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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Creationing Your Award-Winning Fringe Show with The Director!

Creationing Your Award-Winning Fringe Show with The Director!

The visionary behind the viral short film The Director – Work At Home (viewed in excess of a dozen times in four years) and champion of off-off-off-off-off-off Broadyway, The Dir… 

Blind Mirth Presents: A Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

Blind Mirth Presents: A Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

Blind Mirth returns to Edinburgh Fringe once again in a blaze of glory and parental disdain. 

Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)

Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)

Everyone’s favourite climate academic and comedian Dr Matt Winning tests new ideas about climate change. 

Love Is Blind: The Improvised Musical

Love Is Blind: The Improvised Musical

If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, … 

Victory Boogie Woogie / the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it's moving at full speed

Victory Boogie Woogie / the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it's moving at full speed

In these two explosive, intimate physical poems by Charles Pas and Courtney May Robertson, desires and fears collide in an attempt to embrace the contradictions that make up a mult… 

I'll Die Laughing

I'll Die Laughing

This London/LA hybrid’s wickedly funny, naughty, yet deeply disturbing story, penetrates to the heart of survival. 

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening. 

Seven Steps to Feel Completely Happy Again

Seven Steps to Feel Completely Happy Again

The seven stages of grief are a familiar concept to those who are grieving, have grieved or will grieve. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

Impro Poet Presents: What If History?

Impro Poet Presents: What If History?

They say that history repeats itself. 

Dave Reubens – Freaky Magic

Dave Reubens – Freaky Magic

The crazy magic show packed with comedy, story and danger. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 20 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Giant Steps

Giant Steps

The ground-breaking fusion of improv comedy and live jazz comes to the Fringe after sell-out London shows. 

Baby Steps

Baby Steps

It’s almost Mother’s Day. 

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023. 

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Laughing at conspiracy theories. 

001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Dave Durkom: Durkin' 9 to 5 (WIP)

Dave Durkom: Durkin' 9 to 5 (WIP)

He has over 150 million views on social media. 

1.295 Reframing Autistic Success (Kitten Steps)

1.295 Reframing Autistic Success (Kitten Steps)

After 2023’s sell-out show, Stags returns with laughs, adventures and his more innovative 1. 

6 Steps To Success From The

6 Steps To Success From The "Award Winning" Dave Chawner

Last year Dave won an award who’s title felt like a back-handed compliment. 

Dave Ahdoot: Ethnically Ambiguous

Dave Ahdoot: Ethnically Ambiguous

Dave Ahdoot’s enigmatic shade of brown has helped him land parts in over 40 TV ads for huge brands like Ford and McDonald’s. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world. 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York … 

Burning Down the Horse

Burning Down the Horse

After a five-star sell-out run in 2023, Burning Down the Horse is back! This immersive comedy epic drops you into the heart of the most iconic wooden animal in history – the Troj… 

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising Fringe stars. 

6 Steps To Success From The 'Award Winning' Dave Chawner

6 Steps To Success From The 'Award Winning' Dave Chawner

Last year Dave won an award who’s title felt like a back-handed compliment. 

DAVE BIBBY: Baby Dinosaur

DAVE BIBBY: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby, ‘“madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BroadwayWorld), set out to create a theatrical masterpiece: A one-man Jurassic Park. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 16 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Dave Fensome: ADHDad (Work in Progress)

Dave Fensome: ADHDad (Work in Progress)

Acclaimed Brightonian comedian Dave Fensome has ADHD (as documented in his previous sell out show ADHDave), he’s now also a dad. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

  • Listing
    • Comedy
  • Brighton Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 5th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical… 

Smiley Dave Browne Presents: No Cap

Smiley Dave Browne Presents: No Cap

Online viral comedian, takes to the stage for his new show of stories from a life of a dreamer with odd ways of handling what life had to throw and an obscure view of the world tha… 

Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning. 

Dave Chappelle: The Process

Dave Chappelle: The Process

Dave Chappelle is recognized as one of the greatest comedians of all time, Chappelle is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. 

Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City

Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City

Meet the real Carrie Bradshaw in Candace Bushnell’s acclaimed one woman show True Tales of Sex, Success and SEX AND THE CITY. 

Blind Mirth Presents: Your Mum (And Other Playground Insults)

Blind Mirth Presents: Your Mum (And Other Playground Insults)

The University of St Andrews’ funniest, sexiest and incidentally only improvised comedy troupe returns to the Fringe and this year, it’s back to school. 

Sara Pascoe: Success Story

Sara Pascoe: Success Story

After a huge UK tour, Sara brings her Success Story to the Fringe for one night only. 

Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship

Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship

New York City based cult comedian Dave Hill combines stand-up, storytelling, music and occasional ill-advised feats of strength into a face-melting hour that explores life, death, … 

How To Rob a Millionaire (In Five Easy Steps)

How To Rob a Millionaire (In Five Easy Steps)

A charming, self-obsessed criminal mastermind assembles five eccentric individuals with peculiar skills to rob a world-beloved charity toy maker. 

Lots of Feelings: Most Improved Award

Lots of Feelings: Most Improved Award

Washington DC’s iconic sketch duo, Lots of Feelings, finds meaning amidst the chaos of life through mouth and eye-watering sketches. 

Impro Poet Presents: What If History?

Impro Poet Presents: What If History?

Impro Poet Presents: What If History? They say that history repeats itself. 

Dave Cerwonka: Sex, Lies and Dog Walking

Dave Cerwonka: Sex, Lies and Dog Walking

The American comedian’s sophomore Fringe effort is a raw, unfiltered dive into sex, dating, relationships and his career as a professional dog walker. 

Danny Ward: A Ward Winning!

Danny Ward: A Ward Winning!

Mark Simmons’ tour support, co-host of the Jokes podcast, BT Sport personality, award-winning comedian and documentary filmmaker, Danny is the undisputed champion of the Ward! A br… 

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au… 

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby, ‘madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer’ (BroadwayWorld. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe

The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 19 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

The history of Western philosophy but fun! Think Horrible Histories for philosophy. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock is a stand-up compilation show of the best stand-up comedians Edinburgh has to offer, hosted by the award-winning Sachin Kumarendran. 

129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

Being diagnosed with autism just over a year ago might just be the best thing that happened to Stags. 

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, returns to Edinburgh. 

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for eight years now, and it’s time for that to change! So he’s attempting to do something he’s never done before. 

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?

Tired of explaining his nationality to a crowd, Pierre Novellie has filled his new hour Why Are You Laughing? with a discussion on topics as distinct and unconnected as British dri… 

Burning Down The Horse

Burning Down The Horse

One hundred brave (or not so brave) Trojan Soldiers are trapped inside the infamous giant wooden horse, plotting their escape…. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

You know them from Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO and from historic stages like The Hollywood Improv and The Comedy Store. 

GREG BYRON - STANDUP-POET

GREG BYRON - STANDUP-POET

Writer/Performer of original Spoken Word and host of the #StandUpPoet podcast on iTunes, Spotify etc. 

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! Join him as he attempts to do something he’s never done before. 

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! Join him as he attempts to do something he’s never done before. 

Dave Landau

Dave Landau

Nationally touring comedian and third chair of LOUDER WITH CROWDER. As seen on COMEDY CENTRAL, NBC and numerous television networks throughout the world.  

Dave Landau

Dave Landau

Nationally touring comedian and third chair of LOUDER WITH CROWDER. As seen on COMEDY CENTRAL, NBC and numerous television networks throughout the world.  

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs. 

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs. 

Naive Dance Masterclass & The Dead Beat Poet

Naive Dance Masterclass & The Dead Beat Poet

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Naive Dance Masterclass & The Dead Beat Poet

Naive Dance Masterclass & The Dead Beat Poet

Seasoned mavericks, Matt Rudkin and Rikki Tarascas team up to perform their most iconic works in a deft double bill of pitch-perfect satire. 

The DAFTAS Winning Comedy Shorts

The DAFTAS Winning Comedy Shorts

Watch award-winning short spoofs brought to you by The DAFTAS - an annual short spoof film challenge. 

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BROADWAY WORLD) is back with a hilarious show about parenthood and dinosaurs. 

The DAFTAS Winning Comedy Shorts

The DAFTAS Winning Comedy Shorts

The DAFTAS brings their award-winning short comedy films to Brighton Fringe. 

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BROADWAY WORLD) is back with a hilarious show about parenthood and dinosaurs. 

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

The history of Western philosophy. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

The history of Western philosophy. 

Stephen and Hamlet: Blind and Mad

Stephen and Hamlet: Blind and Mad

Let’s face it, we’re all nuts. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical… 

Stephen and Hamlet: Blind and Mad

Stephen and Hamlet: Blind and Mad

Let’s face it, we’re all nuts. 

A Bard is a Failed Poet | The Lead Pipe Pigeon Brigade

A Bard is a Failed Poet | The Lead Pipe Pigeon Brigade

A Bard is a Failed Poet Stories about poems without rhyme The Lead Pipe Pigeon Brigade Pigeon. 

Laughing Labia

Laughing Labia

Sell-out mixed bill comedy night hosted by Alice Frick, “exuberant. 

DUAIS BASHO Haiku Reading and Award Presentation

DUAIS BASHO Haiku Reading and Award Presentation

Thug Comórtas Filíochta Duais Bashō Haiku cuireadh dodhaltaí iar-bhunscoile haiku a chumadh, i mBéarla nó i nGaeilge nó go d&a… 

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the… 

The David Johnson Emerging Talent Award

The David Johnson Emerging Talent Award

A mixed-bill comedy, cabaret and variety show to celebrate the life of maverick producer David Johnson who died in 2020. 

Become a Sexy Refugee in Five Easy Steps!

Become a Sexy Refugee in Five Easy Steps!

Are you outraged by the double standards at the UK border and in Western media’s single-minded reporting on refugees? If so, this show is for you. 

An Evening at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

An Evening at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

Singing sensation Thomas Cameron is a charismatic, Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and is making ‘wave… 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

Blind Mirth Presents: F*ck It, You Decide

Blind Mirth Presents: F*ck It, You Decide

St Andrews’ oldest, funniest and – incidentally – only improv comedy troupe are back at the Fringe and they’ve officially given up. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy

Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy

Smashing Cabinets Theatre’s adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet is ghost-like and haunting, confusing at times, but generally falls somewhere between the mysteriousness o… 

Dave Johns: A Comic's Tale

Dave Johns: A Comic's Tale

Spending well over half his life as a much-loved stand-up comic, the award-winning star of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake returns to Edinburgh for one last time with the show he’s alw… 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, 11 survive; now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student. 

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

Welcome to The Horse’s Mouth! We’ve got comedy on tap! Watch our hero work his first shift at the pub, and meet the rather strange bunch of regulars he encounters along the way, ea… 

Horse Country

Horse Country

Anarchic and surreal, Horse Country is a satirical spin on early 21st Century American culture which aims to surprise and provoke in equal measure. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Art27's From the Horse's Mouth

Art27's From the Horse's Mouth

Join Art27 Scotland Artist in Residence Elaine Cheng as she explores the binaries of Hong Kong and China through her new sonic composition, discussion and tales of the life of thos… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night. 

How to Be a Girl (In Three Easy Steps)

How to Be a Girl (In Three Easy Steps)

Gara spent most of their life being a “girl”. 

Pete Wells: Success

Pete Wells: Success

Do you feel successful? Then this is your show. 

Dave Chawner: Underdog

Dave Chawner: Underdog

A timely show about dogs, defeat and determination by award-winning comedian, best-selling author and underdog, Dave Chawner. 

Monkey Poet's Murder Mystery and The Bo Jo Show Episode 1 – Chequer's Mate

Monkey Poet's Murder Mystery and The Bo Jo Show Episode 1 – Chequer's Mate

Murder Mystery ‘A drinks reception of all of poetic literatures greats. 

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2022, makes his solo Edinburgh debut. 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

A show about mental health, not just mental illness. 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

A show about mental health, not just mental illness. 

No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter

Sick and tired of everyone laughing at them, the Revue decides to get serious. 

Dave Cerwonka: FFS

Dave Cerwonka: FFS

It’s comedian, idiot, writer and voice actor Cerwonka’s Fringe debut. 

Matt Winning: Hot Mess

Matt Winning: Hot Mess

Live show based on the book Hot Mess: What On Earth Can We Do About Climate Change. 

Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions (What If I Hadn't Gone Blind?)

Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions (What If I Hadn't Gone Blind?)

Ten years (well, now twelve…) after losing most of his sight, ‘deliciously talented’ (Guardian) Tom looks back, sees the funny side and wonders what might’ve been. 

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a… 

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

Pete Wells: Success (Work in Progress)

What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a… 

Ricky Balshaw: Dark Horse (WIP)

Ricky Balshaw: Dark Horse (WIP)

BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar… 

Dave Chawner: Underdog

Dave Chawner: Underdog

A timely show about dogs, defeat and determination by award-winning comedian, best-selling author, presenter and underdog Dave Chawner. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Dave Chawner: Underdog

Dave Chawner: Underdog

A timely show about dogs, defeat and determination by award-winning comedian, best-selling author, presenter and underdog Dave Chawner. 

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u… 

Stephen and Hamlet: Blind and Mad

Stephen and Hamlet: Blind and Mad

Let’s face it, we’re all nuts. 

Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)

Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)

After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’. 

Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)

Dave Fensome: Dog Eat Dog (Work in Progress)

After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’. 

Vault Unlocked: Dave Bibby Remakes Jurassic Park While Trying To Bring Up A Baby

Vault Unlocked: Dave Bibby Remakes Jurassic Park While Trying To Bring Up A Baby

A comedy show 165 million years in the makingMulti-award-winning comedian, Dave Bibby, is back with a show about parenthood through the eyes of a complete manchild. 

Live poetry reading - Poet Leo Boix and his collection of poems Ballad of a Happy Immigrant

Live poetry reading - Poet Leo Boix and his collection of poems Ballad of a Happy Immigrant

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London… 

Laughing Labia LGBTQ+ Comedy & Variety Night

Laughing Labia LGBTQ+ Comedy & Variety Night

Known from Soho before Corona and on Zoom during Corona. 

Sunday Social with Dave Lynn and Karla Bear

Sunday Social with Dave Lynn and Karla Bear

SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DAVE LYNN AND KARLA BEAR PLUS LIMITED FREE TICKETS FOR RVT MEMBERSThis Sunday we welcome to The RVT the drag legend that is Dave Lynn and the amazing Karla Bear,… 

Queer East 2021 - The Horse Hospital Pass

Queer East 2021 - The Horse Hospital Pass

Queer East is proud to team up with Londons longest-running independent arts space, The Horse Hospital, this year to present a bold and imaginative programme, featuring artists and… 

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/ 

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/ 

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/ 

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

English-Italian Version Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/ LA COMMEDIA to be Presented by The Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

https://www.blindcupidshakespearecompany.com/ 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

#Dave Alnwick: Super Chill Magic

#Dave Alnwick: Super Chill Magic

The perfect afternoon show. 

Karine Polwart with Dave Milligan

Karine Polwart with Dave Milligan

Legendary singer-songwriter Karine Polwart returns to the International Festival in a special performance with jazz pianist and composer Dave Milligan. 

'Selfish' Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King!

'Selfish' Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King!

Join ‘Selfish’ Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King to to better understand yourself and events in your life!Workshop overviewSo, this workshop will be all about how to use w… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year. 

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib… 

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib… 

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq… 

#Dave Alnwick: Exceptional Magic

#Dave Alnwick: Exceptional Magic

Fringe legend Dave Alnwick performs exceptional magic. 

#Dave Alnwick: Super Chill Magic

#Dave Alnwick: Super Chill Magic

The perfect afternoon show. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year. 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

Blind Mirth presents Sex with Me!

Blind Mirth presents Sex with Me!

St Andrews’ oldest, funniest and – incidentally – only improv comedy troupe are back at the Fringe with their unique mix of sparky, spontaneous and side-splittingly funny short… 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Dave The Bear: The Big Hairy Growler

Dave The Bear: The Big Hairy Growler

The Man. 

Dave The Bear: The Big Hairy Growler

Dave The Bear: The Big Hairy Growler

The Man. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u… 

Dave Chawner: Underdog

Dave Chawner: Underdog

A timely show about dogs, defeat and determination by award-winning comedian, best-selling author, presenter and underdog Dave Chawner. 

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Enthusiastically vote alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2020’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and shiny moose trophies. 

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Come see 30 plays in 60 minutes! Created by Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists Theatre and performed by students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California. 

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

The internationally recognized stand-up comedian and actor’s trademark wit and sharp, irreverent social commentary explores race, popular culture, sex, drugs, poli… 

Poet in da Corner

Poet in da Corner

Following its critically acclaimed premiere in 2018, this coming of age story inspired by Dizzee Rascal’s seminal album, returns for a limited run before going on tour. 

Dave Elliott: DAD

Dave Elliott: DAD

DAD is a stand-up comedy show by Northern Irish Comedian Dave Elliott. 

Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala

Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala

Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are in the heart of the West End for three shows only. 

War Horse

War Horse

The National Theatre’s internationally-acclaimed smash-hit War Horse returns to London this autumn for a limited season at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, an exciting ne… 

I'd Rather Go Blind

I'd Rather Go Blind

Inspired and informed by women who have lived through the criminal justice system, Somalia Seaton’s latest play is a tender exploration of motherhood in a world that is closing i… 

Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala

Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala

The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy. 

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie… 

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2019: The Award Ceremony

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2019: The Award Ceremony

Join today’s most innovative playwrights for an afternoon of performed readings and interviews with presenter Shereen Nanjiani. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Final

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Final

Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr. 

A Poet's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse

A Poet's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse

The economy has crumbled, politics has turned our society on its head. 

Tommy Tiernan: Paddy Crazy Horse

Tommy Tiernan: Paddy Crazy Horse

Tommy mixes a love of comic rebellion, the poetry of everyday speech and a deep grá for talking, with a refusal to be conscripted into a rational view of the world. 

Laughing For Palestine with Seann Walsh

Laughing For Palestine with Seann Walsh

Have a laugh and help raise money for ICAHD UK: Resisting Apartheid, Building a Shared Democracy. 

Poet of the Impossible

Poet of the Impossible

Poet of the Impossible is a beautifully crafted weaving of magic and words created by Scots-Italian magician and playwright, Lorenzo Novani. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s Funniest Student 2019. 

Andre Krengel Solo: Human Steps

Andre Krengel Solo: Human Steps

Andre, from Germany, is a “traveller between cultures” because his virtuousity allows him to move amongst styles and cultures without sacrificing identity or style. 

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Semi-Finals

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Semi-Finals

Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay. 

#Dave Alnwick: Good Morning, Magic.

#Dave Alnwick: Good Morning, Magic.

If you’re looking for a fun & overall solid start to your day, this is your show. 

Stunt Magician – Danger Dave Reubens

Stunt Magician – Danger Dave Reubens

Back with more outrageous stunts, jaw-dropping magic and crazy comedy in a new hour-long show that will have you on the edge of your seat and howling with laughter. 

Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat Lad-y

Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat Lad-y

Dave Bibby is a multi-talented comedian who crosses into many genres, and his award nominated show (for its poster design) Crazy Cat Lad-y is something of a one-man variety perform… 

Jim and Dave Have Lost the Dressing Room

Jim and Dave Have Lost the Dressing Room

Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game. 

#Dave Alnwick: Literally the Best Magician

#Dave Alnwick: Literally the Best Magician

Dave Alnwick, a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe magic circuit, is one of the more visually striking performers you're likely to see here. 

#Dave Alnwick: Actual Magic

#Dave Alnwick: Actual Magic

Dave Alnwick is a true magician’s magician, with many strings to his bow. 

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth – St Andrews’ first, best and, incidentally, only improvised comedy troupe – are back for their eighth consecutive year at the Fringe, with their own particular b… 

Stand-Up Poet

Stand-Up Poet

‘Excellent show’ (FringeReview. 

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! 

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou… 

Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind

Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind

Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind is a show not to miss. 

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show. 

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he’s trying to find out why. 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

A show about mental health (rather than mental illness). 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Dave Fensome: ADHDave

Dave Fensome: ADHDave

Highly-tipped comic Dave Fensome makes his debut with a darkly comic journey through his life, re-framed through an ADHD diagnosis aged 42. 

My Mate Dave Died

My Mate Dave Died

When Dave dies and is sent back to the living, he is only visible to his best friend Jimmy. 

Life Is No Laughing Matter

Life Is No Laughing Matter

‘Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel and from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new. 

Francesco De Carlo: Winning Hearts and Minds

Francesco De Carlo: Winning Hearts and Minds

Winning Hearts And Minds is a show about love and populism. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Blind Date

Blind Date

Have you ever been on a Tinder date? Picture that in front of a live audience, where only one of the participants knows what’s going on. 

Matt Winning: It's the End of the World as We Know It

Matt Winning: It's the End of the World as We Know It

(And I feel fine (but not all the time)). 

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he never knew why. 

Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat LAD-y

Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat LAD-y

Multi award-winning idiot, Dave Bibby, brings a brand new show of songs, stand up, characters, sketches and cat stories to The Museum of Comedy before setting sail for s… 

Dave Hughes: Live

Dave Hughes: Live

There is no person more synonymous with the Australian comedy scene than Dave “Hughesy” Hughes. 

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award

Mercury Musical Developments and the The Stephen Sondheim Society present the 13th annual STEPHEN SONDHEIM SOCIETY STUDENT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR competitio… 

Mark Cram: Horse Costume

Mark Cram: Horse Costume

Being dumped is hard. 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Dave Chawner: The Pursuit of Happiness

Dave Chawner: The Pursuit of Happiness

Dave is a number 1 bestselling author, he has presented for BBC, written for the Guardian, The Telegraph, Metro and Cosmopolitan and even got an award at The Houses Of Parliament f… 

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he never knew why. 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

After a hugely successful run at last year’s Brighton Fringe, ‘Mental’ returns. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

Dave Chawner: C'est La Vegan

Dave Chawner: C'est La Vegan

Tickets for Dave Chawner: C’est La Vegan apparently went like hot cakes (or should that be like Greggs' vegan sausage rolls?) and as everyone packed into the bijou upstairs r… 

Dave Fulton: Adapt, Adopt, Adapt Again

Dave Fulton: Adapt, Adopt, Adapt Again

If I couldn’t be the father to a kid that came from me, how crazy would it be to have one that didn’t? In a country where I never felt like I belonged, I fou… 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

The Multi Award-winning Naughty Corner Productions are reviving the sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and UK show 'Not The Horse' Not The Horse is an outrageous crime-… 

Thirteen Steps To The Attic

Thirteen Steps To The Attic

In an attic, in a house, with only letters for company, a woman takes a precarious step into the vibrancy of her imagination. 

Learn to Sew Together - First Steps

Learn to Sew Together - First Steps

£50 for both sessions (ticket price is joint)Saturday 19 & 26 January10. 

Learn to Sew Together - Next Steps Make a Bag

Learn to Sew Together - Next Steps Make a Bag

£502pm - 4. 

BS: Oh Holy Shite! (The 12 Steps of Christmas!)

BS: Oh Holy Shite! (The 12 Steps of Christmas!)

WINNERS Boomtish! Best New Comedy Act; FINALISTS Leicester Square Sketch Off 2017; ‘A master class in character comedy!’ BS bring you their debut seasonal sh… 

BRASS, an Award-winning Musical by Benjamin Till

BRASS, an Award-winning Musical by Benjamin Till

Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première. 

Dave Spikey: Juggling on a Motorbike (Charity Show)

Dave Spikey: Juggling on a Motorbike (Charity Show)

Dave had been working in the NHS for 19 years as a Biomedical Scientist when in 1988 someone uttered the immortal words, “You’re really funny, you should be … 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

Five Strategies for Success

Five Strategies for Success

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Perry Air Comedy Award Ceremony

Perry Air Comedy Award Ceremony

The biggest names – Coogan, Evans, Eclair. 

Bercerus the Blind Dog and Other Heroes

Bercerus the Blind Dog and Other Heroes

Bercerus the Blind Dog introduces Cerberus’ blind twin, and includes Greek legends galore. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

The Naked Blind Data Show

The Naked Blind Data Show

Do you want to reveal yourself to the world? Does your data show more than you think? To whom? We think our personal information is private. 

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2018: The Award Ceremony

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2018: The Award Ceremony

Join some of today’s most innovative playwrights for an afternoon of insightful interviews and performed readings. 

My Mate Dave Died

My Mate Dave Died

When Dave dies and is sent back to the living, he is only visible to his best friend Jimmy. 

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final. 

Fats Waller Meets Dave Brubeck

Fats Waller Meets Dave Brubeck

Award-winning pianist Richard Michael BEM imagines a meeting between two of the greatest pianists in the history of jazz piano – Fats Waller and Dave Brubeck. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2018. 

Laughing for Palestine with Frankie Boyle

Laughing for Palestine with Frankie Boyle

Frankie Boyle, Jen Brister and Craig Campbell hosted by Daphna Baram, join in with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition UK for a buy-a-brick fundraiser for a community c… 

Luke Wright, Poet Laureate

Luke Wright, Poet Laureate

The campaign to make Luke Wright the new Poet Laureate starts here. 

The 39 Steps: A Disaster in a Radio Studio!

The 39 Steps: A Disaster in a Radio Studio!

The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts, Wickford have every right to feel proud of themselves. 

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Final

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Final

Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy. 

#Dave: Literally the Best Magician

#Dave: Literally the Best Magician

Twelve full-house Edinburgh Fringe runs. 

No Success Like Failure

No Success Like Failure

How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie… 

Poet of the Impossible

Poet of the Impossible

‘Poet of the Impossible’ is a beautifully crafted weaving of magic and spoken word created by Scots-Italian magician and playwright, Lorenzo Novani. 

#Dave: Luxury Magic Show

#Dave: Luxury Magic Show

Twelve full-house Edinburgh Fringe runs. 

Phill Jupitus Is Porky the Poet in Living in a World Where They Throw the Ducks at the Bread

Phill Jupitus Is Porky the Poet in Living in a World Where They Throw the Ducks at the Bread

Porky’s back at the Free Fringe and in rare form after two UK tours supporting The Lovely Eggs as well as his alter ego Phill Jupitus, whom he’s not really that fond of. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Foolish woman still expects to live a happy and comfortable life without releasing a sex tape. 

Dave Maher Coma Show

Dave Maher Coma Show

Dave Maher was almost unplugged from life support during a month-long coma. 

Woodbine Willie: Poet and Padre

Woodbine Willie: Poet and Padre

A play of overwhelming sincerity and honesty and a moving tribute to an incredible and unique First World War chaplain. 

Tom Skelton: Blind Eye Spy

Tom Skelton: Blind Eye Spy

2023. 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth are St Andrews’ first, best and only improvised comedy troupe. 

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit. 

10 Steps to Happiness

10 Steps to Happiness

Pebble Trust Award Winner, Runner Up Audience Choice Award, Best Comedy by IYAF nominee, Brighton Fringe 2017. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Rise of a Humble Poet

Rise of a Humble Poet

Life can be so cruel and yet so beautiful, come and join an aspiring author on a journey through a past full of hurt and joy, towards a beautiful and hopeful future. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily. 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

A show about mental health (rather than mental illness). 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day. 

Matt Winning: Climate Strange

Matt Winning: Climate Strange

Dr Matt Winning is thinking about starting a family but wonders if he should. 

Dave Green: Melt

Dave Green: Melt

Award-winning Dave Green does his highly anticipated debut hour. 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues. 

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse

‘Why should I continue to be tolerant, when the world has been so intolerant of me?’ Trojan Horse was a local story that hit the national press, accusing ‘hardline’ Muslim te… 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)

You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour. 

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

Fresh from performing to a sold-out audience at VAULT festival and the Brighton Fringe, up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award (… 

Steps at Greenwich Music Time 2018

Steps at Greenwich Music Time 2018

Pop superstars Steps are the first headline act to be announced for Greenwich Music Time 2018. 

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape

Chronic Irish over-thinker Eleanor Tiernan would like to think it’s possible to keep some things private. Is she delusional?  

The Fall of Byron Montrose; Poet, Gentleman, Lover

The Fall of Byron Montrose; Poet, Gentleman, Lover

Blackadder meets Milton Jones. 

10 Steps To Happiness

10 Steps To Happiness

The majority of us can probably admit to turning to Google to answer life’s more trivial questions from time to time. 

No Laughing Matter; An Introduction to Sitcom Writing

No Laughing Matter; An Introduction to Sitcom Writing

One-day sitcom writing workshop taught by two hugely experienced industry insiders who offer insight and instruction from two perspectives; writing and production. 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way. 

Dave Bailey: Say Something!

Dave Bailey: Say Something!

Multi-awarding-winning Comedian Dave Bailey has something to say. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d… 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (WiP)

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (WiP)

Rising star Sarah Keyworth, tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, brings an hour of brand new stand-up that shines a light on the relationship between a little girl … 

Dave Benson Phillips: Christ, I Thought He Was Dead!

Dave Benson Phillips: Christ, I Thought He Was Dead!

Dave Benson Phillips used to be on children’s TV all the time. 

Sing-Along Fun with Dave Benson Phillips

Sing-Along Fun with Dave Benson Phillips

The well-known children’s entertainer and TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips (‘Playdays’, ‘Playhouse Disney’, ‘Fun Song Factory’, ‘Boj!’) performs popular children’s songs on his … 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

Award-winning comedian Dave Chawner premieres his new show about mental health (rather than mental illness). 

Dave: A Work in Progress

Dave: A Work in Progress

Despite his best intentions, Dave Fensome is getting older. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

York Dungeon Venue Template

York Dungeon Venue Template

 

The Basement Venue Template

The Basement Venue Template

 

Stunt Magician - Danger Dave Reubens

Stunt Magician - Danger Dave Reubens

Danger Dave Reubens takes you on a crash course in daredevil stunts, jaw-dropping magic and bizarre comedy. 

Evolution Festival: The Blind Truth

Evolution Festival: The Blind Truth

Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London. 

Mike and Dave do Cash and Dylan

Mike and Dave do Cash and Dylan

A tribute show to Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash! Over three nights David Lane and Michael O’Flaherty will perform a wide range of songs from the two folk and country giants. 

Dave Thornton - So What Now?

Dave Thornton - So What Now?

Should you come see my show or not? Tell you what, look up my stand-up comedy on YouTube and if it makes you laugh grab some tickets. 

Dave & Kate's Multicultural Kids Concert

Dave & Kate's Multicultural Kids Concert

Dave & Kate love to sing for children. 

Dave Hughes – The Snorkeler

Dave Hughes – The Snorkeler

Hughesy has left an indelible mark on the Australian Comedy landscape over the last two decades. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

The multi award-winning Fringe sell-out comedy is returning for it’s final run at Edinburgh Fringe. 

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2017: The Award Ceremony

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2017: The Award Ceremony

Join some of today’s most innovative playwrights for an afternoon of insightful interviews and performed readings. 

Shades of Dave Pell

Shades of Dave Pell

An afternoon of great jazz music with this local octet who recreate the spirit of the legendary Dave Pell Octet – whose soloists included Dave Pell, Jack Shelldon, Art Pepper, Ra… 

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Grab your hottest tickets to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe shows in this prestigious final. 

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Grand Final

Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making. 

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Final

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Final

Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

How to Win the Edinburgh Fringe Sustainable Practice Award

How to Win the Edinburgh Fringe Sustainable Practice Award

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Sink

Sink

Sink is a poignant and fascinating drama about one of China’s greatest playwrights, Lao She; a man who wrote for his country and was once honoured as an ‘Artist of the peo… 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

#Dave: Literally the Best Magician

#Dave: Literally the Best Magician

Twelve full-house Edinburgh Fringe runs. 

30 Neo-Futurist Plays From: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

30 Neo-Futurist Plays From: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

Speed, brevity, honesty and the denial of preconception, TML brings you on a rollicking, multi-genre journey of 30 plays in 60 minutes. 

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay… 

Stunt Magician – Danger Dave Reubens

Stunt Magician – Danger Dave Reubens

Back with a brand new show, Danger Dave Reubens takes you on a crash course in daredevil antics, jaw-dropping magic and bizarre comedy. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe. 

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth are the University of St Andrews’ improv comedy group and they are back once again at this year’s Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe. 

Javier Costales: The Invisible Blind Man

Javier Costales: The Invisible Blind Man

Javier is talked about as surreal, absurdist, observational, daft, satirical: he doesn’t stand as a novelty, nor does he mirror what you know about stand-up comedy. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

The incredible, true story of the Wild West’s greatest Lakota warrior, this original one-man drama depicts the quiet, brilliant figure who defied the mighty US military, attempting… 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Dave Johns: I, Fillum Star

Dave Johns: I, Fillum Star

It is a real privilege to get to spend time with Dave Johns for an hour as he recounts the rollercoaster that he has experienced since being cast as the lead part in Ken Loach’s … 

Matt Winning: Filibuster

Matt Winning: Filibuster

A show about climate change from comedian and environmental economist Matt Winning describing how global warming is destroying both the planet and his life. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock are a sketch comedy foursome who incorporate live music, dance and mime to create a narrative-driven show with hysterical characters and a quick, witty script. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam… 

Best of Chortle Student Comedy Award

Best of Chortle Student Comedy Award

It’s where scores of top comedians started their brilliant careers, from familiar household names to circuit and cult favourites. 

I Hate Myself So People Will Like Me (and Other Strategies for Success)

I Hate Myself So People Will Like Me (and Other Strategies for Success)

A show for anyone who ever worried they weren’t normal. 

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge

‘Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days’ (Scotsman). 

Tom Skelton: Blind Man's Bluff

Tom Skelton: Blind Man's Bluff

Join visionary character comedy maverick Tom Skelton on a wild gallop through the history of blindness and his own sight loss. 

Roberts and Holt: The Horse Show

Roberts and Holt: The Horse Show

The Horse Show comes galloping down to the Camden Fringe festival, fresh from the lush green pastures of Manchester. 

Mark Lester Steps In

Mark Lester Steps In

The world’s going to hell in a handcart, with climate change, extremism and cliches like ‘going to hell in a handcart’. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock is a character-based sketch comedy foursome “yin-yanged to perfection”(The Mumble). 

Dave Benson Phillips: Christ, I Thought He Was Dead!

Dave Benson Phillips: Christ, I Thought He Was Dead!

Do you remember Dave Benson Phillips? If you were a child in Britain from the 80s to the early 00s, there’s a fair chance you watched him on TV. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

Three scousers, two angry mobs and a horse. 

Poet of the Impossible

Poet of the Impossible

Not just a magician but a ‘poet of the impossible’, Scots-Italian conjurer and writer, Lorenzo ‘Renz’ Novani, weaves verbal wizardry and magic into 50 thought provoking and wonder-… 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

Dave Edwards: Looking for Love!

Dave Edwards: Looking for Love!

Join Dave Edwards as he gives advice concerning how to navigate the messy world of modern-day dating. 

Children's Sing-Along Fun with Dave Benson Phillips

Children's Sing-Along Fun with Dave Benson Phillips

The well-known children’s entertainer and TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips (‘Playdays’, ‘Playhouse Disney’, ‘Fun Song Factory’, ‘Boj!’) performs popular children’s songs on his … 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Brodi and Dave: Paranoid

Brodi and Dave: Paranoid

Just because you’re paranoid, it don’t mean they’re not after you! This is the show for anyone who’s ever been confused or scared by the day-to-day insanity of life. 

Heidi Regan and Will Rowland Present: Some Comedy in a Venue

Heidi Regan and Will Rowland Present: Some Comedy in a Venue

Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the very best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

10 Steps To Happiness

10 Steps To Happiness

There is more to life than happiness, right? A not-so-perfect guide to happiness is explored in this one-woman show, written and performed by Yvette May who, after finding hersel… 

Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing

South London’s BEST new comedy night is the first Sunday of every month at the beautiful Stanley Halls (nearest station Norwood Junction). 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Venue Marketplace

Venue Marketplace

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

A Dave Cohen Show: Music Was My First Love

A Dave Cohen Show: Music Was My First Love

Edinburgh Fringe veteran, Perrier nominee, co-founder of the Comedy Store Players, multiple BAFTA-winning Horrible Histories songwriter, inadvertent creator of the phrase ‘comedy i… 

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2016: The Award Ceremony

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2016: The Award Ceremony

Join us for this special event, presented by the University of Edinburgh in association with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland and the Traverse Theatre. 

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Grab your hottest Fringe tickets, to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars who showcase in this prestigious final. 

ONE – The Man Chosen By the Spirit of the Japanese Drum

ONE – The Man Chosen By the Spirit of the Japanese Drum

A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2016. 

The Deer Johns: A Journey

The Deer Johns: A Journey

A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

The Hummingbirds A Cappella: Love Is Not Our Forte

The Hummingbirds A Cappella: Love Is Not Our Forte

To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show. 

Dylan and Donovan: The Prophet, the Poet and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Dylan and Donovan: The Prophet, the Poet and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Two musical icons from different sides of the world, and the fascinating story of their meeting, their rivalry and how their music shaped a generation. 

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Final

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Final

Join us for the live final of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr. 

Stunt Magician: The Story of Danger Dave Reubens

Stunt Magician: The Story of Danger Dave Reubens

The tale of one daredevil’s quest for glory! This mischievous show will fire up your engines with dangerous feats, epic story and jaw-dropping magic. 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

Blind Eye

Blind Eye

A powerful and compelling drama set in 1979. 

Dive and Summerhall Present... C U Next Tuesday Cabaret

Dive and Summerhall Present... C U Next Tuesday Cabaret

Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get… 

Who Killed Pablo Neruda? (A Poet's Journey)

Who Killed Pablo Neruda? (A Poet's Journey)

Mystery, poetry and the unknown contents of a white bag spark a young woman’s quest into the life, death and writing of the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.  

Jim and Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim and Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring. 

Dave Alnwick: The Cult of Dave

Dave Alnwick: The Cult of Dave

Mind wizard. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

Almost twenty years ago, Guy Ritchie changed the landscape of British cinema with his love letter to the charismatic psychopaths of the East End underbelly Lock, Stock and Two Smok… 

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth

St. 

Ken Do's Success for Losers

Ken Do's Success for Losers

You are the neander-fools and I am fire. 

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

Join us for the semi-finals of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter K… 

Matt Winning: Ragnarok

Matt Winning: Ragnarok

‘The attractively impish Matt Winning’ (Guardian) returns with a show within a show and more utter nonsense. 

Live Before You Die by Byron Vincent & Dave McGinn

Live Before You Die by Byron Vincent & Dave McGinn

Byron is a bipolar writer. 

Comedy With a Colour Blind Dyslexic Geordie Who Also Has an Underactive Thyroid

Comedy With a Colour Blind Dyslexic Geordie Who Also Has an Underactive Thyroid

Sean Turner takes his one man show to the Fringe for a month-long run. 

Dave Lemkin: The Village Hall

Dave Lemkin: The Village Hall

Lower Swell is having its summer festival! Come and be a part of the village as character comedian Dave Lemkin brings to life all the guest speakers: Colin Jackson, a self-employed… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day. 

Daniel

Daniel

Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop. 

The Blind Date Project

The Blind Date Project

Desperate and looking for love, Anna (AFI award-winner Bojana Novakovic, star of Rake and Shameless) is a woman at a karaoke bar waiting for a date. 

Nick Revell: Gluten-Free Christ; Seven Easy Steps to Mindfulness, Weight-Loss, Eternal Beauty, Spiritual Detox, Untold Riches, and Dealing with Disappointment

Nick Revell: Gluten-Free Christ; Seven Easy Steps to Mindfulness, Weight-Loss, Eternal Beauty, Spiritual Detox, Untold Riches, and Dealing with Disappointment

There is no doubt that Nick Revell is an amusing and witty comic whose capabilities are evident from both long line of positive past reviews and his catalogue on YouTube. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Blueswater Presents: Queens of the Blues

Blueswater Presents: Queens of the Blues

Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib… 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

A varied sketch comedy, Laughing Stock lives up to its name, parading numerous situations of self-deprecation before us providing much hilarity. 

Poet of the Impossible

Poet of the Impossible

Renz Novani: Poet of the Impossible. 

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b… 

Rights and Responsibilities (or How a Horse Was Tried for Murder)

Rights and Responsibilities (or How a Horse Was Tried for Murder)

A horse tried for murder? A nonsensical idea, surely? Well not after the great Animal Rights and Responsibilities Act 2031 is passed into law. 

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group return with sketches, jokes, songs and a big bag of hammers. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group return with sketches, jokes, songs and a big bag of hammers. 

Swansong

Swansong

Four strangers survive the end of the world and end up stranded in a swan pedalo. 

Horse McDonald in Careful

Horse McDonald in Careful

Swapping her musical trappings for the theatre, Horse McDonald takes to the stage to present an undeniably intriguing and raw, if occasionally sensational, biopic of her own life. 

Happy Dave

Happy Dave

Bloody Happy Dave. 

What Can You Do to Make Your Venue Autism-Friendly?

What Can You Do to Make Your Venue Autism-Friendly?

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Addy van der Borgh presents Blind Charlie Harwood

Addy van der Borgh presents Blind Charlie Harwood

Blues harmonica and booze harmonica legend Blind Charlie Harwood makes his Brighton debut after 35 years of licking the blues. 

Joe, Graeme & Dave: Mummy, I Don't Like Those Men

Joe, Graeme & Dave: Mummy, I Don't Like Those Men

An insight into the weird worlds of three up-and-coming local comics, with three very distinct voices: Joe Foster, Graeme Collard and Dave Fensome. 

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

A one-man drama about Indian chief, Crazy Horse that captures the high adventure of the Sioux Wars of the Wild West. 

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of the Hitchcock film of the John Buchan novel is certainly an impressive feat of theatre. 

Dave Bailey: Beige Against The Machine

Dave Bailey: Beige Against The Machine

Escape all that horrible stuff, for about an hour, with comedian Dave Bailey’s debut solo stand-up show: ‘Beige Against The Machine’. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si… 

War Horse

War Horse

Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, the National Theatre's internationally-acclaimed production of War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical experience. 

The Wedge Horse

The Wedge Horse

Nick Gandiello’s affecting if overwrought drama centers on three Long Island teenagers unsure how to honor the memory of a dead brother and friend. 

We Grew Up in the Back of a Van

We Grew Up in the Back of a Van

We Grew Up in the Back of a Van is a fun and energetic show with a big heart. 

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

The Crick Crack Club’s Gilgamesh is a tour de force piece of storytelling. 

Beauty & The Beast

Beauty & The Beast

Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat… 

Beasty Baby

Beasty Baby

Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre. 

Hurried Steps

Hurried Steps

A hard-hitting and deeply powerful play, exploring the experience of violence against eight women. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

Classically Chilled Piano

Classically Chilled Piano

Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, eight survive, now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

The story of a young man falling in ‘deep shit’ with a notorious gangster is something we see in movies all the time, and the influence of this is clear in Not the Horse. 

Loch Ness Monster Hunter

Loch Ness Monster Hunter

From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics. 

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt

Angie Darcy returns to the fringe with her stellar tribute to and exploration of Janis Joplin. 

Amused Moose Comedy Award Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy Award Grand Final

Grab your tickets to vote for tomorrow’s stars at this prestigious Final alongside comedy cognoscenti. 

Late Night Phantasmagoria With Jack Lukeman

Late Night Phantasmagoria With Jack Lukeman

The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show. 

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Old Blind Dogs

Old Blind Dogs

Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival. 

Bill Hicks: Dark Poet

Bill Hicks: Dark Poet

Based upon the life of the influential and acerbic comedian, Bill Hicks: Dark Poet is a fusion between traditional storytelling monodrama and modern stand-up. 

Circus for Success

Circus for Success

Celebrating 20 years at the Fringe this year! Join this 31-year old multifaceted charity who uses innovative and imaginative ways to inspire, challenge and unlock individual potent… 

Butterfly

Butterfly

A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a… 

Matt Winning: Mugabe and Me (3D)

Matt Winning: Mugabe and Me (3D)

Moderately anticipated debut hour of idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning (The Comedy Zone 2013, finalist BBC New Comedy Awards 2012, winner Hilarity Bites New Act 2011, finalist Ch… 

From The Horse's Mouth @ Edinburgh Fringe

From The Horse's Mouth @ Edinburgh Fringe

Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special. 

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth are a special improv comedy group - wonderfully talented and energetic. 

Christine Bovill’s Piaf

Christine Bovill’s Piaf

Christine Bovill has returned to the Fringe once again to grace us with her incredibly heartfelt renditions of some of Piaf’s greatest songs, on the centenary of the icon’s bir… 

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

A stage and film mixed media adaptation of D. 

A Ward Winning Storey

A Ward Winning Storey

Tom Ward (BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist 2014) and human curiosity Andy Storey (Leicester Square New Comedian finalist 2012) gloriously unite for an hour, where the carefully … 

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Apologist Now!

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Apologist Now!

Phill Jupitus is a performance poet. 

The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe

The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe

The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans… 

A Ward Winning Storey

A Ward Winning Storey

Tom Ward (BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist 2014) and human curiosity Andy Storey (Leicester Square New Comedian finalist 2012) gloriously unite for an hour, where the carefully … 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t… 

Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years

Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years

Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs. 

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Underneath

Underneath

From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show. 

OUT of ABINGDON – Small Steps

OUT of ABINGDON – Small Steps

A giant leap in the continuing musical journey of OUT of ABINGDON, back from Australia for their third Fringe! This soulful Australian duo combines intricate melodies and driving r… 

Dave Callan – A Little Less Conversation 2: A Little More Less Conversation

Dave Callan – A Little Less Conversation 2: A Little More Less Conversation

Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh. 

Dave Griffiths: C U in Court

Dave Griffiths: C U in Court

One comedian’s hilarious battle with French Connection (FCUK) for the right to wear his CNUT t-shirt on stage. 

39 Steps by Patrick Barlow

39 Steps by Patrick Barlow

It’s fitting that, given how this is the centenary of its original publication by Edinburgh-based publisher Blackwood’s, that at least one version of John Buchan’s classic th… 

Zoe Coombs Marr: Dave

Zoe Coombs Marr: Dave

What’s the deal with pizza? Single with cats? Finding Nemo’s girlfriend. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Irreverent. 

The Lonely Poet (or: The Pleonasm)

The Lonely Poet (or: The Pleonasm)

Everybody thinks that I’m lonely. 

Violence of the Lambs

Violence of the Lambs

Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews. 

Poet of the Impossible

Poet of the Impossible

In a tiny, hot, almost claustrophobic room on Hanover Street, a poet is performing miracles. 

Blind Man's Song

Blind Man's Song

Conceived and directed by Guillaume Pigé, Blind Man’s Song follows the imagination of a blind musician at the speed of thought. 

Ste and Dave in Training

Ste and Dave in Training

Ste and Dave In Training is a brand new character comedy show, written and performed by Ste Johnston (Channel 4’s No Offence) and Dave Jackson (ITV2’s Bad Bridesmaid). 

Comedy With a Colour-Blind Dyslexic Geordie

Comedy With a Colour-Blind Dyslexic Geordie

Sean Turner, alternative stand-up comedian, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his second solo Fringe show. 

Rosie's Magic Horse

Rosie's Magic Horse

If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b… 

Damsels in Success: Fairytales Retold

Damsels in Success: Fairytales Retold

Mum and Dad are out and it is time for a bedtime story with a twist. 

A Potter, a Painter and a Poet

A Potter, a Painter and a Poet

In an innovative collaboration of depth and diversity, potter Paul Tebble, artist Anne Gilchrist and poet Elizabeth Burns respond to each other’s work and break down boundaries bet… 

How To Win Against History

How To Win Against History

What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is. 

Orson's Shadow

Orson's Shadow

Orson’s shadow looms heavily in Austin Pendleton’s play about the prolific director; not only over the protagonist but over the entire play which whilst fascinating and fait… 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc… 

Boj's Musical Storytime with Dave Benson-Philips

Boj's Musical Storytime with Dave Benson-Philips

Join us for an hour of Boj-a-boom fun with Dave Benson-Philips! Read, make and play in this musical themed family event featuring Boj (as seen on CBeebies)! 

Venue B @ Brighton Youth Centre

Venue B @ Brighton Youth Centre

See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener… 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2… 

Matt Winning: Work in Progress in Progress

Matt Winning: Work in Progress in Progress

Ongoing idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning. 

Nick Dixon: Possible Future Success (WIP)

Nick Dixon: Possible Future Success (WIP)

Insanely talented newcomer Nick Dixon presents a preview of his hilarious and ridiculously honest debut show. 

Rosie's Magic Horse

Rosie's Magic Horse

If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake. 

Dave Chawner: Normally Abnormal

Dave Chawner: Normally Abnormal

Award-winning comedian Dave Chawner premieres his new show about identity. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Dave Gormans PowerPoint Presentation

Dave Gormans PowerPoint Presentation

Mr. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L… 

Horse Girls

Horse Girls

If gore and gratuitous, giggle-laced meanness is your thing, Jenny Rachel Weiner’s mad, dark comedy about girls gone wild (for horses) isn’t a bad way to spend an hour. 

Dave Attell

Dave Attell

Among the most respected comedians in New York, Mr. Attell known for his smart vulgarity and unapologetically aggressive stand-up. 

Todd Barry and Dave Attell

Todd Barry and Dave Attell

The Comedy Cellar is offering two strong shows on Thanksgiving night. Along with Mr. Barry and Mr. Attell, expected performers include Mark Normand, Greer Barnes and Godfrey. 

The Andy Kaufman Award

The Andy Kaufman Award

Now in its 10th year, this award show recognizes quirky up-and-coming artists who perform “in the spirit of the comic legend. 

Rime

Rime

Most people know at least the odd line from Samuel Taylor’s epic poem from 1798, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 

Major Tom

Major Tom

Told through a journey into the comparable worlds of beauty pageants and dog shows, Victoria Melody’s Major Tom explores how easy it is to become obsessed with personal image and… 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

The Cuban Brothers

The Cuban Brothers

‘I took him to pumpin’ school, for the guys who are not so good with the chicas’ says Cuban Brothers’ frontman Miguel Mantovani of his newest and shyest member of the team,… 

Russell Kane: Smallness

Russell Kane: Smallness

He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ. 

Old Blind Dogs

Old Blind Dogs

Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival. 

Different is Dangerous

Different is Dangerous

Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company. 

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014

See the first two heats of the competition that features a selection of the very best in handpicked new acts. 

Dave Hughes: Pointless

Dave Hughes: Pointless

There is no bigger name in Australian comedy and he’s heading to the Fringe. 

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

Campy am-dram with a pre-school aesthetic, Edinburgh theatre company, Cat-Like Tread’s The Pirates of Penzance is likely to have you humming the Gilbert and Sullivan Songs but … 

Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes

Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes

Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St. 

Blind

Blind

Grace Savage, the UK’s official female champion beatboxer, suits her oxymoronic name to a tee. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Hundreds entered, eight survive and now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student. 

Circus for Success

Circus for Success

Inspiring young people through circus for over 30 years, Albert & Friends Instant Circus offers the opportunity to develop life skills by building confidence, teamwork, balance and… 

Pianist/Guitarist Dave Stewart

Pianist/Guitarist Dave Stewart

If you’ve been searching and waiting for a concert full of beautiful music - this is it! The show for fans of Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi and lovers of all styles of acoustic… 

Heavy Petting: Hammer Time

Heavy Petting: Hammer Time

Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic … 

Dave!

Dave!

Dave! is entirely incomparable with anything else I’ve seen this year. 

Jenan Younis: A Masterclass in Anger Management

Jenan Younis: A Masterclass in Anger Management

Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues. 

Laughing Matters Fundraiser

Laughing Matters Fundraiser

Laughing Matters! Come see our fundraiser and show support for this great enterprise! Previous shows have featured Harry Hill, Phill Jupitus, Tony Law and Paul Foot! Don’t miss out… 

New Zealand Music Showcase

New Zealand Music Showcase

The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe. 

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth

St Andrews’ oldest, best and only improv troupe is lonely. 

In The Pink - Ten Years in Harmony

In The Pink - Ten Years in Harmony

In the Pink are a young all female 10-piece a capella group who perform variations of hit pop and hip hop. 

Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2)

Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2)

Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2) from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope is an evening of easy listening funny tunes and mild jokes. 

Napoli Mia! Dinner and Show

Napoli Mia! Dinner and Show

In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people. 

Dave Griffiths: C U in Court

Dave Griffiths: C U in Court

C U In Court is a remarkable tale of Dave Griffiths’ battle against the giant corporation of French Connection. 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

One Or Two Things About Us

One Or Two Things About Us

1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage. 

Cat Stevens Reconstructed

Cat Stevens Reconstructed

In Cat Stevens Reconstructed, New York vocalist Jess Abrams performs her own interpretations of Stevens’ classic songs, providing a mellow alto tone and interesting variations on… 

Dean Friedman In Concert

Dean Friedman In Concert

Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no. 

Laughing Matters

Laughing Matters

Laughing Matters provides free comedy-based courses to those in recovery from addiction and individuals with mental health issues with the aim of helping develop confidence, self-e… 

Hot Chocolate at 10

Hot Chocolate at 10

First things first. 

And the Horse You Rode in On

And the Horse You Rode in On

And The Horse You Rode In On begins with the easy unfolding of soldiers’ badinage. 

Alan Anderson: Whisky For Dafties

Alan Anderson: Whisky For Dafties

Whisky for Dafties is a mostly derisive overview of Scotch whisky history and appreciation from whisky-swigging Scottish stand up Alan Anderson, complete with whisky tasting, non… 

City Of the Blind

City Of the Blind

An innovative experience premieres at the festival this year in the form of David Leddy’s political thriller, City of the Blind. 

Fleeced

Fleeced

Fleeced is an original comedy musical that tells the story of the made-up ancient Greek hero Jersephules; a simple farm boy doted on by his parents. 

Arrest That Poet!

Arrest That Poet!

Have you ever climbed up a power station, D-locked yourself to a construction company’s staircase or been sued for £5 million? Until recently, slam poet Danny Chivers certainly … 

Gary Colman: ChUNT - The Verb to Grumble

Gary Colman: ChUNT - The Verb to Grumble

Gary Colman (no not that one) has been a strong force at the free fringe for some time now and he certainly hasn’t dropped the ball this year round. 

Matt Winning and Lolly Adefope

Matt Winning and Lolly Adefope

A shared hour from Matt Winning (The Comedy Zone 2013, finalist BBC New Comedy Awards 2012, winner Hilarity Bites New Act 2011, finalist Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2010 and 2011… 

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Juplicity

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Juplicity

Before Phill Jupitus was a panel show staple (but in a good way) he was a performance poet. 

Nick Hall: Helmet

Nick Hall: Helmet

Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life. 

Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging - Free

Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging - Free

Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging is a show much more savoury than its name suggests. 

Elf Lyons - Underground Success

Elf Lyons - Underground Success

Standing at an impressive six feet, Elf Lyons is a comedic force to be reckoned with. 

Stuart Laws When's This Gonna Stop? (1hr Show)

Stuart Laws When's This Gonna Stop? (1hr Show)

Irritating stand up from an irritating man. 

New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey Through the Great American Songbook

New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey Through the Great American Songbook

New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle… 

Jazz Bar Music

Jazz Bar Music

An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums. 

Late Night Dark Show

Late Night Dark Show

It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint. 

Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show

Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show

The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents. 

Free Historical Walking Tours of the Royal Mile

Free Historical Walking Tours of the Royal Mile

This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile. 

Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns

Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns

A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns. 

The Immigration Lottery

The Immigration Lottery

It’s July 1st, 2017, precisely twenty years after China took back Hong Kong from the British. 

Luisa Omielan... Am I Right Ladies?!

Luisa Omielan... Am I Right Ladies?!

After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t… 

Six Steps to Joy

Six Steps to Joy

With some beat poetry, some interpretative dance and their patented Joy testing machine, comic actors Becky Brunning and Katharine Marwick claim that they can pull an audience out … 

Ricky and Dave - Gigglelos

Ricky and Dave - Gigglelos

Ricky and Dave – Gigglelos is a Free Fringe show and hour of light humour that relaxes you into laughing in a comfortable atmosphere. 

Sophie Willan: Novice Detective

Sophie Willan: Novice Detective

Sophie Willian: Novice Detective is a stand up show homage to daytime TV detective programmes like Murder She Wrote and Poirot and when focused on these it’s about as good as you… 

Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge

Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge

Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter. 

Dreams of Peace and Freedom

Dreams of Peace and Freedom

Part choral performance, part spoken word, Dreams of Peace and Freedom charts the development of the European Convention of Human Rights, reciting passages from one of its main c… 

Jim Holland: Shoegazing

Jim Holland: Shoegazing

Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes. 

Bill Clinton Hercules

Bill Clinton Hercules

Bill Clinton was one of America’s glowing presidents, a shining democrat in the fashion of Jimmy Carter and even America’s beloved JFK. 

Blind Hamlet

Blind Hamlet

Anyone expecting anything like Hamlet will be sorely disappointed. 

John Conway Tonight

John Conway Tonight

The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness. 

Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall: Success Arms

Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall: Success Arms

At first glance, Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall appears a mild mannered, softly spoken young man, cutting an endearing figure as he gently chatted with the audience throughout the show… 

Russell Hicks: Unprepared

Russell Hicks: Unprepared

You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared. 

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind has been running in various iterations since 1988, with an ever-changing roster of extremely short “plays. 

Peter Straker Black Magic

Peter Straker Black Magic

Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen. 

Twins

Twins

Twins Jack and Annie McGrath have put on a sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe in a desperate bid to find their third, long lost brother. 

Kate Lucas and Dave Green: Well-Adjusted

Kate Lucas and Dave Green: Well-Adjusted

‘Delightfully crude, gleefully nasty’ (Chortle. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Lewis Schaffer: Success Is Not An Option

Lewis Schaffer: Success Is Not An Option

Lewis Schaffer, a 57 year old New York Jew, greets each audience member with a warm handshake as they walk into the dingy, dubiously smelling venue of Lewis Schaffer: Success Is … 

Glen Matlock: I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol

Glen Matlock: I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol

One of the founding members of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of most of their iconic songs, Glen Matlock has arrived at the Edinburgh Festival for one week only for an evening that… 

Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps

Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps

Gooood Morning! Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps starts at 9am. 

Dave Waller: Where My Folk To?

Dave Waller: Where My Folk To?

Dave grew up as a rap nerd in a Cornish village. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you. 

Dan Jones: New Kid

Dan Jones: New Kid

Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents. 

Shellshock! Improv Live!

Shellshock! Improv Live!

Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion. 

Jamie MacDonald: That Funny Blind Guy 2 - The Good, the Stag and the Ugly

Jamie MacDonald: That Funny Blind Guy 2 - The Good, the Stag and the Ugly

Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”. 

The Original Underground Tour

The Original Underground Tour

Welcome to Edinburgh’s dark and dirty side. 

Dances for a Variable Population: Solstice Steps

Dances for a Variable Population: Solstice Steps

Naomi Goldberg Haas has long celebrated aging through dance, bringing together multigenerational casts in public spaces. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

Horse

Horse

See how far one woman’s passion for all things equine can go, in a show where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. 

How to: Run a Venue at Brighton Fringe

How to: Run a Venue at Brighton Fringe

Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va… 

Venue B

Venue B

What kind of music do you like? We got it. 

Venue B Presents the Mystery Weekender

Venue B Presents the Mystery Weekender

2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�… 

Dave Griffiths: C U in Court

Dave Griffiths: C U in Court

‘C U in Court’ is the extraordinary true story of how award-winning comedian Dave Griffiths obsessively fought clothing giant French Connection for his right to wear his CNUT t-shi… 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

That Funny Blind Guy 2

That Funny Blind Guy 2

The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

TJ & Dave

TJ & Dave

The Chicago long-form improvisers TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi, the focus of the 2009 documentary “Trust Us, This Is All Made Up,” return to the Barrow Street Theate… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival. 

DD Dorvillier: A Catalogue of Steps

DD Dorvillier: A Catalogue of Steps

Danspace Project’s always intriguing platform series returns with “Diary of an Image,” a month of performances and events devoted to the work of DD Dorvillier. 

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Arkle’s affectionate take on the Buchan classic of espionage and daring-do. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking. 

Flamenco for Kids

Flamenco for Kids

Families lined up outside C ECA’s Main Theatre seemed very excited to go to see this show, one girl was even dressed in a flamenco dress already. 

Laughing Wild

Laughing Wild

Christopher Durang’s play Laughing Wild has been wonderfully adapted to fill Funny You Should Ask’s 50 minute time slot to create a play so uproarious and so terrific you’ll … 

Circus for Success

Circus for Success

Learn the secrets of the sawdust ring! Help celebrate A & FIC’s 18th year at the Fringe and its 30 years of teaching children and young people amazing circus skills. 

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival

Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing. 

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo! - FREE

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo! - FREE

Cash prizes! Top Acts! Bingo! Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present the best of the Fringe and the chance to win a bucket of money in a game of visual bingo! 

Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter

Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter

Dave read a book called the Psychology of Laughter, from 1913. 

Blues! Live at Venue 45

Blues! Live at Venue 45

The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45. 

Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

A variety show isn’t just a very pleasant smattering of tasters, but a study in miniature of what comedians are finding funny these days. 

Blind Mirth Improv Comedy

Blind Mirth Improv Comedy

Although the Fringe offers up a slew of improvised comedy year after year, the youthful set of comics behind Blind Mirth succeed in providing a unique input into the somewhat satur… 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

At a time when making a name in the world of stand-up comedy is at its most difficult, 8 young hopefuls, whittled down from hundreds, came together to compete for the distinguished… 

The Odyssey of Dave

The Odyssey of Dave

The incredibly talented team that comprises the Paper Crane Company has hit the Fringe this year with a new and original piece of theatre. 

Small Steps in Random Directions

Small Steps in Random Directions

What links a dildo salesman, a ukulele player, a whale thief and 35 other characters? They’re frustrated, bored and aren’t going to do anything about it. 

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

The Chortle Student Comedy Awards is a one night only Fringe show, in which eight contestants compete for the grand prize of £2000 and the title of Best New Chortle Comedian. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

Zombie Prom

Zombie Prom

Given the title, you could be forgiven for assuming this was a show that relied on wackiness for its own sake, à la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. 

Dave Bailey and Friends Comedy Hour

Dave Bailey and Friends Comedy Hour

Comedian Dave Bailey ‘definitely funny and loads of good gags’ (BAFTA) performs 30 minutes of stand-up and is supported by two top comedians from the circuit doing 15 minute se… 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

A Play With Words and Blind Love

A Play With Words and Blind Love

In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one. 

Horse

Horse

One of the UK’s most renowned songwriters presents a rare acoustic evening. 

Horse

Horse

Alone in a stable, she gallops through a life of horsey thoughts and behaviour. 

That Funny Blind Guy

That Funny Blind Guy

Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London. 

Monkey Poet - Love Hurts Actually

Monkey Poet - Love Hurts Actually

Forget the movie, Monkey Poet tells us that Love Hurts, Actually. 

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Zeitgeist Limbo

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Zeitgeist Limbo

Anyone looking for Phill Jupitus’ stand-up, please look elsewhere. 

Monkey Poet

Monkey Poet

Matt Panesh is Monkey Poet: A poet who runs out of poems after half an hour. 

In the Kingdom of the Blind

In the Kingdom of the Blind

That’s an awfully good-looking prop, I think to myself as a character takes a knife to an apparent rabbit carcass. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

A Laughing Matter

A Laughing Matter

Hush Theatre is on a mission ‘to deliver a comparable experience to both deaf and able hearing audiences. 

Duvet Dave

Duvet Dave

Who is Duvet Dave? I’m not really allowed to say exactly who, but I can describe him. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

A selection of the best in new comedy at the Fringe, alongside some top headliners picked from Fringe shows, national competitions and around the world. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Tim Renkow and Dave Millett Are Meandering With Purpose

Tim Renkow and Dave Millett Are Meandering With Purpose

The world is all puddles and night buses, and these two North American comics aren’t certain to succeed without a specific goal or precise vision for the future. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Dave Griffiths: C U In Court

Dave Griffiths: C U In Court

Dave Griffiths is clearly a determined man. 

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner

Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy’s biggest prize. 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Perhaps a case of mis-selling the show at Pleasance Courtyard, the audience for AAA Stand Up was of a distinctly middle age and much of the material used by three comedians in the … 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Fringe venue behemoth Laughing Horse present a mixed bag of comedy upstairs at the Quadrant hosted by mentalist magician Mr. 

Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave

Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave

Some suggest that you have to like a performer to be able to laugh at their work. 

Failure (Other Opportunities for Non-Linear Success)

Failure (Other Opportunities for Non-Linear Success)

I was impressed by the summary this show boasts, breezily claiming to encapsulate the bulky genres of contemporary dance, comedy and social commentary in a neat hour. 

Success: A Success Story - Free

Success: A Success Story - Free

‘Success’ is an inventive, endearing and beautifully observed pastiche of self-help seminars. 

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in 27 Years On

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in 27 Years On

Phill Jupitus in association with Free Fringe is a coup. 

The Shaman's Dream

The Shaman's Dream

In the gardens of the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art Two (formerly known as the Dean Gallery), a combined cast of Scottish performers and the Norwegian company Stella Polaris put o… 

Pool of Blood

Pool of Blood

Presented at first by a set of large barrels and some odds and ends - a keyboard player, percussionist, and bass guitarist, as well as some well made-up actors - it was easy to mak… 

Best in the World

Best in the World

The Northern Stage at St Stephen’s is a rather wonderful room, and the Unfolding Theatre Company’s Best in the World – directed by Annie Rigby, written by Carina Rodney and p… 

Sex Money Death

Sex Money Death

The tiny room in the Shack Comedy Club on Rose Street was a fitting venue for an intimate, surprisingly generous and occasionally bleak comedy set from Stuart Black, which often fe… 

Superbard Starts to Save the World

Superbard Starts to Save the World

George Lewkowicz’s Superbard Starts to Save the World never quite finds its feet despite game attempts by the show’s creator to inject life into its rather confused narrative. 

Painters

Painters

Set on a building site, Next On Theatre’s show is an acrobatic, exciting and occasionally funny trip into the world of three northern painters and decorators. 

Iron Brew

Iron Brew

A can of Iron Bru, a sugary gas-filled concoction known across the land as fizzy pop, is presented to theatre goers as they take their seats for Roar Productions’ Edinburgh offeri… 

Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes

Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes

This does largely what it says on the tin, though tinned goods would be beyond the pale for these two sisters as they long for the simple pleasures of the 1950’s: “baking and pr… 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

Newland

Newland

From the start it was clear that this show was going to be a very professional one. 

Dave Gorman's Power Point Presentation

Dave Gorman's Power Point Presentation

Dave Gorman has formed a double act - with a projection screen. 

This is Who I Am!

This is Who I Am!

The lights go up on a simple but effective set - a mirror, two chairs, and a coat-stand in the corner - a sparseness that serves to foreground the characters and their idiosyncrati… 

Gadd, Kirk and Winning: Well, This is Awkward...

Gadd, Kirk and Winning: Well, This is Awkward...

Considering that all the members of this Glaswegian trio are award-winning (and by this I mean prestigious awards like ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ and Chortle, rather than Be… 

Dave Gibson and Charlie Talbot - Battle of Britain: North vs South

Dave Gibson and Charlie Talbot - Battle of Britain: North vs South

The premise of Battle of Britain is very simple and one that has been done to death: which is the better half of Britain, the North or the South? For the purpose of this exercise w… 

Anda Union - The Wind Horse

Anda Union - The Wind Horse

If your knowledge of Mongolian history is limited to Genghis Khan, or if you think that folk music is merely background music for washed-out hippies, then Anda Union are the perfec… 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi… 

Don Quixote - Theatre of the Blind

Don Quixote - Theatre of the Blind

Unlike ‘His Ghostly Heart’, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors’ forms, in ‘Don Qui… 

Luke Wright - Your New Favourite Poet

Luke Wright - Your New Favourite Poet

Luke Wright doesn’t invite audiences to buy a printed anthology of his work after he performs: he invites them to buy his CD. 

Dream or Not?

Dream or Not?

This is easily the most unusual thing I have ever seen at the Fringe. 

The Fabulous Chopin Boys

The Fabulous Chopin Boys

This show marks the 164th anniversary of the visit Chopin made, beleaguered by illness, to Edinburgh in 1848. 

Evolution 2018: The Blind Truth

Evolution 2018: The Blind Truth

Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London. 

Award-Winning Comedian Nik Coppin

Award-Winning Comedian Nik Coppin

When you see ‘Award-Winning’ in front of a comedy act, you tend to sit up and expect something pretty good. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The cozy upstairs room of The Quadrant was all-abuzz with the sound of glasses clinking and chitter-chatter, preceding what I hoped would be a night of raucous laughter and merrime… 

Monsters Got Talent

Monsters Got Talent

First things first, every ticket for this show costs a fiver, which is far better value than so many other children’s productions on in Edinburgh during August and for this £5, … 

Seann Walsh: Seann to be Wild

Seann Walsh: Seann to be Wild

Seann Walsh appeared in front of a sold-out, 336-strong crowd at Pleasance Courtyard’s Beyond, and despite a lot of energy and bravado in his performance, this is a case of a sho… 

Springboard

Springboard

The Performing Arts Studio Scotland hosts Springboard, a triple-bill of original dance pieces that gives young and emerging dancers, students and graduates the chance to perform. 

Clooney, Cowell, Pitt and Me: Amusing Encounters with the A-List

Clooney, Cowell, Pitt and Me: Amusing Encounters with the A-List

Sandro Monetti’s show Clooney, Cowell, Pitt and Me: Amusing Encounters With the A-List does more or less what it says on its somewhat over-titled tin. 

Mr B's Chap-Hop Hoorah!

Mr B's Chap-Hop Hoorah!

There were clearly some diehard fans in this audience - they began to mime along and dance as soon as Mr B, heralded by his butler, graced the Ballroom stage of the Voodoo Rooms wi… 

Chris Difford and Norman Lovett: It's All About Me!

Chris Difford and Norman Lovett: It's All About Me!

It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh. 

Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave

Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave

Most famous for her role as Dobby in Peep Show, Isy Suttie’s ‘Pearl and Dave’ proved a truly enjoyable and uplifting evening. 

Sean Hughes - Life Becomes Noises

Sean Hughes - Life Becomes Noises

Fringe mainstay Sean Hughes is performing two shows at this year’s festival and has perhaps bravely decided to make his earlier show, Life Becomes Noises, an extended discourse o… 

Carnival of Crows

Carnival of Crows

By the end of her one woman gothic horror show, Molly Beth White has gathered all of her spooky accoutrements and the previous 50 minutes’ themes into one rather triumphant macab… 

The Gambler

The Gambler

Theatre Re’s production, The Gambler, is a remarkable piece of theatre: slick, imaginative, engaging and flawlessly executed. 

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

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… 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary. 

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

This production of Wuthering Heights, adapted from the original novel by Emily Brontë, started well. 

Protest Moans and Megaphones

Protest Moans and Megaphones

Henry Raby’s fifty minutes in Bashee Labyrinth is expressly presented as a place to try new material and get a breather from his regular show, Letter to the Man (from the Boy), i… 

The Blind

The Blind

Inspired by the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago, “The Blind” is a story in pictures, exploring both what it is to be blinded but also diving into the darke… 

The Submarine Show

The Submarine Show

Fifty minutes of pure immersion. 

Stick Stock Stone Dead

Stick Stock Stone Dead

Stick Stock Stone Dead is a piece written and performed entirely by the under 18-year-olds of the CrazySchemeTheatre company, and while the show is a decent first attempt at physic… 

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner (preview)

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner (preview)

Nathan Cassidy opens this show with great energy, telling us with a jig that it’s “all about positivity”. 

Back to School's Disco

Back to School's Disco

The concept behind this production was brilliant and ingenious: Take one group of 20-somethings and send them back to school. 

McNeil and Pamphilon

McNeil and Pamphilon

Three-time Fringe veterans Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon treat the Pleasance Baby Grand with an energetic and slightly delirious hour of comedy that manages to acknowledge its deb… 

Call Me!

Call Me!

The show is based on a simple concept: three women leave horrendously awkward voicemails on the phones of their male love interests, with potentially disastrous consequences. 

Monkey Poet's Murder Mystery

Monkey Poet's Murder Mystery

When a group came into his show mistaking it for the one on next door, Matt Panesh, aka Money Poet, didn’t bat an eyelid. 

Shane Koyczan - Talk Rocker

Shane Koyczan - Talk Rocker

Canadian spoken word artist Shane Koyczan is an intense young man whose poems explore some thoroughly emotional ground regarding his childhood, his grandparents, his early relation… 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

The Barwell Prophecy

The Barwell Prophecy

This show has a strong concept from the outset, but the performance lets this concept down by rendering it uninteresting. 

Dante

Dante

Adapting Dante’s Inferno for the stage would be a tall order at the best of times, but the Louisiana State University Theatre company set themselves an exceedingly difficult task… 

Splitting the Bill – Michael Workman & Tommy Little

Splitting the Bill – Michael Workman & Tommy Little

In the Gilded Balloon’s Dining Room the twinned stand up sets of Australian comics Michael Workman and Tommy Little provided some wonderfully imaginative laughs, a pleasing contr… 

The Lost Child

The Lost Child

This production began with a cute song that went on for a little too long with an inartistic, uninteresting cartoon world displayed on a huge screen at the back of the stage. 

Monkey Poet - Potty Mouth

Monkey Poet - Potty Mouth

Monkey Poet’s combination of heavily political stand-up and performance poetry will be the darkest, rudest and funniest thing you see at the Free Fringe. 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid… 

Dave McNeill: Canoe Ride 3000

Dave McNeill: Canoe Ride 3000

Dave McNeill oozes conviction. 

Ben Moor: Not Everything is Significant

Ben Moor: Not Everything is Significant

As I left Ben Moor’s new show, Not Everything is Significant, I was accosted by a fellow audience member who noticed my – I thought – carefully concealed press pass. 

Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie

Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie

Rhod Gilbert bounces on stage, chatting to the audience. 

Chris McCausland: Not Blind Enough

Chris McCausland: Not Blind Enough

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. 

66a Church Road: A Lament Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases

66a Church Road: A Lament Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases

Home is where Daniel Kitson’s heart is. 

Patterson and Ranganathan

Patterson and Ranganathan

In a really charming and comfortable little room at the back of the White Horse on Canongate, Jason Patterson and Romesh Ranganathan put on an hour of pretty charming stand up. 

The Space Between My Head and My Body

The Space Between My Head and My Body

A new theatre company created in 2007, Gin in the Tea’s first production The Space Between My Head and My Body shows promise for the future but lacks narrative drive and clarity. 

Jamie Kilstein - There Is No God and That's Okay

Jamie Kilstein - There Is No God and That's Okay

You have your Fringe Picks, your Comedy Highlights, the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, all intended to direct you to the big names that you should see. 

The Meeting

The Meeting

We’ve all been there. 

Crocosmia

Crocosmia

It is always exciting to find a young company at the Fringe who demonstrate real and tangible potential to create vibrant, vivid and affecting new work. 

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly played to a packed Queen’s Hall with his own brand of low-key folk-rock, featuring only him and his nephew Dan Kelly, who played guitar an… 

Alun Cochrane. Owner of a Shed. And a Son. Thinks the World is Wonky.

Alun Cochrane. Owner of a Shed. And a Son. Thinks the World is Wonky.

Alun Cochrane is the owner of a shed and a son and holds these as signs that he is growing up. 

By the Way

By the Way

Two friends embark upon a road trip through France, their surreal journey accompanied by an over-zealous and unconventional Sat Nav commentary, voiced by the marvellously monotonou… 

Deep Cut

Deep Cut

Between June 1995 and March 2002, four young soldiers – four young people – were killed at Deep Cut barracks. 

Architecting

Architecting

‘Our World is dying’ think The TEAM, and ‘we need to put it down’. 

Nocturne

Nocturne

Nocturne is that rarest most precious piece of theatre, the one for which you feel privileged at having it shared with you, the one where you do not want it to end so that you may … 

Aeneas Faversham Forever

Aeneas Faversham Forever

Whoever thought a ‘Victorian sketch show’ would work? Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck – The Penny Dreadfuls – that’s who, and they should be applauded for their ingenui… 

Coitophobia

Coitophobia

Maria Robert’s Coitophobia doesn’t know what it’s about. 

Tir Nan Og

Tir Nan Og

Tir Nan Og is Paradise, the land of eternal youth. 

Iszi Lawrence's Wotnot

Iszi Lawrence's Wotnot

Iszi Lawrence’s stand-up show Wotnot, a word that also doubles as her go-to euphemism for her vagina, is delightfully tricky to describe with concision. 

Trippplicate’s Timetripppers!

Trippplicate’s Timetripppers!

Trippplicate should be playing to full houses. 

Princess Pyunggang

Princess Pyunggang

This production looks wonderful: a funeral casket, flanked by beautifully painted Korean drums, sits centre stage. 

Stoopud Fucken Animals

Stoopud Fucken Animals

Stoopud Fucken Animals is very fucken impressive. 

An Audience With Adrienne

An Audience With Adrienne

Adrienne is the perfect host. 

Yellow Moon

Yellow Moon

Following fairly significant fanfare David Greig’s new play, Yellow Moon, tells a familiar story of adolescent confusion and discovery via a fresh and distinct mode of storytellin… 

Hugh Hughes in ... Story of a Rabbit

Hugh Hughes in ... Story of a Rabbit

Life is spectacular. 

Pappy's Fun Club

Pappy's Fun Club

Pappy would be proud. 

Exits and Entrances - Athol Fugard

Exits and Entrances - Athol Fugard

I left Athol Fugard’s new play shaking, with tears in my eyes, as if I had just been party to some holy experience. 

St Andrews Presents - Blind Mirth Improv Comedy

St Andrews Presents - Blind Mirth Improv Comedy

This is improvisation at it’s best. 

Machinal

Machinal

Late 20s America. 

The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen

The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen

The pseudo-auditorium boxes in the theatre immediately made sure that there was a distinct ‘stage show’ feel to the performance, meaning that the audience knew from the start t… 

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy. 

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final. 

Amadou & Mariam + Blind Boys of Alabama

Amadou & Mariam + Blind Boys of Alabama

American gospel voyages back to its African roots in this compelling collaboration between two of today’s greatest world music groups. 

Double Fringe First Winners Xhloe & Natasha Share Secrets Of Their Edinburgh Fringe Success

Double Fringe First Winners Xhloe & Natasha Share Secrets Of Their Edinburgh Fringe Success

Double Fringe First Winners, Xhloe & Natasha talk to us about the Edinburgh Fringe and what made them want to bring their Fringe First winning shows, And Then The Rodeo Burned Down... 

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Brighton Fringe Broadway Bobby Award Winner 2019 Announced

Brighton Fringe Broadway Bobby Award Winner 2019 Announced

After a year of excellent shows, picking the winner was harder than ever. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.  

Pick of the Pubs, by Joe the Poet

Pick of the Pubs, by Joe the Poet

The relationship between poetry and alcohol is renowned and Joseph J Clark continues in this tradition with his show, Drunk With A Pen (Sweet Werks 2, 5th-13th May, 19:00). 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events... 

Neil Hilborn on Self Care as a Poet

Neil Hilborn on Self Care as a Poet

In 2011, Neil Hilborn’s poetry slam team placed first in the US College Poetry Slam. 

Brighton Fringe Broadway Bobby Award Winner Announced

Brighton Fringe Broadway Bobby Award Winner Announced

Another stellar year of entertainment at Brighton Fringe has once again made choosing the winner of the coveted Broadway Bobby incredibly difficult. 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned. 

The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival

The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival

For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s... 

Poet Dan Simpson: “Computers Don’t Know What a Cliché is”

Poet Dan Simpson: “Computers Don’t Know What a Cliché is”

Dan Simpson is a former Canterbury Laureate, and has performed at the Glastonbury Festival, Roundhouse Camden, and the BBC Fringe Slam. 

​How to Win a Bobby: Queer Musical How to Win Against History Scoops Award

​How to Win a Bobby: Queer Musical How to Win Against History Scoops Award

How To Win Against History has been awarded the prestigious Bobby Award, Broadway Baby’s sixth star awarded to the very cream of Fringe performances. 

Steps' Lee Latchford-Evans on Learning Accents for Eurobeat

Steps' Lee Latchford-Evans on Learning Accents for Eurobeat

Tired of having to wait a full year to get that Eurovision vibe? Then you’ll love Eurobeat, a comedy musical where European countries - including Vatican City - compete for your ... 

Poet Pete De-Graft Johnson on Balancing Art and Business

Poet Pete De-Graft Johnson on Balancing Art and Business

Pete De-Graft Johnson, also known as The Repeat Beat Poet, is a poet and organiser of The PAD, a studio and events space in London. 

Content vs Style - Poet Joel Auterson on Slam Culture

Content vs Style - Poet Joel Auterson on Slam Culture

Joel Auterson is an otter admirer and a host of the Boomerang Club, a regular poetry night in London. 

Pepperdine Scotland's Interference wins first Bobby Award at EdFringe 2016

Pepperdine Scotland's Interference wins first Bobby Award at EdFringe 2016

Our exclusive Bobby Award has found its first EdFringe home, in the hands on Pepperdine Scotland for their 5-star show Interference at C venues. 

Dave Chawner’s Late-life Circumcision

Dave Chawner’s Late-life Circumcision

What do you do if you have to have a circumcision at age 27? Well if you’re Dave Chawner, you write an Edinburgh show about it. 

​9 Winning Tips for Surviving the EdFringe Media Matrix

​9 Winning Tips for Surviving the EdFringe Media Matrix

Fringe folk, I’ve been where you are. 

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable. 

Olivier Award-nominated Les Enfants Terribles to open Greenwich festival

Olivier Award-nominated Les Enfants Terribles to open Greenwich festival

A theatre company nominated for an Olivier Award will open the ninth annual Greenwich Children’s Theatre Festival at Greenwich Theatre on Good Friday, March 26. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

Ahoy! Captain Morgan nabs a Bobby Award for its treasure trove of innovative comedy and storytelling

Ahoy! Captain Morgan nabs a Bobby Award for its treasure trove of innovative comedy and storytelling

Congratulations to Tap Tap Theatre's Captain Morgan series, which has bagged our second Bobby Award of 2015. 

Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe

Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe

In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ... 

‘We just ran up and down the Royal Mile shouting at people’ - The IdeasTap Underbelly and Les Enfant Terribles Award Winners’ Panel

‘We just ran up and down the Royal Mile shouting at people’ - The IdeasTap Underbelly and Les Enfant Terribles Award Winners’ Panel

The Fringe can be a tough place for emerging talent, struggling to be heard over the crowd. 

And Broadway Baby's first Bobby Award of 2015 goes to...

And Broadway Baby's first Bobby Award of 2015 goes to...

Our first Bobby Award of the year goes to the inimitable Luke McQueen, whose playful and genre-breaking show Double Act wowed our comedy editor, Martin Walker, and t... 

'39 Steps meets Naked Gun but for children' - Adapting the Falcon’s Malteser for the Fringe

'39 Steps meets Naked Gun but for children' - Adapting the Falcon’s Malteser for the Fringe

The Falcon’s Malteser is the story of private detective Tim Diamond and his younger brother Nick becoming embroiled in a malteser-related mystery. 

The John Conway Three Minute Interview

The John Conway Three Minute Interview

John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia. 

The Kiya Heartwood Three Minute Interview

The Kiya Heartwood Three Minute Interview

Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famous legends of America. 

The Cathy SK Lam Three Minute Interview

The Cathy SK Lam Three Minute Interview

Cathy SK Lam is a writer, actor and director from Hong Kong. 

Thrill Me at C venues receives first Bobby Award of 2014

Thrill Me at C venues receives first Bobby Award of 2014

The musical based on the 1924 'thrill killers' Leopold and Loeb, Thrill Me, has been named as the first Broadway Baby 'Bobby Award' winner for 2014. 

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