There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it.
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.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one” Abraham Lincoln1865.
On the first night of their two-part gig, beloved orchestral-pop group The Magnetic Fields perform from their landmark concept album 69 Love Songs.
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Lights Out by Nine bring their live show back to the Jazz Bar for a sixth time, playing a variety of original soul, blues and funk tracks along with their interpretations of classi…
A woman embarks on an epic quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Debut, Stu returns with the raw beginnings of his sophomore presentation.
In this new comedy, five law students attempt to figure out which one of them “dunnit” when their eccentric tutor Richard Branston-Blackwell drops dead at the annual second-year di…
A poignant journey, through chequered showbiz career of Eddie Garrity, interspersed with songs from the new album Wild ‘n’ Free and anecdotes from early glam rock, punk to cabaret.
In this non-stop series of wordless comedy sketches, Hank Curry embarks on a picaresque journey through the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern life by trying on several unique identi…
Award-winning Dyad Productions (Lady Susan, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Austen’s Women) return with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk.
Back for their second run! An international improv team, each member from a different country, presents the premiere (and last ever performance) of a “movie” inspired by your s…
The true story of my brother’s murder so of course, it’s comedy.
Hear our innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together.
Grubby Little Mitts presents a new material night dedicated exclusively to sketch comedy! Join the Grubbs with your favourite sketch comedians as they present a scrapbook of madnes…
Little Companion Art Troupe of China Welfare Institute Children’s Palace was established in 1955 by Madame Soong Ching Ling, the late Honorary President of People’s Republic of Chi…
After three consecutive sold-out runs, Paul Black returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new hour.
Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride.
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky …
A huge gala show with all proceeds going to the Sepsis Trust, celebrating 20 years of the Laughing Horse’s Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
Canada’s Allyson June Smith is Little Smith Sunshine.
Little Pickle is a Pol-ish drag clown who simply won’t shut up about astrology, generational trauma, AI and he/r coparented witch cat.
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2024, and we’ve got some incredible new recipes! We’ll be chopping, stirring, kneading and boiling to serve you some deli…
Reeling in the midst of a family tragedy, Cleo Harris sits in a hospital waiting room recounting the key events and core relationships in her life that led to such a lonely and aim…
A country house weekend takes a turn for the worse when Bertie Wooster, loveable layabout, must play matchmaker for his newt-loving friend Gussie Fink-Nottle.
While walking through the park one day, Chicken Little is hit on the head! She decides to tell the Prime Minister the sky is falling, and so begins a perilous journey: travelling t…
An evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy and impromptu silliness from Fringe veteran Chris Groves.
It’s a one-night stand for the Fannies’ ‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
A man attempts to map the aspects of his mental health through perhaps the worst medium possible: poetry.
How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage.
But some are useful.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
An hilarious one-hour alphabetical journey in the medium of quick fire One-Liner Jokes.
Not a one woman show.
Chaos Theory specialises in sketch, character and general off-the-wall comedy.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
The hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons performed by UK tribute act The False Seasons.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Written and performed by comedian Grace Aki, the award-winning solo show makes its international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe! She weaves a blend of storytelling and stand-up for …
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
‘No woman should touch pen and ink: they had too much passion and too little sense.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Come and join us for the original free walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town and enjoy the stories of the many colourful characters who lived here.
Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and…
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
A marathon of the macabre.
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…
Not for the easily offended, this hilarious brand-new dating show sees the audience play naughty games, five guys compete for a date, and overall chaos.
Gimme the thrills, gimme the spills, gimme a man with a microphone in his hand and careless abandon in his heart, gimme the winner of the Comedians Choice Award for Best Show, gimm…
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of traveling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian whi…
In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity.
Embark on a musical odyssey with One Acchord: That’s Life in Harmony.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Hypothesis: comedy is therapy.
Candid and hilarious new stand-up hour, talking about who I am, in an era where people are really keen to hear about who you are, so long as who you are is something they want to h…
Funny, horrible and just a little bit naughty, purveyor of playful poetry, Ben Macpherson (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2), returns to the Fringe with this perfect gateway into the after…
‘A properly talented comic.
Following last year’s debut Topical Comedian Show at the Fringe, Peter Merrett is back with more news, in fact new news; same venue, earlier time.
This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family.
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.
Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col…
“Weird Al” Yankovic and Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe were destined to be together onstage, and now they are! (Sort of.
Every day at 7pm, Greg Hurst has a little treat.
A 2017 Capital Fringe Best of the Fringe pick, One in Four is a play about four roommates: each one is an alien, and each one believes the other three to be regular degular humans.
Elvis-inspired musical that will have you dancing in your seats! When a strange biker shows up in small-town USA all hell breaks loose! Brilliant show from the New York-based cast …
Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later.
Emily Markoe wrote a totally normal comedy show.
On an endless summer night, love’s joys and complications play out in triple-time.
Big Bad Beck is ready to huff and puff and blow the house down in this WIP show.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
A heart-warming, poignant and, at times funny play about palliative nurse and ex-singer/songwriter Bronwyn, who is commissioned by her patient (Henry) to write an album of music ba…
Things have gotten a little bit harder lately.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Stuart Murphy (Stu and Garry’s Improv Show), Stephen Frost an…
A comedy storytelling show about sobriety, impulse control, and growing up from acclaimed comedy veteran Matt Davis (USA).
‘This is just the start.
Can one man recreate live on stage, the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ever? Laurence Tuck is that man.
Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023.
America is the land of the free, home of the brave and homeland of two of the freest, bravest men to ever live: Mark Henely and Chris Warren.
Be the first to see two new radio sitcoms performed by a cast of top comedians and recorded live for podcast.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has returned due to high demand! Sold-out run 2023.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri…
Exclusive to Fringe 2024! See Edinburgh on two wheels.
Reigning Comedian’s Comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comedy Central, iUmor) returns with a new hit show that has sold-out all over Europe and Asia for two ye…
Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages.
Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF.
This show is autobiographical, about growing up as a vicar’s daughter and being a student at Gordonstoun, where our King Charles went.
‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ ***** (ThreeWeeks).
An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
If you live to 80 years old, you will have lived for about 4,000 weeks.
The comedic prop-pun lunatic Roger Swift shoots out 200 puns in one hour! With his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides.
One barista, 10 seasons, 70 minutes! All 236 episodes of Friends retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk’s “seventh Friend”.
‘Witty, yet painfully authentic’ (The Student), Lights Out is an intimate, real-time conversation following two sisters, as they slowly move from playful banter, such as hypothetic…
Come and experience the globe-trotting international Irish storyteller, Ronnie Neville! From Cork to Edinburgh via New York and Melbourne with a suitcase full of stories.
A fully packed hour of entertainment.
‘Funny.
Two award-winning comics deal late-night craic in the mid-afternoon, a wild mix of dark, satirical stand-up and musical comedy.
A family show like no other from a company that specialises in creating original, innovative theatrical stories.
Join Australian musical comedian Darby James for his multi-award-winning cabaret about the process of sperm donation.
A fruity apocalyptic rom-com from the razor-sharp pen of Fringe First winner David Finnigan.
Celya is good in a crisis but cries at flashmob videos.
An emotionally raw blend of memoir and song, Tracey Yarad’s All These Pretty Things is a phoenix rising from the ashes story, taking the audience from Australia and the fallout o…
You’re born, you’re in it, you’re dead.
After an encounter with a wildlife enthusiast, the Funny Women Award finalist explores what it means to be a human animal (nightmare, tbh).
Channel 4 Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton is a comedian with a chequered past.
Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long.
After a seven-year hiatus from the Fringe, Trygve Wakenshaw returns with his new hilarious mime-clown-comedy show.
Award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan present their own original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman.
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee) serves up his debut hour.
The award-winning TMB transports Gogol’s Inspector General to 1970s small-town America.
The unmissable sell-out smash-hit comedy hypnosis show with 80s party vibes returns! Remixed for 2024! With multiple sell-out Fringe runs and 50 million+ views online, enjoy from s…
Begins with the history of dating from dance halls and slow sets to modern ‘apps’.
What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through …
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly…
Sing it! From Retro to Remix.
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
Maddy is worried that no one is having fun at her party.
Join sketch comics Grubby Little Mitts (Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown) in their third magnum opus! Award-winning sketch duo Grubby Little Mitts amplifies the normal to chaotic …
Demi Adejuyigbe is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and, inexplicably, a musician, known for his podcasts Punch Up The Jam and Gilmore Guys, his popular September 21st video series, …
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
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 …
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of travelling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian wh…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature.
Mark Bell (The Play That Goes Wrong) directs a trip to the beach you’ll never forget in a world premiere musical by Brandon Lambert and Martin Landry: Fun at the Beach Ro…
Jonathan Oldfield brings an intriguing one man show to the stage: sitting in his living room watching the world go by behind his one way mirror out onto the world, safe in the know…
Returning to Brighton Fringe after a sold-out three-night run in 2022, award-winning performer Paul Diello and his 8-piece ensemble are back with an all-new version of ‘The Great 8…
Join sketch comics Grubby Little Mitts (Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown) in their third magnum opus - expect high drama, falling over and a giant pair of *redacted*! Award winni…
Gay culture.
An interactive solo performance about failure, feeling like an idiot and music, by Rachel Blackman and her creative team.
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show.
A dark comedy play written by Paul Richards.
Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies.
‘A born comic.
Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey.
The story of a young girl, Little Lotte, who’s adventure takes her through wild jungle and over misty mountains to find the dragon who stole her powers.
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 classic and moving ‘coming of age’ story is accepted as ‘revolutionary’ and for many years has been one of the most widely read novels.
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Growing up in the East End to Irish immigrants, Joann Condon never thought she could become an actor because of her social background, weight and an inability to sing; based on her…
A West End Gala at the Adelphi Theatre will celebrate over 75 years of the NHS.
Can kids be parents? When Cassie’s mother disappears, the teenager wants to care for her sisters on her own.
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
London’s newest Pub Theatre has opened with a sublime production of Stephen Sondheim’s rarely-staged Marry Me A Little.
The Pretty Pill What's the real cost of beauty? Close All Tabs These are my emotional support tabs The Pretty Pill - Kate Devaney Naomi navigates fitting int…
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
Do you ever get the feeling you’re being watched? One Way Mirror is a story about the art of people watching, built for extroverts, introverts and everyone in-between.
BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up.
Come join us for a night of pure gold at Piano Smithfield! Get ready for an unforgettable event filled with music and laughter as we shine a spotlight on the Golden Age of Hollywoo…
HUMAN // ROBOTlaugh_if_you_are_humanJust One Law .
‘We can be us, just for one day’ Relive the day music brought the world together.
When 24 year old Bess Malone steals from the local ice cream van she doesn’t expect it to impact her life at all, and she certainly doesn’t expect to find a new friendship with…
Tania has her heart set on her dream job but has she unwittingly placed a curse on her dating life? Our heroine, ably assisted by her bestie Jayne, comes face to face with the t…
Charles Bukowski is a true literary legend, the king of the underground and a “laureate of American lowlife”.
Panto returns to Hoxton Hall in 2023 with a fabulous version of The Little Mermaid.
A story of magic, wonder and rebellion. An irreverent comedy fairy-tale crossover about an accidental hero fighting for some of folklores most beloved characters
Peppa Pig is back in her oinktastic brand new live show, Fun Day Out! Join Peppa, along with her family and friends as they go to the zoo and also the beach for a special party- it…
Touring the UK in Black History Month and into November is Philip Okwedy’s The Gods Are All Here, a one-man show about the performer's distant relationship with his parents a…
After dismantling a barge, doxxing himself in the Doubletree, and blanking on the 1992 Ipswich Town crest (Taskmaster, Off Menu, University Challenge), Ivo ropes his aud…
Hoxton Hall will open up its doors for a fun filled day of arts engagement led by members if our community including our own young people, local students and community groups and s…
For sale: feet pics, freshly painted.
One summer Birdie lost her virginity on the ninth hole of the golf course, to her boss.
Was she or was she not fully aware of what she was doing? He certainly was, and for that reason should he have stopped before taking Birdie’s virginity? There’s a suggestion th…
'Profoundly moving, bitingly brutal and laugh-out-loud funny!' - Sally CooksonThe Ugly One is a cautionary tale of identity and beauty vibrating with the energy of a pneuma…
In October 2022, theatre impresario Nica Burns opened @sohoplace, the first new theatre to be built in London's West End for 50 years.
Back by popular demand, it’s Hi Camp: Fun and Gaymes 2!! Couldn’t get enough of us yelling rules at you in a pub garden? Missed out on the first show because you̵…
An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im…
Hot off the back of huge sold-out shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London, stellar comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean once again bring their smash-hit true crim…
“The story begins with a planet.
“The story begins with a planet.
A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone.
A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone.
Comedian Matt Storrs (San Francisco SketchFest) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed solo show Portly Lutheran Know-It-All.
Join author Dina Nayeri and cultural development specialist Fairouz Nishanova in a discussion on listening to different perspectives.
Impeccably written theatre with a biting comedic edge; SLT is an intimate hour of storytelling from your most charming, albeit dysfunctional, friend.
Figs in Wigs are back and this time they’ve got their period (dresses).
An NHS staff room.
Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help.
A comedy told by mad people, for mad people.
“Actually.
“Actually.
The Brighton Fringe sell-out show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe.
Ageing violinist Alan Gottlieb has long been content to sit at the back desk of the seconds, coasting his way to retirement.
How do you fill a minute? How do you fill an hour? How do you fill a slot when you’re Two Little Dickheads? Slot Fillers is the dickheads getting loose, getting groovy and gettin…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky …
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
Making their Edinburgh debut, Leeds based stand-up weirdos Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck: a 60-minute expl…
An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter.
A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell.
Sharp, silly and sublime solo character comedy from Luke Manning, formerly one half of veteran Fringe sketch duo, In Cahoots, and a writer-performer for BBC Radio 4’s Sketchtopia a…
Flower arranging becomes a life and death hobby in Little Shop of Horrors, a popular-on-the-circuit science fiction cult musical classic.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
Shing-a-ling what a creepy thing to be happening! The much-loved musical comedy returns in a fast-paced, physical production.
10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show.
It’s a one night stand for the Fannies (‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
Toxicity.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
‘What would it take for you to eat a real-life human being?’ It’s dinner time in the Abbey stately home.
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Sex cults with fake feminism, pretend shamans, Burning Man, Lower East Side “nightclub photographers” and Tinder f*ck boys all make an appearance in this educational and hilari…
Toxicity.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
A wonderful and varied selection of concert band music from 40 musicians featuring music from stage and screen! A free concert with donations to support Edinburgh Direct Aid.
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Sander Klaus is an underage soldier in America’s Civil War.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
John Cambo Cambridge lived with David Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit-record Space Oddity and toured Scotland with him in Junior’s Eyes.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
‘The real deal.
Little Ward of Horrors, unfortunately, seems to somewhat fall into the category of sketch shows that sell tickets due to their name, The Malignant Humours.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop.
Come and join us for the original free walking tour, packed with the rich historical sites and tales of the many colourful characters around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Organised fun is one of those phrases that can evoke different emotional responses from people.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The debut hour from Fiona Ridgewell.
Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected …
The Grumpy Magicians present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions.
In a world of lies, big lies and total whoppers, one way is invent your own even bigger lies.
‘The real deal.
Iain Dale’s ALL TALK political interviews have in recent years become something of a regular fixture of the Fringe circuit.
An all-American line-up show, featuring the very best comedians from across the pond! Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts this sum…
Funny, horrible and a little bit naughty, this poetry show is perfect for children no matter how old.
Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to.
June 2021, I had a stroke.
Funny, horrible and a little bit naughty, this poetry show is perfect for children no matter how old.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between …
An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Stephen Frost (Who’s Line Is It Anyway), Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Sally Hodgkiss (Who’…
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
The little iceberg holds a secret.
Another year older but still none the wiser, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comed…
It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in …
World premiere from award-winning Korean/Irish playwright Rena Brannan.
ERA Productions returns to the Fringe this year with a familiar act that sees the lively quartet of Megan (Mia Taylor), Nicole (Catherine Hutchinson), Amy (Abi Price) and Olivia (M…
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group is back at the Edinburgh Fringe to celebr…
Lights Out By Nine bring their live show back to the Jazz Bar for a fifth time, playing a variety of original soul, blues and funk tracks along with their interpretations of classi…
Stuck in Free Fall is a show about Nothing.
Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths.
‘Funny.
A lot of laughs and refreshingly comfortable seating await you at Friend (The One with Gunther), playing at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum.
Winner of the 2023 Edinburgh Untapped Award, One Way Out is a powerful exploration of the injustices suffered by the Windrush generation, through the lens of four boys from South L…
‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Do you like musical comedy? Do you like non-musical comedy? Do you not care, as long as it’s good? Then come enjoy either the first half, the second half, or even all of this show,…
Alice-India – 2Northdown New Comedian of the Year finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist – is just like a regular person.
It’s the year 1991; the Soviet Union has collapsed and everyone is ready for a new start.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has arrived! A celebration of bodies, tradition and inclusivity by award-winning world-class artists and rising stars on the scene…
If you got that reference you can be our friend… Dave’s Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 runner-up is totally fine with how things are going.
It’s Sunday.
Combining two of his great loves – Weird Al Yankovic and Harry Potter – Steve Goodie creates an all-out musical performance with some killer lyrics and accordion skills.
Award-winning lefty comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh takes you on a hilarious journey as he figures out how to fight the good fight… as far from home as possible! The…
Returning for another year, Free Footlights brings the group for an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and more.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
A debut show from an established act on the UK circuit.
If we’re technically speaking, there is one (1) person invited to this show, but you (yes, you) are allowed (and inarguably encouraged) to come to the debut Fringe show from Canadi…
In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them.
What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone.
Rising stand-up star Freya Mallard is back with a hilarious work-in-progress stand-up show A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please, after her sold-out Edinburgh run …
In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder…
Meeting at the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy Awards, they impressed the judges and now they’re heading to Edinburgh with a hilarious hour of stand-up.
Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show.
A ridiculous variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful.
Mixing documentary footage, storytelling, and live music, The Death & Life of All of Us is a funny and poignant exploration of family secrets, shame, and embracing our imperfection…
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut from performer, writer and creative activist Lilly Burton.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
A show about the times*.
The sequel to their award-winning debut! Traverse the perils of employment, friendship and love; be dazzled with ear-splitting music; try not to be sick if you see too much flesh.
Navigating growing up gay in a straight world, Looking for fun? explores overcoming gay shame, queer nightlife and dealing with the agony of online gay dating.
If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi…
Viral sensation, maestro of musical mayhem and lord of lyrical miracles, Matt Storer presents an award-winning musical comedy concert.
As hypnotist Matt Hale enters the stage to '80s music, in '80s clothing, it is apparent this is going to be a very '80s hypnosis show.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
From design classics to cutting-edge catwalk creations, Beyond the Little Black Dress deconstructs this iconic garment and examines the radical power of the colour black in fashion…
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group debuts at the Durham Fringe Festival to c…
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group debuts at the Durham Fringe Festival to c…
About the show On an ordinary night, in a quiet country village, a series of gift bags appear at carefully selected households.
James Norton (Happy Valley) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language premiere of A LITTLE LIFE.
The Three Little Pigs tells the traditional tale of Piggy Straw, Piggy Sticks and Piggy Bricks in their battles against the big bad wolf.
It’s all fun and gaymes until three cross dressers are yelling rules at you in a pub garden.
Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.
7 Years after it's first tour, Luke Adamson's critically acclaimed comedy-drama about Alzheimer's is being published.
As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
A comedy about the passing of time.
A comedy about the passing of time.
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts presents the sequel to their award winning debut with a brand new hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed.
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts presents the sequel to their award winning debut with a brand new hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed.
Celebrating 50 years of Rocky Horror and one wild ride of a life.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts, is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange reali…
Join the Barmy Brothers for a bonkers show like no other, where everything that can go wrong, most likely will! Heaps of ridiculous, joyous fun for children and their grown ups.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts, is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange reali…
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Featuring writers including Nick Payne, Elinor Cook and (Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer winner) John Patrick Shanley, SHORTS celebrates the beauty and frailty within human connection, an…
Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-…
Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-…
When SESKA comes to town, kids laugh out loud, dads f*rt out loud, and mums faint at his feet! Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge turbo-charged Seska throws buckets of h…
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When SESKA comes to town, kids laugh out loud, dads f*rt out loud, and mums faint at his feet! Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge turbo-charged Seska throws buckets of h…
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
Ah, Birthdays.
The author of the bestselling poetry series The Art of a Damaged Soul brings you the hard-hitting , powerful one woman show.
Ah, Birthdays.
Putting the FUN back into FUNNY.
Putting the FUN back into FUNNY.
Meet Eddie, a successful failed actor, now a rap star in the making - except maybe he’s not as talented as he thinks he is.
Meet Eddie, a successful failed actor, now a rap star in the making - except maybe he’s not as talented as he thinks he is.
Join Ben Carter and Joe Bunn two of the UK’s limpest forces that have been proper melted together for one hour of entertainment.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
In A Little Killing Hurts No One, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of an Arab, longing so badly to be part of it, yet confronted with some…
Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia …
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
Six time Fringe Award winner Alfie Ordinary welcomes you to the House Of Fun! Opening the iconic Brighton Spiegeltent with a conga line of the UK’s most outrageous acts, Alfie retu…
Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia …
In “A little killing hurts no one”, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of a Libyan Arab, longing so bad to be part of it, yet confronted wit…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange realit…
James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (Network, Hedda Gabler) stages the English language premiere of A…
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
Bill’s been feeling more and more like a ghost these days.
After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour…
After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour…
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho…
A theatrical comedy meta horror multimedia experience - this show has all the adjectives and more! A desperate actor seeks a friend to be the ‘reader’ for their self tape.
FEET PICS AREN'T FREE! For sale: feet pics, freshly painted.
The Final Episode of The Magic Tower Crime, lies and googly eyes Heaven shakes a little Drenched in honey, covered in sunlight.
if all the times i cared had names.
One of You Has to DieA post-apocalyptic interactive comedy showHR_final.
Come on in, the water’s fine.
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts, is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange reali…
Millie is not like other girls.
All Falls Down is an interactive and improvised storytelling show about a group of friends trying to make contact with civilisation, and survive in the wilderness, after a plane cr…
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time.
If you are looking for a remarkable piece of unusual drama then the Hampstead Theatre’s production of little scratch is now being presented by New Diorama in their perfectly-suit…
At once slapstick, sitcom and surreal, Grubby Little Mitts is an hour of wildly different sketches at breakneck speed, rooted in the recognisable yet traversing into strange realit…
Renowned as The Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive show.
Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in …
WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence.
Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard Mclean bring their hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla to the Royal Court in a special, one off small experimental show lookin…
A festival celebrating the connections we make throughout our life, an ode to family, friends, and lovers alike.
A performed reading of new plays by Citadel Arts Group.
Kick off is at 2.
Using original texts from the 1840s, Stephen Smith faithfully brings Edgar Allan Poe’s words to life on stage, performing four of the most terrifying examples of gothic literature:…
ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN Performed by GARY MULLEN AND THE WORKS In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the larges…
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
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…
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Scottish singer/songwriter Gill Bowman shares a collection of songs, mostly self-penned, looking at the many aspects of love we encounter through life and set to her unique pared-b…
Alpha’s All Stars – We live in interesting times.
A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland.
The quiz with just one question! Ollie Horn challenges a different comedian friend each show to a deceptively difficult game of putting things in order.
Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets.
Durham University Northern Lights are back in Edinburgh after a hugely successful run at the Fringe last year.
Set to the last tour of the Tragically Hip, They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too explores what it means to be Canadian in an American world, how music can save your life and how the u…
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Acclaimed director Ivo van Hove adapts Hanya Yanagihara’s novel for the theatre, crafting a deeply moving performance of epic proportions.
This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled.
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Americans are fat, find out why.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run.
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Join John Bishop and Tony Pitts as they meet a special guest to chat about three words that mean something to them.
In a room of questionable hygiene.
When Amy, Megan, Nicole and Olivia decide to go on a week-long girls holiday to Magaluf, some of them are excited for sun, sex and sangria.
A Sri Lankan teenager’s quest to stage a live theatre show amidst post-AL angst, a pandemic and a country in crisis, told through a comedic, musical and dramatic multi-character …
A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone.
Hot off the heels of his critically acclaimed Netflix special, Phil’s bringing his highly infective British-Malaysian variant of comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe once more.
All About the Drama is an insight to the worrying mind of Jovis Hart.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Comedians Nigel Lovell (twice UK Pun Championship finalist) and Pete Merre (talkSport, SoccerAM) love Wordle and Leyton Orient and so are used to comedy, tragedy and heartbreak.
It’s time to get your head in the game: Bristol’s best trans/non-binary/female comedy night is taking Edinburgh by storm for one night only.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends.
Imagine having a passion, a calling, being so good and in love with something you wanted to do it forever – that was me as a child when it came to drumming but sadly it wasn’t th…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
The America’s Got Talent winner brings his latest smash-hit show to Edinburgh for the first time.
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with an in-depth interview featuring audience questions.
A fast, unexpectedly heart-warming play written by Paul Richards.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
One Single Thread is a form-bending character and sketch “solo-ish” show written by NYC comedian Lauren Gamiel, featuring Slaney Rose Jordan.
Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
You’re only a missing person if someone misses you.
Having temporarily put down their pens and picked up guitars, this crime-writing super-group – Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Luca Veste, Doug Johnstone and Stua…
POV: you’re a vlogger.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A poetic, subtle and witty dance performance on conventions, expectations and perception.
This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled.
Come join us for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Bold, glamorous and sassy, your festival favourites are back with their most sensational show yet! A must-see new production for 2022 with plenty of fun-filled comedy and outrageou…
A beautiful, moving one-act play based on poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague.
Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival, and this year he’s been thinking about the future.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Before audiences step foot into the SpaceUK’s Annexe, a tune from a nearby keyboard drifts out of the theatre and floats down the hall to greet the audience.
Comedians Nigel Lovell (twice UK Pun Championship finalist) and Pete Merre (talkSport, SoccerAM) love Wordle and Leyton Orient and so are used to comedy, tragedy and heartbreak.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music …
Drop in daily to enjoy emerging and established artists playing for free at our specially curated lunchtime concerts.
Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph…
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
Very occasionally, a performance transcends the boundaries of the form in ways previously unseen.
In this powerful one-hour theater piece, Kimleigh Smith takes the audience through a journey that is totally uplifting, totally heartbreaking and totally powerful! Totally! is the …
‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
My show is about growing up, getting old and having an 88-year-old Jewish mother (now with no filter) who is making me ‘Jewrotic’ (neurotic and Jewish.
Mina (Comedy Central, STOMP) returns with her acclaimed multimedia show weaving together hilarious and heartfelt stories from her New York upbringing as the daughter of an Italian-…
100,000 characters.
How do clowns get pregnant? There is no obvious punch line for Little Parts, a clown who has always been pregnant, yet who is not sure if she’ll ever give birth.
Life, relationships, the world! Everything seems to be coming to an end.
Rhythms of India by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students. Storytelling using complex footwork set to rhythmic music along with facial expressions.
This timeless and enduring classic is about the March sisters’ journey from childhood to maturity during the American Civil War.
Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.
Join the award-winning star of Breaking The News, Heart FM and One Show for a joyful new comedy chat show.
The All Stars have toured the world, playing New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Prague, Sydney, Paris, Shanghai, Beirut and Baku.
The One Between, formed from the leaders of both sides of the struggle, is the last hope of restoring balance to the world through a show of strength, spirit, essence and loyalty.
An epic dystopian drama about the threat of religious extremism and right-wing populism.
MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London.
When the three little wolves go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the Big Bad Pig.
LOBN are an eight-piece soul and rhythm’n’blues band featuring horns, harmonies and the Hammond organ, performing a selection of original songs plus classics from our favourite son…
It’s time for us to play.
France 1789.
Exciting young Australian songstress Bonnie Thorn has generated great interest from music fans and producers impressed by her soulful interpretations of classic jazz and contempora…
To write that Dear Little Loz is an exploration of one woman’s search for love is to risk diminishing its scope, power and understanding of the human condition.
The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp…
Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks – is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in t…
Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Variety artiste Ada Campe decided to do some research into her family history during lockdown – and was delighted and intrigued by what she found! Join her for a show about wonde…
Can kids be parents? When Cassie’s mother disappears, the teenager wants to care for her sisters on her own.
With not a zombie in sight, we are taken into a sanctuary of “normality” while the outside world rots.
‘Funny.
Stand-up philosophy is like stand-up comedy – except it’s philosophical.
The Just Us League of Javier Jarquin and Gary Tro return with an update of their whistlestop tour of the first 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe phases (somewhat contradicting their titl…
Alternative comedy extravaganza from two bizarre characters! See The Daft Duo as their solo performance personas in this double-bill.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
Paul Sinha is probably best known as one of Bradley Walsh’s TV team of ‘Chasers’: a characterful crew of six champion quizzers whose aim is to stop four plucky hopefuls getti…
Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
Not ready for the night to end? Neither are we! So head on over to The All Irish After Party, where the craic is only just beginning!! A true late night show, this show is always b…
If it isn’t your old internet friend, Dr Giggles.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.
Gabe Mollica brings New York-style comedy line-ups every night to Bar 50.
They’re back! After years away touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Fring…
Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job.
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) for an hour of stand-up, sketch, song and much more.
One small step for man, one giant pile of rubbish left behind! Man’s dream to reach the stars leaves the world in ruins and disturbs the sleeping dinosaurs.
All of Us is an attack on welfare state reform.
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online.
There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is…
Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music.
Alex Dawson (Róisin Bevan) is a successful social media guru.
Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation.
Come and celebrate the start of this year’s Free Festival! See samples of all the top shows from this years Free Fest, the night before it begins – and party with the performers,…
Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300.
Join Mary Beth for her eagerly anticipated debut hour, as she shares her checkered journey as an aspiring young starlet through to the present day, covering a range of topics like …
‘Few comics reduce their audience to the constant waves of laughter for the full hour like Britton does’ (Chortle.
An uncomfortable stare; a shriek heard in the background of a dream; the noise a sloth makes when receiving divorce papers.
A one-woman performance about knitting through grief, heartache and depression. All in a pandemic. Knitting or crocheting is encouraged.
Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better …
A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders.
A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders.
A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull it out of the wardrobe.
Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents.
A rip-roaring ride through the plagues of history! From swarms of locusts to vine-destroying bugs, from the Black Death to Covid.
Tilly has intrusive thoughts about harming her family.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Come with us on a magical journey as the Little Prince tells us of his love for a rose, his friendship with a fox, and learns that what is most important in life can only be seen w…
The Little Prince by Antione De Saint Exupery is a timeless classic that enables children to safely and creatively explore the idea of things coming to an end and that there is lif…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
No One is a modern re-mix of HG Well’s The Invisible Man as a high-octane thriller.
Sometimes you see a piece of theatre that is so superb and shines so bright in every single way that it knocks you sideways.
We are four friendly comedians and we’ve still got it! Plenty of laughs, stories and craziness. Come and enjoy an hour hanging out with us!
We are four friendly comedians and we’ve still got it! Plenty of laughs, stories and craziness. Come and enjoy an hour hanging out with us!
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
It’s back! Bigger, better and more random than ever! The RAON team invite you to this fun, interactive family show that encourages everyone to participate in acts of nonsense for n…
It’s back! Bigger, better and more random than ever! The RAON team invite you to this fun, interactive family show that encourages everyone to participate in acts of nonsense for n…
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Six improvisers journey to Brighton in an attempt to break into the big time.
Six improvisers journey to Brighton in an attempt to break into the big time.
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
All You Can Beat Workshop.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert.
The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert.
Gill Sims is the author of the Best Selling ‘Why Mummy’ series of books and the woman behind the hugely popular ‘Peter and Jane’ Facebook page.
Heather Alexander lit up the stage as she portrayed one of the most fearless female writers in history - Virginia Woolf.
Grubby Little Mitts is an uncomfortable stare, a shriek heard in the background of a dream, the noise a sloth makes when receiving divorce papers.
Grubby Little Mitts is an uncomfortable stare, a shriek heard in the background of a dream, the noise a sloth makes when receiving divorce papers.
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer.
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
Join the Barmy Brothers for a bonkers show like no other, where everything that can go wrong, most likely will! Heaps of ridiculous, joyous fun for children and their grown ups.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders.
A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders.
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at the Brighton Fringe Festival with their most sensational show yet, SUMMER OF FUN! Let’s make Brighton Fringe a “Summer of Fun” with 16 of t…
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at the Brighton Fringe Festival with their most sensational show yet, SUMMER OF FUN! Let’s make Brighton Fringe a “Summer of Fun” with 16 of t…
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Tadhg Hickey introduces you to Feargal; a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming an alcoholic.
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
Based on the 18th century Beggar’s Opera and Brecht & Weill’s Threepenny Opera, the band present their own version of this wildly entertaining story as a song cycle swarming wi…
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
A wolf in granny’s clothing knows all about what fun dressing-up can be and in Little Red Riding Hood a magical wardrobe opens its doors to a fantastic display of gorgeous garments…
Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper.
It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles.
It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles.
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
An absurdity of love and laughterEmbracing the natural comedic elements of our friendship, we have curated an evening of music and magic.
Chiron: A One Centaur Show Lanky horse-boy talks funny A Beautiful Mess To-do lists aren't actually helpful.
The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the…
No One Is Coming is a storytelling performance about a mother and a daughter inspired by real life events and infused with Irish mythology and comedy.
This event has limited seating and is being held in ‘The Pride Hub’, Woking.
‘It’s only a matter of time before you jump off the balcony for a front page spread’.
"Part gig, part festival, part immersive adventure" - Lauren Laverne "Secret Cinema for live music" - London Live "Best Covid Safe Live Music Event 2020&qu…
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 1998! It was the year pure pop really hit the big time with B*Witched …
Dublin, 1742.
Dublin, 1742.
New covid-safe version of Brite Theater’s multi award-winning show! The fourth wall has been utterly obliterated, as the audience take on the roles of all the other characters at R…
One man.
‘Master of one-liners’ and DAVE’s Top Ten Jokes of The Edinburgh Fringe 2019 MARK SIMMONS, recently joined Dara O’Brian and Hugh Dennis on BBC2’s Mock The Week as…
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got…
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre.
A marathon of gothic horror masterpieces. One actor performs Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-chilling classics
There’s magic in every moment at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the most awarded play in history and “one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade&rdqu…
What’s scarier than a slice of gothic horror? Four slices, that’s what.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 2001! Its been 20 years since 2001, the year that Atomic Kitten swappe…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
London Pride is NOT cancelled!Yes Sadiq said we can’t have our annual parade BUT no one can stop us having fun and celebrating our right to be proud.
What good is sitting alone in your room? Put down the knitting, the book and the broom, and join us for a night of musical theatre based queer cabaret euphoria, in Londo…
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
After a string of sell-out Fringe shows, Durham University’s award-winning mixed a cappella group are back with their most impressive show yet.
This Edinburgh Fringe, Clarissa Maycock will explain it all (briefly.
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and stand-up, Paul Dennis brings his music and comedy together for the first time.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
Mark Simmons (Mock The Week, Dave’s Top Jokes of the Fringe 2017, 2019) has been busy with his podcast Jokes With Mark over the last 18 months, interviewing the likes of Milton Jon…
Britain’s most loveable fox returns to Underbelly with his amazing Family Fun Show.
The seaweed is always greener down at The Clapham Grand such wonderful things surround you, at one of our Movie Nights! Leave the human world and transport yourselves Under T…
Experience all the drama and wonder of grand opera on a miniature scale, with open-air performances brought to life by a storyteller, two singers and instrumentalists.
We Do Good Disco PresentsThe All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!To celebrate all things Dynasty we are having a super glam party upstairs in the Carrington Lounge at Ninth Life in …
A brand-new hour of stand-up comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and downright adorable Sasha Ellen.
Immerse yourself in a pint-sized version of HMS Pinafore, with an unforgettable journey through the opera’s musical and dramatic highlights – in just 30 minutes.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
Stefan Warzycki presents a programme of piano music for the left hand including Godowsky’s studies on Chopin’s Op 10 Études, Scenes of Iceland by Thordur Magnusson and Scriabin’s …
So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
As times of heady redolence go, the 1990s lacks the brittle style of the 1920s, sepia-tinted upper-lips of haunted men in WWI uniforms, or groovy pereniorange of the 1960s… And y…
IRL Queer Meditation Sunday 15th August 1pm Finsbury Park.
Workshop : Being of InfluenceDate : Saturday 14th AugustTime : 15:00 - 18:00 UKT / 10am - 1pm ESTLocation : VirtualAudience : LGBTQ+Cost : FREE (Donations accepted) ‘Bei…
The grannies in the show will tell you their life stories through singing and playing the moon guitar.
One of the Gals is completely packed.
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Downtown New York is the setting for our tale of good versus evil, where Seymour – a nerdy florist’s assistant – fights for the survival of mankind against a giant plant with a…
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill's debut stand-up show covers every single US President, and one man's recovery from a mental breakdown.
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.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
It’s a Fringe 1st.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
The Manchester Revue are proud to present their new sketch show, Free Shot On Entry! Bringing you the best comedy The University of Manchester has to offer, prepare to question eve…
Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all…
In association with Smock Alley Theatre, acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey brings you his weird and wonderful part-theatre, part-stand-up comedy show, In One Eye, Out the Other…
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.
To celebrate the opening of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021, Dovecot is excited to present Little Sparta in a live in-person instrumental performance of their latest album, Lost…
After sitting in the house for the past 15 months, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comedian…
Cambridge-based theatre company, The Two Jays, present five short Zoom plays; some funny and some tragic, in which truths are spilled.
France 1789.
A hypnotic dreamscape.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Free concerts every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday throughout August.
If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show.
If you hate Laura McMahon or women in general or comedy this isn’t the show for you.
If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show.
After the rip-roaring success of Twelfth Night, Troubadour Stageworks is back and bigger than ever with this summer’s outdoor tribute to the bard! All’s Well That Ends Well …
It’s A Little Bit Funny tells the incredible story of Elton John’s rise and fall (and rise again) as one of the most successful singer/songwriters ever.
Is there a ‘right’ way to be in a gay relationship in the modern world? In this play, written by BAFTA Racliffe-winning, Offie-nominated writer Shaun Kitchener, two gay couples…
Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerjack, Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in show for all the family specially written f…
Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
“Let’s finish this bottle and then I’ll do it” ‘The Little Weasel’ is a short film directed by award winning Marco Augelli and written by Shaun Amos.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out we…
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most popular novels.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Time has a habit of taking its revenges.
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
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.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
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.
The East Midland’s leading ladies in theatre take part in an innovative living history project curated by young women across the region.
Quiet Little Things OddHouse are an emerging feminist theatre company who will be debuting at Brighton Fringe this year.
Quiet Little Things Will You Be A Quiet Little Thing? OddHouse are an emerging radical feminist theatre company who will be debuting at Brighton Fringe this year.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
Millie is not like other girls.
Meet Millie.
This show has been rescheduled from Sat 18 April 2020.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
A deliciously twisted and tender comedy about inner gremlins and awkward romance.
A two hour introductory workshop for self-producing artists and others interested in producing.
Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, Scouse Stand-Up Comedian.
M6 Theatre Company have put together a heartwarming show filled with the Christmas spirit, with some truly charming use of puppetry, storytelling and stage magic It is exactly the …
The works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are jewels in the English theatrical treasury and I, generally, have scant patience (no pun intended) with 'reimaginings'.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
What if the wishes were granted? What if the magic were real? A stunning new adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales! Head into the woods with Hansel & Grethel, help the little …
Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre.
A woman tries to reconcile her identity as a Canadian-born child of British parents living in the United States while she desperately tries to score a ticket to the final show of C…
Following a sold-out UK tour, the smash-hit, true crime podcast All Killa no Filla is back for a limited run of huge shows including a one-off special at the Edinburgh Fringe.
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
It shouldn’t be controversial to assume that one’s ability to enjoy this particular interchange may well rest ultimately on personal politics and the level of individual anger …
A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, …
France 1789.
Sometimes we all feel different but not everyone has that confirmed by a professional.
Perhaps Pinter’s most political theatrical statement rings terrifyingly true as we enter our new decade.
The very best burlesque performers at the Fringe come together for more glamour and risqué late-night entertainment.
Chris Dugdale, the only act ever to win the Edfest Bouquet four times! Total sell-out 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Cameron Cook’s debut solo show, previously performed to full houses at Soho Theatre, offers up that rare and sought-after Fringe experience – you see a show, you know next to not…
They’re back! After years away, touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Frin…
A puppet show adaptation of Chris Haughton’s picture book ‘Don’t Worry Little Crab’, created in lockdown.
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Following their smash-hit run of the Pirates of Penzance last year, the award-winning All-Male Company invites landlubbers below deck for a bold re-imagining of W.
Jesse is paranoid and he's frightened and it's messing up his relationship, his job, his daughter and his life… In a bittersweet comedy fuelled by anti-Semitis…
A comedy show by Andrea Hubert, in which she’ll mostly bitch about the people in her group therapy, while attempting to make a point about ageing and being Jewish …
Performed at Soho Theatre to standing ovations, IT ALL returns to VAULT Festival for one night only.
“A Little Comedy”by A.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Paquito Forever, performed by Joan Vázquez, is an intimate, personal (and musical!) and fun account of the real-life adventures of Paquito (Paco) Alonso, a gay Catalonian growing …
Threedumb Theatre returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre for another whole day of one-act plays, showcasing a wide variety of new writing.
Actor Joann Condon from BBC'S Little Britain fame is fed up with being put into a box.
Harry and Chris (Guardian Pick of the Fringe 2018) are at the top of their field, having invented the field of comedy-rap-jazz.
The Three Little Pigs is a lively show that breathes new life into these well-known characters - each of the pigs has an air of mischief and naivety, while the wicked wolf has just…
Following our award-winning success crafting beautiful Winter shows comes The Little Prince, a blend of enchanting storytelling, music and a dash of festive magic.
Watching A Little Space made me think of Marmite.
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, a place where people of different generations class, ethnicity, faith and sexual orientation co-exist.
Acţiunea gravitează în jurul familiei formate din Maurice (Marius Manole), Margaret (Medeea Marinescu) şi fiica lor Adele (Diana Roman).
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teen-agers, a young girl, and an immortal cat …
Christian Patterson returns as the clumsy schemer Francis Henshall! Written by Richard Bean| Directed by Peter Doran| Designed by Sean Crowley This Autumn, the Torch Theatr…
Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest lead the laughs in this wild comedy that insists you don't have to be a woman to be a mother.
In fringe theatre, no one can hear you scream: one hour, one woman, one cult movie.
DRACULA: ONE BLOODY FANG AFTER ANOTHERWritten and Performed by John Hewer Whitby, England, 1897.
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry.
Written, created and performed by Isabella Bliss, international star of both screen and stage.
Join the star of Parks and Recreation and Fargo for an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better sid…
Wind down and immerse yourself in an intimate, candlelit performance in this evocative location.
The cruelties of social media could have broken a girl’s spirit.
One is the final part in Bert and Nasi’s trilogy on contemporary questions, following Eurohouse and the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra.
Charlotte was a legendary Hollywood props mistress who disappeared from public view decades ago.
A remarkably vivid picture of one merciless family and three desperate lives.
‘The best artist we’ve ever had in session’ (BBC Radio Scotland).
Wait.
This award-winning writer’s powerful one-man show tears through the curtain of manners to reveal the wildlife of neo-liberal Britain.
Florist’s assistant Seymour becomes a sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a macabre craving.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
Take a deep dive into the minds of a group of children.
All the way from the land of sun, sea and Mexican* sombreros (*not Spanish!) these intrepid comedians have made their way to Edinburgh by sea, air and Megabus, to show the world th…
‘I ate the divorce papers, Charles.
This show follows the journey of a team of podcasters setting out to investigate the disappearance of an iconic infomercial grifter.
Join us as we explore the ways Gilbert and Sullivan changed the world! Through their own words and music, and those of their influences and contemporaries, this fun, intimate show …
The multi-stylistic, unconventional cellist and singer Johanna Stein returns to the Fringe.
Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U.
Come in from the rain, put your feet up and chill the f*ck out.
This is your chance to bring the whole family and sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke Band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on your favour…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Funny Women One to Watch and Soho Radio presenter Kelly Ford AKA Book of Mum teams up with Max Turner finalist Naomi Wattis (BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 Extra) to talk about judgment, per…
For the seventh year at this wonderful venue, William Alexander again gives a recital of Chopin’s piano music and performs a selection of preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises a…
Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative.
The award-winning Fiona Henderson School of Dance returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after their sell-out debut in 2017 with a unique creative dance composition created and rehearsed …
The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill.
I’m 55.
Narrative subverted for unwholesome purposes.
Miss Sophie has invited her four closest friends to celebrate her 90th birthday.
Enjoy watching some of the best one-liner comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe rise to the challenge of performing a total of 1,000 of their best one-liners to raise money fo…
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
For as long as she can remember Isabella has had butterflies living inside her tummy.
In an unassuming French restaurant, an American news anchor meets with a man who reveals to her that the 1969 moon landing was faked and this time there’s proof.
Join West End Producer as he auditions special guests for his Free Willy musical.
Joanne and Lisa were like sisters.
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
Trapped in a house, flood waters rising, Susan plays out all the influences on her life.
Join us for a magical, marvellous hour of songs from your favourite movie musicals including Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman and some Disney classics.
Hilarious hour of stand up comedy.
Can olives and gravy ever be mixed? The story of a working-class northern girl bringing up three middle-class children in London is told in this very funny, warm hearted and livel…
Behold, beware, behave! A brand-new sketch show from some comedians you don’t know! Join the Sheffield Revue in an adventure in time and sketch comedy.
Hey, you! Don’t watch that! Watch this! Another stand-up show from some comedians you don’t know! Featuring an amalgam of stand-ups from diverse backgrounds and influences and an M…
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
A classic eight-piece soul, funk and rhythm and blues lineup, driven by a powerful three piece horn section, mighty Hammond organ and some very soulful lead and harmony vocals.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Craig and Darren are some nice boys who hit the jackpot when their venue agreed to let them give away free nachos at every performance they do.
Pianist John Bryden, joined for one of the performances by St Mary’s Cathedral Assistant Master of the Music Joseph Beech, plays music by Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart…
Join Mia, Jacus, Twinkle and their nursery rhyme friends at the world premiere of a brand new live show.
The Brunton’s series of classical lunchtime concerts.
Queen are in Edinburgh and they’re here to rock in a brand-new show guaranteed to blow your mind.
This piece of devised physical theatre addresses the human element in our species’ historic desire to make war.
Organists Duncan Ferguson, Joseph Beech and John Kitchen perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘Father’ Willis organ.
Ben likes Al, but Al says he’s straight.
“Don’t stack me away in little boxes to collect dust!”.
Ever been to a really well-run comedy club? Watch an hour of pro comedy for free instead of the £10 charge outside of the Fringe.
Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket.
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Chris Read is a talented singer-songwriter performing his debut solo hour at the Fringe this year.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival – and this year, he’s been trying to escape.
And other noble-minded nonsense.
What’s better than one stand-up comedian for free? That’s right, two stand-up comedians for free.
Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh.
Stella’s caught between two angry mothers, which is the greater force? One explodes into a violent eruption at a moment’s notice (her mother) and then, there’s Mother Nature who ju…
The air of the Speigeltent circus hub is thick with dark debauchery, smoke and gin soaked Weimer punk jazz, setting the atmosphere for a celebration of the extraordinary.
Free Fringe Music.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015 and never stopped going on about it.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Candy’s stories, musicality and legs will take you on a journey of her/his adventures through time.
A thought-provoking show about haircuts and heartache.
Surrealist comedian, author, illustrator and Fringe favourite Olaf Falafel presents his latest book It’s One Giant Leek For Mankind.
Free Love is the latest manifestation of the Scottish experimental pop duo formerly known as Happy Meals, known for their extraordinary sensual live ceremonies.
Following the show’s sell-out nationwide tour, Jagged Little Pill makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe paying tribute to Alanis Morissette and her iconic album with uplifting …
Star of Scot Squad, Darren Connell comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for one night only! Nominated for a BAFTA, Darren is best known for portraying the lovable Bobby Muir on B…
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be bringing a true taste of Scotland to the Fringe, with an all-encompassing sensory feast that celebrates the best of our culture.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life.
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…
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Get ready for word-bending, thought-provoking, side-splitting comedy.
Fresh from his recent roles in Channel 4’s comedy Ministry of Justice and numerous BBC Three Quickies, loveable Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman brings his barrel of laughs to the Edin…
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
The night is young and some of the best stand-up comedians at the Fringe are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at 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…
There are worse ways to start a show than with free sweets, and no better way to end it than with a singalong.
Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
Join your favourite Mr.
The Two Little Dickheads are back with a fresh explosion of idiocy.
The Bristolian bumbling ex-darts champ is back.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show.
The Ghillie Dhu’s very own local artists performing every night of the week with a mixture of traditional and popular classics. Come and join us for drams, jigs and reels!
After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him the reputation as one of…
If you’ve been unlucky in love, nothing makes you feel better about yourself than laughing at someone else.
Brighton company JW Productions approach this inventive and fresh re-imagining of the old Little Red Riding Hood saga with gusto.
Phoebe Traquair’s vivid arts and crafts murals (painted 1888-1892) include allegorical and religious images, portraits of leading figures, choir and clergy of the day and images of…
You never know what’ll change your life.
Expect a fun night of sharp, well-crafted and mischievous stand-up that will tickle your fancy and your heart if you have one.
Welcome to Little Top, a magical first circus experience for babies aged 0-18 months.
Acclaimed stand-up (and the UK’s foremost gilet apologist) Stuart Laws reflects on the day his life changed forever when he risked everything in a Vegas poker tournament.
Freddie Folkston takes a whimsical look at three decades and the generations which helped shape a brave new world for millennials.
We all have to work.
The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, …
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Shawn Jay is a wandering vagabond philosopher searching for the meaning of life.
Possibly the best musical comedy show with live piano and a Romanian performer! It is a 50-minute journey through life.
Croydon’s sixth leading conspiracy theorist attempts to debunk the big myths: JFK, Twin Towers, why British Bake Off went to Channel 4.
An hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more, from the Cambridge Footlights – alumni include Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, David Mitchell, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade, the ca…
London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta…
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Join Those Big Bois for the award-submitted, The Human Show – a journey inside the mind of one confused specimen and the two voices in his head as they navigate a day in this wei…
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily.
Chris Dugdale: Down to One.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (‘Observational genius’ (Guardian)) returns with a new show about how difficult it is to be a good person in the modern age.
We are the top-rated walking tour company for English tours in Edinburgh on TripAdvisor and we have put together a special festival friendly walking tour of the Old Town for you to…
Bored of mindless comedy shows? Then come to Stand-Up Philosophy.
Jane used to be fun.
Free concerts every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday throughout August. Wide range of music from classical to contemporary, traditional Scots and jazz. Full details at cathedral.net
Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome, regardless of age or ability.
Lewis Schaffer is a New York Jewish comic.
‘Funny.
Living in Kent - Maxwell tells us – he is surrounded by the sort of puce-faced, fake WWII heroes who seem to think that having once watched a film with John Mills in it automatic…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter, CNN political commentator and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs to the Fringe for the first tim…
An abandoned party; a neglected bedroom; a cluttered AV desk.
‘Their versions of the Marvel films might even be better’ ****½ (fb.
Sarah Jane Morris with her unique and powerful voice celebrates John Martyn illuminating his life and art in her new show Sweet Little Mystery.
Doug Crossley’s solo show brings together songs, comedy and the heartache of trying to understand a friend’s suicide.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed ‘Lie-in King’, Seann Walsh returns to Edinburgh.
Helen Bauer hits the Fringe hard with this compelling comedy debut which is slick, sassy and super satisfying.
For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women.
See a selection of performers from the very best of this year’s Free Fringe Festival shows, in the big gala launch night, party and general great start to this year’s Edinburgh Fri…
As seen on ABC, The Comedy Channel and Channel 11 which featured their one hour comedy special.
Daily diet of live highlights from across the festivals.
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
A girl from Oxford meets a boy from Asteroid B-612.
Last spotted leaving BBC’s River City in a limo with Claire from Steps – Gary is back at the Fringe following smash-hit runs in 2016/17.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Star of BBC Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian and co-host of E4’s The Hangover Games, Ken Cheng is back with a complete treatise on racism.
Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.
One Duck Down.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Theatre @DraperHall and Founding Fall Theatre kindly invite you to the Summer edition of their fantastic and unique scratch Theatre evening: Free FallLive music, improvisation arou…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Star of Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian, E4’s The Hangover Games and winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Ken returns with a love-letter to all the Twitter …
Step into the magical and colourful world of LITTLE BABY BUM.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time…
Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with a preview of his upcoming Edinburgh Festival show.
Award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal and her All Stars will traverse a rich landscape of timeless and sparkling material as they celebrate the Gr…
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
At first glance, The Ugly One looks somewhat clinical.
This magnetic bond still holds after more than 40 years of attempted escapes and still loved for their total in-yer-face originality, the contrast between the dea…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Humble Crumble and Loitering With Intent present Alice Birch’s Little Light performed in a disused swimming pool in the bowels of the Tower Theatre.
Stand up comedy show as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe.
Tuesday 18th June, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 165minsSuitable for: no age guide has been given about this screening yet…
Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers are proud to present their critically acclaimed story and song show “A Good Service on All Other…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
All My Sonsby Arthur Millerdirected by Jeremy Herrin Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
Jane used to be fun.
Have you ever thought “Wow, I could push that person in front of that train”.
Monsteers Artistry Presents: All The Ladies Mic Night! All the Ladies Mic Night Includes Live Performances from Sarah Dorsett, Pippa Lea, Lauren Garnder, Christine Maia …
A comedy cabaret (or summin’ like that) that asks the question: Have you ever just closed your eyes and hoped that it’ll all just go away? This is a bracing, booming and brash…
Whilst training at drama school all performers undertake something called ‘Animal Studies’ where they learn to mimic those who have different motivations to humans.
Duration: Approx 1hr 50mins A highly energetic tribute show that follows in the footsteps of the award-winning girl band, Little Mix.
Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go, The Board Game f…
“A little comedy”by A.
“Wait, what was that whole last part about copyright? I don’t feel like I got that.
“A little comedy”by A.
Renowned space scientist Maggie Hill is giving a lecture about her career, to inspire young women to work in science.
Little Steven, otherwise known as Steven Van Zandt, is one of the most extraordinarily multifaceted men in music.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre is offering a free meditation on the beach with Buddhist monk, Gen Thekchen.
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston.
Majk Stokes is a singer-songwriter, poet, environmentalist, Quaker and self-confessed caffeine-addict.
Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou.
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Duration: Approx 1hr 20mins From the makers of Peppa Pig comes this BAFTA award-winning television animation live on stage! Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom …
In Fringe theatre, no one can hear you scream: one hour, one woman, one cult movie! The sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton, celebrating 40 years of the horror cla…
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the worlds most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scotts All Stars take to the road to celebrate the Ronnie Scotts Story.
A four piece Japanese rock band who formed in 2005.
Stella’s caught in a tug of war between two angry ladies, Mother Nature and her real mother.
Styling itself as a 'heartfelt and hilarious musical tribute' to the city of Brighton, All Things Brighton Beautiful utterly triumphs as a celebration of everything we love…
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Jenny Rowe’s solo show Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own is about a woman with many lives, who is best known for not being a man.
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh…
Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter.
Random Acts of Nonsense (RAON) started as a WhatsApp group between friends after my secondary breast cancer diagnosis - we create “Acts” by recording funny moments of silliness…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
It’s Mary Flanigan and Robbie McShane! One’s a comedian, one’s a robot pretending to be a comedian.
Through her own brilliant interpretive vocal talents, Sarah Jane will be illuminating the work of John Martyn in her new show Sweet Little Mystery, accompanied by her regular colla…
180! Jody Kamali is hapless Mike Daly.
Welcome to Little Top, a magical first circus experience for babies aged 0-18 months and their adults.
All About EveBy Joseph L MankiewiczAdapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma…
You don’t realise how people can hate, Chris, they can hate so much they’ll tear the world to pieces…’ America, 1947.
Welcome to the darkest, funniest and most debauched kabarett club this side of Berlin! A gin soaked, Weimar-punk jazz band soundtracks a hazy night of dangerously fu…
Performed by The Liberties, the songs and tunes of Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Burke and John Sheehan is brought to life using the exact same instrum…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed “Lie-In King”, Seann Walsh is “unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation" (…
A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra.
Original 70s punks from Belfast still fronted by the iconic Jake Burns - and fave band of former England defender Stuart Pearce.
Tickets: £15Duration: approx.
Viral sensation Rachel Parris, star of BBC’s The Mash Report, presents a comedy show packed with stand-up, song, sketch, and inevitably a sideways swipe at society.
Viral sensation Rachel Parris, star of BBC’s The Mash Report, presents a comedy show packed with stand-up, song, sketch, and inevitably a sideways swipe at society…
No One is ComingMy Mam's different to yours.
A little heart goes a long way A Musical adventure about Anna, a young, housebound girl with a hole in her heart, who one night follows the sound of a strangely familiar…
Saturday 23rd February, 2pm & 7pmTickets:Duration:Suitable for: most agesJoin the talented pupils of Niki Barbara Dance Academy for a dance spectacular, performed by…
Featuring an all-star cast, All Is True is a theatrical drama that sees Branagh portray the famous playwright, William Shakespeare in his retirement years.
Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught …
All Good GuysIrish Men.
£1410am - 12pmChildren age 8-16 For all young photographers, a chance to create awesome images with resident photographer Angela Walker.
A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship.
Waterford CrystalThe horse - not the crystal manufacturer Little WeirdoCome and play it's weirdo day Waterford Crystal - OXBOIn 2004 show-jumper Cian O&rsquo…
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Big Fish Little Fish ‘We Can Be Heroes’ themed family rave with DJs Baker & Beale Come make merry again with the award winning, world famous Big Fish Lit…
3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle pieces together Alexandra and Kate Donnachie’s sometimes heartbreaking but often hilarious memories of growing up together and managing their cl…
Classic Hollywood film All About Eve comes to the West End in a new stage adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
Don’t miss this brand knew exciting 2 hour action packed family event starting its 2019 UK tour here in Catfords Broadway Theatre, the venue ASW featured on …
Friday 1st February, 7.
One Love is a joyous exploration of friendship, what it’s like to be in love and have a learning disability.
Babygirl is eighteen, a student, and has just discovered SEX – in spite of her strict Catholic upbringing by two crotchety old women.
The smash hit, sell out, sketch show that squeezes a decade of the Marvel Cinema Universe into one action packed hour of comedy.
by Jon Bradfield & Martin Hooper songs by Jon Bradfield directed by Andrew Beckett designed by David Shields Celebrating 10 years of Above The Stag Theatre&ap…
A Christmas revue show parodying all things festive and topical.
Join Zoo Keeper Sue and mischievous Little Monkey on Christmas Eve, and discover numbers are all around us.
A toothless punk wakes one morning and asks herself the all-important question: why are we here? Expect cod philosophy, serious attitude and a chicken going on.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
From the people behind the sell-out Pride Improv Festival comes another Loud And Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night showcasing the most exciting improvised comedy from the city's top…
Book now for next year's fabulously filthy adult panto at Above The Stag Theatre.
At the exact same time that Theresa May’s cabinet is in turmoil over the UK’s withdrawal agreement with the EU, Golden Age Theatre Company has set up camp in the Museum of Come…
Jane used to be fun.
Irish songwriter John Doherty AKA Little Hours plays 2 intimate solo shows, playing new material as well as firm live favourites.
Join musical maniac Katie Pritchard & a whole heap of her favourite comedy pals for a night of entertainment.
When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship?
Based on the experiences of young carers, Need a Little Help explores what it means to look after someone else when you are young.
The off-Broadway musical, with music by Brad Ross and lyrics by Ellen Greenfield and Half Hackady is about mates, dates and love triangles.
The autumn/winter season at the Space on the Isle of Dogs got off to a punchy start this week with Little Fools.
“Comedy’s own Leonard Cohen” - ★★★★★ FringePigAshley Haden is back with the eagerly-awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
Following James Hurn’s sell-out 2017 tour, he is back by popular demand with his stunning one-man, many voices, show, celebrating over 60 years of Hancock’s …
Viral sensation Rachel Parris, star of BBC’s The Mash Report, presents a comedy show packed with stand-up, song, sketch, and inevitably a sideways swipe at society…
This stunning cabaret stars Gregory Hazel, whose dazzling vocals, wit and charm will take you through a celebration of Musical Theatre’s most iconic women.
Jamie Lloyd must be excreting pheromones of cool right now.
Nick Keir, the Edinburgh folksinger and songwriter, left us too early in 2013.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Special additional show featuring former Zappa Plays Zappa vocalist/instrumentalist Ben Thomas, who will be opening the show with his own material and then joining the band for.
Membership of the local amateur drama society has dwindled to four.
All That Remains is a moving reflection on loss and memory based on true stories from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Not All Men wash their hands after going to the toilet, not all men brush their teeth twice daily.
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…
‘I’ve given you sunlight, I’ve given you rain.
Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene.
Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants.
Join a couple of Aussies on this off-beat excursion of naughty and ridiculous tales and oddly familiar tunes.
East meets West in this wild mash-up of comedy, electric violin, characters, spoken word and songs from legendary AmerAsian duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
One Woman, One Cello and 500 Years of Music.
Meet Leah and Chris: raised on Harry Potter, New Labour and a belief that one day they would be as special as their parents promised.
Last year Judah’s 84-minute stand-up comedy performance film, America Is the Greatest Country In the United States, debuted on Netflix to rave reviews from across the globe.
To be well or not to be well, that is the question.
One is a comedian doing relatable stand-up, the other is a robot programmed to do relatable stand-up.
After receiving her sell-out garland in 2017, Bessy returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show.
Following on from last summer’s smash-hit Touch, Vicky Jones returns with her award-winning debut play.
Fresh new band from London bring their summer 2018 tour to Edinburgh, with members having performed at Love Supreme Festival, Secret Garden Party, and Cambridge Folk Festival.
Virtuoso pianist Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West in two recitals centred on favourite works by Bach and Chopin.
Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how…
Prepare for the gay and straight worlds to come together, as unlikely friends James Barr and Dan Hudson bring their hugely successful podcast to Edinburgh – live! James will expl…
I’m not sure how to explain The Fun Club Presents… Three performers – Sara Page, Franny Anne Rafferty and Alistair McPhail – in a room, all in animal face-paint, talk obliq…
One man’s intimate story of escape from religion, to love, loss and triumph.
Off-the-wall stand-up with sausage.
Be transported back to early 90s Los Angeles; the seedy underworld of gangsters, drugs, danger, and a mysterious briefcase.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era with her gorgeously characterful and distinctive voice and a stunning five-piece band of outrageous mus…
A showcase of the finest piano and chamber music from Royal Conservatoire Scotland and St Mary’s Music School rising stars, featuring great composers such as Bach, Rachmaninov an…
For one day only! Live Art Bistro take on ZOO Southside, doing what they do best: presenting 12 hours of transgressive and experimental performance by world-renowned artists.
We’re all brainwashed, biased and influenced by personal experience, even scientists.
Every year I have to write a 100 word blurb for a new show and basically I’ve now been doing this long enough to know that none of this bullsh*t makes any difference.
Fresh from his tour of Australia earlier this year, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new collection of witty and whimsical songs and poems covering two of his bigges…
Mis(s)treated – a dark and twisted comedy about human trafficking and prostitution.
A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an…
A man and a woman wait in a flat in Camden for a phone call from a colleague.
Vocal Force returns to the Fringe with an all-new line-up of songs! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonise their way through beloved hits that will inspire and…
Malones Irish Bars Edinburgh hosts a large variety of live musical acts all day every day throughout the fringe. This begins at 12pm and continues until late at night!
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
Join us for an evening of chilled jazz as new Scottish quintet The Misinformed Quintet makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe and AMC debut with One Note at a Time, a one-time perf…
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
With the theme ‘the starting point of love, silk road and art’, our festival has a variety of performances and art from countries on the One Belt One Road.
People often get awkward, white, Northern Tom Short, and awkward, white, Northern Tom Little mixed up.
After sold-out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, Lord of the Strings! – the ultimate one-man guitar show, first created for touri…
Hyde Panaser’s debut show about living a multicultural life with and without a beard.
Ollie has chronic insomnia, a mental and physical illness that affects 10% of people in the UK.
Colin’s life has been a series of well-meaning mishaps and misunderstandings.
Bill Alexander returns to the Fringe to give a piano recital of a favourite selection of rondos, nocturnes, waltzes, études and the sonata in B minor Op 58.
Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un live on tour! King of the modern protest song Beldon Haigh and Mother Of All Bands bring a weird and wonderful live band performance.
This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The history of mental disorder is full of instances of labels of mental disorders being used to control what was deemed as unacceptable or dangerous.
All Change is a new bittersweet comedy about growing old.
Scotland’s own Soul Nation Rock Choir are back again with a sizzling hot show to lift you even higher and higher.
Pianist John Bryden plays music by Ravel, Scriabin, Bach and Schubert on the Cathedral Steinway.
Meet Liv – clever, funny, confident – everything a 15-year-old girl wants to be.
Inclusive theatre group The Theatre Shed will explore end of life and organ donation in a unique and inspiring way.
All Killa No Filla Live.
Organists Daniel Cook (Durham Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Joseph Beech (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘Father…
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014 finalist, and appeared in both Pleasance Comedy Reserve and Big Value showcase…
The hilarious Welsh optimist returns to the Fringe, working through his latest identity crisis the only way he knows how – with 40 minutes of excellent free comedy.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best young contemporary music talents perform an exciting blend of Scottish pop, traditional Scottish songs and instrumental s…
This worldwide hit show for geeks and non-geeks everywhere returns with a changing line-up of hilarious comedians with a mixture of stand-up comedy and interactive debate to find o…
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Watch Zillions of Comedians squeezed into just one hour.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
Hi! I’m American comedian Chris Laker.
Following last year’s Amused Moose: Best Show nomination for One-Linerer, Mark Simmons presents the hotly anticipated One-Linererer.
In association with PBH’s Free Fringe, veteran chanteuse Woodstock Taylor and her band of aging gits, Dai Lowe, Bev Wright and Max Scratchmann, bring their mixed bag of songs, poem…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the …
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
Look, it’s David McIver, the nicest little man in town giving it a good go with his debut hour of riffs, bits and skits.
Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
This jukebox musical, based on Twelfth Night and Elvis music, is a fantastic, foot-tapping show.
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill.
An atmosphere of fun and weimar cabaret beats envelop us as we enter Beauty at the Circus Hub.
Two of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes fantastically performed by the 15 to 20-year-old children from two of China’s schools, Shanghai International Studies University and For…
LOBN play a selection of classic soul and funk songs along with some highly acclaimed original material.
Tommy is four-and-a-quarter years old, and a hard-boiled private investigator on the mean streets of Little Monkey’s Daycare.
One mean green monster musical!! A botanical bloodfest!! Like Faust on fertiliser!! For the misfits of Skid Row, life is full of broken dreams and dead ends.
After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re…
Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
June has ambitions of going into space.
A variety show of absurdist comedy.
Heather-Rose Andrews skilfully acts out this minimalist stage version of cult classic Alien.
Matchmaking mums at the Shanghai marriage market hatch a plan to get their little emperors hitched.
A raucous late night show offering a fabulous selection of the most outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged.
November 22nd 1963.
The Last One is the end of all things, and still needing more.
**** (TimeOut).
Enjoy a showcase of the best comedy talent to kick-start your day with our hand-picked selection – and watch what you should be seeing more of from around the city.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten shows you don’t have to use a chalkboard to teach what we’ve known all along.
A frantic, romantic comedy by Paul Richards which follows the lives of three intelligent but bored office workers, who also happen to be fire wardens.
Take well-known Elvis songs, some less known, mix in a boy from Tupelo’s story, add a quartet of musicians and gently shake, rattle and roll.
‘Funny.
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a different selection each day of four of the best comics at the Fringe.
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.
Bored of mindless comedy shows? Then come to Stand-Up Philosophy.
“Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection.
After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free.
Caught between Berlin and New York, Daniel Louis Vezza explores and takes on the differences between these two cities and the lifestyles that come with them, in an hour of observat…
Trump.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
‘In my view, best new show at Leicester Comedy Festival’ (Tony Booth, Leicester Comedy Festival Judge).
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines.
The Worst Little Warehouse In London is crammed into The Box, which appears to be an actual shipping crate housed in Assembly Gardens.
When famous author/pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who lived many different lives, meets The Little Prince, two adventurous explorers discover the world and what is important in l…
This is what happens when a cabaret clown and an improv master with a shared passion for cats spend way too much time together.
An American-Scottish duo performs wild long-form improv developed at the renowned iO Theater in Chicago! Jack and Claire is Chicago-based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden and Jack…
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
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.
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with ‘a sackful of promise’ (Chortle.
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Showcasing underrepresented working-class comedy voices.
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and…
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
‘I will return sunshine to the dark cold world!’ In a world full of darkness, the warmth and light of the sun has gone missing.
Jane used to be fun.
Who runs the world? Not this bitch.
New work-in-progress solo show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
Join Phil in a lighthearted romp through the the world of collective delusions.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor in possession of a woman’s story must be in want of a wife – to help him adapt it.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
****1/2 (PerthHappenings.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres worldwide, this hit show returns with a changing line-up of various comedians with hilarious material based on sex and relat…
Perhaps it is because of the multi-show venue, or just the financial realities of bringing any production to the Edinburgh Fringe nowadays, but Peter Darney’s production of Charl…
The Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more.
The star of Mark Steel’s in Town (BBC Radio 4) brings back his 2017 sell-out show, guaranteed to make the world seem even more mental than it still is.
When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much.
For the 4th year, American atheist Bronston Jones reacts to the chaos of his country with a prayer: God Bless ‘Merica, because it’ll take a miracle to fix it.
Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety.
They say ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’.
Fun to be Around is an authentic, no-holds-barred narrative about triumphing over psychosis.
This Welsh comedian was the first major victim of Identity Theft in the UK.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
A massive whale escapes from prison with the help of a small child.
Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’.
If you break my heart, I’ll break yours too.
The Fun Kids Radio presenters need your help to keep the station on-air and to make the best radio roadshow ever.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Power? Sex? Control? Part One: Meet Baby, a prostitute willing to entertain you with Barbie dolls… Experience a bizarre underworld of desire and oppression.
The Free Association – London’s leading improv comedy theatre and school – returns with their smash-hit show Jacuzii.
See a huge selection of this year’s big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh at this one-off launch show and party for the 2018 Free Edinburgh Fr…
Wasabeats Crew present the European premiere of Break Free featuring champion break dancers, each with world titles, who are ready to carve up the floor to reach dizzying new heigh…
Scottish comedy award winner Gary Meikle premieres his debut hour and lays bare his remarkable life story and how he’s defeated the odds set against him from surviving children’s h…
Robert says he saw strange lights over Tesco car park.
For the first time Little Fish Tours is running our Festival Friendly Tour.
New York’s cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in his Edinburgh debut.
The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical.
Traquair’s vivid murals (painted 1888-1892) include religious and allegorical images, portraits of leading figures, the choir and clergy of the day, and images of the natural world…
Charles ‘One-Man Star Wars’ Ross and Canadian Fringe legend, TJ Dawe, parody the Netflix smash series, Stranger Things.
Direct from a standing room only season at Edinburgh Fringe last year, and a critically acclaimed tour of Australia this, the world's premier nerd-culture double-act, The Just Us …
Nominated Best Performance, Melbourne Fringe.
No One is Coming to Save You is an abstract piece of theatre which eschews character development and plot narrative, in favour of exploring recurring images.
Daily diet of live highlights from across the festivals.
A former Times Critics’ Choice.
Parody on love, friendship and shoes.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
One is found buried in a culmination of emotions when life takes an unexpected turn.
Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with in…
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
After their five star runaway success with All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Middle Child were always going to suffer from difficult second album syndrome and it’s a real shame …
Jake lives alone, cuts his own hair, has an ability to remember the exact date he first tasted each specific food for the first time and has a one-eyed cat.
During the Shoreline project, locals have been exploring the heritage of Edinburgh’s coast.
Following more successful shows at festivals worldwide, the popular show returns with a revolving line-up of acts selected from the best comedians, cabaret acts, children’s ente…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Trump.
Hotly tipped Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan brings his debut solo show down south where he regales his tales of living out of a backpack for 18 months trav…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Spectacular circus and spellbinding songs combine in this extraordinary new adaptation from the award-winning Metta Theatre.
June has ambitions of going into space.
Viral sensation Rachel Parris, star of BBC’s The Mash Report, presents a comedy show packed with stand-up, song, sketch, and inevitably a sideways swipe at society…
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’.
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with a ‘sackful of promise’ (Chortle).
Based in Dresden, the Semperoper Ballett has conquered the world with its now acclaimed blend of fierce ballet technique with both classical and contemporary repertoire.
Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Mike Birbiglia’s recent show 'Thank God For Jokes' “the best night I’ve spent in a theatre in a…
Is a musical comedy show with live piano.
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
"In theatre no-one can hear you scream" unless you head down to the Sweet Dukebox this Fringe to see One Woman Alien, billed as a one hour (standard Fringe fair) one woma…
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio.
When a tribe of flying people flock to their annual midsummer fair, one of their young is left behind in the forest.
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.
Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata follows up her debut show ‘Wisdomless’ with stand up and storytelling about her life in London and what happened after she whimsically move…
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Come and enjoy the benefits of yoga, open to all.
Esther Manito, a finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny? 2017’ and heard on BBC radio 4 Extra, is working on her first solo show.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
Radu started comedy in 2006 in Bucharest and was known as Romania’s comedian’s comedian.
Experience the sights, sounds, smells and characters of the Edwardian seaside in this musical multi-sensory interactive show from award-winning company, Collar & Cuffs Co.
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…
A panicked run to Canada.
Wow, it’s time for the debut hour of comedy from hot ticket and nice friend David McIver! That’s right girls and boys, your special little man is all grown up and raring to do some…
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
The human heart.
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 …
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
15 years at Brighton Fringe! MJ Paranzino’s choirs will be performing the ‘Best of the Best’ from the last 15 years at Brighton Fringe; from new choral music as well as jazz,…
Born from the desire to bring visionary art into greater awareness, the ‘Psychedelic Dream Temple’ is not just a showcase of some of the worlds most talented artists but also a pla…
‘All City Movement’ is series of street paintings which indicate motion.
Gallery Lock-In is a makeshift gallery space tucked away in the backstreets behind the beachfront.
“A snake will always find a way in.
All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp…
Performed dramatic reading by Fenella Fielding & Stephen Greif.
Following five-star rave reviews across UK and international tours where it was seen by more than 19,000 people, One Small Step returns to the BT for a fast, furious and full throt…
1965.
In ‘Little White Box’, Sara employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and death.
Three hilarious one-act comedies - plus a few other bits and pieces that will guarantee a great evening out!!.
The Original and still the BEST “Best of Fringe”.
The Mosaic Cat (UK) & Emma Knights Productions (SA) Celebrating the life and loves of one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century.
ONE HIT WONDERLAND will be a magical night of unforgettable songs.
Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts.
All I Really Want - A show dedicated to the music and lyrics of Alanis and Etheridge.
The Andrews Sisters were America’s most popular singing trio - Patty, Maxine and LaVerne burst onto the entertainment scene in the 1940’s and were known for their close three part …
Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Two time Scottish Comedy Award winner.
Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew (aka Double Denim) combine forces with DJ Juan Vesuvius to bring you a big party for little humans! Through games, sketches, and music your favourit…
Direct from a standing room only season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s premier nerd double act The Just Us League present MARVELus: the sketch show that squeezes alm…
Have you ever imagined your own theme music when STRUTTING down the street? Do you cry when someone eats the last of YOUR chocolate? Do you use UNNECESSARY CAPITALS (and emoji’s) i…
We’re bringing all the eye popping, sugar rushing, heart racing fun to The Garden.
Australia’s biggest and most authentic Bon Jovi Tribute Show is here! This show captures the essence of what this great band is about, the passion & hunger of the early years and t…
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
WINNER: BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM SYDNEY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ‘17.
A variety show of absurdist comedy.
Mark is the creator of the hit Radio 4 series Mark Steel’s In Town, a BAFTA-nominee for BBC2’s Mark Steel Lectures and a regular on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4…
Whether you like to dance or design, move or make, paint or play, we’ve got it all.
The Scottish “Globetrotting Comedian” (Broadway Baby) returns to Perth after previously living in the country on a working holiday visa for a year and a week.
Alice is becoming more and more forgetful.
An international gross of $1.
Have you ever watched a comedy show and thought to yourself, “Cathy, I hate how these theatre types are just so written and rehearsed! And when do I get to talk?!” Well then, Cathy…
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS follows the story of Seymour, a down-and out skid row floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious…
“Hello everyone my name is Doctor Billy and I’m eight-and-three-quarters and this is my story.
As seen on The Project.
UK-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and caffeine addict Majk Stokes comes to Adelaide for the first time to present a show built around two of his greatest…
GET READY FOR MAXIMUM FUN! Infinite Jest Comedy creator Jez Watts (The Nasty Show, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men podcast) is coming at your faceholes with a brand new power hou…
Local band Little Captain are paying tribute to one of the most influential bands in the world. Playing two nights of selected songs from the career of the Velvet Underground.
An honest tale of one man’s modern escape from the prison of belief.
Tania Savelli, Kat Jade and Melanie Smith take you on a historical journey celebrating the most famous female vocal trio of all time.
After his fall from grace, lawyer Kane returns to the family sheep station for the first time in ten years.
A family friendly event including Cool 4 Kids entertainment and shows, face painting, balloon sculpting, outdoor games plus lunch and a drink provided for every guest.
Guilt Free Comedy Roadshow! Featuring Clare Morgan, Richo, Shad Wicka, Caleb Day, Lachlan Gordon and Peter James! A riot of comedic talent from Far North Queensland rolls into Adel…
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
Mother, comedian, archaeologist.
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
Adelaide’s premier Open Mic night returns! EVERY MONDAY catch 10 different comedians from across the Fringe PLUS a special guest headline act.
BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show.
Emma Rice’s “exquisite” (Telegraph) production comes to Oxford Playhouse following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match.
Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7.
Free Stand-Up comedy show with all donations given to Lady Parts Justice! Come join at Local 138 on Thursday, 11/2 at 8pm.
There’s little obvious theatrical artifice on show; just four actors, in casual clothes, sitting or lying on the plain black floor of an empty stage as the audience comes in.
Join us at our free family fun day as we create a pop-up Fun Palace throughout our building and garden, celebrating arts, culture and science with a lively collection of events org…
Nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and total Fringe sell-out 2015 and 2016, Sarah Kendall returns with her brand-new show One-Seventeen.
The final anarchic annual two-hour charity variety show celebrating the life and random irresponsibility of the godfather of British alternative comedy, filled with bizarre acts, e…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy.
‘Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
America’s Got Talent winner, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, heads to Fringe for three nights only, fresh from headline shows in Las Vegas, with a sparkling new show featuring his all-s…
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
If you like profanity, women and very catchy tunes then Meat Market is for you.
Superb duo: Catriona McKay (Clarsach) and Chris Stout (Shetland fiddle/viola).
The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before.
As one of the most famous American authors of all time, many people will know of F.
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey.
Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy.
The Other Guys return to the Fringe with their show All Night Long with more charm, energy and dulcet tones than you can shake a stanky leg at.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
Irish mind reader Tomas McCabe is back with a new show for 2017! Following a hugely successful tour of Ireland, Tomas is bringing his abilities across the sea to the Edinburgh Frin…
On One Condition draws on stories from Dan Daw’s lived experiences, asking us to question our own perceptions of normal while offering a stripped back look at the world we live in.
It was the race they said Clinton couldn’t lose.
A selection of favourite variations, nocturnes, fantasias, waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Truscott wrestles with: standing up while telling jokes, second shows, stealing material and bad reviews – back in the town where she got ‘em! All while paying homage to her fa…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Two cabaret favourites – Don One from Birmingham and Claire Benjamin from London – join together for this unusual musical comedy pairing to host a variety show with a twist.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘Theatrical knock-out’ (Times).
John Bryden plays music by Haydn and Schubert in a series of recitals on the Cathedral Steinway.
It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience.
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
Have you ever been shat on by the blue bird? The great rebirth of public shaming continues to evolve.
A wordless blend of mime, clowning, dance and acrobatics, Two Little Boxes is a brand-new piece by Reallynice, exploring the construction of masculinities in young men.
Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence.
‘The vocals are fantastic’ (Palatinate.
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
Henry’s Show Aaaah The Growing Pains of a Neurotic Jew and Joe’s The Confused Sikh Who Loves Curried Mustard.
This original one-man show entitled Prévert: Piano and Poetry, was created and interpreted by the 20-year-old French concert pianist Alexandre Prévert.
You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept.
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
Mark’s sell-out show Who Do I Think I Am, revealed his natural father was world backgammon champion.
‘Four dangerously good singers, with a hilarious MC and pianist’ (ThreeWeeks) – All That Malarkey return to the Fringe with an all-new, outrageous music show, flaunting their…
Join Aaron Ayjay as he takes a comedic and sometimes musical journey through dating, marriage, divorce, death and other life experience stuff from his point of view…
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
A woman returns to a hometown she no longer recognises in this haunting new play from Dalia Taha.
The Rising: the UK’s number one Springsteen tribute brings the energy and precision of the E Street band to the Festival Fringe once more.
Scottish early guitar/lute specialist and composer Gordon Ferries plays solos by the great 19th-century guitarist/composer Mauro Giuliani including Le Bouquet Emblematique (where e…
Showcasing the finest piano and chamber music from RCS and St Mary’s Music School students.
One Hundred Miles is a physical theatre performance structured around the experiences of a woman traveling through India in a bid to discover a different culture and way of life.
In her debut show Schaefer employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and death.
A free lunchtime showcase of established and up and coming acts offering tasters of their shows. Six acts plus MC Alastair Sadler.
It’s the Alanis Morrissette tribute show you never knew you needed.
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.
Powerful like a dragon, supple like a dancer.
Two of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes fantastically performed by the nine to 16-year-old children from two of China’s schools, Chongqing Foreign Language School and Chongqing…
A Scottish Documentary Institute production for the Edinburgh International Festival directed by Anne Milne and produced by Noe Mendelle.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Inaugurating the Friends of St Cecilia’s 2017 Fringe season in the stunningly refurbished concert hall on Niddry Street, John Kitchen and David Gerrard will demonstrate the flamboy…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era.
Over two recitals, Stefan Warzycki performs all Chopin’s Op 10 études as recast for the left hand by Leopold Godowsky.
Nominated for best play by the Anti-Trafficking Foundation in 2016.
Beautiful Little Fools is a all female, unique piece exploring how media can manipulate the human mind.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Nicholas Wearne (Birmingham Conservatoire) and Joseph Beech (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mi…
Been over a decade since this multi-award winning comedian played the fringe.
A hypnotic, tongue-in-cheek antidote to the glittering circus world.
David McIver is a refreshing breath of air in every sense.
Hot, new(ish) comedy trio are back in Edinburgh with a playful new sketch show.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best contemporary talents take inspiration from our Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites exhibition to perform traditional …
The man who fooled Penn & Teller hits the Edinburgh Festival to assert himself as the pimp among magicians – or so he thinks! With over 20 years of experience as a professional m…
This show is for people that like jokes.
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Come watch and be part of this interactive, fun mixture of stand-up and interactive comedy debate as a compere and a number of the best comedians from around the Fringe converge in…
The underground hit of the Fringe returns to Edinburgh after sell-out shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Award-winning comedian off telly and radio dabbles in the occult.
Escaping his war poetry homework, a schoolboy re-enacts the movie 300 to the spirit of Wilfred Owen.
Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist, and performed in both the Pleasance Comedy Reserve and Just the Tonic’s B…
We are Edinburgh Skeptics.
Upbeat Gordon Southern may dress like the kind of supply teacher that the kids love to bully (his words) but, despite his repeated mantra of ‘Not Laughing, Learning’, his lates…
From Memphis to Folsom Prison to… Glasgow? This unusual story unfolds with the familiar calm bass baritone, crooning Walk the Line.
Everybody has a dirty little secret.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
Ian was as attractive to women as a drunk rhino so Channel 4 television handed him over to seduction “gurus” who taught him techniques to find love.
Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
Tragic diva Glenda Campari (Nina Baldini) has travelled the world, searching for her favourite fierce females for this world premiere cabaret.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
Back in the 1960s there were seven of these mobile cinemas made for the Ministry of Technology.
Join an expert local guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions.
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.
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.
Each evening we welcome a top comedian to perform their full Edinburgh show on board Audrey, the most unique venue at the festival.
From four time Canadian Comedy Award nominee and creator of Fringe Hit ONEymoon (***** Victoria Times Colonist ).
As the friend with whom I went to see the show so emphatically said, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is ‘everything’.
The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year.
A toothless punk wakes one morning and asks herself the all-important question: why are we here? Expect cod philosophy, serious attitude and a chicken going on.
Mark Steel begins with a witty satire about the calamitous circus show that was the recent Tory election campaign, setting the tone for this solid left-wing stand-up show.
Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection.
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
Hi Anne, just put: ‘Low mileage, one careful owner, four new tires and MOT till June 2017’. Don’t mix this Auto Trader ad up with edfringe programme entry please.
For the third year, American atheist Bronston Jones sees the state of his nation and mutters ‘God Bless ‘Merica.
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heartfel…
The UK-based comedian returns with new and hilarious anecdotes and jokes from his many comedy journeys around the world.
All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour.
While the world grips onto its safe space with progressively whitened knuckles, We Are Still All C*nts will be a haven where the left, the right, the old, the young, the rise of fa…
‘This great big, funny, friendly, hairy bear of an Irishman wrapped us in his irresistible mix of spontaneous humour, hilarious storytelling and total irreverence, and it was a s…
A near-immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering addicts.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
‘One of the UK’s best young observationalists’ (Guardian) went viral in India this year – not in a good way.
One in One Out spans Davina’s journey from losing a parent and partner to gaining an enormous new nephew and several new partners.
Join the funniest acts in Edinburgh as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family.
Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his debut hour.
A selection of five of the hottest up-and-coming comedians at the festival in this stand-up comedy showcase extravaganza, with a different line up daily featuring your headliner Ro…
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
This idiot’s back.
Wakefield’s poet son may have a self-confessed tendency for lewd social observation but Matt Abbott is also an unpretentious recorder of life in the raw, with a talent for coming…
The Oxford Revue present a rotating cast of the country’s brightest young comedians.
Turpy – star of Climaxed (BBC Three) and Pop Sludge (4Music) – returns with a stand-up show/hour of performance art/arse flapping gently in the wind, which rodgers the system q…
How board games can change your life and save the world.
A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever so slightly unhinged former C-lister.
One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
Strange physical theatre with soul-lined theatrics and odd feats.
Critically acclaimed one-man show from award-nominated comedian & award-winning storyteller Marcus Ryan! Sold out Perth, Scarborough and Adelaide 2015, Melbourne 2014/15 and toured…
Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers.
One man.
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…
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris…
‘Funny.
Forget the Little Mermaid you thought you knew.
A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
A daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. One of the best comedy shows at the festival, all for the low, low price of free!
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Tom and Daniel are doing an hour of stand-up.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
Join Dana Alexander in her fifth Edinburgh Show, as she navigates through the matrix of the modern world of dating.
After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re…
Vicki is done with degrading retail jobs, fed up of waiting around for Mr Wrong and ultimately ready to get out of bed.
Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes.
Patti Plinko returns with her dark and erotic songs inspired from Virginia Woolf, Joan of Arc to the whore houses of Paris.
In 1986, the Kendall family stood in their back-garden, staring at the Australian sky and hoping to catch a glimpse of Halley’s comet.
First Prize winner (Gilded Balloon Sitcom Trials 2016) Kate Bowes Renna brings her new satirical comedy to the fringe.
‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
Flatulence, fornication and filth; Sean Patton brings his show Number One to Edinburgh armed with a New Orleans attitude and an unashamed subject matter of all things vulgar and bo…
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
‘Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to show you how to change the world…’ The world’s most notorious terrorist tells his remarkable, provocative and multi award-winnin…
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person…
Jacuzzi may have been a random title for the Free Association to use for their improvised comedy show, but this hour is indeed relaxed, warm, and bubbly.
The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp…
All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music.
This ‘highly energetic laugh-a-minute show’ (TheTab.
Perhaps you’ve heard of The Midnight Beast? Their blend of comic indie-pop-rap began on a humble Youtube channel and moved to Channel Four just a few years later.
Before even starting the show, Sara Schaefer has the advantage of a unique perspective.
The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh.
The technical choreography from Flabbergast Theatre that delivers this consistently joyful, yet bleak, puppetry extravaganza is exceptional.
When famous author/pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who lived many different lives, meets The Little Prince, two adventurous explorers discover the world and what is important in l…
Becky Lucas is a little bitch, but she’s also a writer, performer, rat and prolific tweeter.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th…
This extremely famous one-handed actor shares his hilarious encounters with the world.
A former Times critic’s choice.
On this guided walking tour of Edinburgh, an expert guide will show you all the city has to offer.
Painted 1888-1892 and restored in 1998, Traquair’s acclaimed murals illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year.
With comedy, cabaret and fun for all the family to enjoy, the Huggers show returns to Edinburgh.
A one woman play about the trials and tribulations of a teenage schizophrenic in the 21st century.
Two strangers on a bridge in the dead of night, a game of dominoes & a value ready meal – this is a story of humanity, desperation & hope.
Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in City Impro’s debut Edinburgh Fringe show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketch…
Naughty compare LUKE MEREDITH hops into the jacuzzi at The Free Association as their guest monologist! Prepare for a fast-paced and witty evening of titillating banter and scenes! …
The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl…
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in a special Edinburgh Fringe preview show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketches …
Stand up comedy at the Trafalgar tavern, a place that has seen William Gladstone and Charles Dickens dining side-by-side.
Three idiots spoof Noel Coward in a unique and ridiculous vision of ‘Blithe Spirit’.
This beautiful dance theatre show takes an irreverent and contemporary twist on an old favourite. Part of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. Level: 7 - 12 years.
The Little Creepers by Charlotte Bell is a debut show that explores the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl with schizophrenia in the 21st century.
Go on an award-winning, magical, musical, multi-sensory adventure in the Kalahari desert with Little Meekat and her friends Elephant and Wise Monkey to find out all about Calm and …
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
Following the story of ‘The Liar’, a broken down, two-bit mentalist act who has reached the end of his tether and threatens to finish it all.
Brighton Fringe free mindful Ki and Aikido taster sessions, everyone welcome! Brighton Ki Society.
A dog is man’s best friend, and is for life.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
One Board Man is one of the most unique shows I have ever seen.
The latest production by Embolon Theatre, All In is such a hybrid of genres that I am unsure on whether to refer to it as a play, a stand-up comedy show, or a mind-bendin…
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the third time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so.
A newly-devised piece exploring issues of mental health.
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 …
Richard III.
What happens when your life seems to mirror that of your musical hero? Greg Moncur is convinced his obsession with Johnny Cash is influencing what happens in his life.
Little Wing finds herself alone in the forest with a trio of warring dragons.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
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 …
Patti Plinko glances around the stage in search of the next musical instrument.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Celebrate the arrival of the Brighton & Hove Property Consortium’s Charity Cycle Ride with the Mayor of Brighton & Hove as they cross the finish line in New Road to mark the end of…
David McIver is one of the most fun guys around these days.
Come to the Brighton Bandstand for some inner peace.
Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country.
The utterly hilarious and utterly heartwarming debut hour of stand-up from Robin Morgan (Writer of ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Newzoids’, ‘The News Quiz’ and the ‘Now Show’).
Twelve years ago, Tobias and Alexander came together to form a spiritualist commune based on their shared visions of a peaceful and harmonious community.
"I used to be scared of them.
Children’s entertainer Jango Starr is a total clown, but that’s certainly not meant as a criticism; sans white-face, he instead relies on a pair of trousers just sufficientl…
All Cried Out is an intimate, interactive immersive encounter.
As part of its Around Town series, The Orchestra Now will be performing a free concert of works by Glinka, Messiaen, and Tchaikovsky.
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…
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
The Orchestra Now performs a free concert in the Bronx led by conductor JoAnn Falletta.
The Orchestra Now kicks off the 2nd season of its Around Town series with a free concert in Harlem, led by conductor JoAnn Falletta.
you thought Gleb was sizzling in the Master Chef kitchen and Kristina was stunning on Strictly then imagine how spicy it will be when you see the…
Celebrated director and choreographer Arthur Pita returns to the Lilian Baylis Studio this Christmas with his magical dance theatre show, The Little Match Girl.
Little Shop of Horrors, the cult classic that brought us endlessly popular tunes such as “Suddenly Seymour” and “Somewhere that’s Green” tells the story of Seymour and…
A new production of the award-winning National Theatre comedy play.
Now in its third year, the national Fun Palaces campaign is an international celebration of arts and sciences.
Fun Palaces is a free, nationwide celebration of arts and culture that shouts, sings, shimmies, stomps from the rooftops: arts and sciences, all culture, is a crucial part of human…
It’s not just the eponymous seldom heard, often bullied, fragile young girl LV who struggles to be heard in Jim Cartwright’s classic tragicomedy The Rise and Fall – finding he…
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Andrew Hunter Murray, star of Fringe smash-hit Austentatious ***** (Times), QI podcast No Such Thing as a Fish and No Such Thing as the News (BBC Two), presents his debut solo hour…
A lack of antibiotics to treat infection could soon bring us to a post-apocalyptic era where people die from minor injuries, or following routine operations.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Peter Rabbit knows very well that he is not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there that his father met his untimely end! But he cannot resist, and after severa…
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
The gloriously grotesque cult-musical opens at New Wimbledon Theatre, complete with the necessarily capitalised X-Factor contestant RHYDIAN starring as The Dentist.
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…
Live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, featuring topical stories and big name guests.
From the puppetry director of War Horse China, Liu Xiaoyi, comes an uplifting tale of one boy’s solidarity and spirit in the face of conflict.
Harold Pinter’s short play, One for the Road, concerns torture, and you can assume it’s talking about state-sanctioned torture, given Rising Phoenix Repertory’s decision to t…
Do people change? What if they lose something important to them? A new translation and adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Lille Eyolf, a hard-hitting play about many kinds of loss – fe…
‘You hungry?’ A boy breaks into a London house during the Blitz and is discovered by the man living there.
We’re All Mad in Here follows the story of Alasdair Carroll, a young gay man living in Edinburgh who comes across an elusive drag club called Curious Appetites.
Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise…
Two ladies who like tea, cake, gin and playing ukulele.
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.
Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.
DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self.
A tribute to Half Man Half Biscuit’s 30+ years in music.
The dolphin – a remarkably intelligent animal with uncommon sensitivity, full of wonder and curiosity.
Join award-winning comedian Des Clarke at the recording of a brand new stand-up TV show featuring the comedy stars of today and tomorrow.
Here’s what happens in order: A parody of bourgeois conversation by actors in black morphsuits; a light show to the gaiety of the Ode To Joy; unembellished description of said pi…
spiked, the radical magazine that fights for your right to offend, returns to the Stand for a night of no-holds-barred comedy.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
On the day that his new book is published, come and hear this controversial and outspoken figure in the church discussing it in conversation with the minister of St Andrew’s and St…
‘When it’s working, you won’t even pay attention to the time; there is no time, there is just that win.
What happens when admiration becomes obsession? When Greg Moncur discovers the music of Johnny Cash, he vows to become his biggest fan.
Fans of The Office and The IT Crowd, we’ve found the answer to the gaping sitcom shaped hole in your life: an office where the graduate dream has died.
Dance, paint, build and design at our fun-filled family day.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you.
Hamlet is a woman, she is living the play from the lovers’ point of view, going into the depths of humanity.
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English.
Showcasing the finest piano and chamber music from RCS and St Mary’s Music School students.
Escape into the Renaissance for an hour with music from Octavoce in the beautiful surroundings of the Robin Chapel, Edinburgh.
Come join Bessy Bass and share in her adventures as she leaves her Scottish, coastal home to embark on a journey to visit musical friends and family in several European destination…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Will the guys be out of bed in time for their lunchtime show? You bet they will.
Considering the length of most Charles Dickens novels, it’s remarkable that we’ve found ways to abridge them into three hour plays and films.
The number of children’s shows has been increasing every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but so much choice can make it difficult to know which show your kids are going to…
This is what happens when you ask a four-year-old to name the show while he’s busy playing with an empty yoghurt pot.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
It is a lovely spring day in an urban conurbation.
One of the primary aims of The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten, an opera for children, is to demystify the genre to a younger generation.
Let acoustic duo Lunabaï weave you into a world of spirited sound.
John Bryden plays music by Bach and his followers, Robert and Clara Schumann and Beethoven, in a series of recitals on the Cathedral Steinway.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s wisdom-packed novella is brought to Edinburgh by the Waldorf Wayfarers – 18 multi-faceted performers, both students and teachers, from Waldorf or Stei…
Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness.
Award-winning Badger High School Theater presents Tales from the American Midwest, a series of American folk tales centred around the Midwestern states.
LITTLE BOYS are award-winning improviser Alexander Fox and Oxford Revue president Jack Chisnall in a new surreal double act.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The American High School Theatre Festival presents Little Shop of Horrors, a wacky musical journey downtown to Skid Row, a poor run-down neighbourhood where all its residents want …
Real DJs, in real clubs playing real music, free glow sticks and transfer tattoos.
Organists Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Peter Backhouse (St Giles’ Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘…
Hi, I’m Yianni Agisilaou.
A new hour of super-fun political comedy from your second-favourite activist comedian, Chris Coltrane.
Oh boy, this looks good! David McIver is a silly little man and he’s got a bit of fun for you.
Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go? This is a production that doesn’t try to answer any of your questions - or refer to pigeons, for that matter, even as a metaphor, throughout the…
Experience the joy of live music at the museum with the best contemporary talents from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.
In the setting of voice, bass and guitar, Sophie Bancroft and Tom Lyne create a dynamic, entertaining and intimate interpretation of beautiful songs.
American cop Frank Law lost his partner two days before retirement.
Live music throughout the day and night at Stramash, featuring the best Edinburgh-based and visiting musicians.
Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle.
In addition to their main show, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and more in association with PBH’s Free Fringe.
Russell Howard, Tim Minchin, Miranda Hart.
What should you do in a zombie apocalypse? Well, according to Rob and Paul, just try to have fun.
Inspired by the power of dreams, mythology and the collective unconscious, Alice uses textures, vivid colours, shapes and symbols to stimulate the senses, both consciously and subc…
The film chronicles the rich and tragic history of the Crimean Tatar people from ancient times to the aftermath of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day.
Vocal Force is making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonize their way through the past 60 years of chart-topping hits!
Part of the PBH Free Fringe, Malones will play host to a variety of musicians from across the globe.
The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure.
The latest craze is literally nothing.
Four top quality foul-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
The 80s was time of many things; Rubic’s Cubes, cheesy pop.
Join a trained festival guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable.
Welcome to Woodburn.
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.
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…
Often, first-time Festival goers arriving in Edinburgh can be paralysed by choice as a result of the sheer volume of shows on offer.
Think you know charades? Think again! Comedy meets game show meets improv, as two teams of Fringe comics hilariously pit their skills and wit against each other, in this hysterical…
All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto.
The Cutlery Crew wants everyone to have fun, feel uplifted and bang stuff joyfully.
Although still in his early 20s, newcomer Adam is already one of the most sought after acts in the country and is fast becoming a favourite at the UK’s biggest comedy clubs and f…
A very well-structured and well-performed show, delivered from a fantastic up-and-coming comedian.
Evan Desmarais explores the concepts of good and bad, and right and wrong.
‘Funny.
Beth Vyse’s sassy, leopard print clad alter ego: Olive Hands (Britain’s number 2 in the morning!), daytime TV wannabe resurrects her career on a cruise ship.
Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love.
Witness the inner workings of the idiot as Omar & Lee invite you on an anarchic voyage through their minds, pushing their sanity and friendship to the limits.
After a successful 2015 Fringe, Gary is back with a brand new show.
Hi, Lee here.
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…
If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�…
Unique comedy double act Brian and Krysstal return to the Fringe.
Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival.
Devastatingly original character comedy duo Róisín and Chiara are ‘a pair of improvising geniuses’ and Ones to Watch 2016 (Funny Women).
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence.
It’s a stand-up comedy show from a stand-up gal about confidence and self-sabotage.
She’s been described as the best African-Czechoslovakian comic on earth.
Brought to you by Northumbria Drama Society, Just a Quick One by Hannah Sowerby, is a mockumentary-style comedy that follows a day at Blackpool’s most controversial cafe: coffee sh…
Two years ago Matt spent six hours in a car with Hollywood star Harvey Keitel.
Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his debut hour.
What you see is what you get with Ashley Haden’s notoriously dark humour in this aptly-named free show.
Classic late show Festival comedy fare.
Enjoy an hour of the best up and coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
Hosted by award-winning comedian and UK board game champion James Cook, the funniest Fringe performers play classic and new board games.
Who is that strange Frenchman signalling from the island? What’s in Aunt Fanny’s famous fish pie? Has anyone actually seen Timmy? The Famous Five are back! Shedload presents Robert…
Truth is relative, sure, but as far as I’m concerned I’ve got this shit figured out.
There are two ways to reach the small room where UK-based American character comedian Will Franken is performing.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham.
The Oxford Revue present a rotating cast of the country’s brightest young comedians together with headline acts from the comedy circuit.
Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham.
‘Funny.
How board games can change your life and save the world. Award-winning comedian James Cook has read the back of the box and is ready to play. Won’t you join him?
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A comedy show with pictures, and probably not what Fox Talbot had in mind.
Enter a world with its veil drawn back, where good and evil battle in darkly hilarious style.
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest and most beautiful acts participating at …
A gunshot on New Year’s Eve on a beach in Thailand changed musical theatre artist Nils Bergstrand’s life forever.
Publish the blurb verbatim.
Three of Ireland’s best up-and-coming alternative comics.
If you want to see comedy that is a little different, this is for you.
What should you do in a zombie apocalypse? Well, according to Rob and Paul, just try to have fun.
Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection.
The queen who ruled a kingdom (and an empire) as you’ve never dared think of her before.
At the end of this show, our two performers, Bella and Eva, tell us that they are available for hugs if any are needed.
Twisted Edge Comedy presents the participants of their newly founded stand-up workshops.
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear.
Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the …
Yinka Kuitenbrouwer welcomes you into her shed, pours you a cup of tea, gives you a house-shaped biscuit, and the words come out in a torrent.
Three brilliant, original and hilarious improv acts: DVD Box Set – your new favourite TV show, entirely improvised by a cast of FA players, inspired by an audience suggestion.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
You won’t find many performers at this year’s Fringe trumpeting their lack of uniqueness.
Zoe Lyons, recent winner of the Chortle Comedy Award and with appearances at Live at the Apollo, The John Bishop Show, Mock the Week and The News Quiz under her belt, is in Edinbur…
This decidedly chaotic event includes some of Edinburgh’s best performance artists, with all entertainment at fifteen minutes or less.
The woman wants to marry, the man does not.
Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience.
‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand.
At the end of his show, Mike Ward took a moment to emphasise the importance of free speech, the vital importance that comedians are free to offend; he even handed out badges to hel…
Star of Austentacious, No Such Thing as Fish (and its television transfer - No Such Thing as the News), the QI Elf finally has his one-man-show.
Houdini came to Newport twice in the early twentieth century - not a piece of information you’d find at the top of Houdini’s Wikipedia page, but of utmost significance to young Ala…
Seann Walsh is a brilliant observational comic, with an ability to tease out the comicality of even the most mundane, everyday occurrence.
This is the story of two men who were very, very good at failing.
In the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, Incognito theatre revives Erich Maria Remarque’s classic tale that exposes the mental and physical strain of trench warfare, All Q…
The Free Association is London’s leading improv powerhouse, and we’re thrilled to bring you our headline show: JACUZZI.
Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep…
A former Times critic’s choice.
The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year.
Painted 1888-1892 and restored in 1998, Traquair’s acclaimed murals illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the …
The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year.
The Clan Mucmor Family Fun Show is family fun for all the family. This show is suitable for people of all ages and abilities.
New solo show written & performed by Elaine Fellows.
Following the lives of Marie, John and their thirty-something son Danny, The Wee One is a heart-warming original comedy about the true-to-life challenges of a modern day family in …
The Wee One starts with a scenario familiar enough from numerous television sitcoms – a couple well into middle-age who appear to be stuck with an adult child who has failed t…
A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues.
Does anyone ever read these blurbs? Here’s an experiment: if you are actually reading this right now, text your favourite animal to Alex at 07450 846 211.
From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show.
A tenacious young boy from the docks idolises Houdini and commits himself to a life of magic.
Our Flower Festival, entitled “LOVE IS .
The physical core of the The Little Gentleman is a large wooden crate, addressed to the show’s venue, which is slowly revealed to include numerous small doors and openings from…
Arrive 14:15 wearing loose, comfortable clothing for the start of the Shin Shin Toitsu Do (Japanese yoga) session at 14:30, where you’ll learn unification of mind and body and natu…
The Cutlery Crew wants everyone to have fun and prance joyfully about the place.
A twisted, tender comedy about dealing with your dark side.
If like me you find an Irish accent a wondrous tool capable, in a single crank, of spinning the very stars in the gutter, and if, like me also, you enjoy nothing better than a bi…
This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Launching Edana Minghella’s new album, ‘All or Nothing’, a tribute to Billie Holiday.
Watch a fuzzy gentlemen do his best to convince you that he’s not a brain floating in a jar, whilst working out precisely how humanity has managed to get this far without totally d…
An aeroplane crashes in the Sahara Desert.
Set when the UK garage scene was at the height of its glory, With a Little Bit of Luck introduces us to 19 year-old Nadia, about to experience her ‘summer of love’ in 2001 and …
For Little Alan comes to London’s Lyric Theatre, with Al Murray, Stewart Lee, Tim Vine, Gayle Tuesday, Harry Hill and Stouffer The Cat.
‘Gods Are Fallen.
Mr.
Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC), real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comed…
The star of BBC’s ‘Dead Ringers’ and ‘The Impressions Show’, ITV’s ‘Newzoids’, ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Bad Girls’ takes to the stage for an evening of comedy, music and impression…
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
The SMASH HIT family musical returns to Brighton.
A choir meets to rehearse a song to make things better.
Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle).
Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they liv…
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between.
During the 2008 Spring Season of “A Play, A Pie and A Pint” at Glasgow’s Òran Mór, writer and director Selma Dimitrijevic presented audiences with a delicate, poignant e…
Take an extraordinary journey in the dark.
Most of us come to fairy tales – folk tales in general – courtesy of their so-called “traditional” retellings by Disney or the local panto.
Get excited! Little Mix are coming! March 2016 might sound like an age away, but it can’t come soon enough for the return of Little Mix to The O2.
Modern-day deadbeat Simon (Eli Kent) would rather natter to his mum, objectify his girlfriend, and play video-games with a pothead gorilla than think about the recent death of hi…
Smoking Hot Comedy is returning to Reading in its new home of RYND. FREE Entry with Lineup: - Thanyia Moore (MC) - Bob Munro - Sam Mitchell - Ed Day - Joel Henderson
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
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…
Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course.
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
HARLEQUINADE By Terence Rattigan 24 October 2015 - 13 January 2016 In this rarely seen comic gem, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter's Tale and Rom…
An opening act for the universally beloved Brian Regan, Mr. Zimmerman is an endearing young absurdist with a clever approach to observational stand-up.
There is an intrinsic roughness to this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena productions: performed “in the round” in a student bar within city’s Art College, th…
In support of the comedian Erik Bergstrom, a master of dry one-liners who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 100 comedians will perform their favorite gags to ra…
Theatrum Vertitatus is very excited to be taking their dark and haunting production of Lanford Wilson’s “Home Free!” to The London Horror Festival this year after 2 successful runs…
Some lives are touched by war.
Ms. Markey, a comedian and musician, presents this one-woman show of alleged scenes discarded from the hit Broadway musical “Fun Home.”
This festival — now in it’s second year — gathers some of the city’s finest free stand-up shows under one banner for a week of top-notch comedy at venues in…
All This Jazz present a wonderful set of sumptuous songs and dazzling duets by vocalists Alison Bishop and Shelagh Westwater, featuring fabulous virtuoso playing from Robbie Hether…
Anarchic annual two-hour charity show celebrating the late Godfather of Alternative Comedy.
Olivier Award winning comedy company Mischief Theatre return to the Fringe for 3 nights only with their improvised movie direct from a sell-out West End run.
Ever had therapy? Feel like a failure? Then this one’s for you! Join performance poet Little Red as she reveals why the therapy didn’t work, through laughter, tears and sexual innu…
Live art every day.
Live art every day.
Receiving mildly ecstatic acclaim at home, this musical comedy duo are proud to present their debut Edinburgh Fringe show.
A composer a day: John Bryden will play music by Elgar, Mozart and Dvorák in three recitals on the Cathedral Steinway.
Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook.
Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance.
One man (Ben).
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
Sketch comedy is making a comeback! If you’re not brave enough to try stand-up yet, then sketch is the perfect introduction to writing and performing comedy.
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students in this exciting nine concert series.
ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned.
Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Celebrity Juice regular and the man who once got pizza delivered to a moving train returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show.
A culinary conundrum.
Come along and enjoy some sublime craziness, all in the name of fun.
Mrs Tobit Tells All – Blazing Grannies return with a classic quest to claim the treasure, defeat the monster, marry the girl, and achieve health and happiness for all, aided by a…
Sandy Nelson’s comic play examines the intriguing events of the 2010 Reykjavik Municipal elections, in which comedian and actor, Jon Gnarr, became the Mayor of Iceland’s capital, d…
Following sell-out Fringe production Avenue Q, EUSOG return with the deliciously dark cult comedy Little Shop of Horrors.
Scott Mills and Huw Stephens present Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret.
The UK’s number one jive and swing band return for four nights with an electrifying new show.
Here we go again.
Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a…
A sweet, beguiling Shakespearean romance is skilfully reimagined against the backdrop of the Second World War in Youth Action Theatre (YAT)’s appealing production of All’s Well…
FeatherStone Puppets began in 1960 as John Peel Puppets and played fifteen sell-out years on the Edinburgh Fringe.
Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility.
Think you know charades? Think again! Comedy meets game show meets improv, as two teams of Fringe comics hilariously pit their skills and wit against each other, in this hysterical…
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
Babolin – ‘breathtaking’ (TotalTheatre.
Four people are onstage at the start of this play: Sean Campion and Scott Turnbull, the actors playing a mother/daughter pair, and a real-life mother/daughter pair.
You are cordially invited to a show that celebrates two of the best things in life: weddings and bingo.
Comedians Daniel Kitson, Mark Steel, Mark Thomas and Ivor Dembina join forces to raise money for IMET2000, a charity bringing front-line medical relief to victims of last year’s bo…
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Free Fringe Music all day at the famous Inn on the Mile, at the crossroads at the heart of the Fringe.
Free morning films for the whole family.
Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky…
Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Last show ever – will sell out.
ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why.
‘Al has one of the best jokes I’ve ever heard’ (Jerry Seinfeld).
The Free Association is proud to present an hour of the finest and funniest improvised comedy on the Fringe.
How often is your creative practice playful? Is fun the thing we’re scared to have? Amid the pressures of the Fringe, Poorboy/The Bell Rock Co.
A place of peace, a sacred space.
From the frosted Northern landscape of County Durham come the Northern Lights.
Bella and Esh (her hapless assistant) present an absurd, darkly comic guide to bereavement.
Surreal clown, singer and Phil Kay collaborator Cammy Sinclair (38yrs) accidentally took his son Robin (3yrs) to a gig.
A new one-man show from performance maker Josh Gardner.
This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play.
Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students in this exciting nine concert series.
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Organists Steven Grahl (Peterborough Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ‘Fath…
Producers David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree discuss how they grew touring company Sell a Door from a shoestring Fringe company to a large scale and West End production company.
Proud to support the Free Festival, The 99 Club brings a selection of some of the best comics at the Fringe.
I wouldn’t normally mention a show’s venue in a comedy review, but David Mills is performing in a gorgeous space in the Voodoo Rooms.
For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance.
Some cabaret performers attempt to lull you into a false sense of security about what they do, but thankfully any audience finds out quickly enough what they’re going to get from…
Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, …
An hour of lunchtime comedy could be worse spent than with this quirky collection of occasionally promising comedians.
Oliver Suddon, comedian and broadcaster, hosts a relaxing evening of comedy and music with a variety of selected performers from the Fringe and creates radio broadcast inserts for …
‘Al has one of the best jokes I’ve ever heard’ (Jerry Seinfeld).
Dutch worship collective, The Psalm Project, famed for their powerful contemporary reworking of the Genevan Psalter, are joined by Scottish band, Satellite, for this worship gig ro…
Experience the joy of live music at the museum.
Alex Furrow, the compere for Oxford Revue Presents, has a lot to contend with, La Belle is a big venue and it must be difficult to pack it out with an eager crowd.
All spit no polish, all show no pony, Goldsmith goes back to the source.
Jay Handley’s first show contained ‘.
A daily challenge to realise the best marketing scheme on the Fringe.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Joy Carter’s stand-up centres around a cute theme that works well for its midday slot.
West Country comedian and MC extraordinaire, Cerys Nelmes, returns to this year’s Fringe with a full run of her popular show, Pick’n’Mix! Cerys MCs an hour of comedy featuring th…
Happy-go-lucky nihilism from a man in a powder blue suit. ‘Many moments of absolute brilliance’ (Scotsman). As heard on Josie Long’s Lost Treasures podcast.
Stand-Up Philosophy is a low-key, quirky little Free Fringe show featuring professional philosophers sharing thoughts, answering questions, and trying their hands at comedy.
The hotly anticipated solo debut of a multi award-winning sketch comedian is probably happening elsewhere.
Music all day at the smallest pub in Scotland or probably anywhere. Visit and enjoy.
Bristol Improv return with their hit format Bristol Improv Steals the Show! Everything on stage is completely improvised based on you, the audience! Expect to have your programmes …
This musically infused telling of Five Feet in Front (the Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo) is a highly energised, yarn spinning hoedown of a play.
After a poor showing at last year’s Fringe, the Free Footlights return this year on top form.
Fancy Dress Fun – the brand new family sing-a-long show from Anya, Gary, Kevin and Bonzo (formerly of The Singing Kettle).
A Little Man’s Holiday tells the tale of an office worker with a big imagination.
A new human colony, but full of idiots.
Kooky, french horn-playing, little Miss K from Massachusetts never imagined she’d become a 1950s-style blonde bombshell with shows in New York and Milan, and a residency at Ronni…
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
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 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…
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time his stand-up and funny songs will be based on all t…
From now until August 31st, visitors can soak in the buzzing atmosphere at Edinburgh’s premiere music venue.
Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
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 bare stage, obscured by low lighting and backed by an eerie sinister soundtrack set the tone for this gripping retelling of the classic children’s fairy-tale, but this telling …
Frank Sinatra is one of those rare artists that is universally loved and respected by all.
“The Facebook,” Little moans, is a hub of narcissism and platform for vapid boasts.
Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out.
A slick absurdist piece, PALP’s One Above is an intelligent offering from the young company.
A fantastically funny show for all the family.
Take part in the Festival’s longest running show at no charge at all.
From the creative team behind the hugely popular Hairy Maclary Show, Little Red Riding Hood is a fun, original musical for children, with live music and loveable characters.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down…
Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh.
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Uncle Sam Wants You For U.
A nun and an ex-con find themselves on the run across Ireland, carrying two film rolls, identical in appearance but with very different sets of pictures on them.
Vanessa Smythe has a bit of a ‘downer hobby’: she worries about disappearing.
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and most beautiful acts participating at…
Lewis Schaffer states that although he normally occupies rooms on one of the free fringes during August, for his 2015 run he’s charging folk a fiver.
In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes…
The games are back in 2015! Different international acts compete for comedy gold.
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing.
In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl…
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
Broadway performer and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco takes you on a hilarious musical comedy journey, showing you what led her to become a multi-faceted, multi-voiced party of…
Every serious actor wants to do his Hamlet.
With the accompanying subtitle, this show becomes God Bless ‘Merica, Because It’ll Take A Miracle To Fix It; whilst that’s quite a mouthful, it certainly encompasses the sent…
Cynical Sunshine.
One of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies, who have toured to over 30 countries, make their UK debut with a double bill of two of their most acclaimed works.
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under …
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Epic storytelling, synchronised swimming and subversively simple songs from this Fringe First nominated maker of mischief.
Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare.
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! Now in its third year, the Fringe’s free daily improv jam returns for more comedy scenes and games based entirely on audi…
Attention customers: the store will be closing in five minutes.
Forget typewriters, what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? **** (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). **** (Comedy.com).
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
Stand-up from award-winning comedians Alasdair Beckett-King (NATYs 2013) and Nick Elleray (Max Turner 2013).
Storytelling as you’ve never seen it! Join in with Meg Harper’s unique stories! Maybe you’ll be a princess, maybe you’ll be a frog, maybe you’ll even be a giant head louse! Fresh s…
Feast on five of the tastiest up and coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham.
There is just something about storyteller Callum Lykan.
Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism.
Where Do Little Birds Go? follows the story of Lucy Fuller in the heat of London’s swinging sixties, where she has hopes of landing her dream job as a West End star (or a barmaid…
‘Demitris Deech is a great story-teller’ (BroadwayBaby.
A high-octane hilarity blast right in your daft face, featuring two of the funniest new comedians on the circuit.
I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte…
Sixty episodes.
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…
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
One-man sketch show Will Franken serves up another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness.
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have subverted the original performance conditions of Shakespeare’s plays, which were all-male productions, and have tackled his bloodiest tragedy, Titus A…
Why do adults lose the power to imagine? A tender tale of imagination, friendship and loss, as a little prince who has travelled the universe just wants to return to his asteroid, …
One Trick Pony is the follow up to the critically acclaimed mouthful of a fringe show, Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little…
Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough.
A baby chick is born and thinks the sky is falling down.
This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty.
Charlie Baker blends song with stand-up, as he intersperses his versions of one hit wonders with tales from his life.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Painted 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
A former Times Critics’ Choice.
Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel, and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
When Breaking Bad came to an end at season five, everyone thought that this would be it for the franchise.
Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies
In this 50th anniversary production of David Halliwell’s comedy Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against The Eunuchs at The Southwark Playhouse, Soggy Arts invite us to visit t…
We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July.
(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…
One last chance this season to polish up our dance floor, Northern Soul dancing for the first time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Huff, puff and puppets! Start-Blooming are firm ‘family-show favourites’ in and around Brighton.
Join Little Man as he leaves his boring office job behind him and begins a swash-buckling adventure on the high seas.
Work in progress.
Soak up the swing.
Three Brighton-based performance poets grab hold of the microphone at Over Broadway in order to shout at you on the subject of politics, sexuality and death.
Please arrive by 9:45am wearing loose, comfortable clothing such as a tracksuit or gi for the start of the Shin Shin Toitsu Do (Japanese Yoga) session at 10am where you will learn …
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…
All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships.
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…
Alex Eberhard presents a sublime 10-piece electric orchestra.
Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain, José is the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s Carmen.
Irreverent and dark, ‘A little Respect’ is a sexy little thriller filled with intrigue, waspish one-liners and homoeroticism.
The world is not quite right, so she decided to listen to the voices in her head.
This performance takes a critical look at contemporary trends in Western spirituality.
Martyna Majok’s stealthily devastating “John, Who’s Here From Cambridge,” an indelibly acted portrait of intimacy and entitlement, makes this a must-see.
Discover some of Brighton’s secular heroes and heroines with Valerie Mainstone, local historian and Chair of Brighton Secular Humanists.
A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue.
A stand-up tragedy show about great expectations, ambition, resilience and, ultimately, the horror of failure.
Brighton Fringe’s number one free family event will entertain both you and your little ones.
One day, a curious little girl stumbles across a lonely little leaf hiding in her attic.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on May 18) Let’s hope local playwrights have been running wind sprints and agility drills, because Ensemble Studio Theater’s Maratho…
Ensemble Studio Theater’s evening of one acts races between decades, places, genres and forms.
An absolutely wonderful exhibition presented by Ink_d Gallery, on North Road, of Graham Carter’s “Alphamals” is family friendly and a highlight of this Fringe’s visual ar…
This adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s 1961 comic novel, part of Brits Off Broadway, is moderately amusing but is more interesting for the perspective.
HANK, the mostly online comedy duo of Dan Fox and Betsy Kenney, celebrates its one-year milestone with this live show, featuring new videos and stand-up from Jo Firestone, Carmen C…
Little Man is leaving his dull office life behind and going on an adventure on the high seas.
Hooray for all Kind of Things tells the true story of Icelandic stand-up comedian Jòn Gnarr’s decision to run for office in the Reykjavík mayoral elections of 2010.
As an ongoing celebration of –and opportunity for –new playwriting talent, A Play, a Pie and a Pint – originated at the Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End – has decided to m…
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…
(previews start on Jan.
(previews start on Jan.
Brett Davis and Sally Burtnick celebrate the first birthday of their monthly comedy show (which remains unconnected to the titular actor).
Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show.
The composer David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning choral work, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of a poor young girl’s struggle with neglect and poverty on a h…
The superb organist Paul Jacobs won acclaim early on when in 2000, at 23, he played the complete organ works of Bach in a marathon to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the compose…
Five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: the real story behind his infamous origins.
Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show.
This new opera by Laura Kaminsky, with a libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed, stars the baritone Kelly Markgraf and the mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, husband and wife in real …
Wake up to Bach and a little Shostakovich in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Cathedral.
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
This well-known, local band simply enjoy entertaining their audiences.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
A young woman sits on the floor in a bright upper room in the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, a large rucksack with a sleeping roll dumped by her side.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
Inspired by the public performances of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the less decorated but more alive writer and actor B.
After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up.
I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea…
The UK’s no.
Based on the Roger Corman film, this is a laugh-a-minute spoof about young nerd Seymour and his mysterious plant, Audrey II, who possesses an unusual appetite.
Japanese pianist Waka Hasegawa performs widely in concert and on radio, both as a soloist and in a duo partnership, in Europe, USA and Japan.
Moving On Theatre Piaf: Love Conquers All by Roger Peace is an inspiring roller coaster of a show around Piaf’s life, music, breakdowns and addictions.
One performance only! ‘Several of the best one-liners you will hear.
Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3’s Arts and Ideas programme, in Edinburgh for cutting-edge debate, conversation and interviews about the ideas shaping our lives today.
Life on the One Wheel experiments with everyday experience and elements of popular culture to explore the fragile simplicity of human emotion.
Come and enjoy a relaxing lunchtime recital of a selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, polonaises, waltzes, scherzos and other works by Poland’s most famous romantic compos…
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
Who would you rather be: a tap-dancing alien or a singing tomato? Biff! Bash! Bosh! Join comic trio Topsy Turvy for 40 minutes of silliness, slapstick and mayhem - sketch comedy fo…
The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood.
Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi-award-winning musician and comedian, transcends mere mimicry to produce studio…
One day, a curious little girl stumbles across a lonely little leaf, hiding in her attic.
A place of peace, an open sacred space.
Sixty Episodes in 60 Minutes.
“I wasn’t cut out to be cursed,” Jill tells us at the start of The Box.
Her daughter has been taken, she sends in three dodgy nurses who enlist the disaffected youth and his somewhat feather obsessed friend.
Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in a British mental hospital with a strict, unbending routine.
Following their sell-out Summerhall shows at last year’s Made In Scotland showcase, this genre-defying quartet take a break from performing with Scottish Dance Theatre to perform…
After a phenomenal run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Accidentals are back with ‘99 Problems But a Pitch Ain’t One’.
With the hugely popular Jabberwocky, The Owl and the Pussycat and Stomp Like a Dinosaur firm favourites at family concerts with chamber group Daniel’s Beard, Lenny Sayers has now c…
Based on the true story of Lisa Prescott, who was kidnapped by the Kray Twins and essentially donated as a sex-slave to an escaped murderer, Camilla Whitehill’s Where Do Li…
The brilliant IndigoCo return to the Fringe, with the enigmatic and bloodthirsty Audrey 2 in the starring role.
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Robert Sharpe (York Minster), and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ‘Father…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop.
Join Edinburgh’s own little jazz bird, Victoria Bennett, for an hour of classic, jazz standards.
Professor Richard Weston’s enchanting images of gemstones from around the world, surrounded by award winning gemmologist Stephen Turner’s examples of mother nature’s most preciou…
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.
Al Murray’s One Man, One Guvnor is only in its preview stages, but already it is a spectacularly funny set.
Much lauded as resident dunderhead on QI or the charming but reticent crime solver Jonathan Creek, Davies virtuosic story-telling and whip-smart funny bones combine to make this a …
Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013.
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry is a visual tribute to Scotland’s global legacy, crafted by volunteer embroiderers in 25 countries across the globe.
Spitfire! is a spiffing new show from the team behind the award-winning multi-five-star BattleActs! Independent on Sunday Top 10 Comedy.
If you have 10 minutes to spare and your busy festival schedule has taken you near the Royal Mile, have a look at this exhibition.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
Following the disappearance of Dick Whittington and several other fairy tale creatures, the five little piggies suspect the Big Bad Wolf has returned.
Gary Little isn’t.
Sticking close to the original story by Hans Christian Anderson, a cast of five use dialogue and contemporary style dance to tell this dark story of the sea and love.
Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better.
The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe.
Come along and join The Ruffitybuffs, Tara Twinkle, Cara Crinkle and all of their friends in their fantastic free show of music song and dance.
The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe…
The Kipple and the Lomax present, in honour of the independence debate, the anarchic, independent spirit of Merseyside and its populace, in word and music.
This comedy workshop will get your kids writing their own jokes and performing them onstage - all within an hour! Course leader Paul B Edwards is a hugely experienced professional …
Jason Patterson in All About The Pattersons! Jason entertains us with affable tales of growing up in a house and moving to a rough council estate, having a popular older brother, h…
The future.
From bold brass to fabulous fiddlers, soprano soloists to singer/songwriters, enjoy daily live music performances at the museum, showcasing the best contemporary talents from Scotl…
Ben Champion is turning into his dad.
Join comedian and activist Chris Coltrane for an hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing political comedy! The world is corrupt, politicians are garbage, but we are awesome! Let Coltrane …
A celebration of human flaws.
Cracker: noun, a thin dry biscuit that is often salty and usually eaten with cheese.
Musical comedy meets character comedy in the debut solo show from stand up and improviser, Jacky Wood.
Immediate, sense engaging theatre.
Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging is a show much more savoury than its name suggests.
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart and Tim Minchin .
A thousand years of roman history in under an hour.
Are you confused by life? Do you miss Y-fronts? Did you even realise they were gone? Ever wonder what a live sex show is like, or how accountants chat girls up? Are you worried abo…
With so much improvised comedy around, every group needs a USP.
Every weekend little festival fans take over the site – join us for free family activities with CBBC and CBeebies favourites.
Having written for BBC Radio 4, NewsRevue and the award-winning TinCanPodcast, Mike takes on the baffling history of the Westminster parliament with wit, rage and twisted logic, ju…
A character and storytelling show about life’s little losers.
‘By equating the conditions of Depression-era America with those of today, writer/performer Randy Noojin invests his one-man show about Woody Guthrie with topicality and urgency, r…
This young and energetic company have tried to create a sketch show with a storyline.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh.
The word of God over the ages: from Hernan Cortés to Barack Obama. And skipping three centuries in between.
Medical student music group One Dissection from St George’s, University of London escape the dissecting room and break into a different kind of theatre to present a medical a cappe…
Last year I bought myself a ukulele but I have to confess that most of the time it looks really cute hanging on my wall.
For a free sketch show you can’t go wrong with Oxford Revue’s free accompaniment to its main show.
As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News, the award-winning, Perrier-nominated, Amused Moose Top 10 Comedy Show 2013, ‘gifted comic’ (Sunday Times) returns with a new show about l…
The Cambridge Footlights bring you a daily hour of free stand-up comedy.
If Jay Handley had spent as much time running his business as he did writing this show he wouldn’t be unemployed now and you would have one less thing to see at this year’s Fringe.
Now that Freddie is a family man he is trying his best to be responsible.
Join two of the UK’s finest emerging talents, Fern Brady (8 out of 10 Cats – ‘Wicked, close to the bone gags’ Stage, ‘Obnoxious, rude, and utterly brilliant’ ThreeWeeks…
One Man Breaking Bad is impressionist Miles Allen’s attempt to squeeze 60 Breaking Bad episodes into 60 minutes.
If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the…
Award-winning comedian James Cook tells the often hilarious, surprising and surreal true story of being the voice between pop records.
Celebrating 20 years.
This is the debut show by one of the UK’s finest comedians.
‘Let’s see what comes out of my mouth’ is something Bronston Jones says before almost every show.
With an enviable variety of excellent voices and a real commitment to his physicality, Simon Jay skilfully portrays the various characters crammed into the tragic life story of his…
Free Fall is Luca Cupani’s first stand up show and an hour of comedy similar in its rambled, improvised form to Ross Noble’s earlier work.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
On a patch of green that is nowhere to be found here, two women provide a little comfort for one another.
Escape the thunderous thrill of the High Street! Unwind and enjoy inspiring music and stunning architecture in the medieval heart of Edinburgh.
Every night see our pick of the filthiest acts at the Fringe.
This is the show you’ll be telling people about in five years time.
Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened.
Urban Aphrodite International is a company based in Shanghai.
Scotland, a land steeped in myth and legend.
Painted in 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera.
David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’.
Tamar Broadbent’s All by my Selfie seamlessly combines quick wit with a beautiful voice.
Sometimes the proof of a great show comes from hints that your body gives you: your face hurts because you’ve been grinning so much, a consistent silent laughter that you are d…
Straight from the Middle East: an energetic, fast paced, improvised play.
Stand-up comedian Clara Electra brings her first ever solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A host of top comedians from across the Fringe battle it out for the audience’s approval and such.
Luke Benson hosts 99 Club’s pick of the Fringe with a free hour of comedy that shows off the talents (and faults) at this year’s festival.
Launching a season of outdoor performances in the courtyard at the Pear Tree with buskers, musicians, cabaret, comedy and much, much more. And it’s all free! www.freefestival.co.uk
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
Yorkshire girl Nalika comes to London to make it but reality hits when she ends up living with a violent squirrel.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Awkward Hawk, Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) looks at the power of schadenfreude, embarrassment, and how being hi…
In his Edinburgh debut, operatic maverick Oberon White presents a one-man show like no other.
Rachel Fairburn is melancholy, she can’t help it.
How board games can change your life and save the world.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
‘I see life as basically tragic and futile and the only thing that matters in life is making little jokes,’ wrote Edward Lear, a Victorian best known for his nonsense poetry an…
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comics in this stand-up showcase.
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…
A pilot stranded in the desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures travelling the universe.
A confessional comedy performance by literary translator and writer Petra Kindler, on the joys and perils of cross-cultural creative work, surviving homemade hurricanes and the cha…
‘A bearded fantasist’ **** (Time Out).
If you wander the streets of the Edinburgh Fringe, you might run into Cameryn Moore.
This year will be the biggest year ever for Ginger Ale Comedy as we relaunch the show in partnership with some of Scotland’s best emerging promoters, who run both established stand…
In 1914 George joined the war.
Offensive and outrageous comedy.
Everything seemed against this performance from the start.
Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
The title of Masai Graham’s show gives the impression that it is a grand test of comedic athleticism, hinting at a Tim Vine like mania.
Intelligent comedy with a puerile twist, Scott Jeffery and Matt T Woodward take turns to do 25 minutes stand-up each, daily tossing a coin to decide who goes first.
Are you a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings? If so, look no further, this will be the highlight of your Fringe experience.
David Crawford is dressed in HP Lovecraft’s favourite outfit for this one-man storytelling.
Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed.
Taking improv to the next level, we improvise the cast! A daily impro jam that absolutely anyone can take part in, whether experienced veteran or enthusiastic newcomer.
Carol Robson is a wonderwoman.
Ian Fox: The Unsearchables is an interactive quiz show that asks the questions you can’t Google.
British comedian Gareth Berliner and Australian comedy actress, Kiruna Stamell present a dynamic, funny, edgy, fresh, new double-act comedy show, One of Us Will Die.
Gregory Akerman explores the history of war to find out once and for all if it’s good for absolutely nothing or good for very little, however there are a couple of exceptions.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
‘Funny.
Is Amusia a fantasia of amusement, or does it really mean something quite different? Musical comedian Luc Valvona plays a selection of his songs and then tries to sell you his CDs.
Little tent.
Back for a fourth year at the Fringe - an hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit’s best comedians.
Each day different international acts compete for comedy gold.
An original multi-media performance, this could be one of the oddest hours of your life. Come with an open mind, leave with a broken one. @electricdada
A spectacular variety show featuring a plethora of unforgettable characters, performed and hosted by one man from Bristol.
The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her.
Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt…
Tom’s an award-winning comedian, thirty-something accountant and big, friendly nerd.
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.
A Mary Poppins bag of hilarious characters from a misunderstood Rumplestiltskin, to a yoga instructor who can’t stand the sound of breathing.
Back for another year of improvised madness are Mischief Theatre, the improvised movie and Oscar - the man with the biggest collection of DVDs in the known Universe.
It is a rare and precious thing to find a show which is not only brilliant, but which is brilliant in such a wide range of ways.
The year is 1999 and Ernie Wise is in hospital, 15 years after the death of Eric Morecambe.
Seriously.
Five years of IVF and love going down the tubes and a sex life reduced to cold rooms with plastic cups.
Eddie Pepitone is convinced that we’ve been consumed by the ‘gelato syndrome’, where coziness and contentment have shrouded the harsh reality of our petty existences.
One of a stampede of comedians making the London-Edinburgh journey for the festival, Feilder knows his Fringe conventions well and isn’t afraid to use them to meta-comic effect.
Familia de la Noche take the story of Pinocchio and turn it on its head, with the former puppet boy as the titular “greatest liar in the world.
The big launch night for this years’ Free Festival! See a show with the best of this years’ free Fringe performers, mingle with the acts and VIPs and dance the night away.
Much of Ross’s childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again.
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall.
Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation…
Dave Hill and his band Valley Lodge host this impressive lineup of comedy and music, with performances from David Cross, Juliana Hatfield, Michael Che, Jean Grae, Kate Berlant, Mar…
Listen to the Changing Tunes Band and MJ’s Liberty Choir.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The brilliantly funny Myq Kaplan celebrates the release on Netflix of his new special, “Small, Dork, and Handsome,” with performances from Chris Gethard, Aparna Nancher…
Amidst the wonders of the circus, an impossible dream appears.
A touching one woman show about Piaf’s life, loves & loss.
Metro Chamber Orchestra presents the American premiere of Nancy Van de Vate’s 1 “All Quiet on the Western Front,” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel.
Come and celebrate English eccentricity with Duck Soup and the Trio Buschellini in a uniquely silly concert that will take you from the Village Green to a Persian Market and back a…
One boy.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous novella, the story of a pilot who crash-lands his plane in the Saharan desert and befriends a boy, ‘the little prince’, with whom he embarks …
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
A jamboree of performances from second-year performing arts students of Varndean College.
Prof Buteyko discovered in the ‘50s that people who develop chronic symptoms breathe more than the physiological optimal norm of 3-4 litres per minute.
Ki Workshop: 10.
Ki Workshop: 10.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt…
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp host this night of music and comedy with performances from Sasheer Zamata, Eliot Glazer, Justin Sayre and Jason Michael Snow.
Touted as the next big thing in comedy, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist and One to Watch Winner 2013, Sarah asks you for at least one more year of anonymity by keeping this …
Puppet shows each followed by a treasure hunt.
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.
May 1914.
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
Our guided tours take you to all the best places that Brighton has to offer.
Less Than Rent’s current production Little Mac, Little Mac, You’re The Very Man! is billed as ‘an adventure-capitalist rodeo.
Menier Chocolate Factory: 3rd Apr 3pm.
Take a 2004 Swedish vampire novel that was made into a subtitled horror film as your starting point.
(in previews; opens on April 17) Moss Hart’s classic autobiography becomes a play courtesy of James Lapine, who also directs this Lincoln Center Theater premiere.
Bryan Cranston makes a commanding Broadway debut as Lyndon B.
Tony Law presents a deeply hidden, powerfully meaningful show for night-time freaks.
In his hugely popular free show Think Big, Yianni sets out his ambition to sell-out the biggest venue at the Fringe, have Michael ‘HackIntyre’ open for him and to enter the stage ‘…
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
Two hour charity variety show includes presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
It’s impossible not to have a good time at Little Shop of Horrors - the music is so uplifting, the characters so fun and the story so oddly compelling.
The Fringe has always been a place of no limits and of being accessible to all, including the numerous school groups and companies who bring their efforts with them to Edinburgh.
If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed.
Someone once wrote of the novel Vernon God Little that it ‘was a work of unutterably tedious nastiness and vulgarity’, and its author DBC (Dirty But Clean) Pierre ‘a man with…
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best and brightest cabaret, comedy, circus and burle…
I was warned that Vampire Hospital Waiting Room was wonderful and weird but that you had to embrace it - I would encourage any potential audience member to apply this mantra to the…
Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing.
The mischievous musical medic showcases some of the most popular parody songs from the former duo’s fourteen years together (made suitable for a lunchtime audience).
Author Robert Fulghum lists lessons learned in kindergarten and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same rules as children.
Allow this exciting sketch troupe to take you for a spin through a random roulette of manic sketches, including celeb comedians, a singing prime minister and an outrageous chat sho…
Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human.
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!
This show returns after a sell-out 2012 Fringe.
Fresh from YouTube and Top 40 success, St Andrews’ The Other Guys bring their hilarious parodies, exquisite musicality and suspect dance moves for one night only in a show that won…
Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group are back with their spookiest show yet.
The mouth of a million sounds BeardyMan brings his beatboxing brilliance to Edinburgh with an extremely ambitious new project.
Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert.
Star of Fringe favourite The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, Siôn James, ‘utterly charming .
Big Mix Theatre combines clever animation with live action to bring to life a charming alternative take on the traditional children’s story of Little Red Riding Hood.
It’s a shame “A Little Piece of Heaven” isn’t billed as a thriller, because it is most certainly horrifying.
Playwright Idgie Beau sets out the parameters of A Hundred Minus One Day quickly and economically; 20 year old Jen, who has lived away from home for many years, has returned to her…
A Japanese love story set between earth-world and sea-world in ancient and modern times.
A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t…
A break-up sped up by a mythbeast.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Tim Byram-Wigfield (St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle) and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on…
Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Simon Johnson (St Paul’s Cathedral) and Nicholas Wearne (St Mary’s Cathedral), perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ma…
Organs.
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One, Millennium Approaches is given new wings by St Andrews Mermaids Theatre.
As a writer I am always keen to find out how other writers tap into their creative process, and the opportunity to delve into the mind of such a prolific writer as Val McDermid in …
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
One of the Guardian’s top sketch writers at Westminster, will give a hilarious talk about the politicians, prime ministers, poseurs, poltroons and pratfalls he has seen.
A haunting glimpse into one family’s past, Last One Out is a bittersweet tale of loss, memory and grief.
What with the recent Les Miserables fever, everyone has been fussing over Victor Hugo and ignoring that other cheerful scribe of poverty and dying children - our very own Charles J…
Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta…
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Campaigning MP Tom Watson talks about taking on the Murdochs and the all-powerful, corrupt media.
Experience the powerful portrayal of relationships through the eyes of a group of teenagers who travel deep inside the so-called Cradle of Humankind.
Setting up within the whitewashed walls of Greyfriars Church, Nitekirk is a gentle affair.
This a fantastic and innovative way to introduce children into the exciting world of Charles Dickens and Victorian England.
A host of eclectic characters emerge in this electrifying play / poem.
Three ethnic minorities also referred to as illegal immigrants by the home office, rejected by their own mothers will try to create laughter before their deported back to Southall,…
Ethics and morality aren’t typically seen as trendy when it comes to comedy, poetry and performance; they are often seen as unfun and old-hat.
Jazz vocalist Victoria Bennett has a talent for interpretation and a whimsical approach to melody.
Matt set up a new school, and like all good schools this one has a bar.
Two pm - neighbours changed Wi-Fi password.
In addition to their main shows, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs and monologues in association with the Free Fringe.
Multi five-star, Time Out Critic’s Choice, Smirnoff Hot Picks.
Head to the magnificent Grand Gallery to celebrate the Museum’s collections through daily live music performances, from Renaissance to the best young contemporary Scottish tal…
Luke Toulson is very ambivalent about his children.
Dazzlingly versatile, All That Malarkey’s repertoire spans operatic classics to R&B, musical theatre to cheesy pop, jazz standards to their own original material and much more! A…
From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas.
Wave your hands in the air like you don’t feel self-conscious! First world agony from the Russell Howard’s Good News writer.
It’s the worst kept secret at this year’s Fringe that the UK debut of little-known alternative 80s comedian Baconface is in fact enormously well-known alternative comedian Stew…
Reluctant hedonist and professional snowboarder has it all.
There is nothing wrong with the message of this show from the Italian company, Scarlattineteatro, but then neither is it particularly original.
One of a trio of pieces that make up the Czech dance showcase at this year’s fringe, One Step Before the Fall uses a contemporary style to explore the life of Muhammad Ali.
From being a Nazi war criminal’s daughter and only girl in boys school to snogging politician Chris Huhne and a bishop.
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
Time Out Critics’ Choice.
Watching actors improvise can be the most fun thing ever.
Gorge yourself silly on the Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award winner and finalist.
How did two Africans, one Asian and a Mancunian end up at The Espionage Lizard lounge? .
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.
To seekers of silliness, salutations! Set aside those pesky cognitive processes awhile and join four fully certified adults on a stand-up comedy adventure.
A to Z Improv Comedy, like most shows of its type, includes many of the classic improv games and therefore runs the risk of being too similar to a host of other shows available.
If there’s a theme to Free Footlights, a somewhat eclectic collection of stand up bits, monologues and comedy songs from members of the Cambridge Footlights, it’s a streak of self-…
Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland.
Unfortunately, this three piece act had dwindled to two by the time I saw their performance, however Jack Campbell and Robbie Ormrod were 100% funny enough to carry the show by the…
Paper Birds’ On the One Hand looks and feels a lot like a John Lewis advert.
Close-up card magic with a true English gentleman. Hear tall tales of a magician learning his craft and be confounded by events which are not easily explained.
Hook up to the intensive comedy unit for revitalising laughter and life saving fun on the Free Fringe’s biggest stage.
In Static, a man in his early twenties describes growing up.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Julian Clary.
Welcome to the Calorie Galaxy, in which Tina Sederholm’s protagonist Evie struggles under a regime of browbeating and humiliation, all in the pursuit of a narrow waist.
Popular culture often gets derided by critics because, unlike many of the so-called ‘great’ works of art (you know, the ones that allegedly make you look good when ‘appreciat…
Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits show that’s been refined just fo…
This show is something of a smorgasbord of family entertainment.
Brothers and sisters of the Fringe, discard your differences and heed the Brethren’s call.
‘A tour de force on the Fringe’, ***** (RemoteGoat.
Get set for some irreverent fun as Paul Revill returns with his comic selection.
Revill’s Selection is an hour of very friendly comedy, with Paul Revill hosting and three unannounced acts every day.
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
The real star of this show sits outside throughout the performance.
Jen Carnovale will be talking about stuff into a microphone with you watching and she can’t wait! ‘.
Proudly supporting the Free Festival, the 99 Club brings a selection of four different comics every day.
Cheeky late night songs! Luc Valvona sings you a selection of his funny, witty and sometimes downright filthy songs on the ukulele, guitar and mandolin, and then tries to sell you …
French, Australian, Jewish, Arctic comedian Eric Hutton’s 2012 show was selected as one of the ‘best free shows at the Fringe’ by TheScotsman.
Four comedians.
If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers.
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
The hit show returns after more sell-out shows around the world.
Are you a big spoon or more of a little spoon type of person? Come see this stand-up show from two spoon enthusiasts.
Alistair Greaves ‘moments of comedy genius’ (Skinny) and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips.
We Will Be Free is an historical tale beginning in 1834 and is based on the true story of George and Betsy Loveless, prominent members of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
Ruby Heart Entertainment presents an all-star diva tribute show each night of the week, including world famous divas Adele, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga and Jessie J.
An hour long comedy show featuring five different acts talking about sex? After a few pints this starts to seem like a great idea and I would recommend the show to any finding them…
There, in the midst of the darkness, sits the earth, glowing eerily, surrounded by silence.
Rhys will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems and then leave.
Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale present a selection of their favourite Fringe acts.
Maureen Younger presents a solo stand-up show, as part of the Scottish Comedy Festival, which is based around her view of herself as an outsider, both on the comedy circuit and gen…
Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems.
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have put together a production of Titus Andronicus that rather beautifully captures the double-edged nature of George Peele and William Shakespeare’s play …
I was so ready to tear this show down.
An in-depth and correct analysis of man and his obsessions with sex, violence, money, sex, war, breasts and sex.
Tricity Vogue’s voice has a peculiar tone that suggests everything she says is really an innuendo.
Scottish dancing for all the family.
As humble a turnout as it was, Paul Revill was very grateful and welcomed us warmly.
The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio.
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.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show.
Cabaret legend and TO&ST finalist Dusty Limits celebrates the crazed pursuit of joy and truth.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham.
Each night see four exciting new acts performing ten-minute sets.
Powered by the enigmatic personalities of compère Chris Turner, David Elms and Adam Hess, AAA Batteries is a show brimming full of energy, improvised humour and finely tuned routi…
Ian Fox has come up with a fairly novel twist on observational comedy: his show centres on a series of photographs shown on television screens around the room so that the audience …
Step into the world of Frank Von Nippleman.
Tomie James has travelled from Ireland to make a good point: we’re putting an awful lot of rubbish into our bodies.
In just under an hour Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) is made to feel awkward by castles, the French Metro and Ugandan rebels.
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.
Jody Kamali is a comedian, a clown and based on his YouTube repertoire, an impressive character actor.
The funniest show (with a saucepan).
Three young talented comics take over with a show full of improvisation, riffing and household observations.
First of all, it’s important that you ignore the title of this show because it has absolutely nothing to do with what you’ll be watching.
The value of art, human redemption, dead labradoodles.
As refreshing and witty as ever, Spring Day returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show which takes some of the best bits of her 2011 Fringe appearance whilst offering…
‘Wicked punch lines have the audience falling over themselves with laughter, thinking: “I can’t believe she said that!” They absolutely loved her, no doubt you will too.
Every twenty years or so, comedy re-vamps itself.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
No wires - no script! A completely improvised 50s radio-play adventure, unique every day.
Ever wondered what radio DJs chat about when they’re off-air? No, me neither - but it turns out the topic provides a wealth of material for James Cook’s one-man show about the tria…
Stand-up comedy that fulfils the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s diversity requirements all in one fantastic show.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now.
Free frivolous fun and spontaneous silliness, improv and stand-up from comedy circuit regular, TV sitcom actor and professional improviser.
The Games are back in 2013! Different international acts compete daily for comedy gold.
In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him.
Alan is surrounded by idiots; fortunately, he’s one of them.
New solo show from cheeky diva Tricity Vogue with ukulele tunes and salacious anecdotes - a song for every calamitous liaison.
In the past Kevin Shepherd has apparently used his Fringe shows as a kind of confessional, finding thoughtful humour in his past social and legal misdemeanours.
Character comedy is slowly but surely leeching into stand-up.
A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t…
Addressing race related issues for an hour can potentially be very uncomfortable.
We learn from the outset of the play that two of the three pigs are dead.
Wild, raucous and full of Fringe spirit.
Tony Law is an irrepressible force; a man who pushes back the known frontiers of silliness, a clown of cosmic proportions.
The conceit of Lights! Camera! Improvise! is deceptively simple: Oscar, owner of the only infinite film collection in the world, invites the audience to choose a movie to watch wit…
Satisfying energetic children can be a task for even the most patient of adults, but CeilidhKids seem to have found a simple but effective solution to combine family bonding with c…
Award-winning comics seek comedy geeks, hungry for the new stuff.
The Big Man’s back.
It’s a stand-up comedy show. At half 11 in the morning. In a tent. Two comedians. We’re not seeing anything else at that time. It’s a yurt tent apparently. Let’s definitely go.
Ian Saville, a self-professed ‘socialist magician’, takes you through the history of money and communism by the medium of magic in a free show that pulls off some rather exquis…
What do you get when you combine sci-fi with time travel with the Vatican City and the movie title “Bad Popes Gone Wild”? The answer – a hilarious improvised movie containing…
Heard of screenwriter William Goldman’s rule about Hollywood? ‘Nobody knows anything.
Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina **** (Guardian) chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guest and surprises, news and reviews all in collusion with the Orchestra of An…
Tricity Vogue gets her kicks from having somebody strum her ukulele that sits on top of her head.
The ‘office comedy’: mastered in ‘The Office’ and storming the Fringe this year in Blam!; here that well-loved genre takes on a new guise in the first theatre adaptation of Danish …
Been to a load of shows already? Tired of sitting back as the passive audience member? Want to have your say? Then Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent is for you.
They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men.
To give a show this title, considering the easy barbs that could be made at its expense, is perhaps brave.
One of The Scotsman’s Top Ten free shows of 2012.
If you are over 35 or simply want to hear how middle-aged life is a going to be a blood-stained nightmare, then this is the show for you; for anyone else, sit tight for an uncomfor…
‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage.
Often the sexiest stories are ones you don’t quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet girls of Sugar & Vice for songs, stories and laughs. From the writer/cast of Princess Cabaret.
With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl…
At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h…
Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy.
Nick Helm has endured pain and suffering to become the greatest living example of not giving up the world has ever known and he will entertain you until it kills him.
Léonie Kate Higgins brings her own - often heart-wrenching - take on the all too familiar theme of pursuing stardom in our celebrity obsessed world in her one-woman show Bright Li…
Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life.
Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian.
Witty, full of puns, and anything but uninteresting, Name in Lights is a free-flowing performance that bears an aura of genuineness.
As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends.
It’s a brave pair indeed who decide to recreate arguably the nation’s favourite double act, Morecambe and Wise, in a new show, but that’s what Ian Ashpitel (Wise) and Jonty Stephen…
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No…
It’s fair to say that, to a lot of people, mime consists of a man in makeup, wearing white gloves and a stripy top, making big-fish-little-fish-cardboard-box style hand gestures.
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
Experienced local guides show you historic places of the Royal Mile, its buildings, narrow closes and secret gardens, describing how its people lived and died, its famous character…
Churches are great: not only is a marvellous acoustic found within those imposing stone walls, but visitors also feel an inherently peaceful atmosphere upon entry.
Escape the thunderous thrill of the High Street! Unwind and enjoy tranquillity, inspiring music and stunning architecture in the medieval heart of Edinburgh.
Situated on the historic Royal Mile, open from 9am – 3am every day.
Whistlebinkies really wants you to know they have free live music.
If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl…
Like so many shows at the moment, Om Nom Nominous lures in punters with a ridiculous name.
This gig is a total surprise – just what the Fringe should be.
Tonight was an evening of two plays, one short, one less short, but the action started before the audience were seated with characters roaming into the foyer.
The Black Country Cider Lions’ compere Rob Kemp reminds us near the start of the gig that the room we are in is bespoke.
The Edinburgh Festival has some unusual venues – that is a well-known fact amongst regular Fringe-goers, as avid audience members hop from university building to converted wareho…
In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
This Fringe classic pops up most years, with songs such as ‘Somewhere That’s Green’ and ‘Don’t Feed The Plants’ bringing the house down.
The Plastic Seat Company’s debut show is a promising mix of comedy sketches, which take great delight in referencing pop culture of today.
On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated.
Advertised in the Fringe guidebook as ‘David Kelly is Shameless’, the show turned out to be rebranded as ‘David Kelly and Laura Carr Have No Shame’.
Sarah Archer’s adorable daughter invites us into the venue and welcomes her mother onto the stage, a fitting introduction for an adorable show.
Shakespeare can be hard to do at the Fringe, and even harder to do in an hour.
Ella Hickson was the darling of the Fringe last year with her debut play, Eight.
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
Ged Manns apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful.
Its a hard job to get a small, mostly drunken, late night audience on your side.
Bobby Carroll has perhaps been doing stand up so long that he’s become a bit bitter.
Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…
‘Success’ is an inventive, endearing and beautifully observed pastiche of self-help seminars.
Located in the small but cosy performance space underneath the main café area of Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, Life or Something Like it sees Mancunian singer-songwriter Claire…
Amrik Virk looks like a laugh to be with.
Staged by Word Alive and hosted by the congregation at Charlotte Chapel, this exhibition tells you everything you need to know about the Good Book and its influence on Christianity…
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
Welcome to Skid Row, a New York slum where only those who dont have any choice would go.
‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show.
Doug Segal delivers a perplexing array of mind-blowing, mind-reading tricks modulating gradually to a standing ovation climax.
Noel Tovey is a legend.
After introducing himself four times Arnie Pie gave a bit about his stage name before launching into the set that can define the rest of his show in two words: racial comedy.
In an interview for the seminal concert movie Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, acting as the interviewer in his own interview asks himself, ‘I don’t think…
The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage.
One cannot help but feel , when offered lesser-known tales from the Brothers Grimm, that there is probably a reason that they are not so popular.
Zipping through all of Greek mythology in an hour and a half is quite a lot of fun when it is presented by a company of student actors who tackle the task with enthusiasm; it is ra…
A typical Edinburgh stand-up by Richard Coughlan in the back room of an easily hidden pub, this is truly a gem hidden amongst the Fringe.
It should be no surprise that I am not the only unaccompanied adult at Little Howard’s Big Show.
Straight from The Royal Court, Anupama Chandrasekhars poignant drama about the impact of one girls sex life on the rest of India cant help but provoke.
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
Three women, a triptych of three generations, sit apart, facing you on the stage.
The Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue is exactly as described.
What do you get if you cross Jack Dee with Paul Daniels? - Piff the Magic Dragon!Piff-Tacular is a magic show and stand-up gig all in one, which despite featuring a cute puppy, is …
An hour long performance constructed out of the colourful and controversial life, ambitions and writings of Oscar Wilde was always going to be an evening well spent.
The Yurt Locker is naturally intriguing as a venue and thus when the three performers of Cracking Yolks took to the stage they were playing to an almost full house of casual punter…
Lewis Schaffer’s schtick is that he is an ex New York Jew making his way in this strange foreign land and hating every minute of it.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
With a razor-sharp tongue and ever sharper wit – think 1940s American reporter meets cocktail bar swagger – David Mills delivers an hour of comedy that you may mistake for an h…
The problems started right from the word go.
If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town.
Unlike anything else in Edinburgh this year, The River People bring an old gypsy wagon placed just off Chambers Street to tell an ancient tale of the beginning of the universe.
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men”.
BBC: Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret returns to the Fringe with its hosts Scot Mills and Nick Grimshaw.
Little Shop of Horrors is a cult hit about the unlikely pairing of two flower shop assistants, Seymour and Audrey, following the formers discovery of a rare and unusual plant.
‘Well Done You’ calls itself a character sketch show, but Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt are in character even when not doing sketches.
The premise of Mace and Burton’s show draws quite a crowd into the Medina.
‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough…
Covering a range of singer/songwriter greats, Juliet Nisbet and Bruce Birrell, collectively known as Spirit of Love, take us on a musical journey across Scotland, Ireland, France a…
Angus and Cameron have clearly worked hard putting this sketch show together but the results are far from entertaining.
In this free one-woman show, Clara Lilly shares a string of stories collected from ten years of hitchhiking.
For all the atrocities of the Second World War, it was a fertile period for great songs.
With so much free fringe it’s can be a daunting prospect wading through the guide to find what’s worthwhile.
‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce.
The GirlBand Improv was an entirely enjoyable experience but not quite what I expected.
If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different.
Hunger Warrior Theatre, a group of young American Theatre professionals present this tale of lust and its dangers, written Andrew J Hungerford.
The big songs of stage and screen are being presented at the Laughing Horse Free Festival by the Cabaret Freaks.
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…
Diane Spencer or ‘Lady Di’ as she is sometimes known, bounces onto stage.
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
Devvo, the internet sensation, brings his unique brand of stand-up to the Fringe after a successful string of MC gigs across the UK.
Behind The Truth is an endearing but frustrating show.
Milk is a graduate with a degree in advertising.
You’d be hard pressed to find a free hour of comedy at the Fringe as well-structured and thoughtful as ‘Stitches’.
‘You’ve come on a weird night.
It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir…
Imagine if David Starkey did a Fringe show.
The term improv comedy is usually enough to have me, and any number of reviewers I know in Edinburgh, making excuses and running for the exit.
Marga Gomez is one quirky lady.
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.
All In The Timing is a collection of one act plays by David Ives, each lasting around ten minutes.
Stand-up works best in a small space.
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
I love Ontoerend Goed; whether it’s their audience-dividing masterpiece that was Audience last year or something life changing and unique like A Game Of You, I have been a massiv…
Thomas Annand and David Day have come all the way from Ireland to prove that there’s far more to African drumming than monotonous banging.
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
The Footlights are one of the most famous comedy groups of all time, and there certainly was a buzz of celebrity in the packed out venue.
Him and Me’s circus of estranged acts consists mainly of them with the occasional homemade video thrown in for good measure.
A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour.
The plot of One Night Stand is, unsurprisingly, the repercussions of a drunken work night out for two colleagues who wake up in the same bed.
The Pajama Men are impossible to describe, or do justice do, in a review.
Comedian Neil Dagley is Flange Krammer; German Olympic skiing sensation and interminable ladies’ man.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Peter Pan as your friend? Have you ever questioned what made the witch in Hansel and Gretel so inconsiderate? If you have, this…
As the lights dimmed for the start of One Hour Only, video projections and voice-overs appeared on stage, calling the audience to attention as the characters set the scene for the …
In this highly energetic performance, dancer-actor John Macaulay welcomes the audience and ushers them in, attempting to build up a friendly rapport.
Having been ushered onto the top deck of a bus, itself a surreal beginning to a show experience, I was unsure what to expect from ‘Stand Up, Woman.
Dating George Orwell is a one woman play that looks at the unhealthy relationship between a teenage girl and the books that she has become engrossed in.
There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems.
This is the year of Cabaret at the Fringe.
In the press blurb for his show Middle-Aged, Useless and Talented Nick Hayman compares himself to Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom.
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
Adam Larter splatters onto his stage like paint from Jackson Pollock’s paintbrush, ungainly and definitely not graceful as he crashes all over the place.
Wet Paint is made up of two magicians, Ben Hart and Neil Kelso, with ‘ideas so fresh they’re still wet’.
Those looking for a dose of the unexpected, who enjoy wandering off the beaten track, will be delighted by Lach’s Antihoot.
Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room.
Seymour Krelborn, a florists assistant, has his life turned around when he comes across an unusual plant after an eclipse of the sun.
This free show at the fringe consists very simply of two fairly promising comedians, Mark Diamond and Darren Walsh, alternatively delivering stand up performances.
There are some novels so enduring, that their stories can be told again and again in any medium, whether that be written word, stage or film.
What makes a lot of cash in the Musical Theatre? Juke Box musicals: Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys.
Part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival, comedian and photographer Ian Fox delivers an hour of very amusing entertainment through a selection of photos.
Dirty Filthy Rich wants to make you stinking, filthy rich.
Comic and self-confessed ‘try-too-hard’ Gráinne Maguire visits Edinburgh this year with her latest show Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better…
Maurice Cock and Belvedere Bagg model their show as a lesson in how to act.
The marketing for Auntie Myra’s Fun Show misleadingly promises something pretty outrageous.
Sitting in the dark, cave-like venue of the Hive where the smell of alcohol and sweat still pervades from late-night clubbing and the floors are still just a little bit sticky, it …
As promised in the blurb, In-Transit Dance Company deliver a fast-paced and energetic dance performance, to the degree that at times the onstage action is almost dizzying.
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
You’ve got to bless the Edinburgh audience, they are a godsend for bad comedians.
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see.
How is it I’ve been watching stand-up for more than 20 years, including a decade of Fringe going, and I have never got round to seeing Andrew Maxwell.
Its all too easy and all too dangerous to dismiss the Free Fringe.
Sometimes a gig feels like visiting an old friend - the audience have never seen the comedian before, but we have seen comics like him and he’s had audiences like us.
It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh.
What is Hamlet if not a man that stands alone and, in his isolation from others, tries to discover truth where validation is impossible?If you think about it this way, perhaps the …
What is the opposite of subtle? A thesaurus will give you antonyms like ‘obvious’, ‘loud’, ‘lucid’, ‘crass’.
Sugar & Vice are Courtney Powell and Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who get up on stage and bare all.
Pam Ford presents a friendly and funny stand-up show focussing on her past career as a hairdresser.
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way.
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret.
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.
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
It promised to be a fun show.
This one’s a toughie.
This production is intended as a Hitchcock-esque thriller, but even with strong storytelling techniques, the level of suspense is disappointing.
An amnesiac is being interrogated.
I really wanted to like this show.
The Oxford Belles are a small set of seven, performing upon a dauntingly massive black stage but as soon as they burst into song they fill the entire space with life.
Stella Graham’s routine is fun and original: she recounts amusing anecdotes of good and bad things she has done and the audience have to decide if she should go to heaven or hell.
The transition from Chambers St into the depths of The Jazz Bar feels almost like crossing between continents.
I’ve just spent the most uncomfortable hour of my Festival thus far.
Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix.
This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together.
James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice.
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
Little Shop of Horrors was first produced as a musical in 1982, based on a low-budget movie of the same name, which was shot in just two days in 1960.
Marry Me A Little started life in 1980 as collection of songs either cut from other Sondheim musicals, or from shows that were never produced.
Mark Cooper-Jones is a Geography teacher.
Dr Ettrick-Hogg is the very macho compere for this evening of male stand-ups talking about manly things and being generally masculine.
Matthew Collins is a travel journalist and single parent, although not necessarily in that order.
A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That by Adam Brace is the best piece of new writing that I have seen on the Fringe.
To be read in a key that bridges the major and minor temperaments Hello there, good day to you,Good day from Broadway Baby too.
Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so…
First, a confession: I am a Lord of the Rings film fanatic, nay zealot.
Downstairs in a night club that makes an awkward bedfellow for performance, youll find seasoned actress & comedienne, Sarah Louise-Young conjuring up three very distinct characte…
Bringing his YouTube sensation to the Fringe, Australian comic John Robertson’s show The Dark Room is basically a ‘choose your own adventure’ computer game in which selected …
Please ensure your seat is in the upright position and that your tray tables are securely stowed.
Men of Character describes itself as two one-man sketch shows that overlap with one another with an overarching plot line.
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.
Andi Osho, the rising female comedian famous for her appearances on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, is taking to pieces what it means to be a single lady in…
Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play has a script that dazzles, full of wordplay and witty one-liners.
We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.
During this free children’s show in Maggies Chambers at the Three Sisters Pub, Phil the Shepherd introduces himself throughout as he tries to put his sheep, or children, to sleep.
James and Craig - the comedy duo behind Best Days of Our Lives - earn their stars as much through likeability as humour.
It isn’t often as a reviewer that you come across a show with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Jonathan Prager’s performance is a mixture of spoken anecdotes and original songs with both lyrics and score written by himself and performed with accompaniment from Ben, his ver…
Given the perpetual debate concerning the over-commercialisation of the Fringe that has been prominent this year, it is with a great sigh of relief that events such as the Malcolm …
Follow Donna Wannabe and Katherine Withakay (yes, really) through the trials, tribulations and transfers of flying to Las Vegas all performed in astonishing tongue-in-cheek oper…
There is one word that, quite deliberately, is never uttered by anyone on stage during the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In—vampire.
The infectious enthusiasm of this comedy duo is apparent from the off, their chaotic get-in generating a fair few belly-laughs.
Comedy always works best when you have a full, captive, and hopefully laughing crowd in front of you.
With 101 Comedy Club seeing different up and coming comedians performing every night in four ten minute sets, it is perhaps unfair to form a complete judgement based on one night a…
Someone should tell Danny McChrystal that having a blokish demeanour and a regional accent doesn’t make you a comedian.
‘I thought it was a magic show.
Mark Little’s career has spanned many successful years in television and theatre and he has also brought several shows to the Fringe before.
Kunt’s on Daytime TV warns that it’s not for the easily offended.
Chris Coltrane is the first to admit that any political radicalism he might once have possessed had faded over time, thanks in part to a depressing sense of powerless after the UK …
If one ignores the grating scene-change muzak, this was a rather good production – four short comic plays from David Ives’ All In The Timing, plus another from Mere Mortals.
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
Panning for Gold is a performance about love: finding love, losing love, and moving on.
From the start, you know that Tomás Ford isn’t your ordinary late night showman.
Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day.
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen - for you delectation, curiosity and amusement, please welcome to the stage The Repertorie Room.
Do you ever wonder what lies beneath the red nose and big shoes? All an Act gives the audience a peek behind the scenes of the circus to see the people behind the make-up, because …
It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t…
Ideally Edgar Allan Poe’s works should be read in the dead of night, in an armchair by a crackling fire with the slow tap of wintry branches against the window.
Graham Whistler’s show from last year’s Fringe returns, again mainly focusing on his cerebral palsy.
I can’t help thinking that somebody, somewhere must have watched Oliver Maltman’s show, Little Black Book, before he brought it up to Edinburgh; but clearly didn’t have the balls t…
Arguments and Nosebleeds is becoming a little nugget of tradition, a one-off poetry performance — now in its third year — that gives a platform to a host of Scottish poets, alo…
Comprised of two one-act plays, The Words Upon The Window-Pane (W.
What seemed to be an amateur dance troupe clad in black soon became a moving sculpture of body art, with hands morphing into waves, words, trains, cars and faces - all timed precis…
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
What a joy and a rarity it is to see a cross-generational cast of performers, ranging in age from 28-78, share the stage in dance theatre of this calibre.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
Gordon Ramsey Sex Dwarf eaten by badgers.
Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a…
Imagine being sat in a stand-up comedy show where the comedian in question makes one faintly amusing joke.
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor.
The Agitated Acupuncturist Returns To Find It is utterly bizarre.
Is it possible to describe Katherine Ryan without using the word ‘sassy?’ No.
I imagine as a children’s performer you’re probably prepared for a great deal.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
A Bogan is an Antipodean term for a somewhat uneducated, mullet-wearing, hard-rock loving man.
In an attempt to dispel ignorance, Imaan Hadchiti explores public reactions to his restricted growth.
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…
From what I can gather, this show is set at a wedding reception.
Farting at a funeral could be quite funny.
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
Knot Theory presents a new piece of writing about the decline of a suburban family in a piece of new writing by Niki Orfanou.
Traversing the line between the silly and the outrageous whilst keeping a comic dignity is a difficult skill to master.
Sarah-Louise Young channels four very different, equally hilarious and rather odd women in this cabaret spectacular.
In their free hour, Steve N Allen and Ria Lina read extracts from Agony Aunt pages and attempt to provide better advice using songs along with suggestions from the audience.
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The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben.
The poet Bryon was famously described by one of his countless paramours as mad, bad and dangerous to know.
In these financially straitened times, Pappys are no longer a Fun Club this year they are All Business, and the show takes the form of a corporate pitch to us, the shareholder…
To get through the third night of BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret you needed a strong stomach or a repressed gag reflex as the show went truly dirty in pursuit of the utterly…
Yianni, an Australian Greek, describes his show as ‘hyperlogical’.
BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret is the perfect late-night entertainment show: the cream of the Fringe’s weird and wonderful crop is given short slots to impress a sizeable …
The Scottish National Gallery’s Festival Fun Ceilidh Dinner lives up to its claim of being a ‘truly Scottish experience’.
Agnes, played by Abi Tedder, is hosting a wake for the father who abandoned her as a child.
Prince Philip supposedly coined the word ‘dontopedology’ in describing his talent for ‘opening one’s mouth and putting one’s foot in it’, and in this free show at Espio…
The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se…
Even by the standards of the Fringe, the Zoo has long since been established for pushing the boundaries of modern theatre and displaying provocative, no-holds-barred action in thei…
Bandwagon Theatre Company bring this short story to the fringe as they tell a murky tale of the secret sale of the then-Indian-Ocean island of Diego Garcia by the US and Britain.
A two man show by charismatic performers Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey promises fast paced farce within the context of an 1870’s period setting, interestingly established at the …
As the Phantom of the Opera music played a cloaked figure appeared, sang along for a few bars before ripping off the cloak to reveal he had a Henry Hoover for a head.
Ill admit that a cappella isnt usually a genre that fills me with ebullience.
Kicking off BBC Radio 1s series of four one-off, one-man shows by Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw and the team at this years festival, The One Who Doesnt Speak presented an eclect…
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
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…
Three soldiers are hit by a mighty explosion.
As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it.
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
With stand up variety shows the aim is always to showcase a variation of comedic talent in order to provide ‘something for everyone’.
Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause.
The claws may not be fully out for this night of name dropping and gossip mongering with the Queen of Dynasty, but there’s certainly still a lot of fun to be had, especially if t…
For Free and Easy it pays to be very early at the Stand, or that wont just be the venue name.
This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults.
I’m not sure if I agree with Eric Gudmunsen’s sentiment that ‘Cheap laughs are better than no laughs’ after his alternative evening of late night comedy at Captain Taylor�…
A Little Night Music is one of Sondheim’s most exquisitely written shows- somewhere between Wilde’s comedies of manners and Chekhov and Ibsen’s simpering naturalism.
The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
Four young men and women in their underwear lay in a pool of dim light.
Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble…
Sameena Zehra, the writer and performer of Tea With Terrorists, has led an extraordinary life and has been raised by an extraordinary family but her collection of stories, no matte…
Garrett Millerick impersonates different characters from standard British life in Which One’s Fergal? Millerick only had three audience members and was performing at the back of a …
One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises.
There’s a familiar traditional-northern-comic style about Kevin Dewsbury as he welcomes the audience to the room above the Meadows Bar, mixed with a bit of laddish banter.
A bizarre hybrid of Avid Merrion and Bob Fossil, Mark Davison’s Mr Susan is immature, crude and downright silly.
In the wonderful location of the top deck of a stationary Edinburgh bus, two comedians try to find their feet on the comedy circuit.
Blimey, Tony Law is funny.
Two storytellers kick start the play as a fairytale, but with a difference like none other we have seen before.
This one-woman comedy show takes you to the frustrated post apocalypse world where woman has inherited the Earth.
When history looks back at the greatness of famous Tims, it will not be particularly favourable.
Josie Longs effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines.
Mike ‘Dr Blue’ McKeon is a real Blues caricature.
With so much excellent improvisation at the Fringe, it must be difficult to compete.
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to.
The creator of One Man Star Wars returned to the Fringe last year to put on One Man Lord of the Rings - a certain hit for all who are fans of the book, and one that clearly has had…
Rob Deering presents an exponentially better performance than the few silly guitar songs he delivered when I last saw him take to the stage.
The idea behind The One Hour Plays is that through audience involvement a script can be written, cast and performed with the appropriate costumes, props and music in under an hour.
The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt.
The classic tale of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which this production is based on, is a wonderful children’s adventure that has stood the test of time and had m…
Lewis Schaffer’s show is called Free Until Famous.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
Attending free shows at the Fringe is something of a lottery.
You may recognise these two from TV.
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
One Rogue Reporter describes its presenter Rich Peppiatt’s progression from Daily Star lackey to vehement tabloid terror.
I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb…
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…
Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota.
A Little Night Music promised a delightful evening of choice piano pieces associated with the night-time.
‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis.
They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes.
Three for Free is a fun and friendly showcase of new acts, featuring Alex Kealy and Patrick Morris, plus a special guest every day.
Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes.
‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight.
The premise is simple: a group of people meet in a park.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Old and new beats meet performance poetry paying tribute to South Africa’s legends.
Celia Pacquola returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a brand new show.
We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
James Macfarlane sits down with André De Freitas to discuss his Edinburgh debut What If, some of the best advice he's received from his peers and the unexpected moment that got hi...
Simon Ximenez is considering a life on the ocean wave after talking to Max Norman about his Edinburgh show, A Pirate’s Life for Me.
Mervyn Stutter talks to us about his 31st year at the Fringe, how things have changed and his show, Pick of the Fringe
Four women.
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.
Serena Flynn might only reveal her darkest secrets after lots of gin, but her on-stage alter ego Prune is grotesque, fragile and ready to bear all.
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Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
The second Bobby of EdFringe 2017 has been scooped by Middle Child for All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.
When it was first staged in 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set Julius Caesar was called “gimmicky, humourless and slow” by the Telegraph and “witty, liberating and inventive...
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.
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...
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
Broadway Baby chews the fat with It Just Takes One - something that ought to appeal to any fans of The IT Crowd or The Office.
Hit musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors is back, and bringing everyone’s favourite carnivorous plant to theatres across the UK in a brand new tour for 2016, opening at Bournemo...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend...
Rona Munro is an award-winning Scottish writer for theatre, television and radio.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec...
Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.
Sophia Walker posted a message to Facebook as encouragement to her fellow Fringe performers. We liked it, and with her permission are re-publishing it here.
Broadway Baby talks to Fourth Monkey, the biggest company at the fringe with a huge team of 80 actors and 10 crew! This year they are bringing a plethora of Grimm tales.
All's Well That Ends Well shows strong women winning the battle of the sexes set against the backdrop of World War II.
Broadway Baby and PALP have a chat about One Above.
Broadway Baby talks to Hungry Wolf Visionary Youth Theatre about their upcoming show, A Little Respect.
Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more.