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Sam Dodgshon's Memory is Full
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Laughing at conspiracy theories.
Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time.
Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 1st - 10th Aug 2024
Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk.
Mel & Sam: High Pony
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Pussy-poppin’ Mel & Sam are yanking you by ya ponytails through a chaotic hour of musical sketch.
Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
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…
Sam Lake: Esméralda
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
An uplifting new show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise.
Sam Savage: Soar Like a Pigeon
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 26th May - 2nd Jun 2024
A show about getting older but not wiser.
Nerine Skinner: In Two Minds (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th May 2024
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
Sam See: And I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 17th - 19th May 2024
In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time.
Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th May 2024
"For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Andy Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride" - The i As seen on Netflix, Amazon …
Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th May 2024
"For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Andy Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride" - The i As seen on Netflix, Amazon …
Sam Dodgshon's WIP
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 11th - 28th May 2024
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Sam Dodgshon's Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 11th - 28th May 2024
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Rob Duncan is Leather Daddy. Who is Andy Duncan?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 8th - 13th May 2024
Rob Duncan has found a persona that really resonates with him.
Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 7th Jan 2024
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 18th Dec 2023
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
A Night Of Standing Up Comedy Featuring Sam Tallent
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Nov 2023
Sam Tallent (“the absurd voice of a surreal generation”- The Denver Post) is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast.
Andy Onions: PowerPointless
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 25th - 27th Aug 2023
A stupendously silly, high-octane stand-up comedy show.
Jez Lowe and Andy May – Songs, Strings and Small-pipes
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 23rd Aug 2023
Songs and tunes from North-East England, from award-winning songwriter and author Jez Lowe and his long-time musical collaborator and leading Northumbrian piper and pianist Andy Ma…
In Conversation with... Andy Burnham
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 22nd Aug 2023
Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping, transforming Greater Manchester into…
Created to Be Creative
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
Salvation Army artists from across the UK explore what it is to be creative in expressing their Christian faith.
Hannah Platt – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 21st - 28th Aug 2023
A work in progress from BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Hannah Platt.
Andy Miller: Michael Bublé and Rat Pack Tribute
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The A Club at the Merchants Hall
- 21st Aug 2023
Andy is one of Scotland’s top swing vocalists offering a big band sound production with professional sound and light.
Movin' Melvin Brown presents Sweet Soul Music (The Sam Cooke Story)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 16th - 27th Aug 2023
World-class entertainer Brown returns from his five-star musical A Man, A Magic, A Music presenting a dazzling journey through Sam Cooke’s life: The King of Soul Music.
Sam Campbell. Bulletproof Ten
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug 2023
Despite the allegations… The champ is back!!! The show will only go for ten minutes but you will remember it for longer.
Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th - 27th Aug 2023
Having done 17 full-run Edinburgh shows, Andy hasn’t done one for 17 years.
Not So Smart: Raising Funds for Crisis in Memory of Andy Smart
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 12th Aug 2023
An hour of stand-up, improv and utter wild nonsense celebrating the life of as-it-turns-out-not-immortal comedian, adventurer and raconteur Andy Smart.
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 11th Aug 2023
Andy Williams was one of the world’s greatest light music entertainers and, in celebration of his legacy, Paul performs many of Andy’s biggest hits.
Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Sam Fletcher: Pillock of the Community (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Nerine Skinner: In Two Minds (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 9th - 11th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Sam's Scriptz!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
Sam See: Government Approved Sex
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
***** (On The Mic, podcast) **** (FestMag.
Sam Coade and James Trickey: Floorfillers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Join rising stand-up chart-toppers James (Chortle Student runner-up, BBC New Comedy Award shortlist, Amused Moose New Comedian runner-up) and Sam (Komedia New Act nominee, West End…
Andy Field: Belligerent (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 3rd - 4th Aug 2023
Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he…
Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches: Combined Effort
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 9th Aug 2023
Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches present a split hour of award-winning stand-up and sketch comedy! Both acts feature silly and nerdy humour.
Andy Field: Belligerent (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 3rd - 4th Aug 2023
Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he…
Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, returns to Edinburgh.
Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elanor Parker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th Aug, 2023
Sam Lake wants to be a Daddy.
Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 31st Jul - 1st Aug 2023
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Andy Barr's Ill Defined Extravaganza - Penge Comedy Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Jul 2023
You sense the presence of an Extravaganza.
Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Jul 2023
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
Sam See: Government Approved Sex
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 19th Jul, 2023
Relationships, and break-ups in particular, are a common focus for stand-up.
Sam Morril: The Class Act Tour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Jul 2023
Stand-up comedy Sam Morril joins us at Leicester Square Theatre on July 1st as part of his "The Class Act Tour.
Sam Lake: Aspiring D.I.L.F
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
After his “Gut Bustingly Funny” (Deadline News) debut show last year, Sam Lake is back and he is DADDY.
Sam Lake: Aspiring D.I.L.F
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2023
After his “Gut Bustingly Funny” (Deadline News) debut show last year, Sam Lake is back and he is DADDY.
Sam's Scriptz!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 28th - 29th May 2023
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
Sam's Scriptz!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th May 2022 - 29th May 2023
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 27th - 28th May 2023
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 17th - 20th May 2023
Fresh from his off-broadway run and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, Sam is coming to London.
Movin' Melvin Brown presents Sweet Soul Music (The Sam Cooke Story)
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 17th - 19th May 2023
World-class acclaimed entertainer Movin’ Melvin Brown is back in Brighton with his smash hit soulful Musical ‘Me and Otis’.
Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2023
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
Sam Savage Dan Fardell (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2023
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
Hannah Platt (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 4th - 5th Mar 2023
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 4th Feb 2023
Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake.
In Conversation with... Andy Burnham
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 23rd Aug 2022
Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping and transforming Greater Manchester i…
Matt and Sam Attempt Murder
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The West End Comedy Club
- 22nd Aug 2022
At the 2022 Camden Fringe, Matt Rouse(“Solid attitude which he skilfully exploits” - Chortle) and Sam Picone(“Slick timing and effortless delivery” - Mo Gilligan) will atte…
Matt and Sam Attempt Murder
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The West End Comedy Club
- 22nd Aug 2022
At the 2022 Camden Fringe, Matt Rouse(“Solid attitude which he skilfully exploits” - Chortle) and Sam Picone(“Slick timing and effortless delivery” - Mo Gilligan) will atte…
Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 18th - 21st Aug 2022
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, …
Sam Eley: Ratbag
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker
- 16th - 21st Aug 2022
Are you reading this? Wow.
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 16th - 18th Aug 2022
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams is a solo acoustic concert showcasing many of Andy Williams’ greatest hits.
Say You're With Me – Piano and Creative Coding
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 16th - 28th Aug 2022
Algorithms are art.
Who I Am: The Bugle Creative Group With Ciara Menzies
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 15th - 26th Aug 2022
The Bugle is a project supporting people affected by homelessness and its surrounding issues to express themselves in art and writing.
Sam Campbell: Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 29th Aug 2022
Warning: I want to be worldwide performer. I hope you do not mind but this show will pretty much just involve me going up there and being nice with it.
Taiwan Season: Loud and Clear and in Sight: Female Visibility and Creative Voices in the Performing Arts
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 15th Aug 2022
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Split hour of stand-up from rising stars ‘brilliant.
Andy's Moon Show – How to Fake the Moon Landing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 15th - 19th Aug 2022
Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert, Shawn Moondez) as he explains the intricacies around faking the 1969 moon landing to his conspiracy theorist co-host and UK Improv …
Taiwan Season: Loud and Clear and in Sight: Female Visibility and Creative Voices in the Performing Arts
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 15th Aug 2022
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Andy's Moon Show – How Much is the Moon Worth?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 14th - 20th Aug 2022
Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert Shawn Moondez) as he explains various ways to value our moon to his co-host and UK Improv Smackdown 2022 winner, Rick Falcon.
The Marketplace and I: Commercial Experiences of Disability Explored Through Art
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whitespace 76
- 13th - 24th Aug 2022
What is it like to shop when disabled? Celebrating the diversity of disability and prioritising ability over disability, this exhibition explores disabled experiences in shops, pub…
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Creative Currency and Hormones
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 11th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Sam and Joe: Strikeout!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
- 7th - 28th Aug 2022
Chortle Student Comedy Award winner Joe Kent-Walters and runner-up Sam Williams join forces to bring you an absolute home run of a comedy show, covering two bases: stand-up and cha…
Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture
- Review
- ★★★
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 23rd Aug, 2022
Zany music and a psychedelic multimedia screen await the audience as we take our seats for Sam Nicoresti’s show Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture.
Tomas McCabe: How to Read Minds
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Tomas McCabe has had one of the most popular mind-reading shows at the Fringe since he first performed here in 2017.
Horizons
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 6th Aug 2022
Horizons is presented by the current UK Dance School of the Year, Fiona Henderson School of Dance (FHSD).
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Mean Girls and Creative Currency
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 5th Aug 2022
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Sam See: Government-Approved Sex
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
‘There’s real steel in his comedic bones’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2022, makes his solo Edinburgh debut.
Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
A one-man show set in early 90s London about a band who didn’t become rich or famous but had a manager who did.
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake.
Sam Taunton: Yoho Diabolo
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
One of Australia’s best stand-up comedians returns with his new show Yoho Diabolo.
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 20th Aug, 2022
Dealing with grief is something that is very difficult because it’s so personal and particular to the individual.
Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Andy’s an ideas man and he’s got ideas, man.
Sam Avery: Role Model
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th May 2022
Sam needs to step up.
Sam Avery: Role Model
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th May 2022
Sam needs to step up.
A RARE APPEARANCE FROM ALFIE PACKHAM AND SAM ELEY
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th - 26th May 2022
Alfie Packham and Sam Eley have turned up in Brighton to perform a blistering hour of their best stand-up for the first time.
A RARE APPEARANCE FROM ALFIE PACKHAM AND SAM ELEY
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 25th - 26th May 2022
Alfie Packham and Sam Eley have turned up in Brighton to perform a blistering hour of their best stand-up for the first time.
Sam Rhodes - Colossus of Rhodes
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Cellar Bar @The Brunswick
- 24th - 26th May 2022
Sam Rhodes is a Musical Comedian from South London.
Sam Rhodes - Colossus of Rhodes
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Cellar Bar @The Brunswick
- 24th - 26th May 2022
Sam Rhodes is a Musical Comedian from South London.
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 20th - 22nd May 2022
Award-winning stand-up and nice young man Sam Lake presents an hour of hilarious and camp stand-up shaped into a heart-warming love story, talking about his life goals, and how he …
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges / The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 30th May 2021 - 22nd May 2022
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake.
Sam's Scriptz!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 20th May 2022
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti-Wokeflake Snow Culture
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th May 2022
The new show from ‘Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021’ Sam Nicoresti.
Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti-Wokeflake Snow Culture
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th May 2022
The new show from ‘Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021’ Sam Nicoresti.
Alex Franklin and Andy Watts present: Andy Watts and Alex Franklin
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 8th - 9th May 2022
Alex Franklin (Brighton Comedy Award Finalist/ BBC New Comedy Award Nominee) and Andy Watts (Max Turner Prize Winner/ So You Think You’re Funny Runner-Up) have landed, and are re…
Alex Franklin and Andy Watts present: Andy Watts and Alex Franklin
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 8th - 9th May 2022
Alex Franklin (Brighton Comedy Award Finalist/ BBC New Comedy Award Nominee) and Andy Watts (Max Turner Prize Winner/ So You Think You’re Funny Runner-Up) have landed, and are re…
The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Underbelly Earls Court
- 7th Sep 2021
A live performance of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle.
The Misadventures of David & Sam
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 29th Aug 2021
Farmers-turned-entertainers David & Sam are ploughing up to George Square with their rambunctious family comedy, littered with the absolute best showmanship they can muster.
Sam Campbell: Companion
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 25th - 29th Aug 2021
Listen here.
Hannah Platt and Erika Ehler: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Hannah and Erika are two of the most exciting rising stars on the comedy scene.
Sam and Tim Present: Behind the Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
A series of quick-fire sketches riffing on ten years’ worth of observations on the bizarre quirks that make the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the collection of misfits and mishaps that…
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th - 20th Aug 2021
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake, a show about our obsession with goal setting, why we feel pressure to achieve things before a certain age.
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th - 20th Aug 2021
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake, a show about our obsession with goal setting, why we feel pressure to achieve things before a certain age.
Jenna Reid & Harris Playfair with Mr McFall's Chamber
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Old College Quad
- 19th Aug 2021
Shetland fiddler Jenna Reid and pianist Harris Playfair join the genre-defying string ensemble Mr McFall’s Chamber.
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 18th - 21st Aug 2021
Award-winning stand-up and nice young man Sam Lake presents an hour of stand-up talking about his #GOALS, and how he copes with succeeding and (more often) failing at them.
Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Comedy Time
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th - 29th Aug 2021
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It’s Comedy Time
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th - 29th Aug 2021
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field As seen/heard on BBC One, Radio …
Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Comedy Time
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th - 29th Aug 2021
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre / Museum of Comedy
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre / Museum of Comedy
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else.
The Misadventures of David & Sam
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Pleasance Theatre
- 13th - 14th Aug 2021
After an outstanding premiere at VAULT Festival 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing across to Islington with their rambunctious family comedy, littered wi…
LGBTQ+ creative storytelling workshop with Queer Britain
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- Friends House
- 10th Aug 2021
Join Queer Britain’s LGBTQ+ creative storytelling workshop to explore and share your own narrative, by creating a piece of LIVING HISTORY!An opportunity to come together post-lockd…
Sam and Mark's On The Road Show
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Underbelly Festival Cavendish Square
- 7th - 14th Aug 2021
Children’s TV royalty Sam and Mark, as seen on CBBC’s Big Friday Wind Up, Copycats and Crackerjack are delighted to be joining the hotly anticipated line up at Underbel…
Fireman Sam Live - Saves the Circus
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston / Underbelly Earls Court
- 2nd Aug 2021 - 28th Aug 2023
When all of his friends go away, Norman Price decides to find adventure in Pontypandy and become the star of a visiting circus.
The History Bois at ONCA Barge: Drag and Queer history creative workshops
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming / ONCA Barge
- 24th - 26th Jun 2021
POLITICAL DRAG WORKSHOP - 24/06, 2.
Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- New Venture Theatre
- 18th - 26th Jun 2021
The average person will speak about 123,205,750 words in a lifetime.
Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- New Venture Theatre
- 18th - 26th Jun 2021
The average person will speak about 123,205,750 words in a lifetime.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 9th - 10th Jun 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else .
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 9th - 10th Jun 2021
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else .
Arts Industry Networking Mixer with Brighton Fringe and Ironclad Creative
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 3rd - 24th Jun 2021
An online event, in association with the free digital platform The Ironclad Hub ( https://ironclad-hub.
Sam Lake: Cake
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming / The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2021
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake.
Greek mythology creative writing online workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 29th May - 5th Jun 2021
Join Dr Amanda Potter from the Open University for an online creative writing workshop, via Zoom.
Greek mythology creative writing online workshop
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Live Streaming
- 30th May, 2021
Despite some technical issues with the Brighton Fringe website, this Greek Mythology Creative Writing Workshop run by Amanda Potter (from the Open University) was a good way to get…
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 29th - 30th Apr 2021
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 16th Apr 2021
BORIS JOHNSON replaces Theresa May as PM.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2020
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Sam Campbell: Companion
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
If you want to make the finest wine, use the sweetest grape on the vine.
The Misadventures of David & Sam
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
After an outstanding premiere at VAULT 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing up to Bristo Square with their rambunctious comedy spectacular decorated with t…
Elliot Wengler: Special Features
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Jul 2020
Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200…
Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st May 2020
‘It was 24th June 2016 and I found myself contemplating a supermarket meal deal.
Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st May 2020
‘It was 24th June 2016 and I found myself contemplating a supermarket meal deal.
Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Mar 2020
Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An…
Sam Avery: Toddlergeddon
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th - 29th Feb 2020
The time is 4.
Sam Avery: Toddlergeddon
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th - 29th Feb 2020
The time is 4.
The Misadventures of David & Sam
- Listing All Genres
- Vault Festival
- The Vaults
- 2nd - 23rd Feb 2020
Join us, farmers, David and Sam, under the watchful eye of our rumbustious Gran, as we courteously portray to you our untold and epic adventures right here at VAULT Festival, in th…
Andy Zaltzman – Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd - 10th Dec 2019
Andy Zaltzman, host of the long-running worldwide hit satirical podcast The Bugle, comes to the Museum of Comedy.
Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Nov 2019
Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An…
International Creative Producer Training
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 20th Aug 2019
If you were starting out as a producer, what would you like to be taught? If you are starting out as a producer, what do you need to know and how would you like to be taught? If En…
Minds Alight!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Illuminations A Cappella’s powerful show Minds Alight!, in support of YoungMinds, combines their vibrant image and uplifting music to convey a powerful message of adversity, frie…
1-2-1 Surgeries for Creative Artists
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 15th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire – Blindfold Cliff-Edge Unicorn Brexit Britain Bogus Prime Minister Democrageddon American Elections Cricket World Cup General State of the World Specials
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 13th - 25th Aug 2019
Zaltzman, host of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle, brings his uniquely interactive stand-up show Satirist For Hire.
Forgotten Regions: Developing Theatre Through Rural Creative Hubs
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 12th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Andy Gunn Presents: From T-Bone To Trucks
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 4th - 18th Aug 2019
Following 2018’s sold-out run, Scottish virtuoso Andy Gunn’s back with his homage to the greats of electric blues guitar with a multimedia experience featuring projected films, nar…
Andy Gunn Acoustic: Whashappenin Edinburgo?!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys
- 4th - 22nd Aug 2019
Though known as a world-class electric player, Scotland’s own blues guitar virtuoso and radgiest of gadgies, here plays acoustic versions of original and obscure cover songs in a s…
Arts Barge Riverside Festival: 'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 3rd Aug 2019
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 3rd Aug 2019
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Fingers and Thumbs with Andy Gunn
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
Scotland’s own guitar virtuoso debuts an all new show exploring in trio format, various stringed instruments.
The Creative Martyrs: Kabarett DysUtopia
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2019
The term ‘cabaret’ is harder to pin down than the other show categories for Edinburgh Fringe.
Robert Powell 'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 3rd Aug 2019
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Creative People Need Data!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
Nicola Osborne (#CreativeInformatics, University of Edinburgh) reckons that data-driven technologies are inspiring new and unexpected opportunities for creative people and organisa…
Alcohol is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016-18.
Andy Barr: The Ruby
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Black Medicine
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
With his father recently deceased, minor aristocrat Andy Barr stands to inherit his fortune, his estate, his magnificent ruby and its terrible curse.
Sam Russell: Privileged to be Here
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
2019 eh? Why is politics? When is religion? Who is gender? Where is race? Confused? So is Sam.
Sam Nicoresti: UFO
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens.
Sam See: Coming Out Loud
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 6th Aug, 2019
It’s a fact of life that any standup on the Fringe who is neither white nor straight is likely required to spend at least part of their show addressing it.
Andy Field's Funeral
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
From BBC Radio 1’s The Andy Field Experience, ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central’s Ones To Watch.
99 (First World) Problems feat Andy Quirk and Anna J
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Andy Quirk, the UK’s premier rapper of first world problems and his surly lead backup dancer Anna J invite you to join their crew for their latest musical comedy show dealing wit…
Sam Lake and Chloe Petts: Household Essentials
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Sam Lake and Chloe Petts are Household Essentials.
Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!
- Review
- ★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 2nd Sep, 2019
Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies.
Sam Haygarth: Climate Crisis
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Sam Haygarth was arrested recently.
Andy Storey: Still (Awkward) Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘It’s difficult, I think, being a human person.
Francesco De Carlo: Winning Hearts and Minds
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Winning Hearts And Minds is a show about love and populism.
Sam Taunton: It's Nice, It's Modern
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Winner: Pinder Prize, 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Andy Smart: 40 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Andy has performed at 40 Edinburgh Festivals.
Sam Nicoresti: UFO £5 / PWYW
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 28th Jul 2019
In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens.
Andy Parsons: Work in Progress
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Jul 2019
Join Andy Parsons (Mock The Week) one of Britain’s finest political comedians as he tries out material ahead of his new tour ‘Healing Th…
Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th Jun 2019
Featured in the NYTimes and Time Out, this 24-year-old American sensation is set to make a bizarre and touching Edinburgh debut.
Sam Went: Bicentennial Fan
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 24th - 25th May 2019
Sam Went got dumped and did the very normal thing of transferring his feelings onto the 17th worst movie of all time - ‘Bicentennial Man’.
Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 21st - 24th May 2019
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
A Girl, Standing by Kate Reid
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Theatre503
- 21st - 25th May 2019
‘I’m not expecting anything.
I am not my disability
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- St Mary’s Church
- 19th May 2019
An exhibition of creative arts and live music produced and presented by adults with brain injury exploring the impact on self-identity whilst living with a range of disabilities.
Robert Ross presents: Jonathan Kydd - My Dad, Sam Kydd
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th May 2019
There was once an industry joke that Sam Kydd was in every British film ever made.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th May 2019
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through both song and over gesticulation.
Creative Writing Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- University of Brighton: Grand Parade
- 16th May 2019
This workshop is for anyone trying to start or finish a writing project.
Andy Field's Funeral
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 13th - 22nd May 2019
“Completely brilliant” ***** (Voice Mag) “For an hour of hilarious escapism, look no further” **** (Edinburgh Festivals) “Stellar puns, great one liners” **** (Fest…
Sam Savage: TRY
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 27th May 2019
How do you fit into a chaotic high-flying world when all you have ever really wanted from life is a smaller forehead and some biscuits? And what happens when you are ready to fight…
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carla van der Sluijs
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 17th May, 2019
Unspoken thoughts and heavy silences become deafening in this gripping production of Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by First Floor Productions.
Andy Bell is Torsten in... QUEERETERIA TV
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 10th - 28th Apr 2019
Post-Armageddon in a England of the near future, a merry band of surviving dysfunctional queers take over the television station and recreate, in excruciatingly diva dri…
Sunday Encounters: Anne Reid interviews Derek Jacobi
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 7th Apr 2019
Two of the most celebrated British icons of stage and screen, Sir Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid meet on stage in conversation for the first time.
Sam Avery: The Learner Parent
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 15th Mar 2019
Parenthood is a crafty beast.
Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 16th - 16th Feb 2019
Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey.
TRAJECTORIES II WORKSHOP: Creative programming with artificial life
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 16th Feb 2019
A creative programming session that is designed for those who are interested in the idea of artificial life.
Silence – A storytelling from Rachel Rose Reid
- Listing Spoken Word
- UK Regional & Tours
- Arnolfini
- 16th Feb 2019
Listen to the “Queen of the New Wave of Storytellers” (BBC Radio 3), as she reclaims and reconfigures a lost Arthurian epic following a non-binary knight on a quest for equalit…
Sam Avery: The Learner Parent
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 26th Jan 2019
Parenthood is a crafty beast.
Sam Avery: The Learner Parent
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th Dec 2018
Parenthood is a crafty beast.
Fresh Blood: Paul McNeive, Olivia Kiernan, Alex Reeve with Sam Blake
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 3rd Nov 2018
Bestseller Sam Blake brings you some of the strongest new voices in crime fiction and finds out just how they did it.
Sam Nicoresti's Bedtime
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Black Medicine Basement & Heroes / Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 15th - 25th Aug 2018
The hypnopompic boy king slam-dunks a sleepover-themed show so hard the hoop disintegrates.
Creative Project: An Afternoon With Wendy and Friends – Road to Meikle Seggie
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 24th Aug 2018
Creative Projects: An afternoon with Wendy and friends at Greyfriars Kirk.
Access All Areas: Creative Work Backstage
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Creative Edinburgh Careers Cafe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Creative Project: The Importance of Place – Collaging Workshop for Creatives
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jurys Inn
- 21st Aug 2018
21 August 2018, 10:00-13:00, The Space @ Jury’s Inn.
Andy Gunn Presents: From T-Bone to Trucks
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
Fronted by Scottish guitar virtuoso Andy Gunn, From T-Bone to Trucks will take you on a journey through the decades, showcasing the most loved and respected exponents of the blues.
Creative Producing: A Workshop
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Creative Talk: Let's Talk Blocks
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Andy Zaltzman: Right Questions. Wrong Answers.
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 15th - 26th Aug 2018
Zaltzman, host of long-running global hit podcast, The Bugle, returns to Edinburgh to (a) ask, (b) confront, (c) evade and (d) incorrectly respond to, the biggest questions facing …
1-2-1 Surgeries for Creative Artists
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 15th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Funding Creative Futures
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 11th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Sam Outlaw and Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquid Room
- 10th Aug 2018
Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year.
Andy Gunn
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 10th - 17th Aug 2018
Scottish guitar virtuoso Andy Gunn brings his soulful bluesy set to the Fringe with a rare stripped-back performance featuring songs from his latest album, Too Many Guitars to Give…
Someone Somewhere by Sam Potter
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 5th - 9th Aug 2018
Summer.
Dreamer by Sam Fitton
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
‘Ethereal tricks and awesome stunts fall effortlessly from his hands’ **** (TheWeeReview.
The Creative Martyrs: After the Apocalypse
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fingers Piano Bar
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
The end of the world is nigh.
Andy Barr: Neustadt
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Black Medicine Basement & Heroes
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Visionary architect Andy Barr, tasked with designing the ideal socialist city, is dragged into a paranoid nightmare of Cold War intrigue.
Sam Campbell: The Trough
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club / Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world’s largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398…
Andy Field the Love Tonight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Since the end of the last Fringe, Andy Field has been keeping a diary full of his thoughts, feelings and silly ideas.
Good Evening Edinburgh, It's Sam Kissajukian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Sam Russell: Lucky Bastard
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white, male privilege.
Andy Storey: Awkward
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
‘It’s difficult I think, being a human person.
Alcohol Is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016 and 2017.
The Adventures of Sam Swallow
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2018
Soar with Sam on his thrilling migration North! Journey through wondrous landscapes, meet the creatures that inhabit them, and see the impact of pollution and climate change.
Andy Onions – PowerPointless
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
High-octane, stand-up comedy show.
Sam & Tom: Interview
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Black Medicine Basement & Heroes
- 2nd - 13th Aug 2018
After reviewing your application, Sam & Tom are pleased to offer you the opportunity to interview for the position of audience in their new cult comedy show.
Sam & Tom: Interview
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Jul 2018
After review of your recent application Sam & Tom would like to extend to you the opportunity to interview for the position of ‘Audience’ for their new c…
Caroline Reid RAWR
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th - 30th Jun 2018
Caroline Reid, the comedian behind the beloved, brash flight attendant Pam Ann, is stripping off her stewardess uniform and performing her brand new, bare-all, stand-up …
Creative Café Brighton
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Basement
- 21st May 2018
Professional development workshops for artists.
Andy Quirk's Got First World Problems
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2018
East London’s premier rapper of first-world problems, Andy quirk, and his backup dancer Anna J, bring fist-pumping therapy for modern living to the masses.
Sam and Ben: Aliems!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 5th May 2018
Do you believe in.
Sam Simmons - RADICAL WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, 1960-1985
- Listing Spoken Word
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Think you know everything about the feminist Latin art movement of urban Puerto Rico in the 1970s?!?! Well think again as Sam Simmons turns this world inside out and upside down.
Sam Perry Live
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Hindley
- 10th - 17th Mar 2018
Sam Perry is a one-man orchestra who uses only his voice, a loop station, an effect pedal and microphone to create layers of haunting vocal harmonies, heavy bass-lines and break-be…
Alcohol is Good for You Too - Sam Kissajukian
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Producers
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017.
Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 24th Nov 2017
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
Reid Consort - Rachmaninov All Night Vigil
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh
- St Marys Cathedral
- 11th Nov 2017
Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7.
Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 13th Oct 2017
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
Classic Andy's Improv Comedy Party
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 22nd Sep 2017
Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party.
Creative Solutions for Creative Careers
- Review
- ★★★
- Katie Daniel
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 28th Aug, 2017
As part of Fringe Central’s Young Voices: Fresh Perspective programme, the Scottish Drama Training Network presented Creative Solutions for Creative Careers.
The Paper Cinema's Macbeth
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 28th Aug, 2017
The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth is a dazzling feat of storytelling.
Disability: The Low Down
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 20th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Creative Producing: A Workshop
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 19th - 26th Aug 2017
Truscott wrestles with: standing up while telling jokes, second shows, stealing material and bad reviews – back in the town where she got ‘em! All while paying homage to her fa…
Fuaigh – Interweaving
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 19th Aug, 2017
Fuaigh – Interweaving is a collaborative project about belonging, language loss and home.
One-on-One Surgeries for Creative Artists
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th - 18th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A Case of Wonders by Sam Fitton
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 16th Aug 2017
A theatrical twist on the traditional magic show, A Case of Wonders combines magic, comedy and special effects in its Edinburgh Fringe debut promising to be something out of the or…
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire (World of 2017 Special Edition)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 15th - 27th Aug 2017
Zaltzman, host of legendary podcast The Bugle, delivers satire on commission, as ordered by you, the public, in his unique interactive show.
Turntable / Edinburgh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 17th Aug, 2017
Michael John McCarthy’s Turntable is a project that has been touring Scotland for four years now, with the simple premise that music can help total strangers open up to one anoth…
Me, as a Penguin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 17th Aug, 2017
Tom Wells’s Me, as a Penguin, performed this August by Exeter University Theatre Company, is both a fun and melancholy look at loneliness, love and family.
Macblair
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C primo
- 16th Aug, 2017
Charlie Dupré’s Macblair reimagines the political life of Tony Blair as, to quote the production’s marketing, ‘a Shakespearean tragicomedy’.
Sam Simmons A-K
- Review
- ★★★★
- Charlie Ralph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 26th Aug, 2017
Sam Simmons is a dad now.
Wrong Tree Adventures
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 9th Aug, 2017
This August, Durham-based Wrong Tree Theatre are bringing three shows to Edinburgh; currently on offer is Souvenirs, a light-hearted adventure that draws on the heavy use of props,…
A Case of Wonders by Sam Fitton
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
A theatrical twist on the traditional magic show, A Case of Wonders combines magic, comedy and special effects in its Edinburgh Fringe debut promising to be something out of the or…
The Creative Martyrs: Kabakunst
- Review
- ★★★★
- Molly Stacey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fingers Piano Bar
- 11th Aug, 2017
What artsy, liberal Fringe-goer cannot help but identify with the image of the sad clown – monochromatic, melancholic, unsure whether to laugh or cry – after the political few…
Andy Storey and Maddie Campion: Epoch
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Black Market
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
An hour of upbeat stand-up from two thoughtful souls.
Andy Quirk's Got First World Problems
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Black Market
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
East London’s premier rapper of first world problems invites you to join his crew for a chart rundown of fist-pumping therapy for modern living.
Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake: Queens
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake are queens.
Was it good for you?
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 9th Aug, 2017
Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey.
Bone Woman
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 11th Aug, 2017
Bone Woman is a quiet, strange and beautiful production.
Atlas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 10th Aug, 2017
Natural philosophers Edmund Halley and Robert Hooke are engaged in a scientific wager that will crown the man who can prove why the planets move elliptically the victor.
Pike St.
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 15th Aug, 2017
I’ll make no bones about it: Pike St.
Border Tales
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 8th Aug, 2017
Following a turbulent year of politics and current affairs, this year’s Fringe programme is unsurprisingly loaded with all manner of shows trying to make sense of the world in 20…
The Sleeper
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 16th Aug, 2017
In 2015, Henry C Krempels was commissioned by VICE to write an article on the refugee crisis which was then at its peak.
Sleepwalkers
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th Aug, 2017
Opening with an audio recording of various real-life political statements – given by both normal citizens and political leaders – Sleepwalkers quickly registers its interest in…
A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 11th Aug, 2017
Inspired by a Kafka story, writer Josh Luxenberg and Brooklyn-based Sinking Ship have created a weird and wonderful piece of theatre in A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation).
Andy Barr: Tropic of Admin
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
Six years ago award-winning administrator Andy Barr was marooned on a tropical island.
The Crossing Place – Romantika
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC
- 7th Aug, 2017
The Crossing Place – Romantika has an absurdly joyous opening, which is unexpected considering that the show is marketed as a study of loneliness, anxiety and desire.
Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable)
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 11th Aug, 2017
The premise of Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable), here performed by Clumsy Bodies Theatre, is truly exciting.
Frogman
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse at CodeBase
- 7th Aug, 2017
Frogman is an oceanic coming-of-age drama split between two time frames.
Misterman
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C primo
- 11th Aug, 2017
For a one-man play, Enda Walsh’s Misterman feels almost mythically large in its intensity.
Mairi Campbell: Pulse
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 15th Aug, 2017
Mairi Campbell, acclaimed Scottish folk musician, is a joy to listen to.
Andy Stedman – Parental Guidance
- Review
- ★★
- Ben Munster
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 21st Aug, 2017
Andy Stedman’s son Freddy has been gifted a stand-up set in his honour.
Sam & Tom: Unrectifiable
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Post-sketch revival.
One-Man Apocalypse Now
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 14th Aug, 2017
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
Andy Daly: Monsters Take Your Questions
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2017
Fresh off the series finale of his critically acclaimed American comedy series, Review, Andy Daly (also seen on such shows as Eastbound & Down, The Office and Silicon Valley) makes…
Sam Goodburn: Dumbstruck
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Accidental clown turned multi award-winning performer Sam Goodburn plays a dumbstruck young man the morning after his first steps into manhood.
Sam Garlepp: Well, There You Go
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Ninety-four word limit? Well, better not waste any.
Creature
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 8th Aug, 2017
Creature is a contemporary dance show that tries to capture the essence of being human through what the publicity calls ‘aerial acrobatics and earth-bound choreography’.
Suspicious Minds
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
It’s been a particularly tough year for Mark and Fran.
Form
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 7th Aug, 2017
Form is a wordless physical tragicomedy about escaping the pressures and boredoms of contemporary life, if only momentarily.
Jelly Beans
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th Aug, 2017
Jelly Beans is a really, really horrible play.
The Andy Field Experience
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Clark
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2017
It’s a hard task to sum up quite what The Andy Field Experience is about without using the words surreal and odd.
Staging Wittgenstein
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 6th Aug, 2017
Staging Wittgenstein is a difficult production to categorise.
Swan Bake
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 5th Aug, 2017
Swan Bake is a riotously trippy and acerbically funny show.
Phil Wang: Kinabalu
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 18th Aug, 2017
Kinabalu is an astutely clever and astutely silly hour of stand up from British-Malaysian comic Phil Wang.
Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Life has three guarantees: you’re born, you die and if your name is Rio, you dance on the sand.
Medea on Media
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 4th Aug, 2017
Medea on Media is not your average spin on an Ancient Greek classic; Seongbukdong Beedoolkee’s production is fearless, irreverent, unsettling and, most surprisingly, a lot of fun…
Luocha Land
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 3rd Aug, 2017
Told through contemporary and ancient physical storytelling techniques, the National Theatre of China’s Luocha Land is a visual treat.
Speaking in Tongues: The Lies
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 27th Aug, 2017
Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues: The Lies is one half of a Doughnut Productions double bill showing at the Pleasance Courtyard this August.
Disability Equality Training
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 31st Jul 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
BEINGS plus Open Roads and Classic Andy
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 7th Jul 2017
BEINGS takes inspiration from audience suggestions to create three improvised tales dealing with the delights and woes of various… lifeforms, while Classic Andy explores unique c…
Simple Minds Acoustic Live
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 4th Jun 2017
Simple Minds will perform their acclaimed ACOUSTIC show across the UK & Europe in 2017. They will be joined by very special guest The Anchoress [Catherine AD] on the UK dates.
Andy Stedman: Parental Guidance
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 24th - 25th May 2017
Comedian and singer/songwriter Andy Stedman is a new dad for the first time and, taking this role as extremely seriously as he does, he has written a show dedicated to giving his l…
Sam and Ben: Shnozzleballers!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 6th May 2017
Sam and Ben fled a supernatural wizard realm 700 years ago after being challenged to a deadly game of Shnozzleball, which they were too chicken to accept.
Ron White – Live in Scotchland
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Speedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 28th Aug, 2016
If you’ve ever seen Ron White before, you already know what to expect.
Get Creative With Technology
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 25th - 28th Aug 2016
Would you like to get hands on with some of the latest digital technologies? From Microbit to Minecraft, Mindstorms to Makey Makey, this hour-long session will give you the opportu…
Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 23rd Aug 2016
Award-winning comedian Lost Voice Guy started off in a disabled Steps tribute band.
The Sanctuary of the Minds
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 21st - 29th Aug 2016
A spectacle of music, video, strobes, multimedia, animation in 3D and 2D, with treated and customised film, using colour effects, singing and flamenco percussion mixed with Scottis…
One-on-One Surgeries for Creative Artists
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 13th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
...And I Learned How to Make It Talk – How You Can Use Games for Creative Expression
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 8th Aug 2016
In this session, NVA Director and co-founder Iain Simons is going to explore these ideas, give examples of what the NVA is doing to help and generally get excited.
Huge Davies and Sam Lake: Joking Hazard
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
Huge is a musical comedian from Asia.
Andy Stedman: Nine Months and Counting
- Review
- ★★★
- Stanley Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 24th Aug, 2016
Andy Stedman: 9 Months and Counting is a gentle burble through the perils of impending fatherhood, combining musical comedy with sustained audience interaction.
Andy Field: Roar
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
There are many schools of thought as to what is best to write here but few are bold enough to address those schools at the expense of describing their own show.
David Longley: Everything I Hate About My Club Set
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Speedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 20th Aug, 2016
David Longley’s act is structured almost like Shakespeare, summarizing the course of the evening in its first moments: “I’ve always wanted to do standup that’s like talking…
Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah Gough
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 10th Aug, 2016
“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter.
Andy Zaltzman: Plan Z
- Review
- ★★★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 10th Aug, 2016
The Satirists for Hire returns to the fringe with another hour of bizarre similes, half baked ideas, and desire for a better world.
Sam Simmons: Not a People Person
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jamie P Robson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Potterrow
- 13th Aug, 2016
“It’s a bit tense in here tonight.
Sam Fletcher: Daftwerk
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee and CBBC star, Sam Fletcher, presents his usual heady, mid-afternoon blend of jokes, lo-fi showbiz flair, idiotic theatrics and so…
Andy Askins: The Man With No Name
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
Andy Askins lives in blissful ignorance, at odds with rational thinking.
Andy Storey @funnystorey
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
BBC New Radio Comedy Award finalist 2015 and human curiosity Andy Storey has always been positively cynical.
Sam Campbell: The Last Dreamer
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
Winner, Director’s Choice 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile
- Review
- ★★
- Stanley Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile is intended as a celebration of the awkward moments of social life.
Orlando Baxter: Suspensions, Detentions and Summer Vacations
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Speedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 24th Aug, 2016
Watching Orlando Baxter perform is like sitting down with your favourite teacher again: you hang on his every word.
Disability Equality Training
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 1st - 3rd Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb @ Craft Beer Co.
- 2nd - 4th Jun 2016
Can you really not talk? Are you just in it for the parking? These are just a few of the questions that BBC New Comedy Award Winner Lost Voice Guy gets asked on a regular basis.
Altered Minds, Altered Realities
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 13th - 15th May 2016
“Heart thumping.
Altered Minds, Altered Realities
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- The Warren
- 13th - 15th May 2016
““Heart thumping .
Andy and Sarah's Rantomime
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 10th - 14th May 2016
Every Christmas, comedians Andy Thomas (‘Crimes Against Humanities Teachers’) and Sarah Charsley (‘Ghost Sex’) meet to mime a rant, then do it for real.
Andy Kindler
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 28th Nov 2015
A stand-up known for criticizing fellow comedians or the state of comedy entirely, Mr.
Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Roundhouse
- 25th - 28th Nov 2015
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
An Evening With Sam Morril & Beth Stelling
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Village Underground
- 10th Nov 2015
Mr.
Joshua Bell and Sam Haywood
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
- 28th Oct 2015
These excellent musicians return to Carnegie Hall for a program featuring two major works of the piano-violin duo repertory — Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata …
Doug Segal: How To Read Minds And Influence People
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Behind The Wall
- 16th Oct 2015
‘Imagine if Derren Brown was funny’ (Evening Standard) Doug is an exciting new breed of psychological entertainer combining comedy with seeming feats of mind reading.
Patsy Reid
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 26th Aug 2015
Described by Lau’s Aidan O’Rourke as having ‘an accuracy and tone that many fiddlers only dream of,’ Patsy is one of the UK’s finest and most in-demand traditional musicians.
Disability – A Creative Advantage
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 26th Aug 2015
Looking at disability from a fresh perspective, Jo Verrent, Senior Producer at Unlimited illustrates just how disabled artists are using their lived experience (of disability) as a…
Lorna Reid: All of Me
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 24th - 26th Aug 2015
Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook.
The Ex
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 25th Aug, 2015
Dutch jazz punk veterans The Ex, have been going for thirty-five years.
You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th Aug, 2015
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
Borderlands
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 25th Aug, 2015
We are on the border between England and Scotland, life and death, fluid and solid.
Darkness Falls – John's Gospel
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Palmerston Place Church
- 22nd Aug, 2015
The Gospel of John is the most interesting of all the New Testament gospels.
Creative Exchange: Spoken Word
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2015
A creative play space for Spoken Word artists.
To Sleep To Dream
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall @ Tom Fleming Centre
- 24th Aug, 2015
To dream or not to dream? For the residents of Lhaytar, the only remaining city on an otherwise flooded Earth, the answer is definitively the latter.
Diversely Creative
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th Aug 2015
‘We live in one of the most diverse societies the world has ever seen, yet this is not reflected in the culture we produce, or in who is producing it’ (Sir Brian McMaster).
Quiet Violence
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 22nd Aug, 2015
The room smells of Deep Heat.
The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 21st Aug, 2015
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation is given a shaky new lease of life in this parody adventure by Tobacco Tea.
Stockholm
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Te Kore
- 19th Aug, 2015
Todd and Kali are a young couple.
Eclectically. Arranged. Poe and The Tell-Tale In Part
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th Aug, 2015
Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title.
ErictheFred
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 19th Aug, 2015
An ambitious clown show from veteran performer Chris Lynam, ErictheFred never quite lives up to its multimedia promise despite some impressive and funny moments along the way.
Woolly Eyed Turtle 3D
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cafe Camino
- 25th Aug, 2015
Emily Johnson and Maeve Bell are a double act from Ireland.
The Mountain Top
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 17th Aug, 2015
In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr went to Memphis.
Twin Primes
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th Aug, 2015
As any GCSE maths student will tell you, a prime number is one that has only two factors: one and itself.
Souvenirs
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 15th Aug, 2015
Ashley (Ellice Stevens) has just moved to a new town.
Fiesta de los Muertos
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th Aug, 2015
It’s one of the very few natural certainties that as we begin, so we must end – everything that lives, one day, has to die.
Writing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th Aug, 2015
A charming, witty and engaging show, Writing is an exploration of just that - the process of writing, as seen from a child’s perspective.
Mind the Gap
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 13th Aug, 2015
Six passengers travel on the tube from Stratford to Ealing Broadway.
How to Read Minds and Influence People
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tuesday McPhail
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 13th Aug, 2015
Doug Segal opens the show with a unique and refreshing approach to mentalism - it’s easy, you can do it too, and here’s how.
The Communist Threat
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 13th Aug, 2015
A hotel room in Vienna, 1950.
Lost Horizons Presents Folk at the Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Oak
- 7th - 28th Aug 2015
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
On Track
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug, 2015
A gallery space with assorted artworks: chainsaw, feathered headdress, a map of the world.
Incarnadine
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 11th Aug, 2015
Macbeth gets the prequel it never needed in Chiaroscuro’s portrait of the thane as a young warrior.
A Reason to Talk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 11th Aug, 2015
Sachli Gholamalizad moved from Iran to Belgium when she was five.
Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 22nd Aug, 2015
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Lost Horizons Presents Folk at the Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lost Horizons at Ryries Bar
- 7th - 28th Aug 2015
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
Sam and Tom from TV!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Sam and Tom! are an anarchic double-hander made up of comedic wunderkinds Tom Burgess ‘coldly psychotic’ (Chortle.
Sam Gore: The Cryptid Crossword
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Cryptozoology is the posh word for ‘the pursuit of hidden animals’ – those creatures that are theorised to exist, but haven’t yet been proven to by science.
Sam and Helen: Out There
- Review
- ★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 11th Aug, 2015
I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break.
PAN
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 15th Aug, 2015
PAN, the Korean word for festival, is a showcase of traditional dance and drumming and forms an eye-opening if not always compelling introduction to the country’s performance.
Traces
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 12th Aug, 2015
Traces has been amazing audiences around the world for nigh on a decade; it is a testament to the visual and theatrical power of the show that it’s lasted as long as it has.
Kafka's Ape
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 11th Aug, 2015
Franz Kafka’s short story A Report to an Academy takes the form of an informative lecture given by an ape called Red Peter.
Mitch’s Movie Pitches
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 11th Aug, 2015
Mitch (Eric Sigmundsson) loves movies.
Nocturnal Sunshine of Their Spotless Minds
- Review
- ★★
- Toh Wen Li
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 17th Aug, 2015
Wander around Edinburgh for any length of time and you will find that the Fringe has no shortage of shows with cringeworthy titles.
Wojtek: The Happy Warrior
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 17th Aug, 2015
In 1942, a girl traded some food for a Persian bear cub.
The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 19th Aug, 2015
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.
Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Can you really not talk? Have you considered an exorcism? Are you just in it for the parking? Have you ever tried talking just to see what happens? How do you have sex? Seriously, …
Sam Brady: Kindness
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 5th - 16th Aug 2015
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk Sam Brady explores his ongoing struggle to be a good person, and asks why kindness is so undervalued and so hard to practice.
Electric Dreams
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 19th Aug, 2015
Rose’s earliest memory is a ruined birthday party at the age of eighteen.
The Remnants: As Thyself
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 17th Aug, 2015
A short and beguiling piece of theatre, As Thyself is presented here as the first part in a conceptual series of plays by Isla van Tricht, although it was originally a standalone p…
Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laurie Kilmurry
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Potterrow
- 17th Aug, 2015
Sam Simmons’ show is completely mad right off the bat.
Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 14th Aug, 2015
A crucifix, a menorah, the smell of incense.
Scattered
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 11th Aug, 2015
When their estranged father dies, twins Nicky and Jake reunite to execute his will.
The Remnants: Threadbare
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 20th Aug, 2015
Archimedes (Alexander Wilson) is interested in scopophilia, pleasure derived from looking.
Sam & Tom from TV!
- Review
- ★★★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- Tea Pot
- 27th Jul, 2015
Sam Nicoresti and Tom Burgess used to be on Nickelodeon until “the incident we can’t talk about”, happened.
Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Blackwell
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 26th Jul, 2015
Goronwhy Thom bursts through a film screen on stage after some very clever filmography and you just know that this group is taking it back to basics.
Creative Differences Collective ‘15
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: The Pit
- 26th - 28th May 2015
BA(Hons) Creative Performance present five shows in four slots over three nights across two venues! Featuring a UKIP enforcer and non-racist, aliens on tour, a virginity auction, s…
Creative Kidzone @ The Lantern
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 24th - 28th May 2015
A week of workshops for young creatives: Write and Draw Your Own Storybook 24th @ 10.
Andy White: Daddy Fool
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 23rd May 2015
Do you strive to be a better parent? Don’t worry, you’ll always be a better one than comedian Andy White.
Doug Segal's How To Read Minds and Influence People
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 15th - 17th May 2015
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny.
Andy Thomas: My Kampf
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Dukebox Theatre
- 4th - 22nd May 2015
Andy ‘Turmoil’ Thomas delivers a one man performance about his life and ‘struggle’ to work out why everything has to be so difficult.
Sam Kim
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
- 28th Feb 2015
In “Sister to a Fiend,” Ms.
Fridays at Noon: Andy de Groat
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- 92nd Street Y
- 6th Feb 2015
The choreographer Catherine Galasso presents a selection of rarely seen dances by Andy de Groat, as part of the 92nd Street Y’s midday series.
Andy Borowitz in Conversation with Soledad OBrien
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- 92nd Street Y
- 10th Dec 2014
One of the country’s finest satirists, Mr. Borowitz joins Ms. O’Brien for a retrospective of the biggest news stories of 2014.
The Andy Kaufman Award
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theater East
- 12th Oct 2014
Now in its 10th year, this award show recognizes quirky up-and-coming artists who perform “in the spirit of the comic legend.
BBC: Bridget Christie Minds the Gap
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 24th Aug 2014
Bridget Christie returns to BBC Radio 4.
Lorna Reid’s Lounge Trio
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 21st - 24th Aug 2014
Join Lorna and her award-winning musicians for a laid-back hour of classic jazz from great writers Cole Porter to Rogers and Hart.
(Un)tied
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 22nd Aug, 2014
Georg Büchner’s fragmented masterpiece Woyzeck has always attracted experimentation, from one-man shows to Punchdrunk’s latest, The Drowned Man.
Amy K
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 21st Aug, 2014
The expectations and contradictions of the modern world are explored in Deborah Gibbs’ well-meaning but heavy-handed production inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Trial.
Why Is Life Like Sparrows?
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 19th Aug, 2014
Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes.
Seawall
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 14th Aug, 2014
Putting on Sea Wall at the Fringe is a bold move.
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire
- Review
- ★★★
- Hamish Hartnoll
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 15th Aug, 2014
Andy Zaltzman, best known for his central involvement in The Bugle Podcast, brings his satirical wit to Edinburgh with Satirist For Hire.
Actors
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 16th Aug, 2014
There’s an hour to go before an amateur production of Hamlet – the star of the show still hasn’t turned up, the rest of the cast hate each other and the director’s an egoma…
The Boy in Blue
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 13th Aug, 2014
Bringing a show to the Fringe is a daunting prospect even for established theatre companies.
The Constant Soldier
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 13th Aug, 2014
A soldier sits in an anonymous room.
Janine Matheson - Director of Creative Edinburgh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Business School
- 11th Aug 2014
The E Club, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host Janine Matheson as part of our Fringe series.
Pieces of Eight
- Review
- ★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 16th Aug, 2014
Aberdeen’s Literal Lines bring their confused and incoherent sketch show to Edinburgh for the first time.
The Hunting of the Snark
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 17th Aug, 2014
Chicago’s Forks & Hope Ensemble brings Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsensical poem to magical life in this youthful and ebullient adaptation.
This Wide Night
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 23rd Aug, 2014
Chloë Moss’ 2008 play about two women reunited after getting out of prison is confidently revived by SUDS in Eliza Gearty and Tom Herbert’s searing production.
Leave Me
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 12th Aug, 2014
Boy meets girl.
My Luxurious 50 Square Feet Life
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- just Festival
- 12th Aug, 2014
In Hong Kong, thousands of people – poor families, students, white-collar workers – live in dystopian-sounding “sub-divided units” that sometimes only amount to 50 square f…
McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th Aug, 2014
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 …
Six Billion Suns
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 13th Aug, 2014
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.
Antonio Forcione: No Strings Attached
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 11th Aug, 2014
Antonio Forcione is such an established and adored Fringe regular it almost seems redundant reviewing him because, just as day follows night, a five star review follows Foricone’s …
The Man Who Almost Killed Himself
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 9th Aug, 2014
The Man Who Almost Killed Himself is a funny and tragic true story inspired by the work of anthropologist Andrew Irving in Uganda and Eastern Africa.
Alice
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 11th Aug, 2014
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.
I Promise I Shall Not Play Billiards
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 7th Aug, 2014
In the mid-19th Century, Madeleine Smith was accused of poisoning her lover, Pierre Emile L’Angelier.
Biding Time (Remix)
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 9th Aug, 2014
Biding Time (Remix) holds some interesting ideas and memorable visuals, but it’s often hard to decipher what the aim of the company’s design and concept really is.
The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 11th Aug, 2014
Every evening, the understated sacred space of St.
The Day Sam Died
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 14th Aug, 2014
This piece of surrealist theatre successfully dramatises the issues it sets out to explore and uses neat theatrical devices to do it.
Larkin' About
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 9th Aug, 2014
Larkin’ About is a retrospective-come-biography of renowned contemporary poet Philip Larkin.
Private View
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 17th Aug, 2014
Plunge Theatre’s Edinburgh debut unflinchingly explores 21st century femininity in this confrontational piece of modern feminism in which three women explore perceptions of…
Landscape with Skiproads
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 11th Aug, 2014
What happens when the past collides with the present? If the philosophical is made tangible, does it still have the power to transform? And can myths ever hold any relevance to our…
The Creative Martyrs: Cabapocalypsaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Voodoo Rooms
- 7th Aug, 2014
Last year the Creative Martyrs offered weary Fringe-goers refuge from the apocalypse in their musical show at the end of the world.
Stackard Banks is Self-Discovered
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Ciao Roma
- 10th Aug, 2014
An Amazonian tribe, a German arch-nemesis and The Bourne Ultimatum are just three of the things on the mind of world-renowned adventurer Stackard Banks, played with much gusto …
Sam Avery: Rock and Dole
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2014
Sam Avery wanted to be a rock star.
Riptide: The Slasher Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 16th Aug, 2014
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…
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 11th Aug, 2014
Mervyn Stutter has been sourcing and sharing his picks of the Fringe for, unbelievably, 28 years and he is clearly not waning when it comes to separating the wheat from the chaff.
Watching Windows
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th Aug, 2014
In 1964, a young bride is discovered standing on a high window ledge at her own wedding reception.
Sam Brady: Kindness
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cabaret Voltaire
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk Sam Brady explores his ongoing struggle to be a good person and asks why kindness is so undervalued.
Hooray for Ben Target
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 7th Aug, 2014
Hooray for Ben Target is a show in development, the idea being that by the 25August it will be full of great ideas.
Unicornucopia
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Globe Bar
- 14th Aug, 2014
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…
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th Aug, 2014
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams is an enjoyable hour of theatre that is occasionally funny and often moving, with plenty of eccentricity to keep things interesting.
Enigma - Emmy Goering (Hitler's Diva)
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 10th Aug, 2014
Never has pre-show music been better selected: upon entering the second theatre space at Surgeon’s Hall we are greeted with a single mournful violin battling against heavy acoust…
Fragile
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 5th Aug, 2014
Let it be known now: this show is not an easy watch.
Pioneer
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 13th Aug, 2014
Curious Directive have hit the Fringe this year with epic sci-fi drama Pioneer, a space-exploration thriller of stunning proportions.
Mafia on Prozac
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th Aug, 2014
Jay (T.
Sam Larner Can't Say His R's - With Other Guests Who Can
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
A late night lock-in with elf loving, Edgar Allen Poe and speech impediments on the agenda.
The Rose of Jericho
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th Aug, 2014
In a bare room, ex-soldier Danny (Kevin Hely) tells his life story: a troubled childhood, new beginnings in London and the horrors of Kosovo and Iraq.
Hamlet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 10th Aug, 2014
New theatre company Gin & Tonic makes an assured debut with an abridged version of Hamlet that breathlessly energises Shakespeare’s masterpiece with a confidence not often seen i…
Klip
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 9th Aug, 2014
Klip describes itself as “a collage of carefully chosen coincidences”.
Gordon
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Sometimes less is more.
The Sons of Pitches: Boiler Alert!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 19th Aug, 2014
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…
Casual Violence: The Great Fire of Nostril
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2014
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…
Eric Davidson - The Independent State of Eric
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 11th Aug, 2014
Eric Davidson’s blend of wordplay, poetry, rhyme, song and comedy is somewhat legendary among Fringe savants and he doesn’t disappoint with his new show.
Treasure Island
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 12th Aug, 2014
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is given a family-friendly and wonderfully whimsical adaptation in this new production by Fourth Monkey.
Bond!
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 16th Aug, 2014
There is only one way that Gavin Robertson can possibly start Bond!, his one-man parody of Ian Fleming’s greatest creation.
Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Folk duo Bookends, made up of David Haynes and Pete Richards, pay homage to one of the greatest pairings in modern folk music with this heartfelt, competent and surprisingly mult…
Mick Ferry: What's Going On?
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 11th Aug, 2014
Mick Ferry’s flyer has quotes from John Bishop and Jason Manford declaring his genius so from the offset is pretty predictable what one is going to receive in this amusing but forg…
Guilt & Shame: Going Straight
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 14th Aug, 2014
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…
A World Beyond Man
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 18th Aug, 2014
In 1912, Captain Georgy Brusilov sailed to the Arctic.
Andy Field is a Giddy Manchild
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
This show will either be great or, like, ironically great because of how bad it is.
SmallWar
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2014
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…
Strange Face - Adventures with a Lost Nick Drake Recording
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde
- 12th Aug, 2014
Mike Burdett’s one man show has all the signs and potential for being a Fringe hit but, sadly, due to some underdeveloped writing and wayward lessons, it doesn’t quite hit the mark…
Red Tap/Blue Tiger
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 5th Aug, 2014
A taut piece of modern drama about broken homes and broken lives, Red Tap/Blue Tiger marks Richard Vincent’s successful return to theatre and sees the emergence of exciting young…
Tomas Ford Stop Killing People
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 21st Aug, 2014
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 Confessions of Gordon Brown
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 9th Aug, 2014
Gordon Brown was, according to the blurb for this show, our greatest failing as a Prime Minister in 200 years.
I Promise You Sex and Violence
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at King’s Hall
- 13th Aug, 2014
Northern Stage’s production of I Promise You Sex and Violence is a critique of modern attitudes to homophobia, racism and sexuality.
A Kitchen Nightmare
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 5th Aug, 2014
There are only two jokes in A Kitchen Nightmare.
Government Inspector
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2014
Born from the Young Pleasance brood, Incognito theatre in association with Pleasance present their wild and witty take on this secondary school favourite – Gogol’s Government Ins…
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 5th Aug, 2014
Grab your feather boas, slug down a bottle of Jack Daniels in one and prepare yourself for this rocking, superb and moving show.
Alistair Green: Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 19th Aug, 2014
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 …
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 9th Aug, 2014
Writer and performer Jessica Sherr claims she has always been in love with the 1930s and 40s and it shows in this enjoyable and insightful one-woman show.
The Quant
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Solo Theatre
- 5th Aug, 2014
The world of high-level economics is no less mystifying after this one-man show by Jamie Griffiths, but he does at least shed some light on the individuals caught up in the financi…
God Is in My Typewriter
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Solo Theatre
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Anna-Mari Laulumaa’s one-woman show about the life of troubled poet Anne Sexton is as uncompromising and uncomfortable as Sexton’s work itself.
My Obsession
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th Aug, 2014
Suki Webster’s debut play explores the relationship between comedians and their superfans.
Circumcise Me
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 7th Aug, 2014
Yisrael Campbell is just your average Irish, Italian, Catholic, American, recovering alcoholic, Reform Jew, Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, husband, father of four, comedian.
Early Doors
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: The Pub
- 10th Aug, 2014
Famed fan of the sauce Oliver Reed once said, “You meet a better class of people in pubs.
Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2014: Real Feelings
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th Aug, 2014
Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe.
Jason Cook: Broken
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 7th Aug, 2014
Jason Cook reveals near the beginning of Broken that his journey into stand-up comedy was a stereotypical one.
Cutting Off Kate Bush
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 8th Aug, 2014
Lucy Benson-Brown’s one woman show explores mid-to-late twenties inertia, family values and how we pin hopes and philosophies on the tunes of our favourite musical artists.
Ian Smith – Flappable
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2014
The chatty Yorkshire patter of Ian Smith’s comedy offers an incredibly relatable show in the Pleasance comedy programme at this year’s festival.
Normal/Madness
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2014
One issue addressed in this powerful and moving one-woman show is the unfortunate truth that mental illness is still massively misunderstood - a symptom that also seeps into thea…
Boxman
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 5th Aug, 2014
Boxman, the eponymous star of this one man show, is a lad, no doubt about it.
He Had Hairy Hands
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
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…
Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 14th Aug, 2014
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…
...and This is My Friend Mr Laurel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th Aug, 2014
Laurel and Hardy are widely considered to be the greatest comedy pairing of all time and this touching one-man show does a lot to display the deep affection and loyalty the two men…
Dracula
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
Vampires never seem to go out of fashion.
The Beta Males: Happenstance
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2014
Fierce, fast, farcical and ferocious, The Beta Males certainly pack a punch in their new show Happenstance.
Alex Edelman: Millennial
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
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…
Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 30th Jul - 25th Aug 2014
Only two human activities happen in front of a brick wall.
The Sam & Joe Show
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Carolines
- 6th - 27th Jul 2014
The up-and-coming favorites Sam Morril and Joe Machi host this weekly stand-up show, with performances from Josh Gondelman, Nick Vatterott, Anthony DeVito and Seaton Smith.
Caribbean Creative Mash Up
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The WaterBar
- 25th May 2014
A discussion and networking session on UK, St Lucia and West African opportunities for artists in the creative industries.
Soapy Sam
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 24th - 26th May 2014
Sam LOVES hiding, especially at bath time.
Brighton YMCA Creative Showcase
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- George Williams Centre
- 20th - 24th May 2014
A fascinating and exciting collection of artwork created by Brighton YMCA residents.
Open Minds Living Library
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Library Square
- 12th May 2014
Experience life from another perspective! Borrow a Human Book who will share extraordinary stories of survival and resilience.
Creative Sewing Workshops
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Door Barns
- 10th - 17th May 2014
Sew Fabulous hold vintage inspired creative workshops in beautiful locations.
Andy Seize: Off the Rails
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Hilton Metropole Hotel
- 7th - 14th May 2014
Andy Seize is an artist who has always had an awareness of the ‘bigger picture’.
The Jokes I’m Most Fond of...
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Gardom
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 6th May, 2014
Glenn Wool is a 20-year veteran of the comedy circuit.
Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Gardom
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th May, 2014
This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival.
Things Have Been a Little Bit Tricky
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Gardom
- Brighton Fringe
- Jilted Dog Art
- 6th May, 2014
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
Sam Brady: Kindness
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Upstairs at Three and Ten
- 2nd - 4th May 2014
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk, Sam Brady explores his struggle to become a ‘good person’ and asks why kindness is so undervalued.
Festival of the Spoken Nerd
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 4th Aug, 2012
‘Everything is easier to explain if you use lots of fire.
Sam Brady: Kindness
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 22nd Feb - 8th Jun 2014
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist Monk, Sam Brady, takes his comedy show, Kindness on UK tour, starting in Leicester on 22nd February.
Kim Edgar
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Kim Edgar played to an appreciative and reverent audience at St Mark’s on Castle Terrace, during a set that featured songs from both of her…
Gill Reid and Tom Reynolds
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug 2013
A shared love of songs, some original, some unaccompanied - sung with broad smiles and borrowed bravery, bringing acoustic music with heart and soul to the AMC stage.
Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
A reliable vein of new talent since its inception in 1988, the So You Think You’re Funny? comedy awards have provided a steady stream of ingenious new acts.
Rave Generation
- Review
- ★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2013
To describe this show as a love letter to drugs would probably undersell the level of pro drug propaganda that this tripe puts forward.
Flhip Flhop
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Rannel Theatre’s breakthrough 2009 show Flhip Flhop is back in Edinburgh for a limited run and they’re as brilliant as ever.
Captive Minds
- Review
- ★★
- James Macnamara
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2013
Ironic isn’t it? A show about a psychopath and it made me want to kill someone.
Flanders and Swann
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
In celebration of the 90th anniversary on the birth of Michael Flanders, Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh-Atkins return to the Fringe armed with suits, songs and plenty of style.
Sid and Valerie
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
All singing, all dancing, all Werther’s bearing Sue MacLaine and Emma Kilbey bring to the Fringe their characters Sid and Valerie Lester.
Bruce Dingerdik's Top End Tour
- Review
- ★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
If you thought that ‘Neighbours’ was about as mundane as Australian stereotypes got, then you were wrong.
North Sea Gas: In Concert
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs.
Ragged Glory
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Bringing together traditional Scottish folk songs, bluegrass and Americana, Ragged Glory present an hour of curated folk for a more discerning Fringe audience.
Adventures of Andy Kershaw
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Kershaw has had a lot of bad press over the last decade for his personal life but he’s back on track and promoting his autobiography No Off Switch at the Auditorium, Ghillie Dhu …
Seussical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
This energetic cast and their enthusiasm make this a genuinely enjoyable performance.
Distant Shore
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Hailing from Canberra Australia is The Other Side, a group comprised of Mike Lyons and John McCarthy, joined by Mary.
Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Folk stalwarts Yard of Ale are in residence at the Guildford Arms for the duration of the 18th Caledonian Folk and Blues Festival and they play with the confidence and verve of old…
Red Hot Chilli Pipers
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
From the tremblingly loud intro to the wild medley of an ending, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers were magnificent.
The Secret Garden
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
3Bugs Theatre Company return to the Fringe with a new adaptation of this classic children’s story.
Omid Djalili Live
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 15th Aug, 2013
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.
Shostakovich Late
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
After a long day trotting around Edinburgh from venue to venue, taking chances on shows that turn out to be rubbish, take yourself down to The Royal Over-Seas League and ease away …
Music in Manufacture
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Comprised of 9 silent short films with musical accompaniments from Dmytro Morykit, Music in Manufacture seeks to bring together two different mediums to create something entirely n…
Merrymouth
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Although Merrymouth may not be instantly recognisable to the lay-person on first glance, they are a band that after one listen grab hold of you and don’t let go.
The Alternative Comedy Experience
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
With a formidable line-up and a jam-packed room in the Stand’s main auditorium, the Alternative Comedy Experience was always going to be one of the most promising comedy events i…
Project Lolita
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
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 …
Beethoven for Breakfast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Beethoven for Breakfast is a soft ease into an Edinburgh day.
1,000 Suns
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
The Cold War is over, but this time America lost.
FOX
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Children and adults alike will be familiar with Roald Dahl’s timeless story of Fantastic Mr Fox.
Gobsmell: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously.
At Wit's End
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
With sketches ranging from speed dating to a prostitute on Dragons Den and women talking at the toilet mirrors, At Wit’s End is a sketch comedy that covers lots of bases but fails …
Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Bringing their fusion of guitar and mandolin to the Fringe Festival, Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett set out a show that promises ‘a depth of soul seeking and cerebral intensity …
The Deep Red Sky - Live (Acoustic)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
The Deep Red Sky are Scottish five-piece ensemble which blends guitars and three-part harmonies to create a brand of alternative rock akin to Pacific Northwest bands.
McNeil & Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Mario Kart, Street Fighter and Bomber Man are all names that strike nostalgic excitement into the hearts of many of a certain generation.
Dougie MacLean in Concert
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Describing himself as a ‘troubadour’ musician, Dougie MacLean returns to the Fringe Festival for the twentieth consecutive year with his classic folk sounds.
Pip Utton - Adolf
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Twenty years on from his first performance, Pip Utton returns to the Fringe Festival with his one man show Adolf.
Are You a Technophile? - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta…
Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Tasting
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Is there any better way to spend an afternoon than sitting in a wood panelled, beautiful, archaic board room, sipping on an array of expensive, high class, tasty beverages from aro…
Cat Stevens Reconstructed
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Cat Stevens Reconstructed is far more than a tribute act to the legendary singer songwriter.
The Diary of Anne Frank
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
The story of Anne Frank is one that many in the world are familiar with.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [B]
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Gareth Morinan likes his women the same way he likes his data: compatible with Microsoft Excel.
The Rimers of Eldritch
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Set in the fictional Rust Belt town of Eldritch, Missouri, Lanford Wilson’s play The Rimers of Eldritch is brought to the Fringe by Bronxville High School.
The High-Schooler's Guide to the Galaxy
- Review
- ★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Claiming to ‘hilariously’ address the issues of high-school and create a helpful guide, Memorial High School from Houston Texas have come to the Fringe Festival with their show ent…
School Night
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
School Night joins the ranks of late night, best of the fest numbers at Pleasance Courtyard, the setup being the audience are the pupils and the comedians the teachers, all there t…
Norwegians of Comedy
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
From the country that gave the world fjords, A-Ha and open sandwiches comes Lars and Martin with their stand-up comedy act Norwegians of Comedy.
Domestic Science
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Ever found yourself sat in the audience for a stand-up and thought: ‘This is all very well and good, but I don’t think they know much about physics’? If you’re the sort tha…
Cassetteboy vs DJ Rubbish
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
I am middle class.
The Graveyard Slot
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
The Graveyard Slot, a ‘live radio show’, attempts to throw its audience back to the days of must-listen wireless drama with a story of death, deception, spectres, spirits and all t…
10 Films with My Dad
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
Many of my formative childhood memories involve the cinema – the first time I was taken to see Star Wars on the big screen, or watching an animated African savannah unfold in The…
Rory O'Hanlon: Don't Drink Don't Smoke
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
One of the saddest things you can see at the Fringe is a good act being ignored.
On Hold
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
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…
Big Comedy Lunch
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Early afternoon gigs are generally seen as low-profile, low-quality slots in the hierarchy of festival scheduling, but sometimes they can hide events that definitely shouldn’t be…
India Flamenco
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
This exploration of the relationship between traditional Indian dancing and flamenco does exactly what it says on the tin.
Thor of the Common Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Theatre SanTuoQi bring their famed blend of dance, physical theatre, puppetry and Nuo Opera to the fringe for their exploration of everyone’s favourite Norse deity.
Whodidit
- Review
- ★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
The question that arises during the viewing of Whodidit, a spoof murder mystery that riffs on long running mega-success The Mouse Trap among others, is not the eponymous one but a …
Laquearia
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Describing itself as ‘lecture-demonstration’ in its program introduction, Laquearia attempts to answer whether the chess match in Samuel Beckett’s 1938 book Murphy could be used as…
All Or Nothing
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
Chatroom
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
What exactly is your teenager doing on the computer? Who are they talking to? These are two questions that many parents are asking in this internet-dominated era.
MurleyDance Double Bill
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Through the two pieces that make up this double bill, La Peau and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, MurleyDance show off their immense skill and enviable talents in a production t…
The Circus of Terror
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
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.
The TEAM Makes a Play
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien…
Sam Rose in the Shadows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
A sketch comedy with an overarching narrative, The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree is this year’s offering from the Birmingham University’s sketch troupe.
Punchline
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Just how easy is it to be a comedian? Why are some things funny and others not? These are just some of the question that Punchline, written by Ross Ericson, poses.
Cut!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
A piece of new writing from Durham University’s Hyena theatre company, Cut! stages the tumultuous and often frustrating journey that it can take to put on a theatrical production…
God of Carnage
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Yasmin Reza’s modern masterpiece is here brought to life in the most frenetic, extreme and exciting way.
Peter Antoniou: Comedium
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
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…
Birdhouse
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
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…
The Greatest Liar in All the World
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio.
Mike Wozniak - Take The Hit
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2013
Mike Wozniak seems too nice to make a good job of murdering his mother-in-law, even though he seems to fantasize about it a hell of a lot during his show Take the Hit.
Paul Foot: Words
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Paul Foot, the backwards-haircut (short on top, long on the sides) staple of comedy panel shows, brings his slurring style of delivery and love for all things surreal to the Fringe…
Leo
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
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.
The Comedian's Comedian Live with Stuart Goldsmith
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
This show is billed as a comedian’s comedy show for comedians.
Say It Again, Sam
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Sam tells a dark story of hidden Edinburgh - a tale of desperation, existentialism, slow jazz and, of course, a woman.
The Bread and the Beer
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
In our day to day anodyne world of commuting and spam e-mails it’s easy to forget that sometimes we all need to swill a beer, dismiss our troubles and dance to our sweaty content.
Jonny Donahoe: Class Whore
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
Making his solo stand-up debut at the Fringe, Jonny Donahoe brings us his show Class Whore that has a message both political and emotional.
Nick: An Accidental Hero
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
In this one woman show by Renee Lyons, accidental hero Nick tells the remarkable true story of Nick Chisholm, a New Zealand native who suffered a brain stem stroke and his recovery…
John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Pointing his target at corporations, appealing to the lowest common denominator and anthropomorphism, John Gordillo’s Cheap shots at the Defenceless is a satirical look at aspects …
Rouse Ye Women
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
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 …
Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
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.
Tristan Garrel Cambridge
- Review
- ★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Part of the duty of a Fringe reviewer is to tell the entire world when they’ve found the worst act in the festival, so that the rest of the public can avoid it and save themselve…
The Maydays: Confessions
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
My only experience of the confessional comes from mafia films, but after The Maydays’ brilliantly funny afternoon show at the Underbelly, I might just start attending on a regula…
Faux Latino Show Pony
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Sometimes, you’ll see a comedian so bad, so poor, so earth-shatteringly unfunny that you’ll ask yourself: is this supposed to happen? Fortunately for Jacob Edwards, it is part …
Romeo and Juliet
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St John’s College, Wolfson Theatre
- 15th Aug, 2012
Romeo and Juliet is a story that has been told countless times on stage and screen, in almost every guise under the sun - yes I’m looking at you Baz Luhrmann.
Big Value Comedy Show - Late
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the …
Susan Calman: Always (A Work in Progress)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion.
Hannah Gadsby: Happiness is a Bedside Table
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
For many, a stand-up show themed around the worst moments of a performer’s life sounds like the least comedic thing imaginable, but Hannah Gadsby’s show is nothing if it is not…
Light Relief
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Geoff Cotton’s show is a mix of sketches, comedy songs, stand-up and satire.
Sex Guru
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Wolfgang Weinberger has been described by the Guardian as ‘Austria’s most prominent sexologist since Sigmund Freud’; he has performed to over half a million people around the world…
Helen O'Brien: Bronagh's Big Weekend
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Most of us remember our early teenage years with a mixture of mortification and despair, but then again, most of us don’t have the ability to translate our stories into devilishl…
Jonny & the Baptists: Bigger Than Judas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Jonny & The Baptists have in the past, unfairly in my opinion, been likened to Tenacious D.
BEASTS
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Following their successful Pleasance run at the Fringe last year, BEASTS once again return with their inimitable brand of absurdist, ridiculous sketch comedy.
Terry Alderton: Season 4
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
Terry Alderton is the sort of comedian that will delight the more jaded comedy fans amongst this year’s Fringe crowd.
Lockerbie: Lost Voices
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Marking the 25th anniversary of Lockerbie, Lockerbie: Lost Voices tells the story of the infamous Pan Am flight 103 and seeks to provide a voice the those who now can’t speak.
Henry Paker: Classic Paker
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Winner of the 2008 Leicester Comedian of the Year, Henry Paker brings his show Classic Paker to the Fringe to put some surrealist comedy into your life.
Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
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…
Eleanor Conway's Comedy Rumble
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
In this wild and raucous show, two comedians face off against each other with the aid of the audience.
Sad Faces Threw a Party
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
After the success of their debut Edinburgh show last year, Sad Faces return with more jokes, japes and some crisp-based canapés.
AAA Stand-Up Late
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Stand-up variety shows at the fringe can often be hit-and-miss, but this one just gets it spot on.
Garrett Millerick: Does it Matter?
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
The world is out to get Garrett Millerick.
Gavin Webster: Don’t Give Any Money to Comic Relief and Other Opinions
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Gavin Webster is on a mission.
Slightly Fat Features
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lene Korseberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
For many people, Sam Lloyd will probably never be anything other than Ted from Scrubs, something that is understandable given the distinct part he plays in the famous series.
In Two Minds
- Review
- ★
- Nanna Gunnars
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Choreographers Chan and Cunningham want to show you their inner dance and say that ‘dance is more than aesthetics’.
Sam Fletcher - Drawn-out Jokes
- Review
- ★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
With his sex offender specs and wiry frame, Sam Fletcher is a high-octane Jarvis Cocker.
Iain Stirling: At Home
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Taking into account the sheer amount of posters and placards bearing Iain Stirling’s inquisitive countenance, one might expect that the quality of his show might prove to be simi…
My Pregnant Brother
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
This harrowing story of platonic love, loss and the things we do for our families is absolutely gripping from the moment it starts.
Brothers and Sisters... It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Any show at the Fringe that has an audience carries an inherent risk – that said audience will contain drunks, crazy people or some slurred combination of both.
Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster: Just a Normal Girl Doing a Cool Show
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2013
Pattie Brewster is a normal girl desperately in need of three things: friends, cat food and a crash course in Microsoft PowerPoint.
The State vs John Hayes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
With the much publicised and ongoing arguments concerning the American death penalty and justice system, it would be easy to write a play concerning the issue which stank of lofty …
Carey Marx: Intensive Carey
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
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.
John Lloyd: Liff of QI
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
John Lloyd has worked with some of this country’s most plaudit burdened comedians, many of whom cut their teeth on the mile and were discovered performing in the dingy venues of …
Akmal
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Akmal, the Aussie comedian and radio star, returns to the Fringe for another show exploring his fundamentalist Christian upbringing, his race and his views on the world around him.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t…
Absolutely Free Live Music
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl…
Andy and Mike's... Tick Tock Time Machine
- Review
- ★★★★
- Allana Isaacs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Andy Day, of Cbeebies fame, and Mike James deserve a standing ovation for their efforts to save parents from having to entertain their children on a rainy Sunday morning in Edinbur…
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
If growing old quietly was the status quo nowadays then clearly no one informed Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden.
Madge Wildfire
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
Kicking off their first gig together, Madge Wildfire put on a brave face and played through an admirably well-worked set.
Mark Restuccia: How to Succeed at Internet Dating
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Mark Restuccia cuts right to the point.
New Gondoliers Play Mediterranean Homesick Blues
- Review
- ★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
What do you get if you mix Gogol Bordello with Bob Dylan, but without Dylan’s lyrical genius? The New Gondoliers.
Elsa Jean McTaggart
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
When folk music is mentioned in conversation, images of rolling hills, heather covered moors and pale skinned damsels are amongst those that spring to mind.
End to End
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
End to End tells the story of three girls’ journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using as many forms of transport along the way as possible.
High North Movement
- Review
- ★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
Remember when Mimi from RENT held a large performance protest and it was brilliant because we could all see the sense of irony and sarcasm behind it? High North Movement is this wi…
Flowers for the Living - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
In an interview for the seminal concert movie Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, acting as the interviewer in his own interview asks himself, ‘I don’t think…
Eat a Queer Fetus 4 Jesus - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
A typical Edinburgh stand-up by Richard Coughlan in the back room of an easily hidden pub, this is truly a gem hidden amongst the Fringe.
Guardian Reader
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Will Hanmer-Lloyd takes us on a political rant about everything you can find on the Guardian.
Hitler Alone
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
Paul Webster presents an in depth and well researched look into the last hours of Hitler’s life in the intimacy of the Inlingua rooms, an intimidating rant from the mouth of Hitl…
The Loveboat Big Band Album Launch Extravaganza
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Hello Sailor.
Hypnotist,Titan Knight
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
Titan Knight sure knows how to put on a show.
Kelly Kellner
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
After playing in support of her latest album for much of the last year, Kelly Kellner brought her show to the Fringe down at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s.
Owen O'Neill: Struck By Lightning
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
According to Owen O’Neill’s show his life started around the time of his 13th birthday when, whilst up a tree stealing apples from a local nunnery, he was struck by lightning.
The List
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Set in rural Quebec, The List is a one-woman play which gives the audience a window into the ostensibly simple world of a housewife who has an unhealthy obsession with lists.
Get Carter
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
It is unclear why, forty years after the release of the original, Get Carter requires a transfer to stage.
Rookie Mistakes
- Review
- ★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
There’s a something heartbreaking about seeing a bad show - it really claws its way into the caverns of your soul and ceaselessly picks away at it as you feel grief for the peopl…
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
The problems started right from the word go.
Botallack O'Clock
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Inspired by the later life of abstract artist Roger Hilton CBE, when he effectively lived in self-imposed exile, Botallack O’Clock is a black comedy by playwright Eddie Elks that…
Rosie Nimmo
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2012
Rising star Rosie Nimmo played an intimate gig in the Back Room of the Acoustic Music Centre, performing songs from both of her albums ‘Home’ and ‘Lazy and Mellow’.
Mark Watson: The Information
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Mark Watson was running late.
Theseus is Dead
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
Initially I had high hopes for this young company.
Hit Comet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Sep, 2011
It’s surprising to find Hit Comet in the Comedy section of the Fringe Guide as the heartfelt friendship at the core of the piece is far more successful than some of the comic ele…
Ten Plagues
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
With pre-festival recommendations from The Guardian and The Scotsman as well as a slot at one of the Fringe’s most prestigious theatres, performances of Ten Plagues have been pac…
It's Not Us, It's You - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
With so much free fringe it’s can be a daunting prospect wading through the guide to find what’s worthwhile.
GirlBand Improv - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
The GirlBand Improv was an entirely enjoyable experience but not quite what I expected.
Tibet in Brighton A Creative Investigation
- Review
- ★★★★
- Yasmin Codron
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th May, 2013
This four day long exhibition put on by the Sussex Free Tibet society celebrates the fascinating culture of Tibet, but simultaneously exposes the harsh reality of what the Tibetans…
Alba Brass
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
Whilst much of the Acoustic Music Centre’s programme for the Fringe involves folk and blues artists, Alba Brass provide a shot of variety into the arm of this venue.
Two for None
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
Two for None comedians Mark Simmons and Danny Ward display, between them, vastly different comedy styles.
The Vocal Orchestra
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
A message reminding people to turn off their mobile phones plays through the theatre.
Carl-Einar Hackner: Handluggage
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Carl-Einer Häckner returns to the fringe after a seven year absence with his new show Handluggage.
Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir…
The Static
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
ThickSkin have found a recipe for contemporary and physical theatre that works.
Doug Segal: How to Read Minds and Influence People
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
If we believe everything we see, at least on the video screen, the stage mentalist Doug Segal can get from his hotel bed to the venue — stopping off mid-route to buy a lottery ti…
Rhinoceros
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Ionesco’s Rhinoceros depicts a sleepy French town where the inhabitants are slowly overcome by a strange phenomenon turning them into rampaging rhinos.
Paul Kirby Trio
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Those looking for a bit of relief from the frenetic pace of the Festival can find it underground, in the idiosyncratic Jazz Bar on Chambers Street.
Swordy-Well
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Swordy Well Family Meatworks is in crisis – as the last independent slaughter house in Britain it is facing a huge drop in sales, a mutiny from within the ranks, and assimilation…
2 Facedbook 3
- Review
- ★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Being lecherous can be funny but if the letch is a winner it can come off as, well, perverse.
The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour.
Gareth Morinan Explains Why David Cameron Should Be Fired for Crimes Against Short People (Among Other Things)
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
Wee Andy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
Mendelssohn at Teatime
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
The Royal Over-Seas League is fast establishing itself as the venue for classical music concerts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Dating George Orwell - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Dating George Orwell is a one woman play that looks at the unhealthy relationship between a teenage girl and the books that she has become engrossed in.
Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems.
Misanthropy
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
Misanthropy, as the title implies, is not a cheery play - it is miserable.
Nick Hayman: Middle Aged, Useless and Talented! - Free
- Review
- ★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
In the press blurb for his show Middle-Aged, Useless and Talented Nick Hayman compares himself to Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom.
Comic Strip
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Half stand-up comedy gig, half naughty strip burlesque, it sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Sam Fletcher - Good on Paper
- Review
- ★★★
- Ali Quaile
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
It’s impossible not to like Sam Fletcher.
Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Based on an early 20th century poem by Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero Y Yo tells the story of an old poet and his faithful silver donkey, and the life that they lead in the town of Mo…
Lach's Antihoot - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Those looking for a dose of the unexpected, who enjoy wandering off the beaten track, will be delighted by Lach’s Antihoot.
A Dastardly Fiction
- Review
- ★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
A Dastardly Fiction tells the story of a struggling author’s ill-advised deal with a demon and the ensuing consequences.
The Pain of Desire
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
For a music concert advertised as performance art and with the worryingly jejune title The Pain of Desire, one could be forgiven for thinking that this show might be worth a miss.
Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
There are three things essential to know about Gareth Richards before his show starts.
Jody Kamali: Dirty Filthy Rich - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Dirty Filthy Rich wants to make you stinking, filthy rich.
Dirty Pretty Money
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Dirty Pretty Money is a play that looks at the relationship people have with power and money in today’s society.
Andy and the Prostitutes - The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Kirsty Allen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
Andy and The Prostitutes play one dirty trick by billing their foul-mouthed ditties as a musical but Andy and co.
The Showhawk Duo
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Hailing from Bath, Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright are two guitarists that together make up the Showhawk Duo.
Tommy Talks
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
‘You are the true heroes of the Fringe!’ announced Tommy Holgate, the bikram-yoga-obsessed host-cum-compere of Tommy Talks.
Folk at the Pleasance
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Presented by folk singer-songwriter Sophie Ramsay, who opens the evening with a beautiful a cappella performance of a traditional Gaelic song, Folk at the Pleasance is a welcome mu…
Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Straight out of Cambridgeshire and truly embracing the spirit of the fringe, Get It On is a stand-up comedy show that showcases two up and coming performers called Ben Hustwayte an…
Asher Treleaven: Troubadour
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, for those unversed in the Maltese physician’s guide to lateral thinking and problem solving, is a self-help book from 1985 that teaches the …
Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Scotland
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
A referendum is coming.
Tales From the Vienna Woods
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2011
Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o…
Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
Based around the last 12 months of comedian Jeff Leach’s life, Boyfriend Experience looks at the journey Leach has undertaken to change his outlook, both generally and also speci…
Curtains
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- London Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
Curtains is the musical ‘whodunit’ about the cast of a failing Boston show that has ambitions for the New York stage via a series of twists, turns and murders.
Sam Simmons - About the Weather
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ali Quaile
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Sam Simmons takes absurd comedy to new extremes in his latest offering All About the Weather.
Horse & Louis: The Curse of...
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Musical comedy duo Horse and Louis attempt to take their brand of zany, self-aware songs to the next level, indulging in madcap special effects and a paranormal storyline for their…
Broken
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Set in a dystopian future where foetuses are harvested for their organs and boys dress like off-casts from a poorly funded production of ‘Oliver!,Broken, which displays some half…
Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
After starting with an epic video and launching straight into fast paced one liners, it’s clear that this parody show has the objective of mocking every action film we have ever …
Pollyanna
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
The tale of an orphan - sheltered by her rich aunt, charming the snobs she meets with her sense of fun - Pollyanna is a relentlessly idealistic story.
The School of Night
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
The School of Night may take their name from an intellectually exclusive Elizabethan collective but what this improvisational group performs is high culture made accessible to the …
Glasgay! Uni Comedy Gala
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- UK Regional & Tours
- 24th Oct, 2012
Last night saw some of Glasgow University’s funniest alumni return to their student union for a comedy showcase held in support of Stonewall.
Wet Paint: A Magic Variety Show - Free
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
‘I thought it was a magic show.
Etch A Sketch
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Goddard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2009
The Oxford Revue is a sketch comedy show which has existed almost as long as the Fringe itself.
Patrick Monahan: Hug Me I Feel Good
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Sep, 2011
Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b…
Hikapee Moonfall
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- FUSE International
- 27th Jul, 2014
Amazing performances, dazzling circus and some well-placed gags save this lacking and unambitious two-handed children’s show.
Chris Kent - Plugged In
- Review
- ★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Chris Kent managed to fill most of the room in the Turret of the Gilded Balloon, but there are many others comedians far more deserving of these bums on seats.
Ophelia
- Review
- ★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
Ophelia is a strange concept: take what is widely considered to be Shakespeare’s masterpiece and try and rewrite it yourself, using lines from the original plus a couple of other…
A Clockwork Orange
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Goddard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2009
The stage version of A Clockwork Orange is Burgess retort to the Kubrick film.
Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Graham Macpherson, aka Suggs, has produced a show with a clue in the title.
Dead Cat Bounce... Howl of the She-Leopard
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
After several sell-out Fringe shows and a run of worldwide appearances that have seen them tour almost continuously for the last four years, Dead Cat Bounce have honed their dysfun…
Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Marcus Brigstocke presents a comic celebration of everything the Tory government has tried to achieve through their initiative of creating a Big Society where we can all just get a…
Rubies in the Attic
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
As a reviewer, I am expected to be an emotionally numb pillar of analytical prowess and critical acumen.
The Melody Blog
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
Musicals are a challenge to perform on a budget at the best of times but the problem is made worse when the performance space is absurdly tiny.
A Guide to Second Date Sex
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
A terrifyingly authentic portrayal of the awkwardness and obstacles we all face when sleeping with a new sexual partner for the first time.
Andrew O'Neill is Easily Distracted
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Warnings about what not to do in the presence of Andrew O’Neill put you in mind of safety signs around zoos, which is apt given that his stand-up set is pretty wild and erratic.
Ganesh Versus The Third Reich
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Read
- London Fringe
- 29th Jun, 2012
Doing a piece about two different religions, a holocaust and advertising the majority of your company as intellectually disabled is certainly a way to stir up some controversy, and…
Andy Zaltzman Swears to Tell the Truth, Half the Truth, and Everything But the Truth
- Review
- ★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2010
Andy Zaltzman will be best know to most audiences for his political comedy, podcast and radio appearances.
Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
If you only see one stand-up comedy set at this year’s Fringe, it should probably be Andy Zaltzman.
Telephonic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- FUSE International
- 20th Jul, 2014
Part story-telling, part lecture,Telephonic is an insightful and absorbing trip into the mesmerising and impressive world of Foley artists.
Poison
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Poison invites the audience into the world of Rachel de Quincy and her close friends and family.
The Awesome Show
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
The Awesome Show is a creative project that has been in the making for nine months.
Hunger
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Based on the novel of the same name by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, Artem Kretov brings his one man production of Hunger to the Fringe.
A Machine To See With
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2011
Making sure that I arrived exactly five minutes early, as instructed by the lady at the box office, I promptly passed my telephone details to a stranger and had left the venue in n…
Pete Firman - Hoodwinker
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Pete Firman returns from a stint on BBC 1’s The Magicians with a performance that has everything you need and expect from a magic show.
Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Newton Double Bill
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Taking a break from their work in popular folk band Shee, Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Newton present an hour-long set comprised of found songs, previous material and their new sol…
Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
From the outset Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice sets itself firmly at the surreal edge of fringe theatre.
Chris Cox - He Can't Read Minds?
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2006
It’s obviously easy to draw comparisons between Derren Brown when talking about Chris Cox.
Chris Mccausland And Liam Mullone
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- London Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in.
Josie Long and Sam Schäfer's Awkward Romance
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Josie Long, arguably the highest profile comic on this year’s Free Fringe, and newcomer Sam Schäfer are an odd pairing.
Who's Dorian Gray?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
A man who is scared of women, a man in a long-term relationship, and a man who has seven women in one week - in Who’s Dorian Gray, we are introduced to all these characters.
The Little Mermaid
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se…
Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ed Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2015
Lee Ridley, aka Lost Voice Guy, has cerebral palsy, and as such has been asked questions ranging from the ridiculous to the downright offensive.
The Triumph of Time and Truth
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Tickets to see Scottish-grown chamber orchestra Ludus Baroque at Canongate Kirk are now bought by many as a matter of ritual, so strong is the group’s popularity and reputation f…
Dan Mitchell - Free Egg
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
As the Phantom of the Opera music played a cloaked figure appeared, sang along for a few bars before ripping off the cloak to reveal he had a Henry Hoover for a head.
Confessions of a Grindr Addict
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
Confessions of a Grindr Addict is mis-sold as a comedy.
Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them.
Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed …
The News at Kate 2012
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
A left-wing, atheist, ultra-feminist comedienne performing a politically fuelled stand-up show sounds daunting to say the least.
Battle at Little Creek
- Review
- ★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Three soldiers are hit by a mighty explosion.
It's So Nice
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Part physical theatre, part comedy, part history lesson, It’s So Nice is a two women play that describes the relationship of two cousins who never met.
Bat Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Durham University Light Opera Group’s (DULOG) show is an unexpectedly touching coming of age story juxtaposed with moments of raucous insanity.
Sh!t Theatre Present: Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous)
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
Edward Reid: Living the Dream One Song at a Time
- Review
- ★★★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble…
Tea With Terrorists - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Sameena Zehra, the writer and performer of Tea With Terrorists, has led an extraordinary life and has been raised by an extraordinary family but her collection of stories, no matte…
Christian Reilly: This Is Not A Love Song
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Christian Reilly has walked upon and calmed the boiling seas of the Royal Mile and resurrected the flogged and lifeless corpse of comedy music.
Chris McCausland: Not Blind Enough
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in.
The Cagebirds
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
David Campton’s The Cagebirds is a tight, gritty and intelligent meditation on confinement and rebellion.
Andy Zaltzman Boldly Unbuttons The Cloak Of Civilisation, But Is Perplexed And Perturbed By What He Finds Lurking Beneath
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2008
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…
Kin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Kin is one of those rare, precious shows that could only ever be found at the Fringe.
Nick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Nick Beaton presents a show with enough social observations to make an hour fly by.
Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2011
The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to.
Interruption
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
You have to appreciate a company that leaves sweets on seats of the audience, like pillow chocolates at a hotel, but, sadly, they did not sweeten this show for me.
Little Shop of Homos!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt.
Wee Andy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jessica Osborne Lax
- Brighton Fringe
- 17th May, 2012
Set in Glasgow, this hard-hitting play speaks out about community violence and gang mentality based on director Paddy Cunneen’s own experiences whilst working in Edinburgh.
Dear Dan Brown...
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Alongside an impressive collection of literature-referencing music, Robert Finn guides us through his attempt to follow Dan Brown down the literary garden path.
Flesh Eating Tiger
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Kingston-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
Flesh Eating Tiger is a frequently over-complicated little beast but one that prides itself on confusing its audience.
Max and Iván: Televisionaries
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Goddard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2009
Max and Iván are a comedy double act from London.
The Picts in Concert
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Ranking amongst the best Scotland has to offer in folk-rock, The Picts come to the Fringe with a concert show that moves and excites in equal measure.
Leaves on the Line
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Ali Shahrukhi ‘s show Leaves on the Line is pretty much a very long series of one-liners.
Rachel Rose Reid: And They Lived ...
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2009
Rachel Rose Reid is a young storyteller who places herself firmly within a long tradition of oral storytelling.
Cleansed
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
How far would you go to instil good religious values into your child? Would you send them to work against their will? Cleansed looks at one young girl’s journey at a Magdalene la…
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2017
The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for...
Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 24th Mar, 2017
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
No Horizon's Andy Platt & Sam Reid on Creative Minds Overcoming Disability
- Feature
- Chris Quilietti
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2016
It’s the 1600’s, and a blind boy from a village in Yorkshire wants an education.
How To Market Your Show event at C venues on 3rd August
- Feature
- Sam Speedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2016
Experienced industry professionals are offering personal time and advice to fringe performers at a How to Market Your Show event hosted by C venues.
The Sam O'Rourke Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2014
Sam O’Rourke is co-writer and co-director of Much Ado About Zombies, a play coming to theSpace this August that.
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