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…
Peter Seivewright celebrates his 70th birthday with performances of music by JS Bach and Moszkowski.
Enter the hypnotic world of Scott Silven, the Scottish illusionist inspired by the landscape of his childhood.
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.
A solo narrative navigating life with neurodiversity.
In Deptford, South London, a routine hair appointment becomes a *slightly* less intense version of John Tucker Must Die.
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 …
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Find a beanbag and lose yourself in the hypnotic sound of Alexander Grechaninov’s Passion Week.
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts, and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe for one week only! Featuring the very best impro…
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
In 1735, having left Handel’s opera orchestra, Francesco Barsanti settled in Edinburgh, becoming active with the Edinburgh Musical Society.
Canada’s Allyson June Smith is Little Smith Sunshine.
We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
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 …
The Edinburgh Seven is a riveting exploration of the first seven women to go to medical school in Edinburgh and the United Kingdom.
Going further afield, we have added some real treasures from Eastern Europe and Central America.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run.
Theatre on the Edge returns to the Fringe after last year’s production of Kerouac: And All That Jazz (***** (EdinburghGuide.
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…
An intimate and astonishing performance of magic in luxurious and enchanting surrounds from magician Kevin Quantum.
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…
Unravel the curious case of Agnes Finnie, a mid-17th century shopkeeper in Edinburgh’s Potterrow accused of witchcraft.
Edinburgh is known as one of the most haunted cities in the world.
This show shines a new light on Peter Allen in his capacity as incredibly gifted composer/songwriter, while also showcasing Annaliesa Rose’s unique and diverse vocal expertise, wit…
Produced by NYC comedian Sean Conrad, this mixed-bill stand-up comedy show features Edinburgh’s best stand-up comedians every night.
Edinburgh Photographic Society’s first international photography exhibition was shown in 1861.
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 …
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show – ‘an innovative way to experience a quarter-life crisis’ (TheWeeReview.
Peter Seivewright was described by the late Sir John Dankworth as ‘a great jazz pianist’.
Generation eXpert Samantha Day finds out which generation is the best.
When Edinburgh’s pandas go missing on their journey back to China, suspicion falls on the ferocious Glasgow gangster Big Urqy.
A thick wad of cash in a brown paper bag, May-December relationships, a sugar daddy straight out of a Martin Scorsese film.
The legend of stage and screen returns to Edinburgh for an intimate on-stage conversation.
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
Alfred North Whitehead characterised the European philosophical tradition as ‘a series of footnotes to Plato’.
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.
Award-winning Irish comedian returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for his 13th year at the Festival with a brand-new high-octane show Killa-Dan-Jaro!
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is Edinburgh’s hysterical, historical and completely original comedy walking tour.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music conducted by Musical Director, Sian Edwards, to celebrate its summer season.
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…
Legendary double act Fiasco Job Job, Arthur Smith and Phil Nice, having surprisingly beaten the visitation of the grim reaper, reunite for one final time to celebrate their 40th an…
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.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
In 1825 Darwin arrived to study Medicine.
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…
Embark on a riddle solving field trip, hunting down the magical creatures that inhabit the Old Town.
Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson returns with his sixth Edinburgh special.
American comedian, Clayton Smith, makes his Fringe debut with a solo stand-up show that is cerebral, raunchy, heartfelt and quintessentially American.
Teachers know the feeling all too well.
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…
Dive into Dragonory, the captivating family show at the Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by the charismatic George.
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.
Exclusive to Fringe 2024! See Edinburgh on two wheels.
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
Does your life feel like a massive fire in a bin? Well don’t worry – because Kanye West made having a breakdown cool, and now Peter Bazely shows you how to turn your pesky publ…
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
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…
I’m an Australian comedian.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny and …
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Have you experienced the intensity of being famous without any of the perks? Been doppelgäng-banged to the point you no longer exist? Lube up for this deep dive into fame and misf…
Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly…
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
A stellar night of live comedy set in the city’s favourite local hang-out, Edinburgh Street Food.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Join top magician Danny Lee Grew in his brand new show ‘24K Magic’ featuring magic, illusion, laughs, gasps and sleight of hand sorcery.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
The Brighton Buddhist centre has been offering Meditation, Buddhism and Yoga classes for the last 50 years.
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.
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.
“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…
Welcome to Sex Academy Open Day.
Do you ever get Déjà vu? Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds started writing a blog comparing his life to the sitcom Friends.
A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep.
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
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…
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Jonathan Pie: Hero or Villain? A question often asked and one that Pie hopes to answer in his brand-new live show.
Tour-de-force, motormouth news reporter Jonathan Pie is coming to the West End! Catch an unmissable slice of Pie as the scathing news reporter gasps for breath once more, taking …
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.
Do you ever get Deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
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…
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…
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…
Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns twenty-three.
‘We can be us, just for one day’ Relive the day music brought the world together.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
Flying into The London Palladium this Christmas, Peter Pan will be the West End’s ultimate pantomime adventure.
A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
A swashbuckling family pantomime packed with amazing special effects, barrels of laughter, outstanding costumes … and a little bit of fairy dust!
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…
Mischief Theatre is back again with Peter Pan Goes Wrong, an effortlessly hilarious show where magic and mayhem coexist.
Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits.
Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits.
Dannny is a Podcast host, Social Media Star, musician & comedian.
After a hugely successful sell-out world premiere performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013, and a further two performances in December 2014, Danny Elfman’s Music from the…
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2023 Ian Smith (as heard on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and co-hosting the Northern News podcast) presents a show about stress, love and …
Featuring some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever written, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes paints a vivid picture of a small community’s transformation…
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…
Paul Smith is back with a brand new tour! ‘Joker’ is his biggest and funniest tour show to date in which the scouse funny man mixes his trade mark audience i…
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…
Peter Duncan: actor, panto filmmaker, Blue Peter man and the UK’s former Chief Scout talks about his world travels observing the changing planet.
Doctor Who is 60.
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and co-host of the Northern News podcast) presents a new show about stress, love and driving a tank with your …
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…
Bye bye Gatsby! Ali is celebrating 30 years of pioneering blues and hokum (1913-1933).
Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith dons the checked shirt again as he returns with his 2022 smash-hit stand-up show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Bye bye Gatsby! Ali is celebrating 30 years of pioneering blues and hokum (1913-1933).
The winner of Drag Race hits the Fringe as part of their debut solo tour! Join Danny as they take to the stage with their live band in a show which promises to be bigger, better an…
Aki Remally (vocals, guitar) and Fraser Urquhart (piano, keyboards) make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
Siegfried and Joy are the new masters of magic.
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosts a late-night improv show featuring the best improvisers at the Fringe.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
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…
5 monologues.
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…
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.
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.
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…
Offbeat intergenerational stand-up from two of Bristol’s most inventive new comedians, Greg Curzon (‘hilarious.
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.
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…
Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist.
These sessions, kindly funded by The Friends of Panmure House, are delivered by leading experts exploring less commonly approached aspects of Smith’s life and works.
Scott McPherson: Life is an intimate window into the inner-workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
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 …
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers.
Every city has a history, but when it comes to grisly secrets, it’s hard to rival the gruesome history of Edinburgh.
Come and enjoy this surreal adventure where we might learn some things (?!) and discover who is Blue Peter.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
The Edinburgh Fringe Fling will debut at the Old Dr Bells Baths at this year’s Festival Fringe.
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…
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 …
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…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music to celebrate its summer season.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
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.
When the two multi award-winning comedians Adam Greene and Peter Bazely decided to form comedy supergroup Bi and Large, they knew it would be a hit but nothing prepared them for th…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Saudi stand-up Ibrahem Al Hajjaj brings his act to the UK for the first time.
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…
Immerse yourself in the enchanting wonder of Edinburgh at our exclusive tasting experience.
A lively three-hander reimagining of J.M. Barrie’s classic play
Join us on a multi-sensorial experience as you discover the stories that link Scotland’s capital with the G&T.
Peter Seivewright is one of the very few British artists in any field to have achieved substantial recognition in both Russia and the United States of America, as well as throughou…
Mark Simmons’ tour support, co-host of the Jokes podcast, BT Sport personality, award-winning comedian and documentary filmmaker, Danny is the undisputed champion of the Ward! A br…
Erik Scott grew up in a fireworks warehouse deep in the cornfields of the American Midwest and now resides in New York City.
Edinburgh Photographic Society held its first international exhibition in 1861.
The Quest to Save Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale.
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.
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 …
In 1825 Darwin arrived to study Medicine.
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 …
Comedian.
A curse causes Nathan to skip into the future whenever he falls asleep.
After a sell-out run at last year’s Fringe, multi award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’ Brien is back with a nostalgia-packed high-energy stand-up show bringing the big laughs to t…
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
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…
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.
Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the Pirates, Mermaids and Native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and …
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…
The Mountebank Comedy Walk is the hysterical, historical and completely original walking tour of Edinburgh led by professional local award-winning comedian Daniel Downie.
Woah.
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Gong Shows have launched the careers of several famous comedians.
Derry comedian Peter E Davidson returns for his fifth Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The best-selling contemporary Scottish artist’s eagerly anticipated retrospective of over 50 stunning oil paintings, inks and prints.
An hour of blisteringly funny, personal comedy from a rising Irish talent.
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…
When the two multi award-winning comedians Adam Greene and Peter Bazely decided to form comedy supergroup Bi and Large, they knew it would be a hit but nothing prepared them for th…
A fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
After a decade of writing jokes, Bazely is out of ideas.
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and co-host of the Northern News podcast) presents a new show about stress, love and driving a tank with your …
Everyone’s favourite sailing instructor is back, and ready to rock the boat (but only if everyone’s wearing a buoyancy aid, and comfortable getting splashed.
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…
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…
One of America’s top comedians, Lynn T.
Forster & Smith are a mindreader and magician respectively.
Forster & Smith are a mindreader and magician respectively.
This summer join Slapstick Picnic for a theatrical treat like no other as they whip up a three hander version of JM Barrie’s classic play Peter Pan, presented by The Actors&r…
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…
Meet Beanie: the love child of George Clooney and a Nespresso machine.
Two of Australia’s best stand-ups are in London for a rare double headline show at Soho Theatre on the eve of the Lord’s Test.
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 curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep.
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Best New Show Nominee 2023 (Leicester Comedy Festival).
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith” Bruce Dessau (The Times) This is Arthur Smith’s love letter to the world of comedy and the playground of the…
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith’ Bruce Dessau” (Times).
Phil Connors is a pretty awful guy.
Doctor Who is 60.
From the outset, Danny Rubin and Tim Minchin’s Groundhog Day appears to be part of the trend to turn classic films into musicals.
Doctor Who is 60.
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.
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.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Peter Joannou Brighton’s Singing Barber & The Cool Legends Show, including classic songs by Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Elvis Presley & more direct from h…
Would you like to spend a day in our shrews? We only have one shrew, so you’ll have to share with us.
Peter Joannou Brighton’s Singing Barber & The Cool Legends Show, including classic songs by Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Elvis Presley & more direct from h…
Would you like to spend a day in our shrews? We only have one shrew, so you’ll have to share with us.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Imagine being in a new relationship.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all.
There is something peculiar about Polly Tips.
VIRGIN-ia is a one-woman play about a sexually motivated virgin.
Paul Smith is back with a brand new tour! ‘Joker’ is his biggest and funniest tour show to date in which the scouse funny man mixes his trade mark audience i…
Paul Smith is back with a brand new tour! ‘Joker’ is his biggest and funniest tour show to date in which the scouse funny man mixes his trade mark audience i…
Zara lives in a perfect world.
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.
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…
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 …
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song.
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 …
Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of comedy and music in the Royal Court Studio.
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith presents a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time.
Multi award-winning comedy trio Sleeping Trees are returning with another festive mash up, this year taking JM Barrie’s beloved boy who would not grow up, adding 20 years and 50 …
You are formally invited to the goblin wedding of the year in this alternative comedy from Sleeping Trees! Following an internet scam, Peter Pan left Neverland, and with it, left b…
'The perfect play for our age of disagreement.
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…
Peter Rabbit and his naughty cousin Benjamin know very well that they are not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but they cannot resist and soon they find themselves face to face w…
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.
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…
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…
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
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…
A lawyer sits in a strong room.
Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian Tom Burgess.
Scotland’s music industry social night, Born To Be Wide, presents a celebration of Edinburgh’s scene, past and present.
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 …
Smoking hot split bill of stand-up from two fully developed women.
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…
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist; Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
For centuries philosophers have asked the question, Who am I? But it’s now time to ask, Am I Sam Smith? Through the camp ecstasy of comedy cabaret, Dan Wye, creator of Séayoncé, …
Mark Borkowski is the doyen of the world’s most controversial artform: the publicity stunt.
Described by the Evening Standard as ‘live comedy’s best kept secret’ Scott Bennett has been blazing a trail through the stand-up circuit for the best part of a decade.
Multi award-winning comedian and critically acclaimed loud Northerner Ian Smith (as heard on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show – and seen on Comedy Central Live) retur…
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…
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, …
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast.
Gunnar Berg (1909-1989) GAFFKY’s.
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
After his last sell-out tour, Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith returns with a brand-new show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Bye bye Gatsby! It’s 1933 and Ali is throwing a party with her pals.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Just what is the Edinburgh Fringe? Some say it’s the world’s greatest uncensored platform for freedom of expression; some see it as a free market, money-driven fun-fest.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Enjoy an hour of classical music performed live by the talented ensemble Classical.
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…
First run in 1861, this exhibition is one of the oldest and longest running photographic salons in the world.
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda.
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a screeching halt, pop diva Yasmine Day has returned to launch her fifth debut album.
As we come into nearly eight years of rule of the UK Government by the Conservative Party – or 12 Years depending on your feelings for the Liberal Democrats – we have seen a ri…
As seen on BT Sport’s DIY Pundit, the Amused Moose Comedy Award winner Danny Ward returns to Edinburgh with his seventh solo show.
A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single drink.
Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Before audiences step foot into the SpaceUK’s Annexe, a tune from a nearby keyboard drifts out of the theatre and floats down the hall to greet the audience.
There are some things as regular at the Fringe as Biblical downpours and overpriced street food.
Allyson June Smith and Daisy Earl are two of the highest regarded female comedians in the industry.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Welcome to Edinburgh’s newest drag show.
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…
If someone happened to wander into the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh knowing nothing about Puppet State Theatre Company’s The Man Who Planted Trees, they’d certainl…
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…
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.
The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp…
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…
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…
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!
The show that turns smack talk into an art form! Back again after sold-out runs in 2018 and 2019.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson* is above average! (In that humans are only supposed to sleep an average of one third of their life… and he really has gone beyond the call of du…
From dealing with video testimonies of love from superfans to the vilest of far-right vitriol that can be spat in 280 characters and all whilst dealing with the life of a comedian,…
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty will give the audience an intimate, comical window into these changes.
Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe.
Multi award-winning comedian Dan Tiernan hosts a late stand-up comedy show like no other.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
All little boys want their dads to be superheroes.
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand up.
Like Edinburgh, London is not an easy city to live in.
Mary, Chris, Mars tells the story of two astronauts who share a Christmas Day together after a chance encounter pushes them away from the crippling isolation of their solitude and …
With a plastic fork in hand (not a preference, all part of the show), the Crains Lecture Hall of Summerhall, a former home of learning for the students of the University of Edinbur…
Six Players.
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…
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)…
Two Edinburgh previews from two award-winning comics: ELEANOR TIERNAN: AWAY WITH THE FAIRIESGlorious mistakes.
Social media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt debuts an hour of character comedy based on her hit satirical videos.
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.
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Bewildered comic Donna Scott (BBC New Voices Final 10; Apple Podcast Stand-Up Comedy Charts Top Ten) ponders childlessness, her Black Country roots, being an unlikely genius and he…
Bewildered comic Donna Scott (BBC New Voices Final 10; Apple Podcast Stand-Up Comedy Charts Top Ten) ponders childlessness, her Black Country roots, being an unlikely genius and he…
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
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…
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…
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes.
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes.
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a blinding halt, power ballad diva Yasmine Day is back with her fifth debut album.
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a blinding halt, power ballad diva Yasmine Day is back with her fifth debut album.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND MARSHA MALLOWSunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
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…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
DANNY RYAN A story of stunted romantic understanding.
SUNDAY SOCIAL AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Social at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret and fantastic DJs.
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TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
This year Halloween falls on a Sunday and we are going all spooky on your cabaret asses, it will be bats in the belfry and monsters in the mash as we welcome Pixie Poltergeist Poli…
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - A 60-minute flight into the imagination is on at New Wimbledon Studio this October (15th-17th, various times).
For over forty years, writer and comedian Arthur Smith has been at the forefront of new and emerging comedy.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
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…
A lot has changed for Paul in recent years.
A double bill of 30 minute monologues featuring women celebrating new life, love, and learning to see the world differently in their later years.
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.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DANNY BEARD AND HOLESTARThis Sunday we welcome back the incredible Danny Beard and the amazing Holestar to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans and guest TBC.
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…
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus return in smaller form, with a concert as wide-ranging as in previous years.
People of Edinburgh, I have dearly missed you.
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DANNY BEARD AND SON OF A TUTUThis Sunday we welcome back the incredible Danny Beard and the amazing Son of a Tutu to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans and gu…
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
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
Abbey the bridesmaid never the bride.
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
Abbey the bridesmaid never the bride.
An interactive comedic look at why comedian Scott Adams is still as penniless as the day he was born.
Lunchtime lecture: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture.
Claire Barnett-Jones, BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year, winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize 2021, gives a 250th anniversary homage to Sir Walter Scott, the world-famous…
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…
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…
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.
Super Scott returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his own style of comedy juggling and escapology. Maybe a bit of magic. Expect the unexpected!
A small gathering of cross-generational artists exchange songs, stories and histories.
A range of song, music and dance inspired by material from the School of Scottish Studies Archive.
In this one-off masterclass, director Scott McQuaid will introduce his approach to storytelling on stage and screen, through developing ideas and storylines, direction, characters,…
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show.
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.
One-woman, bilingual (English/French) mask show.
A unique opportunity to enjoy this award winning, ever popular Early Music group, who have performed at every Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 1973.
Winner of Best Ensemble at a Tucson Fringe Festival 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…
Three flatmates are in their final year of university, working through the aftermath of the death of one of their best friends.
Presented by comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby, this one-hour feature documentary also stars Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, Shazia Mirza, Henning Wehn and Arthur Smith.
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times.
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…
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…
Clare discovers empowerment in a surprising hobby after emerging from the bubble of parenthood.
Clare discovers empowerment in a surprising hobby after emerging from the bubble of parenthood.
Ever been sailing before? Ever felt the soft touch of Neoprene on your skin? The salty wind in your hair? The thrill of seagull in your eye? If you answered no but would like all t…
Come and enjoy live, classical music in a relaxed, lunchtime performance with City of London Sinfonia.
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.
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.
Whether we care to admit it or not, in some way, shape or form, we are all intrigued by pirates.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
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…
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…
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…
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, told with love, laughter and song.
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, told with love, laughter and song.
Back by popular demand at the Canal Café Theatre, this socially distanced Comedy Pantomime set in 2021 sees characters from the classic fairytale battling far more than just Capta…
Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS.
Tickets: £21.
This event was rescheduled from Fri 01 May 2020 OFF THE KERB PRODUCTIONS PRESENTSPAUL McCAFFREY: LEMONAs seen on Live At The Apollo.
£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…
A Christmas school holiday special to watch on demand, when you like, as many times as you like.
Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS.
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…
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…
Schubert’s masterpiece song cycle Winterreise (A Winter Journey) performed by Scotland’s foremost operatic bass accompanied by legendary Scottish pianist, Walter Blair.
Louis Prima (Sicilian-American, 1930’s-1950’s, comedy-jazzer), Keely Smith and band stormed Las Vegas.
What would happen if Ludwig van Beethoven met Albert Ammons!? They might play classical and boogie-woogie piano for each other, exchange anecdotes and musical facts, or perhaps eve…
This pair of renowned musicians met and regularly play in Texas.
Led by local historian and actor Colin Brown, Rebustours run throughout the Fringe, starting and finishing at The Royal Oak pub on Infirmary Street.
‘Infectious fun’ ***** (FringeReview.
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…
Discover the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city with these entertaining, guided walking tours.
Rockin’ blues, stomping boogie-woogie and silky soul jazz! Pianist/vocalist Daniel Smith delivers class and variety, explosive dynamism, classic songs and dry humour.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Great value lunchtime comedy compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Hear tales of how the poor and unfortunate lived in terrible slum conditions where disease and death were commonplace.
Rhys Nicholson has a brand-new show and it’s BASICALLY finished.
Rhys Nicholson has a brand-new show and it’s BASICALLY finished.
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…
It’s worth noting first off that My Boy Danny was never originally intended to appear as an MP3 available for streaming on YouTube, with that compromise being a happy result of l…
One ordinary evening turns into one extraordinary adventure… JM Barrie’s Peter Pan the boy who wouldn’t grow up flies into Greenwich Theatre in this all-new ensemble producti…
A lot has changed for Paul in recent years.
After its award-nominated total sell-out run on the Camden Fringe 2019, A Slice Of Eel Pie is transferring for two nights only to The Exchange Theatre, Twickenham – less than a m…
Jonathan Pie returns to the road to warm-up ahead of his Fake News tour 2020. He’ll be berating the people in power - and the journalists apparently holding them to account.
Prepare to see 6 short plays by female identifying playwrights with none of those boring archetypal forms.
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…
Join the star of BBC2’s The Mash Report as she smashes stereotypes around sex, sexuality and relationships.
Threedumb Theatre returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre for another whole day of one-act plays, showcasing a wide variety of new writing.
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…
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…
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…
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are in the heart of the West End for three shows only.
Catch Jonathan Pie before he heads out on his huge national Fake News Tour.
Playwright Peter Nichols died only last month at the age of 92.
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…
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.
The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India.
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist, Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
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.
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…
Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings.
A Slice Of Eel Pie is a dark and hilarious new play from writer Lesley Ann Albiston.
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.
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…
Russell T Davies is the man behind classic and acclaimed TV series Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Cucumber, among many others.
Scott Walker was one of popular music’s most fascinating and elusive characters.
Danny lives happily in a gypsy caravan with his father, but his world is turned upside-down when he learns that his father poaches pheasants from the estate of the vicious, greedy …
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.
Russian and Scottish piano music. Tommy Fowler (born 1948): Remergence. Medtner (1880-1951): Sonata Reminiscenza, Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano Sonata Number 2.
Derry comedian Peter E Davidson (The Blame Game, Live at the Sunflower) is back with his third Fringe show and this time.
Islam Festival Edinburgh is open to everyone, old or young, with any faith or none.
AMDA will be conducting placement and scholarship auditions for its BFA and Conservatory programs in Acting, Music Theatre, Dance Theatre and Performing Arts.
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…
Scotland’s most celebrated fiddle band Blazin’ Fiddles will be joined by the twice-voted Scots Singer of the Year and two-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Emily Smith for a …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A verbatim play about ordinary young men in extraordinary times.
Music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
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…
A songwriter’s journey through life and art, its hits and misses.
Nowhere has Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand been harder at work than at the festival itself.
When Edinburgh’s pandas disappear suspicion falls on gangsters from Glasgow.
Following his first national tour in 2018, which saw him go from circuit act to one of the biggest selling names in UK stand-up in less than a year, Paul Smith returns w…
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…
For Gil Scott-Heron fans this evening at The Jazz Bar would need no extra hype.
Since 1999, ROSL has brought together young classical musicians from across the Commonwealth to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fringe University invites you to meet with students, graduates, and professors to find out how you can get the most out of the Fringe.
A play, a pie and a pint all included in your ticket price! Contemporary interactive play and great craic. See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/events
In the midst of the comedy maelstrom, into which Edinburgh in August descends, I was privileged to enjoy an extraordinary artistic experience.
A sensory experience, teaching you how to nose and taste whisky, helping to discover the perfect dram for your palate.
Louis Prima, Sicilian-New Orleanian, 1930s-1950s, comedy-jazzer, sung by Philip Contini: ‘his genius makes him so special’ (Scotsman).
Led by world-famous trials rider and YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill, Drop and Roll make their long-awaited Edinburgh Fringe debut with a brand-new show featuring jaw-dropping st…
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.
Experience the dark and hidden atmosphere of the Detective Inspector John Rebus books which are written by best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin.
Sonic might not be the best video game character in the world but moving around at the speed of sound, he has touched many hearts and none more so than Sooz Kempner who brings her …
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.
Following a short run at The London Palladium I return to the Fringe for the 10th time.
Last ever year for the show that started the Free Fringe.
Awkward jokesmith Peter Brush returns to the Fringe with his hot takes on meditation, sexist babies, robot wives and why he’ll be donating his eyeballs to criminals after he dies…
A mixture of mythology, memory and music.
‘A Scottish talent on the rise’ (Scotsman).
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…
Entertaining and informative guided walking tours that tell the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
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…
‘All children, except one, grow up’ – but how did one child named Peter escape his fate to become ‘the boy who would not grow up’? Betwixt-and-Between explore the question behind…
Colt Cabana Is a world-famous wrestler who has wrestled around the world from Dundee to Japan and back including a short, not so successful, run in the WWE as Scotty Goldman.
Tête-à-Tête: Paris-Edinburgh is a collection of original contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
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.
This is a quick-fire compilation show featuring the rising stars of comedy each doing five minutes.
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
Richard Duffy’s been celebrating Christmas every day since the day he was born.
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…
A year ago, the world ended.
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, told with love, laughter and song.
The Edinburgh Revue returns for its 10th Fringe, bringing you 50 minutes of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby.
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.
What would happen if the lost papers of a genius were recovered in the modern day? Four actors present a dramatisation of the life and works of Adam Smith, performed in the house i…
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.
The tour is regarded by many as a pioneer in its field and a must-see cultural attraction in guide books throughout the world.
We put comedians head-to-head in a battle of wit and put-downs.
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.
In our modern world, convenience is king and Amazon wears the crown.
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
Expect a fun night of sharp, well-crafted and mischievous stand-up that will tickle your fancy and your heart if you have one.
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
In the last couple of years, Paul McCaffrey has performed to over half a million people while supporting his comedy heroes Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges on their UK tours, and has go…
Charlotte MacDonald and Scott McPherson’s comedy partnership is underpinned by a no-nonsense and fun attitude to life! Experience a comedy show where you, the audience, can leave y…
The Girl Guide Promise, an oath taken by all Guides and Brownies, highlights how a girl guide member must always do their best, be true to themselves and develop their beliefs.
What happens when a touring stand-up comedian can no longer stand up? A food-obsessing cheese lover tries veganism for a month? After a near career-ending knee injury, O’Brien is t…
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help.
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 is the epitome of positivity.
See That Bloke Who Does Voices where impressionist Danny Posthill tells us about how Johnny Vegas helped him get over his anxiety, the incident of Dianne Abbot blocking him on Twit…
Please note: this is not a comedy show.
Seven comedians: you, the audience, decide their fate.
Sam (Australia), nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Boys don’t cry – but should they? Ross Smith can’t remember the last time he did and is unsure if he still can.
John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012.
This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.
We live in a divided world and we want to cross that divide.
Dilruk Jayasinha has quickly become one of Australia’s favourite comedians.
Scott Gibson, Glasgow’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning son, returns to the Fringe with a brand new hour of darkly comedic storytelling.
The brainchild of comedians Harriet Dyer and Scott Gibson, That’s Not a Lizard, That’s My Grandmother! is unlike any other show at the Fringe.
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
If character comedy tickles your funny bone then look no further than An Audience With Yasmine Day at Pleasance Courtyard.
One day the earth might be so devastated that we might need to leave for a distant planet.
Writing a Fringe show on the premise of an audience member who hated your show last year is a bold move, but Catherine Bohart pulls it off and even manages to make a political poin…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
In our current day and age with consuming media in whatever shape it may take, it’s not difficult to find an advert, article or commentary about the body and how we should look i…
It is common to see stand-up comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe be either unnecessarily controversial or unimaginatively bland.
Andy has performed at 40 Edinburgh Festivals.
Join this lively and entertaining guided walking tour and enjoy decades of thrilling Fringe stories from today to Edinburgh’s first festivals in 1947.
Part-biographical, part-political, part-musical, part-magical.
In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
Invisible is an unflinching, hilarious and unexpected insight into life at an age when the world ghosts you.
Fresh from his appearance on 'Comedy Central at the Comedy Store', Huge Davies is preparing for his first hour.
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 …
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…
Following her critically acclaimed debut show 'Woman of the Year', meet Anna's brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all tryin…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time…
Alice Fraser has been lying to herself.
There was a time not long ago – when Facebook and Google weren’t even words – where we watched TV and learned from it, absorbing any new knowledge we discovered as fact.
Glory.
Scott Walker was one of popular music's most fascinating and elusive artists.
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…
Four years ago, Dylan Dodds asked himself a question.
James’ grandad was world middleweight champion.
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.
Rachel will never forget Mary Day, the damaged local legend.
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…
Fiona Ridgewell is the epitome of positivity.
Agatha Christie’s dark and chilling play - The Rats.
Ensemble Dance Co, topped off by Sarah Blanc.
Comedy actor Peter Butterworth is undoubtedly best-loved as an integral member of the Carry On team, appearing in sixteen of the film classics as well as an eighteen-mon…
The Brighton Buddhist Centre Open Day is a great opportunity to explore Buddhism and meditation in the heart of Brighton.
Graham Day – legendary vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for garage/psychedelic icons, The Prisoners.
Drug law reform activist Dr Keith Scott’s wacky trip into the world of the psychoactive drugs we use and the psychotic drug laws that try to stop us using.
How unusual and odd are we in Europe? For this we can blame the legacy of the British Empire, but we can’t blame anyone else for the Empire.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Brighton’s singing barber Peter Joannou and The Something For The Weekend Show.
Where do monsters come from? Do they exist only in stories, or do they live amongst us, watching, waiting? ‘Black Peter’ is a retelling of the Bavarian tale of the Krampus.
Peter Pan - Easter Pantomime Starring comedy legend BOBBY DAVRO as Smee CBBC’s Tracy Beaker DANI HARMER as Wendy Disney Art Attack’s LLOYD WARBEY as Peter Pa…
On 23rd May 2015, Ireland made history by becoming the first nation in the world to introduce marriage equality by popular vote.
Hop onto your seats and immerse yourself in the magical world of Beatrix Potter.
Watermans welcomes back the ever popular Comedy Club 4 Kids, featuring the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the comedy circuit.
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…
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…
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…
Mansfield Palace Senior Youth Theatre presents this wonderful musical play version by composer Jimmy Jewell and writer Nick Stimson.
A perfect mix of brains, banter and brilliance"- Great Scott ★★★★★ Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O' Brien went to prison.
3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle pieces together Alexandra and Kate Donnachie’s sometimes heartbreaking but often hilarious memories of growing up together and managing their cl…
Friday 1st February, 7.
Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers, now takes on the starring role of his own irreverent, contemporary comedy w…
Rumbustious, fast, furious and funny, yet full of magic and fairy dust, Wendy and Peter Pan will delight all ages: an awfully big adventure and the perfect Christmas show.
Join us to celebrate the NHS turning 70 years of age all in aid of Young Minds charity.
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…
From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes an explosive standalone thriller that will grip you and won’t let go until the very last page.
The 38th Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Doors 2 pm, Show live at 5 pm.
Written by actor Christopher Saul, (currently Pompey in IMPERIUM at The Gielgud Theatre), based this play on recordings he made of his Grandmother, Flo, in 1969.
Its 1969 and Flo looks back on her life in London from the Boer War to the Summer of Love.
This exhibition showcases two Edinburgh-based contemporary ceramic artists.
Returning for the 16th year is the show that makes a difference – come along and help to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
CKP and InterTalent present: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special.
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected.
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…
Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify, as James Beagon (co-director and actor) did at the start of the show, that Aulos Productions’ Shakespeare Catalysts is a work…
Hearing a couple of priests swearing will always be amusing.
It is frightening how Orwell’s nightmarish dystopia continues to ring true, year after year.
Two shows only! Award-winning Ali, Scotland’s ‘queen of vintage jazz’ (OCWeekly.
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, rhythmic New Orleans piano, hard bop classics with searing guitar evoking the good-time speakeasy atmosphere.
Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date. This is Lisa’s 14th year at the Fringe, she sings with sophistication and humour.
Scott Mitchell lives in Singapore.
Edinburgh International Marketing Festival.
Featuring musicians from the internationally acclaimed Complete Songs of Robert Burns (Linn Records). ‘Great voices, great songs… Who could ask for more?’ (fRoots).
3am Waitress by UK company Rogueplay is billed as "merging physical theatre with dance and aerial circus", but may be better described as a duo acro-dance piece since the…
A mad inventor applies logic to the absurd and abstract.
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…
Flower arranging is a superb, but neglected art.
In the beginning was the Word, but I honestly don’t know which word to begin with when trying to describe this production.
The music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
We’re hosting drop-in screenings of Festival in Edinburgh (1955) and Edinburgh on Parade (1970).
Nigel (Jonny Davidson) and his wife Sarah (Ella Dorman-Gajic) are sitting down to a dinner of soup and parsnip wine when they are interrupted by a knock on the door.
Music, comedy and crisis in a puppet show for grown-ups.
‘A collection of.
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.
Since the beginning of time, comedians have plied their trade on the comedy battlefield.
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…
Brahms and Liszt – two great masters of German song in a luscious recital by internationally renowned bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott, rising star soprano Catherine Hooper and legenda…
A dramatic representation of the life of Adam Smith, supported by Kirkcaldy 4 All.
This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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.
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.
Downtown Abbey’s Marquis of Flintshire and a BAFTA-winning actor with a film and TV career spanning fifty years.
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 …
A journey through chamber music gems with the Edinburgh Quartet – featuring works by Mozart, Bruckner, Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Gesualdo over three performances.
These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
A cross between Mastermind, Ultimate Cage Fighting, and the Royal Variety Hour in a bar off Cowgate.
Makes, Bakes and Outtakes.
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
‘Upbeat and energetic and above all, entertaining’ (Advertiser, Adelaide).
Experience the dark and hidden atmosphere of the Detective Inspector John Rebus books, which are written by bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin.
After their 2015 Edinburgh smash hit Barbu, expectations were high for Cirque Alfonse’s new production, and their new circus spectacular Tabarnak does not disappoint.
Awkward jokesmith Peter Brush takes on today’s hot topics, the Bayeux Tapestry, socks, the reason why snails move so slowly, and whether you’ll think more favourably of this sh…
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…
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.
Arthur Smith presents this heartwarming tribute to his dead father, Syd.
Making their Edinburgh Fringe debut, Aki Remally and Fraser Urquhart play a whole set of jazz, funk and soul from the songbook of the godfather of hip hop, Gil Scott-Heron.
Set in the small village of Shuttlefield, Greyhounds sees the local amateur dramatic society attempt to raise money for a Spitfire fighter aircraft by putting on a production of Sh…
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.
JM Barrie’s classic fairytale retold through the eyes of Glaswegian teenagers.
A play, a pie and a pint. All included in your ticket price. Contemporary interactive plays and great craic! See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/fringe.
Ryan North’s hilarious choose-your-own-adventure-style version of Hamlet, To Be Or Not To Be, first published in 2013, proved so successful that in 2016 Romeo and/or Juliet follo…
I Sniper, appropriately enough, starts with a bang.
The boy who wouldn’t grow up.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
We’ve all been there.
Stand-up comedy showcase produced by Los Angeles based stand-up comic Kirk Smith.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history, and blessed with beauty.
After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free.
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Toned.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Steve’s dad has Alzheimers.
Straker is unquestionably the finest interpreter of Brel’s songs.
With the aid of a tea towel, a glass, and a stool, Sarah MacGillivray skilfully portrays a wide variety of characters in a modern re-telling of the story of Mary, Queen of Scots �…
Roast Battle features a rotating lineup that changes daily, with a general showcase of at least four or five pairs of comedians taking to the stage to rip sizeable chunks out of th…
On March 20th, 7:13pm.
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…
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.
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien went to prison.
Peter E Davidson (BBC Northern Ireland’s The Blame Game and Live at the Sunflower) returns with his brand-new show Fopical – a guide on how to relax in the modern world without…
Who runs the world? Not this bitch.
Locked In Edinburgh escape game challenge to solve the mystery of who’s plotting against the distillery.
In 1966, Joe Welch, a skipper, sails into dingle harbour with a very unusual catch.
People say it’s brave to do stand-up comedy, it’s braver to let someone you love do it.
Great value lunchtime compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Doomsday preppers: people who ready themselves and their homes for survival in the event of an apocalypse.
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.
Many people firmly believe that the circus discipline of Tightwire must in fact be an illusion or a magic trick.
So what exactly IS the Trouble with Scott Capurro? Is it that this left-leaning liberal American (yes, he’s the one, apparently) seemingly talks without pausing for breath? (“Are y…
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
If there were one girl in the world who could tell you exactly what Neverland was like, it would be Wendy Darling.
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…
Humans are storytellers.
Join a local guide for a fun and informative introduction to Edinburgh’s Old Town.
In fair Venice where we lay our scene, but unlike Verona it’s not blood that’s making civil hands unclean.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Celebrating poor life choices and an unconditional love of vodka, direct from New York City.
This is an intensely personal, sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable window into the relationship of two sisters at the toughest point of their lives so far.
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns.
Sell-out 2017.
The Edinburgh Fringe is the sort of place where you expect to see experimental, strange and unusual performances, and Paper Doll Militia’s Egg will certainly satisfy audiences lo…
After an absence of two years, the Perthshire farmer returns to Edinburgh with another trailer load of tales of rural life and how country people view the outside world.
During the Shoreline project, locals have been exploring the heritage of Edinburgh’s coast.
Multi-award winning vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Clare Martin OBE, joins the acclaimed Ronnie Scott’s All Stars for a celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald and t…
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…
Edinburgh Festival Preview Double Bill Featuring: MYRA DUBOIS The self-declared siren of South Yorkshire presents a festive spectacular! In July.
Ian Smith is multi-award winning comedian.
Fame is everything nowadays.
Birdie’s a hoarder.
Suzi Ruffell loves doing stand-up - and it shows.
Don Rodolfo is a total butthead, a shameless libertine and the greatest swordsman the world has ever seen.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, led by the club’s musical director, take to the stage to celebrate two giants of jazz…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to the legendary Miles Davis.
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&…
“One can only hope there’s some life altering catastrophe around the corner for Lexx” (Broadway Baby 2015).
Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) is a multi-award winning comedian, fuelled by 35p energy drinks.
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…
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.
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…
Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year.
July: Robin gets married.
A double bill of excellent comedians: both tackled arguably taboo subjects, both were extremely funny.
Tipped by industry magazine Chortle as one of the acts to watch in 2018, Rob Brydon tour support, BBC News Quiz writer, Amused Moose Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and E…
Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure.
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…
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.
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.
The world's never had more knowledge, yet never more stupidity.
An hour of non-stop, razor-sharp, unadulterated show business.
"Grow up, mature, and come back when you have something to contribute!" It's not the most sympathetic way to address a young audience; nevertheless, it succinctly sho…
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 …
Born in Essex, Scott Lavene was raised on power ballads, punk and swearing.
Ian Smith is a multi-award-winning comedian; this is a work in progress of his fifth solo show.
Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe attracts media and arts professionals from all over the globe.
Mix stunning magic, baffling illusions and cheeky comedy with a young, energetic, enthusiastic magician and what do you get? ‘Miraculous Magic’ is a brand-new magical experience fo…
‘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.
‘Space Girl’ written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old.
Plus come and see Chase from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.
Plus come and see Marshall from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11.
This is a terrific workshop for children and young people of all ages.
DJ skills workshops are great for children who want to learn to DJing.
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
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…
Scott Capurro is one of nature’s great raconteurs.
Brighton’s singing barber, Peter Joannou, performs his latest song ‘From Ma Window’, from his first floor shop window in The Lanes in the ‘Something For The Weekend’ show.
Award-winning comedian Scott Gibson returns with his sold-out, smash-hit Fringe show ‘Like Father, Like Son’.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you award winning family friendly comedy acts from Edinburgh.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning comedy & cabaret acts from Edinburgh.
As seen on The Project, CRAM & Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network TEN).
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
Come down to 55ml to celebrate the fun and frivolity of St.
Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Handpicked from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Best of the Edinburgh Fest is the original and BEST line up show at the Adelaide Fringe.
Peter Jones (a writer for Channel 10’s The Project) is up here! Peter is making his Adelaide Fringe debut after being named one of the New Faces To Watch by the Herald Sun at the M…
3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up.
The Man - Peter Allen was the quintessential entertainer: women loved him; men loved him but they didn’t quite understand why.
Peter Combe is back with the fast furious and fabulous Juicy Juicy Green Band with songs from his latest ARIA nominated LIve It Up album plus the old favs.
Ha Ha Comedy, Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you their pick of the best multi award winning acts from Edinburgh.
Quirky songs from Peter’s new album LIVE IT UP and together with the Theatre Bugs Kids, the old favs as well.
“Hard Rubbish” is the third show in a trilogy of crap following Goers’ Holden Street Fringe his “Actors, Drunks And Babies Never Hurt Themselves” and “Smoked Ham”.
Funny, upbeat and surprisingly articulate.
A day to celebrate and share stories of women and how we contribute to the world we live in.
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
Following tours through the United States and Europe, come see the Australian premiere of “Years to the Day.
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.
Personally selected by Chris Rock to be a special guest on his Total Blackout arena tour, James is one of only four Australian comedians ever to perform on CONAN and the only Austr…
Hear Fringe Society staff and participants discuss how you can be part of the largest open access arts festival in the world.
Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths and acclaimed cabaret darling Amelia Ryan celebrate the songbooks of Aussie icons Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen for one night only.
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.
The Dingbats are flag favourites, unbeaten and today is Grand Final Day.
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
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…
Returning bigger and better than ever, The World’s Biggest Pantomime presents Peter Pan, a stunning new arena spectacular, headlined by two of the UK’s favourite stars.
Peter is a worldwide YouTube phenomenon with over 200 million views of his rock interpretations of classic tracks played with incredible energy and skill on piano.
Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK.
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.
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…
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.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Celebrate 60 years of EGO with highlights from much-loved operas by Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Bizet.
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.
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…
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
A sensory experience transforming dancers into sleek, androgynous, nocturnal beings guided through shadows by a futuristic techno soundtrack.
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.
The story of Peter Pan is a familiar one for many and The Talentz present a lovely retelling of the classic tale.
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers.
If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Direct from London’s West End, award-winning ‘“psychic” comedian Peter Antoniou brings his unique skills to peer inside yo…
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 …
One million people on all sides were killed in Italy in WW2.
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.
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…
What really happened to the young apprentice of surly fisherman Peter Grimes? Suspicion turns to violence when villagers mob together to uncover the unsettling truth.
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
Nicholas Parsons, Radio 4 legend, narrates the children’s classic tale Peter and the Wolf, arranged by Tom David Wilson for double-reed and brass ensemble and conducted by John Gru…
The Amazing Clinic of Armour and Smith is an amusing farce about a doctor’s waiting room filled with patients in desperate need of solutions to their relationship problems.
Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date.
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…
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 performs two concerts at Greyfriars Kirk with players from the Palestine Youth Orchestra.
International workshop, professional development and networking event.
The Lemon Bucket Orkestra is Canada’s only balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-punk super-band.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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.
Experience the dark, hidden world of the best-selling Detective Rebus books.
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano, hard bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
The winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer is back with an honest and frank insight into the men who have influenced and impacted his life.
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 .
Electric: having or producing a sudden sense of thrilling excitement.
You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character…
Comedy’s Peter Brush presents a story about trying to contact the dead, the dog they sent into space, the folk singer that sent him on (yet another) existential crisis, and how h…
The laws of stand up hold that childhood diaries are always good for a laugh.
America’s gun culture is pervasive.
He’s back! The Amused Moose People’s Champion returns with another hour of upbeat, fast-paced and hilarious stand-up.
Colour coordinated galpals Emma Moran and Sarah King, explore the meaning of friendship through the mediums of poorly made hats and sketch comedy.
Super Scott returns to the Fringe with his own unique blend of comedy, juggling, magic and more. Expect the unexpected! (Recommended by his mother).
The Edinburgh Revue is back in black, bringing you sketch comedy straight from the horse’s mouth.
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Jennifer Thomson launches her exciting new collection of Edinburgh paintings.
‘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…
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.
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.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
The biggest, brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
A play, a pie and a pint.
The Edinburgh Revue returns for its eighth Fringe, bringing you an hour of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby.
John Scott Delusions.
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.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Have a bite to eat and take a seat – you’re in for a treat.
Quite possibly the best/only show about blobfish you’ll ever see.
Based on his 2016 prediction of Trump’s election during his last special, Prophet of Doom is award-winning Chicago-based stand-up Brendon Lemon’s examination of the absurd nature o…
Just twelve short months ago, Mark Row had never stepped on stage to perform stand-up comedy.
Death invited you to decide the fate of The Poet.
Family physical theatre.
2016 saw JoJo Smith dip her toe into the Fringe waters with a brief run of her first solo show I was Mick Jones’ Bank Clerk.
From two former students of Philippe Gaulier.
Offbeat sketchlings Fish Pie! permit you to disregard political satire, a cappella groups and men noticing things then pausing for laughter in favour of compulsory mirth.
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his most adventurous and unique solo show to date.
‘Love is a battlefield’ (Pat Benatar).
Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers.
Siân Docksey has given up on politics to join the occult and become a lemon.
01/02 is a stand up show about one particular week in a young man’s life.
You want stories? JoJo has a lifetime’s worth.
From a hit season at Adelaide Fringe, Danny Condon finds a grey area between art and science and lifts the lid on some hilarious family dynamics.
From a hit season at Adelaide Fringe, Danny Condon finds a grey area between art and science and lifts the lid on some hilarious family dynamics.
Perhaps you thought, as admittedly I did, that Ian Smith’s 2017 show title was making some kind of reference to the much used and abused colloquial term for “special snowflake�…
Join a small group tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, followed by a tutored tasting of four Scotch whiskies.
Burly Glaswegian stand-up Scott Agnew has for many years joked about “blow-job knee”—wear and tear arising from too much time on his knees providing oral sex.
The winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer is back with an honest and frank insight into the men who have influenced and impacted his life.
Join a local guide for this fun and informative walk through 900 years of Edinburgh’s history.
Join the infamous Clart and McBrain in a brilliant and witty dramatic romp through the wynds, courtyards and pubs of Edinburgh.
Marking the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, this exhibition celebrates the richness and visual splendour of two millennia of India’s art.
An exhibition of the best in modern art photography from photographers, both amateur and professional, worldwide.
An exhibition of illustrated works by students and graduates of Edinburgh College of Art.
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Whatever Happened to Vandal Raptor? is a perfect demonstration of a performance as protest, performance as change, and how one person can make a difference by creating a space…
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, BBC1’s The Ark) is an award-winning comedian.
There is no such thing as magic, something a nerd might be keen to point out.
Tom Taylor returns with his one person particularly posh whodunnit featuring Charles Montague, a posh dandy womanizer who is one of those people who you can’t work out quite why …
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows featuring the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit.
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…
In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.
For the School Colours is an interestingly educational piece of theatre about a forgotten pioneer of school-based children’s literature made popular by Enid Blyton and J.
An hour long sketch show full of ‘Art’, egotism and arses, WMD Makes Everything Better demonstrates puerile humour at its best.
Fear-tre of Fear is an hour of laugh out loud irreverent stories bringing the mundane into thrilling perspective or, more terrifyingly, providing a fantastical bent to horrors of m…
Comedy legend Scott Adsit, known for performing at US improv institutions Second City and UCB, as well as his TV roles in 30 Rock and Veep, is joined on stage by some very special …
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…
The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl…
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 …
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald makes her West End debut as legendary jazz icon, Billie Holiday.
If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Fresh off his sell-out international tour, and with sell-out runs in London’s West End, let ‘Psychic’ comedian Peter Ant…
Kids these days! No one knows what they’re up to.
Talking about Birth Matters.
‘Daddy Day’ is a perfectly pitched, meticulously performed work that stretches the limits of theatre and leaves one reeling.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
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.
Are we ending our indulgence of ‘man-babies’? If Adam Sandler films were the tipping point and presidents with Twitter tantrums were the moment when it stopped being funny, the…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe attracts media and arts professionals from all over the globe.
Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever.
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
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…
Everyone has experienced the dreaded ‘bad day’ where nothing seems to work out.
Ian Smith (BBC3’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, BBC1’s ‘The Ark’) is an award-winning comedian.
Brighton’s Singing Barber, Peter Joannou, puts his comb to one side, picks up his microphone and sings those classic beautiful songs from the Great American Songbook made famous by…
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…
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 Biblical narrative that is the foundation of the Christian faith has been described, on numerous occasions, as “The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Jonathan Pie is a respected News reporter for a respected News broadcaster but he has a problem.
Urinetown is set in a town that is desperately suffering a water shortage following a 20 year drought.
More than a century after Wendy was having an awfully big adventure with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, her Great-Great-Granddaughter – also called Wendy (Louise Young) – is …
There must be little more that can raise the spirits of young or old than the idea of flying free through the skies.
With a face like the Edvard Munch painting The Scream and limbs flying everywhere like a jointed wooden puppet, Dutch comic Hans Teeuwen begins his show with a burst of freestyl…
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…
Every year an absolute sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
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…
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…
Steve McLennan of the National Federation Roofing Contractors provides an enjoyable demonstration of the expertise required for creating and repairing lead roofing details.
This exciting annual art show, now in its 14th year, is held in the beautiful surroundings of Bonhams auction house in the New Town.
Scotland’s buildings have slate roofs, now no Scottish slate quarry remains.
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) …
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…
Edinburgh provides a magnificent festival setting.
Care for these windows and they’ll thrive for another few decades.
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…
Scotland’s traditional buildings used indigenous stone, only a few dimensional stone quarries remain.
Mark Nevin, Nevin of Edinburgh, demonstrates remarkable transforming painting techniques.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Roz Artis and Scott MacAskill of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust demonstrate lime slaking, part of the alchemy of the lime cycle.
Beautiful, funny and completely moving, Really Good Stories’ production of The Silence at the Song’s End is one of the best pieces of theatre you’ll see this Fringe.
David Corkhill conducts the Edinburgh Festival Ensemble in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and his own St Francis.
The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group.
Quirky, vibrant and oozing with dark imagination, Dreaming of Leaves is a daring and thought-provoking piece of theatre.
St Magnus Players return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a gripping tale of witchcraft, faith and fear.
Corelli Theatre Company in association with Greenwich Theatre presents Just, by Ali Smith and directed by Lucy Cuthbertson.
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
Dance, paint, build and design at our fun-filled family day.
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages.
Thirteen years performing at the Fringe, Lisa sings with passion and humour, bringing a modern sound with a jazz/funk feel, covering material from Burt Bacharach, Sade, Stevie Wond…
An acoustic programme of traditional and contemporary songs in French and English presented by singer Coreen Scott and friends.
Paul Merton returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with an improvised comedy show.
Doris has been making music from the big-band era of the 1940s to her latest album in 2011.
Come to the College’s spectacular hall to be shocked by our seventh Fringe event.
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!…
In 1853, the great art critic John Ruskin delivered four lectures at the Philosophical Institution in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
The first thing you are met with when walking into Eagle House School’s Production of Burying Your Brother in the Pavement is approximately 20 young teenagers spaced out on the s…
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 returns for a second year after last year’s sold out dates.
Nineteenth and last year for the show that started the Free Fringe.
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano, hard-bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
One of the first things Peter Brush admits to the audience is that he’s “not very exciting”.
Sexual Fears of A Modern Day Virgin.
Parts I and II included Bitcoin, edible insects and virtual reality.
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited.
Let’s just appreciate that title for a moment.
Stand-up comedian, HuffingtonPost.
The biggest and brightest comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Fun lyrics and great musical timing manage to bring Neverland to life with a small cast and even smaller set.
Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the pirates, mermaids and native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and …
Bones is one of the most high-energy monologues you will see this Fringe.
The Edinburgh Revue are back at the Fringe celebrating ten years of making the ‘comic talent of the future’ (Skinny).
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a generic literary tour, because of the way it had been marketed in the Fringe programme.
Want to find peace of mind but can’t be arsed to get up early for yoga? Would rather be in the pub than chanting naked up a mountain? Worried your spiritual journey may involve bus…
A play, a pie and a pint.
Buckler returns with an action-packed hour combining critically acclaimed stand-up, incredible sleight of hand and his love for all things showbiz! Expect big laughs, spontaneity, …
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.
This tour covers both the Old Town and the New Town, and includes a wide breadth of history about Edinburgh.
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…
When Danny was 10 something bad happened, he was fine.
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening of the heartbeat.
In a frenzy of blood, sweat, tears and sequins, the Heavens cracked open last night and Peter and Bambi rained down upon us.
Peter White made a controversial decision to write a stand-up show about the problems faced by straight, white men, and it’s unclear whether this is quite brave or a terrible mis…
Deliciously tragic character comedy from So You Think That’s Funny? winners Tom Burgess and Sam Nicoresti.
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.
Witty, fresh and clever, Funny for a Grrrl serves a refreshing line-up of stand-up in this year’s Fringe.
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase, hand-picked from across the Fringe.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
A stand-up comedy show in which John promises to rip up the room for the full hour, or you can leave throughout.
Daily TV Chat Show bringing you the best news, reviews, interviews, performances and much more from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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.
If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Direct from London’s West End, award-winning ‘psychic’ comedian Peter Antoniou brings his unique skills to peer inside you…
Filled with humour and sorrow, Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful is a play about a man who is considering throwing in the towel.
The United States of Edinburgh.
Join Danny as he goes through a year that has seen him dumped by his girlfriend on the set of a BBC drama, nearly get beaten up by his dad, discover internet dating, have a health …
A unique exhibition telling the little known but inspirational story of socks.
Scott Agnew is looking good, these days; whether that’s down to him drinking less is unclear, though it’s clearly a bit of a culture shock on the night of this review as it’s…
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…
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic.
Devised from the diaries of Fredrick Treves, Fringe Management and Canny Creatures Scotland present The Elephant Man.
Pretend news reporter Jonathan Pie – the creation of actor Tom Walker – has risen to public attention, during the last year, thanks to a succession of videos on YouTube which a…
‘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.
This is a bold and ambitious production, brought to life by three very talented young actors: Sam Ducane, Jack Gordon, and Jessica Sian.
Groovy! Woah! Pierre Novellie is not cool but he is trying.
Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child.
She put her hopes and dreams on hold supporting him and helping him achieve his.
Sketch troupe BEASTS are not here to perform sketches.
Join a fun and informative walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town, followed by a tutored tasting of four single malt Scotch whiskies.
This long-established international art photography exhibition features over 200 prints from all over the world.
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…
Join a fun and informative small group tour through Edinburgh’s historic city centre, led by a knowledgeable and experienced local guide.
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…
‘On a day when the UK government have declared slaying legal, James has the urge to pay his ex wife a visit.
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 …
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.
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.
Two battles in one: first the poets from the two great festival cities join to take on a united team of rappers.
Cheekykita, a ridiculous comedian like “no one else out there” (The Alarmist).
“Politics doesn’t have to be dull.
Multiple comedy competition finalist Peter Dobbing’s last two shows brought you bitcoins, edible insects and virtual reality.
Physical comedy, object theatre and tacky music reveal the misogyny, oppression, and just plain awful sex seen in mainstream porn today.
Physical comedy, object theatre and tacky music reveal the misogyny, oppression, and just plain awful sex seen in mainstream porn today.
SHE had HER hopes and dreams on hold supporting HIM and HIS.
She’s played in the West End, sparkled in La Clique and starred as Titania in Shakespeare’s Globe – but now, she’s “in a tent in Brighton, in the middle of a roundabout.
Charming, comedic cold-reading coupled with misdirection and mind-reading in a show that entertains without breaking new boundaries.
Our sculpture exhibition is a celebration of art and sculpture, showcasing works by both established and up-and-coming artists.
Brighton’s Singing Barber Peter Joannou will be entertaining you from his upstairs window in The Lanes with his show ‘Next Please!’ Specialising in The Great American Songbook.
A Brooklyn Art Song Society portrait concert for Mr.
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this night of comedy and relaxation in honor of St.
Griffin Newman and Joe Garden return with another holiday-themed show, this one to celebrate “this most sacred Irish holiday.
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.
There have been a lot of Simon Munneries over the years.
Valda Setterfield has been a groundbreaker and a muse for more than half a century, notably as an early member of Merce Cunningham’s company.
Mr.
The pianist Peter Takács, a Beethoven specialist who has been exploring the composer’s works from all periods, ends the series in a program offering latter works.
Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course.
STARRING THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT-PRONE CAST OF THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG The original cast of the West End's hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong return to the stage this Christma…
At the end of her show Margaret Cho pulls onstage a pianist and a guitar player and sings: “I wanna kill my rapist.
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Dancers in Mr.
Beneath St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, on Remembrance Day, a man named Aatif Nawaz is performing a show about Muslims.
Mr.
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…
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, …
Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
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.
Peter Seivewright brings the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to a thrilling conclusion with his performance of Messiaen’s 20 Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, one of the very greatest pi…
A night celebrating the biggest breakthrough acts of 2015. Line-up TBC.
Activities for all the family – learn how castles were built, see stone masons in action and hear about the area’s geology.
Peter Rabbit knows very well he’s not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there his father met his untimely end! But he can’t resist … and soon he and his…
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…
No 5 Charlotte Square, Ian Gow of the National Trust for Scotland gives an informing guide to the built fabric and means of construction.
Scotland’s buildings have slate roofs, now no Scottish slate quarry remains.
Multi award nominated Inel Tomlinson is back with his sell-out show, Kinetic Comedy.
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…
Mark Nevin from Nevin of Edinburgh demonstrates remarkable transforming painting techniques.
Edinburgh provides a magnificent festival setting.
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.
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…
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…
Through their use of improvisation and mime, backed with a fantastic live band (The Glue Ensemble), Cariad and Paul bring to life a series of hilarious stories, based solely on one…
Riddle’s Court has a rich history, including homing philosopher David Hume.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
Lead roofing demonstration: Steve McLennan of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors provides an enjoyable demonstration of the expertise required for creating and repairin…
Care for these windows and they’ll thrive for another few decades.
Lancaster Offshoots have created an enjoyable and surprisingly funny offering with their take on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit and Other Tales.
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 was, believe it or not, a concert series organised in Edinburgh.
Twelve Palestinian artists come to Scotland for storytelling, poetry, stand up comedy, performance art, music and dance, a short film showing, photography, and discussion.
The description of The Amazing Sketch Show states that their sketches are ‘some of the funniest, silliest and zaniest sketches’ to be found at this year’s Fringe.
Edinburgh’s biggest alternative event of the year! A wild night of Scottish metal bands, burlesque and comedy headlined by reggae/metal heavyweights Skindred.
Trying to find a new Renaissance Man (or Woman) in an hour is no easy task, but it is one that The Humble Quest for Universal Genius attempts with great enthusiasm.
In Silver Darlings, celebrated writer Alexander McCall Smith has joined forces with innovative Scottish composer James Ross, to write a song cycle about Scotland and the sea.
Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Mark Thomas, Susan Calman, Bridget Christie, Liz Lochhead, Arthur Smith, Jo Caulfield, Fred MacAulay and Angela Barnes.
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.
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 …
It’s town meets country as the Perthshire farmer performs his debut Edinburgh Fringe show.
Did Scotland vote the wrong way on independence? Predicting the future is hard, but if we carry on the path we’re on what becomes of our grandchildren? There is no way that every…
In which Peter York, co-inventor of the Sloane Ranger, author of Authenticity is a Con and recovering style guru, introduces his dark, edgy and deeply subversive idea of niceness.
A group of seventeen students from Bristol University that formed in September last year, The Bristol Suspensions are fairly new to the a cappella scene, but that does nothing to d…
When two precocious, self-important students uncover a student-teacher relationship scandal at their private school, they plan to exploit it for their own gain and, in so doing, ho…
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
A madcap vaudeville style comedy set during the Alaskan gold rush of 1896.
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend.
Before he took to the stage, Tommy Tiernan took in some shows around Edinburgh.
Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication.
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 is forming a Chamber Orchestra to return to Greyfriars Kirk on Friday 14th August.
Ron Butlin (former Edinburgh Poet Laureate) plus acclaimed musicians Dick Lee and Anne Evans return, their sell-out show newly updated.
Paul works as the Scottish agent for Keddie Scott Associates Ltd, a London based agency.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
Elaine C Smith the comedienne, actress, singer, writer, raconteur, political activist and star of Rab C Nesbitt returns to the Fringe with a new one woman show – a brilliant mix …
I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders…
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a heartfelt homage to Lady Day with a selection of both rare and familiar songs.
Paul Eccentric will be performing and reading excerpts from his book, ‘The Edinburgh Fringe In A Nutshell’.
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.
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…
Explore the dark, hidden side of best-selling author Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh.
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…
Mark Smith (Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Russell Howard’s Good News, car owner) is back with a brand new show.
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…
Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special.
Daniel Smith Blues Piano.
25 years ago a tragedy struck Montreal that brought the city to its knees and shocked the world.
Download this audio walking tour – any day, any time – and become intimate with Fringe history, even perform yourself if you choose.
Islam Festival Edinburgh invites you to gain a genuine insight into Islam.
Edinburgh is a city of stark contrasts.
Four students, a full house and a series of clever sketches make for a very enjoyable hour in The Exeter Revue: Sketchup.
Welcome to a dark, sexy sketch show assembled and reanimated in The Basement.
Have you ever felt that perhaps you have too much money? That the money you have set aside for a house, a car or that kidney transplant a doctor has told you that you critically ne…
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…
Mark Smith (Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Russell Howard’s Good News, car owner) is back with a brand new show.
California to Scotland.
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…
Damo had his phone stolen.
Offering “a modern, alternative view to the story of Lady Macbeth”, Hell Hath No Fury certainly has an intriguing premise.
Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom takes JM Barrie’s text, Happy Thoughts, movement, instrumental music, striped pajamas, creating a performance where the entire cast dances, sings, sighs…
Edinburgh Fringe is often filled with adaptations and remixes of classics, so it is very refreshing to see Tread the Boards Theatre Company bring J.
A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t…
Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly.
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…
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”.
When William Shakespeare is kidnapped by Oberon, the fairy king, it is up to his team of Avengers to rescue him and keep Oberon from re-writing his plays (and the sonnets.
The Quentin Dentin Show is an extraordinary and eccentric dark comedy rock musical, which sees main characters Nat and Keith’s relationship on the rocks and their lives in a rut.
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.
A play, a pie and a pint.
New writing and Shakespeare, dance and physical theatre, all accompanied by the evocative music of Laura Marling; Method in Madness is a truly mesmerising show.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
Rik Carranza tells us he has been doing stand up comedy for five or six years and one word that has been continually used to describe him in reviews is ‘charming’.
Low energy comedian Peter Brush brings his awkward persona to rest upon matters of death and religion with a surprisingly lighthearted tone.
It wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without multiple adaptations of Hamlet all vying to make their mark, but this production by the English Repertory Theatre, directed and adapte…
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…
The title of Steve Budeja’s show is misleading.
Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience.
Three performers and twenty five sketches, presented in a random order each night.
For 30 years Ewins has been the top sales rep at the Plymouth Pie Factory.
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.
Passage Tells Project is a series of site-specific audio-guided walks focusing on one passage in a city.
The premise of 25 Stories is simple enough; Alex Watts is bored at work and so comes up with short stories to keep himself entertained.
Dissent: noun, def.
Cynical Sunshine.
Wojtek was an extraordinary bear, and this play that tells his story is an equally extraordinary piece of theatre.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
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 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.
Speaking to those of us in her audience who have never seen her perform before, Tiff Stevenson says ‘You’re so lucky… I remember seeing me for the first time.
Multi-award winning performer Gabriel Bisset-Smith will take you on a journey of intergalactic travel, strange sexual positions, bizarre dance routines, Kanye West and unhinged mur…
The show is called Happy Medium, and Peter Antoniou introduces himself early into it as a ‘Comedium’, but these excellent puns are far from the best part of this show.
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase.
I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte…
A Day in October centres around Kendall’s teenage years at a rough high-school in Newcastle, Australia.
Vladimir McTavish’s cynical look back at Scotland’s past spans from the fourteenth century to the present day, examining the successes and failures of kings and governments,…
Pantomime is not just for Christmas, according to Òran Mór, whose take on the genre is a wonderfully satirical look at the corridors of power.
The Missing Hancocks is a genuine blast from the past.
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…
Ian Smith is a wonderful comedian with a beautiful imagination.
In Macbeth, Act II, Scene 3, the Porter states “Drink [.
Wonders at Dusk is not just a magic show; it is a magical experience.
With over twenty different instruments played by only two men, this performance of Mike Oldfield’s masterpiece Tubular Bells is an astounding, explosive, truly incredible feat.
Extra dates announced: Thursday 13 and Friday 14, 21:45.
Slick, quick and packed with funny material, high energy comedy from 2013 Amused Moose Award winner and 2013 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee.
At the Fringe last year, some members of Christian Talbot’s audience got up to leave part-way through his show, explaining that they thought he would ‘be more Irish’.
There are some terrible things happening in the world that only comedy can resolve.
There’s a whole lot going on in Derby Day.
The title of Pierre Novellie’s show is somewhat misleading.
The life and work of classic children’s author Beatrix Potter is given a sweet folk musical twist in this fun ensemble piece.
**** (Skinny).
With over two million subscribers to his YouTube channel and fifty two million views and counting for his first Disney parody video After Ever After, Jon Cozart is something of a s…
I’m not entirely sure where the title of the show came from, as love handles are never mentioned or a part of any of the sketches that The Cambridge Footlights perform but, frank…
Defeat the T-rex with Peter and real swords! Fly with the Pterodactyl! Bombard Captain Hook with dinosaur-droppings! Professional interactive theatre for kids who don’t just want t…
Watercolours, oils and prints of Scottish landscapes and wildlife by artist Leo du Feu and Susan Smith. Open daily. www.rosl.org.uk
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,…
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 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…
New in town? Start your day with a fun and informative walking tour, following a scenic route through Edinburgh’s city centre.
The Potter Trail, beginning opposite the Greyfriars Bobby statue, is proud to say that it is perfectly magical, thank you very much.
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…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
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.
It might be difficult for patrons in Edward Scissorhands costumes to get past security at Avery Fisher Hall.
Bach lovers owe much to Mendelssohn, who was instrumental in reviving interest in the baroque master’s music.
Maeve Higgins and Jon Ronson host this night of storytelling, stand-up and conversation on the High Line.
What title could be more succinct? Cars and Girls is the story of a young man’s freewheeling adventures in life – looking for excitement, for love and for meaning.
Change is inevitable.
Award-winning comedian and mind reader, Peter Antoniou, brings his unique skill set to peer inside your head, fondle your frontal lobe and tickle your funny bone.
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…
Every song tells a story.
“I normally hate audience participation,” says the man sitting next to me.
Hanuman is half human, half monkey.
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014 pianist Martin James Bartlett plays Mozart Concerto No.
VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner.
All aboard this dazzling double-decker of delight! Take a tour and view amazing artwork from the Godfather of British Pop Art, as the Art Bus returns to this year’s Fringe City, pr…
Michael Ricigliano Jr.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong invites you to watch the latest show by the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a production of Peter Pan which starts badly and ends in a medley of perfectly…
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.
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 “…
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.
Jon Friedman hosts this storytelling show dedicated to breakups and blues.
When Ms.
Prokofiev’s children’s classic gets a new production from the Little Orchestra Society, with David Alan Miller conducting.
John Lutz and Scott Adsit, “30 Rock” alumni, reunite for an evening of long-form improv.
This summer, Kensington Gardens plays host to a unique and remarkable theatre event - a spectacular new stage production of J.
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…
Alter Ego charges in with another winning production.
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…
Any list of famous Belgians must include the trio Georges Simenon, Audrey Hepburn and Jacques Brel.
For traditionalists, this is a heartening time for new writing in the theatre.
Rebecca West was one of the supreme journalists and travel writers of the 20th century, caustic and sharp-eyed.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
This will be the most talked about event in Edinburgh history.
A night celebrating the festivals with some of the biggest breakthrough acts of 2014.
After her 2013 sell-out show, Lisa Scott is ready to delight your ears and get your feet tapping with laid back grooves and classic big power numbers.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
‘There’s no night-school for neon-making’, as Richard William Wheater, our instructor for the day and neon artiste, pointed out.
Fresh off his first Comedy Central half-hour special, Mr.
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.
This one-off recital was a showcase of first-year talent from a group of four classical pianists from Edinburgh Napier University.
Peter Jay, once described as ‘Britain’s cleverest young man’ held key positions at The Times, LWT, TVAM, the BBC, and served as British Ambassador to Washington.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
This fun new adaptation of JM Barrie’s classic story begins in Priceland.
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…
What happens when you make the Fringe’s best sketch groups of the last decade trade a member for one show? This.
Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970).
Singing in English and six other South African languages, Soweto Melodic Voices are no ordinary choir.
Two of Scotland’s greatest jazz artists, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Brian Kellock, team up for this unique late night Fringe show they’ll perform 100% unplugged in the b…
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…
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…
It would be unfair to describe Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen Vol.
This offering of Peter Pan from the American High School Theatre Festival never reaches the heights of the Second Star to the Right.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nevin of Edinburgh and MacKay Decorators Perth Ltd.
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…
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…
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…
If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again.
Drew Wright AKA Wounded Knee and Daniel Padden present a striking new song cycle celebrating the seasons, inspired by Edinburgh and the Pentland Hills.
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…
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…
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.
Psych nurse turned comic Danny Stinson feels like he has lived a thousand lives and he has stories to tell from all of them.
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…
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 welcome return to St Andrew’s and St George’s Church by this popular Edinburgh orchestra.
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…
Professor David Purdie and college librarian Iain Milne return to this spectacular venue with a show linking Edinburgh, medicine and crime.
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…
Returning to an even bigger venue this year, sketch duo McNeil and Pamphilon reprise their geekalicious gameshow for this year’s Fringe: once again McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8 Bit …
Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop.
Ain’t no party like Edinburgh Metal Party! Scotland’s heaviest sesh debuts this August, as part of the world-famous Festival Fringe.
Alzheimer’s is a disease close to the hearts of many people, as it affects so many of such a wide variety of ages, cultures and societies.
Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights with live music, performance and comedy.
The Josh Smith Not What You Expected Show will carry on to reflect on the well-being of everyday life.
Only eight nights available for the Pommery Champagne Café Bar Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ticket and dining packages.
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.
The twists and turns of the topsy-turvy world of Alice in Wonderland are well known and loved by many, enshrined in literary pop culture.
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
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…
This piece of surrealist theatre successfully dramatises the issues it sets out to explore and uses neat theatrical devices to do it.
Eclectic trio (piano, flute, cello) on their European debut tour.
Explore the dark, hidden side of best-selling author Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh.
Down-home blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano/vocals, hard-bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
“Would you rather die by drowning or die of cancer?”Scott would rather drown.
A play, a pie and a pint.
Fringe musicals are often incredibly hard to get right but with a score as sizzling as the sun on the beach and some incredibly skilled performers, Riptide: The Slasher Musical hit…
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…
From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication.
From the off the Edinburgh Revue never really got kicking.
Unicornucopia is James Ross’s insane and breakneck hour of Free Fringe stand-up, in which he rattles with hilarious speed through topics of colleagues, love, dreams and some hila…
This stunning exhibition demonstrates the photographic achievement of a group of people who are living with HIV or Hepatitis C.
The concept is gracefully simple: everyday we searching the streets of Edinburgh for one human, one photograph, one quote.
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, is a collection of original contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard.
Join two of the UK’s finest emerging talents, Fern Brady (8 out of 10 Cats – ‘Wicked, close to the bone gags’ Stage, ‘Obnoxious, rude, and utterly brilliant’ ThreeWeeks…
Danny Buckler is incurably absorbed in the world of fantasy.
Porty Youth Theatre have taken on a classic tale, and have done it very well indeed.
Edinburgh Jews is an exhibition originally compiled by two students at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity.
This show will be a Fringe Favourite! When Glasgow gangsters mysteriously acquire the pandas from Edinburgh Zoo Malcolm gets the blame.
Curious Directive have hit the Fringe this year with epic sci-fi drama Pioneer, a space-exploration thriller of stunning proportions.
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.
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.
In the recent explosion in popularity of a cappella it seems like you can’t walk up the Royal Mile without tripping over a group of symmetrically dressed singers who’ve lost th…
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…
Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress.
Early June an unknown pedestrian leaves London on a quest for a story.
In this farcical one-hour romp through the troves of storybook tropes, Fringe sketch regulars Casual Violence treat the audience to a kids-show-for-adults style adventure into a wo…
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is given a family-friendly and wonderfully whimsical adaptation in this new production by Fourth Monkey.
With three decades of performing under her belt, Elaine C.
With more raucous energy than a crate of Red Bull sprinkled with cocaine, Rob Cawsey and Gabe Bisset Smith under the collective guise Guilt & Shame bring their new show Going Strai…
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
SmallWar, a piece adapted from actual accounts of events and experiences from conflicts spanning from WWI to Afghanistan, is an interestingly understated exploration of the emotion…
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
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.
Peter Antoniou is a small guy in a small venue with a big mind blowing show.
With a strange, original and interesting production, Tomás Ford brings his Patrick Bateman of the Fringe to the Mash House to tell a one-man-musical tale of double crossing deceit…
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.
Northern Stage’s production of I Promise You Sex and Violence is a critique of modern attitudes to homophobia, racism and sexuality.
Steve Day was witness to a crime.
One of the lesser known but better versed performers in The Stand’s programme at this year’s Fringe, Alistair Green’s show Well Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm is a no-frills …
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.
Danny Mcloughlin feels alright.
Two men in their forties meet for a coffee to catch up after four years of not meeting up in person.
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.
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.
Every art needs its new generation of practitioners.
Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe.
Infra Dig, which we learn is Latin for “beneath your dignity”, is a show about dignity but also pride and respect.
A madcap romp through its creators’ bizarre imaginations, Clever Peter may be the weirdest sketch show you’ll ever see.
The chatty Yorkshire patter of Ian Smith’s comedy offers an incredibly relatable show in the Pleasance comedy programme at this year’s festival.
Having taken the Fringe by storm last year with their debut piece The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, young and incredibly talented theatre company Kill The Beast returns to The Pleasance wit…
‘Mighty’ seems a pretty apt term to describe Pierre Novellie.
Kevin Day begins his act with a long, cautious introduction, letting us know what is to come.
The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost…
Vampires never seem to go out of fashion.
Fierce, fast, farcical and ferocious, The Beta Males certainly pack a punch in their new show Happenstance.
Age hasn’t softened Scott Capurro; nor, it has to be said, has marriage.
Up in Pleasance’s intimate stand-up venue Attic, there is one young comedian who is making waves on the comedy scene as he manages to cement himself as a firm Fringe favourite ev…
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
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…
The double helix structure of DNA is knowledge that today we take for granted.
Eager to entertain, all-female group Improv Noir follow the well-trodden formula of inviting ideas from the audience as to a place and a character then spend the next hour creati…
From an initial four to a now fuller six, Bridget Fraser has written a stunning set of monologues that appear at first hand to have little connection to each other but actually r…
These acoustic comedians return to the Henley Fringe with their assortment of quirky songs and music.
A one-woman cabaret show presenting the life of Anita Boult, a jobbing musical actress trying to cope with life in New York city.
A dark-comedy about the lives of the Rogers and their relationship problems.
Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall.
Stalwarts of the Henley Fringe Festival, Falcon Grange are back for their seventh year with another smooth show.
Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation…
Outrageous, shocking and disgusting that women over a certain age should even attempt to create a comedy sketch show?Not at all.
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.
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…
Josh Smith embarks on yet another show that includes the unfortunate events that happen daily and yet he shares them.
To be or not to be? That is yet again the question.
The title of Luke Benson and David Hardcastle’s show can easily give rise to the fear that it will be a rather patronising pastiche of working class culture for the benefit of a …
A 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 Merchant of Venice’ has always been a problematic play, with its Elizabethan anti-Semitism rubbing shoulders with almost fairy-tale elements (the three caskets) and Shakes…
Following a successful run at festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe 2013 and various venues around the UK and Ireland, join Ireland’s tallest comedian at Brighton Fringe 2014.
Juxtaposing old and new works in interesting ways in becoming a popular approach to programming among younger performers.
Understand the fundamentals of the Meisner Technique.
The Heights of the title are Washington Heights, a Dominican-American neighbourhood of New York at the top end of New York.
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…
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…
‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ is the third of Frank Loesser’s trio of Broadway masterpieces, following ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘The Most Happy Fella…
‘We don’t just do adverts, we do dreams’.
Sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4) return with brand-new sketches and old favourites in a fun-packed hour of comedy.
All aboard this dazzling double-decker of delight! Take a tour and view amazing artwork from the godfather of British Pop Art, as the Art Bus returns to this year’s Fringe City, …
Harvey Fierstein, before he branched out into writing books for straight musicals, was a kind of theatrical barometer of gay life.
“Blues in the Night” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s.
Bizet’s one-act opera ‘Le Docteur Miracle’ is a fine and fizzy confection cooked up at the age of only eighteen as an entry to a competition for a comic opera organised by …
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Archimedes’ Principle is a recent (2012) play from the young(ish) Catalan playwright and director Joseph Maria Miro i Coromina.
I was worrying about the cat.
There are no three words more calculated to make a critic’s heart sink than Amateur Operatic Society.
‘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…
Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ ‘It’s a Bird etc’ is something of an oddity.
(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…
“Everyone is Welcome – No Exceptions” is the motto of Rachel’s Café in Bloomington, Indiana, a university town with a liberal and artistic ambience and pretensions.
Eric Satie: 3 Sarabandes, 3 Gnossiennes, 3 Danses de travers, 3 Gymnopedies. www.peterbream.com
The 33rd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
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…
This was really quite a wonderful event, although not one I would have necessarily picked for purely entertainment purposes.
New date, time and location.
Angus: Weaver of Grass is an unusual and beautiful production that weaves together music, puppetry, and mask into a visual and aural spectacle.
Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical.
From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication.
Finally Josh Smith’s From Top to Bottom Show comes to Edinburgh after his recent sell-out performances! ‘Had our audience in stitches’ (Creswell Social Club).
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.
3Bugs Theatre Company return to the Fringe with a new adaptation of this classic children’s story.
Classical zheng performer Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to give us a concert of music on the love stories of China.
Somewhat of a fringe legend, Omid Djalili has graced many a theatre on his national tours over the last 20 years since he performed his very first Edinburgh Fringe show.
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…
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.
In amongst the more controversial theatre on at the Fringe this year we have emerging playwright Sophie Foster’s new work, which dissects the media culture surrounding suspected …
Scotland’s version of Peter and the Wolf is an enchanting tale with a lot of heart.
The Cold War is over, but this time America lost.
Children and adults alike will be familiar with Roald Dahl’s timeless story of Fantastic Mr Fox.
With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously.
Mario Kart, Street Fighter and Bomber Man are all names that strike nostalgic excitement into the hearts of many of a certain generation.
World Power Books is Scotland’s most famous radical independent bookshop, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, and host of the Edinburgh Book Fringe.
Songs from Evenin’s Fa’ with Sangsters, Amy Geddes, Sarah McFadyen.
Join writers, comedians and activists from around the world in Word Power Books, Edinburgh’s independent radical bookshop.
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…
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.
Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group.
A unique evening with the actress, comedienne, singer, political campaigner and raconteur, sharing intimate and hilarious recollections from her hugely successful autobiography Not…
Just because a show is intended for children is no excuse for bad acting.
When you’re looking for a kids’ show at the Fringe, there are a few names which ought to be a safe bet and, of these, none more so than Roald Dahl.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
Pam Lawson’s tribute to Doris Day takes the audiences on a chronological journey through Doris Day’s movies.
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!
Arthur Smith resembles Leonard Cohen in more ways than one.
This tour is absolutely one of the best literary walking tours Edinburgh has to offer.
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…
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 Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
Peter Buckley Hill.
The world of PR is one ripe for comedy gold, Izzy Tennyson’s new play has taken this, using it not only for its humour but also to paint a dark portrait of the professional world…
Ron Butlin is the Edinburgh Makar (poet laureate) and he is a skilled and sensitive writer.
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 …
Picturing Leith’s past through a great selection of unpublished photographs and memories.
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.
Leading his audience through a trip he took to South America in 1986, Peter Searles’ vivid physical expression and knack for detail ensure that what could have been a show exemplif…
Genuinely scary theatre can be hard to get right but this young theatre company has hit the balance of scares and gags bang on in this exciting and innovative show.
Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress.
Les Labyrinthes’ Adam Smith Le Grand Tour is an interesting and thought-provoking exploration into the life and ideas of Adam Smith – key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
The Jocks and Geordies is a show that has found an audience.
Charlie and Kate have one night to save their failing nightclub.
Another day and it’s another giant of children’s literature here at The Fringe.
Yasmin Reza’s modern masterpiece is here brought to life in the most frenetic, extreme and exciting way.
In the saturated comedy-magician subgenre, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd, but Peter Antoniou’s show ‘Comedium’, blending Derren Brown-esque mind reading with a q…
Join Ireland’s tallest comedian as he unravels the world through his unique point of view. Join Charlie on his surreal journey of devilment and hilarious stand-up.
Taking the story of four elderly women who have been entangled in a freak attack by a murder of crows and take refuge in the Coronet Cinema this is a strange, intriguing and entert…
Much like Arthur’s Seat is the bedrock of Edinburgh, comedy is the bedrock of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Could six months living in Auntie Annie’s conservatory push you over the edge? Find out in this hilarious debut from Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2013 nominee Danny War…
It’s an old trick seen may times before: someone crawls along the floor, someone films them sideways and they look, on camera, like they are climbing up a wall.
Shaggy haired and stunningly bearded, Noah Torn launches the Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show with a bang.
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…
‘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.
This inventive piece of devised physical theatre is the rousing story of a group of female workers in 1910 who went on strike from their jobs as chain-makers, demanding higher pay …
There are tons and tons of sketch shows on at the Fringe this year, meaning that it is easy for them to get lost amongst the crowd.
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!
Mixed Doubles is billed as ‘An Entertainment on Marriage’ and so it is, specifically marriage grown old and a little bit stale.
‘I am not Jacques Brel,’ Peter Straker playfully reminds the audience after his first song.
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…
Edinburgh is a city of beauty, history and incredible inspiration.
Accompany us to discover the organic medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town.
Jacques Brel is one of the most famous French singers of all time.
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy’s biggest prize.
McEwan Hall is one of the vastest spaces at the Fringe.
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.
Geoff Cotton’s show is a mix of sketches, comedy songs, stand-up and satire.
Following their successful Pleasance run at the Fringe last year, BEASTS once again return with their inimitable brand of absurdist, ridiculous sketch comedy.
With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl…
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Stand-up variety shows at the fringe can often be hit-and-miss, but this one just gets it spot on.
‘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…
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
There’s a point in every show when stand-up Scott Agnew drops what he calls ‘the G bomb’; that is, he mentions that he’s gay.
Ian Smith is the first to admit that Anything is perhaps too generically named, so the audience are forgiven for being apprehensive.
Jamie Demetriou has come up with and employed a great and original idea for his Pleasance comedy set.
With his show Intensive Carey, this Fringe favourite returns after a one year hiatus with the story of how he almost died, a number of times, by having a heart attack.
A young lad with a winsome demeanour entered the room and high-fived everyone in the audience.
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.
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…
The title of Peter Doig’s exhibition No Foreign Lands is taken from Robert Louis Stevenson’s observation that ‘There are no foreign lands.
The scene a producer’s office in that place where men sit waiting to throw money at the moon.
We all have regrets, right? This is the simple premise for Denise Scott’s show, which mainly consists of an hour of embarrassing stories at her own expense.
Mark Kavanagh’s new laugh-a-minute play, Mad North-North-West, has hit the Camden Fringe with a bang! Set in a rehearsal room for an up-coming production of Hamlet, ‘William H.
There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead.
On The Permanence Of Fugitive Colours tells the story of highly-sexed Rebecca, a nurse in her 20s, and Steve, a 38yr old artist who, despite their abandon for monogamy and commitme…
In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
I didnt know what to expect from a show with the title Naked Boys Singing.
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
The Fringe cliché about performing to an audience of two men and a dog is every company’s nightmare.
Fish and Game serve up a taste for something completely different in the form of a theatrical interactive film.
The Arden Players create an interesting, gripping piece of theatre from a nugget of 13th Century history.
Optical illusion constitutes a simple yet breathtaking core for this multimedia and physical performance.
Locally born John Scott is back at the very club where he made his start in comedy in the late 90’s, now with his second full-length Fringe show.
Join three performers in the surreal, interactive and totally mad ritual of Uniformation Day.
From the first few seconds of the opening song ‘Drowning’, the Tiger Lillies show just why they’ve achieved worldwide cult following.
An aspect of the Fringe that is sometimes passed over is the indigenous shows for the local population, which, heaven knows, puts up with enough to deserve something good of its ow…
In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome.
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.
This show is really fun: three performers in some barebones theatre - ultimate Fringe style, nothing but a black box - telling a comic version of Treasure Island.
The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences.
Probably our best knowledge of Victorian farce comes from WS Gilbert’s topsy-turvy world of the Savoy operas, where an absurd premise leads with impeccable logic to an even more …
Everyone loves a good scandal and this is probably why Sheridans most famous play has stood the test of the time for the last two hundred and thirty years.
Bears, in dream interpretation theory, are a symbol of renewal and rebirth.
There is a moment a third a way into Fergus Fords play when the lights dim, the comedy darkens and the plot takes a sharp and unsettling swerve into territory already occupied by…
We live in something of a golden age as far as Fringe productions of music theatre are concerned.
Tom is a modern boy living an openly gay life but unable to get it together.
Dong Yi is a celebrated classical Chinese zheng soloist.
As a play that deals with an important piece of Brighton’s rich and colourful historical fabric, the setting of Hove Town Hall is disappointingly inadequate.
An outrageous underwater lovechild of ‘The Mighty Boosh’ and ‘The Muppets’ doused in deliciously dark humour, Fish Pie is a culinary delight.
Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties.
It takes some chutzpah to present the Fringe premiere of a West End musical that played 2000 performances over five years and across three theatres, and only closed less than three…
While Arthur Smith protests that he’s no longer on the sauce, the format and sheer unpredictability of this concept seem like they were conceived on some booze-addled bender.
Pity the composer who gets there first: Auber’s opera ‘Manon Lescaut’ eclipsed by both Puccini and Mascagni; Nicolai’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ by Verdi’s ‘Falstaff…
Michaelangelo Drawing Blood is a 75-minute dance piece with an arresting score by Charlie Barber.
The ‘last days’ of the title is used in a Milennarian sense – we are at Judas’s Judgement Day, at a trial which ostensibly will determine whether Judas should be released f…
When DeAnne Smith entered the stage dressed in an adorable ensemble, picks up her ukulele and started singing a tune that sounded like it had been lifted from the soundtrack of 500…
Michel Tremblay is a French Canadian playwright who was an Angry Young Man in the 60s and shook the stuffy Anglophone artistic establishment by introducing Quebequois working class…
PopUp Opera – not Pop Opera, they insist – has a mission to take ‘real’ opera into new places and reach new audiences.
Annie’s Room purports to be a biographical show about jazz singer Annie Ross, but there is very little biography in this apart from a bald statement of a few facts which could ha…
Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name.
Same old story, remarks Lucille Goldberg as she discusses her familys past.
I caught this troop of budding young comedians last year and was mightily impressed by their ingenuity, their sense of comic timing, and the wonderfully risqué formula of getting …
On 6th March 1988 a group of SAS men ambushed three IRA members (Mairéad Farrell, Sean Savage, Daniel McCann) on a petrol station forecourt in Gibraltar and killed them.
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
Touring for two years without a home technically makes Glenn Wool a hobo.
I stumbled into FxP2 in Trouble out of an Edinburgh drizzle and initially thought to myself, oh well, another shower of rain, another comedy sketch show.
I have been to Walberswick and I never caught crabs, but Im glad I caught this new play by Fringe First Winner Joel Horwood.
There was a time when I was a lad when Lionel Bart was everywhere.
On paper, it looks like a dream team.
Lewis Schaffer’s schtick is that he is an ex New York Jew making his way in this strange foreign land and hating every minute of it.
‘Mydidae’, according to Wikipedia, are a group of large flies with a short lifespan and a large sting.
‘Making Dickie Happy’ is set in March 1922.
In the year before the centenary of World War I this production puts us in the middle of the conflict in France.
Unlike anything else in Edinburgh this year, The River People bring an old gypsy wagon placed just off Chambers Street to tell an ancient tale of the beginning of the universe.
On a trip to France for a vintage car rally, four friends convene in a farmhouse - only two of them bring plus ones, making for a comedy of manners that speeds along as fast as any…
Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus’ is probably the oldest text in the world which still retains the power to shock, excite and move us in a thoroughly modern way.
A collection of four short plays looking at different elements of life and love, each presents its own element of the comic brought about from the tragic and vice versa.
The Fringe Festival may be the home of the new and outrageous but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for some classic hits as well.
This seemingly seasoned sketch show quartet has the promise of a fully entertaining set, but though the performers are in sync with each other and each other, their material could …
Danny Bevins is not a gentle comedian.
With a combination of music, song and puppetry The Golden Cowpat recounts the story of Betty the cow in the style of an old episode of Jackanory.
The French have a word for it, and that word is ‘chanson’.
First and foremost, this show will certainly not suit all tastes.
Port Dover, a Canadian High School, brings a simple and charming cod Arthurian fable to Church Hill.
John Godber is generally a safe bet in terms of production.
As we walk into a rather austere hall at the French Institute, two girls are giggling and practicing a song.
Mick Foley has a hardcore fan base.
‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough…
35 mm is a musical exhibition combining photographic art with song.
James Balwin’s “Peter Panic” is billed as a response piece to last year’s London riots, placing the known and loved Peter and Wendy of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” into a …
‘Dear World’ is one of those problem musicals, beloved by its creator Jerry Herman but, like his other sickly child ‘Mack and Mabel’, never quite taking off.
Stand-up comedy is never an easy option and Daniel Simonsen certainly had his work cut out for him in attempting to do so with little by way of preparation.
A co-production with Vertical Line and Greenwich theatre, Take Two Every Four Hours is a work in progress by Henry Regan and Ross Stanley.
Ivor Novello was the Andrew Lloyd-Webber of his day.
Shooting Stars presentation of Much Ado About Nothing is given a modern and youthful interpretation.
Berthold Brecht was never averse to biting the hand that fed him, as long as it didn’t harm his career prospects.
With a sell out show and standing room only, the expectation for Mark Restuccia’s set was high.
Fools Play is a young physical theatre collective reworking the Macbeth plot with a mixture of movement and script.
Three young lads in search of comedy gold, No Poofs No Piano comprises of sketches and quips with typical schoolboy humour.
Silent Shakespeare attempts to give meaning to some of his most famous characters, but without words.
The premise of the play is a re-telling of The Case of the Prime Minister, the Floozie and the Lummock Rock Lighthouse.
Mae Martin gave an enchanting performance.
Gay playwright John van Druten is now almost completely forgotten except for ‘I am a Camera’, his adaptation of Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’, which was also the basis …
Shrew’s Who? is an attempt at role reversal of Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew.
Nice to see some music listed on the Fringe Festival and a good chance to savour something other than theatre.
Ladies Day charts the lives of four women working in a fish-filleting factory.
Visiting Time opens dramatically in a hospital room.
To some, history is a search for reinforcement, basically about people like ourselves: theatre as a lifestyle accessory.
She Stoops To Conquer is perhaps the best-known work of Oliver Goldsmith.
David Mulholland is a former Wall Street Journal hack and this is a show driven by the passion of a good journalist for getting the story right and a hatred of bad journalism and t…
In an hour long history of medicine in Edinburgh, Professor David Purdie and librarian Ian Milne talk about royalty, body snatchers and herbal remedies.
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…
The premise of the show is that This Is your Life is doing a special on Kenny Moon, comedian.
Before you venture out, be aware that this venue is just that little bit far out of town.
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…
In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S…
The Bane trilogy - a one man tribute to film noir and American gangsters featuring hitman Bruce Bane who ‘always gets his man’ in a series of perilous exploits - is a cult hit …
Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers.
Where in Edinburgh can you get a three-tier stand of scones and cakes and sandwiches that would do justice to Jenners, a glass of bubbly, and a Victorian thriller all for the price…
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.
When I was a small boy, they filmed some of the outdoor scenes of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in my grandmothers street in Edinburgh.
Any budding sketch group could do far worse than give Daphne’s show a visit.
This trio of sketch comedians live up to their name, with a succession of intelligent set-ups and quick-witted punch-lines that keep the audience laughing throughout their high-ene…
Imagine Richard and Judy.
Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap.
Meet Mr Clart, the drunken and prurient tour guide of the famous Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour.
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T…
In this experimental theatre piece .
neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’.
The BBC has a lot to answer for, not least the wiping out of great swathes of our cultural heritage from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
It is a brave company which puts on the first Fringe production of the Gershwins’ ‘Crazy for You’ so soon after the Regents Park Open Air production, which transferred succes…
This play is set in England, but in some kind of frightening, futuristic police state.
Frank Loesser’s 1950 musical, ‘Guys and Dolls’, dates not a day in this charming production by SEDOS, the thespian arm of the Stock Exchange (I kid you not).
Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs.
Lisa Scott was introduced by her venue manager as having ‘been here for many, many a Fringe’, and Scott is indeed showing her age as a performer.
I have a confession to make: until recently, I’d never been to the circus.
Six Ways is one of those small musicals that sends you out into the Edinburgh rain with a big heart.
Sue Casson’s musical adaptation if Oscar Wilde’s short story, “The Happy Prince” is billed as a family show, but it’s difficult to see children appreciating it.
Peter Antoniou is not just a comedian or a medium but rather a ‘comedium’ and an extraordinarily entertaining one at that.
Just sometimes, the best of amateur companies come up with a production which puts in the shade all those numerous Fringe productions with pretentions to ‘professionalism’ put …
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 …
Tina Macfarlane has a first in Actuarial Maths from Glasgow University - ‘A real university, not a polytechnic like Strathclyde’ - but there’s a recession on, so it’s not m…
American High School Theatre Festival is a regular in Edinburgh, and there are several reasons to check them out.
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…
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.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
Theres always a plethora of musicals on the most unlikely subjects at the Fringe.
This was the grand opening of a new show which will happen regularly through this years Fringe, hosted by Joe Simmons at Symposium Hall.
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…
Most people know of Bonnie and Clyde, the romantic duo who murdered and robbed banks throughout America.
A lone character travels through a futuristic world ruled by technology.
You know when you come out of a show that its going to sell out fast.
This is consumate top-class stand-up comedy from Danny Bhoy.
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.
Empathy for a terrorist is difficult to imagine but this is what Samira almost provokes.
No Turn Unstoned gives you no idea what to expect from Beth Vyse’s show.
15% of The Seagull is a playful and tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the theatrical process.
This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together.
Relief theatre are a young student company based in Edinburgh.
Man-Go Unshaved, a take on ‘Django Unchained’, say they are ‘the good, the bad and the ugly of stand-up comedy’.
When Judy Garland gave her last concerts in Copenhagen in March 1969 she was 48 and a wreck.
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 …
We are in a strange building in an unidentified city, and not even the country is clear.
Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles …
You can learn how to beatbox with a quick YouTube search, but Shlomo’s showmanship and talent creates a live performance which astounds far beyond anything on the internet.
Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play has a script that dazzles, full of wordplay and witty one-liners.
During this free children’s show in Maggies Chambers at the Three Sisters Pub, Phil the Shepherd introduces himself throughout as he tries to put his sheep, or children, to sleep.
Bob Kingdom is an Edinburgh institution.
A Tapestry of Many Threads is a 19-song cycle commissioned by the Dovecote Studios for its centenary from Alexander McCall Smith (words) and Tom Cunningham (music).
Former Blue Peter presenter Stuart Miles gives us this three-woman show in which he plays all of the parts, in their full cross-dressed finery.
Richard Tyrone Jones takes us on one heck of an experience in this show of PowerPoint projections, audience participation, wordplay and song, amongst other pursuits.
Mae Martin entered the stage and began by standing with her right leg on a chair ‘for confidence.
Rosie Wilby is a funny lady.
First, a declaration of interest.
Nathan Cassidy opens this show with great energy, telling us with a jig that it’s “all about positivity”.
‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone.
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.
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
Get the whole summer festival experience over with in just an hour as Danny Robins takes you through all you need to know from the Dance Tent, to the Main Stage to the drugs and…
The split of a long-established duo is like a marital divorce.
A large, colourful advert is projected across the stone wallin front of us, ‘these women are doing their bit - learn to make munitions’.
St Paul’s School Theatre take a series of testimonies from former Death Row prisoners in the States and, through interweaving monologues, create a powerful story of police brutal…
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Screaming Inside is a one man show depicting a year in the life of a self titled ‘lone ranger of the technology department.
If you saw Stephen Frears movie My Beautiful Launderette, made way back in the mercifully distant days of Thatcherite Britain, or even if youre too young to remember it (like m…
In a venue with no natural light, these two shine.
Stephen Schwartz, long before he became famous for Wicked, collaborated with fellow student John-Michael Tebelak to create a highly experimental show that combined the parables of …
We file in crocodile formation from the Pleasance, clutching a collective length of rope to keep together.
A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor.
The show begins in a Greek restaurant.
Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience.
It’s sentimental, it’s a journey, it’s the story of Doris Day’s life.
Its a perennial problem in plays where the actors are continually taking their clothes off: how do they get them back on, or off the stage cleanly between scenes? Theres a lot …
You shouldn’t always believe the flyers.
Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.
Of the many things you might see or do at the Fringe this summer, jousting with lemons has to score among the more unusual pastimes.
Theyre sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so its pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre…
‘Makar’ is a medieval Scots word for poet.
Treasure in Clay Jars is listed in the Theatre Section of the Fringe Programme.
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
For many thousands of even seasoned Fringe-goers, the mystique and delights of the Famous Speigel Garden can frequently be passed by, with the comparatively few shows that it offer…
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
If reindeer could really speak, what awful tales would we hear? My hackles rose in the lobby when I was confronted with early November shiny baubles and other such Christmas frippe…
The BBC is the Church of England of the media.
OK, lets get this out of the way; Scott Capurro is a gay man who stands on stage with the mike and goes for the jugular no target is spared and he will be offensive ab…
I used to know a guy with a small penis.
Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines.
Dickson Telfer’s solo play, in which he also appears, charts the struggle of a teacher to impose control on a rogue class in so-called Higher Education.
Emerging from the fear cupboard for the climax of Radio 1s one-man shows, Scott Mills chose to re-tell the Bourne Identity with an Abba twist in front of a packed-house last …
It takes a lot of courage to put on a tribute composed entirely of musical numbers from shows which flopped.
You can almost smell the testosterone coming off the stage in this raunchy and sexy play, an all-male take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
A Day In November is a beautifully controlled and tenderly delivered reflection on the mind’s descent towards death.
It takes some pluck to produce, write, direct and star in your own play.
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 …
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…
High-school teachers by day, DJ Danny and his glamorous assistant (the P.
Drew McOnie, the inventive deviser and choreographer of ‘Drunk’, straddles worlds.
Pieces of metal scaffolding partially decorated the walls while the old, grand chandelier cast a soft yellow light over the surrounding stone pillars.
‘Noh’, the Japanese word for skill or talent, is a type of theatre which has been performed since the 14th Century.
Rocket Science is easier and much funnier than it sounds.
Updating Shakespeare into modern dress may be de rigeur, but it takes a lot of nerve to do the same with restoration comedy, much of the appeal of which for modern audiences - and …
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
When the doors only open fifteen minutes after the stated start time, it doesnt bode well, but this show is worth the wait.
For Free and Easy it pays to be very early at the Stand, or that wont just be the venue name.
Webster explains the show as a plethora of different things and it certainly is.
Two comic actors play numerous different quirky characters, as the quest to read the big, breaking news goes on.
There is a film of the life of Lope de Vega, in English The Outlaw¸ but no film could do justice to his extraordinary life.
Bruce Devlin interviews guests and lets them strut their stuff before an appreciative audience.
The lights dimmed as I was pounding my second coffee and 3rd mini donut and with the opening line “What happens in this room stays in this room; like Fight Club”, the promising…
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 …
Longley quickly explains the plan for his show, that he calls A Joke is Just A Joke.
Narrator Avis Sherman (Michael Legge) introduces the plan twelve twisted tales.
The shows title gives little away, so when an electronic voice counts up the percentage complete, this looks likely to go geeky.
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo is the story of a sexually repressed man accidentally stumbling onto the world of swinging and no-frills sex after a text goes awry.
Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival.
Rhod Gilbert bounces on stage, chatting to the audience.
The set is made up of suitcases.
Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh.
This is the show that started the Free Fringe, hosted by the man who started it.
Starting from a theme of love, and her love life problems, Lucy decided to make things less complicated by searching out the bare necessities.
Fuerzabruta (Brute Force) has been touring its acrobatic, surreal spectacular for nearly ten years now, which is proof of its enormous popularity.
Josie Longs effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines.
Many comics wouldnt risk starting a show chatting about their hernia, but Tonkinson quickly gets up close and personal with his audience and their experiences.
Showstoppers have been improvising musicals for several years now and an edited version has had a series on BBC Radio 4.
Andy Zaltzman’s main topic is always politics, meaning he can cover the audience’s democratic disillusionment, teachers’ pay, and the immigration issue in just a few linked sentenc…
Starting with a song, Felix Dexter quickly moved onto gags, explaining the slightly racially dramatic title, and covering issues of black stereotypes.
Ovation has a distinguished track record for musicals at the Gatehouse.
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
A concert in a modest and handsome Unitarian church situated underneath the castle sounds like a perfect way to spend lunchtime.
Douieb is first of the two performers on stage, discussing his other gigs of the day.
I’ve never bought into the distinction between ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’, at least on the London Fringe.
It occurred to me watching Neil LaBute’s 90-minute four-hander, that he is the nearest thing America has to George Bernard Shaw.
This cabaret of 1920s and 1930s Berlin songs is billed as an homage, a reclamation, of the female cabaret performers of the Weimar Republic.
The Jekyll and Hyde is a lousy venue to play: poor acoustics, bar noise and seating split so the audience is in two sections which can’t see or hear each other.
Peter Straker has one of those recognisable faces ‘off the telly’ having been a regular on the original Dr Who and the 1985 series Connie.
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
To perform a Bette Midler tribute show is risky.
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
A theme seems to be developing within this years Fringe.
Martin Sherman’s ‘Passing By’ has an assured niche in gay history, being one of the first plays mounted by the pioneering Gay Sweatshop, and the first that seemed to have no …
Pat Burtscher has more charm than sense.
Puppetry strictly for adults is a rare sight, but Waste of Paint Productions present a dark, atmospheric piece of theatre not suitable for children.
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.
Churchill is about the only politician in British history who can be referred to only by his first name.
An adaptation of Hamlet.
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ is such an archetypal folk myth by now that it’s hard to believe in an imaginative world without it, or that someone actually sat down and wrote it.
Fans of Would I Lie To You? will need no prompting to visit this ingenious variation on the theme of Spot the Porker, in which four storytellers by turns deliver 10-15 minute solo …
James Saunders is one of the forgotten playwrights of the 60s, sandwiched between, and elbowed aside by Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard etc.
This debut show from Danny Buckler is a resounding success.
The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth promises an hour of solid stand-up.
Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths.
Reviews of ‘Fleabag’, which won a Fringe First Award at Edinburgh this summer, tended to treat it as a kind of scabrous stand-up routine on the subject of Sex and the Single Gi…
Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota.
‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis.
They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes.
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.
On paper, any musicalisation of the story of the Titanic looks like sailing to disaster.
The Soap Kitchen have an act which will be familiar to anyone who’s seen Who’s Line Is It Anyway.
Based on true stories of child immigrants sent to Australia, this performance takes us from the Quays of London onto a voyage of discovery and into the imagination of Jennifer Lark…
Phill Jupitus asked us here to ask him questions.
There is a moment in Sheridan’s ‘The Critic’ when Mr Puff and Mr Dangle are watching a play-within-a-play about the Spanish Armada.
This new musical, by award winning composer Laurence Mark Wythe and writer Roberto Trippini, is about an illegal immigrant who fled his country of political turmoil.
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’…
Edinburgh’s Old Town breathes history, sometimes with a roar, and sometimes with a whisper.
Peter Gynt is a provocative, raucous reboot of Ibsen’s epic verse play, created by David Hare and directed by Jonathan Kent, in a major co-production with National Theatre of Gre…
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...
Simon Ximenez talked to the coordinator of this year’s Edinburgh Deaf Festival, Jamie Rea.
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.
We've seen from shows such as Fleabag in 2013 that success at your Edinburgh debut show can lead to worldwide success.
Thenjiwe is an entrepreneurial comedian and actress from KwaMashu, South Africa.
James Macfarlane sits down with the one and only Danny Beard to discuss their debut Fringe show Danny Beard and Their Band, life since winning RuPaul's Drag Race UK and why the art...
theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme: Over 360 Exciting Shows Await Theatre Enthusiasts at the Edinburgh Fringe
Today theSpaceUK announces its 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Season with over 400 shows and the biggest new-writing programme at the Fringe.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39.
Warm and welcoming, and always entertaining, 99 Hanover Street is at the heart of Edinburgh's bar scene.
In the heart of the Old Town, Cabaret Voltaire is a legendary live music venue in the vaults beneath North Bridge.
Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be.
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.
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 is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
Formerly a parsonage, Cloisters Bar is a uniquely traditional Edinburgh pub.
Just off the Royal Mile and Cowgate you'll find a craft beer shop and bar called the Salt Horse.
Meow Meow is an international actress, singer, and dancer.
Architect Rob can't find his Rotoring mechanical pencil.
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...
Richard's headed over to Leith to the eclectic bar that is The Mousetrap where he finds today's Edinburgh Barstar, Jay Weeks.
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 ...
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.
Just off George Street you'll find the Thistle Street Bar (the TSB as it's affectionally known).
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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...
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...
Broadway Baby's Senior Critic Simon Smith looks back over 2016, a year in which we took what we've learned for more than a decade as the biggest reviewer on the Fringe and turned o...
If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015.
Bobby Winner Ten Storey Love Song (adapted by Luke Barnes from the Richard Milward novel) is a play cum techno gig about five wretched tower-block inhabitants who deserve better fr...
Large Mojito at Pollyanna's... And then bed!
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!
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...
How do you tell a story using Shakespeare’s characters and make it original? How do you tell a story about Shakespeare himself for that matter? For Catriona Scott, playwright of ...
Salty Margarita at the Abattoir... Definitely not one of my five a day.
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.
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.
Sinking a Venetian Spritz with Tom from Tom and Will's Open Swim – Go see them – they are funnnnnnyyyyy.
Enjoying a Gancia Manhattan at the Italian Escape Bar, Pleasance. Getting a bit of heart burn.
There couldn’t be a more poignant time to retell the story of Dracula with a 21st-century twang.
Knocking back a Bellini at La Locanda on Cockburn Street. It's 10am.
Keeping it classy with a Prosecco Gold Rush at La Piazza - Prosecco, Archers and Vodka. Nice.
Into the Water is a fantastical folk-dance adventure set in a magical wasteland.
Forcing down a Bottega Bellini at the Pleasance. I'm a picture of health today.
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
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...
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.
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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.
Spreading my wings and trying an 80 Days Daiquiri at the IBIS Southbridge. Delish!!
Sharing a surprisingly refreshing Peach Appletini in the Pleasance with the writers and star of Channel 5's new comedy Borderline.
Shruti Chauhan is a poet and performer from Leicester.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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.
Clare Plested is still smiling as she continues her quest to bring us the Cocktail of the Day.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
It's time once again for Cocktail of the Day with increasingly alcoholic comic Clare Plested.
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?
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 is one of the organizers of Loud Poets, a poetry collective entering its third year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Broadway Baby, the largest reviewing publication at the Edinburgh Fringe, has named Henry St Leger as the Editor for this year’s festival.
Summer Days – the UK’s newest boutique music and food festival – has unveiled a trio of post-punk legends to bolster an already incredible and eclectic line-up.
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 has been named as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, filling the post Kath Mainland will vacate in March.
Every now and again you may fancy a little decadence.
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.
For the sweet-toothed among you there's a special joy in today's daily delicacy.
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.
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 ...
At the end of a long week you may find your reserves are running low and you're in need of a refueling.
Where pie is concerned I would almost always disregard the 'less is more' philosophy.
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.
Smack bang in the middle of town is the sought-after Edinburgh pie-ery with a huge selection of choices, Piemaker.
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...
Round two from our stand-up columnist Steffan Alun.
Everyone loves home cooking and in Edinburgh you can't get better than Mum's.
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.
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.
We've devoured our dinners, scoffed our snacks, and tested our tastebuds with some perfect pies, but there's something missing.
Stand Up Steffan Alun has a fair few things to say about stepping up to stand up at the Free Fringe.
Traversing the infamous Royal Mile can certainly be daunting during Fringe time, but there are hidden rewards if you stay the course.
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...
With over 70 craft brewing companies across Scotland, craft beer now contributes close to £63 million to the British economy.
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.
If you're pottering around Edinburgh and fancy a few of your five a day then rest a spell at The Elephant House.
If you're looking for a late night bite then take a trip to the small but perfectly formed Storries Bakery on Leith Walk.
There's a hidden gem in Nicolson Square, tucked away in a green and pleasant corner, and it's called The Well Cafe.
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.
Today's sumptuous serving needs no real introduction.
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 ...
A smash at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe half a decade ago, Shadow Boxing heads to the Greenwich Theatre in London.
2013 Performance Poetry World Cup Champion Scott Wings, part of the Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company in Brisbane, is performing his one-man spoken word/physical theatre Icarus F...