: Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Scotland
- The Station Hotel
- 8th May, 2017
The 306: Day is the second of a three play trilogy instigated by the National Theatre of Scotland, inspired by the stories of the 306 British soldiers that we know were executed…
Tom Ward: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 5th - 19th May 2017
Tom Ward (Comedy Central / BBC Worldwide / Radio 4 Extra) is back! After a hugely successful debut hour at Edinburgh 2016 he returns to Brighton for a work-in-progress of his follo…
Open Day at the Brighton Buddhist Centre
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Buddhist Centre
- 5th - 20th May 2017
We’re opening the doors of Brighton Buddhist Centre! If you’ve ever wondered what goes on, come along and have a look around.
The Edinburgh Easter Play
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Princes Street Gardens
- 18th Apr, 2017
The Biblical narrative that is the foundation of the Christian faith has been described, on numerous occasions, as “The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Mozart in the Afternoon
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- Cadogan Hall
- 4th Apr 2017
Mozart in the Afternoon will take place 4th April 2017 at Cadogan Hall Conductors: Alan Tongue, The Beecham Orchestra, & Iain Farrington The concert will introduce a new form of �…
Fit for Work
- Review
- ★★★
- Lucy Alexander
- Brighton
- The Iron Duke Pub Guesthouse Kitchen & Theatre
- 27th Mar, 2017
If you believe the stigma of mental health is slowly disappearing, then Fit for Work will question your perception of this topical subject and how it is perceived in the workplac…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Afternoon Giggles
- Review
- ★★★
- Bennett Bonci
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 20th Feb, 2017
The Water Poet was easy to spot on Saturday afternoon.
Edinburgh University Footlights Presents: Urinetown The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh
- Church Hill Theatre
- 7th - 11th Feb 2017
Urinetown is set in a town that is desperately suffering a water shortage following a 20 year drought.
Edinburgh Metal Party 2016
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Studio 24
- 29th Aug 2016
The cult crazy alternative party returns! Edinburgh’s only independent metal festival is back bigger than ever with Japanese metal/hardcore outfit Crossfaith, London rap/metal crew…
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 28th Aug 2016
Every year an absolute sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Buckingham Palace Tour and Afternoon Tea
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Buckingham Palace
- 28th Aug - 2nd Oct 2016
Visit Inside Buckingham Palace See the State Rooms, Used for Official Royal Occasions Walk Through the Picture Gallery Explore the South Garden Enjoy Traditional Afterno…
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Craigmillar Castle Craft Skills Festival
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Craigmillar Castle
- 27th Aug 2016
Something for the entire family! Come along and learn about the science of medieval construction, try stone carving and join our expert guided tours! See website for details: histo…
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Riddle’s Court Tour
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Riddle’s Court
- 26th Aug 2016
See work in progress on a 16th century merchant’s house as the original fabric is revealed and conserved, discover its fascinating past, hear about its future as the Patrick Gedd…
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Lead Roofing Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 25th Aug 2016
Steve McLennan of the National Federation Roofing Contractors provides an enjoyable demonstration of the expertise required for creating and repairing lead roofing details.
Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bonhams
- 25th - 28th Aug 2016
This exciting annual art show, now in its 14th year, is held in the beautiful surroundings of Bonhams auction house in the New Town.
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Roof Slating Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 25th Aug 2016
Scotland’s buildings have slate roofs, now no Scottish slate quarry remains.
Billie Holiday – Tribute to the Iconic Lady Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 25th - 26th Aug 2016
Sell-out show 2015! Award-winning vocalist Ali (Scottish Jazz Awards) is back with a two-hour performance and an all-star band – Graeme Stephen (guitar), Chris Greive (trombone) …
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Calton Hill Geology and Building Stones Walk
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House Meeting Point - Calton Hill Steps
- 25th Aug 2016
Stone me! Luis Albornoz and Paul Everett of the British Geological Survey deliver a rewarding walking talk on Edinburgh’s geology, providing information on the bedrock of our bui…
Whose Work Is It Anyway? (The Space Between Us and the Things We Do Together)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 24th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Traditional Building Skills and World Heritage
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 24th Aug 2016
Edinburgh provides a magnificent festival setting.
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Sash and Case Windows, Maintenance and Repair
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 24th Aug 2016
Care for these windows and they’ll thrive for another few decades.
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Architectural Cast Iron – Skills Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 24th Aug 2016
Scotland used to export iron buildings around the world; Andrew Laing of the Charles Laing Foundry gives an entertaining demonstration of casting processes and where these skills c…
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Stonemasonry Skills Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 23rd Aug 2016
Scotland’s traditional buildings used indigenous stone, only a few dimensional stone quarries remain.
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Marbling and Graining Techniques, Signwriting Skills
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 23rd Aug 2016
Mark Nevin, Nevin of Edinburgh, demonstrates remarkable transforming painting techniques.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Surgeons
- 23rd Aug 2016
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Lime mortars demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 23rd Aug 2016
Roz Artis and Scott MacAskill of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust demonstrate lime slaking, part of the alchemy of the lime cycle.
The Mikado
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 26th Aug, 2016
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is a work that is in many ways very problematic, due to its fetishising and cultural stereotyping of the Japanese, written at the height of the …
The HandleBards: Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 28th Aug, 2016
The Handlebards are a unique group, reinventing the concept of the company of travelling players.
Shakespeare Tonight
- Review
- ★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 25th Aug, 2016
In Shakespeare Tonight, the famous playwright gives his first ever television performance on a talk show with host Martina, only to be confronted by his so-called ‘enemy’, huma…
BBC: Steve Wright in the Afternoon
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC
- 19th Aug 2016
Steve Wright broadcasts live from the BBC’s Edinburgh venue. Join us for BBC Radio 2’s afternoon show with special guests, music and a host of other features.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 18th - 20th Aug 2016
The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group.
The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 17th Aug 2016
Universal Comedy is a Scottish charity that changes lives through comedy.
Solo Shakespeare, Macbeth: Hecate's Poison
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 19th Aug, 2016
Hecate’s Poison is a one-woman version of Macbeth, performed by Players Tokyo’s T.
Josie Long: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 16th - 28th Aug 2016
The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, BBC Radio 4 star and cult optimist Josie Long returns to The Stand with an hour of new material and knockabout fun, as she works towards …
Brenda Feuerle: A Firefighter Woman at Work
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 27th Aug 2016
Firefighter Woman Brenda Feuerle is on duty.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Vivaldi, Handel and Bach
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Canongate Kirk
- 18th Aug, 2016
Presented by The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh, the programme for this concert comprised of lesser-known and hugely underappreciated works by the three baroque greats: Antonio Vivaldi…
Lady Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 19th Aug, 2016
This one-woman show by playwright Lois Blanco involves Spanish actress Paula Blanco alternately playing William Shakespeare, a range of Shakespeare’s individual female characters…
Chinese Arts and Culture Festival (Afternoon)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 14th Aug 2016
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
Family Fun Day
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 14th - 21st Aug 2016
Dance, paint, build and design at our fun-filled family day.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 14th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 13th Aug 2016
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free
- Review
- ★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th Aug, 2016
The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 12th - 13th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 31st Aug, 2016
Classically-trained Canadian singer Melanie Gall presents this one hour recital of the music of legendary Francophone singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, with songs presented them…
Daniela Nardi's Espresso Manifesto
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Arts Club
- 18th Aug, 2016
Tucked away in the intimate and comfortable setting of the Scottish Arts Club, Canadian singer Daniela Nardi and her group Espresso Manifesto, comprising Ron Davis (piano), Chris J…
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 11th - 14th Aug 2016
Doris has been making music from the big-band era of the 1940s to her latest album in 2011.
Making Work With Young Performers
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 10th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Music of Dowland, Purcell and the Stuarts
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 12th Aug, 2016
Countertenor James Laing, theorbo player James Akers and bass violist Susanna Pell’s hour long feast of Dowland was one of the most spectacular concerts I have attended in a whil…
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 10th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Bad Medicine and Quackery in Edinburgh
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- 9th - 13th Aug 2016
Come to the College’s spectacular hall to be shocked by our seventh Fringe event.
Arthur Conan Doyle, an Edinburgh Man
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2016
Following her third year of successful, sell-out shows, Ann Treherne, Chairman of The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, talks about this famous man of literature – and spiritualism!…
Joining the Digital Dots: How Celtic Games Collaboration Can Work Across Sectors and Locations
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 9th Aug 2016
How do we roll out digital content across new platforms? How can games and gaming work in other sectors? How do we join the digital dots? Should we be looking at new ways of utilis…
Ruskin Live: the 1853 Edinburgh Lectures
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish National Gallery
- 8th - 12th Aug 2016
In 1853, the great art critic John Ruskin delivered four lectures at the Philosophical Institution in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
Dong Yi's Special Programme on the Zheng for Chinese Lovers' Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 8th - 9th Aug 2016
This celebrated international soloist returns to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (Xinhua, China).
Edinburgh Gin's Evening of Literature and Liquor
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Gin Distillery
- 8th - 29th Aug 2016
Edinburgh Gin’s Evening of Literature and Liquor returns for a second year after last year’s sold out dates.
Afternoon Concerts at Three Thirty
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St. Michael and All Saints
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Fourteen concerts given by musicians from Estonia, Finland, Luxemburg, Poland, UK, and from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
A Fool’s Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 13th Aug, 2016
For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you.
Shakespeare on Love
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 8th Aug, 2016
Shakespeare on Love offers a heartwarming performance given by a group of Milwaukee high school students: the brainchild of their two English teachers.
Kieran Hodgson: Maestro
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 20th Aug, 2016
Simultaneously one of the funniest and most heart-warming acts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Kieran Hodgson is not to be missed.
Sexual Fears of a Modern Day Virgin
- Review
- ★★★
- Andrew Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 11th Aug, 2016
Sexual Fears of A Modern Day Virgin.
Luke Benson's Big Night Out (In the Afternoon)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Celebrate good times! Come on! The Geordie Giant brings an upbeat hour of observational and joke-filled stand-up about our drinking culture and nights out.
Islam Festival Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 6th - 25th Aug 2016
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Matthew Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 19th Aug, 2016
The Jazz Bar is packed for this one, and no wonder: this is music you can’t help but tap your feet to.
Piffin' Ain't Easy – A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 6th - 14th Aug 2016
A work in progress by a work in progress aka John Van Der Put.
Escape from the Planet of the Day That Time Forgot
- Review
- ★★★
- Jamie P Robson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 11th Aug, 2016
Let’s just appreciate that title for a moment.
Men With Coconuts: Improvised Bond
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 18th Aug, 2016
Edinburgh-based improv group Men with Coconuts present an entirely improvised Bond film, based on suggestions from the audience and using many familiar tropes and improvisation gam…
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 5th - 27th Aug 2016
The biggest and brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Mavericks: A Sketch Show (Of Sorts)
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Mavericks: A Sketch Show (of Sorts) is the product of talented comedy duo and Cambridge Footlights members Ruby Keane and Luisa Callander.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 5th - 16th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
My Ain Countrie: 17th-19th Century Songs of Scottish and Northern Emigration
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 21st Aug, 2016
This informal hour long recital, starring singer Elspeth McVeigh and fiddle player Gabi Maas, features a variety of folk songs, or ‘Broadside Ballads’, from 17th to 19th centur…
Shakespeare Syndrome
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 8th Aug, 2016
In Shakespeare Syndrome, brought to Edinburgh by the talented Mermaidsgroup from the University of St.
Shakespeare Shorts – Hamlet
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 12th Aug, 2016
Shakespeare Shorts: Hamlet - Shakespeare’s Hamlet condensed into an hour by kids, for kids.
Book Lovers' Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Book Lovers’ Tour Departure
- 29th Aug, 2016
Allan Foster, a writer whose name is practically synonymous with Edinburgh literary tourism, is our guide on the Book Lovers’ Tour, which specialises in introducing tourists to t…
Afternoon Delight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 5th - 27th Aug 2016
Family friendly showcase of different performers within the venue’s 14 spaces.
Bad Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 10th Aug, 2016
Something of a misnomer, Bad Shakespeare does not reflect the quality of the acting or of the performance.
Vivaldi for Breakfast!
- Review
- ★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 7th Aug, 2016
Vivaldi for Breakfast is an interesting attempt to dramatise the enigmatic life of notorious Baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi, as he worked in the famous Pietà orphanage for youn…
The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
The Edinburgh Revue are back at the Fringe celebrating ten years of making the ‘comic talent of the future’ (Skinny).
The Shakespeare Club
- Review
- ★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 9th Aug, 2016
In the programme, The Shakespeare Club promises to be a somewhat cheesy, yet harmless play about finding oneself through Shakespeare’s characters.
Rebustours: Hidden Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 21st Aug, 2016
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a generic literary tour, because of the way it had been marketed in the Fringe programme.
Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2016
It was immediately evident upon walking into the jam-packed Cabaret Bar that I was significantly changing the demographic awaiting the arrival of radio and television legend and na…
The Edinburgh Revue's Tenth Birthday Bash
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Opium
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
The Edinburgh Revue are 10 years old this year! Now we’re officially in double digits, come join us for an hour of high energy sketches and possibly some birthday cake.
Edinburgh - A Tale of Two Towns
- Review
- ★★★★
- chhewitt95
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 26th Aug, 2016
This tour covers both the Old Town and the New Town, and includes a wide breadth of history about Edinburgh.
Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement of Henry VIII
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th Aug, 2016
Ladies in Waiting, written by and starring James Cougar Canfield as the lascivious and misogynistic King Henry VIII, is a steamy, feminist critique of the most notorious of England…
Holy Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 10th Aug 2016
On the white frontier in mid-nineteenth century Australia, a lone, bloodied woman arrives at a traveller’s rest in the midst of a violent desert storm with a shocking story to tell…
Mulhollandland (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 48 Below
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Alternative comedy lovers of the world, unite! Mulhollandland is failing.
Katharine Ferns is Faking It (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Dark stand-up comedy on learning to laugh about the visible and invisible scars from surviving abuse and mental illness plus some feminism for comic relief.
Crack in Progress by Lucy Pearman
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
There’s an egg here to find other eggs and see if they’re OK? 30 minutes of relaxing nonsense.
Joe DeRosa: Zero Forward Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
US writer, actor and stand-up Joe DeRosa makes his highly anticipated UK debut.
Paul Foot: 'Tis a Pity She's a Piglet
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 23rd Aug, 2016
For a comedian with such a cult following, renowned for surrealist originality, I was very excited about my first encounter with Paul Foot’s comedy.
Russell Hicks: Deadliner
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Dead’liner’ n.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Faye Treacy: Special (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015, Faye Treacy went to the Brit School with Adele and Jessie J and then studied the trombone at The Royal Academy of Music with no one intere…
Giacinto Palmieri: Nietzsche, Women and I
- Review
- ★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 29th Aug, 2016
Italian comic Giacinto Palmieri, in this hour of comedy, tries to draw comparisons between himself and renowned misogynist and philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche in their approach to…
Away Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Henry’s Cellar Bar
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Put your out of office on, divert all calls to your PA Karen and come along to a character comedy show from duo Lola and Jo.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 16th Aug, 2016
Based on audience suggestions, the hour’s traffic of the stage is an improvised case which promises to be ‘the greatest Sherlock Holmes story ever’, The Case of the Lemon Pos…
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase, hand-picked from across the Fringe.
Sarah Laing Sings the Music of Doris Day
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
Robyn Perkins (is a) Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Robyn Perkins, **** (ThreeWeeks), is the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist.
Mae Martin: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Mae Martin (BBC Radio 4, Live from the BBC, Russell Howard’s Good News) improvises a brand new hour every night as she develops her new show.
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 4th - 13th Aug 2016
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Vladimir McTavish: Scotland In Sixty Minutes
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 25th Aug, 2016
Scottish comedian and Fringe veteran McTavish has celebrated his 60th birthday this year, and has therefore adopted a more ponderous and docile approach in his set, instead of dedi…
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 25th Aug, 2016
Jane Eyre – An Autobiography has to be one of the most moving pieces of theatrical storytelling ever created; quite simply, it’s astounding.
Edinburgh Fest Live!
- Listing Comedy / Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Daily TV Chat Show bringing you the best news, reviews, interviews, performances and much more from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A Day in the Lives of Frankie Abbott
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 4th - 15th Aug 2016
After more than 40 years, mummy’s boy Frankie Abbott’s memory is fading while in a care home, still fantasising about guns, girls and gangsters.
Impromptu Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 13th Aug, 2016
Every single audience member is given a ping pong ball with Shakespearean tropes written on them upon entry.
The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 12th Aug, 2016
Fun for parents and children alike, The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare: the man and his plays.
Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hayley Sophie Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 26th Aug, 2016
Filled with humour and sorrow, Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful is a play about a man who is considering throwing in the towel.
United States of Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
The United States of Edinburgh.
Al Murray – The Pub Landlord: Let's Go Backwards Together (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Publican.
Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother in the Case of a Study in Blood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Sherlock Holmes, true to its original with all the same characters and tropes that keep fans hooked, but with a twist.
Afternoon Tea With Ray Fordyce and Casual Acquaintances
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
After a gap year, Ray Fordyce is back to host an afternoon of entertainment and comedy treats.
Mixed Doubles: Fundraiser
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Quartet, Mixed Doubles, have brought a comedy sketch show to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, framed with four peculiar characters from the peaceful UKIP-voting Middle England villa…
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th Aug, 2016
In a festival saturated with comedy shows about Shakespeare, the Reduced Shakespeare Company continue to reign supreme as the undisputed masters at reimagining the Bard into hilari…
Frankenstein
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 8th Aug, 2016
As one of the most commonly adapted works in the English canon, Frankenstein often leaves one unmoved when he or she leaves the auditorium.
Shakin' Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 17th Aug, 2016
Shakin’ Shakespeare does an incredible job at presenting the playwright’s work in an accessible and side-splittingly funny way.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2016
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
Monkey Barrel Comedy @ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Banana Skin
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
Every night of the Festival, Edinburgh’s famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club (Winner, Best Small Comedy Club, Scottish Comedy Awards 2016), brings you a cracking showcase of premier s…
The Noise Next Door's Really, Really Good Afternoon Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2016: Lagoon
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 16th Aug, 2016
The Cambridge Footlights have such a reputation that their name is practically synonymous with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Oxford Imps: Hyperdrive
- Review
- ★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 18th Aug, 2016
The Oxford Imps’ technologically-heavy Fringe show, Hyperdrive, perform a mixture of long and short form improvisation, using technology as stimulus.
Randy Writes a Novel
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Potterrow
- 1st Sep, 2016
Randy is a bald, bright purple Australian stand-up puppet with a really quick wit and a sharp tongue.
Russell Howard and Steve Williams Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2016
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
The Noise Next Door's Really, Really Good Afternoon Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Lauren Pattison: Reet Petite – A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
One of the brightest young talents on the Northern comedy scene who is beginning to make her presence known across the country.
Shakespeare for Breakfast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 11th Aug, 2016
What Edinburgh Fringe would be complete without a trip to Shakespeare for Breakfast? Now in its 25th year at the festival, the group have not lost their touch.
Californians Dreamin’
- Review
- ★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 23rd Aug, 2016
Californias Dreamin’, performed by California Poly SLO’s company Smile and Nod, comprises a mixture of short and long form improvisation, based on audience suggestions.
One Day Moko
- Review
- ★★★
- Joe Spence
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 12th Aug, 2016
‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand.
Cosmic Fear or The Day Brad Pitt Got Paranoia
- Review
- ★★★★
- chhewitt95
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 22nd Aug, 2016
This is a bold and ambitious production, brought to life by three very talented young actors: Sam Ducane, Jack Gordon, and Jessica Sian.
Notflix
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Aug, 2016
Waiting for the Call: The Improvised Musical’s Notflix has to be one of the best improv shows I have seen at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets Do Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 16th Aug, 2016
Possibly the most ridiculous show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets are in their ninth year and were greeted with a sell-out audience.
Teatro Delusio
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th Aug, 2016
Possibly the most beautiful show you will watch at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, Teatro Delusio is a marvel: original, stunningly choreographed, very funny and incredibly moving.
Rhapsodes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2016
Improvised comedy at its most virtuosic, Sean McCann and Adam Meggido (of Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical and School of Night fame) are two masters of their artform, with an a…
Shit-Faced Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 24th Aug, 2016
The Edinburgh Fringe ‘smashed’-hit Shit-Faced Shakespeare returns in its seventh year to perform Measure for Measure in its unorthodox and unique inebriated manner.
BEASTS Present Mr Edinburgh 2016
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jamie P Robson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 25th Aug, 2016
Sketch troupe BEASTS are not here to perform sketches.
Ali Hassan: Man Interrupted (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
As a father of four, Ali is well versed in dodging difficult questions or just making up the answers.
Edinburgh Whisky Walks: A Tour and a Tasting
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Jeffrey St. Whisky & Tobacco
- 1st - 29th Aug 2016
Join a fun and informative walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town, followed by a tutored tasting of four single malt Scotch whiskies.
154th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography 2016
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Photographic Exhibition Centre
- 1st - 28th Aug 2016
This long-established international art photography exhibition features over 200 prints from all over the world.
Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Beehive Inn
- 1st Aug - 4th Sep 2016
Join the infamous Clart and McBrain in this brilliant and witty dramatic romp through the wynds, courtyards and pubs of Edinburgh! Classic award-winning entertainment, performed by…
Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bottom of Granny’s Green Steps
- 1st - 30th Aug 2016
Join a fun and informative small group tour through Edinburgh’s historic city centre, led by a knowledgeable and experienced local guide.
Young Chekhov: Three-play day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- National Theatre
- 5th Aug, 2016
Spending a full day (11 hours from first curtain up to last curtain call) watching three of Chekhov’s early plays (hence the ‘Young’ of the title) may not sound like the most fun…
National Killing Day
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Kings Arms
- 19th - 22nd Jul 2016
‘On a day when the UK government have declared slaying legal, James has the urge to pay his ex wife a visit.
Miles Jupp: Work-In-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 30th Jun 2016
Miles Jupp, star of Rev.
Revan and Fennell: Edinburgh Preview
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 29th Jun 2016
Award-winning comedy double act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Canal Café with an hour of observational and character-driven sketch comedy, ahead of their run at this year’s …
Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Wyndhams Theatre
- 25th Jun - 3rd Sep 2016
1959, in a small, intimate bar in Philadelphia, Holiday puts on a show that unbeknownst to the audience, will leave them witnesses to one of the last performances of her lifetime.
Samantha Pressdee: Sextremist (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 3rd - 5th Jun 2016
Samantha’s a radical feminist, political activist and very funny (maybe not always for the ‘right’ reasons)! Join her for an hour of topless comedy in support of the Free the N…
Tez Ilyas: Progress in Work
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 3rd - 5th Jun 2016
Edinburgh Fringe’s Funniest Newcomers 2015 (The Guardian).
Onwards to Progress / Orpheus
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2016
Two pieces of new British writing that have been produced by Bred in the Bone Theatre.
Faye Treacy 'Special' (Work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2016
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015 Faye Treacy.
Preston Village Community Heritage Open Day
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- Preston Manor
- 28th May 2016
Preston Manor opens its doors and gardens for a pick-and-mix day showcasing the wider attractions of one of Brighton’s uniquely historic and picturesque city villages.
John Hastings: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 28th May 2016
John Hastings, your great friend, is back to work on new jokes about his moral compass and probably masturbation.
Still Lives by Ella Turk-Thompson/The Regina Monologues by Rebecca Russell and Jenny Wafer
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Little Theatre
- 24th - 28th May 2016
‘Still Lives’ hinges on a chance meeting between wheelchair-bound Harriet and lost boy, Fred.
Alcopop Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 23rd - 26th May 2016
Paul unveils his story of having no home, no job and two children, but these being the least of his problems, in what will become his Edinburgh Fringe debut hour.
Human-In-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 23rd - 25th May 2016
My mind and body aren’t in sync. The less in sync they are, the unhappier I become. If you feel the same way, this is the show for you.
Ellie Taylor: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 23rd - 26th May 2016
Join Ellie Taylor (‘Mock the Week’, ‘Snog Marry Avoid’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’) as she prepares a brand new show.
Brighton v Edinburgh Poets v MCs
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 21st May 2016
Two battles in one: first the poets from the two great festival cities join to take on a united team of rappers.
Pete Strong: Self-Sabotage, a Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 26th May 2016
2015 Brighton Squawker award finalist Pete Strong - “walking a fine emotional line.
Larry Dean: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 20th May - 5th Jun 2016
Fosters Comedy Awards 2015, Best Newcomer: Nominee, and Scottish Comedian Of The Year award-winner brings his new show to Brighton Fringe.
Cheekykita Edinburgh Preview: A mancunian horror-ish fish tale
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 18th - 26th May 2016
Cheekykita, a ridiculous comedian like “no one else out there” (The Alarmist).
'Plan SuzyB': A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 18th - 31st May 2016
Brand new show from the former Funny Women award winner.
Paul McCaffrey: Work in progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th May - 2nd Jun 2016
A work-in-progress show from the star of BBC3’s ‘Impractical Jokers’ and ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’.
Katharine Ferns: Faking It (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 16th - 22nd May 2016
We learn to lie at 3-years-old.
Jenny Collier: Jen at Work
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 16th - 18th May 2016
This is a work in progress from Winner of Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014, Winner of the Hobgoblin Comedy Award 2015 and Second Place New Act of The Year Show 2015.
Afternoon Recital with Helen Burford
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 15th May 2016
Critically-acclaimed pianist Helen Burford returns to Brighton Fringe with a fascinating solo programme, featuring works by Somei Satoh, Piazzolla, Handel and Timo Andres.
Oli Bettesworth: Someone Stop Me (Work-in-progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 15th - 24th May 2016
“Mate, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out you’d snapped one day and gone on a killing spree.
Family Fair Day
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 14th May 2016
Little Howard's Big Show for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 14th - 15th May 2016
Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC), real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comed…
Robyn Perkins [is a] Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 12th - 28th May 2016
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist, explores her father, fatherland and what happens when you don’t think before …
Rob Dumbrell: Life in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 11th - 27th May 2016
Rob’s life fell apart five years ago.
Steve Bugeja: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 31st May 2016
Steve Bugeja, winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, presents his second solo show (in progress).
Andrea Hubert: Some work. Some progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 9th - 15th May 2016
When you see the joy on a small child’s face as he’s about to press the button to call the lift, you realise that your adult life will never offer you that same level of joy ever a…
Russell Howard
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Duchess Theatre
- 9th May 2016
Russell Howard, one of the UK’s most successful stand-up comedians, will be a performing a one off benefit gig in aid of Coppafeel.
Adam Vincent: Judgemental (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 9th - 30th May 2016
Fresh from his sell-out run in Edinburgh, comedy writer for Channel Four’s ‘The Last Leg’, Adam judges himself and the world with wanton cynicism but now wonders if this is just …
Jessica Fostekew: Monster in a Cardigan (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 8th - 15th May 2016
The early rumblings of a wonderful new show about fear, love and being frazzocked.
The Sissy's Progress
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 7th May 2016
Nando Messias was beaten up on the street in an act of homophobic hatred.
James Veitch: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 7th - 15th May 2016
Thematically loose, structurally tenuous.
Robin Morgan: Free Man (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 8th May 2016
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
Borde Hill Sculpture Exhibition & Day Entry
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Borde Hill Garden
- 30th Apr - 5th Jun 2016
Our sculpture exhibition is a celebration of art and sculpture, showcasing works by both established and up-and-coming artists.
The St. Patricks Day Wellness Retreat
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Bell House
- 17th Mar 2016
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this night of comedy and relaxation in honor of St.
The Griff and Joe St Patricks Day Drunktacular!
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 17th Mar 2016
Griffin Newman and Joe Garden return with another holiday-themed show, this one to celebrate “this most sacred Irish holiday.
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
James II: Day of the Innocents
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- UK Regional & Tours
- Festival Theatre Edinburgh
- 9th Feb, 2016
Day of the Innocents takes place on the same set as the first James play, but it feels somewhat different thanks to subtle changes of dressing and lighting.
New Release Day With Christian Finnegan
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Q.E.D.
- 25th Jan 2016
Mr.
Sunny Afternoon
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Harold Pinter Theatre
- 5th Jan - 29th Oct 2016
The West End’s New ‘Great British Musical’ (The Times) has opened to huge critical acclaim.
Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Roundhouse
- 25th - 28th Nov 2015
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Howard Barker Double Bill
- Review
- ★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 8th Dec, 2015
This double bill of Howard Barker’s work features the London premiere of The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo alongside a revival of Judith: A Parting from the Body, both directed by …
Aatif Nawaz: Muslims Do It Five Times A Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Josh Adcock
- London Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 11th Nov, 2015
Beneath St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, on Remembrance Day, a man named Aatif Nawaz is performing a show about Muslims.
Selection Day
- Listing Comedy
- Off Off Broadway
- Shetler Studios & Theatres
- 19th Sep - 3rd Oct 2015
Reflecting the nation’s changing demographics, America elects its first female, atheist, openly gay president, who cancels Christmas and institutes Darwin’s birthday as the new…
Edinburgh Should Ban Students
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 30th Aug 2015
What have students ever done for us? Surely Edinburgh would be a better city without them? Swathes of the city would be habitable again for families, noise complaints would slump, …
Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 30th Aug 2015
Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Sarah Kendall: A Day in October
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 30th Aug 2015
Having won the Comics’ Choice Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall is back with a hilarious new hour of storytelling.
BBC: BBC Presents... Edinburgh 2015
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 29th Aug 2015
A night celebrating the biggest breakthrough acts of 2015. Line-up TBC.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Craigmillar Castle Craft Skills Festival
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Craigmillar Castle
- 29th Aug 2015
Activities for all the family – learn how castles were built, see stone masons in action and hear about the area’s geology.
Edinburgh Arab Festival 2015
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 50 George Square
- 28th - 29th Aug 2015
Marhaba! We invite you to experience the beauty, diversity and richness of the Arab world, right here in Edinburgh! This vibrant two-day cultural festival will provide visitors wit…
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: How a Georgian Townhouse Was Built
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- No 5 Charlotte Square
- 28th Aug 2015
No 5 Charlotte Square, Ian Gow of the National Trust for Scotland gives an informing guide to the built fabric and means of construction.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Roof Slating Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 27th Aug 2015
Scotland’s buildings have slate roofs, now no Scottish slate quarry remains.
Kinetic Comedy – Edinburgh Special
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 27th - 29th Aug 2015
Multi award nominated Inel Tomlinson is back with his sell-out show, Kinetic Comedy.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Calton Hill Geology Walk
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House Meeting Point - Calton Hill Steps
- 27th Aug 2015
Locally sourced natural materials – a strategy for sustainable construction? Emily Tracey of the British Geological Survey provides a rewarding walking talk on the geology that p…
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Marbling and Graining Techniques, Signwriting Skills
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 27th Aug 2015
Mark Nevin from Nevin of Edinburgh demonstrates remarkable transforming painting techniques.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Traditional Building Skills and World Heritage
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 26th Aug 2015
Edinburgh provides a magnificent festival setting.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 26th Aug 2015
Old Edinburgh was a very different place to the contemporary city of today. John Lowrey of Edinburgh University provides an enlightening talk on the physical fabric of that city.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Architectural Cast Iron – Skills Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 26th Aug 2015
Scotland used to export iron buildings around the world; Andrew Laing of the Charles Laing Foundry gives an entertaining demonstration of casting processes and where these skills c…
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Stonemasonry Skills Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 26th Aug 2015
Scotland’s traditional buildings used indigenous stone, now only a few dimensional stone quarries remain; Richard Groom of CITB and Willie Gibson of Stone Federation GB give a li…
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Restoration and Redevelopment of Riddle's Court
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 25th Aug 2015
Riddle’s Court has a rich history, including homing philosopher David Hume.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Balmoral Hotel
- 25th Aug 2015
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Lead Roofing Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 25th Aug 2015
Lead roofing demonstration: Steve McLennan of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors provides an enjoyable demonstration of the expertise required for creating and repairin…
Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Sash and Case Windows, Maintenance and Repair
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 25th Aug 2015
Care for these windows and they’ll thrive for another few decades.
Pianists of Edinburgh Napier University
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 24th - 28th Aug 2015
Students of Edinburgh Napier University return to the Fringe to perform a wonderful selection of solo piano repertoire, including works by Bach, Mozart, Schumann and Brahms.
The Edinburgh Concerts
- Review
- ★★★
- Andrew Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 30th Aug, 2015
The Edinburgh Concerts was, believe it or not, a concert series organised in Edinburgh.
Welcome to the Fringe | Palestine Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Out of the Blue & Drill Hall Arts Cafe
- 23rd Aug 2015
Twelve Palestinian artists come to Scotland for storytelling, poetry, stand up comedy, performance art, music and dance, a short film showing, photography, and discussion.
Edinburgh Metal Party 2015
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Studio 24
- 22nd Aug 2015
Edinburgh’s biggest alternative event of the year! A wild night of Scottish metal bands, burlesque and comedy headlined by reggae/metal heavyweights Skindred.
Mark Watson: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 21st - 30th Aug 2015
His show Flaws was probably the most acclaimed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catriona Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 20th Aug, 2015
It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort.
Dong Yi's Special Programme on the Zheng for Chinese Lovers' Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Canongate Kirk
- 19th Aug 2015
Classical zheng performer, Yi Dong, is one of the only five soloists who has given a recital in China’s Great Hall of the People, and the soloist with the biggest number of public …
The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 18th Aug 2015
Universal Comedy is a Scottish Charity that changes lives through comedy.
The Pilgrim's Progress
- Review
- ★★★
- Francesca Street
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Elim
- 25th Aug, 2015
John Bunyan’s 1678 text The Pilgrim’s Progress is regarded as one of the most significant works of literature in the English Language.
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 17th - 24th Aug 2015
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 16th Aug 2015
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
Tommy Tiernan Alive in Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th Aug, 2015
Before he took to the stage, Tommy Tiernan took in some shows around Edinburgh.
Tim Key: Work-in-Slutgress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th - 31st Aug 2015
Comedic lump Key (38) plonks himself in a room for a couple of weeks and tries out some new specks of poetry.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Edinburgh Book Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Toh Wen Li
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Word Power Books
- 24th Aug, 2015
As part of the Edinburgh Book Fringe, for an hour on Sunday afternoon theatre director and performer Morna Burdon takes the audience through a series of real-life stories and songs…
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Chamber Orchestra with Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber at Greyfriars Kirk
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 14th Aug 2015
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra is forming a Chamber Orchestra to return to Greyfriars Kirk on Friday 14th August.
Phil Kay 'n' Russell Hicks: Psychedelicious
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 13th - 23rd Aug 2015
Fringe veteran, freewheeling storytelling Phil is joined by Russell the brilliant young American upstart, cut from similar cloth.
Edinburgh Lily
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 13th - 16th Aug 2015
Ron Butlin (former Edinburgh Poet Laureate) plus acclaimed musicians Dick Lee and Anne Evans return, their sell-out show newly updated.
Billie Holiday – Sweetness and Sorrow: The Two Sides of Lady Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 12th - 30th Aug 2015
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a heartfelt homage to Lady Day with a selection of both rare and familiar songs.
The Edinburgh Fringe In A Nutshell
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Constitution
- 12th Aug 2015
Paul Eccentric will be performing and reading excerpts from his book, ‘The Edinburgh Fringe In A Nutshell’.
Edinburgh Gin's Night of Literature and Liquor
- Review
- ★★★★
- Henry St Leger
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Gin Distillery
- 30th Aug, 2015
Much what it says on the tin, Edinburgh’s Gin Night of Literature and Liquor waltzes you through the history of gin distilling and the drink’s use and abuse by the literary world’s…
Ruskin Live: The 1853 Edinburgh Lectures
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish National Gallery
- 10th - 14th Aug 2015
Ruskin Live: The 1853 Edinburgh Lectures.
Alan Davies: Work in Progress 2
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 9th - 15th Aug 2015
For one week only Alan will try to sift through the frazzled hollow mass of his head for new stories and jokes.
Afternoon Noise
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Te Kore
- 9th - 14th Aug 2015
A daily evolving production line of musicians and artists involved in and around the musical life of Jamie Sharp. Explore the hints on Twitter for more clues…
The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 9th Aug 2015
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our earlier daytime wo…
Rebustours - Hidden Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Explore the dark, hidden side of best-selling author Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh.
Edinburgh in the Shadows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pilgrim Bar
- 8th - 18th Aug 2015
Want to know the Edinburgh the tourist brochures won’t tell you about? Beattie and Scratchmann tell it like it really is in this spoken word show about the city’s sinister side w…
French Fried Comedy Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sportsters
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
A showcase of the creme de la creme of the Paris scene! Be prepared for world-class English stand-up comedy in from comics based in Paris! With stories about metro systems, languag…
From The Horse's Mouth @ Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Chiquito
- 8th - 19th Aug 2015
Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special.
Cassie Atkinson and Oh Standfast: Comedy in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southsider
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Word shouter Oh Standfast and Cassie Atkinson (E4’s Drifters) offer the absurd observed.
Howard Read: Man (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2015
Modern man needs a positive role model, and Howard has the external genitals, a moustache and a suit.
This Day in December
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 8th - 12th Aug 2015
25 years ago a tragedy struck Montreal that brought the city to its knees and shocked the world.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Audio Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Tron – Hunter Square
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Download this audio walking tour – any day, any time – and become intimate with Fringe history, even perform yourself if you choose.
Islam Festival Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Central Mosque
- 8th - 27th Aug 2015
Islam Festival Edinburgh invites you to gain a genuine insight into Islam.
Edinburgh’s Criminal Underbelly – (Fact and Fiction)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Saints & Sinners Outside John Knox House
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Edinburgh is a city of stark contrasts.
The Edinburgh Revue: Sketches in Scarlet
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Opium
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Welcome to a dark, sexy sketch show assembled and reanimated in The Basement.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
‘Boogie-woogie.
Derek Ryan: The Slaughterhouse Rules - Uncut! (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Waverley Arches
- 8th - 14th Aug 2015
Dying is easy.
The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Thistle Edinburgh, The King James
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
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…
Aatif Nawaz: Muslims Do it 5 Times a Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
Can comedy change Western misconceptions about Islam? Join Aatif as he makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that drew critical acclaim and packed houses to the Leicester Sq…
Damian Clark - It's a Good Day to Damo
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sin
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Damo had his phone stolen.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Aatif Nawaz: Muslims Do it 5 Times a Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms) / St John’s
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Can comedy change Western misconceptions about Islam? Join Aatif as he makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that drew critical acclaim and packed houses to the Leicester Sq…
Mary Queen of Scots – The Edinburgh Story
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside MacDonald Holyrood Hotel
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
There have been many books, films, documentaries, etc on Mary Stuart, giving us many perceptions of Mary, those involved with her, and incidents in her life.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 7th Aug - 5th Sep 2015
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
Edinburgh Gin O'Clock
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 10th Aug, 2015
The Edinburgh Gin Company has left its distillery behind and moved to The Boards in the Edinburgh Playhouse to tell a brief history of the city’s alcohol and gin heritage along w…
Shazia Mirza: A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
I will be trying out new material, never done material, some good material, and maybe some outstanding material.
Steve Bugeja: Day Release
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 11th Aug, 2015
The title of Steve Budeja’s show is misleading.
Mat Ewins: Day Job
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
For 30 years Ewins has been the top sales rep at the Plymouth Pie Factory.
One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Cara Ballingall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 17th Aug, 2015
Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing.
Joy is the Enemy of Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 6th - 26th Aug 2015
Are you happy? No, of course not.
Passage Tells: Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Top of Patrick Geddes Steps
- 6th - 17th Aug 2015
Passage Tells Project is a series of site-specific audio-guided walks focusing on one passage in a city.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Spring Day: Kept in Stitches – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Cynical Sunshine.
The Music of Doris Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
The Missing Hancocks: Live in Edinburgh! (Show B)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
BBC Radio 4’s smash hit – live! Hancock’s Half Hour, lovingly recreated with a stellar cast led by Kevin McNally as The Lad Himself.
One Fine Day
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
One of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies, who have toured to over 30 countries, make their UK debut with a double bill of two of their most acclaimed works.
Ken Crystal Afternoon Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
Grab a beer, nurse your hangover and relax.
A Life in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 6th - 14th Aug 2015
Join Ryan Cull (2013 BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award winner) as he describes his personal life in progress, from his boyhood adventures in leg braces to becoming a man combating h…
Afternoon Delight
- Review
- ★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 16th Aug, 2015
Bill shows (where the show is made up of several guest acts) can be a mixed bag especially when the format is to showcase one venue’s acts from across their programme.
Joy is the Enemy of Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead / Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2015
Are you happy? No, of course not.
Kate Lucas – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
Some people know exactly what to say, exactly what to think and exactly how to behave.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase.
Mark Thomas: Trespass – Work in Progress
- Review
- ★★★★
- J W Close
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 15th Aug, 2015
It’s hard these days to find comics, amongst the slick and edgy big leagues, with a genuine sense of mischief.
Russell Hicks: Big Mouth Strikes Again
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
American smart ass showcases the wit that got him described as ‘a mix between Jack Dee and Dennis Leary’ (BroadwayBaby.
Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t Work
- Review
- ★★★
- Max Falkenberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 13th Aug, 2015
Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland.
Sarah Kendall: A Day in October
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Roberts
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 20th Aug, 2015
A Day in October centres around Kendall’s teenage years at a rough high-school in Newcastle, Australia.
The Missing Hancocks: Live in Edinburgh! (Show A)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anton Kudryashov Jr.
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2015
The Missing Hancocks is a genuine blast from the past.
The Noise Next Door: The Really, Really Good Afternoon Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
The seven-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Ben Russell: The Tokyo Hotel
- Review
- ★★★
- Catriona Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 19th Aug, 2015
This show begins with the sound of drums and then a dreadful storm and so gives its audience certain expectations of what is to come but, as Russell himself exclaims, “prepare yo…
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
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…
Daphne Do Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 31st Aug 2015
Extra dates announced: Thursday 13 and Friday 14, 21:45.
Kevin Day: Hairline
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
There are some terrible things happening in the world that only comedy can resolve.
Derby Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Caitlin Hobbs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 11th Aug, 2015
There’s a whole lot going on in Derby Day.
The Edinburgh Revue Stand-up Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 31st Aug 2015
**** (Skinny).
Towards Dolly: A Century of Animal Genetics in Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Main Library
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2015
Think you know about Dolly? Come and see the world’s most famous sheep for yourself! This free exhibition tells the fascinating story of Edinburgh genetics over the past century,…
153rd Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Photographic Exhibition Centre
- 3rd - 30th Aug 2015
See the very best of modern photography from many worldwide contributors at one of the longest running photography exhibitions in the world.
The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Hargreaves
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Beehive Inn
- 15th Aug, 2015
The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour is exactly what it says on the tin: an exploration of the streets, the sights and, most importantly, the pubs that have all influenced the city’s ri…
Edinburgh: Festival City Explorer Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bottom of Granny’s Green Steps
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2015
New in town? Start your day with a fun and informative walking tour, following a scenic route through Edinburgh’s city centre.
Edinburgh Free Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SANDEMANs Meeting Point
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2015
The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the…
The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Robert Ross in Conversation with Mark Addy
- Review
- ★★★
- Louise Jones
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- White Rose Rotunda
- 2nd Aug, 2015
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Tim Brooke-Taylor in conversation with Robert Ross
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- White Rose Rotunda
- 1st Aug 2015
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Blackwell
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 26th Jul, 2015
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.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Steve Bugeja: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 29th - 30th May 2015
Fresh from supporting Russell Kane on his national tour this is the highly anticipated debut show from Steve Bugeja, the winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013.
Jonny Awsum: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th May 2015
Join Jonny for his brand new 2015 show.
Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 24th - 26th May 2015
Kevin Precious is a former RE teacher.
Mass Observation: My Life in a Day (Family event)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Keep
- 23rd May 2015
Be part of a national project and keep a diary of your day on May 12, then bring your family along to our event on 23 May at The Keep and add your diaries to the Mass Observation A…
Omar Hamdi: Work in Progress 2015
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 18th - 27th May 2015
BBC3 and Radio 2 star, Welsh-Egyptian motormouth Omar Hamdi is “Just what the comedy scene has been crying out for” (Daily Telegraph).
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
Afternoon Recital with Helen Burford
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 10th May 2015
Critically acclaimed pianist Helen Burford returns to Brighton Fringe with a fascinating solo programme featuring works by J.
A Concert for VE Day: Martin James Bartlett Plays Mozart
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion
- 8th May 2015
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014 pianist Martin James Bartlett plays Mozart Concerto No.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
Matt Winning: Work in Progress in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th - 13th May 2015
Ongoing idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning.
Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 9th May 2015
Award-winning new comic Harriet Kemsley unveils her deepest, darkest fears.
Dan Fardell At Least 100 Jokes: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 4th - 31st May 2015
Join “winningly self-deprecating” (Chortle.
The Rakes Progress
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
- 1st - 9th May 2015
James Levine conducts one of his favorite 20th-century operas, Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress,” in this revival of the director Jonathan Miller’s c…
A Queen for a Day
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater at St. Clement’s
- 30th Apr 2015
Michael Ricigliano Jr.
A Very Gay St. Paddys Day
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Carolines
- 17th Mar 2015
Matteo Lane fronts this LGBT-friendly alternative to the St. Patrick’s Day parade, with an excellent lineup including Sabrina Jalees, Julio Torres, and Emma Willmann.
The St. Patricks Day Drunken Throwdown: Part Deux
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
- 17th Mar 2015
A selection of the Upright Citizens Brigade’s best improvisers will be drinking all day long, then taking the stage for a night of improv mayhem, with team names like “…
The Day The Pope Emptied Croy
- Review
- ★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Oran Mor / Traverse Theatre
- 20th Mar, 2015
After a very strong debut with Squash in last season’s A Play, A Pie and a Pint, playwright Martin McCormick returns with his second play, The Day the Pope Emptied Croy.
Best Boy - Not As Imagined (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 15th Feb 2015
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
The Rejection Show Valentines Day Heartbreak Haven
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield
- 14th Feb 2015
Jon Friedman hosts this storytelling show dedicated to breakups and blues.
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
WQXR All-Day Bach Organ Marathon
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
- 22nd Nov 2014
The superb organist Paul Jacobs won acclaim early on when in 2000, at 23, he played the complete organ works of Bach in a marathon to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the compose…
The Happiest Day of Brendan Smilie's Life
- Review
- ★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Oran Mor
- 27th Feb, 2015
The Happiest Day of Brendan Smillie’s Life opens on sweet, strange Brendan (Ross Allan) who, with the aid of labelled paper plates, is attempting to design the optimal buffet ar…
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 24th Aug 2014
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
The Edinburgh Festival Comedy Roast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 24th Aug 2014
This will be the most talked about event in Edinburgh history.
BBC: BBC Presents… Edinburgh 2014
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 24th Aug 2014
A night celebrating the festivals with some of the biggest breakthrough acts of 2014.
Mobile Neon Workshops: Edinburgh 2014
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Natalia Equihua
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh College of Art
- 26th Aug, 2014
‘There’s no night-school for neon-making’, as Richard William Wheater, our instructor for the day and neon artiste, pointed out.
Dr Simon Gage OBE - Director of the Edinburgh International Science Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 21st Aug 2014
The EClub, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host Simon as part of our Fringe series.
Pianists of Edinburgh Napier University
- Review
- ★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 21st Aug, 2014
This one-off recital was a showcase of first-year talent from a group of four classical pianists from Edinburgh Napier University.
Russell Kane: Smallness
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Aug, 2014
He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Balmoral Hotel
- 19th Aug 2014
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th Aug 2014
Universal Comedy is a Scottish charity that changes lives through comedy.
A Very Edinburgh Celebration!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 18th - 25th Aug 2014
Ron Butlin (former Edinburgh Poet Laureate) and highly acclaimed musicians Dick Lee and Anne Evans return for a fourth year with a brand-new version of their sell-out, five-star sh…
Sketch Transfer Deadline Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 18th Aug 2014
What happens when you make the Fringe’s best sketch groups of the last decade trade a member for one show? This.
The Closure of Craig Solly: A Dark Monologue by Russell Kane
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 18th - 24th Aug 2014
You, the audience, become the friends and family of this psychotic gangster’s victims.
Edinburgh University and Greyfriars’ Fringe Sunday Service
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 17th Aug 2014
Singing in English and six other South African languages, Soweto Melodic Voices are no ordinary choir.
Tom Rosenthal: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th - 17th Aug 2014
Star of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner and ITV2’s Plebs, Tom Rosenthal throws shit at a wall figuratively and possibly literally.
Tricity Vogue: The Uke of Edinburgh Awards
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ New Empire Bingo
- 16th - 16th Aug 2014
Who will win the Edinburgh Fringe’s most unbelievably prestigious award this year? Tricity Vogue’s iconic ukulele cabaret night returns for its fifth year as a grand scale extrav…
Edinburgh Piano Duo
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 15th - 16th Aug 2014
Following last year’s enthusiastic reception, husband and wife duo Margaret Wakeford and Simon Coverdale look forward to presenting this year’s programme at St Andrew’s and St Ge…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Calton Hill Geology Walk
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House Meeting Point - Calton Hill Steps
- 14th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Traditional Building Skills and World Heritage
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 14th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Roof Slating Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 14th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Restoration and Development of Riddles Court
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 13th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Painting and Decorating Demonstration
- Review
- ★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 14th Aug, 2014
Nevin of Edinburgh and MacKay Decorators Perth Ltd.
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Stone Masonry Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 13th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Iron Work Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 12th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 12th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings, offering everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build and…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Maintaining Sash and Case Windows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 13th Aug, 2014
If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again.
Daniel Padden and Wounded Knee: And Blithely Spend the Gowden Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 12th - 14th Aug 2014
Drew Wright AKA Wounded Knee and Daniel Padden present a striking new song cycle celebrating the seasons, inspired by Edinburgh and the Pentland Hills.
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Lead Roofing Demonstration
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 12th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Summer Scent of Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 12th Aug 2014
Ensemble Lotus is scheduled to appear in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, performing pieces from a variety of genres and generations, including not only modern pieces in the intens…
Janine Matheson - Director of Creative Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 11th Aug 2014
The E Club, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host Janine Matheson as part of our Fringe series.
James II: Day of The Innocents
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Festival Theatre Edinburgh
- 18th Sep, 2014
We don’t see one of the most important events in the life of James II, just its immediate consequences; a hurried, chaotic, almost dream-like explosion of fear and movement fo…
The Other Guys: Afternoon Delight
- Review
- ★★★
- Charlotte Ivers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 16th Aug, 2014
The Other Guys: Afternoon Delight is an enjoyable and light hearted a capella show.
Dong Yi's Special Programme for Chinese Lovers' Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 11th - 14th Aug 2014
This celebrated international classical zheng performer makes her annual return to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (Xinhuanet.
A Work of Art
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 10th - 16th Aug 2014
In his Fringe debut, Richard Carnaby invites you to share a glimpse inside the lives and minds of three curious specimens, who have more in common than may first appear – or than…
Philomusica of Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 10th Aug 2014
A welcome return to St Andrew’s and St George’s Church by this popular Edinburgh orchestra.
Morning Gloryville: Rave Your Way Into the Day!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2014
An immersive morning dance experience for those who dare to start their day in style! Nothing wakes you up more than a soul-shaking dance, electrifying music, yoga, massage and a m…
Edinburgh Medical Detectives
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- 9th - 13th Aug 2014
Professor David Purdie and college librarian Iain Milne return to this spectacular venue with a show linking Edinburgh, medicine and crime.
The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 8th Aug 2014
The Voice Festival UK returns to Edinburgh Fringe, with a jam-packed a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our workshop h…
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Edinburgh Book Fringe - Free
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Word Power Books
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop.
Edinburgh Metal Party 2014
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Studio 24
- 8th Aug 2014
Ain’t no party like Edinburgh Metal Party! Scotland’s heaviest sesh debuts this August, as part of the world-famous Festival Fringe.
BBC: Edinburgh 2014 with Sue Perkins
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2014
Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights with live music, performance and comedy.
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Ticket and Dining at Pommery Bar
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2014
Only eight nights available for the Pommery Champagne Café Bar Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ticket and dining packages.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 7th - 10th Aug 2014
Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns with its ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Russell Kane: The Kaneing Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hamish Hartnoll
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 8th Aug, 2014
Russell Kane sparks back into action with a new format, anchoring a podcast about various news stories from the last few days.
James McVeigh - Head of Marketing and Innovation at Festivals Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 5th Aug 2014
The Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host James McVeigh as part of our Fringe serie…
The Day Sam Died
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 14th Aug, 2014
This piece of surrealist theatre successfully dramatises the issues it sets out to explore and uses neat theatrical devices to do it.
Écouter Ensemble in Edinburgh
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 4th - 5th Aug 2014
Eclectic trio (piano, flute, cello) on their European debut tour.
Hidden Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 4th - 23rd Aug 2014
Explore the dark, hidden side of best-selling author Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh.
Alastair Clark: Vote Russell Brand
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cabaret Voltaire
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
Famous comedian Russell Brand thinks you shouldn’t vote.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
‘Boogie-woogie.
Critical! (A Sociopath’s Guide to Influencing Edinburgh Fringe Reviewers)
- Review
- ★★★
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 5th Aug, 2014
How to review a Fringe show whose cast kidnaps and threatens a theatre critic at gunpoint? Will any positive comments be interpreted as surrendering to the demands of terrorists? W…
Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2014
‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’ **** (Metro).
The Edinburgh Revue and You Can Too
- Review
- ★★
- Hamish Hartnoll
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Opium
- 7th Aug, 2014
From the off the Edinburgh Revue never really got kicking.
Edinburgh Playing Card Exhibition
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh
- St John’s Episcopal Church
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
This stunning exhibition demonstrates the photographic achievement of a group of people who are living with HIV or Hepatitis C.
Humans of Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh
- St John’s Episcopal Church
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
The concept is gracefully simple: everyday we searching the streets of Edinburgh for one human, one photograph, one quote.
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the majestic McEwan Hall.
Tête-à-Tête: Paris-Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Téte-a-Téte
- 1st - 31st Aug 2014
Tête-à-Tête: Paris-Edinburgh, is a collection of original contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
Edinburgh Jews
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland Maps
- 2nd Aug, 2014
Edinburgh Jews is an exhibition originally compiled by two students at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity.
Abi Roberts: Twerk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Hotly-tipped comedy starlet Abi Roberts comes in like a wrecking ball with her debut stand-up show.
The Weegies Have Pokled Edinburgh's Pandas
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceCabaret @ 54
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
This show will be a Fringe Favourite! When Glasgow gangsters mysteriously acquire the pandas from Edinburgh Zoo Malcolm gets the blame.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 2nd Aug, 2014
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
Marcel Vol. I – Italian Politics as a Work of Art
- Review
- ★★
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th Aug, 2014
Marcel Vol I explores the topic of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandals, portrayed in the form of an absurdist nightmare.
Mary Queen of Scots – The Edinburgh Story
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside MacDonald Holyrood Hotel
- 1st - 31st Aug 2014
There have been many books, films, documentaries etc, on Mary Stuart giving us many perceptions of Mary, those involved with her and incidents in her life.
Dr Sketchy's Edinburgh Anti Art School Experience
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob & Miss Behave’s Bookshop
- 5th Aug, 2014
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is an international phenomenon with events on six continents and an army of dedicated ‘Art Monkeys’ attending these life drawing classes where ar…
Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Scott Monument
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress.
Nobody Walks to Edinburgh
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob & Miss Behave’s Bookshop
- 1st - 5th Aug 2014
Early June an unknown pedestrian leaves London on a quest for a story.
Ken Crystal Afternoon Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Grab a beer, nurse your hangover and relax.
Afternoon Delight
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenni Ajderian
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 23rd Aug, 2014
Overwhelming as the Festival is, it’s a good to try a pick-and-mix of shows.
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 31st Jul - 23rd Aug 2014
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Russell Hicks: Unprepared
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 7th Aug, 2014
You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared.
The Generation of Z: Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 5th Aug, 2014
Zombies have become a considerable presence across entertainment and pop culture, which has led to a growing fascination with the undead and the world being overrun by them.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Eddie Hoo: Angry in the Afternoon - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Offensive and outrageous comedy.
Steve Day Faces the Deaf Sentence
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 31st Jul - 7th Aug 2014
Steve Day was witness to a crime.
Phill Jupitus: Shirking Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club V
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
This Edinburgh Fringe, Phill Jupitus truth bombs his way through an hour of laughs, daily.
Stuart Mitchell - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Stuart Mitchell was a finalist in the NATYS competition in 2012 and is one of the most exciting new stand-up comedians performing across the UK.
Derek Johnston's A Day Oot!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Are you sure you’ve been to the toilet? Then take your place in this hilarious road trip of a show about the endurance tests that were traditional family holidays.
Nina Conti - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 30th Jul - 17th Aug 2014
Award-winning comedian, groundbreaking ventriloquist and Bafta nominated filmmaker Nina Conti is trying out material for her new show.
Years to the Day
- Review
- ★★
- Kyung Oh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 22nd Aug, 2014
Two men in their forties meet for a coffee to catch up after four years of not meeting up in person.
Russell Grant: Strictly Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 7th Aug, 2014
The stage is adorned with a pair of angel wings, a velvet couch and a large book covered in sparkles with ‘My Life’ adorned on the front.
The Time of Our Lies - The Life and Times of Howard Zinn
- Review
- ★★★
- Jane Harrison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th Aug, 2014
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
Romesh Ranganathan: Rom Wasn't Built in a Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Pope
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2014
Ranganathan’s instant rapport with his audience is clear from the start, as he manages to tell us ‘Fuck you’ and still have everyone laugh hysterically.
The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show
- Review
- ★
- Vyvyan Almond
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 10th Aug, 2014
Every art needs its new generation of practitioners.
Kevin Day: Standy Uppy
- Review
- ★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Kevin Day begins his act with a long, cautious introduction, letting us know what is to come.
Edinburgh Printmakers at ROSL
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Over-Seas League
- 28th Jul - 31st Aug 2014
Edinburgh Printmakers return to Over-Seas House Edinburgh in summer 2014 to exhibit more stunning work by some of Scotland’s best known printmakers. www.rosl.org.uk
The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside the Beehive Inn
- 28th Jul - 31st Aug 2014
Join the infamous Clart and McBrain in this brilliant and witty dramatic romp through the wynds, courtyards and pubs of Edinburgh! Classic award-winning entertainment, performed by…
Indie-pendence Day Festival
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Peoples Improv Theater
- 4th Jul 2014
Dozens of independent improv teams, including favorites like GUS and Austen Family, celebrate the Fourth of July with 12 hours of long-form improvised comedy and a barbecue.
D-Day 70th Anniversary Concert
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Royal Pavilion
- 6th Jun 2014
Featuring some of the best music evoking the 1940s including ‘The Dambusters March’, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ plus many more popular pieces to commemorate the events of 6 June 1944, in t…
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
LetLuce in Progress: Pair of Tits
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 26th May - 1st Jun 2014
Join ‘LetLuce’ for more surreal, anarchic joy.
Blerk-in-Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple
- 22nd - 24th May 2014
Geordie Giant Luke Benson brings his best stuff about making himself better to Brighton Fringe.
Ellie Taylor - A Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 22nd May 2014
Join Ellie Taylor (host of ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’ BBC3, team captain ‘Fake Reaction’ ITV2, ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ Channel 4) as she cobbles together an hour of stuff into an actual stand…
A Beautiful Day in November on The Banks of The Greatest of The Great Lakes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Amanda Miller
- Off Off Broadway
- Dixon Place
- 19th May, 2014
A Beautiful Day in November on The Banks of The Greatest of The Great Lakes (written by Kate Benson, directed by Lee Sunday Evans) is one of three world premieres in rep at The N…
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
John Hastings: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 18th May 2014
In the past two years John moved to the United Kingdom which led him to sleeping with a married woman, making his parents proud, deciding to buy a falcon and dealing with the death…
Jim Holland: Shoegazing/Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Dukebox Theatre
- 14th - 28th May 2014
To really know a man, you must walk a mile in his shoes.
Omar Hamdi: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 12th - 21st May 2014
Russell Kane’s national support act, Welsh-Egyptian Omar Hamdi is preparing for his Edinburgh debut with a mix of fresh ideas and routines that have wowed audiences at some of the …
2 Day Meisner Workshop: For Beginners & Beyond
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Writers’ Place
- 10th - 11th May 2014
Understand the fundamentals of the Meisner Technique.
Half a Cod a Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Christopher Spring
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 17th May, 2014
Produced and presented casually with a simple setting, this agitprop community play about fishing laws is one of the first times I’ve heard a coherent argument against EU legisla…
Mike Sheer: Jerk in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 7th - 10th May 2014
Mike Sheer has taken his provocative and silly stand-up comedy show from Toronto to Australia, UK, US, and all over continental Europe.
A Day in the Life...
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 6th May 2014
Spoken Word Poet, Tommy Sissons presents a one-man poetry performance exploring the themes of urban lifestyles, working class values and the impact of politics in a coarse and inte…
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Afternoon Recital with Helen Burford
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 4th May 2014
Outstanding pianist, Helen Burford, presents an afternoon recital programme of solo works by Haydn, Scarlatti, Martin Butler and the European premiere of Julie Harris’ American Tri…
Afternoon Recital with Helen Burford
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 4th May 2014
Outstanding young pianist,Helen Burford,returns to the Brighton Fringe with a programme of classical and contemporary solo piano music,including works by Bach,Brubeck,Kapustin and …
Bitchelors (Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Pitts
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 4th May, 2014
Anna Morris’s new show might be a work in progress but it’s already pretty brilliant.
Russell Howard
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Highline Ballroom
- 2nd May 2014
Beloved for his bouncy energy and animated style, Mr.
That'll Be the Day
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Alhambra Theatre / Baths Hall
- 6th Mar - 10th Dec 2014
‘Brand New 2009 Christmas Show’Prepare for a party this Christmas as the legendary That’ll Be The Day, the UK’s mostsuccessful touring rock ‘n’ roll production ret…
Lady Day at Emersons Bar & Grill
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Circle in the Square
- 2nd Mar 2014
(in previews; opens on April 13) This late addition to the Broadway season provides an enticing opportunity to hear the incomparable Audra McDonald interpret the songs of Billie Ho…
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug 2013
The 33rd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Songs for a Summer's Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug 2013
With soaring mellifluous vocals and a vibrant and emotional depth of feeling, Scottish singer/songwriter Jennifer Andrew invites you to enjoy a gentle hour of original compositions…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Beth Cochrane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2013
This was really quite a wonderful event, although not one I would have necessarily picked for purely entertainment purposes.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug 2013
New date, time and location.
Afternoon Delight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th - 25th Aug 2013
Three men weave together enthralling, hilarious narratives and jokes.
Edinburgh Piano Duo Plays Grand Duo
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th - 17th Aug 2013
Come and savour the intimate soundworld of the Edinburgh Piano Duo in two consecutive afternoon recitals which will include Schubert’s mighty Grand Duo D812.
Dong Yi's Programme for Chinese Lovers' Day
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th - 14th Aug 2013
Classical zheng performer Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to give us a concert of music on the love stories of China.
A Hundred Minus One Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Playwright Idgie Beau sets out the parameters of A Hundred Minus One Day quickly and economically; 20 year old Jen, who has lived away from home for many years, has returned to her…
Auld Edinburgh Tales
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 26th Aug 2013
Join LIP Theatre Company for a journey through times past, present and future in the streets of Auld Reekie as they return for their 17th year with another exciting original play.
An Afternoon of Playback Theatre
- Listing Theatre / Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 17th Aug 2013
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
Skills Work Out
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 14th Aug 2013
Care for and refresh your voice, body and imagination - led by full time East 15 staff.
Hanging Bruce-Howard
- Review
- ★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Hanging Bruce-Howard is a good old-fashioned piece of farce.
Edinburgh Book Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lene Korseberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
World Power Books is Scotland’s most famous radical independent bookshop, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, and host of the Edinburgh Book Fringe.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Edinburgh Book Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2013
Join writers, comedians and activists from around the world in Word Power Books, Edinburgh’s independent radical bookshop.
Jo Jingles Visits Edinburgh
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 10th Aug 2013
Back again after last year’s sell-out show, this year Jo Jingles is having a staycation and is finding out more about his home town - Edinburgh! ‘I love Jo Jingles’ (Maya, ag…
Edinburgh: A Literary City
- Review
- ★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
It is difficult to discuss Allan Foster’s talk, Edinburgh: A Literary City, in division from its glorious venue: the ostentatiously oddball Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge.
Russell Kane: Smallness
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2013
What is it with us and smallness? The Brits love it - being tiny but fierce.
TO&ST in the Afternoon
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th - 21st Aug 2013
As TO&ST – the Time Out and Soho Theatre Edinburgh Cabaret Award – returns for its second year, join jury member and Time Out London cabaret editor Ben Walters for a weekly loo…
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Thistles and Roses
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th - 9th Aug 2013
Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group.
Daniel Rigby: Berk in Progress
- Review
- ★★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Daniel Rigby returns to the Fringe this year with a sketch show that certainly lives up to its name.
Robbie the Robot Learns English - And Saves the Day!
- Review
- ★★
- Lia Sanders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Just because a show is intended for children is no excuse for bad acting.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Doris Day at the Movies - A Celebration in Song
- Review
- ★★
- Carys Evans
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Pam Lawson’s tribute to Doris Day takes the audiences on a chronological journey through Doris Day’s movies.
Doris Day at the Movies - A Celebration in Song
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 11th Aug 2013
It’s Magic. Take a sentimental journey with Pam Lawson, as she celebrates her not-so-Secret Love for Doris Day on voice, bass and piano. You’ll be Shakin’ the Blues Away!
Rebustours - Hidden Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Beth Cochrane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
This tour is absolutely one of the best literary walking tours Edinburgh has to offer.
The Edinburgh Revue Sketch Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Alex Franklin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
The Edinburgh Revue are an energetic bunch, never more so than during this show’s opening sketch, a whirlwind rendition of the history of Edinburgh from dinosaurs through William W…
The Edinburgh Revue: Sketch Show
- Review
- ★★
- Jenni Ajderian
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
It was with boundless energy that the five-strong Revue troupe leaped onstage and it seemed that this was an energy which would not dwindle - even as the quality of the proceeding …
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Bryce Lucas
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Ian Rankin once described a John Hunt blues set like ‘Seasick Steve in a science lab.
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catherine Bryer
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
In the bowels of The Jazz Bar, John Hunt perches on his stool clutching a guitar, his ageless face cast in red shadows.
Bruce Fummey - Gaelic in the Afternoon
- Review
- ★★★
- Mathew Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Bruce Fummey’s show is a chronicle of his learning the native language of Scotland.
Edinburgh Science, Edinburgh Magic!
- Review
- ★★★
- James Macnamara
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Ron Butlin is the Edinburgh Makar (poet laureate) and he is a skilled and sensitive writer.
Edinburgh 300: Cradle of Chemistry
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 31st Aug 2013
From the first uses of balances to the discovery of carbon dioxide, this exhibition offers a fascinating journey into the birth and development of chemistry as a modern science at …
A Patchwork of Leith Memories: Photos and Stories of Leith, Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2013
Picturing Leith’s past through a great selection of unpublished photographs and memories.
Edinburgh Printmakers at ROSL
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Constituting this exhibition of work by Edinburgh printmakers are a handful of understated prints hung up two flights of stairs at the Royal Over-Seas League.
Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2013
Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress.
Gabe Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2013
Charlie and Kate have one night to save their failing nightclub.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Heather Bagnall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Much like Arthur’s Seat is the bedrock of Edinburgh, comedy is the bedrock of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Afternoon Delight
- Review
- ★★★
- Julia Oliphant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Afternoon Delight pitches itself as a good way to sample some of the comedy flavours going on at the Fringe.
The Edinburgh Revue Stand Up Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Alex Franklin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Shaggy haired and stunningly bearded, Noah Torn launches the Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show with a bang.
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nina Glencross
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
As refreshing and witty as ever, Spring Day returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show which takes some of the best bits of her 2011 Fringe appearance whilst offering…
Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
‘Wicked punch lines have the audience falling over themselves with laughter, thinking: “I can’t believe she said that!” They absolutely loved her, no doubt you will too.
The Edinburgh Revue: Stand-Up Show
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 26th Aug 2013
The University may be out for the summer, but The Edinburgh Revue isn’t and is proud to bring you six of Edinburgh’s best up-and-coming comedians!
Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 24th Aug 2013
The maestro of feel-good comedy.
Daly's Comedy Club @ The Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
In this special free Fringe show you can expect the unexpected with some of our favourite acts handpicked for each show and a different line-up every day, there is something for ev…
Stephen K Amos - Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 24th Aug 2013
From the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Edinburgh - A Tale of Two Towns
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Heather Bagnall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Edinburgh is a city of beauty, history and incredible inspiration.
Edinburgh - A Tale of Two Towns
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug - 1st Sep 2013
Accompany us to discover the organic medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town.
Susan Calman: Always (A Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion.
Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 24th Aug 2013
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy’s biggest prize.
Afternoon Delight
- Review
- ★★★
- Susan Ford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Afternoon Delight is a watered down version of a big variety show, showcasing acts that will be performing at Just the Tonic this year.
Edinburgh Comedy AllStars
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joe Talbot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
McEwan Hall is one of the vastest spaces at the Fringe.
Working on a Special Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Based on Ettore Scola’s 1977 film Una Giornata Particolare, Working on a Special Day succinctly adapts a historical story of repressed feeling for the stage.
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist…
Slightly Fat Features
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
Morning and Afternoon
- Review
- ★★★
- James Dolton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
A cynic would suggest that a one-man show written and performed by an acclaimed director is one likely to fall into certain pitfalls; history is littered with those who have steppe…
Little Howard's Big Show for Kids
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian.
Jamie Demetriou: People Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Joanna Alpern
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Jamie Demetriou has come up with and employed a great and original idea for his Pleasance comedy set.
Howard Read: Hide and Speak
- Review
- ★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Howard Read, the creator of the six-year old stand-up comedian and CBBC sensation Little Howard, leads a double life.
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jock Maitland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
During the Fringe, a haven for ill equipped hastily prepared venues, it can be reassuring to witness a comedy show at a place dedicated to stand up all year round.
The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Justin McCarthy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Three hundred plus years of anecdotes and tales of Scotland’s greatest essayists, novelists and poets, an informative and entertaining evening exploring the streets and pubs of E…
It's Uniformation Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Morton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
Join three performers in the surreal, interactive and totally mad ritual of Uniformation Day.
Damian Kingsley: Work in Progress - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Tiffany Shepherd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…
Laurent Piron - Unusual Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Are our lives ruled by fate or chance? It’s hard to decide most of the time but even harder when a stage magician is making the seemingly impossible happen before your eyes.
Beauties and Heroes: Dong Yi's Special Programme for Chinese Lovers' Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Alasdair Richardson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Dong Yi is a celebrated classical Chinese zheng soloist.
Little Howard's Big Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- London Fringe
- 23rd May, 2012
It should be no surprise that I am not the only unaccompanied adult at Little Howard’s Big Show.
Big Day for the Goldbergs
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tess Ellison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2010
Same old story, remarks Lucille Goldberg as she discusses her familys past.
Darling of the Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 2nd Apr, 2013
On paper, it looks like a dream team.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Edinburgh Preview : How to Beat Internet Dating
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 23rd Jul, 2012
With a sell out show and standing room only, the expectation for Mark Restuccia’s set was high.
Mae-Day: I’m Not Waving,I’m Drowning
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Joyce
- Brighton Fringe
- 25th May, 2012
Mae Martin gave an enchanting performance.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
Ladies Day
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 19th Jul, 2012
Ladies Day charts the lives of four women working in a fish-filleting factory.
Edinburgh: The Medical City
- Review
- ★★★
- Catherine Anderson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
In an hour long history of medicine in Edinburgh, Professor David Purdie and librarian Ian Milne talk about royalty, body snatchers and herbal remedies.
The Magicians of Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jon Stapley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Tucked away above Valvona & Crolla, The Magicians of Edinburgh may be well outside the normal radius of Fringe activity, but this charming slice of homegrown music and poetry demon…
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jay Hobday
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2009
Before you venture out, be aware that this venue is just that little bit far out of town.
30 Days to Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★
- Margarita Semsi
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
The basic premise of this play is interesting enough: three friends – a spaceman, cowboy, and disco dancer (why? Was this some kind of inside joke or bet?) – travel all the way…
Doris Day Can F**k Off
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fen Greatley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2011
The question on my lips for the first few minutes: what on God’s earth is he doing? In very few words, Greg is telling Doris Day to take a running jump.
Daphne Do Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kate Wilkinson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2015
Any budding sketch group could do far worse than give Daphne’s show a visit.
Edinburgh Tonight with Joe Simmons and Lorraine Chase
- Review
- ★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
Imagine Richard and Judy.
Bob Graham Work Ethic
- Review
- ★★★
- Mark Gregory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Some comedy shows can be slow burners – they introduce a few seemingly unrelated jokes before linking everything together towards the climax of the show, ending on the ultimate p…
Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
Meet Mr Clart, the drunken and prurient tour guide of the famous Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour.
Lloyd Langford: One Day in the Life of Lloyd Owen Langford
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryony Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
Russell Kane: Manscaping
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Lebovits
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
After winning last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award, Russell Kane’s marriage fell apart, he had a breakdown, and didn’t perform for a considerable part of the year.
Russell Howard: Wandering
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2006
Russell Howard has been playing to packed houses down at the Pleasance Courtyard with his show Wandering.
The Edinburgh International Circus Festival
- Review
- ★★★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
I have a confession to make: until recently, I’d never been to the circus.
Lach: The Day I Went Insane
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Previous reviewers have compared Lach to Woody Allen and Woody Guthrie, and while these two are good reference points I’d like to start by pointing out just how much he looks, and …
Edinburgh Preview: Joe Sutherland
- Review
- ★★★
- Jonna Brett
- Brighton
- 17th Jul, 2018
Very soon after Joe Sutherland took to the stage, it was clear we were in good company: here was someone personable and inclusive, rude and funny with a penchant for great one-line…
Five Go To Edinburgh Again!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2008
This show is very much a stage version of Five Go Mad In Dorset, the first Comic Strip production on Channel 4, except that much of the action is transferred to Scotland.
Edinburgh Tonight With Joe Simmons
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tony Challis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2010
This was the grand opening of a new show which will happen regularly through this years Fringe, hosted by Joe Simmons at Symposium Hall.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryony Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
An evening of music, song and dance from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance period is probably unlikely to set the pulse racing for most and yet while not exhilarating, the e…
The Eighth Day
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Abigail Lewis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
From Richard Lloyd’s first movements onto the stage as the recently bankrupted and homeless Samuel Thwaites, I knew this would be an exceptional performance.
James Christopher: Bring Me the Head of Russell Kane - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Anna Cory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice.
Edinburgh Comedy Tour
- Review
- ★★★
- Nina Seale
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
It is rather difficult to review a tour, because to some extent you are reviewing your own city, the content your town has to offer a tourist who may buy the Edinburgh Comedy Tour …
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
Continuity Scares Me: a work in progress
- Review
- ★★
- Steven Ellis
- Camden Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Alarm bells sounded early with Richard Wright’s show.
Love and War: The Songs of Howard Goodall
- Review
- ★★★
- James Robert Ball
- London Fringe
- 25th Feb, 2012
It is a great honour for any composer to have their work cherry-picked by fans and turned into a revue.
Mae Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Cai Trefor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Mae Martin entered the stage and began by standing with her right leg on a chair ‘for confidence.
Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner (preview)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Oakley
- Camden Fringe
- 23rd Dec, 2013
Nathan Cassidy opens this show with great energy, telling us with a jig that it’s “all about positivity”.
The World's Greatest Walking Tour of Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★
- Helene Cloete
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
At the beginning of this tour we’re on Lothian Street and Cuth when our guide boldly informs us that we are on Lothian Road.
Eric Davidson's Second Day Soup!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- David Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2009
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
Bourgeois & Maurice - Social Work
- Review
- ★★★★
- Damian Sandys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2009
This is no ordinary cabaret.
Out Of The Cage
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amelia Jane Day
- FUSE International
- 24th Jul, 2014
A large, colourful advert is projected across the stone wallin front of us, ‘these women are doing their bit - learn to make munitions’.
One Fine Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Thom Louis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2011
A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor.
A Sentimental Journey - The Story of Doris Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Ashleigh Wheeler
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2011
It’s sentimental, it’s a journey, it’s the story of Doris Day’s life.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The Fuhrer Will Now Speak
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amelia Jane Day
- FUSE International
- 27th Jul, 2014
Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.
Mike Sheer: Jerk In Progress
- Review
- ★★
- Carrie Rian Johnson
- Camden Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
From the moment Mike Sheer appeared it was clear we were in for an energetic show.
Jason Byrnes Telly Idea, Which May Also Work On The Radio Show!!
- Review
- ★★★
- Gordon Johnston
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2007
In an increasing trend amongst the big-name comics, this is Jason Byrne’s ‘other show’, and this year involves grabbing four guest celebrities as panellists for the top table, a co…
Work Songs
- Review
- ★★★
- Lynne Marie Martens
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
Work Songs is a dance exploration of office-place machismo power struggles by The Dangerologists.
A Day in November
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Blyth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2011
A Day In November is a beautifully controlled and tenderly delivered reflection on the mind’s descent towards death.
Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed …
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
Mosaic
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Amelia Jane Day
- FUSE International
- 20th Jul, 2014
Pieces of metal scaffolding partially decorated the walls while the old, grand chandelier cast a soft yellow light over the surrounding stone pillars.
Fliss Russell - Life is Fliss
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nina Seale
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
There once was a skinny redhead who wanted to sing in Les Miserables.
Max and Iván: Exposed The Edinburgh Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2008
Two comic actors play numerous different quirky characters, as the quest to read the big, breaking news goes on.
Jamie Demetriou's People Day (and Special Guests)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Josephine Lane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Jamie Demetriou was in the Bristol Review last year at the Fringe and now returns to go solo in ‘Jamie Demetriou’s Peoples Day’, his new show in which he showcases just some …
Jupiter Ensemble of Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★
- David Knowles
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
A concert in a modest and handsome Unitarian church situated underneath the castle sounds like a perfect way to spend lunchtime.
The Day the Sky Turned Black
- Review
- ★★
- Mary Chapman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
This multi-award winning show returns to the Fringe retelling a stream of real life stories from a handful of survivors of the 2009 Australian bush fires that claimed 173 lives.
scratch (work in progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- London Fringe
- 9th Nov, 2009
Sometimes raw, rough shows, performed on a knife-edge are the most gripping.
Best of Edinburgh - The Showcase Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Joanna Alpern
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
The key ingredients to any successful comedy show have to be a friendly audience, a boisterous atmosphere and a packed venue, all of which the Showcase Show had.
The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
The Soap Kitchen have an act which will be familiar to anyone who’s seen Who’s Line Is It Anyway.
Russell Kane: Posturing Delivery
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joanna Alpern
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
Through Kane’s discussion of procreation, something great is indeed born, and that is great comedy.
Roll On The Day
- Review
- ★★★
- Stuart Saint
- London Fringe
- 2nd Apr, 2012
This new musical, by award winning composer Laurence Mark Wythe and writer Roberto Trippini, is about an illegal immigrant who fled his country of political turmoil.
An Afternoon with John and Camilla Cleese hosted by Fred MacAulay
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 25th Aug 2018
Join us for a very special Edinburgh Festival Fringe event – an afternoon with John Cleese and his daughter Camilla, hosted by comedian Fred MacAulay.
Stand Up: Edinburgh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fireside
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Did you know that Edinburgh has a thriving comedy scene all year? Well now you do! Join Matt Duwell, as he presents the best of Edinburgh’s comedy heroes and the pick of the scene’…
Simon Talbot: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
One of the biggest comedy stars in Denmark, Simon Talbot comes to the Fringe with some work-in-progress shows.
Night Walk for Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alec Martin
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Around Edinburgh / The Milkman
- 17th Aug, 2019
Edinburgh’s Old Town breathes history, sometimes with a roar, and sometimes with a whisper.
Double Fringe First Winners Xhloe & Natasha Share Secrets Of Their Edinburgh Fringe Success
- Feature
- Sue Denham
- London Fringe
- 2nd Apr, 2024
Double Fringe First Winners, Xhloe & Natasha talk to us about the Edinburgh Fringe and what made them want to bring their Fringe First winning shows, And Then The Rodeo Burned Down...
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Edinburgh Deaf Festival Aims to Increase Inclusivity
- Feature
- Simon Ximenez
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2023
Simon Ximenez talked to the coordinator of this year’s Edinburgh Deaf Festival, Jamie Rea.
The Empowerment of Edinburgh Fringe
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
We asked Charlotte Anne-Tilley to reflect upon her journey to becoming an actor/writer prior to opening with her show Almost Adult at the Edinburgh Fringe.
A Baptism of Fire - the Edinburgh Fringe Debut Show
- Feature
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2023
We've seen from shows such as Fleabag in 2013 that success at your Edinburgh debut show can lead to worldwide success.
Thenjiwe Brings The Mandela Effect to Edinburgh
- Feature
- Isabella Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Jul, 2023
Thenjiwe is an entrepreneurial comedian and actress from KwaMashu, South Africa.
theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Feature
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Jun, 2023
theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme: Over 360 Exciting Shows Await Theatre Enthusiasts at the Edinburgh Fringe
theSpaceUK announces their Edinburgh Fringe Programme
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th May, 2019
Today theSpaceUK announces its 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Season with over 400 shows and the biggest new-writing programme at the Fringe.
International Women's Day: Celebrate with Reigning Women in Brighton
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 5th Mar, 2019
This week culminates in International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March and The Old Market’s fiery mini-season, Reigning Women, has never seemed so relevant.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
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.
How To Sell Your Show At The Edinburgh Fringe
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Apr, 2018
Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at a fringe festival such as Edinburgh with tips on budgets, creating a press release, socia...
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2017
The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for...
‘Edinburgh is kind of like tapas’ – New Diorama Theatre’s David Byrne
- Feature
- Liam Rees
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2017
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...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Gavin Robertson
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2017
Richard didn't stumble far from yesterday's bar, Foundry 39, as just a few yards up Charlotte Lane he fell into Sygn, a trendy retro-style cocktail bar & diner where Edinburgh Bars...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Brown
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2017
Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Nathan Hinze
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2017
Warm and welcoming, and always entertaining, 99 Hanover Street is at the heart of Edinburgh's bar scene.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Dale Welstead
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2017
In the heart of the Old Town, Cabaret Voltaire is a legendary live music venue in the vaults beneath North Bridge.
The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh
- 24th Aug, 2017
Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Lainey Corroon
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2017
The Three Sisters – renamed the Free Sisters during the Fringe – has long been a festival hub and a jewel in the crown of the Free Festival.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Erik Stenersen
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2017
Just around the corner from the iconic Greyfriar's Bobby you'll find the Oz Bar, and that's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Erik Stenersen.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Danny Smith
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2017
Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Denise Garland
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2017
Formerly a parsonage, Cloisters Bar is a uniquely traditional Edinburgh pub.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Maurice Penny
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2017
Just off the Royal Mile and Cowgate you'll find a craft beer shop and bar called the Salt Horse.
‘What I like about Edinburgh audiences is that they’re up for adventure’ – Meow Meow
- Feature
- Carly Brown
- Edinburgh International Festival
- 18th Aug, 2017
Meow Meow is an international actress, singer, and dancer.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Tomas Germanavicius
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2017
The Heads & Tales bar is the home of Edinburgh Gin, and it's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Tomas Germanavicius, a Lithuanian who's a dab hand at mixing up a c...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Jay Weeks
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2017
Richard's headed over to Leith to the eclectic bar that is The Mousetrap where he finds today's Edinburgh Barstar, Jay Weeks.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Molly McCluskey
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2017
Richard is exploring Edinburgh's East End today to discover the Barstar of the Day at The Newsroom, where Glaswegian Molly McCluskey is making plans on photography while sipping a ...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Montse Pearce
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2017
Richard's headed south to Clerk Street where at the unique Dog House bar he's discovered today's Edinburgh Barstar, Montse Pearce, a Spanish-born artist with good taste in whisky.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sophie Malone
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2017
Just off George Street you'll find the Thistle Street Bar (the TSB as it's affectionally known).
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Donald McGhie
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2017
An authentic Tiki bar in the New Town? Richard popped on his hula skirt and hotfooted over to the Auld Reekie Tiki Bar to meet today's Edinburgh Barstar - Donald McGhie, former ban...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Briar Russell
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2017
Hidden away in the Old Town on Advocates Close you'll find The Devil's Advocate, and if you're lucky today's Edinburgh Barstar will also be on shift.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Alan Mulvihill
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2017
It's only open from July to the end of September, but Richard's sought out pop-up bar Whisky Or Death to find today's Edinburgh Barstar Of The Day, Alan Mulvihill.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ross Bryant
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2017
Richard's in one of Edinburgh's most unique bars today to meet Ross Bryant, co-owner of Bryant & Mack Private Detectives on Rose Street North Lane.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Robbie Johnston
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2017
Richard is still in New Town, but with great bar staff like Robbie Johnston at Nightcap - why would you want to leave? Nightcap might be a relatively new addition to the Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Kyle Jamieson
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2017
Richard's in New Town today to meet our Edinburgh Barstar of the Day, the fabulously hirsute Kyle Jamieson who takes care of his punters at Panda and Sons on Queen Street.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Urwin
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2017
Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Cordelia Toennies
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2017
Richard ventures over to Broughton Street Lane to the Outhouse where today's EdFringe Barstar is Cordelia Toennies from Germany, who studied drama in Scotland and wants to move to ...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ben Howard
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2017
In a sea of celebrities, we chat to the people who really matter - the people serving us a drink. Today we find out a little more about Ben Howard at the Abattoir Bar.
Ten ways to screw up your show in Edinburgh
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Jun, 2017
Over 3,000 separate productions will squeeze themselves into Edinburgh this August and the slightly depressing reality is that most will not achieve their objectives for the fest...
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 24th Mar, 2017
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...
Russell Maliphant Company to restage classic and early pieces
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 2nd Feb, 2017
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Russell Maliphant has today announced the programme for maliphantworks, featuring world-renowned collaborators and works spanning his hugely...
Cocktail of the Day: Large Mojito
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2016
Large Mojito at Pollyanna's... And then bed!
Cocktail of the Day: Fringe First
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2016
A delicious Fringe First cocktail at Brookes Bar with the super funny and talented Naomi Petersen! Go see her show I Am Telling You I'm Not Going... and tonight she didn't!
Cocktail of the Day: Lady Garden
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2016
I'm on a Lady Garden, the fellas are on White Russians... How is this going to end?! Only the staff and clientele of Polyannas will know...
Cocktail of the Day: Salty Margarita
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2016
Salty Margarita at the Abattoir... Definitely not one of my five a day.
Cocktail of the Day: Backwards Trevor
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Sharing what we can only describe as a Backwards Trevor with Nick Hall at the Pleasance. Go see Nick in Szcrabble - he's super good! Then have a Backwards Trevor.
Cocktail of the Day: Mojito
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2016
Mojitos at The Abattoir with my improv team The 838. Just after this pic we sent the cocktails back as it was essentially just soda water and got a margarita instead.
Cocktail of the Day: Venetian Spritz
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2016
Sinking a Venetian Spritz with Tom from Tom and Will's Open Swim – Go see them – they are funnnnnnyyyyy.
Cocktail of the Day: Gancia Manhattan
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2016
Enjoying a Gancia Manhattan at the Italian Escape Bar, Pleasance. Getting a bit of heart burn.
Cocktail of the Day: Bellini
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2016
Knocking back a Bellini at La Locanda on Cockburn Street. It's 10am.
Cocktail of the Day: Prosecco Gold Rush
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2016
Keeping it classy with a Prosecco Gold Rush at La Piazza - Prosecco, Archers and Vodka. Nice.
Cocktail of the Day: Bottega Bellini
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
Forcing down a Bottega Bellini at the Pleasance. I'm a picture of health today.
Tim Carlsen on the Real-life Homelessness Behind One Day Moko
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
“I Invented Bloody Mackenzie” Reveals Edinburgh Tour Guide
- Feature
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2016
Anyone who thinks Edinburgh amounts to the Fringe festival, a castle and a zoo with two Chinese pandas clearly hasn’t discovered its gruesome history: while Jack the Ripper was k...
Cocktail of the Day: Delicious Fizz
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2016
It all started with a Delicious Fizz at Spoon then everything got a bit blurred. I blame Emma Jerrold. Go see her show Broken Fanny and tell her off for me.
Fringe Diary with Adrian Bradley - Day 6
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2016
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Cocktail of the Day: Jessica Rabbit
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2016
Having a Jessica Rabbit at The Whistle Stop with my mum. It's her Birthday today. She's 70!! 70!!! Look at her skin!!! She looks younger than me.
Cocktail of the Day: 80 Days Daiquiri
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2016
Spreading my wings and trying an 80 Days Daiquiri at the IBIS Southbridge. Delish!!
Cocktail of the Day: Peach Appletini
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2016
Sharing a surprisingly refreshing Peach Appletini in the Pleasance with the writers and star of Channel 5's new comedy Borderline.
Shruti Chauhan on Competing in the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam
- Feature
- Freddie Alexander
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2016
Shruti Chauhan is a poet and performer from Leicester.
Fringe Diary with Adrian Bradley - Day 5
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2016
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Fringe Diary with Adrian Bradley - Day 4
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2016
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Cocktail of the Day: Raspberry Cosmo
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2016
Sipping on a sickly sweet Raspberry Cosmo in a jar at the Pleasance Courtyard. I'm sandwiched between two fellow players of the Free Association - go see Jacuzzi - it's HOT improv.
Fringe Diary with Adrian Bradley - Day 3
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2016
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Cocktail of the Day: Russian Collins
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2016
Knocking back a Russian Collins in the Loft Bar, Gilded Balloon with all the celebs – including this one – one of my oldest friends in showbiz, Jody Kamali.
Cocktail of the Day: Mojito
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2016
Clare Plested is still smiling as she continues her quest to bring us the Cocktail of the Day.
Fringe Diary with Adrian Bradley - Day 2
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2016
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Cocktail of the Day: Espresso Martini
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2016
It's time once again for Cocktail of the Day with increasingly alcoholic comic Clare Plested.
Fringe Diary with Adrian Bradley - Day 1
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2016
Join Adrian Bradley for the inaugural Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe. How far will some performers go to promote their shows?
Cocktail of the Day: Ciao Roma Special
- Feature
- Clare Plested
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2016
Follow comic Clare Plested on an adventure in alcoholism as this year's she's agreed to bring us Cocktail of the Day. For the debut, it's a specially invented tipple at Ciao Roma.
Kevin Mclean: 'The Edinburgh Fringe is a monster'
- Feature
- Frederick Alexander
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Jun, 2016
Kevin Mclean is one of the organizers of Loud Poets, a poetry collective entering its third year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Henry St Leger named Editor for the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Broadway Baby, the largest reviewing publication at the Edinburgh Fringe, has named Henry St Leger as the Editor for this year’s festival.
Sarah McIntosh: 11 hours of James Plays in one day? Challenge Accepted.
- Feature
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh
- 13th Feb, 2016
It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend...
Shona McCarthy appointed as Chief Executive of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
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- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Jan, 2016
Shona McCarthy has been named as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, filling the post Kath Mainland will vacate in March.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Pie Of The Day: Tangy Lemon Tart
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2015
On a sunny day there's nothing better than enjoying a cup of tea and a fruity tart in the sun while enjoying the world, and a lovely place to do that is The Richmond Cafe.
Pie Of The Day: Sticky Toffee Pudding
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2015
For the sweet-toothed among you there's a special joy in today's daily delicacy.
Pie Of The Day: Wild Mushroom and Leek Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2015
During our Pie of the Day journey we've visited some amazing places and sampled some delicious pies We've brought you everything from fruit pies to steak.
Pie Of The Day: Cottage Pie
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- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2015
If you're like me and don't get a lot of time to sit and enjoy a home-cooked meal but hanker for some comfort food from time to time, head on over to George Street and grab a bite ...
Pie Of The Day: Angus Steak Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2015
At the end of a long week you may find your reserves are running low and you're in need of a refueling.
Pie Of The Day: Apple Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2015
Where pie is concerned I would almost always disregard the 'less is more' philosophy.
Pie Of The Day: Fisherman's Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2015
Today's fabulous feast is a must for all seafood fans and can be fished up at Cafe 1505 - the new addition to Surgeon's Hall.
Pie Of The Day: Chicken and Mushroom
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- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2015
Smack bang in the middle of town is the sought-after Edinburgh pie-ery with a huge selection of choices, Piemaker.
Pie Of The Day: Pumpkin and Sage
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- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2015
There's never a moment with pie that doubling up is a bad thing and so today we are returning to Mums for a wonderful vegetarian delight and who better to sample it than my own oth...
Steffan Alun: Everything You Feel In Edinburgh Is A Lie
- Feature
- Steffan Alun
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2015
Round two from our stand-up columnist Steffan Alun.
Pie Of The Day: Shepherds Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2015
Everyone loves home cooking and in Edinburgh you can't get better than Mum's.
Pie Of The Day: Chicken Curry
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2015
If you're feeling a little sedate this Sunday and fancy spicing things up somewhat, saunter sexily down the Newington Road to seek out the seductively simple Edinburgh Bakehouse.
Pie Of The Day: Chicken, Chardonnay and Pancetta
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- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2015
In the middle of the Fringe it seems appropriate to spend some time at The Shakespeare, especially with their great menu and extensive drinks list.
Pie Of The Day: Apple Walnut
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2015
We've devoured our dinners, scoffed our snacks, and tested our tastebuds with some perfect pies, but there's something missing.
Steffan Alun: Edinburgh Is The World’s Largest Green Room
- Feature
- Steffan Alun
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2015
Stand Up Steffan Alun has a fair few things to say about stepping up to stand up at the Free Fringe.
Pie Of The Day: Warlock Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2015
Traversing the infamous Royal Mile can certainly be daunting during Fringe time, but there are hidden rewards if you stay the course.
Pie Of The Day: Haggis
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2015
You couldn't get more traditional than today's Pie Of The Day – it's Haggis! From the First Class Butchers on Nicolson Street, and for less than a quid too, it's a tasty treat th...
The Top Ten Best Craft Beer Bars in Edinburgh
- Feature
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2015
With over 70 craft brewing companies across Scotland, craft beer now contributes close to £63 million to the British economy.
Pie Of The Day: Scotch Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2015
When in Rome the old adage says and today I'm taking that advice and seeking out a true local star with the help of some well informed Edinburghians.
Pie Of The Day: Vegetable with Gravy and Mash
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2015
If you're pottering around Edinburgh and fancy a few of your five a day then rest a spell at The Elephant House.
Pie Of The Day: Macaroni Cheese Pie
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2015
If you're looking for a late night bite then take a trip to the small but perfectly formed Storries Bakery on Leith Walk.
Pie Of The Day: Chicken, Leek and Mushroom
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2015
There's a hidden gem in Nicolson Square, tucked away in a green and pleasant corner, and it's called The Well Cafe.
Pie Of The Day: Venison and Red Currant
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2015
If you're looking for a beast of a pie then look no further than the massive beauty that is Mums' Venison and Red Currant - Today's Pie of the Day.
Pie Of The Day: Steak and Ale
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2015
Today's sumptuous serving needs no real introduction.
Pie Of The Day: Auld Jock
- Feature
- Luke Tudball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2015
So here it is, Tasty Monster's inaugural EdFringe Pie of the Day! And where better to start than Auld Jock's Pie Shoppe, named for the master of Greyfriar's Bobby, a gem hidden in ...
Edinburgh hit Shadow Boxing heads to London
- Feature
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Jun, 2015
A smash at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe half a decade ago, Shadow Boxing heads to the Greenwich Theatre in London.
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