Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Looking for love at the Edinburgh Fringe? This show is for the singles, the wannabe singles and the pretending-to-be singles.
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES The European Union Youth Orchestra leads an educational expedition across the instruments of the grand ensemble.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Thoroughly humorous, deeply vulnerable and exceedingly fantastical, Sex, Camp, Rock’n’Roll is a musical cabaret fantasy that boldly explores sexuality and sex work in a raw, bareba…
Dark obsessions. Evil desires. Twisted kinks. But enough about my priest. Sit back. relax. And enjoy some quality scripted stand-up. Entertaining and fun.
Amelia Bayler (Best Newcomer, Scottish Comedy Awards) is on a ‘one-woman mission to make musical comedy cool again’ (Rolling Stone).
While clearing out her family home, Leah discovers a letter her father wrote suggesting she lacked what it takes to become a professional musician.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems.
Second great year! Old-school jokes meet lived experiences.
A comedy show that is perfect for date night with friends or partners.
How would James Madison do on Tinder? Which US president had the best dying words? Did the Union troops write the original diss track? All of this and more with comedian, history l…
A BDSM dungeon is only as good as its staff: the dommes, the subs and of course, the manager.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny and …
A fruity apocalyptic rom-com from the razor-sharp pen of Fringe First winner David Finnigan.
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender-reveal parties, demons from hell, and a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches).
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny, and…
Based on three real Australian self-help books from the 1960s, Yoga for Women, Sex and Yoga and Yoga Over Forty by Nancy Phelan and Michael Volin.
In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first pla…
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches).
Welcome to Sex Academy Open Day.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Catinca Maria Nistor makes her UK stage debut with one-woman show, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc.
Second Temple, the Harry Porter Prize 2023 winner, is a dark-ish comedy about family, love, loss and Jewish idiosyncrasies.
Meet the real Carrie Bradshaw in Candace Bushnell’s acclaimed one woman show True Tales of Sex, Success and SEX AND THE CITY.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Being a woman.
Cathartic Party presents Second Life an ecofeminist thriller about vintage clothing, exploring grief, trauma and the possibility of redemption, brought to life by a fusion of dance…
Sex, Art and the Art of Survival is a solo comedy show, performed by a British comedian with Ukrainian-Russian ancestry, Helen Prior.
Sex, Drugs and Hairy Bumholes is a dark comedy written and performed by Danielle Scott.
Sex, Drugs and Hairy Bumholes is a dark comedy written and performed by Danielle Scott.
Sex, Art and the Art of Survival is a solo comedy show, performed by a British comedian with Ukrainian-Russian ancestry, Helen Prior.
Sex-Ed Revisited is a five-star interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused sex education and our relationship with pleasure.
The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
Sex-Ed Revisited is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused Sex Education and our relationship with pleasure.
Sex-Ed Revisited is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused Sex Education and our relationship with pleasure.
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
The American comedian’s sophomore Fringe effort is a raw, unfiltered dive into sex, dating, relationships and his career as a professional dog walker.
The funny side of Australia.
In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning Kiwi comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first plac…
Sex Diaries of an Ex-Catholic is a zany new play about a woman abandoning her chastity pledge in favour of the exciting world of casual sex.
Tragically weird.
***** (On The Mic, podcast) **** (FestMag.
International, crowd-favourite vagabond, Marcus Ryan (BBC, ABC, Amazon, WatchMojo, SiriusXM), has sold out tours on six continents and 50+ countries.
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro Murrieta (aka Zorro) decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
If you’re the kind of person that likes irreverent smart comedy and doesn’t mind peeing a little from laughter then bring your incontinent self over here.
A mad mix of characters apply to a dating show for over 35s and end up in a trash-reality nightmare! This hysterical show is guaranteed to give you the feel-good vibes.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Edinburgh solo debut from London’s favourite 75-year-old stand-up comic.
Join the rollercoaster of laughter and art fused together.
A split-bill comedy hour from two rapidly rising stars of the UK comedy scene.
Jack is an unashamedly stereotypical left-wing, working-class, socialist comedian.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Join the rollercoaster of laughter and art fused together.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
Join Gary Strange in the London sewers as he encounters stories of bad sex, sad sex and clown sex.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
Celya AB’s Second Rodeo is a patchwork quilt of jokes, as she moves on from the subject of hating on England - although since we’re in Scotland, such jokes are more than welcom…
Financial dominatrix Lane Kwederis tells all in her revealing show: Sex Job.
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches)As Kaelan Trough and his husband celeb…
Relationships, and break-ups in particular, are a common focus for stand-up.
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
“Lydia L’Scabies, putting the art in tart, the pro in prolapse, and the ‘fun gal’ in fungal infection.
The baddest bitch in the spirit world is back, the legendary Ghost Whisperer Séayoncé! What better way to feel alive again than with a big throbbing res-erection? Ghouls just wa…
Tickets are still available! If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
A black comedy about lying together.
A black comedy about lying together.
A dark comedy about lying together.
Sex, Art and Art of Survival: comedy, stand up A solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Sex-Ed Revisited is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused Sex Education and our relationship with pleasure.
Sex-Ed Revisited is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused Sex Education and our relationship with pleasure.
Candy and Boyd present Sex with Witches by Andrew Westbury King.
Candy and Boyd present Sex with Witches by Andrew Westbury King.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro De La Vega aka Zorro decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro De La Vega aka Zorro decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti…
He lost his legs, but what about his virginity? In 2012, boy lost the use of his legs but that’s the least of his worries.
Róisín and Chiara return with a whirlwind of synchronised, audience-tickling, stream-of-consciousness mischief.
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches) As Kaelan Trough and his husband cel…
After being handed a job as counsellor and sex-ed teacher, Krissy purposely leads a classroom full of goggle-eyed-girls down a motorway of mistakes.
Sex-Ed Revisited is an empowering piece of improvisational storytelling and comedic theatre uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused Sex Education.
From the twisted mind of Freud the Musical and Lesbian Pirates! comes Clown Sex.
“Four couples gather in a suburban London home for an evening of wine, cheese, and more intimate pleasures.
Charlie Berens live at Leicester Square Theatre.
After being handed a job as counsellor and sex-ed teacher, Krissy, purposely leads a classroom full of goggle-eyed-girls down a motorway of mistakes.
A Londoner travels to America finding himself amongst incels, or, men who hate women.
A hilarious and edgy stand-up hour that examines what it’s like to see the world through cum-tinted glasses.
James Yorkston is a singer/songwriter and author from the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
Why do we discuss leg hair but not nipple hair? Why do we give advice to strangers in club toilets? Why do we compliment friends when their outfit doesn’t suit them? Communicatio…
Why do we discuss leg hair but not nipple hair? Why do we give advice to strangers in club toilets? Why do we compliment friends when their outfit doesn’t suit them? Communicatio…
Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings).
Clara tells the story of 19th century piano star Clara Schumann.
You’re born a girl.
Have you ever felt isolated and confused about the world? Surrounded by judgement, pressure and horrifically high beauty standards, Jess confesses her innermost thoughts to you all…
The Hot Clown Company is a relatively new troupe that set out to blend sketch comedy and physical theatre with a particular emphasis on clowning.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
1972: The Future of Sex.
A Romantic Comedy.
Let’s talk about sex, maybe? Or, maybe not? After having radically different experiences with Sex Ed, Lindsay and Lea try to figure out exactly what they were supposed to learn, …
A mysterious broadcast from the future causes 85% of the world to abandon their friends and family forever.
A dark comedy about lying together.
Henry Ginsberg didn’t lose his virginity, or have any romantic experiences to speak of at all until his late 20s.
‘There’s real steel in his comedic bones’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his solo show to Edinburgh.
It’s four years since George Steeves brought his Magic 8 Ball show to Edinburgh, winning the heart and mind of at least this reviewer with such an honest, bold theatrical collage…
Awkward Sex.
A hilarious and edgy stand-up hour that examines what it’s like to see the world through cum-tinted glasses.
Son and father-in-law duo, Dave Watt and Pretty Good Nick, invite you to jump on their absurd comedy bandwagon as they explore the world of idioms.
Yummy Mummy (and Headmaster’s wife, just for extra grown-up points) Louise runs the school choir and helps her teenaged daughter with her homework.
We’ve all been there.
An audio walk through the streets of Edinburgh.
Plunging us deep inside the mind of a young actor after a very public meltdown, Bad Sex is a character study of a lost boy trying to piece his life together as he navigates the pro…
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
Maggy is a priest, author and broadcaster as well as a comedian - she has a unique and informed perspective on life.
Maggy is a priest, author and broadcaster as well as a comedian - she has a unique and informed perspective on life.
A dark comedy about lying together, from the award-winning comedians behind CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation and Sturike Comedy.
The sauciest soirée this SpringAn absurdist and eccentric play following the romance between academic Simon Paris and his office colleague.
Sex, Society and Other Stupid Sh*t is the debut production of ArtsEd graduate theatre company, Fill in the Blank.
Huns, we are coming back for another one, presenting to you THE loud, live & brand new cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation!What’s Good is BACK, pressing play…
Whos ready for another Eurovision party?After our return from lockdown in August, were delighted to be launching our next event, taking place at Londons Royal Vauxhall Tavern on Fr…
In May this year, under the guise of making the UK the safest place in the world to go online the government passed the Online Safety Bill which removes any content deemed as havin…
Shwmae babes!London favourite gaggle of Welshies are back.
Oh Queer Cupid! Have you always wanted to go to a queer speed dating night? Where you can meet like-minded LGBTQ+ people, to make friends, get connected and maybe find a sexy roman…
SECOND SHOW ADDED!!The Tartan Temptress is BACK for an intimate evening of song and chat PLUS you the gorgeous members of the general public have the chance to ask Mary you’re most…
Patricia has been concocting the perfect speech in her head over the last year, of what she would say if she were ever to face her ex-abusive boyfriend again.
Calling all witches, wizards, shamans, artists.
‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West.
‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
A time-travel ride through the evolution of sexes, celebrating our diverse gender identities and sexualities.
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.
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…
Hilarious and heartfelt story about a Russian immigrant named Natasha who moves with her son to NYC in the hopes of becoming a Real Housewife and cabaret star.
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
A dark comedy about lying together, from the award-winning comedians behind CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation and Sturike Comedy.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Inspired by the world’s most fearsome female pirates, two modern-day political mutineers join forces to take down an all-powerful tech billionaire and inspire a lost generation.
Whether we care to admit it or not, in some way, shape or form, we are all intrigued by pirates.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
This virtual dark R-rated comedy is exactly as the title suggests, only with more surprises woven into the play.
Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special.
Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her.
Have you ever been at a wedding and forced to accept that today isn’t all about you? You’ve had to fake a smile and mingle with distant relatives you can’t remember the names…
When exes Claire and Niamh bump into each other for the first time in years while out with their current partners, they have no idea just what they’ve gotten themselves into.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Whether you love opera or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier has a show for you.
One traveler is catapulted on a journey through space-time, only to find himself on a desperate hunt to reconnect with those he left back home.
An award winning play by Laura Harper - From the outside, Dawn has it all; nice house, fast car, great friends and family, and a new job out in sunny Dubai.
In a camp fusion of comedy, cabaret and opera, Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, drinking games, and a Nessun Dorma sing-along! Having sto…
Sex, Relationships and Everything in Between’ is a night of new writing exploring the ever present grey zone between casual sex, true love and stale settling.
Women have been portrayed as sexual objects in advertising for many years.
With thrilling stories, silly games, and pervy puppets, Sex Ed is the smartest, slam-bangin’-est cabaret in town.
Would everything be better if piratical misanthrope Chris Kehoe was in charge? Maybe.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
When it comes to sex, drugs and bilingualism, we fool ourselves if we believe we are objective, claims Thomas Bak (University of Edinburgh).
Evolution premiered in 2009 and won a Scotsman Fringe First award: ‘Intelligent, informative, and hugely entertaining’ (Chortle.
The economy has crumbled, politics has turned our society on its head.
An award-winning, one-woman science comedy-musical about the neuroscience of love and loneliness.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
A glorious celebration of the work of the world’s greatest playwright.
Existing deep within the mind of writer Jonathan P Sims, two friends debate the legitimacy of platonic relationships between men and women, which leads them (and Jonathan) to obser…
It’s a new millennium.
The funny side of Australia.
Amber Topaz, the inaugural Miss Burlesque UK, brings Edinburgh Fringe a burlesqueless theatrical cabaret experience that is personal, informative, and inclusive.
A show about thatching, dogging and a little bit more.
‘Off you go then and best of luck.
Maggie Lalley’s one-woman musical comedy tells the true story of her demented stint as a teen witch.
In Bed With My Brother spend the largest portion of this, notably their third Edinburgh show, conducting a kind of aural warfare on their audience.
If Dr.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
John Doe is having a bad day.
Set in an Ayrshire guest house in the 1960s, this hilarious comedy follows a week in the life of Mr and Mrs McIlroy who have chosen to revisit where they had spent their honeymoon …
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
After last year’s sell-out smash hit Mum’s Going to Ibiza, Sarah returned home to her two wonderful children and noticed they were losing the art of play due to excessive technolog…
Shawn Jay is a wandering vagabond philosopher searching for the meaning of life.
Sex Shells is a rampant and rambunctious hour of reverie, a camp cabaret that’s exceptionally remarkable in style.
Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, dramatic death scenes, and a Nessun Dorma singalong! The joyfully ridiculous and self-proclaimed anti-di…
Music, poetry, art, science, politics, relationships, strange behaviors found in a species of (mostly) hairless primate.
This innovative piece by Cut The Chord Theatre is a fresh perspective on sexual violence, consent and how to open conversations that empower both men and women.
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.
As I write this review I find myself enveloped by a certain degree of caution.
Award-winning International cabaret star Amber Topaz brings you an arousing, amusing, anecdotal romp through life, love and libido.
Amelia has terrible luck with all love matters while her best friend and flatmate Jo has all men falling for her instantly.
Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide Series began in 2009 with Fringe First Winner ‘Rap Guide to Evolution’, “Astonishing and brilliant” (NY Times), now making its Brighton debut (26/27…
From the age of sieges and chivalry comes a show about medieval love, adrenaline junkies and an insane quest for glory.
Do you want to know how to solve your problems and become practically perfect in every way? Whenever you are in a stew, just ask “What would Julie Andrews do?” Eliza von Poppins …
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Imagine if you suddenly found yourself single and the last time your were in that situation the iPhone didn’t exist.
When BBC Slam Champion, Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
A funny, poignant and uplifting account of what cosmology, and those who study it, have to say about the more earthly matters of life and love.
Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera is everything you never knew was funny about opera.
King Sammy Silver returns to Brighton Fringe with his award-winning (Pebble Trust Bursary 2018), delightfully queer comedy cabaret, ‘Sass, Sex and Surrealness’.
Director: Mimi Leder Cast: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Kathy Bates, Sam Waterston Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everthing) stars in this adaptation of the story of Rut…
Second ChanceAn experiment on a different sort of love story Our Wee Gerry Gerry and Arlene, cross-communitied lovers Second Chance - Idir Mná / LakedaemonThey sa…
A Dinner Date With Death is an absurd collection of comedy sketches centred around a baffling murder at a dinner party.
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
A tender and bittersweet play about conscience and connection.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Wacky songs exploring the Third Age, performed by a bunch of accomplished musicians and fronted by singer/songwriter Anna Durkacz.
Colin Hoult’s ‘masterclass in character comedy’ (Time Out).
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…
As old as humanity itself.
What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week.
Fresh from sell-out seasons and rave reviews in New Zealand and Australia, comedian Louise Beuvink is coming to Edinburgh for the first time with her smash-hit show Ladylike: A Mod…
Getting power is easy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The finest filth on the Fringe, told by the people who lived it.
Three plays about sex written & performed by Natasha Sutton Williams: one dark, one funny, one dark and funny.
Returning with a brand-new kick-ass sequel, Queen’s bass guitar dances across sexual politics.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
When Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
After the success of the First Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back – bigger, better and blacker.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Foolish woman still expects to live a happy and comfortable life without releasing a sex tape.
Ever get that sinking feeling that you will never be enough? Take a nose dive into toxic millennial sex and online dating in this brutally honest, highly comic look at a very mille…
The funny side of Australia.
A superhero story that refuses to be a comic book.
Departure Date is a comedy about death that sadly lacks life.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Men are sexual predators and women are sex objects – or so advertisers tell us.
Ever wondered how to do the Rocky Horror show? Need cues for rice and paper? This show will answer all your questions as you join in with the fun.
Sex Waitress catapults us forward to the year 2020, in which a dystopian London has emerged from female empowerment and consent campaigns, to a society in which misogynists and sex…
Join Lily and Patrick at the premiere of their brand new, live dating show that connects singles and tests couples.
When I heard the Radio 5 live interview with Laurence Clark at the end of July, I was immediately struck by the sense that this was a really nice guy: level-headed, easy-going, art…
If you like pina coladas, and deep emotional pain.
From the age of sieges and chivalry comes a show about medieval love, adrenaline junkies and an insane quest for glory.
Another great hour of stand-up from of the UK circuit’s very best (award-winning) comedians.
Strap in for the sex-ed show of the century as we debunk the desire industry.
Puns! Lots of puns! Spoken puns, visual puns, musical puns, contrived puns and a lot of props.
Sex, drugs, and tea make the world go round for four young flatmates.
London’s campest musical sketch comedy quartet is here to flame on your parade! Sex Shells is an explosion of original music, surreal sketches, wayward choreography and twisted rew…
A funny, naughty romp through the world of BDSM.
Richard is Britain’s leading blind theoretical physicist turned stand-up comedian with a Blue Peter badge… well, definitely in the top three.
Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff) is a one-woman science/comedy/music show.
Parody on love, friendship and shoes.
Sheeps are officially back, following previous acclaim and an underground status as one of the Fringe's finest sketch groups and then a three year sebatical.
Join Laurence as he tackles important issues, like how best to balance crutches on his son’s baby walker to make him look like a Dalek! Laurence starred in BBC One…
Award- winning International cabaret star Amber Topaz brings you an arousing, amusing, anecdotal romp through life, love and libido.
Award- winning International cabaret star Amber Topaz brings you an arousing, amusing, anecdotal romp through life, love and libido.
CLOWN SEX: It’s something to think about.
Chronic Irish over-thinker Eleanor Tiernan would like to think it’s possible to keep some things private. Is she delusional?
Award-winning International cabaret star Amber Topaz invites join her in an arousing, amusing, anecdotal romp through life, love and libido.
A superhero story that refuses to read like a comic book.
How can one be sassy, sexy and surreal? The trans masc bear cub of the drag scene, Sammy Silver shows you exactly how through talk, song, video and dance.
A puppet show about sex! Real stories told by every kind of puppet, from socks and feather boas to sassy, singing-diva lady-bits.
Fringe First winner and “peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman explores the scientific study of consciousness in his latest hip-hop comedy.
A hit off-Broadway and at the Paris Climate Conference, Baba Brinkman’s hip-hop manifesto on global warming politics and economics offers a twist on the world’s hottest topic.
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.
So much history, so little time.
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…
Fifty Shades of Grey was the bestselling book that gripped the world with its stories about Mr Grey and his sexual appetite for pain and pleasure.
Three regulars from the comedy circuit bring you an hour of stand-up tackling life’s most important issues: sex, dogs and music - there’ll be jokes about other stuff too.
It’s the 1980s, ‘the troubles’ in Northern Ireland are at their height, but many just want to get their leg over.
“Every great act needs that special it factor, that “it” factor is sex appeal! And these boys have it in spades!” Don’t miss some of the sexiest artists in the world performing …
This is an ongoing womanifesto, call to arms, protest party and long hard kiss from surreal showgurl, obscene beauty queen and sex clown - Betty Grumble.
Hands-on Cocktail Masterclass Series! Shake, muddle and stir your way through time, mastering the techniques and discovering the science that is mixology.
Join acclaimed British writer-performer & newly crowned BBC Poetry Slam Champion Ben Norris as he battles the UK’s most notorious service stations & the perils of lower league fo…
The funny side of Australia.
A superhero story that refuses to read like a comic book.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
In their Fringe debut, Exeter’s mixed contemporary a cappella group showcase their unique style in a series of unmissable shows.
Sex clown, wild woman and surreal showgirl, the award-winning, head-spinning Betty Grumble returns to Edinburgh with her flesh riot of laughing love and ecosex.
A familiar date in the city, between two polarizing perspectives participating in a contentious foreplay across generational lines.
In a world full of hatred and ignorance, Simply Surreal, fresh from our sell-out show last year, welcomes you to our exciting play.
An interactive comedy where the audience uses simple remote controls to choose what happens next on Rob’s blind date! You decide things like: which girl is best for him? What wil…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Shakespeare’s life, in Shakespeare’s words.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Back by popular demand following last year’s rousing success.
Tells the story of three stage managers: the Drill Sergeant, the Cheerleader and the One Who Can’t Get Her Shit Together.
Comedy’s Peter Brush presents a story about trying to contact the dead, the dog they sent into space, the folk singer that sent him on (yet another) existential crisis, and how h…
The funny side of Australia.
The funny side of Australia.
With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack.
Date night: the time when friends, family and lovers come together (though not all together) to spend time, catch up and share stories.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Want to spice up your love life? Not sure what S&M stands for? Fifty Shades of Grey made you angry and confused? Never fear! Ros Ballinger is here to guide you through the weird, w…
Are you, do you know, or have you been a pessimist? Are you, have you been, or do you want to be happy? This is the stand-up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell – ‘Grand ideas, infe…
How does one describe Betty Grumble? No really, I’m at a loss.
Kevin Dewsbury plays the hapless host in Kev’s Komedy Kitchen, an entertaining parody of a Saturday morning TV cookery show that was thoroughly enjoyable.
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…
Hi! I’m Jonas Müller (Age 27).
Want to spice up your love life? Not sure what S&M stands for? Fifty Shades of Grey made you angry and confused? Never fear! Ros Ballinger is here to guide you through the weird, w…
Join David Edwards as he gives advice concerning how to navigate the messy world of modern-day dating.
Canadian rapper Baba Brinkman has explored several of the world’s biggest talking points – from evolution to climate change – and now he’s back for more.
From out of the future, dissolving himself in fiction, the character of Youness Atbane observes the dynamics of contemporary art in Morocco.
Would the world be a better place if piratical misanthrope Chris Kehoe was in charge? Without a shadow of a doubt.
One parent refuses to talk about sex.
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 …
Are you, have you been or do you know a pessimist? Are you, have you been, or do you want to be happy? This is the stand-up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell is happy and he is ill-…
Do you struggle to tell the difference between your ego and superego? University lecturer turned stand-up comedian Alex Sergeant has the answer.
Smut Slam is a raucous celebration of sex in all it’s glorious, awkward and heart-warming forms.
For the last five years, Tommy has been trying to recover from an addiction that people struggle to class as an addiction.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Predicting the next big show on the Fringe circuit is a little like trying to squeeze a champagne cork back into the bottle after it’s popped.
George Egg, the stand-up comedian who cooks onstage using absurd and innovative techniques, returns.
I, Marjorie Willmott (MA, PhD, MpDA), invite you to my very interesting and very important introductory lecture.
‘The Idiot’s Guide to the World’ is a clown show that explores a variety of physical comedy genres.
Whilst it never quite delivers the climax you expect from a show with such a title, The Guide To Good Orgasms offers a certain charm that makes it impossible not to smile throughou…
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…
Warning: Contains text of a sensitive nature In the 70s and early 80s, the well-known Manchester band, Joy Division, took their name from events had nothing to do with joy.
‘Look, I’m giving you another chance to show the world how talented you are.
When the voice of Bryony Kimmings - writer and director of this piece and “performance artist by trade” - asks at the start “how could you make a show about illness and death wit…
Six outfits, gulp of Echo Falls, a push-up bra and eight cigs.
This one-man show, written and performed by Gary McNair, won lots of praise during its initial run as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex is the sex-ed class we all wish we’d had.
Kirk Smith is the author of Rice Krispies with Ketchup, and his podcast Autastic is ranked number four on the iTunes self-help charts.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
“All the Australians in the room put your hands up,” a splattering of us raise our hands, and little do we realise that Dan Willis will heavily rely on us to make up a good pro…
A sure contender for Best Title for a Comedy Show at this year’s Fringe, George Zacharopoulos’s riches-to-rags tale is just as entertaining as it sounds.
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.
Want to find peace of mind but can’t be arsed to get up early for yoga? Would rather be in the pub than chanting naked up a mountain? Worried your spiritual journey may involve bus…
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…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Fun for parents and children alike, The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare: the man and his plays.
Looking like a cyberpunk priest, Tsai Pao-Chang’s hero is swamped in technology — AI, encrypted files and dating sites.
Kate Bush may well have adopted a new receptacle in the form of a skimpy harlequin from down under.
The Desperettes are girls dressed as boys, using techniques for picking up women to pick up men.
Bigmouth Strikes Again by The Smiths is playing loudly when Tom Ward ambles into his Pleasance performance space, setting an informal tone which persists throughout this enjoyably …
After ‘threatening to be the hottest gang in town’ (List), Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominees, Daphne (Phil Wang, Jason Forbes and George Fouracres) threaten Edinburgh again with new…
What an incredible performance.
Join BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist Tom Ward as he spins tales and impressions of his favourite unsung heroes into a dreamlike narrative of voices and sounds.
An award-winning comedian and writer for BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Tom brews up his brand new show all about coffee.
Josh is good at dancing, but not at people.
Betty had a stroke.
So much history, so little time.
I love ghost stories but I have never heard one quite like this.
Sally wants to know why all the men in her life keep disappearing.
From renowned Scottish playwright Linda McLean, ‘Sex and God’ sees an all-female cast weave four sharply emotional, intergenerational monologues on faith, lust and family.
It’s not immediately obvious where Second Hand is located; Jonathan Scott’s set for this latest production in the Spring 2016 season of “A Play, a Pie and a Pint”, at Gl…
The comedian Alicia Dattner brings her award-winning one-woman show about love addiction and commitment from the West Coast to New York City.
Brighton’s Science Festival continues to attract packed-out audiences of all ages and this time round it’s the amazingly eccentric Rosie Wilby with her theatrical exploration of …
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…
In the 70s and early 80s, the well-known Manchester band, Joy Division, took their name from events had nothing to do with joy.
Dapper Laughs is a British comedian, actor, presenter, writer and Viner.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Ang Li is the most controversial woman writer in Taiwan.
Sunil Patel (Chortle nominee, the Ice Cube of comedy) and Daryl Perry (the Nicki Minaj of comedy) will manhandle you through a rushed history of hip hop.
Chap-hop, the hottest trend since hipster beard balm that makes your beard smell like woodsmoke and whisky, hits the Fringe this year in the form of Mr B’s Guide to Modern Life.
Is it possible for one person to journey around the solar system in the space of a human lifetime? This show is as much about the alien worlds in our planetary neighborhood as it i…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
BBC Radio 4 regular revamps award-winning investigation into the science of attraction, which she was invited to perform in New York in 2013, incorporating some new ideas and highl…
From the star of Audible.
If Dan Willis is targeting the annoying Australian Uncle demographic with his show Australia: A Whinging Pom’s Guide, he’s got it completely spot on.
Brett Blake is an expert on idiots, purely due to the fact that he is one! As his mates would say, he would be the captain of the stupid ship.
Following The Wardrobe Ensemble’s previous creations, including the depicted opening of a Swedish furniture store (RIOT) and an account of the Chilean Mining Accident of 2010 (33…
The Rules: Sex, Lies and Serial Killers is a witty and intelligent black comedy with psychopathic humour that will chill and charm you in the same sitting.
The NHS is in a bit of a pickle! But don’t worry, let the award-winning MDs Medical Revue prescribe you a healthy dose of humour.
Seamus O’Rourke’s hilarious look at growing up in rural Ireland in the 70s and 80s with an umbilical cord wrapped tightly around your neck… It follows the life of Padraig Pot…
Performed and written by Gary McNair, A Gambler’s Guide to Dying is a story told by a young boy, charting his grandfather’s extraordinary life of gambling.
“He is my father… somehow,” says Ben Norris, cutting to the heart of a feeling many people have at some point in their lives.
This unique stand-up panel show explores relationships with sex, sexuality and culture.
After Flipper Committed Suicide! Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales.
American comic Erich McElroy presents a brand new hour of stand-up.
Global warming, how bad can it really be? That depends on who’s asking.
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…
Advertised as ‘A One-Woman Play With A Man In’, I had preconceptions about this show that involved transgender, cross-dressing, and insightful anecdotes about sexual orientatio…
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
If nothing else, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham have cracked the formula for Fringe success: a crackingly funny show, interesting facts and (perhaps most importantly) lashings of bo…
Ben and Tom are the Thinking Drinkers, a pair of sharply tuxedoed bartenders intending to lead their audience’s through their search for history’s best drinkers.
(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…
Love is a madness most discreet; a smoke raised with the fume of sighs.
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…
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…
My grandfather used to be old.
The Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers are raffling off the chance to improvise with various teams and performers at this show.
The fool steps off a cliff.
Do you ever gaze at the stars and wonder what it all means? Well, help is at hand because ‘the Bard of Lewisham’ is back and he’ll be tackling everything about everything and…
Sharron Paul and Calvin Cole host this monthly stand-up show, which offers free snacks as well as top-notch comedy.
Baba Brinkman’s solo show is like the best TED talk ever, but with musical breaks.
(previews start on Feb.
Scotland’s sexiest cabaret – Le Haggis returns to the Big Burns Supper festival and carnival.
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…
Jamie Kilstein promises a night of “smart, non-hateful” improv and stand-up based on the social and political stories from audience members.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
The selective abortion of female babies is a high-profile reason for why some countries have more men than women.
John Bird started The Big Issue magazine. His story is achingly funny and powerfully inspiring. It will make you want to rush out and start making changes in your own life.
Crazy character comedy, one-liners and audience participation.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
This isn’t a play on words, it’s about sex with children.
Thirty-one years ago, a girl was born somewhere in suburban America.
How to review a Fringe show whose cast kidnaps and threatens a theatre critic at gunpoint? Will any positive comments be interpreted as surrendering to the demands of terrorists? W…
Alcohol: One minute a soul mate, the next a psychopath; it can be both creative muse and pesky mischief-maker.
Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet is a hilarious chronicle that spares no painful detail of actor Matthew Schott’s adolescence, colliding the pain of puberty and sexu…
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee Nathan pays you £5 to watch his show.
The funny side of Australia.
They say it’s what’s on the inside that counts, which is good as Bob has an exquisite spleen.
“This is not The Rocky Horror Show stage production” - a significant point of clarification in the Fringe programme lest anyone might think that this is the real thing.
Northern Stage’s production of I Promise You Sex and Violence is a critique of modern attitudes to homophobia, racism and sexuality.
For the second year running, Sex With Animals hits the Fringe in an outrageously hilarious fashion with solo star Ryan Good taking to the stage in a lion onesie.
Grey and Duncan have been talking for three years.
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…
The bringing together of incongruous generic and thematic elements (my favourite being Bereavement: The Musical) is nothing new.
This beloved East Village show celebrates its anniversary with another marathon show — dozens of comedians will perform in the tiny backroom for a night that usually stretche…
(previews start on June 22; opens on July 16) Michael Counts, creative director of 3-Legged Dog, invites you on a blind date with 17 playwrights.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Jimmy Bird, Alex Perry and Francis Foster are three comedians who talk about the most important things in life such as: love, loss and how we have managed to be in our thirties whi…
Sex With Animals sold out its entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013 and now premieres in London at The Hope Theatre, Islington from 28th May - 21st June 2014 following an award-w…
Sexual infidelity, internet cruelty and secrecy - how much should one tell and how much should one hide? Queen of psychological crime and prize-winning poet Sophie Hannah in conver…
Ryan the Lion’s flying pants landed on my head.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
The Urban Survival Guide is an hour of stand up with Tony Marrese that equips you with unique street knowledge that will help you escape the many confrontations of modern existence…
Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee Nathan has a date of death – now you get yours - and £5 at the end of the show (if you don’t die).
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.
Hold on to your hats, it’s Bob and Jim! “This offbeat duo’s updated take on vaudeville is a delight”(Fringe Guru), “Laid-back and on-point” (Three Weeks), these “old …
A voyage of discovery combining shadow puppetry, a gameshow, and ritual sacrifice.
Harvey Fierstein, before he branched out into writing books for straight musicals, was a kind of theatrical barometer of gay life.
At this trusty weekly show, tucked into the tiny back room of a bar in the East Village, the host Chesley Calloway and the booker Rebecca Trent welcome big-name stars and promising…
Ted Shen’s anodyne musical about a widower and a divorcee (the fine Brian and Diane Sutherland) finding midlife love feels like a 90-minute singing commercial for eHarmony.
Playing eight different victims of a sweet-faced killer (Bryce Pinkham) in Edwardian England, Jefferson Mays sings, dances, prances and generally makes infectious merriment in this…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
As anyone who’s ever been involved in any kind of show will know, they’re not easy things to put on.
‘If you have long been befuddled by humon behaviour’ the publicity states, then alien anthropologist, Xaablargh, can clear the air.
Fold fitted sheets, design perfect desserts and create consummate canapés! A rich but practical diet of the responsibilities, realities and rituals of domesticity to entertain, ed…
Set only in a bathroom at a house party, this play follows the intoxicated experiences of three siblings and their friends as they struggle under the influence of sex, drugs and to…
Bored of the religion vs science debate, Matt Thomas attempts to resolve the conflict once and for all.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Claiming to ‘hilariously’ address the issues of high-school and create a helpful guide, Memorial High School from Houston Texas have come to the Fringe Festival with their show ent…
Welcome to 2113 and to another play set in the not-really-that-distant future.
Of all the ukulele workshops I’ve ever been to, this was by far the best, and let me tell you, I’ve uked a fair bit in my time.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Stories of hilarious, heart-warming and often bizarre moments in a unique career. Even if it’s not your first time with a prostitute, it’ll be the funniest!
Fabulous, glamorous and hilarious, Aaron Twitchen’s Princess Guide to Dating is one of the better Free Fringe shows you will see this year.
Recently, in another review, I wrote that La Clique was showing every other cabaret on the Fringe how it should be done.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
The top deck of a disused city bus late on a Tuesday night is not where you might expect to find one of the most thoughtful shows I have seen at the Fringe so far, especially consi…
Sex, heroine and general debauchery - Alistair Green and his alter-ego Jack Spencer want to change the world, three steps at a time.
Simply the most bizarre show you will ever have the unfortunate and detrimental privilege to watch.
As well as being one of Scotland’s headline comedians Obie also runs memory training workshops.
Wolfgang Weinberger has been described by the Guardian as ‘Austria’s most prominent sexologist since Sigmund Freud’; he has performed to over half a million people around the world…
I am still amused at the bravery (idiocy?) which compelled the thinking drinking duo to pull me out of the crowd to participate in their show, Broadway Baby lanyard clearly visible…
Following a dose of the mumps at last year’s festival, expect roaring laughter as Chris brings you on an edge of your seat journey, retelling tales of mishaps and madness.
Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham give us The Thinking Drinker’s Guide to Alcohol, an hour-long show packed with spirit-related information, inappropriate banter and, of course, the …
‘Oh yeah! Harder! Do it to me!’ Would you eavesdrop on your neighbours’ sex life? It’s hard to not be a little curious about what other people get up to.
A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood is a show ‘about men’ or, more specifically, it is a show about one man - St George the dragon slayer.
Every man in the audience stiffened as a pulsating phallus inflated on the screen in front of us at the start of the show.
Wolfgang Weinberger introduces his show as a lecture and perhaps that should have been the hint that this would be about as informative and as funny as secondary school sex-educati…
Warning: it is quite possible that this review will mention (by necessity) things that may produce disturbing and terrifying images in your head.
The format for this show is very simple.
The subject matter of Fathers Rights has the potential to spark heated debate in an overheated theatre.
Through a babble of dialogue from a seemingly mad woman, the audience went through alterations of reaction; from the bored to the captivated, and from confidants to unintentional v…
Stumbling in on this show is like discovering a bizarre yet dazzling gem in the back of a thrift shop.
This year, Richard Herring is resurrecting his first ever one-man Fringe show, Christ On A Bike, which he performed in 2001.
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…
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Thankfully, the title of this show is misleading.
The audience looks into a living room where a wife has just demanded of her husband Lets have sex! Her stale spouse remains unconvinced, insisting that sex for pleasure is in…
There has always been a fascination in the double-act.
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…
Here is a extremely entertaining show that conveys more scientific and theoretical information than any other show I have seen.
There are big names behind this show which starts with some stunning visual film sequences from the Wellcome Trust.
The man behind the YouTube ‘smash’ Masturbation Gary Stark is having a funny look at sex, drugs and getting old at his gig in the Laughing Horse Free Festival.
It’s a commonality between all civilisations, and tightly bound into our history, but something we rarely think about is where music has actually come from.
Maurice Cock and Belvedere Bagg model their show as a lesson in how to act.
A funny, naughty romp through the world of fetish.
This is the tale of Neil (Grant Campbell) and how, as the dreaded forty grows ever closer, he decides to reform his old band in another bid for Eurovision glory.
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
Vladimir McTavish reminisces over his gambling follies in 2011; that lead him to despair over a betting addiction; that lured him in with beginner’s luck; that proceeded to tease…
A show entitled 5 Steps To Being German screams of being packed with old stereotypes and heard-it-all-before jokes of Nazis and efficient trains.
Who knew the Germans could be funny? Yes, the butt of most lack-of-humour gags for several decades have actually been laughing at the English all this time.
Heath Franklin’s Chopper claims to be the ‘International Ambassador of Hard’.
Keith Farnan is an amiable, shaggy-haired comedian with a conscience from Cork, but his secular, joke-strewn sermon of a set is neither funny nor punchy enough to do justice to the…
Marc Burrows borrows from the 90s genre of Britpop all he needs to know about sex and girls.
A British Guide to World Peace is Toby Mitchell’s third in a trilogy of ‘British Guide’ shows that started with ‘French Pop’ in 2005 and then ‘World Religion’ last year.
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.
Considering that Alternative Sex Education itself calls attention to the cooperative (Lashings of Ginger Beer Time) that produced it and whose principles it is deeply embedded in, …
Thanks to the Five Pound Fringe, you dont need to be spending huge wads of cash to see quality stand-up.
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
This was a hilarious, fun and candy-full show.
A travel writer returns to Scotland after twenty years travelling the world.
A terrifyingly authentic portrayal of the awkwardness and obstacles we all face when sleeping with a new sexual partner for the first time.
Pornography, we are educationally informed in this piece, means the writing of harlots.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
Lysistrata, originally by Aristophanes, is preceded by its reputation.
Religious belief is a funny thing - so much so that duo Toby Mitchell and Sarah Thomas Lane have devised an hour long comedy show to describe it.
It is Bobs first date in 2 years.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Oh! Youre too old! Dont let Peter see you! That was gently whispered in my ear as I entered the space for this choppy adaptation of Peter Pan.
If there’s one theatre company that can claim to have built an episodic comedy-of-errors at the Fringe, then it’s The Trap.
The Dracula in Dracula: Sex, Sucking and Stardom is no different than how you would expect him to be.
I went into Sex Ed! a little wary.
At the start of this amateurish pub stand-up set, we are told the reasoning behind its name.
As both a successful actor and biographer, Ian Kelly possesses the charm and expertise required to be a good lecturer.
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…
The lights dimmed as I was pounding my second coffee and 3rd mini donut and with the opening line “What happens in this room stays in this room; like Fight Club”, the promising…
A common adage given to budding creative writers is “Write what you know” to allow for the honesty and candour that makes your output more accessible.
Dressed in lab-coat and goggles, Rosie Wilby is here to inform us about what makes us tick the whys and wherefores of lust and love for people of all sexual persuasions.
At the start of this show Billy Watson talks about cocks and pubes and soon moves on to describe a tedious pursuit of pussy, which would presumably not be half as tedious if he eve…
I never thought I’d describe a strip club as ‘oddly atmospheric,’ but an empty strip club really is.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
We've scoured the Brighton Fringe listings to bring you our picks for Brighton Fringe 2023 in categories including comedy, improv, interactive shows, and more.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Do you always listen out for the screeching sound of the TARDIS? Have you dreamed of captaining the Enterprise to boldly go where no one has gone before? Does other people’s lack...
Know your camembert from your comté? Your seitan from your soy? If you serve your steak on a Himalayan salt block or enjoy covering your chargrilled cauliflower with chermoula the...
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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...
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.
Anyone who thinks Edinburgh amounts to the Fringe festival, a castle and a zoo with two Chinese pandas clearly hasn’t discovered its gruesome history: while Jack the Ripper was k...
Former International Mr Leather, John Pendal compares organised religion with the fetish world. And finds plenty of overlap.
Thinking of getting some leg-over whilst in the Scottish capital? Funny man Patrick Turpin is here with a four-step programme to ensure you get the right release.
The Sex Workers' Opera rehearses on the third floor of Theatre Delicatessen, a multi-level studio space and gutted workplace that used to serve as an office-complex for The Guardia...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Sex, lies & serial killers. What could be funnier? Throw in a little romance and you've got THE RULES. Broadway Baby wants to know more.
Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at the Brighton Fringe with tips on budgets, creating a press release, social media and bran...